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

mammal A mammal () is a vertebrate animal of the Class (biology), class Mammalia (). Mammals are characterised by the presence of milk-producing mammary glands for feeding their young, a broad neocortex region of the brain, fur or hair, and three ...

s currently found in

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

(from northeast Atlantic to Ural Mountains and northern slope of Caucasus Mountains), whether resident or as regular migrants. Moreover, species occurring in

Cyprus Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of isl ...

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; ) or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, Autonomous Community of Spain. They are located in the northwest of Africa, with the closest point to the cont ...

(

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

) and Azores (

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...

) are listed here. If geographical range of given European mammal additionally overlaps

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

, 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 in Europe -

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is an inventory of the global conservation status and extinction risk of biological spe ...

: : - extinct, - extinct in the wild : - critically endangered, - endangered - vulnerable : - near threatened, - least concern : - data deficient, - not evaluated :(v. 2025-1, the data is current as of May 29, 2025)

Eulipotyphlans

Erinaceidae

:Hedgehogs :* European hedgehog, ''Erinaceus europaeus'' :* Southern white-breasted hedgehog, ''Erinaceus concolor'' :* Northern white-breasted hedgehog, ''Erinaceus roumanicus'' :* Long-eared hedgehog, ''Hemiechinus auritus'' (eastern Europe)

Talpidae

:Moles :* Aquitanian mole, ''Talpa aquitania'' (

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

) :* Mediterranean mole, ''Talpa caeca'' (south of the

Alps The Alps () are some of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia. ...

) :* Caucasian mole, ''Talpa caucasica'' ( Caucasus,

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

) :* European mole, ''Talpa europaea'' :* Levant mole, ''Talpa levantis'' (

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

, Caucasus,

and European Turkey) :* Martino's mole, ''Talpa martinorum'' (

) :* Spanish mole, ''Talpa occidentalis'' (

Iberian Peninsula The Iberian Peninsula ( ), also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in south-western Europe. Mostly separated from the rest of the European landmass by the Pyrenees, it includes the territories of peninsular Spain and Continental Portugal, comprisin ...

) :* Roman mole, ''Talpa romana'' (

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

and

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

) :* Balkan mole, ''Talpa stankovici'' (

Balkans The Balkans ( , ), corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throug ...

) :Desmans :*

Russian desman The Russian desman (''Desmana moschata''; ''vykhukhol'') is a small semiaquatic mammal that inhabits the Volga river, Volga, Don River, Russia, Don and Ural River basins in Russia. Some authorities, citing old Soviet sources, claim the animal ca ...

, ''Desmana moschata'' (

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

) :* Pyrenean desman, ''Galemys pyrenaicus'' (

, the

Pyrenees The Pyrenees are a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. They extend nearly from their union with the Cantabrian Mountains to Cap de Creus on the Mediterranean coast, reaching a maximum elevation of at the peak of Aneto. ...

)

Soricidae (shrews)

:* Common shrew, ''Sorex araneus'' :* Crowned shrew, ''Sorex coronatus'' :* Iberian shrew, ''Sorex granarius'' :* Apennine shrew, ''Sorex samniticus'' :* Eurasian pygmy shrew, ''Sorex minutus'' :* Laxmann's shrew, ''Sorex caecutiens'' :* Eurasian least shrew, ''Sorex minutissimus'' :*

Taiga shrew The taiga shrew (''Sorex isodon''), also known as the even-toothed shrew can achieve a body length of about 67 millimeters, with a tail of about 43 millimeters. This shrew is very similar to the long-clawed shrew. This species inhabits forested ...

, ''Sorex isodon'' :* Alpine shrew, ''Sorex alpinus'' :* Valais shrew, ''Sorex antinorii'' (

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

) - formerly in '' Sorex araneus'', and: :** Udine shrew, ''Sorex arunchi'' (

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

) :* Radde's shrew, ''Sorex raddei'' ( Caucasus,

) :* Caucasian shrew, ''Sorex satunini'' (Caucasus, Russia) :* Caucasian pygmy shrew, ''Sorex volnuchini'' (Caucasus, Russia) :* Eurasian water shrew, ''Neomys fodiens'' :* Iberian water shrew, ''Neomys anomalus'' (

) and: ::* Mediterranean water shrew, ''Neomys milleri'' :* Transcaucasian water shrew, ''Neomys teres'' ( Caucasus,

) :*

Etruscan shrew The Etruscan shrew (''Suncus etruscus''), also known as the Etruscan pygmy shrew, white-toothed pygmy shrew and Savi's pygmy shrew, is the smallest known extant mammal by mass, weighing only about on average. (The bumblebee bat is regarded as t ...

, ''Suncus etruscus'' :*

Greater white-toothed shrew The greater white-toothed shrew (''Crocidura russula'') is a small insectivorous mammal found in Europe and North Africa. It is the most common of the white-toothed shrews. This species is found along the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean, Nethe ...

, ''Crocidura russula'' :* Lesser white-toothed shrew, ''Crocidura suaveolens'' :* Bicoloured shrew, ''Crocidura leucodon'' :* Gueldenstaedt's shrew, ''Crocidura gueldenstaedtii'' :* Sicilian shrew, ''Crocidura sicula'' (

Sicily Sicily (Italian language, Italian and ), officially the Sicilian Region (), is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy, regions of Italy. With 4. ...

Malta Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...

) :* North African white-toothed shrew, ''Crocidura pachyura'' (

Mediterranean islands The Mediterranean Sea basin is supposed to host more than 10,000 islands, with 2,217 islands larger than 0.01 km2. The two main island countries in the region are Malta and Cyprus, while other countries with islands in the Mediterranean Sea in ...

) :* Cretan shrew, ''Crocidura zimmermanni'' (

Crete Crete ( ; , Modern Greek, Modern: , Ancient Greek, Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the List of islands by area, 88th largest island in the world and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fifth la ...

) :* Canarian shrew, ''Crocidura canariensis'' (

in Africa -

) :* Piebald shrew, ''Diplomesodon pulchellus'' (

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

)

Bats Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera (). With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most birds, flying with their very long spread-out ...

Pteropodidae (megabat)

Egyptian fruit bat The Egyptian fruit bat or Egyptian rousette (''Rousettus aegyptiacus'') is a species of megabat that occurs in Africa, the Middle East, the Mediterranean and the Indian subcontinent. It is one of three ''Rousettus'' species with an African-Malag ...

, ''Rousettus aegyptiacus'' (

)

Rhinolophidae (horseshoe bats)

Lesser horseshoe bat The lesser horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus hipposideros'') is a type of small European and North African insectivorous bat, related to its larger cousin, the greater horseshoe bat. As with all horseshoe bats, the species gets its name from its dist ...

, ''Rhinolophus hipposideros'' :*

Greater horseshoe bat The greater horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus ferrumequinum'') is an Insectivore, insectivorous bat of the genus ''Rhinolophus''. Its distribution covers Europe, Northern Africa, Central Asia and Eastern Asia. It is the largest of the horseshoe bats i ...

, ''Rhinolophus ferrumequinum'' :* Mediterranean horseshoe bat, ''Rhinolophus euryale'' :* Blasius's horseshoe bat, ''Rhinolophus blasii'' :* Mehely's horseshoe bat, ''Rhinolophus mehelyi''

Vespertilionidae Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most diverse and widely distributed of bat familie ...
(evening bats)

:* Daubenton's bat, ''Myotis daubentonii'' :* Nathalina bat, ''Myotis'' (''daubentonii'') ''nathalinae'' ('' Myotis daubentonii'': ) :* Long-fingered bat, ''Myotis capaccinii'' :* Pond bat, ''Myotis dasycneme'' :* Brandt's bat, ''Myotis brandtii'' :* Whiskered bat, ''Myotis mystacinus'' :* David’s myotis, ''Myotis davidii'' (south-eastern and eastern Europe) , includes i.e.: :** Steppe whiskered bat, ''Myotis aurascens'' :* Alcathoe bat, ''Myotis alcathoe'' (

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

) :* Geoffroy's bat, ''Myotis emarginatus'' :*

Natterer's bat Natterer's bat (''Myotis nattereri'') is a European Vespertilionidae, vespertilionid bat with pale wings. It has brown fur tending to greyish-white on its underside. It is found across most of the continent of Europe, parts of the Near East and No ...

, ''Myotis nattereri'' and: :** Cryptic myotis, ''Myotis crypticus'' :** Tschuli myotis, ''Myotis tschuliensis'' (Eastern Europe) :** Hovel's myotis, ''Myotis hoveli'' (

) :* Escalera's bat, ''Myotis escalerai'' (

) :* Bechstein's bat, ''Myotis bechsteinii'' :* Greater mouse-eared bat, ''Myotis myotis'' :*

Lesser mouse-eared bat The lesser mouse-eared bat or lesser mouse-eared myotis (''Myotis blythii'') is a species of insectivorous bat in the family Vespertilionidae. This species has a wide distribution from the Iberian Peninsula to China. Taxonomy The lesser mouse-e ...

