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This list shows the IUCN Red List status of the 112 mammal species occurring in Poland which have been recorded in historic times. Of these, two are endangered, three are vulnerable, and five are near threatened. Three of the species listed for Poland are nationally extinct.
Location of Poland. Fauna of Poland, according to the Polish Museum and Institute of Zoology, includes approximately 36,000 species. [1] The most common type of fauna in Poland are arthropods (Arthropoda), and within the phyla, insects (Insecta) are most numerous. [1] Polish fauna is represented by vertebrates including but not limited to: [1]
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Poland. The avifauna of Poland include 483 species, of which 5 have been introduced by humans and seven have not occurred since 1950. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of ...
Bieszczady National Park ([bʲɛˈʂt͡ʂadɨ]; Polish: Bieszczadzki Park Narodowy) is the third-largest national park in Poland, located in Subcarpathian Voivodeship in the extreme southeast corner of the country.
It straddles the border between Podlachia historical region in Poland and Brest and Grodno Oblasts in Belarus, and is 62 kilometres (39 miles) southeast of Białystok, Poland and 70 kilometres (43 miles) north of Brest, Belarus. The Białowieża Forest World Heritage site covers a total area of 141,885 ha (1,418.85 km 2; 547.82 sq mi). [8]
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European green lizard (Lacerta viridis) - most likely locally extinct in Poland; Viviparous lizard (Zootoca vivipara) European wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) - cryptogenic species; Family: Anguidae. Slow worm (Anguis fragilis) Eastern slowworm (Anguis colchica)
The Warsaw Zoological Garden, known simply as the Warsaw Zoo (Polish: Miejski Ogród Zoologiczny w Warszawie), is a scientific zoo located alongside the Vistula River in Warsaw, Poland. [6] Opened in 1928, the zoo covers about 40 hectares (99 acres) in central Warsaw, and sees over 700,000 visitors annually, making it one of the most popular ...