List of mammals of Europe

===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, Spain) :*Mediterranean mole, Talpa caeca (south of the Alps) :*Caucasian mole, Talpa caucasica (Caucasus, Russia) :*European mole, Talpa europaea :*Levant mole, Talpa levantis (Bulgaria, Caucasus, Russia and European Turkey) :*Martino's mole, Talpa martinorum (Bulgaria) :*Spanish mole, Talpa occidentalis (Iberian Peninsula) :*Roman mole, Talpa romana (Italy and Greece) :*Balkan mole, Talpa stankovici (Balkans) :Desmans :*Russian desman, Desmana moschata (Russia, Ukraine) :*Pyrenean desman, Galemys pyrenaicus (Spain, Portugal, the Pyrenees) ===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, Sorex isodon :*Alpine shrew, Sorex alpinus :*Valais shrew, Sorex antinorii (Italy, France, Switzerland) - formerly in Sorex araneus, and: :**Udine shrew, Sorex arunchi (Italy, Slovenia) :*Radde's shrew, Sorex raddei (Caucasus, Russia) :*Caucasian shrew, Sorex satunini (Caucasus, Russia) :*Caucasian pygmy shrew, Sorex volnuchini (Caucasus, Russia) :*Eurasian water shrew, Neomys fodiens :*Iberian water shrew, Neomys anomalus (Iberian Peninsula) and: ::*Mediterranean water shrew, Neomys milleri :*Transcaucasian water shrew, Neomys teres (Caucasus, Russia) :*Etruscan shrew, Suncus etruscus :*Greater white-toothed shrew, Crocidura russula :*Lesser white-toothed shrew, Crocidura suaveolens :*Bicoloured shrew, Crocidura leucodon :*Gueldenstaedt's shrew, Crocidura gueldenstaedtii :*Sicilian shrew, Crocidura sicula (Sicily, Malta) :*North African white-toothed shrew, Crocidura pachyura (Mediterranean islands) :*Cretan shrew, Crocidura zimmermanni (Crete) :*Canarian shrew, Crocidura canariensis (Canary Islands in Africa - Spain) :*Piebald shrew, Diplomesodon pulchellus (Kazakhstan, Russia) ==Bats==

===Pteropodidae (megabat)=== :*Egyptian fruit bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus (Cyprus) ===Rhinolophidae (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 ===Vespertilionidae (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 (Greece, Hungary) :*Geoffroy's bat, Myotis emarginatus :*Natterer's bat, Myotis nattereri and: :**Cryptic myotis, Myotis crypticus :**Tschuli myotis, Myotis tschuliensis (Eastern Europe) :**Hovel's myotis, Myotis hoveli (Cyprus) :*Escalera's bat, Myotis escalerai (Spain, Portugal, France) :*Bechstein's bat, Myotis bechsteinii :*Greater mouse-eared bat, Myotis myotis :*Lesser mouse-eared bat, Myotis blythii :*Felten's myotis, Myotis punicus (Corsica, Sardinia, Malta) :*Common noctule, Nyctalus noctula :*Lesser noctule, Nyctalus leisleri :*Azores noctule, Nyctalus azoreum (the only mammal species endemic to North Atlantic Azores archipelago - Portugal) :*Greater noctule, Nyctalus lasiopterus :*Anatolian serotine, Eptesicus anatolicus (east Aegean Islands in Greece, Cyprus) - split from Botta's serotine, Eptesicus bottae :*Serotine, Eptesicus serotinus and: :**Eptesicus lobatus (Ukraine) :*Meridional serotine, Eptesicus (serotinus) isabellinus :*Northern bat, Eptesicus nilssonii :*Parti-coloured bat, 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, Pipistrellus creticus (Crete) - split from Hanak's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus hanaki :*Dusky pipistrelle, Pipistrellus hesperidus (Canary Islands in Africa - Spain) :*Madeira pipistrelle, Pipistrellus maderensis (Canary Islands and Madeira in Africa - Spain, Portugal) :*Common long-eared bat, Plecotus auritus :*Grey long-eared bat, Plecotus austriacus :*Kolombatovic's long-eared bat, Plecotus kolombatovici (Mediterranean) :*Alpine long-eared bat, Plecotus macrobullaris (mountains of southern Europe) :*Sardinian long-eared bat, Plecotus sardus (Sardinia) :*Canary long-eared bat, Plecotus teneriffae (Canary Islands in Africa - Spain) and: :**Gaisler's long-eared bat, Plecotus gaisleri (Malta, Italy) :*Barbastelle, Barbastella barbastellus :*Caspian barbastelle, Barbastella caspica (Caucasus) ===Miniopteridae=== :*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 (Greece) ==Lagomorphs==

