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Carnivora

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  • Dec 2025

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Editors:
  1. Anna Loy

    1. Dip. Bioscienze e Territorio, Università del Molise, Pesche, Italy

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  2. Paolo Ciucci

    1. Dept of Biol & Biotech "Charles Darwin", Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma, Italy

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  • Most up-to-date and comprehensive overview of European carnivores
  • Each species account includes a distribution map, a photograph and key literature
  • Compiled and written by a team of international experts for academics, students and professionals

Part of the book series: Handbook of the Mammals of Europe (HDBME)

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Keywords

  • Canidae
  • Felidae
  • Herpestidae
  • Mustelidae
  • Odobenidae
  • Phocidae
  • Ursidae
  • Viverridae

About this book

​Preliminary​This volume provides comprehensive overviews of each European carnivore species’ biology including palaeontology, physiology, genetics, reproduction and development, ecology, habitat, diet, mortality and age determination. Their economic significance and management, as well as future challenges for research and conservation are also addressed. Each chapter includes a distribution map, a photograph of the animal and key literature. This authoritative volume of the Handbook of the Mammals of Europe is a timely and detailed compilation of all European Carnivora and will appeal to academics, students and professionals in mammal research.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dip. Bioscienze e Territorio, Università del Molise, Pesche, Italy

    Anna Loy

  • Dept of Biol & Biotech "Charles Darwin", Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma, Italy

    Paolo Ciucci

About the editors

EDUCATIONMaster degree in Biological Sciences (1981, University ‘Sapienza’ of Rome). PhD in Evolutionary Biology (1992, University ‘Sapienza’ of Rome). Research Scientist since 2000 at University of Molise, Associate Professor of Zoology since 2007 at University of Molise.


RESEARCH INTERESTS
Behavioural ecology of terrestrial vertebrates, Systematics and geographic variation of Mammals, Geometric Morphometrics, Wildlife Management, Conservation biology, Spatial modelling of vertebrates.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Carnivora

  • Editors: Anna Loy, Paolo Ciucci

  • Series Title: Handbook of the Mammals of Europe

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Reference Module Biomedical and Life Sciences

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2026

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-44034-3Due: 24 December 2025

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-44035-0Due: 24 December 2025

  • Series ISSN: 2730-7387

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-7395

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 850

  • Number of Illustrations: 50 b/w illustrations, 150 illustrations in colour

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