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Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the French mainland. A single chain of mountains makes up two-thirds of the island. As of January 2022, it had a population of 349,465.

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Common octopus

Octopus vulgaris

The common octopus (Octopus vulgaris ) is a mollusc belonging to the class Cephalopoda. Octopus vulgaris is one of the most studied of all octopus species, and also one of the most intelligent. It is cosmopolitan, that is, a global species, which...

African Wildcat

Felis lybica

The African wildcat (Felis lybica) is a small wildcat species. In Cyprus, an African wildcat was found in a burial site next to a human skeleton in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B settlement Shillourokambos. The graves are estimated to have been...

Common cuttlefish

Sepia officinalis

The common cuttlefish or European common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis ) is one of the largest and best-known cuttlefish species. They are a migratory species that spend the summer and spring inshore for spawning and then move to depths of 100 to...

Pinna nobilis

Pinna nobilis, common name the noble pen shell or fan mussel, is a large species of Mediterranean clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pinnidae, the pen shells. It reaches up to 120 cm (4 ft) of shell length. It produces a rare...

European mouflon

Ovis aries musimon

The European mouflon (Ovis aries musimon ) is a feral subspecies of the primitive domestic sheep. It was originally found only on the Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Sardinia, but has since been introduced into many other regions of Europe. It...

Italian sparrow

Passer italiae

The Italian sparrow (Passer italiae ), also known as the cisalpine sparrow, is a passerine bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in Italy and other parts of the Mediterranean region. In appearance, it is intermediate between the house...

Daubenton's Bat

Myotis daubentonii

Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii) is a Eurasian bat that is considered to be increasing its numbers in many areas. It was first described in 1817 by Heinrich Kuhl, who named it in honor of French naturalist Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton.

Lesser Horseshoe Bat

Rhinolophus hipposideros

The Lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) is a small insectivorous bat found in Europe, Asia, and North Africa. It is closely related to its larger cousin, the Greater horseshoe bat. As with all horseshoe bats, the species gets its name...

Helix lucorum

Helix lucorum is a species of large, edible, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.

Corsican red deer

Cervus elaphus corsicanus

The Corsican red deer (Cervus elaphus corsicanus ), also known simply as the Corsican deer or Sardinian deer, is a subspecies of the red deer (Cervus elaphus ), endemic to the Mediterranean islands of Sardinia (Italy) and Corsica (France).

Soprano pipistrelle

Pipistrellus pygmaeus

The soprano pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus ) is a small species of bat. It is found in Europe and often roosts on buildings.

Sand tiger shark

Carcharias taurus

The sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus), gray nurse shark, spotted ragged-tooth shark or blue-nurse sand tiger, is a species of shark that inhabits subtropical and temperate waters worldwide. It inhabits the continental shelf, from sandy shorelines...

Common bent-wing bat

Miniopterus schreibersii

The common bent-wing bat (Miniopterus schreibersii ), also known as the Schreibers's long-fingered bat or Schreibers's bat, is a species of insectivorous bat. They appear to have dispersed from a subtropical origin and distributed throughout the...

Bechstein's bat

Myotis bechsteinii

Bechstein's bat (Myotis bechsteinii ) is a species of vesper bat found in Europe and western Asia, living in extensive areas of woodland.

Corsican Wildcat

Felis catus

The Corsican wildcat is an isolated feral cat (Felis catus) population that used to be considered a subspecies of the African wildcat (Felis lybica). Now it is thought to have been introduced to Corsica around the beginning of the first millennium....

Loligo forbesii

Loligo forbesii (sometimes erroneously spelled forbesi ), known commonly as the veined squid and long-finned squid, is a commercially important species of squid in the family Loliginidae, the pencil squids.

Lesser noctule

Nyctalus leisleri

The lesser noctule, Leisler's bat or the Irish bat (Nyctalus leisleri ), is a species of insectivorous bat belonging to the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. The species was named to honour the naturalist Johann Philipp Achilles Leisler

Grey long-eared bat

Plecotus austriacus

The grey long-eared bat (Plecotus austriacus ) is a fairly large European bat. It has distinctive ears, long and with a distinctive fold. It hunts above woodland, often by day, and mostly for moths. In captivity, it has also been recorded to eat...

Whiskered bat

Myotis mystacinus

The whiskered bat (Myotis mystacinus ) is a small European bat with long fur. Although uncommon, M. mystacinus is often found around human habitation and around water; it is similar to Brandt's bat (Myotis brandtii ), from which it was distinguished...

Nathusius's pipistrelle

Pipistrellus nathusii

Nathusius' pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii ) is a small bat in the genus Pipistrellus. It is very similar to the common pipistrelle and has been overlooked in many areas until recently but it is widely distributed across Europe. It was described...

Bithynia tentaculata

Bithynia tentaculata, common names the mud bithynia or common bithynia, or faucet snail is a relatively small species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.

