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Tuscany

I've been to Italy several times but only tried looking for mammals once the mainland, during a couple of nights spotlighting in rural Tuscany, near Certaldo, looking for Crested Porcupines in October 2011. Porcupines are fairly common in Tuscany, even just outside of Florence, though it seems that the warmer months are a much better time to see them.

I didn't see any in late October although a Coypu – out in the middle of a ploughed field – caused a flutter of excitement though.

Coypu

While spotlighting along the back roads at night I saw a Wild Cat, a couple of Red Foxes, a Wild Boar and several Hares and Roe Deer.

Sicily
Bosco del Ficuzza - I spent a day here at the Ficuzza Forest, near Corleone looking for wildlife during a work trip to Sicily in November 2004. Didn’t see any mammals during the day, but a couple of hours spotlighting found a Western Hedgehog, several Red Deer, a couple of Red Foxes and, what I was after, a Corsican Hare (just on the edge of the park at Ficuzza village).

See Also
RFI - mid Italy mammals (Feb 2011).

Fearless Ibex, Cingino Dam (Nov 2010).

RFI: Crested Porcupine and other mammals, central Italy (July 2010).

Other People's trip reports
Italy, 2011: Vladimir Dinets, 3 weeks & several (mainly smaller) mammals and bats.

Italy, 2010: Mike Richardson, 9 days & 10 species including a Garden Dormouse.

France and Italy, 2008: Mark Hows, 8 days and a few mammals including feral Pallas's and Finlyason's Squirrels.