, ''Myotis blythii'' :* Felten's myotis, ''Myotis punicus'' (

Corsica Corsica ( , , ; ; ) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the Regions of France, 18 regions of France. It is the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the Metro ...

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; ; ) is the Mediterranean islands#By area, second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, and one of the Regions of Italy, twenty regions of Italy. It is located west of the Italian Peninsula, north of Tunisia an ...

) :* Common noctule, ''Nyctalus noctula'' :* Lesser noctule, ''Nyctalus leisleri'' :* Azores noctule, ''Nyctalus azoreum'' (the only mammal species endemic to North Atlantic Azores archipelago -

) :* Greater noctule, ''Nyctalus lasiopterus'' :* Anatolian serotine, ''Eptesicus anatolicus'' (east Aegean Islands in

) - split from Botta's serotine, ''Eptesicus bottae'' :* Serotine, ''Eptesicus serotinus'' and: :**'' Eptesicus lobatus'' (

) :* Meridional serotine, ''Eptesicus (serotinus) isabellinus'' :* Northern bat, ''Eptesicus nilssonii'' :*

Parti-coloured bat The parti-coloured bat or rearmouse (''Vespertilio murinus'') is a species of vesper bat that lives in temperate Eurasia, from Western and Southern Europe, eastwards over the Caucasus and Iran into Mongolia, north-east China, Korea, Afghanistan a ...

, ''Vespertilio murinus'' :* Common pipistrelle, ''Pipistrellus pipistrellus'' :* Soprano pipistrelle, ''Pipistrellus pygmaeus'' :* Nathusius's pipistrelle, ''Pipistrellus nathusii'' :* Kuhl's pipistrelle, ''Pipistrellus kuhlii'' :* Savi's pipistrelle, ''Pipistrellus savii'' :*

Crete pipistrelle Hanak's dwarf bat or Hanak's pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus hanaki'') is a species of bat only found in Cyrenaica, Libya and Crete, Greece. Taxonomy ''Pipistrellus hanaki'' was described as a new species in 2004. Its description was the result of ...

, ''Pipistrellus creticus'' (

) - split from Hanak's pipistrelle, ''Pipistrellus hanaki'' :* Dusky pipistrelle, ''Pipistrellus hesperidus'' (

in Africa -

) :* Madeira pipistrelle, ''Pipistrellus maderensis'' (

and

Madeira Madeira ( ; ), officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (), is an autonomous Regions of Portugal, autonomous region of Portugal. It is an archipelago situated in the North Atlantic Ocean, in the region of Macaronesia, just under north of ...

in Africa -

) :* Common long-eared bat, ''Plecotus auritus'' :* Grey long-eared bat, ''Plecotus austriacus'' :* Kolombatovic's long-eared bat, ''Plecotus kolombatovici'' (

Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern ...

) :* Alpine long-eared bat, ''Plecotus macrobullaris'' (mountains of southern Europe) :*

Sardinian long-eared bat The Sardinian long-eared bat (''Plecotus sardus'') is a critically-endangered species of bat endemic to Sardinia, Italy. This species was discovered in 2002 in the caves of central Sardinia, the type locality being a cave in Lanaitto's Valley ...

, ''Plecotus sardus'' (

) :* Canary long-eared bat, ''Plecotus teneriffae'' (

in Africa -

) and: :** Gaisler's long-eared bat, ''Plecotus gaisleri'' (

) :* Barbastelle, ''Barbastella barbastellus'' :* Caspian barbastelle, ''Barbastella caspica'' ( Caucasus)

Miniopteridae ''Miniopterus'', known as the bent-winged or long winged bats, is the sole genus of the family Miniopteridae. They are small flying insectivorous mammals, micro-bats of the order Chiroptera, with wings over twice the length of the body. The genus ...

:* Schreibers' bat, ''Miniopterus schreibersii'' and: :** Pallid long-fingered bat, ''Miniopterus pallidus'' (Caucasus)

Molossidae (free-tailed bats)

:* European free-tailed bat, ''Tadarida teniotis'' (southern Europe)

Nycteridae (slit-faced bats)

:* Egyptian slit-faced bat, ''Nycteris thebaica'' (

)

Lagomorphs

Leporidae Leporidae () is the family of rabbits and hares, containing over 70 species of extant mammals in all. The family name comes from "Lepus", hare in Latin. Together with the pikas, the Leporidae constitute the mammalian order Lagomorpha. Leporidae ...
(leporids)

European rabbit The European rabbit (''Oryctolagus cuniculus'') or coney is a species of rabbit native to the Iberian Peninsula (Spain, Portugal and Andorra) and southwestern France. It is the only extant species in the genus ''Oryctolagus''. The European rab ...

, ''Oryctolagus cuniculus'' :*

European hare The European hare (''Lepus europaeus''), also known as the brown hare, is a species of hare native to Europe and parts of Asia. It is among the largest hare species and is adapted to temperate, open country. Hares are herbivorous and feed mainly ...

, ''Lepus europaeus'' :*

Mountain hare The mountain hare (''Lepus timidus''), also known as blue hare, tundra hare, variable hare, white hare, snow hare, alpine hare, and Irish hare, is a species of Palearctic hare that is largely adapted to polar and mountainous habitats. Evolution ...

, ''Lepus timidus'' :*

Granada hare The Granada hare (''Lepus granatensis''), also known as the Iberian hare, is a hare species that can be found on the Iberian Peninsula and on the island of Majorca. Subspecies Three subspecies of the Granada hare are known, which vary in colour ...

, ''Lepus granatensis'' (

) :*

Broom hare The broom hare (''Lepus castroviejoi'') is a species of hare endemic to northern Spain. It was described in 1976 as separate from the Granada hare. It is classified as vulnerable by the IUCN. Taxonomy The species was only described as distinc ...

, ''Lepus castroviejoi'' (

Cantabrian Mountains The Cantabrian Mountains or Cantabrian Range () are one of the main systems of mountain ranges in Spain. They stretch for over 300 km (180 miles) across northern Spain, from the western limit of the Pyrenees to the Galician Massif ...

) :*

Corsican hare The Corsican hare (''Lepus corsicanus''), also known as the Apennine hare or Italian hare, is a species of hare found in Southern Italy, Central Italy, and Corsica. Taxonomy It was first described as a species in 1898 by the British zoologist Wi ...

, ''Lepus corsicanus'' (

, southern

) :*

Cape hare The Cape hare (''Lepus capensis''), also called the brown hare and the desert hare, is a hare native to Africa and Arabia extending into India. Taxonomy The Cape hare was one of the many Mammalia in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, mammal ...

, ''Lepus capensis'' (

in Asia -

) :* Tolai hare, ''Lepus tolai'' (

)

Ochotonidae A pika ( , or ) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears. ...
(pikas)

Sardinian pika The Sardinian pika (''Prolagus sardus'') is an extinct species of lagomorph that was endemic to the islands of Sardinia, Corsica and neighbouring Mediterranean islands until its extinction likely in Roman times. It was the last surviving member o ...

, ''Prolagus sardus'' (

and adjacent

)

Rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia ( ), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and Mandible, lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal specie ...
s

Sciuridae Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae (), a family that includes small or medium-sized rodents. The squirrel family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels (including chipmunks and prairie dogs, among others), and flying squirrel ...
(squirrels)

Red squirrel The red squirrel (''Sciurus vulgaris''), also called Eurasian red squirrel, is a species of tree squirrel in the genus ''Sciurus''. It is an arboreal and primarily herbivorous rodent and common throughout Eurasia. Taxonomy There have been ...

, ''Sciurus vulgaris'' and: :**

Calabrian black squirrel The Calabrian black squirrel (''Sciurus meridionalis'') is a species of tree squirrel in the genus ''Sciurus'', endemic to the forests of the regions of Calabria and Basilicata, in the south of the Italian Peninsula. Taxonomy It has long been c ...

, ''Sciurus meridionalis'' (

) :* Caucasian squirrel, ''Sciurus anomalus'' (eastern Europe) :* Siberian flying squirrel, ''Pteromys volans'' (northern

Scandinavia Scandinavia is a subregion#Europe, subregion of northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. ''Scandinavia'' most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It can sometimes also ...

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

) :* European souslik, ''Spermophilus citellus'' (north-eastern Europe) :* Yellow ground squirrel, ''Spermophilus fulvus'' (eastern Europe) :* Little ground squirrel, ''Spermophilus pygmaeus'' (eastern Europe) :* Spotted souslik, ''Spermophilus suslicus'' (south-eastern Europe) :* Russet ground squirrel, ''Spermophilus major'' (

) :* Caucasian Mountain ground squirrel, ''Spermophilus musicus'' ( Caucasus) :*

Alpine marmot The alpine marmot (''Marmota marmota'') is a large ground-dwelling squirrel, from the genus of marmots. It is found in high numbers in mountainous areas of central and southern Europe, at heights between in the Alps, Carpathians, Tatras and N ...

