Threatened mammals of Europe
Mammals by conservation status
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The list below contains threatened mammals that dwell in or migrate to any region in Europe, the East Atlantic Ocean, and any nearby islands of the Atlantic Ocean. This includes mammals that are found in the East Atlantic Ocean (Azores), Iceland, the Adriatic Sea, the Sea of Azov, the Black and Caspian Sea, Corsica, Cyprus, Palearctic, Russia, Eurasia, North African Coast, the Mediterranean Sea and islands located in the Mediterranean Sea, and the islands of Spain (Canary, Balearic). The list below was compiled from data on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species (IUCN). The International Union for Conservation of Nature[1] identifies species in need of attention before approaching extinction and works to increase prevention of extinction. The list below includes vulnerable (VU), endangered (EN), critically endangered (CR), and recently extinct (EX) species.
| Scientific name | Common name(s) | Distribution | Status | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammotragus lervia | Aoudad, Barbary sheep, uaddan | Extant, native: Algeria; Chad; Egypt; Libya; Mali; Mauritania; Morocco; Niger; Sudan; Tunisia; Western Sahara
Extant, introduced: Croatia; Italy; Mexico; Spain (Canary Is.); United States |
VU[2] |  |
| Balaenoptera borealis | Sei whale | Extant: Worldwide | EN[3] | .jpg) |
| Balaenoptera musculus | Blue whale | Extant: Worldwide | EN[4] |  |
| Balaenoptera physalus | Fin whale | Extant: Worldwide | VU[5] |  |
| Bos primigenius | Aurochs | Extinct: Bulgaria; Poland; Romania | EX[6] |  |
| Cricetus cricetus | European hamster, common hamster | Extant: Austria; Belarus; Belgium; Bulgaria; Czechia; France; Germany; Hungary; Kazakhstan; Moldova; Netherlands; Poland; Romania; Russian Federation; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Switzerland; Ukraine
Presence Uncertain: Bosnia and Herzegovina; China; Croatia; Georgia |
CR[7] | _Meidling_5.jpg) |
| Crocidura canariensis | Canarian shrew, Canary shrew | Extant: Spain (Canary Is.) | EN[8] |  |
| Crocidura zimmermanni | Cretan white-toothed shrew, Cretan shrew | Extant: Greece (Kriti) | EN[9] | |
| Cystophora cristata | Hooded seal | Extant, resident: Canada; Greenland; Iceland; Norway; Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Extant, vagrant: Denmark; France; Germany; Ireland; Portugal; Russia; Spain; United Kingdom; Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas; Bermuda; Puerto Rico; Saint Barthélemy; Turks and Caicos Islands; United States |
EN[10] | .jpg) |
| Desmana moschata | Russian desman | Extant: Kazakhstan; Russia; Ukraine
Extirpated: Belarus |
CR[11] |  |
| Dinaromys bogdanovi | Balkan snow vole | Extant: Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Montenegro; North Macedonia; Serbia | VU[12] | |
| Eliomys quercinus | Garden dormouse | Extant: Andorra; Austria; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Czechia; France; Germany; Italy; Luxembourg; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Russian Federation (European Russia); Slovenia; Spain; Switzerland
Possibly extirpated: Belarus; Estonia; Finland; Latvia; Lithuania; Slovakia; Ukraine Uncertain status: Romania |
VU[13] |  |
| Eubalaena glacialis | North Atlantic right whale | Extant: Bahamas; Bermuda; Canada; United States; Greenland; Iceland; Norway
Possibly extirpated: Belgium; Faroe Islands; France; Germany; Ireland; Morocco; Netherlands; Portugal; Spain; United Kingdom; Western Sahara |
CR[14] |  |
| Galemys pyrenaicus | Pyrenean desman, Iberian desman | Extant: Andorra; France; Portugal; Spain | EN[15] |  |
| Hydropotes inermis | Chinese water deer | Extant, native: China; North Korea; South Korea
Introduced: France; United Kingdom |
VU[16] |  |
| Lepus castroviejoi | Broom hare | Extant: Spain | VU[17] | .jpg) |
| Lepus corsicanus | Corsican hare | Extant: Italy; Sicilly
Introduced: Corsica |
VU[18] |  |
| Lynx pardinus | Iberian lynx | Extant: Spain
Reintroduced: Portugal |
VU[19] | ,_Almuradiel,_Ciudad_Real,_España,_2021-12-19,_DD_07.jpg) |
| Macaca sylvanus | Barbary macaque | Extant: Algeria; Morocco
Extripated: Tunisia Introduced: Gibraltar |
EN[20] | .jpg) |
| Mesocricetus newtoni | Romanian hamster | Extant: Bulgaria; Romania | VU[21] |  |
| Microtus bavaricus | Bavarian pine vole | Extant: Austria
