Mammals of Europe
Mammals of Europe |
Taken from Mitchell-Jones et al (1999) Atlas of European Mammals. This includes western Europe as far east as the border of Russia (though Kaliningrad is included), Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova. The Atlantic islands of The Azores, Madeira and The Canary Islands are also included.
| Marsupialia | ||
| Macropus rufogriseus | (Desmarest, 1817) | Red-necked wallaby |
| Insectivora | ||
| Atelerix algirus | (Lereboullet, 1842) | Algerian hedgehog |
| Erinaceus concolor | Martin, 1838 | Eastern hedgehog |
| Erinaceus europaeus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Western hedgehog |
| Sorex alpinus | Schinz, 1837 | Alpine shrew |
| Sorex araneus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Common shrew |
| Sorex caecutiens | Laxmann, 1788 | Masked shrew |
| Sorex coronatus | Millet, 1828 | Millet's shrew |
| Sorex granarius | Miller, 1910 | Spanish shrew |
| Sorex isodon | Turov, 1924 | Taiga shrew |
| Sorex minutissimus | Zimmermann, 1780 | Least shrew |
| Sorex minutus | Linnaeus, 1766 | Pygmy shrew |
| Sorex samniticus | Altobello, 1926 | Appenine shrew |
| Neomys anomalus | Cabrera, 1907 | Miller's water shrew |
| Neomys fodiens | (Pennant, 1771) | Water shrew |
| Crocidura canariensis | Hutterer, López-Jurado & Vogel, 1987 | Canary shrew |
| Crocidura leucodon | (Hermann, 1780) | Bi-coloured white-toothed shrew |
| Crocidura osorio | Molina & Hutterer, 1989 | Osorio shrew |
| Crocidura russula | (Hermann, 1780) | Greater white-toothed shrew |
| Crocidura sicula | Miller, 1900 | Sicilian shrew |
| Crocidura suaveolens | (Pallas, 1811) | Lesser white-toothed shrew |
| Crocidura zimmermanni | Wettstein, 1953 | Cretan white-toothed shrew |
| Suncus etruscus | (Savi, 1822) | Pygmy white-toothed shrew |
| Galemys pyrenaicus | (E. Geoffroy, 1811) | Pyrenean desman |
| Talpa caeca | Savi, 1822 | Blind mole |
| Talpa europaea | Linnaeus, 1758 | Common mole |
| Talpa occidentalis | Cabrera, 1907 | Iberian mole |
| Talpa romana | Thomas, 1902 | Roman mole |
| Talpa stankovici | V. Martino & E. Martino, 1931 | Balkan mole |
| Chiroptera | ||
| Rhinolophus blasii | Peters, 1866 | Blasius' horseshoe bat |
| Rhinolophus euryale | Blasius, 1853 | Mediterranean horseshoe bat |
| Rhinolophus ferrumequinum | (Schreber, 1774) | Greater horseshoe bat |
| Rhinolophus hipposideros | (Bechstein, 1800) | Lesser horseshoe bat |
| Rhinolophus mehelyi | Matschie, 1901 | Mehely's horseshoe bat |
| Myotis bechsteinii | (Kuhl, 1817) | Bechstein's bat |
| Myotis blythii | (Tomes, 1857) | Lesser mouse-eared bat |
| Myotis brandtii | (Eversmann, 1845) | Brandt's bat |
| Myotis capaccinii | (Bonaparte, 1837) | Long-fingered bat |
| Myotis dasycneme | (Boie, 1825) | Pond bat |
| Myotis daubentonii | (Kuhl, 1817) | Daubenton's bat |
| Myotis emarginatus | (E. Geoffroy, 1806) | Geoffroy's bat |
| Myotis myotis | (Borkhausen, 1797) | Greater mouse-eared bat |
| Myotis mystacinus | (Kuhl, 1817) | Whiskered bat |
| Myotis nattereri | (Kuhl, 1817) | Natterer's bat |
| Pipistrellus kuhlii | (Kuhl, 1817) | Kuhl's pipistrelle |
| Pipistrellus maderensis | (Dobson, 1878) | Madeira pipistrelle |
| Pipistrellus nathusii | (Keyserling & Blasius, 1839) | Nathusius' pipistrelle |
| Pipistrellus pipistrellus | (Schreber, 1774) | Common pipistrelle |
| Pipistrellus savii | (Bonaparte, 1837) | Savi's pipistrelle |
| Nyctalus azoreum | (Thomas, 1901) | Azorean bat |
| Nyctalus lasiopterus | (Schreber, 1780) | Greater noctule |
| Nyctalus leisleri | (Kuhl, 1817) | Leisler's bat |
| Nyctalus noctula | (Schreber, 1774) | Noctule |
| Eptesicus bottae | (Peters, 1869) | Botta's serotine |
| Eptesicus nilssonii | (Keyserling & Blasius, 1839) | Northern bat |
| Eptesicus serotinus | (Schreber, 1774) | Serotine |
| Vespertilio murinus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Parti-coloured bat |
| Barbastella barbastellus | (Schreber, 1774) | Barbastelle |
| Plecotus auritus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Brown long-eared bat |
| Plecotus austriacus | (J. B. Fischer, 1829) | Grey long-eared bat |
| Plecotus teneriffae | Barrett-Hamilton, 1907 | Tenerife long-eared bat |
| Miniopterus schreibersii | (Kuhl, 1817) | Schreibers' bat |
