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This list shows the IUCN Red List status of the 115 mammal species occurring in Greece.Two of them are endangered, twelve are vulnerable, and six are near threatened.The following tags are used to highlight each species' status as assessed on the respective IUCN Red List published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
Greece's rivers are brimming with aquatic wildlife too, with a diverse range of endemic freshwater fishes, around 160 species were listed in 2015. [14] There are also several species of lampreys, notably three species of lamprey endemic to Greece; the Epirus brook lamprey, Greek brook lamprey and Almopaios brook lamprey.
A host of legendary creatures, animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology.Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical or fictional entity) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before ...
"Mammut" borsoni is one of the largest proboscideans known. A 2015 study estimated that some not fully grown probably male specimens from Milia in Greece weighed about 14 tonnes (15.4 short tons) with a shoulder height of 3.9 metres (12.8 ft), with one specimen from the same locality known from an isolated femur estimated to weigh 16 tonnes (17.6 short tons) with a shoulder height of 4.1 ...
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The African bush elephant (foreground), Earth's largest extant land animal, and the Masai ostrich (background), one of Earth's largest extant birds. In zoology, megafauna (from Greek μέγας megas "large" and Neo-Latin fauna "animal life") are large animals. The precise definition of the term varies widely, though a common threshold is ...
This is a list of mammals of Europe. It includes all mammals currently found in Europe (from northeast Atlantic to Ural Mountains and northern slope of Caucasus Mountains ), whether resident or as regular migrants .
In 1997, Arcturos was a key proponent in the passing of laws prohibiting the use of animals in circuses and of dancing bears. [1] Despite listings as protected species in both Greek and European Union law, bears and wolves are still killed by humans, out of fear that the animals can harm livestock and cause property damage.