===Leporidae (leporids)=== :*European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus :*European hare, Lepus europaeus :*Mountain hare, Lepus timidus :*Granada hare, Lepus granatensis (Spain, Portugal) :*Broom hare, Lepus castroviejoi (Cantabrian Mountains) :*Corsican hare, Lepus corsicanus (Corsica, southern Italy) :*Cape hare, Lepus capensis (Corsica, Cyprus in Asia - Greece, Turkey) :*Tolai hare, Lepus tolai (Kazakhstan) ===Ochotonidae (pikas)=== :*Sardinian pika, Prolagus sardus (Corsica, Sardinia and adjacent Mediterranean islands) ==Rodents==

===Sciuridae (squirrels)=== :*Red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris and: :**Calabrian black squirrel, Sciurus meridionalis (Italy) :*Caucasian squirrel, Sciurus anomalus (eastern Europe) :*Siberian flying squirrel, Pteromys volans (Finland, Estonia, Russia) :*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 (Russia, Kazakhstan) :*Caucasian Mountain ground squirrel, Spermophilus musicus (Caucasus) :*Alpine marmot, Marmota marmota (Alps, Tatras, Carpathians, Pyrenees and Balkans) :*Tatra marmot, Marmota marmota latirostris (Tatra Mountains) :*Bobak marmot, Marmota bobak (eastern Europe) ===Castoridae=== :*European beaver, Castor fiber ===Hystricidae (Old World porcupines)=== :*Indian porcupine, Hystrix indica (European Azerbaijan and Georgia) ===Gliridae (dormice)=== :*Garden dormouse, Eliomys quercinus :*Forest dormouse, Dryomys nitedula (eastern Europe) :*European edible dormouse, Glis glis :*Hazel dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius :*Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse, Myomimus roachi (Greece, European Turkey and Bulgaria) ===Muroids: Spalacidae (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) :**Oltenia blind mole-rat, Spalax istricus (Romania) :*Nehring's blind mole rat, Spalax nehringi (may occur in Greece) :*Giant blind mole-rat, Spalax giganteus (Russia) ===Muroids: Cricetidae=== :Hamsters :*Common hamster, Cricetus cricetus (eastern and central Europe) :*Gray dwarf hamster, Nothocricetulus migratorius (Balkans) :*Romanian hamster, Mesocricetus newtoni (shores of the Black Sea) :*Ciscaucasian hamster, Mesocricetus raddei (Russia) :*Brandt's hamster, Mesocricetus brandti (Caucasus) :*Eversmann's hamster, Allocricetulus eversmanni (Russia, Kazakhstan) :Lemmings :*Wood lemming, Myopus schisticolor (Scandinavia) :*Norway lemming, Lemmus lemmus (northern Europe) :*Siberian brown lemming, Lemmus sibiricus (Russia) :*Arctic lemming, Dicrostonyx torquatus (Svalbard as migrant) :Voles :*Bank vole, Myodes glareolus :*Northern red-backed vole, Myodes rutilus :*Grey red-backed vole, Myodes rufocanus :*Martino's Dinaric vole, Dinaromys bogdanovi (Balkans) and: :**Western Dinaric vole, Dinaromys longipedis (Balkans) :*European water vole, Arvicola amphibius and: :**Italian water vole, Arvicola italicus (Italy, Switzerland) :**Montane water vole, Arvicola monticola, A. scherman :*Southwestern water vole, Arvicola sapidus (Spain and France) :*Root vole, Alexandromys oeconomus :*Middendorff's vole, Alexandromys middendorffii (Russia) :*Short-tailed field vole, Microtus agrestis and: :**Mediterranean field vole, Microtus lavernedii :**Portuguese field vole, Microtus rozianus (Iberian Peninsula) :*Pyrenean pine vole, Microtus pyrenaicus (France, Spain) :*Common vole, 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 (Balkans) :*Cabrera's vole, 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 (Italy) :**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, Microtus majori :*Caucasian pine vole, Microtus daghestanicus (Caucasus) :*Narrow-headed vole, Lasiopodomys gregalis (Russia) :*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, Prometheomys schaposchnikowi (Caucasus) ===Muroids: Muridae=== :Old World rats and mice :*Wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus :*Steppe field mouse, Apodemus witherbyi (eastern Europe) :*Yellow-necked mouse, Apodemus flavicollis and: :**Black Sea field mouse, Apodemus ponticus (Caucasus) :*Alpine field mouse, Apodemus alpicola (Alps) :*Pygmy field mouse, Apodemus uralensis (eastern Europe) :*Broad-toothed field mouse, Apodemus mystacinus (south-eastern Europe) :*Western broad-toothed field mouse, Apodemus epimelas (Balkans) :*Striped field mouse, Apodemus agrarius (eastern Europe) :*Eurasian harvest mouse, Micromys minutus :*House mouse, Mus musculus :*Algerian mouse, Mus spretus (France, Spain and Portugal) :*Steppe mouse, Mus spicilegus (south-eastern Europe) :*Cypriot mouse, Mus cypriacus (Cyprus) :*Macedonian mouse, Mus macedonicus (south Balcans) :Spiny mice :*Cretan spiny mouse, Acomys minous (Crete) :*Cyprus Spiny Mouse, Acomys nesiotes (Cyprus) :Jirds :*Tristram's jird, Meriones tristrami (Greek island of Kos) :*Tamarisk jird, Meriones tamariscinus (eastern Europe) :*Midday jird, Meriones meridianus (eastern Europe) :Gerbils :*Great gerbil, Rhombomys opimus (Kazakhstan) ===Muroids: Sminthidae (birch mice)=== • Northern birch mouse, Sicista betulina (Scandinavia and north-eastern Europe) • Southern birch mouse, Sicista subtilis (south-eastern Europe) and: :*Hungarian birch mouse, Sicista (subtilis) trizona (Hungary) :*Nordmann's birch mouse, Sicista loriger (eastern Europe) • Strand's birch mouse, Sicista strandi (eastern Europe) • Severtzov's birch mouse, Sicista severtzovi (eastern Europe) and: • Tsimlyansk birch mouse, Sicista cimlanica • Caucasian birch mouse, Sicista caucasica (Caucasus) • Kazbeg birch mouse, Sicista kazbegica (Caucasus) • Kluchor birch mouse, Sicista kluchorica (Caucasus) ===Muroids: Dipodidae (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 (Azerbaijan) ==Carnivorans==

