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List of extinct animals of the British Isles – many species listed became extinct due to the retreat of Arctic conditions after the last Ice Age or due to man, many now surviving in the Arctic. List of extinct plants of the British Isles; Insular dwarfism; Insular gigantism; Fauna of Great Britain; Fauna of Ireland; Flora of Great Britain
This is a list of extinct animals of the British Isles, including extirpated species. Only a small number of the listed species are globally extinct (most famously the Irish elk, great auk and woolly mammoth). Most of the remainder survive to some extent outside the islands.
There are a few variations in the generally temperate British climate, with some areas of subarctic conditions, such as the Scottish Highlands and Teesdale, and even sub-tropical in the Isles of Scilly. Plants have to cope with seasonal changes across the British Isles, such as in levels of sunlight, rainfall and temperature, as well as the ...
Lists of animals of the British Isles (1 C, 14 P) Lists of insects in the British Isles (2 C, 28 P) G. Fauna of Great Britain (4 C, 16 P) I. Fauna of Ireland (7 C, 24 P)
Lists of insects in the British Isles (2 C, 28 P) Pages in category "Lists of animals of the British Isles" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
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.
One notable example of a species introduced to the British Isles is the grey squirrel from North America, which out-competes the smaller native red squirrel, as well as carrying a virus that is fatal to the reds. The cost of attempting eradication was reported in 2010 to be £14 million. [1]
Image Name Distribution Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) Foraging [8]: Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) Vagrant [9]: Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) Vagrant [10]
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