This booklet presents 20 species of mammals
that live in the region around lake
Stymphalia. These are
mainly nocturnal animals, active at nighttime, for the most part bats. These
mammals rely essentially on their sense of smell and only in a secondary
capacity on their vision, with the exceptions of bats, which have a special
sense of location using ultrasounds. The carnivorous mammals that are present
comprise the fox, the beech marten, the badger, the otter, and the jackal,
which had almost disappeared from the local fauna; the wild boar, extinct due
to overenthusiastic hunting, was recently successfully re-introduced into the
region.
The book is also available in English.