| Tadarida teniotis | (Rafinesque, 1814) | European free-tailed bat |
| Primates | ||
| Macaca sylvanus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Barbary ape |
| Lagomorpha | ||
| Lepus capensis | Linnaeus, 1758 | Cape hare |
| Lepus castroviejoi | Palacios, 1977 | Broom hare |
| Lepus corsicanus | de Winton, 1898 | Corsican hare |
| Lepus europaeus | Pallas, 1778 | Brown hare |
| Lepus granatensis | Rosenhauer, 1856 | Iberian hare |
| Lepus timidus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Mountain hare |
| Oryctolagus cuniculus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Rabbit |
| Sylvilagus floridanus | (J. A. Allen, 1890) | Eastern cottontail rabbit |
| Rodentia | ||
| Sciurus anomalus | Güldenstaedt, 1785 | Persian squirrel |
| Sciurus carolinensis | Gmelin, 1788 | Grey squirrel |
| Sciurus vulgaris | Linnaeus, 1758 | Red squirrel |
| Callosciurus erythraeus | (Pallas, 1779) | Pallas's squirrel |
| Callosciurus finlaysonii | (Horsfield, 1824) | Thailand tree squirrel |
| Atlantoxerus getulus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Barbary ground squirrel |
| Marmota marmota | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Alpine marmot |
| Spermophilus citellus | (Linnaeus, 1766) | European souslik |
| Spermophilus suslicus | (Güldenstaedt, 1770) | Spotted souslik |
| Tamias sibiricus | (Laxmann, 1769) | Siberian chipmunk |
| Pteromys volans | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Russian flying squirrel |
| Castor canadensis | Kuhl, 1820 | American beaver |
| Castor fiber | Linnaeus, 1758 | Eurasian beaver |
| Cricetus cricetus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Common hamster |
| Cricetulus migratorius | (Pallas,1773) | Grey hamster |
| Mesocricetus newtoni | (Nehring, 1898) | Romanian hamster |
| Myopus schisticolor | (Lilljeborg, 1844) | Wood lemming |
| Lemmus lemmus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Norway lemming |
| Clethrionomys glareolus | (Schreber, 1780) | Bank vole |
| Clethrionomys rufocanus | (Sundevall, 1846) | Grey-sided vole |
| Clethrionomys rutilus | (Pallas, 1779) | Red vole |
| Dinaromys bogdanovi | (Martino, 1922) | Balkan snow vole |
| Arvicola sapidus | Miller, 1908 | Southern water vole |
| Arvicola terrestris | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Water vole |
| Ondatra zibethicus | (Linnaeus, 1766) | Muskrat |
| Microtus agrestis | (Linnaeus, 1761) | Field vole |
| Microtus arvalis | (Pallas, 1778) | Common vole |
| Microtus cabrerae | Thomas, 1906 | Cabrera's vole |
| Microtus duodecimcostatus | de Sélys-Longchamps, 1839 | Mediterranean pine vole |
| Microtus felteni | Malec & Storch, 1963 | Balkan pine vole |
| Microtus gerbei | (Gerbe, 1879) | Pyrenean pine vole |
| Microtus guentheri | (Danford & Alston, 1880) | Guenther's vole |
| Microtus lusitanicus | (Gerbe, 1879) | Lusitanian pine vole |
| Microtus multiplex | (Fatio, 1905) | Alpine pine vole |
| Microtus oeconomus | (Pallas, 1776) | Root vole |
| Microtus rossiaemeridionalis | Ognev, 1924 | Sibling vole |
| Microtus savii | (de Sélys-Longchamps, 1838) | Savi's pine vole |
| Microtus subterraneus | (de Sélys-Longchamps, 1836) | Common pine vole |
| Microtus tatricus | Kratochvíl, 1952 | Tatra vole |
| Microtus thomasi | (Barrett-Hamilton, 1903) | Thomas's vole |
| Chionomys nivalis | (Martins, 1842) | Snow vole |
| Meriones tristrami | Thomas, 1892 | Tristram's jird |
| Spalax graecus | Nehring, 1898 | Balkan mole rat |
| Nannospalax leucodon | (Nordmann, 1840) | Lesser mole rat |
| Micromys minutus | (Pallas, 1771) | Harvest mouse |
| Apodemus agrarius | (Pallas, 1771) | Striped field mouse |
| Apodemus alpicola | Heinrich 1952 | Alpine mouse |
| Apodemus flavicollis | (Melchior, 1834) | Yellow-necked mouse |
| Apodemus mystacinus | (Danford & Alston, 1877) | Rock mouse |
| Apodemus sylvaticus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Wood mouse |
| Apodemus uralensis | (Pallas, 1811) | Pygmy field mouse |
| Rattus norvegicus | (Berkenhout, 1769) | Brown rat |
| Rattus rattus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Black rat; Ship rat |
| Mus domesticus | Schwartz & Schwartz, 1943 | Western house mouse |
| Mus macedonicus | Petrov & Ruzic, 1983 | Balkan short-tailed mouse |
| Mus musculus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Eastern house mouse |
