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Monitoring of a Canis aureus population living in the airport area of Samos Island, Greece (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Pietroluongo, G., Leggett, J., Fernández, F. J. F., Linardaki, E., Steer, M., Parker, W., …Ntampakis, D. (2018). Monitoring of a Canis aureus population living in the airport area of Samos Island, Greece

The golden jackal (Canis aureus) population that lives within the area of Samos International Airport and the surrounding area has been characterized during the past years as a potential risk for passenger and flight safety. For this reason, its excl... Read More about Monitoring of a Canis aureus population living in the airport area of Samos Island, Greece.

A first confirmed record of the Indian Crested Porcupine Hystrix indica (Mammalia: Rodentia: Hystricidae) in the United Arab Emirates (2018)
Journal Article
Chreiki, M. K., Steer, M. D., Majeed, S. U., Kakembo, S., & Ross, S. (2018). A first confirmed record of the Indian Crested Porcupine Hystrix indica (Mammalia: Rodentia: Hystricidae) in the United Arab Emirates. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10(7), 11928-11933. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.4093.10.7.11928-11933

We report the first records of the Indian Crested Porcupine (Hystrix indica; Kerr, 1792) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), approximately 600km beyond its known range in Arabia. Images of H. indica were taken by camera traps at two locations in Wadi... Read More about A first confirmed record of the Indian Crested Porcupine Hystrix indica (Mammalia: Rodentia: Hystricidae) in the United Arab Emirates.