Mammals of Europe - MB170P65
Title: Fauna savců Evropy
Czech title: Fauna savců Evropy
Guaranteed by: Department of Zoology (31-170)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2011
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 4
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/1, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Note: enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: RNDr. Vladimír Vohralík, CSc.
Teacher(s): RNDr. Vladimír Vohralík, CSc.
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Annotation -
Systematic survey of the mammal species of Europe, including
the Caucasus region. Basic data about identification, biology and
geographical distribution of individual mammal species.


Last update: VOHRALIK (20.04.2007)
Literature -

Corbet G., D. Ovenden (1980): The mammals of Britain and Europe. London: Collins, 253 pp.

Görner M., H. Hackethal (1987): Säugetiere Europas. Leipzig: Neumann Verlag, 391 pp.

Mitchell-Jones A.J. et al. (1999): The Atlas of European Mammals. London: Academic Press, 484 pp.

Last update: VOHRALIK (20.04.2007)
Requirements to the exam -



Examination is oral. Even in the case that lectures will be on-line. Knowledge of the topics presented in lectures is required.

Last update: Vohralík Vladimír, RNDr., CSc. (17.09.2020)
Syllabus -
  • Survey of the basic literature on the mammal fauna of Europe (identification keys, maps of distribution, figures).
  • Division of the Europe according to major biogeogrphical regions.
  • A brief survey of the historical development of the knowledge about the European mammal fauna.
  • Current progress in identification of kryptic mammal species by molecular methods, karyology and morphometry.
  • Insectivores (Soricomorpha and Erinaceomorpha) - species survey, identification characters, distribution, ecology.
  • Bats (Chiroptera) - species survey, identification characters, distribution, ecology.
  • Carnivores (Carnivora) - species survey, identification characters, distribution, ecology.
  • Even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla) - species survey, identification characters, distribution, ecology.
  • Rabbits, hares, pikas (Lagomorpha)- species survey, identification characters, distribution, ecology.
  • Rodents (Rodentia) - species survey, identification characters, distribution, ecology.
  • Primtes (Primates) - the only European monkey, history of its European occurrence, ecology.
Last update: VOHRALIK (20.04.2007)