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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.
Shrews are also fairly common, and the smallest, the pygmy shrew, is one of the smallest mammals in the world. There are also seventeen species of bat found in Britain: the pipistrelle is the smallest and the most common. Rodents are also numerous across Britain, particularly the brown rat which is by far the most abundant urban mammal after ...
Common and binomial names Image Status Red grouse (Lagopus scotica) A – resident breeding species Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) A – resident breeding species Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) C – resident reintroduced population Black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix) A – resident breeding species Grey partridge (Perdix perdix)
Four species of snake are, the European adder, grass snake, barred grass snake [2] and smooth snake.Some introduced snakes are aesculapian snake and dice snakes.. Adder. Lizards found in England are slowworms, common lizards, sand lizards, European green lizards (introduced) and the common wall lizard (introduced from mainland Europe - found in the Isle of Wight.)
Pages in category "Animals in the United Kingdom" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners. [1]
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This is a list of the bird species recorded in England.The avifauna of England include a total of 625 species, of which 14 have been introduced by humans.. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of British Ornithologists' Union (BOU).