List of European mammals

This is a list of European mammals. It includes all mammals currently found in Europe, whether resident or as regular migrants. It does not include species found only in captivity or extinct in Europe, except where there is some doubt about this. Each species is listed, with its binomial name and notes on its distribution where this is limited. Introduced species are also noted.

Marsupials

*Red-necked wallaby " Macropus rufogriseus" (Britain, introduced and probably extinct)

Insectivores

Hedgehogs

*Western European hedgehog "Erinaceus europaeus"
*Eastern European hedgehog "Erinaceus concolor"
*North African hedgehog "Atelerix algirus" (France and Spain, probably introduced)

Moles and desmans

*European mole "Talpa europaea"
*Mediterranean mole "Talpa caeca" (south of the Alps)
*Roman mole "Talpa romana" (Italy and Greece)
*Pyrenean desman "Galemys pyrenaicus" (Spain, Portugal and the Pyrenees)
*Russian desman "Desmana moschata" (Russia)

Shrews

*Common shrew "Sorex araneus"
*Millet's shrew "Sorex coronatus"
*Spanish shrew "Sorex granarius
*Apennine shrew "Sorex samniticus"
*Eurasian pygmy shrew "Sorex minutus"
*Laxmann's shrew "Sorex caecutiens"
*Eurasian least shrew "Sorex minutissimus"
*Dusky shrew "Sorex sinalis"
*Alpine shrew "Sorex alpinus"
*Eurasian water shrew "Neomys fodiens
*Miller's water shrew "Neomys anomalus"
*Pygmy white-toothed shrew "Suncus etruscus"
*Greater white-toothed shrew "Crocidura russula"
*Lesser white-toothed shrew "Crocidura suaveolens"
*Bicoloured white-toothed shrew "Crocidura leucodon"

Primates

*Human "Homo sapiens"
*Barbary ape "Macca sylvanus" (Gibraltar, presumably introduced)

Bats

Horseshoe bats

*Lesser horseshoe bat "Rhinolophus hipposideros"
*Greater horseshoe bat "Rhinolophus ferrumequinum"
*Mediterranean horseshoe bat "Rhinolophus euryale"
*Blasius's horseshoe bat "Rhinolophus blasii"
*Mehely's horseshoe bat "Rhinolophus mehelyi"

Evening bats

*Daubenton's bat "Myotis daubentoni"
*Nathalina bat "Myotis nathalinae"
*Long-fingered bat "Myotis capaccinii"
*Pond bat "Myotis dasycneme"
*Brandt's bat "Myotis brandti"
*Whiskered bat "Myotis mystacinus"
*Geoffroy's bat "Myotis emarginatus"
*Natterer's bat "Myotis nattereri"
*Bechstein's bat "Myotis bechsteini"
*Greater mouse-eared bat "Myotis myotis"
*Lesser mouse-eared bat "Myotis blythi"
*Common noctule "Nyctalus noctula"
*Leisler's bat "Nyctalus leisleri"
*Greater noctule "Nyctalus lasiopterus"
*Serotine "Eptesicus serotinus"
*Northern bat "Eptesicus nilssoni"
*Parti-coloured bat "Vespertilio murinus"
*Common pipistrelle "Pipistrellus pipistrellus"
*Nathusius's pipistrelle "Pipistrellus nathusii"
*Kuhl's pipistrelle "Pipistrellus kuhli"
*Savi's pipistrelle "Pipistrellus savii"
*Hoary bat "Lasiurus cinereus"
*Common long-eared bat "Plecotus auritus"
*Grey long-eared bat "Plecotus austriacus"
*Barbastelle "Barbastella barbastellus"
*Schreiber's bat "Miniopterus schreibersi"

Free-tailed bats

*European free-tailed bat "Tadarida teniotis" (southern Europe)

Slit-faced bats

*Egyptian slit-faced bat "Nycteris thebaica"

=Lagomorphs=

*Rabbit "Oryctolagus cuniculus"
*European hare "Lepus europaeus"
*Mountain hare "Lepus timidus" (Alps, Ireland, Poland, and the United Kingdom. It has also been introduced to Shetland and the Faroe Islands)

Rodents

Squirrels

*Red squirrel "Sciurus vulgaris"
*Grey squirrel "Sciurus carolinensis" (Britain, introduced)
*Russian flying squirrel "Pteromys volans" (northern Scandinavia, Estonia)
*European souslik "Spermophilus citellus" (north-eastern Europe)
*Spotted souslik "Spermophilus suslicus" (south-eastern Europe)
*Alpine marmot "Marmota marmota" (Alps, Tatras, Carpathians, Pyrenees and Balkans)
*Siberian chipmunk "Tamias sibiricus" (introduced)

