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List Of Birds Of Switzerland
The avifauna of Switzerland included a total of 443 species as of 2024 according to the Swiss Ornithological Institute (Schweizerische Vogelwarte) with supplemental additions from Avibase. 10 have been introduced by humans. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (English and scientific names) are those of ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World'', 2022 edition.Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ Retrieved October 25, 2022. The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fall into any of these categories. *(A) Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Switzerland *(I) Introduced - a species introduced to Switz ...
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List Of Mammals Of Switzerland
This list shows the IUCN Red List status of the mammal species occurring in Switzerland. Nine of them are near threatened, and most are least concern. The following tags are used to highlight each species' status as assessed on the respective Red List published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature: Order: Rodentia (rodents) Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40% of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. *Suborder: Castorimorpha **Family: Castoridae ***Subfamily: Castorinae ****Tribe: Castorini *****Genus: ''Castor'' ****** Eurasian beaver, ''C. fiber'' reintroduced *Suborder: Sciurognathi **Family: Sciuridae (squirrels) ***Subfamily: Sciurinae ****Tribe: Sciurini *****Genus: ''Sciurus'' ****** Red squirrel, ''S. vulgaris'' ***Subfamily: Xerinae ****Tribe: Marmotini *****Genus: '' Marmota'' ****** Alpine marmot, ''M. marmota'' **Family: Gliridae (d ...
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