En la comunidad zoológica del bosque mediterráneo abundan los pequeños fitófagos - animales comedores de plantas- como ratones, lirones caretos, ratas, ardillas y conejos. Sus poblaciones son contenidas por pequeños y medianos depredadores, sumamente útiles, como comadrejas, turones, ginetas o zorros, los pequeños matadores.
In the animal community of the Mediterranean forest, small herbivores, plant-eating animals such as mice, garden dormice, rats, squirrels, and rabbits, are abundant. Their populations are kept in check by small and medium-sized predators, extremely useful ones, such as weasels, polecats, genets, and foxes: the little killers.
