Golden jackal, the rare specimen sighted in Tuscany, at Cava Volpaie. It is the first time, it is an inhabitant of Eastern Europe and Asia
To reveal the sighting of the rare specimen, inhabitant of Eastern Europe and Asia, for the first time in the Apennines, are the operators of Natural Oasis and Fondazione Parsec. The golden jackal it is not an animal that is part of the ecosystem of the Apennines, explains the Municipality of Montemurlo in a note, but is widespread in Eastern Europe and Asia. Some specimens have been sighted in the pre-Alpine valleys in Friuli Venezia Giulia and in Trentino.
Due to the ongoing climate changes and the transformation of the increasingly urbanized territories, the species is progressively moving towards the south of our country, writes Handle. “We knew from the research groups that follow the trend of the territorial expansion of this species in Italy that, sooner or later, the jackal would use the Apennines as a corridor to move south – explains Francesco Bacci, researcher and naturalist photographer at Naturaloasis – .
Confirmation of the leap came at the end of November 2021 when, from the monitoring program of the lower Prato Apennines (started in 2010 by the Natural Oasis association and from 2020 jointly with the Parsec Foundation), the first certain evidence of presence of this animal on the territory “. The individual of this species, taken up by the Natural Oasis and Fondazione Parsec operators, could be the first to arrive in Tuscany or even one of many already present in the territory and probably soon this species will become part of the full-fledged regional ecosystem.
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