Tassos Kotsakis1, Laura Abbazzi2, Chiara Angelone1, Patrizia Argenti3, Giancarlo Barisone1, Flaviano Fanfani2, Federica Marcolini4 & Federico Masini5 1 Università di Roma Tre 2 Università di Firenze 3 Università di Perugia 4 Università di Pisa 5 Università di Palermo Plio-Pleistocene biogeography of Italian mainland micromammals Kotsakis, T., Abbazzi, L., Angelone, C., Argenti, P., Barisone, G., Fanfani, F., Marcolini, F. & Masini, F., 2003 - Plio-Pleistocene biogeography of Italian mainland micromammals - in: Reumer, J.W.F. & Wessels, W. (eds.) - DISTRIBUTION AND MIGRATION OF TERTIARY MAMMALS IN EURASIA. A VOLUME IN HONOUR OF HANS DE BRUIJN - DEINSEA 10: 313-342 [ISSN 0923-9308] Published 1 December 2003 The analysis of the distribution of small mammals in the Italian mainland during the Plio- Pleistocene and their immigration in the Peninsula indicates the presence of many species of orien- tal European origin, a few iberoccitanic elements and some emdemic species. The Italian penin- sula belongs to a western Mediterranean bioprovince. The north-eastern region of Italy is a transi- tional biogeographical zone between this province and the central European and Balcanic areas. Correspondence: Tassos Kotsakis, Chiara Angelone & Giancarlo Barisone: Università di Roma Tre, Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Largo San Leonardo Murialdo 1, Roma 00146, Italy, e- mail
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