List of mammals of Europe
This is a list of mammals of Europe . It includes all mammals currently found in Europe (from northeast Atlantic to Ural Mountains and northern slope of Caucasus Mountains ), whether resident or as regular migrants . Moreover, species occurring in Cyprus , Canary Islands (Spain ) and Azores (Portugal ) are listed here. If geographical range of given European mammal additionally overlaps Turkey , it is noted in some of cases. This checklist does not include species found only in captivity. Each species is listed, with its binomial name and notes on its distribution where this is limited. Introduced species are also noted.
Summary of 2006 IUCN Red List categories.
Conservation status - IUCN Red List of Threatened Species :
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC DD NE (v. 2024-1, the data is current as of September 21, 2024[ 1] Hedgehogs
Moles
Aquitanian mole , Talpa aquitania [ 2] France , Spain )Mediterranean mole , Talpa caeca LC Alps )Caucasian mole , Talpa caucasica [ 2] LC Caucasus , Russia )European mole , Talpa europaea LC Levant mole , Talpa levantis LC Bulgaria , Caucasus , Russia and European Turkey )Martino's mole , Talpa martinorum [ 2] Bulgaria )Spanish mole , Talpa occidentalis LC Iberian Peninsula )Roman mole , Talpa romana LC Italy and Greece )Balkan mole , Talpa stankovici LC Balkans )Desmans
Common shrew , Sorex araneus LC Crowned shrew , Sorex coronatus LC Iberian shrew , Sorex granarius LC Apennine shrew , Sorex samniticus LC Eurasian pygmy shrew , Sorex minutus LC Laxmann's shrew , Sorex caecutiens LC Eurasian least shrew , Sorex minutissimus LC Taiga shrew , Sorex isodon LC Alpine shrew , Sorex alpinus NT Valais shrew , Sorex antinorii LC Italy , France , Switzerland ) - formerly in Sorex araneus [ n 1] Radde's shrew , Sorex raddei [ 2] LC Caucasus , Russia )Caucasian shrew , Sorex satunini [ 2] LC Caucasian pygmy shrew , Sorex volnuchini [ 2] LC Eurasian water shrew , Neomys fodiens LC Iberian water shrew , Neomys anomalus LC Iberian Peninsula ) and:[ n 1] Transcaucasian water shrew , Neomys teres [ 2] LC Caucasus , Russia )Etruscan shrew , Suncus etruscus LC Greater white-toothed shrew , Crocidura russula LC Lesser white-toothed shrew , Crocidura suaveolens LC Bicoloured shrew , Crocidura leucodon LC Gueldenstaedt's shrew , Crocidura gueldenstaedtii LC Sicilian shrew , Crocidura sicula LC Sicily , Malta )North African white-toothed shrew , Crocidura pachyura DD Mediterranean islands )Cretan shrew , Crocidura zimmermanni EN Crete )Canarian shrew , Crocidura canariensis EN Canary Islands in Africa - Spain )Piebald shrew , Diplomesodon pulchellus [ 2] LC Kazakhstan , Russia )Daubenton's bat , Myotis daubentonii LC Nathalina bat , Myotis (daubentonii ) nathalinae (Myotis daubentonii LC Long-fingered bat , Myotis capaccinii VU Pond bat , Myotis dasycneme VU Brandt's bat , Myotis brandtii LC Whiskered bat , Myotis mystacinus LC David’s myotis , Myotis davidii [ 2] Alcathoe bat , Myotis alcathoe NT Greece , Hungary )Geoffroy's bat , Myotis emarginatus LC Natterer's bat , Myotis nattereri LC [ n 1] Escalera's bat , Myotis escalerai NT Spain , Portugal , France )Bechstein's bat , Myotis bechsteinii VU Greater mouse-eared bat , Myotis myotis LC Lesser mouse-eared bat , Myotis blythii VU Felten's myotis , Myotis punicus VU Corsica , Sardinia , Malta )Common noctule , Nyctalus noctula LC Lesser noctule , Nyctalus leisleri LC Azores noctule , Nyctalus azoreum VU Azores archipelago - Portugal )Greater noctule , Nyctalus lasiopterus VU Anatolian serotine , Eptesicus anatolicus [ 2] DD Aegean Islands in Greece , Cyprus ) - split from Botta's serotine , Eptesicus bottae LC Serotine , Eptesicus serotinus LC [ n 1] Meridional serotine , Eptesicus (serotinus) isabellinus LC Northern bat , Eptesicus nilssonii LC Parti-coloured bat , Vespertilio murinus LC Common pipistrelle , Pipistrellus pipistrellus LC Soprano pipistrelle , Pipistrellus pygmaeus LC Nathusius's pipistrelle , Pipistrellus nathusii LC Kuhl's pipistrelle , Pipistrellus kuhlii LC Savi's pipistrelle , Pipistrellus savii LC