, ''Marmota marmota'' (

, Tatras,

Carpathians The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians () are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe and Southeast Europe. Roughly long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Urals at and the Scandinavian Mountains ...

and

) :* Tatra marmot, ''Marmota marmota latirostris'' ( Tatra Mountains) :* Bobak marmot, ''Marmota bobak'' (eastern Europe)

Castoridae Castoridae is a family of rodents that contains the two living species of beavers and their fossil relatives. A formerly diverse group, only a single genus is extant today, ''beaver, Castor.'' Two other genera of "giant beavers", ''Castoroides'' ...

European beaver The Eurasian beaver (''Castor fiber'') or European beaver is a species of beaver widespread across Eurasia, with a rapidly increasing population of at least 1.5 million in 2020. The Eurasian beaver was hunted to near-extinction for both its fur ...

, ''Castor fiber''

Hystricidae (Old World porcupines)

Indian porcupine The Indian crested porcupine (''Hystrix indica'') is a hystricomorph rodent species native to southern Asia and the Middle East. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. It belongs to the Old World porcupine family, Hystricidae. De ...

, ''Hystrix indica'' (European

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

and

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

)

Gliridae (dormice)

:* Garden dormouse, ''Eliomys quercinus'' :* Forest dormouse, ''Dryomys nitedula'' (eastern Europe) :*

European edible dormouse The European edible dormouse also known as the European dormouse or European fat dormouse (''Glis glis'') is a large dormouse and one of only two living species in the genus ''Glis (genus), Glis'', found in most of Europe and parts of western Asi ...

, ''Glis glis'' :*

Hazel dormouse The hazel dormouse or common dormouse (''Muscardinus avellanarius'') is a small dormouse species native to Europe and the only living species in the genus ''Muscardinus''. Distribution and habitat The hazel dormouse is native to northern Europe ...

, ''Muscardinus avellanarius'' :* Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse, ''Myomimus roachi'' (

, European Turkey and

)

Muroid The Muroidea are a large superfamily of rodents, including mice, rats, voles, hamsters, lemmings, gerbils, and many other relatives. Although the Muroidea originated in Eurasia, they occupy a vast variety of habitats on every continent except ...
s:
Spalacidae The Spalacidae, or spalacids, are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. They are native to eastern Asia, the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, and southeastern Europe. It includes the blind mole-rats, bamboo rats, m ...
(spalacids)

:* Greater mole rat, ''Spalax microphthalmus'' (eastern Europe) :* Lesser mole rat, ''Spalax leucodon'' (eastern Europe) :* Podolsk mole rat, ''Spalax zemni'' (eastern Europe) :* Sandy mole-rat, ''Spalax arenarius'' (eastern Europe) :* Balkan mole rat, ''Spalax graecus'' and: :** Mehely's blind mole-rat, ''Spalax antiquus'' (

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

) :** Oltenia blind mole-rat, ''Spalax istricus'' (Romania) :* Nehring's blind mole rat, ''Spalax nehringi'' (may occur in

) :* Giant blind mole-rat, ''Spalax giganteus'' (

)

Muroid The Muroidea are a large superfamily of rodents, including mice, rats, voles, hamsters, lemmings, gerbils, and many other relatives. Although the Muroidea originated in Eurasia, they occupy a vast variety of habitats on every continent except ...
s:
Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New World rats and mice. At over 870 species, it is either the largest or second-largest family ...

Hamster Hamsters are rodents (order Rodentia) belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae, which contains 19 species classified in seven genera. They have become established as popular small pets. The best-known species of hamster is the golden or Syrian ...

s :* Common hamster, ''Cricetus cricetus'' (eastern and central Europe) :* Gray dwarf hamster, ''Nothocricetulus migratorius'' (

) :*

Romanian hamster The Romanian hamster or Dobrudja hamster (''Mesocricetus newtoni'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Bulgaria and Romania. The scientific name honors the British ornithologist Alfred Newton, who had published a shor ...

, ''Mesocricetus newtoni'' (shores of the

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal sea, marginal Mediterranean sea (oceanography), mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bound ...

) :*

Ciscaucasian hamster The Ciscaucasian hamster (''Mesocricetus raddei'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is also known as the Georgian hamster and is found only in Georgia and Russia. The scientific name of this species honors the German naturalist ...

, ''Mesocricetus raddei'' (

) :* Brandt's hamster, ''Mesocricetus brandti'' ( Caucasus) :* Eversmann's hamster, ''Allocricetulus eversmanni'' (

) :

Lemming A lemming is a small rodent, usually found in or near the Arctic in tundra biomes. Lemmings form the subfamily Arvicolinae (also known as Microtinae) together with voles and muskrats, which form part of the superfamily Muroidea, which also inclu ...

s :* Wood lemming, ''Myopus schisticolor'' (

) :* Norway lemming, ''Lemmus lemmus'' (northern Europe) :* Siberian brown lemming, ''Lemmus sibiricus'' (

) :*

Arctic lemming The Arctic lemming (''Dicrostonyx torquatus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. Although generally classified as a "least concern" species, the Novaya Zemlya subspecies ''(Dicrostonyx torquatus ungulatus)'' is considered a vulne ...

, ''Dicrostonyx torquatus'' (

Svalbard Svalbard ( , ), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norway, Norwegian archipelago that lies at the convergence of the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean. North of continental Europe, mainland Europe, it lies about midway be ...

as migrant) :

Vole Voles are small rodents that are relatives of lemmings and hamsters, but with a stouter body; a longer, hairy tail; a slightly rounder head; smaller eyes and ears; and differently formed molars (high-crowned with angular cusps instead of lo ...

s :*

Bank vole The bank vole (''Clethrionomys glareolus'') is a small vole with red-brown fur and some grey patches, with a tail about half as long as its body. A rodent, it lives in woodland areas and is around in length. The bank vole is found in much of Eu ...

, ''Myodes glareolus'' :* Northern red-backed vole, ''Myodes rutilus'' :*

Grey red-backed vole The grey red-backed vole or the grey-sided vole (''Craseomys rufocanus'') is a species of vole. An adult grey red-backed vole weighs 20-50 grams. This species ranges across northern Eurasia, including northern China, the northern Korean Pen ...

, ''Myodes rufocanus'' :* Martino's Dinaric vole, ''Dinaromys bogdanovi'' (

) and: :** Western Dinaric vole, ''Dinaromys longipedis'' (Balkans) :*

European water vole The European water vole (''Arvicola amphibius'') or northern water vole is a semi-aquatic rodent. It is often informally called the water rat, though it only superficially resembles a true rat. Water voles have rounder noses than rats, deep bro ...

, ''Arvicola amphibius'' and: :** Italian water vole, ''Arvicola italicus'' (

) :** Montane water vole, ''Arvicola monticola'', ''A. scherman'' :* Southwestern water vole, ''Arvicola sapidus'' (Spain and France) :* Root vole, ''Alexandromys oeconomus'' :* Middendorff's vole, ''Alexandromys middendorffii'' (

) :*

Short-tailed field vole The short-tailed field vole, short-tailed vole, or simply field vole (''Microtus agrestis'') is a grey-brown vole, around 10 cm in length, with a short tail. It is one of the most common mammals in Europe, with a range extending from the At ...

, ''Microtus agrestis'' and: :**

Mediterranean field vole The short-tailed field vole, short-tailed vole, or simply field vole (''Microtus agrestis'') is a grey-brown vole, around 10 cm in length, with a short tail. It is one of the most common mammals in Europe, with a range extending from the At ...

, ''Microtus lavernedii'' :**

Portuguese field vole The short-tailed field vole, short-tailed vole, or simply field vole (''Microtus agrestis'') is a grey-brown vole, around 10 cm in length, with a short tail. It is one of the most common mammals in Europe, with a range extending from the At ...

, ''Microtus rozianus'' (

) :* Pyrenean pine vole, ''Microtus pyrenaicus'' (

) :*

Common vole The common vole (''Microtus arvalis'') is a European rodent. Distribution and habitat The common vole is hardly restricted in means of distribution and habitat and inhabits large areas of Eurasia but, apart from the Orkney vole, not the Br ...

, ''Microtus arvalis'' and: :** Altai vole, ''Microtus obscurus'' (eastern Europe) :* Sibling vole, ''Microtus epiroticus'' ('' M. levis'': ) :* Snow vole, ''Microtus nivalis'' :* Gunther's vole, ''Microtus guentheri'' and: :** Harting's vole, ''Microtus hartingi'' (

) :*

Cabrera's vole Cabrera's vole (''Microtus cabrerae'') is a species of vole native to Spain and Portugal. It is named for Ángel Cabrera, a mammalogist then working at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales in Madrid. It is the only living member of the sub ...

