List of mammals of Europe

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This is a list of mammals of Europe. It includes all

binomial name
and notes on its distribution where this is limited. Introduced species are also noted.

IUCN conservation statusesExtinctionExtinctionExtinct in the wildCritically EndangeredEndangered speciesVulnerable speciesNear ThreatenedThreatened speciesLeast ConcernLeast Concern

Summary of 2006 IUCN Red List categories.

Conservation status - IUCN Red List of Threatened Species:

EX - extinct, EW - extinct in the wild
CR - critically endangered, EN - endangered VU - vulnerable
NT - near threatened, LC - least concern
DD - data deficient, NE - not evaluated
(v. 2013.2, the data is current as of March 5, 2014[1])

Eulipotyphlans

Erinaceidae

Hedgehogs

Talpidae

Moles
Desmans

Soricidae
(shrews)

Bats

Pteropodidae
(megabat)

Rhinolophidae
(horseshoe bats)

Vespertilionidae (evening bats)

Miniopteridae

Molossidae
(free-tailed bats)

Nycteridae
(slit-faced bats)

Lagomorphs

The European hare

Leporidae (leporids)

Ochotonidae (pikas)

  • Mediterranean islands
    )

Rodents

Sciuridae
(squirrels)

An alpine marmot

Castoridae

  • European beaver
    , Castor fiber LC

Hystricidae
(Old World porcupines)

Gliridae
(dormice)

Muroids: Spalacidae (spalacids)

Muroids: Cricetidae

Hamsters
Lemmings
Voles

Muroids: Muridae

Old World rats and mice
Spiny mice
  • Cretan spiny mouse, Acomys minous DD (Crete
    )
Jirds
Gerbils

Muroids: Sminthidae (birch mice)

Dipodidae
(jerboas)

  • Dwarf fat-tailed jerboa
    , Pygeretmus pumilio LC (eastern Europe)
  • Great jerboa
    , Allactaga major LC (eastern Europe)
  • Small five-toed jerboa
    , Allactaga elater LC (eastern Europe)
  • Northern three-toed jerboa
    , Dipus sagitta LC (eastern Europe)
  • Thick-tailed three-toed jerboa
    , Stylodipus telum LC (eastern Europe)
  • Williams's jerboa, Scarturus williamsi[2] LC (Azerbaijan)

Carnivorans

Ursidae
(bears)

Canidae

European jackal (Canis aureus moreotica), a subspecies of golden jackal

Mustelidae (weasels and allies)

Felidae (cats)

The Eurasian lynx

Hyaenidae
(hyenas)

Phocidae
(earless seals)

Odobenidae

Odd-toed ungulates

Equidae (horse)

Even-toed ungulates

Suidae (pigs)

Bovidae (bovid)

Cervidae
(deer)

Cetacea

Delphinidae
(oceanic dolphins)

Killer whale
Bottlenose dolphin
  • White-beaked dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris LC
  • Atlantic white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus acutus LC
  • Rough-toothed dolphin
    , Steno bredanensis LC
  • Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba LC (Mediterranean subpopulation: VU)
  • Atlantic spotted dolphin
    , Stenella frontalis DD
  • Short-beaked common dolphin
    , Delphinus delphis LC
    (Mediterranean subpopulation: EN, ssp. ponticus: VU)
  • Bottle-nosed dolphin
    , Tursiops truncatus LC
    (Mediterranean subpopulation: VU, ssp. ponticus: EN)
  • Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei LC (Canary Islands in Africa)
  • False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens DD
  • Killer whale
    , Orcinus orca DD
  • Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus LC (Mediterranean subpopulation: DD)
  • Long-finned pilot whale
    , Globicephala melas DD (Mediterranean subpopulation: DD)
  • Short-finned pilot whale
    , Globicephala macrorhynchus DD
  • Pygmy killer whale
    , Feresa attenuata DD

Phocoenidae
(porpoises)

  • Common porpoise
    , Phocoena phocoena LC
    (Baltic Sea subpopulation: CR, ssp. relicta - Black Sea harbour porpoise: EN)

Monodontidae

Kogiidae

  • Pygmy sperm whale
    , Kogia breviceps DD
  • Dwarf sperm whale
    , Kogia sima DD

Physeteridae

  • Sperm whale
    , Physeter macrocephalus VU (Mediterranean subpopulation: EN)

Ziphiidae
(beaked whales)

  • Gervais' beaked whale
    , Mesoplodon europaeus DD
  • Blainville's beaked whale
    , Mesoplodon densirostris DD
  • True's beaked whale
    , Mesoplodon mirus DD
  • Sowerby's beaked whale
    , Mesoplodon bidens DD
  • Grays beaked whale
    , Mesoplodon grayi DD
  • Northern bottlenose whale
    , Hyperoodon ampullatus DD
  • Cuvier's beaked whale
    , Ziphius cavirostris LC (Mediterranean subpopulation: DD)

Balaenopteridae
(rorquals)

Humpback whale
  • Blue whale
    , Balaenoptera musculus EN (ssp. musculus North Atlantic stock: VU)
  • Fin whale
    , Balaenoptera physalus EN (Mediterranean subpopulation: VU)
  • Sei whale
    , Balaenoptera borealis EN
  • Common minke whale
    , Balaenoptera acutorostrata LC
  • Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera edeni DD (Canary Islands in Africa)
  • Humpback whale
    , Megaptera novaeangliae LC

Eschrichtiidae

  • Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus CR (possible vagrant from Pacific was recorded in 2010[13])

Balaenidae

  • Bowhead whale
    , Balaena mysticetus LC
    (Svalbard-Barents Sea (Spitsbergen) subpopulation: CR)
  • North Atlantic right whale
    , Eubalaena glacialis EN

Introduced animals

Macropodidae (macropods)

  • Red-necked wallaby, Notamacropus rufogriseus LC (Britain, Ireland, France and Germany, introduced)

Erinaceidae

Primates

Sciuridae
(squirrels)

Myocastoridae

  • Coypu
    , Myocastor coypus LC (introduced)

Cricetidae

  • Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus LC (introduced)

Hystricidae
(Old World porcupines)

Muroids: Muridae

Old World rats and mice

Canidae

  • Raccoon dog
    , Nyctereutes procyonoides LC (introduced)

Mustelidae (weasel)

Herpestidae
(mongooses)

Viverridae (viverrids)

Procyonidae

Mephitidae

Bovidae (bovids)

Equidae (horses)

Cervidae
(deer)

  • Chital, Axis axis LC (introduced)
  • Wapiti
    , Cervus canadensis LC (Italy, introduced)
  • Sika deer, Cervus nippon LC (introduced)
  • Chinese water deer
    , Hydropotes inermis VU (Britain, France, introduced)
  • Chinese muntjac
    , Muntiacus reevesi LC (Britain, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Belgium, introduced)
  • White-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus LC (introduced; Finland, Czechia)

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d e Not recognized as a separate species in the Mammal Diversity Database v. 1.10.[3]
  3. ^ According to the IUCN Red List this distribution needs to be confirmed and bats from North Africa are treated as Pipistrellus kuhlii.[5]

References

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  13. ^ King, Anthony (20 August 2015). "Are grey whales climate change's big winners?". The Irish Times.
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