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List of British mammals
This is a list of British mammals, past and present. The British mammal fauna is less than that found on mainland Europe due to the ice ages.
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Insectivora
- European Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus
- European Mole Talpa europaea
- Common Shrew Sorex araneus
- Pigmy Shrew Sorex minutus
- Water Shrew Neomys fodiens
- Greater White-toothed Shrew Crocidura russula Presumably introduced
- Lesser White-toothed Shrew Crocidura suaveolens Presumably introduced
Chiroptera
- Greater Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
- Lesser Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hipposideros
- Mouse-eared Bat Myotis myotis Vagrant
- Whiskered Bat Myotis mystacinus
- Brandt's Bat Myotis brandti
- Natterer's Bat Myotis nattereri
- Bechstein's Bat Myotis bechsteini
- Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentoni
- Parti-coloured Bat Vespertilio murinus Vagrant
- Serotine Eptesicus serotinus
- Northern Bat Eptesicus nilsonni Vagrant
- Noctule Nyctalus noctula
- Leisler's Bat Nyctalus leisleri
- Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus Vagrant
- Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus
- Nathusius Pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii
- Barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus
- Brown long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus
- Grey Long-eared Bat Plecotus austriacus
Carnivora
- Wolf Canis lupus Extinct
- Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
- Brown Bear Ursos arctos Extinct
- Pine Marten Martes martes
- Stoat Mustela erminea
- Weasel Mustela nivalis
- Polecat Mustela putorius
- American Mink Mustela vison Introduced
- Eurasian Badger Meles meles
- Eurasian Otter Lutra lutra
- Wild Cat Felis sylvestris
- Eurasian Lynx Lynx lynx Extinct
- Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus
- Common Seal Phoca vitulina
- Ringed Seal Phoca hispida Vagrant
- Bearded Seal Erignathus barbatus Vagrant
- Hooded Seal Cystophora cristatus Vagrant
- Walrus Odobenus rosmarus Vagrant
Lagomorpha
- Mountain Hare Lepus timidus
- European Hare Lepus europaeus Presumably introduced
- European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Introduced
Artiodactyla
- Wild Boar Sus scrofa Extinct and reintroduced
- Aurochs Bos primigenius Extinct
- Elk Alces alces Extinct
- Red Deer Cervus elaphus
- Sika Deer Cervus nippon Introduced
- Fallow Deer Dama dama Introduced
- Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus
- Chinese Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Introduced
- Chinese Water Deer Hydropotes inermis Introduced
Rodentia
- Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris
- Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Introduced
- Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius
- Edible Dormouse Glis glis Introduced
- Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus Presumably introduced
- Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus
- Yellow-necked Mouse Apodemus flavicollis
- House Mouse Mus domesticus Introduced
- Black Rat Rattus rattus Introduced
- Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Introduced
- Bank Vole Clethrionomys glareolus
- Field Vole Microtus agrestis
- Common Vole Microtus arvalis Presumably introduced
- Water Vole Arvicola terrestris
- Musk Rat Ondatra zibethica Introduced and exterminated
- Coypu Myocastor coypus Introduced and extirminated
- European Beaver Castor fiber Extinct
Marsupialia
- Red-necked Wallaby Macropus rufogriseus Introduced
See also
External links
- A Review of British Mammals, 1995 (PDF format)
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