===Ursidae (bears)=== :*Brown bear, Ursus arctos :*Polar bear, Ursus maritimus (Svalbard, Arctic European Russia; migrant to Iceland) ===Canidae=== (Canis aureus moreotica), a subspecies of golden jackal :*Golden jackal, Canis aureus (Russia and south-eastern Europe) :*Grey wolf, Canis lupus (Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Scandinavia and eastern Europe) :*Corsac fox, Vulpes corsac (Along southern Volga and European Kazakhstan) :*Arctic fox, Vulpes lagopus (Scandinavia and Iceland) :*Red fox, Vulpes vulpes ===Mustelidae (weasels and allies)=== :*Wolverine, Gulo gulo (Scandinavia) :*European otter, Lutra lutra :*Beech marten, Martes foina (southern Europe) :*European pine marten, Martes martes :*Sable, Martes zibellina (western Ural Mountains, European Russia) :*Asian badger, Meles leucurus :*African wildcat, Felis lybica :*Caspian tiger, Panthera tigris tigris (P. tigris ) (Ukraine, Southern Russia and Caucasus) ===Hyaenidae (hyenas)=== :*Striped hyena, Hyaena hyaena (Lake Saimaa, Finland) ===Odobenidae=== :*Walrus, Odobenus rosmarus (Svalbard, Iceland and as migrant further south) ==Odd-toed ungulates==

===Equidae (horse)=== :*Tarpan, Equus ferus ferus (E. ferus ) :*Przewalski's horse, Equus ferus przewalskii (E. ferus ) (Belarus, Ukraine) :*Turkmenian kulan, Equus hemionus kulan (E. hemionus ) (Ukraine) ==Even-toed ungulates==

