What kinds of animals live in Italy?

There are over 100 mammal species found in Italy and common examples include the small alpine marmot, European snow vale, the Eurasian lynx, the Italian wolf and the Marsican brown bear. On the coasts, dolphins and Mediterranean monk seals can be spotted.

1. What is the most common animal found in Italy?
2. Are there any poisonous animals in Italy?
3. What big cats live in Italy?
4. What plants and animals live in Italy?
5. Does Italy have a national animal?
6. What animals live in Venice Italy?
7. What are 3 native animals in Italy?
8. Do hedgehogs live in Italy?
9. Are there rabbits in Italy?
10. What animal is only found in Italy?
11. Does Italy have grass?
12. Are scorpions in Italy?
13. Are snakes in Italy?

What is the most common animal found in Italy?

National Animal of Italy. The Italian wolf — also known as the Apennine wolf — is the national animal of Italy.

Are there any poisonous animals in Italy?

Asp vipers

Snakes are up there with the most dangerous animals in the world, and, in Italy, there's one particular serpent that's thought to be responsible for as many as 90% of all bites: The asp viper. ... These venomous snakes tend to be found in low mountains and hilly areas in Italy.

What big cats live in Italy?

Lynx. The elusive and wild cat of Italy is probably the most impressive wildlife sighting you may see on your holiday.

What plants and animals live in Italy?

On the peninsula and on the larger islands, Mediterranean vegetation predominates: evergreens, holm oak, cork, juniper, bramble, laurel, myrtle, and dwarf palm. Although larger mammals are scarce, chamois, ibex, and roe deer are found in the Alps, and bears, chamois, and otters inhabit the Apennines.

Does Italy have a national animal?

Italian wolf

It is the national animal of Italy. The Italian wolf (Canis lupus italicus or Canis lupus lupus), also known as the Apennine wolf, is a subspecies of grey wolf native to the Italian Peninsula.

What animals live in Venice Italy?

Wildlife. The bird life on the vast lagoon surrounding Venice is remarkable - cormorants, egrets, grebes, herons, hawks, falcons, black-legged stilts, ducks, plovers, and even pink flamingos.

What are 3 native animals in Italy?

Notable large mammals are the Eurasian lynx, Italian wolf, Marsican brown bear, Pyrenean chamois, Alpine ibex, common genet, fallow deer, mouflon, rough-toothed dolphin, crested porcupine, and Mediterranean monk seal.

Do hedgehogs live in Italy?

The European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), also known as the West European hedgehog or common hedgehog, is a hedgehog species native to Europe from Iberia and Italy northwards into Scandinavia and westwards into the British Isles.

Are there rabbits in Italy?

The European wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) has been recurrently introduced into Italy since the Roman times. Some populations occur along sandy coastal dunes (Central Italy).

What animal is only found in Italy?

Calabrian black squirrel. Of all the animals in Italy, the Calabrian black squirrel is one of the animal species that can only be found in Italy.

Does Italy have grass?

There are the usual grasses beside the streams and in the bogs and water lilies and pondweed on the banks of the marshes. But the heavily predominant plants are the cultivated crops—wheat, corn (maize), potatoes, rice, and sugar beets.

Are scorpions in Italy?

Italy has only a few indigenous scorpion species. Publications about Italian fauna continually confirm the presence of merely seven species, all belonging to the genus Euscorpius Thorell, 1876, which is relatively harmless to humans (1).

Are snakes in Italy?

There are two main family types of snakes found extensively in Italy. ... None of them are poisonous, although three: the 'Montpellier Snake' (Malpolon monspessulanus), the 'False Smooth Snake' (Macroprotodon cucullatus), and the 'Cat Snake' (Telescopus fallax) all have fangs at the back of their upper jaw.