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This is a list of mammals of Great Britain. The diversity of mammal fauna of Great Britain is somewhat impoverished compared to that of Continental Europe , due to the short period of time between the last ice age and the flooding of the land bridge between Great Britain and the rest of Europe.
Like many temperate areas, Great Britain has few snake species: the European adder is the only venomous snake to be found there. The other notable snakes found in Great Britain are the barred grass snake and the smooth snake. Great Britain has three native species of lizard: slowworms, sand lizards and viviparous lizards.
There have been calls for the reintroduction of the Eurasian lynx, brown bear and grey wolf to the UK, because no large predators are living in viable populations in Great Britain. It is theorized that a large predators presence could create a trophic cascade, [90] thus improving the ecosystem. [91]
The fauna of England is similar to that of other areas British Isles [1] and lies within the Palearctic realm.England's fauna is mainly made up of small animals and is notable for having few large mammals, but in similarity with other island nations; many bird species.
Britain has few endemic species of birds but quite a few subspecies. A few Arctic-Alpine species have subspecies in the British Isles, some have been in the islands since the last Ice Age, but many spread in the immediate Sub-Arctic conditions as the ice retreated. Furthermore, these species were later reinforced by newer arrivals as the ...
England, United Kingdom Last recorded in 1864. [123] Moss-land silver-studded blue: Plebejus argus masseyi: Lancashire and Cumbria, United Kingdom Last recorded in 1942. [124] Dutch alcon blue: Phengaris alcon arenaria: Utrecht and Holland, Netherlands Last recorded in 1980. [125] British large blue: Phengaris arion eutyphron: Southern Britain ...
In Britain, hunting with hounds was popular in Celtic Britain before the Romans arrived, using the Agassaei breed. [3] The Romans brought their Castorian and Fulpine hound breeds [4] to England, along with importing the brown hare (the mountain hare is native) and fallow deer as quarry. Wild boar was also hunted. [5]
Given this figure, and more firmly established rates of decline, [36] it is now thought likely that there are fewer than a million hedgehogs in Great Britain. [37] In the UK badgers are the main predator of hedgehogs, [38] [39] and also compete for some of the same foods. Badger numbers have increased substantially in recent years due to ...