Extirpated: Germany |
CR[22] |  |
| Monachus monachus | Mediterranean monk seal | Extant: Albania; Cyprus; Greece; Mauritania; Portugal (Madeira); Turkey; Western Sahara
Possibly extinct: Egypt; Israel; Italy; Lebanon; Libya; Montenegro; Palestine; Spain; Syria Extirpated: Algeria; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Cabo Verde; France; Gambia; Georgia; Malta; Monaco; Morocco; Portugal; Romania; Russia; Senegal; Slovenia; Tunisia; Ukraine Presence uncertain: Croatia |
VU[23] |  |
| Mustela lutreola | European mink | Extant: France; Romania; Russia; Spain; Ukraine
Extant, reintroduced: Estonia Extirpated: Austria; Belarus; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czechia; Finland; Georgia; Germany; Hungary; Kazakhstan; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Montenegro; Netherlands; Poland; Serbia; Slovakia; Switzerland |
CR[24] |  |
| Myomimus roachi | Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse | Extant: Bulgaria; Greece; Turkey | VU[25] | |
| Myotis capaccinii | Long-fingered bat | Extant: Albania; Algeria; Andorra; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Cyprus; France (Corsica); Greece (Kriti); Holy See; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Italy (Sicilia, Sardegna); Jordan; Lebanon; Montenegro; Morocco; North Macedonia; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia; Spain (Baleares); Syria; Turkey
Extirpated: Switzerland |
VU[26] |  |
| Nyctalus azoreum | Azores noctule, Azorean bat | Extant: Portugal (Azores) | VU[27] |  |
| Phocoena phocoena ssp. relicta | Black Sea harbour porpoise | Extant: Bulgaria; Georgia; Romania; Russia; Turkey; Ukraine | VU[28] | .jpg) |
| Physeter macrocephalus | Sperm whale | Extant: Worldwide | VU[29] |  |
| Pipistrellus hanaki | Hanák's pipistrelle | Extant: Greece; Libya | VU[30] | |
| Pipistrellus maderensis | Madeira pipistrelle, Murciélago de Madeira | Extant: Portugal (Azores, Madeira); Spain (Canary Is.) | EN[31] | .jpg) |
| Plecotus sardus | Sardinian long-eared bat | Extant: Italy (Sardegna) | CR[32] | .png) |
| Plecotus teneriffae | Tenerife long-eared bat, Canary big-eared bat | Extant: Spain (Canary Is.) | CR[33] | .jpg) |
| Prolagus sardus | Sardinian pika | Extinct: France (Corsica); Italy (Sardegna) | EX[34] |  |
| Rhinolophus mehelyi | Mehely's horseshoe bat | Extant: Afghanistan; Algeria; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Cyprus; Egypt; Georgia; Greece; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Italy (Sicilia, Sardegna); Jordan; Libya; Moldova; Montenegro; Morocco; North Macedonia; Palestine; Portugal; Romania; Russia; Serbia; Slovenia; Spain; Syria; Tunisia; Turkey
Extirpated:Croatia Presence uncertain:France |
VU[35] |  |
| Sicista loriger | Nordmann's birch mouse | Extant: Romania; Russia; Ukraine
Presence uncertain: Moldova |
CR[36] | |
| Sicista severtzovi | Severtzov's birch mouse | Extant: Russia (Europe) | [37] | |
| Sicista trizona | Hungarian birch mouse | Extant: Hungary; Romania
Extirpated: Austria; Serbia; Slovakia |
EN[38] |  |
| Spalax antiquus | Méhely’s blind mole-rat | Extant: Romania | EN[39] | |
| Spalax arenarius | Sandy mole-rat | Extant: Ukraine | EN[40] | |
| Spalax graecus | Bukovina blind mole-rat | Extant: Romania; Ukraine | VU[41] | |
| Spalax istricus | Oltenia blind mole-rat | Possibly extinct: Romania | CR[42] | |
| Spalax zemni | Podolian mole-rat | Extant: Ukraine | EN[43] |  |
| Spermophilus citellus | European ground squirrel | Extant: Austria; Bulgaria; Czechia; Greece; Hungary; Moldova; North Macedonia; Romania; Serbia; Slovakia; Turkey; Ukraine
Extant, reintroduced: Poland Extirpated: Croatia; Germany |
EN[44] | _Obrovisko.jpg) |
| Spermophilus suslicus | Speckled ground squirrel | Extant: Belarus; Moldova; Poland; Russia; Ukraine | CR[45] | .JPG) |
| Ursus maritimus | Polar bear | Extant: Canada; Greenland; Norway; Russia; Svalbard and Jan Mayen; United States (Alaska)
Presence uncertain, vagrant: Iceland |
VU[46] |  |
| Vormela peregusna | Marbled polecat | Extant: Afghanistan; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bulgaria; China; Egypt (Sinai); Georgia; Greece; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Kazakhstan; Lebanon; Mongolia; Montenegro; North Macedonia; Pakistan; Romania; Russia; Serbia; Syria; Turkmenistan; Turkey; Ukraine; Uzbekistan | VU[47] |  |