The Upper Tisa Valley. Preparatory proposal for Ramsay

are mainly useful, since they consume a considerable amount of mice. Practically, all
these species are valuable game, but, due to their small numbers, hunting for some of
them is forbidden, for the others it is restricted.
Artiodactyles. There are 3 species - Sus scrofa L., Capreolus capreolus L., and Cervus
elaphus L.. In the river plain they do not stay for long, they come here only for
watering and resting. All the three species are game, their shooting is restricted. They
are valued for their meat and hunting trophies.
Leporids are represented by Lepus europaeus Pall. It comes to the river plain to have a
rest and take up fat.
The most numerous and representative group of mammals in the River Tisa plain are
the rodents. There are about 15 rodent species, namely: Sciurus vulgaris L., Glis glis
L. and Muscardinus avellanarius L., Rattus norvegicus Bark., Mus musculus L.,
Apodemus agrarius Pall., A. sylvaticus L., A. flavicollis Melch., Clethrionomys
glareolus Schreb., Arvicola sherman Shaw., Microtus arvalis Pall., M. subterraneus De
Selys Longchamps. Glis glis, Microtus arvalis, Clethrionomys glareolus, and M.
subterraneus occur only in places where the forest is close to the riverbed. Rattus
norvegicus and Mus musculus, however, can be seen near human settlements. The
occurance of the muskrat is not impossible in this area. Mice settle in the river plain
reluctantly, since the frequent floods cause great damage to their populations.
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