Other mammals of the Circeo forest

The park offer a great natural habit for other species like the weasel (Mustela Nivalis), a very nice small animal. This small but astute nocturnal predator often appears in the most ancient local popular traditions and folklore considered the terror of the chicken hens in competition with foxes. In many areas it is still now feared for its ability to kill few chickens during the night to such an extent that was in a story of ancient popular folklore. In the past this animal was repeatedly hunted, trapped or poisoned. In fact it was a popular believe that to search good luck a the weasel blood would endow with prophetic capacities providing that it was drank warm. The park offered an important save area for the weasel and other small predators like the Badger (Meles meles), the European Polecat (Mustela putorius), the European Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes), and the fast and clever Stone marten (Martens foina).

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Many other small creatures of the forest are the mammals belonging to the world of the thick undergrowth, little caves in old trees or simple underground tunnels made cozy and homely with leaves, feathers and grass. Here we find our friends the glamorous crested porcupines (Hystrix cristata), the tiny Common Shrew (Sorex araneus), the not much bigger and lovely Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius), the fast and agile European Brown hare (Lepus europeus) the placid Western Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), the invisible European mole (Talpa europaea), the clever Water Shrew (Neomys fodiens), the chubby and soft Edible Dormouse (Glis glis), Common Vole (Microtus arvalis) Striped Field Mouse (Apodemus agrarius), Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus).

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