===Suidae (pigs)=== :*Wild boar, Sus scrofa ===Bovidae (bovid)=== :*European bison, Bison bonasus (reintroduced) :*Aurochs, Bos primigenius :*Wild goat, Capra aegagrus (Caucasus) :*West Caucasian tur, Capra caucasica (Caucasus) :*East Caucasian tur, Capra cylindricornis (Caucasus) :*Alpine ibex, Capra ibex (France, Italy, Switzerland, and Germany) :*Iberian ibex, Capra pyrenaica (Spain and Portugal) :*Goitered gazelle, Gazella subgutturosa (European Azerbaijan) :*Muskox, Ovibos moschatus (Norway, Russia; reintroduced) :*Mouflon, Ovis gmelini (Cyprus and Caucasus) :*Pyrenean chamois, Rupicapra pyrenaica :*Chamois, Rupicapra rupicapra :*Saiga antelope, Saiga tatarica (European Russia and Kazakhstan) ===Cervidae (deer)=== :*Elk, Alces alces :*Roe deer, Capreolus capreolus :*Red deer, Cervus elaphus :*Fallow deer, Dama dama :*Reindeer, Rangifer tarandus (Scandinavia) ==Cetacea==

===Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins)=== :*White-beaked dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris :*Atlantic white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus acutus :*Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis :*Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba :*Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis :*Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis (Mediterranean subpopulation: , ssp. ponticus: ) :*Bottle-nosed dolphin, 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: ) :*Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas (Mediterranean subpopulation: ) :*Short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus :*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=== :*Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps :*Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia sima ===Physeteridae=== :*Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus (Mediterranean subpopulation: ) ===Ziphiidae (beaked whales)=== :*Gervais' beaked whale, Mesoplodon europaeus :*Blainville's beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris :*True's beaked whale, Mesoplodon mirus :*Sowerby's beaked whale, Mesoplodon bidens :*Grays beaked whale, Mesoplodon grayi :*Northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus :*Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris (Mediterranean subpopulation: ) ===Balaenopteridae (rorquals)=== :*Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus (ssp. musculus North Atlantic stock: ) :*Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus (Mediterranean subpopulation: ) :*Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis :*Common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata :*Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera edeni (Canary Islands in Africa) :*Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae ===Eschrichtiidae=== :* Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus (possible vagrant from Pacific was recorded in 2010) ===Balaenidae=== :*Bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus (Svalbard-Barents Sea (Spitsbergen) subpopulation: ) :*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 (France and Spain, probably introduced) ===Primates=== :*Barbary macaque, Macaca sylvanus (Gibraltar, introduced) ===Sciuridae (squirrels)=== :*Grey squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis (Britain, introduced) :*Barbary ground squirrel, Atlantoxerus getulus (Canary Islands in Africa - Spain, introduced) :*Siberian chipmunk, Tamias sibiricus (introduced) ===Myocastoridae=== :*Coypu, Myocastor coypus (introduced) ===Cricetidae=== :*Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus (introduced) ===Hystricidae (Old World porcupines)=== :*Crested porcupine, Hystrix cristata (Italy, disputed, possibly native) ===Muroids: Muridae=== :Old World rats and mice :*Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus (introduced) :*Black rat, Rattus rattus (introduced) ===Canidae=== :*Raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides (introduced) ===Mustelidae (weasel)=== :*American mink, Neogale vison (introduced) ===Herpestidae (mongooses)=== :*Egyptian mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon (Spain and Portugal, disputed, possibly native) ===Viverridae (viverrids)=== :*Common genet, Genetta genetta (France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, introduced) ===Procyonidae=== :*South American coati, Nasua nasua (Great Britain, Mallorca, introduced) :*Common raccoon, Procyon lotor (introduced) ===Bovidae (bovids)=== :*Barbary sheep, Ammotragus lervia (Spain and Portugal, introduced) ===Equidae (horses)=== • Przewalski's horse, Equus ferus przewalskii (E. ferus ) (introduced; Ukraine, Belarus) ===Cervidae (deer)=== :*Chital, Axis axis (Croatia, introduced) :*Sika deer, Cervus nippon (introduced) :*Chinese water deer, Hydropotes inermis (Britain, introduced) :*Chinese muntjac, Muntiacus reevesi (Britain, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Belgium, introduced) :*White-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus (introduced; Finland, Czechia) ==See also==