Porbeagle

Lamna nasus

The porbeagle or porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) is a species of mackerel shark in the family Lamnidae, distributed widely in the cold and temperate marine waters of the North Atlantic and Southern Hemisphere. In the North Pacific, its ecological...

Corsican nuthatch

Sitta whiteheadi

The Corsican nuthatch (Sitta whiteheadi ) is a species of bird in the nuthatch family Sittidae. It is a relatively small nuthatch, measuring about 12 cm (4.7 in) in overall length. The upperparts are bluish gray, the underparts grayish white. The...

Kuhl's pipistrelle

Pipistrellus kuhlii

Kuhl's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus kuhlii ) is a species of vesper bat that occurs in large areas of North Africa, Southern Europe and West Asia. It lives in temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby...

European free-tailed bat

Tadarida teniotis

The European free-tailed bat (Tadarida teniotis, sometimes given as Tadarida insignis ) is a species of free-tailed bat found in the Old World. Other common names include the bulldog bat and the mastiff bat because of the presence of wrinkling on...

Geoffroy's bat

Myotis emarginatus

Geoffroy's bat (Myotis emarginatus ) is a species of vesper bat.

Long-fingered bat

Myotis capaccinii

The long-fingered bat (Myotis capaccinii ) is a carnivorous species of vesper bat. It is native to coastal areas around the Mediterranean Sea, as well as a few patches of land in western Iran. Due to the fact that its population is in decline, it is...

Lophius piscatorius

Lophius piscatorius, commonly known as the angler, European angler or common monkfish, is a monkfish in the family Lophiidae. It is found in coastal waters of the northeast Atlantic, from the Barents Sea to the Strait of Gibraltar, the Mediterranean...

Mediterranean horseshoe bat

Rhinolophus euryale

The Mediterranean horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus euryale ) is a species of insectivorous bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in the Mediterranean region and balkan peninsula, as well as parts of Italy.

Savi's pipistrelle

Hypsugo savii

Savi's pipistrelle (Hypsugo savii sometimes classified as Pipistrellus savii ) is a species of vesper bat found across North West Africa, the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. It feeds at night on flying insects. In the summer it roosts...

Sandbar shark

Carcharhinus plumbeus

The sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus), also known as the brown shark or thickskin shark, is a species of requiem shark, and part of the family Carcharhinidae, native to the Atlantic Ocean and the Indo-Pacific. It is distinguishable by its very...

Homarus gammarus

Homarus gammarus, known as the European lobster or common lobster, is a species of clawed lobster from the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and parts of the Black Sea. It is closely related to the American lobster, H. americanus. It may...

Merluccius merluccius

Merluccius merluccius, the European hake, is a merluccid hake of the genus Merluccius. Other vernacular names include Cornish salmon and herring hake. It is a predatory species which was often netted alongside one of its favoured prey, the Atlantic...

Sepia orbignyana

Sepia orbignyana, the pink cuttlefish, is a species of small cuttlefish from the family Sepiidae. It is occurs in the temperate and tropical waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

Squatina squatina

Squatina squatina, the angelshark or monkfish, is a species of shark in the family Squatinidae (known generally also as angel sharks), that were once widespread in the coastal waters of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Well-adapted for camouflaging...

Pomatias elegans

Pomatias elegans, common name the round-mouthed snail, is a species of small land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae within the superfamily Littorinoidea, the winkles and their allies.This species is...

Red gurnard

Chelidonichthys cuculus

The red gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus), also known as the East Atlantic red gurnard or soldier, is a benthic species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Triglidae, the gurnards and sea robins. This fish is found in the eastern Atlantic...

Tyrrhenian mole

Talpa tyrrhenica

The Tyrrhenian mole (Talpa tyrrhenica ) is an extinct species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It was endemic to the Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Sardinia during the Pleistocene epoch.First described in 1945 by Dorothea Bate, this species...

Emperor

Anax imperator

The emperor dragonfly or blue emperor (Anax imperator) is a large species of hawker dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae. It is the bulkiest dragonfly in most of Europe, including the United Kingdom, although exceeded by the magnificent emperor (A....

Mediterranean flycatcher

Muscicapa tyrrhenica

The Mediterranean flycatcher (Muscicapa tyrrhenica ) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds on the Balearic Islands, Corsica and Sardinia, and is migratory, wintering in Africa. The International Ornithologists'...

Common torpedo

Torpedo torpedo

The common torpedo (Torpedo torpedo), also known as ocellate torpedo or eyed electric ray, is a species of electric ray in the family Torpedinidae. It is found in the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the Bay of Biscay to Angola,...

Sardinian tree frog

Hyla sarda

The Sardinian tree frog or Tyrrhenian tree frog (Hyla sarda ) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae, found in Corsica, Sardinia, and the Tuscan Archipelago.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, rivers, intermittent...

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