{"id":79,"date":"2020-04-22T16:23:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T16:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/pelister\/?page_id=79"},"modified":"2020-09-13T08:16:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T08:16:47","slug":"fauna-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/park-pelister.com\/en\/fauna-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Fauna"},"content":{"rendered":"

The most striking features of the fauna in Pelister National Park are its diversity and heterogeneity, as well as the presence of many relict and endemic species. Endemic species are mainly registered in invertebrate groups of organisms.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Pelister’s Earth (Terrestrial) Invertebrate Fauna shows the presence of a total of 288 taxa, belonging to a total of 10 groups of invertebrates.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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From invertebrates, a small glacial population of the Chirocephalus diaphanus carinatus, which represents the Balkan relict-endemic taxon, is found in the small glacial lake “Little Lake”.<\/p>\n

The amphibian shrimp Niphragus pancici peristericus, a Pelister endemic, living only in this lake, lives exclusively in the large glacial lake “Big Lake”.<\/p>\n

Only in the waters of these two glacial lakes is the harpacticoid shrimp Arcticocampus macedonicus, a Pelister endemic species.<\/p>\n

In the natural waters of NP Pelister, at an altitude of between 1600 and 2200 m, live two Pelister relict-endemic species of Ostracodes:<\/strong> (Iliodromus peristericus <\/em>and Eucypris diebeli<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Religious-endemic faunal elements are also present in the mountain streams and rivers of the National Park. The Macedonian endemic plexopathy<\/strong> (Nemoura peristeri)<\/em> is described by the Magarevska River.<\/p>\n

Several Pelister endemic species are present throughout the forest and high mountain belt, such as: the Pelister centipede<\/strong> (Brachydesmus peristerensis)<\/em>; Beetles<\/strong>: (Alpaeus macedonica, Cychrus attenuatus peristericus, Duvaliotes peristericus, Platyduvalius macedonicus, Trechus hajeki<\/em>), Night butterfly<\/strong> (Hadena clara macedonica<\/em>) and Small butterflies:<\/strong> (Scythris crypta <\/em>and Scythris similis<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Among the vertebrates in Pelister, in addition exist 2 species of fish, are present\u00a0 12 species of amphibians, 16 species of reptiles (or 50% or from the diversity of reptiles in RS Macedonia), 116 species of birds (5 of which are extinct) and 47 species of mammals.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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There are two types of trout within the National Park. Only in the upper reaches of the rivers Sapundzica, Zlokukjanska and Rotinska rivers live the more accurate trout (Salmo pelagonicus<\/em>), and in the Brajcinska River live the Pelister trout<\/strong> (Salmo peristericus<\/em>) which are Pelister endemic species.<\/p>\n

The high mountain belt of Pelister is inhabited by a specific fauna. which is a mosaic of relict Mediterranean high-mountain elements, then boreal, arcto-alpine and steppe faunal elements. The most striking species in this belt is the Balkan wild goat<\/strong> (Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica<\/em>).<\/p>\n

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The Snowy meadow<\/strong> (Chionomys nivalis<\/em>) lives on the rocky terrain. Through the wet meadows and pastures with lush vegetation you can see the Mountain lizard<\/strong> (Lacerta agilis<\/em>), the Hinge<\/strong> (Vipera berus<\/em>), the Coniferous meadow<\/strong> (Microtus subterraneus<\/em>), the Eurasian pygmy shrew<\/strong> (Sorex minutus), the relict Mole<\/strong> (Talpa stankovici<\/em>) and the Lesser mole-rat <\/strong>(Nannospalax leucodon)<\/em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Among the birds, the characteristic species for this belt are: the Red-headed gull<\/strong> (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhochorax)<\/em>, the Scapegoat<\/strong> (Monticola saxatilis<\/em>), the White-tailed hedgehog<\/strong> (Turdus torquatus<\/em>) and the Partridge<\/strong> (Alectoris graeca<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Four mammal taxa have been described for the first time by sites within the National Park: Balkan blind mole<\/strong> (Talpa caeca beaucournii<\/em>), a typical inhabitant of moth forests. Balkan mole<\/strong> (Talpa stankovici<\/em>), described on the basis of specimens collected from mountain meadows in the National Park. This species is registered as Macedonian – subendemite, because it is found in part in the border areas of Greece and Albania.
\nMacedonian leafy melon<\/strong> (Clethrionomys glareolus makedonicus<\/em>), first recorded and described by the deciduous and mixed forests of Pelister, is also a Macedonian endemic. Macedonian meadow<\/strong> (Microtus felteni)<\/em>, described by the Pelister rainforests, is a Macedonian endemic because it has so far been registered only in the mountains of Western Macedonia.<\/p>\n

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Within the forest belt of the National Park, the following vertebrates are most often present:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\uf0b7 Fire Salamander (Saiamandra salamandra),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Macedonian Crested Newt (Trituruis carnifex macedonicus),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Agile Frog (Rana dalmatina),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Stream Frog (Rana graeca),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Tree Frog (Hyla \u0430rharea),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Common Hermann’s Tortoise (Testudo hermanni),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Aesculapian Snake (Elaphe longissima),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Smooth Snake (Coronella austriaca),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Hazelhen (Bonasa bonasia),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Tawny Owl (Strix aluco),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Golden Eagle (Aquilla chrysaetos),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Eastern Hedgehog (Erinaceus concolor),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaria),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Common Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Forest Dormouse (Dryomys nitedula),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Edible Dormouse (Glis glis),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Beech Marten (Martes foina),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Badger (Meles meles),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Wildcat (Felis silvestris),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Balkan Lynx (Lynx lynx martinoi).<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Wolf (Canis lupus),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Brown Bear (Ursus arctos),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Wild Boar (Sus scrofa),<\/em>
\n\uf0b7 Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)<\/em> and
\n\uf0b7 Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus).<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The most striking features of the fauna in Pelister National Park are its diversity and heterogeneity, as well as the presence of many relict and endemic species. Endemic species are mainly registered in invertebrate groups of organisms. Pelister’s Earth (Terrestrial) Invertebrate Fauna shows the presence of a total of 288 taxa, belonging to a total […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":648,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fauna.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/park-pelister.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/park-pelister.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/park-pelister.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/park-pelister.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/park-pelister.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/park-pelister.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/park-pelister.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/park-pelister.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}