, ''Microtus cabrerae'' :* European pine vole, ''Microtus subterraneus'' :* East European gray vole, ''Microtus rossiaemeridionalis'' :* Social vole, ''Microtus socialis'' :* Felten's vole, ''Microtus felteni'' :* Gerbe's vole, ''Microtus gerbei'' :* Savi's pine vole, ''Microtus savii'' and: :** Sicilian pine vole, ''Microtus nebrodensis'' (

) :** Calabria pine vole, ''Microtus brachycercus'' (Italy) :* Alpine pine vole, ''Microtus multiplex'' :* Tatra pine vole, ''Microtus tatricus'' :* Liechtenstein's pine vole, ''Microtus liechtensteini'' and: :** Bavarian pine vole, ''Microtus bavaricus'' :* Mediterranean pine vole, ''Microtus duodecimcostatus'' :* Lusitanian pine vole, ''Microtus lusitanicus'' :* Thomas's pine vole, ''Microtus thomasi'' :*

Major's pine vole Major's pine vole (''Microtus majori'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in Caucasus region and its vicinities (Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) ...

, ''Microtus majori'' :* Caucasian pine vole, ''Microtus daghestanicus'' ( Caucasus) :* Narrow-headed vole, ''Lasiopodomys gregalis'' (

) :* Gudaur snow vole, ''Chionomys gud'' ( Caucasus) :* Robert's snow vole, ''Chionomys roberti'' (Caucasus) :* Steppe lemming, ''Lagurus lagurus'' :* Northern mole vole, ''Ellobius talpinus'' :*

Long-clawed mole vole The long-clawed mole vole (''Prometheomys schaposchnikowi'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the monotypic taxon, only species in the genus ''Prometheomys''. It is found in Georgia (country), Georgia, Russia, and Turkey. ...

, ''Prometheomys schaposchnikowi'' ( Caucasus)

Muroid The Muroidea are a large superfamily of rodents, including mice, rats, voles, hamsters, lemmings, gerbils, and many other relatives. Although the Muroidea originated in Eurasia, they occupy a vast variety of habitats on every continent except ...
s:
Muridae The Muridae, or murids, are either the largest or second-largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 870 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. ...

:Old World rats and mice :*

Wood mouse The wood mouse (''Apodemus sylvaticus'') is a Muridae, murid rodent native to Europe and northwestern Africa. It is closely related to the yellow-necked mouse (''Apodemus flavicollis'') but differs in that it has no band of yellow fur around the ...

, ''Apodemus sylvaticus'' :*

Steppe field mouse The steppe field mouse (''Apodemus witherbyi'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Israel, Palestine, Turkey, Jordan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Lebanon, Syria, the Greek island of Rhodes, Ukraine and pos ...

, ''Apodemus witherbyi'' (eastern Europe) :*

Yellow-necked mouse The yellow-necked mouse (''Apodemus flavicollis''), also called yellow-necked field mouse or yellow-necked wood mouse, is closely related to the wood mouse, with which it was long confused. It was only recognised as a separate species in 1894. I ...

, ''Apodemus flavicollis'' and: :** Black Sea field mouse, ''Apodemus ponticus'' ( Caucasus) :* Alpine field mouse, ''Apodemus alpicola'' (

) :* Pygmy field mouse, ''Apodemus uralensis'' (eastern Europe) :* Broad-toothed field mouse, ''Apodemus mystacinus'' (south-eastern Europe) :* Western broad-toothed field mouse, ''Apodemus epimelas'' (

) :*

Striped field mouse The striped field mouse (''Apodemus agrarius'') is a rodent in the family Muridae. The range of this species stretches from Eastern Europe to Eastern Asia. Synonyms Accepted synonyms include ''Apodemus albostriatus'' (Bechstein, 1801), ''Apodemu ...

, ''Apodemus agrarius'' (eastern Europe) :*

Eurasian harvest mouse The harvest mouse (''Micromys minutus'') is a small rodent native to Europe and Asia. It is typically found in fields of cereal crops, such as wheat and oats, in reed beds and in other tall ground vegetation, such as long grass and hedgerows. I ...

, ''Micromys minutus'' :*

House mouse The house mouse (''Mus musculus'') is a small mammal of the rodent family Muridae, characteristically having a pointed snout, large rounded ears, and a long and almost hairless tail. It is one of the most abundant species of the genus '' Mus''. A ...

, ''Mus musculus'' :* Algerian mouse, ''Mus spretus'' (

and

) :* Steppe mouse, ''Mus spicilegus'' (south-eastern Europe) :* Cypriot mouse, ''Mus cypriacus'' (

) :* Macedonian mouse, ''Mus macedonicus'' (south Balcans) :Spiny mice :* Cretan spiny mouse, ''Acomys minous'' (

) :* Cyprus Spiny Mouse, ''Acomys nesiotes'' (

) :Jirds :* Tristram's jird, ''Meriones tristrami'' (

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

island of

Kos Kos or Cos (; ) is a Greek island, which is part of the Dodecanese island chain in the southeastern Aegean Sea. Kos is the third largest island of the Dodecanese, after Rhodes and Karpathos; it has a population of 37,089 (2021 census), making ...

) :* Tamarisk jird, ''Meriones tamariscinus'' (eastern Europe) :* Midday jird, ''Meriones meridianus'' (eastern Europe) :Gerbils :*

Great gerbil The great gerbil (''Rhombomys opimus'') is a large rodent found throughout much of Central Asia. Description The largest of the gerbils, great gerbils have a head and body length of . Their skulls are distinctive by having two grooves in each i ...

, ''Rhombomys opimus'' (

)

Muroid The Muroidea are a large superfamily of rodents, including mice, rats, voles, hamsters, lemmings, gerbils, and many other relatives. Although the Muroidea originated in Eurasia, they occupy a vast variety of habitats on every continent except ...
s:
Sminthidae Sminthidae is a family of mouse-like jumping rodents. They are represented by only one extant genus, '' Sicista'', represented by 19 species found throughout most of Eurasia, from central Europe east to Siberia, and south to southern China. How ...
( birch mice)

Northern birch mouse The northern birch mouse (''Sicista betulina'') is a small rodent about long (without the tail), weighing . It lives in northern Europe and Asia in forest and marsh zones. It hibernates in burrows. It eats shoots, grains, berries, and sometime ...

, ''Sicista betulina'' (

and north-eastern Europe) *

Southern birch mouse The southern birch mouse (''Sicista subtilis'') is a species of birch mouse in the family Sminthidae. It is native to southern Russia, Kazakhstan, and potentially northern Mongolia and China. Taxonomy The Hungarian birch mouse (''S. trizona'' ...

, ''Sicista subtilis'' (south-eastern Europe) and: :* Hungarian birch mouse, ''Sicista (subtilis) trizona'' (

) :* Nordmann’s birch mouse, ''Sicista loriger'' (eastern Europe) *

Strand's birch mouse Strand's birch mouse (''Sicista strandi'') is a species of rodent in the family Sminthidae. It is endemic to Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and de ...

, ''Sicista strandi'' (eastern Europe) *

Severtzov's birch mouse The Severtzov's birch mouse, or dark birch mouse (''Sicista severtzovi'') is a species of rodent in the family Sminthidae. It is endemic to East-European steppes (E Ukraine and S-W Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country s ...

, ''Sicista severtzovi'' (eastern Europe) and: ** Tsimlyansk birch mouse, Sicista cimlanica *

Caucasian birch mouse The Caucasian birch mouse (''Sicista caucasica'') is a species of rodent in the family Sminthidae, that is endemic to Russia. Reports that it occurs in Turkey probably refer to Armenian birch mouse (''Sicista armenica''), from which it can only ...

, ''Sicista caucasica'' ( Caucasus) *

Kazbeg birch mouse The Kazbeg birch mouse (''Sicista kazbegica'') is a species of rodent in the family Sminthidae. It is found in Georgia and Russia and has a natural habitat of temperate forest A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense ecological ...

, ''Sicista kazbegica'' (Caucasus) *

Kluchor birch mouse The Kluchor birch mouse (''Sicista kluchorica'') is a species of rodent in the family Sminthidae. It is endemic to Russia. Its natural habitat is temperate forest A temperate forest is a forest found between the tropical and boreal regions, l ...

, ''Sicista kluchorica'' (Caucasus)

Muroid The Muroidea are a large superfamily of rodents, including mice, rats, voles, hamsters, lemmings, gerbils, and many other relatives. Although the Muroidea originated in Eurasia, they occupy a vast variety of habitats on every continent except ...
s:
Dipodidae Jerboas () are the members of the family Dipodidae. They are hopping desert rodents found throughout North Africa and Asia. They tend to live in hot deserts. When chased, jerboas can run at up to . Some species are preyed on by little owls ('' ...
(jerboas)

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

)

Carnivora Carnivora ( ) is an order of placental mammals specialized primarily in eating flesh, whose members are formally referred to as carnivorans. The order Carnivora is the sixth largest order of mammals, comprising at least 279 species. Carnivor ...
ns

Ursidae Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family (biology), family Ursidae (). They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats ...
(bears)

Brown bear The brown bear (''Ursus arctos'') is a large bear native to Eurasia and North America. Of the land carnivorans, it is rivaled in size only by its closest relative, the polar bear, which is much less variable in size and slightly bigger on av ...