| Mus spicilegus | Petényi, 1882 | Steppe mouse |
| Mus spretus | Lataste 1883 | Algerian mouse |
| Acomys minous | Bate, 1906 | Cretan spiny mouse |
| Glis glis | (Linnaeus, 1766) | Fat dormouse; Edible dormouse |
| Muscardinus avellanarius | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Common dormouse |
| Eliomys quercinus | (Linnaeus, 1766) | Garden dormouse |
| Dryomys nitedula | (Pallas, 1778) | Forest dormouse |
| Myomimus roachi | (Bate, 1937) | Mouse-tailed dormouse |
| Sicista betulina | (Pallas, 1779) | Northern birch mouse |
| Sicista subtilis | (Pallas, 1773) | Southern birch mouse |
| Hystrix cristata | Linnaeus, 1758 | Crested porcupine |
| Myocastor coypus | (Molina, 1782) | Coypu |
| Carnivora | ||
| Canis aureus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Golden jackal |
| Canis lupus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Wolf |
| Alopex lagopus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Arctic fox |
| Vulpes vulpes | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Red fox |
| Nyctereutes procyonoides | (Gray, 1834) | Raccoon dog |
| Ursus arctos | Linnaeus, 1758 | Brown bear |
| Ursus maritimus | Phipps, 1774 | Polar bear |
| Procyon lotor | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Raccoon |
| Mustela erminea | Linnaeus, 1758 | Stoat |
| Mustela eversmanii | Lesson, 1827 | Steppe polecat |
| Mustela lutreola | (Linneus, 1761) | European mink |
| Mustela nivalis | Linnaeus, 1766 | Weasel |
| Mustela putorius | Linnaeus, 1758 | Western polecat |
| Mustela vison | Schreber, 1777 | American mink |
| Vormela peregusna | (Güldenstadt, 1770) | Marbled polecat |
| Martes foina | (Erxleben, 1777) | Beech marten; Stone marten |
| Martes martes | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Pine marten |
| Gulo gulo | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Wolverine |
| Meles meles | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Badger |
| Lutra lutra | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Otter |
| Genetta genetta | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Common genet |
| Herpestes auropunctatus | Hodgson, 1836 | Small Indian mongoose |
| Herpestes ichneumon | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Egyptian mongoose |
| Felis silvestris | Schreber, 1775 | Wildcat |
| Lynx lynx | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Lynx |
| Lynx pardinus | (Temminck, 1827) | Iberian lynx, Pardel lynx |
| Odobenus rosmarus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Walrus |
| Phoca groenlandica | Erxleben, 1777 | Harp seal |
| Phoca hispida | Schreber, 1775 | Ringed seal |
| Phoca vitulina | Linnaeus, 1758 | Common seal |
| Halichoerus grypus | (Fabricius, 1791) | Grey seal |
| Erignathus barbatus | (Erxleben, 1777) | Bearded seal |
| Monachus monachus | (Hermann, 1779) | Mediterranean monk seal |
| Cystophora cristata | (Erxleben, 1777) | Hooded seal |
| Artiodactyla | ||
| Sus scrofa | Linnaeus, 1758 | Wild boar |
| Muntiacus reevesi | (Ogilby, 1839) | Reeves' muntjac |
| Axis axis | (Erxleben, 1777) | Axis deer |
| Dama dama | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Fallow deer |
| Cervus elaphus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Red deer |
| Cervus nippon | Temminck, 1838 | Sika deer |
| Odocoileus virginianus | (Zimmermann, 1780) | White-tailed deer |
| Alces alces | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Elk; Moose |
| Rangifer tarandus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Reindeer |
| Hydropotes inermis | Swinhoe, 1870 | Chinese water deer |
| Capreolus capreolus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Roe deer |
| Bison bonasus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | European bison |
| Rupicapra pyrenaica | Bonaparte, 1845 | Southern chamois |
| Rupicapra rupicapra | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Alpine chamois |
| Ovibos moschatus | (Zimmermann, 1780) | Musk ox |
| Capra aegagrus | Erxleben, 1777 | Wild goat |
| Capra ibex | Linnaeus, 1758 | Alpine ibex |
| Capra pyrenaica | Schinz, 1838 | Spanish ibex |
| Ammotragus lervia | (Pallas, 1777) | Barbary sheep |
| Ovis ammon | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Mouflon |