Abstract
A natural population of Talpa romana was radiotracked in central Italy, close to the type locality of the species. We assessed the territorial behavior of the species, which is inferred from use of exclusive core areas. Some spatial overlap was observed between the home ranges of animals of different sex, more specifically between the home range of a male and those of neighboring females. Temporal variation of core areas suggests that they represent portions of the home range intensively exploited for food resources on a short-term basis, while maintenance of the entire home range is possibly related to the probability of mating and availability of food in the long term.
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