, ''Ursus arctos'' :*

Polar bear The polar bear (''Ursus maritimus'') is a large bear native to the Arctic and nearby areas. It is closely related to the brown bear, and the two species can Hybrid (biology), interbreed. The polar bear is the largest extant species of bear ...

, ''Ursus maritimus'' (

, Arctic European Russia; migrant to

Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...

)

Canidae Canidae (; from Latin, ''canis'', "dog") is a family (biology), biological family of caniform carnivorans, constituting a clade. A member of this family is also called a canid (). The family includes three subfamily, subfamilies: the Caninae, a ...

Golden jackal The golden jackal (''Canis aureus''), also called the common jackal, is a wolf-like canid that is native to Eurasia. The golden jackal's coat varies in color from a pale creamy yellow in summer to a dark tawny beige in winter. It is smaller a ...

, ''Canis aureus'' (

and south-eastern Europe) :*

Grey wolf The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the grey wolf or gray wolf, is a canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, including the dog and dingo, though gr ...

, ''Canis lupus'' (

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

and eastern Europe) :*

Corsac fox The corsac fox (''Vulpes corsac''), also known simply as a corsac, is a medium-sized fox found in steppes, semi-deserts and deserts in Central Asia, ranging into Mongolia and northern China. Since 2004, it has been classified as ''least concer ...

, ''Vulpes corsac'' (Along southern

Volga The Volga (, ) is the longest river in Europe and the longest endorheic basin river in the world. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catchment ...

and European

) :*

Arctic fox The Arctic fox (''Vulpes lagopus''), also known as the white fox, polar fox, or snow fox, is a small species of fox native to the Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and common throughout the Tundra#Arctic tundra, Arctic tundra biome. I ...

, ''Vulpes lagopus'' (

and

) :*

Red fox The red fox (''Vulpes vulpes'') is the largest of the true foxes and one of the most widely distributed members of the order Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere including most of North America, Europe and Asia, plus ...

, ''Vulpes vulpes''

Mustelidae The Mustelidae (; from Latin , weasel) are a diverse family of carnivora, carnivoran mammals, including weasels, badgers, otters, polecats, martens, grisons, and wolverines. Otherwise known as mustelids (), they form the largest family in the s ...
(weasels and allies)

Wolverine The wolverine ( , ; ''Gulo gulo''), also called the carcajou or quickhatch (from East Cree, ''kwiihkwahaacheew''), is the largest land-dwelling species, member of the family Mustelidae. It is a muscular carnivore and a solitary animal. The w ...

, ''Gulo gulo'' (

) :*

European otter The Eurasian otter (''Lutra lutra''), also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, European river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is a semiaquatic mammal native to Eurasia and the Maghreb. The most widely distributed member o ...

, ''Lutra lutra'' :* Beech marten, ''Martes foina'' (southern Europe) :*

European pine marten The European pine marten (''Martes martes''), also known as the pine marten, is a mustelid native to and widespread in most of Europe, Asia Minor, the Caucasus, and parts of Iran, Iraq, and Syria. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red Lis ...

, ''Martes martes'' :*

Sable The sable (''Martes zibellina'') is a species of marten, a small omnivorous mammal primarily inhabiting the forest environments of Russia, from the Ural Mountains throughout Siberia, and northern Mongolia. Its habitat also borders eastern Kaz ...

, ''Martes zibellina'' (western Ural Mountains,

European Russia European Russia is the western and most populated part of the Russia, Russian Federation. It is geographically situated in Europe, as opposed to the country's sparsely populated and vastly larger eastern part, Siberia, which is situated in Asia ...

) :*

Asian badger The Asian badger (''Meles leucurus''), also known as the sand badger, is a species of badger native to Mongolia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Korean Peninsula and Russia. Characteristics The Asian badger is mostly lighter in colour than th ...

, ''Meles leucurus'' (

) :*

European badger The European badger (''Meles meles''), also known as the Eurasian badger, is a badger species in the family Mustelidae native to Europe and West Asia and parts of Central Asia. It is classified as least concern on the IUCN Red List, as it has a w ...

, ''Meles meles'' and: :** Caucasian badger, ''Meles canescens'' (

Rhodes Rhodes (; ) is the largest of the Dodecanese islands of Greece and is their historical capital; it is the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, ninth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Administratively, the island forms a separ ...

) :*

Stoat The stoat (''Mustela erminea''), also known as the Eurasian ermine or ermine, is a species of mustelid native to Eurasia and the northern regions of North America. Because of its wide circumpolar distribution, it is listed as Least Concern on th ...

, ''Mustela erminea'' :* Steppe polecat, ''Mustela eversmanii'' :*

European mink The European mink (''Mustela lutreola''), also known as the Russian mink and Eurasian mink, is a semiaquatic species of mustelid native to Europe. It is similar in colour to the American mink, but is slightly smaller and has a less specialize ...

, ''Mustela lutreola'' (eastern Europe, Spain, France) :*

European polecat The European polecat (''Mustela putorius''), also known as the common polecat, black polecat and forest polecat, is a mustelid species native to Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. It is of a generally dark brown colour, with a pale underbel ...

, ''Mustela putorius'' :*

Least weasel The least weasel (''Mustela nivalis''), little weasel, common weasel, or simply weasel is the smallest member of the genus ''Mustela,'' Family (biology), family Mustelidae and Order (biology), order Carnivora. It is native to Eurasia, North Ame ...

, ''Mustela nivalis'' :*

Siberian weasel The Siberian weasel or kolonok (''Mustela sibirica'') is a medium-sized weasel native to Asia, where it is widely distributed and inhabits various forest habitats and open areas. It is therefore listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Descr ...

, ''Mustela sibirica'' (

) :*

Marbled polecat The marbled polecat (''Vormela peregusna'') is a small mammal belonging to the genus ''Vormela'' within the mustelid subfamily Ictonychinae. ''Vormela'' is from the German language, German word , which means "little worm". The specific name (zool ...

, ''Vormela peregusna'' (southeastern Europe)

Felidae Felidae ( ) is the Family (biology), family of mammals in the Order (biology), order Carnivora colloquially referred to as cats. A member of this family is also called a felid ( ). The 41 extant taxon, extant Felidae species exhibit the gre ...
(cats)

:* Asiatic cheetah, ''Acinonyx jubatus venaticus'' ('' A. jubatus'': ) (

extirpated Local extinction, also extirpation, is the termination of a species (or other taxon) in a chosen geographic area of study, though it still exists elsewhere. Local extinctions are contrasted with global extinctions. Local extinctions mark a chan ...

) ( Caucasus) :* Swamp cat, ''Felis chaus'' ( Cis-Caspian region) :*

African wildcat The African wildcat (''Felis lybica'') is a small wildcat species with sandy grey fur, pale vertical stripes on the sides and around the face. It is native to Africa, West and Central Asia, and is distributed to Rajasthan in India and Xinjiang ...

, ''Felis lybica'' (

) :*

European wildcat The European wildcat (''Felis silvestris'') is a small wildcat species native to continental Europe, Great Britain, Turkey and the Caucasus. Its fur is brownish to grey with stripes on the forehead and on the sides and has a bushy tail with a bl ...

, ''Felis silvestris'' :*

Pallas's cat The Pallas's cat (''Otocolobus manul''), also known as the manul, is a small wild cat with long and dense light grey fur, and rounded ears set low on the sides of the head. Its head-and-body length ranges from with a long bushy tail. It is w ...

, ''Otocolobus manul'' (eastern Caucasus, possibly extirpated) :*

Eurasian lynx The Eurasian lynx (''Lynx lynx'') is one of the four wikt:extant, extant species within the medium-sized wild Felidae, cat genus ''Lynx''. It is widely distributed from Northern Europe, Northern, Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe to Cent ...

, ''Lynx lynx'' :*

Iberian lynx The Iberian lynx (''Lynx pardinus'') is one of the four wikt:extant, extant species within ''Lynx'', a genus of medium-sized wild Felidae, cats. The Iberian lynx is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. It is listed as vulnera ...

, ''Lynx pardinus'' (

and

) :*

Lion The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'', native to Sub-Saharan Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body (biology), body; a short, rounded head; round ears; and a dark, hairy tuft at the ...

''Panthera leo'' (extirpated) ( Caucasus and southeastern Europe) :* Persian leopard, ''Panthera pardus tulliana'' ('' P. pardus'': ) (

Dagestan Dagestan ( ; ; ), officially the Republic of Dagestan, is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. It is located north of the Greater Caucasus, and is a part of the North Caucasian Fede ...

, Northern Caucasus,

) :*

Caspian tiger The Caspian tiger was a '' Panthera tigris tigris'' population native to eastern Turkey, northern Iran, Mesopotamia, the Caucasus around the Caspian Sea, Central Asia to northern Afghanistan and the Xinjiang region in western China. Until the Midd ...

