Sociedad Ibérica para la Conservación y Estudio de los Mamíferos
@secem-sicem.bsky.social
The Iberian Society for the Conservation and Study of Mammals (SECEM). Spanish-Portuguese association. Our mail goal is the conservation of the environment and mammals. Website: https://secem.es/
El próximo jueves 16 de julio el Fondo para la Protección del Lobo Ibérico organiza la proyección de "Salvaxe, salvaxe" en su estreno en Asturias con la colaboración de Animala, Cines Embajadores y Nortes. Puedes adquirir ya las entradas en el siguiente enlace www.reservaentradas.com/.../salvaxe-...
The 2026 spring survey campaign of the Spanish Common Small Mammal Monitoring Programme (SEMICE) has now come to an end 🐭🌿 Small mammals play a key role in food webs. Yet, despite their importance, this group has remained relatively understudied in Spain over recent decades.
#RodentOfTheDay Southwestern/Southern Water Vole (Arvicola sapidus) "It prefers water edges with slopes in which to dig burrows and tunnels. It is present in streams, humid meadows, canals, lagoons, canes and reeds or in irrigated crops with grasslands." Ph/article: www.malaga.es/en/laprovinc...
Póster de los murciélagos de España, cortesía de SECEMU Asociación Española para la Conservación y Estudio de los Murciélagos. Puedes descargarlo en alta resolución aquí: drive.google.com/file/d/1UARS... Enjoy your bats! 🦇
How much do we really know about small mammals in agricultural landscapes? A new study presents new distribution records for small mammals from central Iberia, helping to fill important knowledge gaps in one of the Peninsula’s most widespread environments.
The Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon), the only mongoose species found in Western Europe, continues its expansion across the Iberian Peninsula. New camera-trap records have now confirmed its presence in La Rioja
The data behind the MOMAT Project are now openly available through SECEM web. Six standardised datasets bring together mammal records collected across Spain and detected through non-invasive monitoring methods (camera trapping, pellet analysis and track surveys). 📸: by macrovector / Freepik (mod.)
🦊🤝 Could different carnivore species cooperate? New evidence may suggest an intriguing association between the red fox and the European polecat in central Spain. During a camera-trapping survey in the Madrid region, Miguel Ángel Sánchez captured a remarkable sequence of images and video.
On 22 May, SECEM will take part in the event “Threatened Biodiversity in Spain” at the Spanish Congress of Deputies, organised to mark the International Day for Biological Diversity. 🇪🇸🦊
Often, the final result means we pay little attention to the journey behind it. Yet sometimes that journey can be just as fascinating, or even more so, than the destination itself. A new paper in Galemys offers a perfect example.
📢 Save the date! The 17th edition of the Iberian Wild Ungulates Meeting (RUSI) will take place in the Royal Site of La Granja de San Ildefonso (Segovia, Spain) on 2–3 October 2026. 🦌🌲 This year’s theme: Managing today to conserve tomorrow: animal health and regeneration of the Iberian forest.
#RodentOfTheDay Tweedy's Crab-Eating Rat (Ichthyomys tweedii) "The Tweedy's crab-eating rat (Ichthyomys tweedii), is a new species of crab-eating rat in the family Cricetidae. It is found in two disjoint regions in western Ecuador and central Panama." Ph/Info: animals.fandom.com/wiki/Tweedy%...
Tweedy's Crab-eating Rat
The Tweedy's crab-eating rat (Ichthyomys tweedii), is a new species of crab-eating rat in the family Cricetidae. It is found in two disjoint regions in western Ecuador and central Panama. The species ...
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Is it correct to classify the European mouflon present in Spain as Ovis gmelini? A new paper published in Galemys reopens the taxonomic debate surrounding this introduced species in the Iberian Peninsula. 🐏 More info: secem.es/novedades/la...
A single footprint can change what we know about a species 👀 New evidence reveals the presence of the Egyptian mongoose in the Iberian Peninsula… in Roman times! 👇
Nuevo dataset en @gbif.org publicado por @secem-sicem.bsky.social: micromamíferos de España detectados mediante análisis de egagrópilas de rapaces nocturnas (2016–2025). 3491 registros de 656 eventos de muestreo en 465 cuadrículas de 10×10 km 🦉🐭. ▶️ doi.org/10.15470/juv2ew #CiteTheDOI
1/ Domestic cats are among the most common pets but when allowed to roam freely, they can pose serious risks to biodiversity, especially in protected natural areas: predation, disease transmission, and even hybridization with closely related species like the European wildcat.
Sofía, capital de Bulgaria, acogerá un interesante congreso internacional dedicado a la conservación de los pequeños mamíferos. Este evento, que se celebrará del 21 al 25 de septiembre, forma parte de las acciones que desarrolla el proyecto LIFE for Falcons smcc.habitatfoundation.org
The Algerian hedgehog is a generalist species that typically feeds on terrestrial invertebrates. Observations of hedgehogs preying on vertebrates are rare. That’s why you shouldn’t miss this documented observation by E. Pantoja and S.Pinya, published in our journal. secem.es/sites/defaul...
New, and sad, OA paper We describe how the European polecat has recently vanished from its last stronghold in Catalonia First chapter of Salvador Salvador's PhD, with Roger Puig-Gironés et al Short thread below @ebdonana.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Extinction Debt Paid Off: The Demise of the European Polecat (Mustela putorius) in NE Iberia
We studied a vanishing polecat population for a decade, until its ultimate demise, using camera trap and roadkill data, landscape descriptors and dietary and toxicological analyses.Polecat favoured f....
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Today we’d like to sincerely thank Daniel Burón for the stunning mammal photos he has generously shared for the gallery on our website: secem.es/mamiferos/at... It’s truly inspiring to see how so many nature photographers contribute to the conservation and study of mammals. Thank you so much!
Concern over the conservation status of the Iberian wolf (Canis lupus) in the Iberian Peninsula. A broad group of members and collaborators of SECEM has issued a manifesto highlighting the species’ vulnerability and calling for urgent action. secem.es/novedades/la...
On the Iberian Peninsula, new sightings of beavers (Castor fiber) continue to be reported in previously unknown locations as a result of further unauthorised releases. The species has already been detected in the Duero (2022), Guadalquivir (2023) and Tagus (2024) river basins.
El proyecto European Camera Trap (www.wildintel.eu) invita a colaborar identificando fauna en imágenes de fototrampeo para mejorar el seguimiento de la #biodiversidad europea y entrenar IA ¡Participa! 👉 www.zooniverse.org/projects/wil... @gbif.org @wildintel.bsky.social #cienciaciudadana #Zooniverse
🤓¿Sabías que la SECEM tiene una biblioteca a disposición de sus socios? -13.000 registros de libros, monografías e informes sobre mamíferos, principalmente de España y Portugal. -Anualmente crece. -Muchas disponibles en formato PDF. Para más información: secem.es/.../la-bibli...
