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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 ...
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.
England's fauna is mainly made up of small animals and is notable for having few large mammals, but in similarity with other island nations; many bird species. England for the most part has an oceanic climate , which lacks extremes of heat or cold and provides plentiful rainfall making the country a rather 'green' environment and providing much ...
Name Distribution Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) Foraging [8] Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) Vagrant [9] Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) Vagrant [10] Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) Vagrant [10] Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) Vagrant [10] Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea ...
Pages in category "Individual animals in the United Kingdom" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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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).
Common and binomial names Image Status Brent goose (Branta bernicla) A – winter visitor Red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis) A – rare vagrant Canada goose (Branta canadensis) A & C – resident introduced population, some wild vagrants Barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) A & C – winter visitor and resident introduced population Cackling goose