, ''Panthera tigris tigris'' ('' P. tigris'' ) (

Southern Russia Southern Russia or the South of Russia ( rus, Юг России, p=juk rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a Colloquialism, colloquial term for the southernmost geographic portion of European Russia. The term is generally used to refer to the region of Russia's So ...

and Caucasus)

Hyaenidae (hyenas)

Striped hyena The striped hyena (''Hyaena hyaena'') is a species of hyena native to North and East Africa, the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. It is the only extant species in the genus ''Hyaena''. It is listed by the IU ...

, ''Hyaena hyaena'' (eastern Caucasus)

Phocidae (earless seals)

Hooded seal The hooded seal or bladdernose seal (''Cystophora cristata'') is a large phocid found only in the central and western North Atlantic, ranging from Svalbard in the east to the Gulf of St. Lawrence in the west. The seals are typically silver-grey ...

, ''Cystophora cristata'' (Northern

) :*

Bearded seal The bearded seal (''Erignathus barbatus''), also called the square flipper seal, is a medium-sized pinniped that is found in and near to the Arctic Ocean. It gets its Genus, generic name from two Greek language, Greek words (''eri'' and ''gnathos ...

, ''Erignathus barbatus'' (Northern

) :*

Grey seal The grey seal (''Halichoerus grypus'') is a large seal of the family Phocidae, which are commonly referred to as "true seals" or "earless seals". The only species classified in the genus ''Halichoerus'', it is found on both shores of the Nort ...

, ''Halichoerus grypus'' (

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

Baltic Baltic may refer to: Peoples and languages *Baltic languages, a subfamily of Indo-European languages, including Lithuanian, Latvian and extinct Old Prussian *Balts (or Baltic peoples), ethnic groups speaking the Baltic languages and/or originatin ...

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland, and Wales. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the List of European ...

and Ireland) :* Mediterranean monk seal, ''Monachus monachus'' (

) :*

Harp seal The harp seal (''Pagophilus groenlandicus''), also known as the saddleback seal or Greenland seal, is a species of earless seal, or true seal, native to the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean. Originally in the genus '' Phoca'' with a ...

, ''Pagophilus groenlandicus'' (Northern

) :* Common seal, ''Phoca vitulina'' :* Ringed seal, ''Pusa hispida'' (Northern

)

Odobenidae Odobenidae is a family of pinnipeds, of which the only extant species is the walrus (''Odobenus rosmarus''). In the past, however, the group was much more diverse, and includes more than a dozen fossil genera. Taxonomy All genera, except '' Od ...

Walrus The walrus (''Odobenus rosmarus'') is a large pinniped marine mammal with discontinuous distribution about the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean and subarctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. It is the only extant species in the family Odobeni ...

, ''Odobenus rosmarus'' (

and as migrant further south)

Odd-toed ungulate Perissodactyla (, ), or odd-toed ungulates, is an order of ungulates. The order includes about 17 living species divided into three families: Equidae (horses, asses, and zebras), Rhinocerotidae (rhinoceroses), and Tapiridae (tapirs). They t ...
s

Equidae Equidae (commonly known as the horse family) is the Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family of Wild horse, horses and related animals, including Asinus, asses, zebra, zebras, and many extinct species known only from fossils. The fa ...
(horse)

Tarpan The tarpan (''Equus ferus ferus'') was a free-ranging horse population of the Eurasian steppe from the 18th to the 20th century. What qualifies as a tarpan is subject to debate; it is unclear whether tarpans were genuine wild horses, feral domest ...

, ''Equus ferus ferus'' (''E. ferus'' ) :*

Przewalski's horse Przewalski's horse (''Equus ferus przewalskii'' or ''Equus przewalskii''), also called the takhi, Mongolian wild horse or Dzungarian horse, is a rare and endangered wild horse originally native to the steppes of Central Asia. It is named after t ...

, ''Equus ferus przewalskii '' (''E. ferus'' ) (

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

) :*

Turkmenian kulan The Turkmenian kulan (''Equus hemionus kulan''), also called Transcaspian wild ass, Turkmenistani onager or simply the ', is a subspecies of onager (Asiatic wild ass) native to Central Asia. It was declared Endangered in 2016. The species's po ...

, ''Equus hemionus kulan'' (''E. hemionus'' ) (

)

Even-toed ungulate Artiodactyls are placental mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla ( , ). Typically, they are ungulates which bear weight equally on two (an even number) of their five toes (the third and fourth, often in the form of a hoof). The other t ...
s

Suidae Suidae is a family (biology), family of Even-toed ungulate, artiodactyl mammals which are commonly called pigs, hogs, or swine. In addition to numerous fossil species, 18 Extant taxon, extant species are currently recognized (or 19 counting domes ...
(pigs)

Wild boar The wild boar (''Sus scrofa''), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a Suidae, suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania. The speci ...

, ''Sus scrofa''

Bovidae The Bovidae comprise the family (biology), biological family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes Bos, cattle, bison, Bubalina, buffalo, antelopes (including Caprinae, goat-antelopes), Ovis, sheep and Capra (genus), goats. A member o ...
(bovid)

European bison The European bison (: bison) (''Bison bonasus'') or the European wood bison, also known as the wisent ( or ), the zubr (), or sometimes colloquially as the European buffalo, is a European species of bison. It is one of two extant species of bi ...

, ''Bison bonasus'' (reintroduced) :*

Aurochs The aurochs (''Bos primigenius''; or ; pl.: aurochs or aurochsen) is an extinct species of Bovini, bovine, considered to be the wild ancestor of modern domestic cattle. With a shoulder height of up to in bulls and in cows, it was one of t ...

, ''Bos primigenius'' :*

Wild goat The wild goat (''Capra aegagrus'') is a wild goat species, inhabiting forests, shrublands and rocky areas ranging from Turkey and the Caucasus in the west to Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan in the east. It has been listed as near threaten ...

, ''Capra aegagrus'' (Caucasus) :*

West Caucasian tur The West Caucasian tur (''Capra caucasica'') is a mountain-dwelling goat-antelope native to the western half of the Caucasus Mountains range, in Georgia and European Russia. Names and taxonomy It is also known by the names "zebuder," "zac" and ...

, ''Capra caucasica'' ( Caucasus) :* East Caucasian tur, ''Capra cylindricornis'' (Caucasus) :* Alpine ibex, ''Capra ibex'' (

, and

) :* Iberian ibex, ''Capra pyrenaica'' (

and

) :* Goitered gazelle, ''Gazella subgutturosa'' (European

) :*

Muskox The muskox (''Ovibos moschatus'') is a hoofed mammal of the family Bovidae. Native to the Arctic, it is noted for its thick coat and for the strong odor emitted by males during the seasonal rut, from which its name derives. This musky odor ha ...

, ''Ovibos moschatus'' (

; reintroduced) :*

Mouflon The mouflon (''Ovis gmelini'') is a wild sheep native to Cyprus, and the Caspian region, including eastern Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Iran. It is also found in parts of Europe. It is thought to be the ancestor of all modern domest ...

, ''Ovis gmelini'' (

and Caucasus) :* Pyrenean chamois, ''Rupicapra pyrenaica'' :*

Chamois The chamois (; ) (''Rupicapra rupicapra'') or Alpine chamois is a species of Caprinae, goat-antelope native to the mountains in Southern Europe, from the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Apennines, the Dinarides, the Tatra Mountains, Tatra to the Carpa ...

, ''Rupicapra rupicapra'' :* Saiga antelope, ''Saiga tatarica'' (European Russia and Kazakhstan)

Cervidae A deer (: deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family). Cervidae is divided into subfamilies Cervinae (which includes, among others, muntjac, elk (wapiti), red deer, and fallow deer) a ...
(deer)

:* Elk, ''Alces alces'' :* Roe deer, ''Capreolus capreolus'' :*

Red deer The red deer (''Cervus elaphus'') is one of the largest deer species. A male red deer is called a stag or Hart (deer), hart, and a female is called a doe or hind. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Anatolia, Ir ...

, ''Cervus elaphus'' :*

Fallow deer Fallow deer is the common name for species of deer in the genus ''Dama'' of subfamily Cervinae. There are two living species, the European fallow deer (''Dama dama''), native to Europe and Anatolia, and the Persian fallow deer (''Dama mesopotamic ...

, ''Dama dama'' :*

Reindeer The reindeer or caribou (''Rangifer tarandus'') is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, subarctic, tundra, taiga, boreal, and mountainous regions of Northern Europe, Siberia, and North America. It is the only re ...

, ''Rangifer tarandus'' (

)

Cetacea Cetacea (; , ) is an infraorder of aquatic mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. Key characteristics are their fully aquatic lifestyle, streamlined body shape, often large size and exclusively c ...

Delphinidae Oceanic dolphins or Delphinidae are a widely distributed family of dolphins that live in the sea. Close to forty extant species are recognised. They include several big species whose common names contain "whale" rather than "dolphin", such as the ...
(oceanic dolphins)

:* White-beaked dolphin, ''Lagenorhynchus albirostris'' :*

Atlantic white-sided dolphin The Atlantic white-sided dolphin (''Lagenorhynchus acutus'') is a distinctively coloured dolphin found in the cool to temperate waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. Description The Atlantic white-sided dolphin is a relatively small dolphin. At ...

