<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>To date according to the registration work, the number of the Russian desman determined actually is 588 individuals in Mordovia. Based on extrapolation, the total desman population in Mordovia is about 1,400 individuals. We may assume that the most of the desman population is concentrated on floodplain lakes and reclamation canals. The highest density of the desman population in Mordovia was recorded in Krasnoslobodsky and Temnikovsky Districts (10.5 and 8.2 burrows per km, respectively). About 400 animals may live on the shore of the rivers Vad, Partsa, Yavas, Vindrey, Nuluy, and Kundybolka. The mean value of density of the desman population on the rivers was 0.9 burrows per km of the coastline, which corresponded to habitat quality class IV (0.5–5 burrows per km). The distribution of habitats across river basins is extremely uneven. The main part of the desman population is restricted to the Moksha basin (more than 1,350 individuals), and in the Alatyr basin (left tributary of the Sura River) just twenty individuals were recorded.</p></abstract>

To date according to the registration work, the number of the Russian desman determined actually is 588 individuals in Mordovia. Based on extrapolation, the total desman population in Mordovia is about 1,400 individuals. We may assume that the most of the desman population is concentrated on floodplain lakes and reclamation canals. The highest density of the desman population in Mordovia was recorded in Krasnoslobodsky and Temnikovsky Districts (10.5 and 8.2 burrows per km, respectively). About 400 animals may live on the shore of the rivers Vad, Partsa, Yavas, Vindrey, Nuluy, and Kundybolka. The mean value of density of the desman population on the rivers was 0.9 burrows per km of the coastline, which corresponded to habitat quality class IV (0.5–5 burrows per km). The distribution of habitats across river basins is extremely uneven. The main part of the desman population is restricted to the Moksha basin (more than 1,350 individuals), and in the Alatyr basin (left tributary of the Sura River) just twenty individuals were recorded.

Distribution and population density of the Russian desman (<italic>Desmana moschata</italic> L., Talpidae, Insectivora) in the Middle Volga of Russia

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Distribution and population density of the Russian desman ( L., Talpidae, Insectivora) in the Middle Volga of Russia

To date according to the registration work, the number of the Russian desman determined actually is 588 individuals in Mordovia. Based on extrapolation, the...

Distribution and population density of the Russian desman (Desmana moschata L., Talpidae, Insectivora) in the Middle Volga of Russia

Article Category: Research paper

Published Online: Dec 31, 2019

Page range: 48 - 68

Received: Nov 22, 2019

Accepted: Dec 29, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fsmu-2019-0012

Keywords
Red Data Book, desman, burrow, number of individuals, river, lake, Mordovia

© 2019 Alexey Andreychev et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Distribution and population density of the Russian desman (Desmana moschata L., Talpidae, Insectivora) in the Middle Volga of Russia

Article Category: Research paper

Published Online: Dec 31, 2019

Page range: 48 - 68

Received: Nov 22, 2019

Accepted: Dec 29, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fsmu-2019-0012

KeywordsRed Data Book, desman, burrow, number of individuals, river, lake, Mordovia

© 2019 Alexey Andreychev et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Red Data Book, desman, burrow, number of individuals, river, lake, Mordovia