Crete pipistrelle , Pipistrellus creticus [ 2] Crete )Dusky pipistrelle , Pipistrellus hesperidus LC Canary Islands in Africa - Spain )[ 4] [ n 3] Common long-eared bat , Plecotus auritus LC Grey long-eared bat , Plecotus austriacus NT Madeira pipistrelle , Pipistrellus maderensis EN Canary Islands and Madeira in Africa - Spain , Portugal )Kolombatovic's long-eared bat , Plecotus kolombatovici VU Mediterranean )Alpine long-eared bat , Plecotus macrobullaris NT Sardinian long-eared bat , Plecotus sardus CR Sardinia )Canary long-eared bat , Plecotus teneriffae CR Canary Islands in Africa - Spain ) and:[ n 1] Barbastelle , Barbastella barbastellus VU Caspian barbastelle , Barbastella caspica [ 2] LC Caucasus )The European hare European rabbit , Oryctolagus cuniculus NT European hare , Lepus europaeus LC Mountain hare , Lepus timidus LC Granada hare , Lepus granatensis LC Spain , Portugal )Broom hare , Lepus castroviejoi VU Cantabrian Mountains )Corsican hare , Lepus corsicanus VU Corsica , southern Italy )Cape hare , Lepus capensis LC Corsica , Cyprus in Asia - Greece , Turkey )Tolai hare , Lepus tolai [ 2] LC Kazakhstan )An alpine marmot Red squirrel , Sciurus vulgaris LC [ n 1] Siberian flying squirrel , Pteromys volans DD Scandinavia , Estonia )European souslik , Spermophilus citellus EN Yellow ground squirrel , Spermophilus fulvus LC Little ground squirrel , Spermophilus pygmaeus LC Caucasian squirrel , Sciurus anomalus NA Spotted souslik , Spermophilus suslicus NT Russet ground squirrel , Spermophilus major [ 2] LC Russia , Kazakhstan )Caucasian Mountain ground squirrel , Spermophilus musicus [ 2] LC Caucasus )Alpine marmot , Marmota marmota LC Alps , Tatras , Carpathians , Pyrenees and Balkans )Tatra marmot , Marmota marmota latirostris LC Tatra Mountains )Bobak marmot , Marmota bobak LC Hamsters Lemmings Voles Bank vole , Myodes glareolus LC Northern red-backed vole , Myodes rutilus LC Grey red-backed vole , Myodes rufocanus LC Martino's Dinaric vole , Dinaromys bogdanovi VU Balkans ) and:[ n 1] European water vole , Arvicola amphibius and:[ n 1] Southwestern water vole , Arvicola sapidus VU Root vole , Alexandromys oeconomus LC Middendorff's vole , Alexandromys middendorffii [ 2] NA Russia )Short-tailed field vole , Microtus agrestis LC [ n 1] Pyrenean pine vole , Microtus pyrenaicus [ 3] France , Spain )Common vole , Microtus arvalis LC [ n 1] Sibling vole , Microtus epiroticus (M. levis LC Snow vole , Microtus nivalis LC Gunther's vole , Microtus guentheri LC [ n 1] Cabrera's vole , Microtus cabrerae NT European pine vole , Microtus subterraneus LC East European gray vole , Microtus rossiaemeridionalis LC Social vole , Microtus socialis LC Felten's vole , Microtus felteni LC Gerbe's vole , Microtus gerbei LC Savi's pine vole , Microtus savii LC [ n 1] Alpine pine vole , Microtus multiplex LC Tatra pine vole , Microtus tatricus LC Liechtenstein's pine vole , Microtus liechtensteini LC [ n 1] Mediterranean pine vole , Microtus duodecimcostatus LC Lusitanian pine vole , Microtus lusitanicus LC Thomas's pine vole , Microtus thomasi LC Major's pine vole , Microtus majori LC Caucasian pine vole , Microtus daghestanicus [ 2] LC Caucasus )Narrow-headed vole , Lasiopodomys gregalis [ 2] LC Russia )Gudaur snow vole , Chionomys gud [ 2] LC Caucasus )Robert's snow vole , Chionomys roberti [ 2] LC Steppe lemming , Lagurus lagurus LC Northern mole vole , Ellobius talpinus LC Long-clawed mole vole , Prometheomys schaposchnikowi [ 2] LC Caucasus )Old World rats and mice
Wood mouse , Apodemus sylvaticus LC Steppe field mouse , Apodemus witherbyi NA Yellow-necked mouse , Apodemus flavicollis LC [ n 1] Alpine field mouse , Apodemus alpicola LC Alps )Pygmy field mouse , Apodemus uralensis LC Broad-toothed field mouse , Apodemus mystacinus LC Western broad-toothed field mouse , Apodemus epimelas LC Balkans )Striped field mouse , Apodemus agrarius LC Eurasian harvest mouse , Micromys minutus LC House mouse , Mus musculus LC Algerian mouse , Mus spretus LC France , Spain and Portugal )Steppe mouse , Mus spicilegus LC Cypriot mouse , Mus cypriacus LC Cyprus )Macedonian mouse , Mus macedonicus LC Balcans )Spiny mice