, ''Lagenorhynchus acutus'' :*

Rough-toothed dolphin The rough-toothed dolphin (''Steno bredanensis'') is a species of dolphin that can be found in deep warm and tropical waters around the world. The species was first described by Georges Cuvier in 1823. The genus name ''Steno'', of which this spe ...

, ''Steno bredanensis'' :*

Striped dolphin The striped dolphin (''Stenella coeruleoalba'') is a dolphin found in temperate and tropical waters of all the world's oceans. It is a member of the oceanic dolphin family, Delphinidae. Taxonomy The striped dolphin, also known as the euphrosy ...

, ''Stenella coeruleoalba'' :*

Atlantic spotted dolphin The Atlantic spotted dolphin (''Stenella frontalis'') is a dolphin found in warm temperate and tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Older members of the species have a very distinctive spotted coloration all over their bodies. Taxonomy The Atl ...

, ''Stenella frontalis'' :* Short-beaked common dolphin, ''Delphinus delphis''
(Mediterranean subpopulation: , ssp. ''ponticus'': ) :*

Bottle-nosed dolphin The bottlenose dolphin is a toothed whale in the genus ''Tursiops''. They are common, cosmopolitan members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphins. Molecular studies show the genus contains three species: the common bottlen ...

, ''Tursiops truncatus''
(Mediterranean subpopulation: , ssp. ''ponticus'': ) :*Fraser's dolphin, ''Lagenodelphis hosei'' (Canary Islands in Africa) :*False killer whale, ''Pseudorca crassidens'' :*Killer whale, ''Orcinus orca'' :*Risso's dolphin, ''Grampus griseus'' (Mediterranean subpopulation: ) :*Globicephala melas, Long-finned pilot whale, ''Globicephala melas'' (Mediterranean subpopulation: ) :*Globicephala macrorhynchus, Short-finned pilot whale, ''Globicephala macrorhynchus'' :*Feresa attenuata, Pygmy killer whale, ''Feresa attenuata''

Phocoenidae (porpoises)

:*Common porpoise, ''Phocoena phocoena''
(Baltic Sea subpopulation: , ssp. ''relicta'' - Black Sea harbour porpoise: )

Monodontidae

:*White whale, ''Delphinapterus leucas'' (Arctic Ocean) :*Narwhal, ''Monodon monoceros'' (Arctic Ocean)

Kogiidae

:*Kogia breviceps, Pygmy sperm whale, ''Kogia breviceps'' :*Kogia sima, Dwarf sperm whale, ''Kogia sima''

Physeteridae

:*Physeter macrocephalus, Sperm whale, ''Physeter macrocephalus'' (Mediterranean subpopulation: )

Ziphiidae (beaked whales)

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

Balaenopteridae (rorquals)

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

Eschrichtiidae

:* Gray whale, ''Eschrichtius robustus'' (possible vagrant from Pacific was recorded in 2010)

Balaenidae

:*Balaena mysticetus, Bowhead whale, ''Balaena mysticetus''
(Svalbard-Barents Sea (Spitsbergen) subpopulation: ) :*Eubalaena glacialis, North Atlantic right whale, ''Eubalaena glacialis''

Introduced animals

Macropodidae (macropods)

:*Red-necked wallaby, ''Notamacropus rufogriseus'' (Britain, Ireland, France and Germany, introduced)

Erinaceidae

:*North African hedgehog, ''Atelerix algirus'' (

and

, probably introduced)

Primates

:*Barbary macaque, ''Macaca sylvanus'' (Gibraltar, introduced)

Sciuridae Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae (), a family that includes small or medium-sized rodents. The squirrel family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels (including chipmunks and prairie dogs, among others), and flying squirrel ...
(squirrels)

:*Eastern gray squirrel, Grey squirrel, ''Sciurus carolinensis'' (Britain, introduced) :*Atlantoxerus getulus, Barbary ground squirrel, ''Atlantoxerus getulus'' (

in Africa -

, introduced) :*Siberian chipmunk, ''Tamias sibiricus'' (introduced)

Myocastoridae

:*Coypu, ''Myocastor coypus'' (introduced)

Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New World rats and mice. At over 870 species, it is either the largest or second-largest family ...

:*Muskrat, ''Ondatra zibethicus'' (introduced)

Hystricidae (Old World porcupines)

:*Crested porcupine, ''Hystrix cristata'' (

, disputed, possibly native)

Muroid The Muroidea are a large superfamily of rodents, including mice, rats, voles, hamsters, lemmings, gerbils, and many other relatives. Although the Muroidea originated in Eurasia, they occupy a vast variety of habitats on every continent except ...
s:
Muridae The Muridae, or murids, are either the largest or second-largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 870 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. ...

:Old World rats and mice :*Brown rat, ''Rattus norvegicus'' (introduced) :*Black rat, ''Rattus rattus'' (introduced)

Canidae Canidae (; from Latin, ''canis'', "dog") is a family (biology), biological family of caniform carnivorans, constituting a clade. A member of this family is also called a canid (). The family includes three subfamily, subfamilies: the Caninae, a ...

:*Raccoon dog, ''Nyctereutes procyonoides'' (introduced)

Mustelidae The Mustelidae (; from Latin , weasel) are a diverse family of carnivora, carnivoran mammals, including weasels, badgers, otters, polecats, martens, grisons, and wolverines. Otherwise known as mustelids (), they form the largest family in the s ...
(weasel)

:*American mink, ''Neogale vison'' (introduced)

Herpestidae (mongooses)

:*Egyptian mongoose, ''Herpestes ichneumon'' (

and

, disputed, possibly native)

Viverridae (viverrids)

:*Common genet, ''Genetta genetta'' (

, introduced)

Procyonidae

:*South American coati, ''Nasua nasua'' (

, Mallorca, introduced) :*Common raccoon, ''Procyon lotor'' (introduced)

Bovidae The Bovidae comprise the family (biology), biological family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes Bos, cattle, bison, Bubalina, buffalo, antelopes (including Caprinae, goat-antelopes), Ovis, sheep and Capra (genus), goats. A member o ...
(bovids)

:*Barbary sheep, ''Ammotragus lervia'' (

and

, introduced)

Equidae Equidae (commonly known as the horse family) is the Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family of Wild horse, horses and related animals, including Asinus, asses, zebra, zebras, and many extinct species known only from fossils. The fa ...
(horses)

, ''Equus ferus przewalskii'' (''E. ferus'' ) (introduced;

)

Cervidae A deer (: deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family). Cervidae is divided into subfamilies Cervinae (which includes, among others, muntjac, elk (wapiti), red deer, and fallow deer) a ...
(deer)

:*Chital, ''Axis axis'' (Croatia, introduced) :*Sika deer, ''Cervus nippon'' (introduced) :*Chinese water deer, ''Hydropotes inermis'' (Britain, introduced) :*Reeve's muntjac, Chinese muntjac, ''Muntiacus reevesi'' (Britain, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Belgium, introduced) :*White-tailed deer, ''Odocoileus virginianus'' (introduced; Finland, Czechia)

Notes

References

External links

Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition (MSW3)
- database of mammalian taxonomy

{{Europe topic, List of mammals of Lists of mammals of Europe, Lists of animals of Europe, Mammals Lists of mammals by continent, Europe

Eulipotyphlans

Erinaceidae

Talpidae

Soricidae (shrews)

Bats Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera (). With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most birds, flying with their very long spread-out ...

Pteropodidae (megabat)

Rhinolophidae (horseshoe bats)

Vespertilionidae Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most diverse and widely distributed of bat familie ... (evening bats)

Miniopteridae ''Miniopterus'', known as the bent-winged or long winged bats, is the sole genus of the family Miniopteridae. They are small flying insectivorous mammals, micro-bats of the order Chiroptera, with wings over twice the length of the body. The genus ...

Molossidae (free-tailed bats)

Nycteridae (slit-faced bats)

Lagomorphs

Leporidae Leporidae () is the family of rabbits and hares, containing over 70 species of extant mammals in all. The family name comes from "Lepus", hare in Latin. Together with the pikas, the Leporidae constitute the mammalian order Lagomorpha. Leporidae ... (leporids)

Ochotonidae A pika ( , or ) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears. ... (pikas)

Rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia ( ), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and Mandible, lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal specie ...s

Sciuridae Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae (), a family that includes small or medium-sized rodents. The squirrel family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels (including chipmunks and prairie dogs, among others), and flying squirrel ... (squirrels)

Castoridae Castoridae is a family of rodents that contains the two living species of beavers and their fossil relatives. A formerly diverse group, only a single genus is extant today, ''beaver, Castor.'' Two other genera of "giant beavers", ''Castoroides'' ...

