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Shevchyk, L., M. Drebet. 2026. The history of the formation and development of theriological research in Podillia. Novitates Theriologicae, 18: 371–382. https://doi.org/10.53452/nt1832

title

The history of the formation and development of theriological research in Podillia

author(s)

Liubov Shevchyk (Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Ternopil, Ukraine)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0755-2193
Mykhailo Drebet (Podilski Tovtry National Nature Park, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7639-8815

abstract

The history of the formation and development of Theriological research in Podillia is analysed, with a focus on the Podolian Upland, the Holohory-Kremenets Hills, and the Podilski Tovtry. A considerable proportion of the research has been concentrated in the Kamianets Dnister River Region. The main centres of research and the formation of scientific schools are Ivan Ohiienko Kamianets-Podilskyi National University, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, and Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University, as well as the natural history museums associated with these institutions. A distinctive feature of the region is the large number of protected areas, which has contributed to extensive faunistic and monitoring studies. For a long period, research activity has been concentrated in the Medobory Nature Reserve and «Northern Podillia», «Dnister Canyon», «Podilski Tovtry» and «Karmeliukove Podillia» national nature parks. Information and bibliographic sources on faunistic studies, the examination of zoological collections, studies of the mammalian fauna as a whole, and research on rare and game species are summarised. The final section provides an analysis of the scientific activities of the leading mammal researchers who have worked in the region over the past 50 years.

language

Ukrainian, with English summary

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date

online: 30.01.2026; print: 30.01.2026