Jirds
Gerbils
European jackal (Canis aureus moreotica ), a subspecies of golden jackal Wolverine , Gulo gulo VU Scandinavia )European otter , Lutra lutra NT Beech marten , Martes foina LC European pine marten , Martes martes LC Sable , Martes zibellina NA Ural Mountains , European Russia )Caucasian badger , Meles canescens (Crete , Rhodes )Asian badger , Meles leucurus [ 2] LC Russia , Kazakhstan )European badger , Meles meles LC Stoat , Mustela erminea LC Steppe polecat , Mustela eversmanii LC European mink , Mustela lutreola CR European polecat , Mustela putorius LC Least weasel , Mustela nivalis LC Siberian weasel , Mustela sibirica [ 2] NA Russia )Marbled polecat , Vormela peregusna VU The Eurasian lynx Asiatic cheetah , Acinonyx jubatus venaticus CR A. jubatus EN extirpated ) (Caucasus )Swamp cat , Felis chaus NA Cis-Caspian region )[ 7] African wildcat , Felis lybica [ 3] [ 8] LC France , Italy , Greece )European wildcat , Felis silvestris LC Pallas's cat , Otocolobus manul [ 9] LC Caucasus , possibly extirpated)Eurasian lynx , Lynx lynx LC Iberian lynx , Lynx pardinus VU Spain and Portugal )Lion Panthera leo VU Caucasus and southeastern Europe)Persian leopard , Panthera pardus tulliana EN P. pardus VU Dagestan , Northern Caucasus , European Russia )[ 10] [ 11] Caspian tiger , Panthera tigris tigris EX P. tigris EN Ukraine , Southern Russia and Caucasus )European bison , Bison bonasus VU Aurochs , Bos primigenius EX Wild goat , Capra aegagrus VU West Caucasian tur , Capra caucasica [ 2] EN Caucasus )East Caucasian tur , Capra cylindricornis [ 2] NT Alpine ibex , Capra ibex LC France , Italy , Switzerland , and Germany )Iberian ibex , Capra pyrenaica LC Spain and Portugal )Goitered gazelle , Gazella subgutturosa CR Azerbaijan )Muskox , Ovibos moschatus LC Norway , Russia ; reintroduced)Mouflon , Ovis gmelini NT Cyprus and Caucasus )Pyrenean chamois , Rupicapra pyrenaica LC Chamois , Rupicapra rupicapra LC Saiga antelope , Saiga tatarica CR Killer whale Bottlenose dolphin White-beaked dolphin , Lagenorhynchus albirostris LC Atlantic white-sided dolphin , Lagenorhynchus acutus LC Rough-toothed dolphin , Steno bredanensis NT Striped dolphin , Stenella coeruleoalba LC VU Atlantic spotted dolphin , Stenella frontalis LC Short-beaked common dolphin , Delphinus delphis LC EN ponticus : VU Bottle-nosed dolphin , Tursiops truncatus LC VU ponticus : EN Fraser's dolphin , Lagenodelphis hosei NA False killer whale , Pseudorca crassidens DD Killer whale , Orcinus orca LC Risso's dolphin , Grampus griseus LC DD Long-finned pilot whale , Globicephala melas LC DD Short-finned pilot whale , Globicephala macrorhynchus LC Pygmy killer whale , Feresa attenuata DD Common porpoise , Phocoena phocoena LC CR relicta - Black Sea harbour porpoise: EN Sperm whale , Physeter macrocephalus VU EN Humpback whale Gray whale , Eschrichtius robustus RE [ 13]
Introduced animals
Red-necked wallaby , Notamacropus rufogriseus LC Coypu , Myocastor coypus LC Muskrat , Ondatra zibethicus LC Old World rats and mice
Chital , Axis axis LC Croatia , introduced)Sika deer , Cervus nippon LC Chinese water deer , Hydropotes inermis VU Chinese muntjac , Muntiacus reevesi LC White-tailed deer , Odocoileus virginianus LC
See also
Further reading
Macdonald D., Barrett P., Collins Field Guide: Mammals of Britain & Europe , HarperCollinsPublishers, London, 1993, ISBN 0-00-219779-0
Görner M., Hackethal H., Beobachten und bestimmen: Säugetiere Europas , Neumann Verlag, Leipzig, Radebeul, 1987, ISBN 3-7402-0025-1
Notes
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Species split from this species or considered as distinct species alternatively. All these taxa occur in the area of interest, including the one on the left.
^ a b c d e Not recognized as a separate species in the Mammal Diversity Database v. 1.10.[ 3]
^ According to the IUCN Red List this distribution needs to be confirmed and bats from North Africa are treated as Pipistrellus kuhlii [ 5]
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