| Show mammals in Europe with profiles available. | |
| Show all mammals of concern in Europe. |
| Common Name | Range *** |
|---|---|
| Alpine Shrew | Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine |
| Altai Weasel | Kazakhstan, Russia |
| Apennine Chamois | Italy |
| Argali | Kazakhstan, Russia |
| Asia Minor Ground Squirrel | Turkey |
| Asiatic Black Bear | Russia |
| Asiatic Lion | Turkey to India |
| Azorean Bat | Portugal (Azores) |
| Balkan Blind Mole Rat | Republic of Moldova, Romania, Ukraine |
| Balkan Snow Vole | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro |
| Barbary Macaque | Gibraltar |
| Bavarian Pine Vole | Austria |
| Bechstein's Bat | Europe |
| Beluga | Europe |
| Brandt's Hamster | Russia, Turkey |
| Broom Hare | Spain |
| Brown Bear | Italy |
| Cabrera's Vole | Portugal, Spain |
| Canarian Shrew | Spain (Canary Islands) |
| Canary Big-eared Bat | Spain (Canary Islands) |
| Caspian Seal | Kazakhstan, Russia |
| Caucasian Birch Mouse | Russia |
| Caucasian Mountain Ground Squirrel | Russia |
| Chinese Water Deer | France, United Kingdom |
| Common Bentwing Bat | Europe |
| Corsican Hare | Italy |
| Cretan White-toothed Shrew | Greece |
| Cyprian Wild Sheep | Kazakhstan, Turkey |
| Dahl's Jird | Turkey |
| Eastern Tur | Russia |
| Euphrates Jerboa | Turkey |
| Eurasian Otter | Europe |
| European Bison | Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine |
| European Ground Squirrel | Europe |
| European Marbled Polecat | Europe |
| European Mink | Europe |
| European Rabbit | Europe |
| Far Eastern Myotis | Russia |
| Felten's Myotis | Malta |
| Garden Dormouse | Europe |
| Giant Blind Mole Rat | Russia |
| Giant Noctule Bat | Europe |
| Goitered Gazelle | Europe |
| Golden Hamster | Turkey |
| Greater Fat-tailed Jerboa | Kazakhstan |
| Hoffmann's Pika | Russia |
| Hooded Seal | Europe |
| Kazbeg Birch Mouse | Russia |
| Long-clawed Mole Vole | Russia, Turkey |
| Long-fingered Bat | Europe |
| Long-tailed Goral | Russia |
| Madeira Pipistrelle | Portugal, Spain (Canary Islands) |
| Mediterranean Horseshoe Bat | Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Monaco, Montenegro, Portugal, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey |
| Mediterranean Monk Seal | Mediterranean Sea, Northwest African Coast and Black Sea |
| Mehely's Horseshoe Bat | Europe |
| Menzbier's Marmot | Kazakhstan |
| Mongolian Marmot | Russia |
| Narwhal | Germany, Iceland, Netherlands (Europe), Norway, Russia, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, United Kingdom |
| North Pacific Right Whale | Russia |
| Northern Fur Seal | Russia |
| Pallas's Cat | Kazakhstan, Russia |
| Polar Bear | Denmark, Norway, Russia |
| Pond Bat | Europe |
| Pyrenean Desman | Andorra, France, Portugal, Spain |
| Pyrenean Ibex | Spain |
| Red Deer | France |
| Roach's Mouse-tailed Dormouse | Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey |
| Romanian Hamster | Bulgaria, Romania |
| Russian Desman | Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine |
| Saiga Antelope | Kazakhstan, Russia |
| Saimaa Ringed Seal | Finland (Lake Saimaa) |
| Sakhalin Vole | Russia |
| Sand Cat | Europe |
| Sandy Mole Rat | Ukraine |
| Sardinian Long-eared Bat | Italy |
| Sea Otter | Russia |
| Southern Water Vole | France, Portugal, Spain |
| Spanish Lynx | Portugal, Spain |
| Speckled Ground Squirrel | Belarus, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Russia, Ukraine |
| Steller Sea-lion | Russia |
| Striped Hyena | Europe |
| Vinogradov's Jerboa | Kazakhstan |
| West Caucasian Tur | Russia |
| Western Barbastelle | Europe |
| Wild Goat | Russia, Turkey |
| Wolverine | Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden |
Disclaimer:
This list combines species from several endangered species lists. Using the total
count of species found on this site as an official count of endangered species of the world is not recommended. For more
information on what creatures are listed on this site, please visit our About EEC page.
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