Bohemia centralis, Praha, 31: 421–438, 2011 Savci Křivoklátska Mammals of the Křivoklát Area Miloš Anděra1 a Anna Hoffmannová2 1 Zoologické oddělení PM, Národní muzeum, Václavské nám. 68, 115 79 Praha 1; e-mail:
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[email protected] ▒ Abstract. The paper presents basic information on the occurrence of mammals in the Křivoklátská vrchovina Highlands (Central Bohemia). In total, 70 mammal species have been recorded in that region, i.e. 78.6 % of those inhabiting the Czech Republic. At present, 58 mammal species regularly occur in the study area, other four (Myocastor coypus, Lynx lynx, Procyon lotor, and Alces alces) having occurred for short periods only, and it is uncertain if and when their occurrence may continue. The list of the local mammal species may also include seven extinct or eradicated species (Rhinolophus hipposideros, Spermophilus citellus, Cricetus cricetus, Oryctolagus cuniculus, Canis lupus, Ursus arctos, and Felis silvestris), plus one species (Ammotragus lervia) that occurred episodically in 1998–1999. Almost one fifth of the species recorded are not native to the Czech Republic. The present species spectrum includes various ecological forms, from eurytopic to those preferring more or less defined habitat types (including synanthropic ones). None of the species can be considered as typical of the region under study. The mammal species diversity of the study area corresponds to that of the local countryside and does in no way exceed from the situation known in other regions across the Czech Republic. Less than half of the present species (in particular the bats) are included among specially protected animals, and 13 local species being listed in the Red List of mammals of the Czech Republic.