HYSTRIX the Italian Journal of Mammalogy Volume 25 ( 2 ) • 2014 published by Associazione Teriologica Italiana

Impact Factor (2013) 0.593 HYSTRIX, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy is an Open Access Journal published twice per year (one volume, consisting of two issues) by Associazione Teriologica Italiana. Printed copies of the journal are sent free of charge to members of the Association who have paid the yearly subscription fee of 30 e. Single issues can be purchased by members at 35 e. All payments must be made to Associazione Teriologica Italiana onlus by bank transfer on c/c n. 54471, Cassa Rurale ed Artigiana di Cantù, Italy, banking coordinates IBAN: IT13I0843051080000000054471. Associazione Teriologica Italiana secretariat can be contacted at segreteria. This Journal as well as the individual articles contained in this issue are protected under copyright and Creative Commons license by Associazione Teriologica Italiana. The following terms and conditions apply: all on-line documents and web pages as well as their parts are protected by copyright, and it is permissible to copy and print them only for private, scientific and noncommercial use. Copyright for articles published in this journal is retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the journal. By virtue of their appearance in this Open Access journal, articles are free to be used, with proper attribution, in educational and other non-commercial settings. This Journal is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Italy License. To view a copy of this license, visit Publication information: Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy is published as a printed edition (ISSN 0394-1914) twice per year. A single copy of the printed edition is sent to all members of Associazione Teriologica Italiana. The electronic edition (ISSN 1825-5272), in Adobe ® Acrobat ® format is published " online first " on the Journal web site (http://italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it). Articles accepted for publication will be available in electronic format prior to the printed edition, for a prompt access to the latest peer-reviewed research. Best Paper Award Associazione Teriologica Italiana established a Best Paper Award for young researchers. Eligible researchers are leading authors less than 35 years old, and within 7 years from their PhD (but young researcher at an even earlier stage of their career, i.e. without a PhD, are also eligible), who have expressed interest in the award in the Communications to the Editor (step 1 of the online submission procedure; for details, see the Electronic Publication Guide; If the eligible leading researcher is not the corresponding author, the latter should express interest …