Hystricidae (Old World porcupines)

Gliridae (dormice)

Carnivora Carnivora ( ) is an order of placental mammals specialized primarily in eating flesh, whose members are formally referred to as carnivorans. The order Carnivora is the sixth largest order of mammals, comprising at least 279 species. Carnivor ...ns

Ursidae Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family (biology), family Ursidae (). They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats ... (bears)

Canidae Canidae (; from Latin, ''canis'', "dog") is a family (biology), biological family of caniform carnivorans, constituting a clade. A member of this family is also called a canid (). The family includes three subfamily, subfamilies: the Caninae, a ...

Mustelidae The Mustelidae (; from Latin , weasel) are a diverse family of carnivora, carnivoran mammals, including weasels, badgers, otters, polecats, martens, grisons, and wolverines. Otherwise known as mustelids (), they form the largest family in the s ... (weasels and allies)

Felidae Felidae ( ) is the Family (biology), family of mammals in the Order (biology), order Carnivora colloquially referred to as cats. A member of this family is also called a felid ( ). The 41 extant taxon, extant Felidae species exhibit the gre ... (cats)

Hyaenidae (hyenas)

Phocidae (earless seals)

Odobenidae Odobenidae is a family of pinnipeds, of which the only extant species is the walrus (''Odobenus rosmarus''). In the past, however, the group was much more diverse, and includes more than a dozen fossil genera. Taxonomy All genera, except '' Od ...

Odd-toed ungulate Perissodactyla (, ), or odd-toed ungulates, is an order of ungulates. The order includes about 17 living species divided into three families: Equidae (horses, asses, and zebras), Rhinocerotidae (rhinoceroses), and Tapiridae (tapirs). They t ...s

Equidae Equidae (commonly known as the horse family) is the Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family of Wild horse, horses and related animals, including Asinus, asses, zebra, zebras, and many extinct species known only from fossils. The fa ... (horse)

Even-toed ungulate Artiodactyls are placental mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla ( , ). Typically, they are ungulates which bear weight equally on two (an even number) of their five toes (the third and fourth, often in the form of a hoof). The other t ...s

Suidae Suidae is a family (biology), family of Even-toed ungulate, artiodactyl mammals which are commonly called pigs, hogs, or swine. In addition to numerous fossil species, 18 Extant taxon, extant species are currently recognized (or 19 counting domes ... (pigs)

Bovidae The Bovidae comprise the family (biology), biological family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes Bos, cattle, bison, Bubalina, buffalo, antelopes (including Caprinae, goat-antelopes), Ovis, sheep and Capra (genus), goats. A member o ... (bovid)

Cervidae A deer (: deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family). Cervidae is divided into subfamilies Cervinae (which includes, among others, muntjac, elk (wapiti), red deer, and fallow deer) a ... (deer)

Cetacea Cetacea (; , ) is an infraorder of aquatic mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. Key characteristics are their fully aquatic lifestyle, streamlined body shape, often large size and exclusively c ...

Delphinidae Oceanic dolphins or Delphinidae are a widely distributed family of dolphins that live in the sea. Close to forty extant species are recognised. They include several big species whose common names contain "whale" rather than "dolphin", such as the ... (oceanic dolphins)

Phocoenidae (porpoises)

Monodontidae

Kogiidae

Physeteridae

Ziphiidae (beaked whales)

Balaenopteridae (rorquals)

Eschrichtiidae

Balaenidae

Introduced animals

Macropodidae (macropods)

Erinaceidae

Primates

Sciuridae Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae (), a family that includes small or medium-sized rodents. The squirrel family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels (including chipmunks and prairie dogs, among others), and flying squirrel ... (squirrels)

Myocastoridae

Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New World rats and mice. At over 870 species, it is either the largest or second-largest family ...

Hystricidae (Old World porcupines)

Canidae Canidae (; from Latin, ''canis'', "dog") is a family (biology), biological family of caniform carnivorans, constituting a clade. A member of this family is also called a canid (). The family includes three subfamily, subfamilies: the Caninae, a ...

Mustelidae The Mustelidae (; from Latin , weasel) are a diverse family of carnivora, carnivoran mammals, including weasels, badgers, otters, polecats, martens, grisons, and wolverines. Otherwise known as mustelids (), they form the largest family in the s ... (weasel)

Herpestidae (mongooses)

Viverridae (viverrids)

Procyonidae

Bovidae The Bovidae comprise the family (biology), biological family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes Bos, cattle, bison, Bubalina, buffalo, antelopes (including Caprinae, goat-antelopes), Ovis, sheep and Capra (genus), goats. A member o ... (bovids)

Equidae Equidae (commonly known as the horse family) is the Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family of Wild horse, horses and related animals, including Asinus, asses, zebra, zebras, and many extinct species known only from fossils. The fa ... (horses)

Cervidae A deer (: deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family). Cervidae is divided into subfamilies Cervinae (which includes, among others, muntjac, elk (wapiti), red deer, and fallow deer) a ... (deer)

See also

Further reading

Notes

References

External links

Vespertilionidae Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most diverse and widely distributed of bat familie ...
(evening bats)

Leporidae Leporidae () is the family of rabbits and hares, containing over 70 species of extant mammals in all. The family name comes from "Lepus", hare in Latin. Together with the pikas, the Leporidae constitute the mammalian order Lagomorpha. Leporidae ...
(leporids)

Ochotonidae A pika ( , or ) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears. ...
(pikas)

Rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia ( ), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and Mandible, lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal specie ...
s

Sciuridae Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae (), a family that includes small or medium-sized rodents. The squirrel family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels (including chipmunks and prairie dogs, among others), and flying squirrel ...
(squirrels)

Carnivora Carnivora ( ) is an order of placental mammals specialized primarily in eating flesh, whose members are formally referred to as carnivorans. The order Carnivora is the sixth largest order of mammals, comprising at least 279 species. Carnivor ...
ns

Ursidae Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family (biology), family Ursidae (). They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats ...
(bears)

Mustelidae The Mustelidae (; from Latin , weasel) are a diverse family of carnivora, carnivoran mammals, including weasels, badgers, otters, polecats, martens, grisons, and wolverines. Otherwise known as mustelids (), they form the largest family in the s ...
(weasels and allies)

Felidae Felidae ( ) is the Family (biology), family of mammals in the Order (biology), order Carnivora colloquially referred to as cats. A member of this family is also called a felid ( ). The 41 extant taxon, extant Felidae species exhibit the gre ...
(cats)

Odd-toed ungulate Perissodactyla (, ), or odd-toed ungulates, is an order of ungulates. The order includes about 17 living species divided into three families: Equidae (horses, asses, and zebras), Rhinocerotidae (rhinoceroses), and Tapiridae (tapirs). They t ...
s

Equidae Equidae (commonly known as the horse family) is the Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family of Wild horse, horses and related animals, including Asinus, asses, zebra, zebras, and many extinct species known only from fossils. The fa ...
(horse)

Even-toed ungulate Artiodactyls are placental mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla ( , ). Typically, they are ungulates which bear weight equally on two (an even number) of their five toes (the third and fourth, often in the form of a hoof). The other t ...
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Suidae Suidae is a family (biology), family of Even-toed ungulate, artiodactyl mammals which are commonly called pigs, hogs, or swine. In addition to numerous fossil species, 18 Extant taxon, extant species are currently recognized (or 19 counting domes ...
(pigs)

Bovidae The Bovidae comprise the family (biology), biological family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes Bos, cattle, bison, Bubalina, buffalo, antelopes (including Caprinae, goat-antelopes), Ovis, sheep and Capra (genus), goats. A member o ...
(bovid)

Cervidae A deer (: deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family). Cervidae is divided into subfamilies Cervinae (which includes, among others, muntjac, elk (wapiti), red deer, and fallow deer) a ...
(deer)

Delphinidae Oceanic dolphins or Delphinidae are a widely distributed family of dolphins that live in the sea. Close to forty extant species are recognised. They include several big species whose common names contain "whale" rather than "dolphin", such as the ...
(oceanic dolphins)

Sciuridae Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae (), a family that includes small or medium-sized rodents. The squirrel family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels (including chipmunks and prairie dogs, among others), and flying squirrel ...
(squirrels)

Mustelidae The Mustelidae (; from Latin , weasel) are a diverse family of carnivora, carnivoran mammals, including weasels, badgers, otters, polecats, martens, grisons, and wolverines. Otherwise known as mustelids (), they form the largest family in the s ...
(weasel)

Bovidae The Bovidae comprise the family (biology), biological family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes Bos, cattle, bison, Bubalina, buffalo, antelopes (including Caprinae, goat-antelopes), Ovis, sheep and Capra (genus), goats. A member o ...
(bovids)

Equidae Equidae (commonly known as the horse family) is the Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family of Wild horse, horses and related animals, including Asinus, asses, zebra, zebras, and many extinct species known only from fossils. The fa ...
(horses)

Cervidae A deer (: deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family). Cervidae is divided into subfamilies Cervinae (which includes, among others, muntjac, elk (wapiti), red deer, and fallow deer) a ...
(deer)