Beavers

*European beaver "Castor fiber" (Scandinavia, Estonia, Russia, France and Germany is also being reintroduced to Great Britain after extinction due to human activity.)
*Canadian beaver "Castor canadensis" (Finland, introduced)

Porcupines

*Crested porcupine "Hystrix cristata" (Italy, introduced)

Hutias

*Coypu "Myocastor coypus" (introduced)

=Dormice=

*Garden dormouse "Eliomys quercinus"
*Forest dormouse "Dryomys nitedula" (eastern Europe)
*Fat dormouse "Glis glis"
*Hazel dormouse "Muscardinus avellanarius"
*Mouse-tailed dormouse "Myomimus roachi" (Greece and Bulgaria)

=Muroids=

*Common hamster "Cricetus cricetus" (eastern Europe)
*Romanian hamster "Mesocricetus newtoni" (shores of the Black Sea)
*Golden hamster "Mesocricetus auratus" (introduced)
*Grey Hamster "Circetulus migratorius" (Balkans)
*Arctic lemming "Dicrostonyx torquatus" (Svalbard as migrant)
*Norway lemming "Lemmus lemmus" (northern Europe)
*Wood Lemming "Myopus schisticolor" (Scandinavia)
*Bank vole "Myodes glareolus"
*Northern red-backed vole "Myodes rutilus"
*Grey-sided vole "Myodes rufocanus"
*Balkan snow vole "Dinaromys bogdanovi"
*Field vole "Microtus agrestis"
*Common vole "Microtus arvalis"
*Sibling vole "Microtus epiroticus"
*Root vole "Microtus oeconomus"
*Snow vole "Microtus nivalis"
*Gunther's vole "Microtus guentheri"
*Cabrera's vole "Microtus cabrerae"
*Bavarian pine vole "Microtus bavaricus"
*Common pine vole "Pitymys subterraneus"
*Alpine pine vole "Pitymys multiplex"
*Tatra pine vole "Pitymys tatricus"
*Liechtenstein's pine vole "Pitymys liechtensteini"
*Mediterranean pine vole "Pitymys duodecimcostatus"
*Lusitanian pine vole "Pitymys lusitanicus"
*Thomas's pine vole "Pitymys thomasi"
*Savi's pine vole "Pitymys savii"
*European water vole "Arvicola amphibius"
*Southwestern pine vole "Arvicola sapidus" (Spain and France)
*Musk rat "Ondatra zibethicus" (introduced)
*Mongolian gerbil "Meriones unguiculatus" (introduced)
*Greater mole rat "Spalax microphthalmus" (eastern Europe)
*Lesser mole rat "Spalax leucodon" (eastern Europe)
*Brown rat "Rattus norvegicus" (introduced)
*Black rat "Rattus rattus" (introduced)
*Wood mouse "Apodemus sylvaticus"
*Yellow-necked mouse "Apodemus flavicollis"
*Pygmy field mouse "Apodemus microps" (eastern Europe)
*Rock mouse "Apodemus mystacinus" (south-eastern Europe)
*Striped field mouse "Apodemus agrarius" (eastern Europe)
*Harvest mouse "Micromys minutus"
*House mouse "Mus musculus"
*Algerian mouse "Mus spretus" (France, Spain and Portugal)
*Steppe mouse "Mus hortulanus" (south-eastern Europe)
*Cretan spiny mouse "Acomys minous" (Crete)

=Birch mice=

*Northern birch mouse "Sicista betulina" (Scandinavia and north-eastern Europe)
*Southern birch mouse "Sicista subtilis" (south-eastern Europe)

Carnivores

Bears

*Polar bear "Ursus maritimus" (Svalbard, migrant to Iceland and northern Scandinavia)
*Brown bear "Ursus arctos"

Wolves and foxes

*Wolf "Canis lupus" (Spain, Italy, Scandinavia and eastern Europe)
*Jackal "Canis aureus" (Russia and south-eastern Europe)
*Red fox "Vulpes vulpes"
*Corsac fox "Vulpes corsac" (Along southern Volga)
*Arctic fox "Alopex lagopus" (Scandinavia and Iceland)
*Raccoon dog "Nyctereutes procyonoides" (introduced)

Weasels

*Stoat "Mustela erminea"
*Least weasel "Mustela nivalis"
*European mink "Mustela lutreola" (eastern Europe)
*American mink "Mustela vison" (Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, introduced)
*European polecat "Mustela putorius"
*Steppe polecat "Mustela eversmanni"
*Marbled polecat "Vormela peregusna" (eastern Europe)
*Pine marten "Martes martes"
*Beech marten "Martes foina" (southern Europe)
*Wolverine "Gulo gulo" (Scandinavia)
*Otter "Lutra lutra"
*Badger "Meles meles"

