List of mammals of Europe

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This is a list of mammals of Europe. It includes all mammals currently found in Europe (from northeast Atlantic to Ural Mountains and northern slope of Caucasus Mountains), whether resident or as regular migrants. Moreover, species occurring in Cyprus, Canary Islands (Spain) and Azores (Portugal) are listed here, despite the former being in Asia and the latter two being considered part of Africa, respectively. If geographical range of given European mammal additionally overlaps Turkey, 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.

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

Summary of 2006 IUCN Red List categories.

Conservation status in Europe - IUCN Red List of Threatened Species:

EX - extinct, EW - extinct in the wild
CR - critically endangered, EN - endangered VU - vulnerable
NT - near threatened, LC - least concern
DD - data deficient, NE - not evaluated
(v. 2025-1, the data is current as of May 29, 2025[1])

Eulipotyphlans

Erinaceidae

Hedgehogs

Talpidae

Moles
Desmans

Soricidae (shrews)

Bats

Pteropodidae (megabat)

Rhinolophidae (horseshoe bats)

Vespertilionidae (evening bats)

Miniopteridae

Molossidae (free-tailed bats)

Nycteridae (slit-faced bats)

Lagomorphs

The European hare

Leporidae (leporids)

Ochotonidae (pikas)

Rodents

Sciuridae (squirrels)

An alpine marmot

Castoridae

Hystricidae (Old World porcupines)

Gliridae (dormice)

Muroids: Spalacidae (spalacids)

Muroids: Cricetidae

Hamsters
Lemmings
Voles

Muroids: Muridae

Old World rats and mice
Spiny mice
Jirds
Gerbils

Muroids: Sminthidae (birch mice)

Muroids: Dipodidae (jerboas)

Carnivorans

Ursidae (bears)

Canidae

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

Mustelidae (weasels and allies)

Felidae (cats)

The Eurasian lynx

Hyaenidae (hyenas)

Phocidae (earless seals)

Odobenidae

Odd-toed ungulates

Equidae (horse)

Even-toed ungulates

Suidae (pigs)

Bovidae (bovid)

Cervidae (deer)

Cetacea

Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins)

Killer whale
Bottlenose dolphin

Phocoenidae (porpoises)

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

Monodontidae

Kogiidae

Physeteridae

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

Ziphiidae (beaked whales)

Balaenopteridae (rorquals)

Humpback whale

Eschrichtiidae

  • Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus RE (possible vagrant from Pacific was recorded in 2010[14])

Balaenidae

Introduced animals

Macropodidae (macropods)

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

Erinaceidae

Primates

Sciuridae (squirrels)

Myocastoridae

  • Coypu, Myocastor coypus LC (introduced)

Cricetidae

  • Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus LC (introduced)

Hystricidae (Old World porcupines)

Muroids: Muridae

Old World rats and mice

Canidae

Mustelidae (weasel)

Herpestidae (mongooses)

Viverridae (viverrids)

Procyonidae

Bovidae (bovids)

Equidae (horses)

Cervidae (deer)

See also

Further reading

  • Macdonald D., Barrett P., Collins Field Guide: Mammals of Britain & Europe, HarperCollinsPublishers, London, 1993, ISBN 0-00-219779-0
  • Görner M., Hackethal H., Beobachten und bestimmen: Säugetiere Europas, Neumann Verlag, Leipzig, Radebeul, 1987, ISBN 3-7402-0025-1

Notes

  1. Species split from this species or considered as distinct species alternatively. All these taxa occur in the area of interest, including the one on the left.
  2. Not recognized as a separate species in the Mammal Diversity Database v. 1.10.[3]
  3. According to the IUCN Red List this distribution needs to be confirmed and bats from North Africa are treated as Pipistrellus kuhlii.[5]

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