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White-tailed deer (national animal) Odocoileus virginianus [18] West Indian manatee (national aquatic animal) Trichechus manatus [18] Two-toed sloth (national animal) Choloepus hoffmanni [19] Three-toed sloth (national animal) Bradypus variegatus [19] Cuba: Cuban trogon (national bird) Priotelus temnurus [20] Denmark: Red squirrel (national ...
The main source is the most recent atlas survey of mammals in Denmark. [1] The atlas records 88 mammal species in Denmark . Since the atlas was published in 2007, four new species have been recorded in the country: the grey wolf, [ 2 ] golden jackal [ 3 ] , Cuvier's beaked whale [ 4 ] and grey long-eared bat.
Outline of Denmark – country located in Scandinavia of Northern Europe This article includes a species-related list of lists . If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
The mute swan has been the national bird of Denmark since 1984. Before that, the skylark was considered Denmark's national bird (since 1960). [64] The fairy tale "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Andersen tells the story of a cygnet ostracised by his fellow barnyard fowl because of his perceived unattractiveness. To his delight (and to the ...
Dromaeosauroides is the first known dinosaur from Denmark, and the only one which has been scientifically named. It is one of the oldest known dromaeosaurs in the world, and the first known uncontested dromaeosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Europe. It is known from two teeth, the first of which was found in 2000 and the second in 2008.
Denmark has an Exclusive Economic Zone of 105,989 km 2 (40,923 sq mi). When including the Faroe Islands and Greenland, the EEZ is the 15th largest in the world with 2,220,093 km 2 (857,183 sq mi). A circle enclosing the same total area as Denmark would have a diameter of 234 km (146 miles).
The fauna of Europe is all the animals living in Europe and its surrounding seas and islands. Europe is the western part of the Palearctic realm (which in turn is part of the Holarctic ). Lying within the temperate region , (north of the equator) the wildlife is not as rich as in the hottest regions, but is nevertheless diverse due to the ...
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 .