=Mongooses and genet=

*Egyptian mongoose "Herpestes ichneumon" (Spain and Portugal, introduced)
*Indian grey mongoose "Herpestes edwardsi" (Italy, introduced)
*Common genet "Genetta genetta" (France, Spain and Portugal, introduced)

Raccoons

*Raccoon "Procyon lotor" (introduced)

Cats

*Eurasian lynx "Lynx lynx"
*Iberian lynx "Lynx pardinus"
*Wild cat "Felis silvestris silvestris"
*Feral cat "Felis silvestris catus"

Pinnipeds

=Seals=

*Common seal "Phoca vitulina"
*Ringed seal "Pusa hispida" (formerly "Phoca hispida") (Northern Scandinavia)
*Grey seal "Halichoerus grypus" (Norway, Baltic. Great Britain and Ireland)
*Mediterranean monk seal "Monachus monachus" (Mediterranean)
*Harp seal "Pagophilus groenlandicus" (formerly "Phoca groenlandicus") (Northern Scandinavia)
*Bearded seal "Erignatus barbatus" (Northern Scandinavia)
*Hooded seal "Cystophora cristata" (Northern Scandinavia)

Walrus

*Walrus "Odobenus rosmarus" (Svalbard, Iceland and as migrant further south)

Odd-toed ungulates

*Feral horse "Equus caballus"
*Feral donkey "Equus asinus"

Even-toed ungulates

Pigs

*Wild boar "Sus scrofa"

Bovids

*European bison "Bison bonasus" (Lithuania and Białowieża)
*Musk ox "Ovibos moschatus" (Svalbard and southern Scandinavia, reintroduced)
*Mouflon "Ovis musimon" (Corsica, Cyprus and Sardinia, introduced elsewhere)
*Domestic sheep "Ovis aries"
*Alpine ibex "Capra ibex" (France, Italy, Switzerland and Germany)
*Wild goat "Capra aegagrus" (southern Europe and Russia)
*Cashmere goat "Capra hircus" (introduced)
*Chamois "Rupicapra rupicaprus"
*Domestic cattle "Bos taurus"

Deer

*Red deer "Cervus elaphus"
*Sika deer "Cervus nippon" (introduced)
*Fallow deer "Dama dama"
*Chital "Axis axis" (introduced)
*Elk "Alces alces" (Scandinavia)
*Reindeer "Rangifer rangifer" (Scandinavia, introduced/reintroduced to Scotland)
*White-tailed deer "Odocoileus virginanus" (introduced)
*Roe deer "Capreolus capreolus"
*Muntjac "Muntiacus reevesi" (Britain, introduced)
*Chinese water deer "Hydropoes inermis" (Britain, introduced)
*Pere David's deer "Elaphurus davidianus" (introduced)

Cetaceans

Baleen whales

*Fin whale "Balaenoptera physalis"
*Blue whale "Balaenoptera musculus"
*Sei whale "Balaenoptera borealis"
*Minke whale "Balaenoptera acuturostrata"
*Humpback whale "Megaptera novaeangliae"
*North Atlantic right whale "Eubalaena glacialis"
*Bowhead whale "Balaena mysticetus"

Sperm whales

*Sperm whale "Physeter macrocephalus"
*Pygmy sperm whale "Kogia breviceps"

Beaked whales

*Bottle-nosed whale "Hyperoodon ampullatus"
*Cuvier's beaked whale "Ziphius cavirostris"
*Sowerby's beaked whale "Mesoplodon bidens"
*True's beaked whale "Mesoplodon mirus"
*Gray's beaked whale "Mesoplodon grayi"
*Gervais' beaked whale "Mesoplodon europaeus"
*Blainville's beaked whale "Mesoplodon densirostris"

White whales

*White whale "Delphinapterus leucas" (Arctic Ocean)
*Narwhal "Monodon monocero" (Arctic Ocean)

Dolphins

*Pilot whale "Globicephala melaena"
*Killer whale "Orcinus orca"
*Bottle-nosed dolphin "Tursiops truncatus"
*Risso's dolphin "Grampus griseus"
*Rough-toothed dolphin "Steno bredanensis"
*False killer whale "Pseudorca crassidens"
*Common dolphin "Delphinus delphis"
*Striped dolphin "Stenella coeruleoalba"
*Atlantic white-sided dolphin "Lagenorhynchus acutus"
*White-beaked dolphin "Lagenorhynchus albirostris"

Porpoises

*Common porpoise "Phocoena phocoena"

ee also

*List of European amphibians
*List of European birds
*List of European fish
*List of European insects
*List of European reptiles
*List of mammals
*List of regional mammals lists
*List of British mammals
*List of extinct animals of Europe