SMALL TERRESTRIAL MAMMALS OF ALBANIA: ANNOTATED LIST AND DISTRIBUTION

comorpha, Rodentia), outlining both new records and previously published data. Twenty-four species (one hedgehog, six soricomorhps and 17 rodents) have been collected in 161 localities surveyed throughout the country. Nine species (Neomys anomalus, Crocidura leucodon, Talpa stankovici, Dryomys nitedula, Muscardinus avellanarius, Micromys minutus, Mus macedoni-cus, Myodes glareolus and Microtus thomasi) are recorded for Albania for the first time. The present list is far from being complete and the probable presence of a further 11 species has to be confirmed