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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 variety ...
Alpine long-eared bat, Plecotus macrobullarisNT (mountains of southern Europe) Sardinian long-eared bat, Plecotus sardusCR (Sardinia) Canary long-eared bat, Plecotus teneriffaeCR (Canary Islands in Africa - Spain) and: [ n 1 ] Gaisler's long-eared bat, Plecotus gaisleri[ 2 ]EN (Malta, Italy) Barbastelle, Barbastella barbastellusVU.
The diet consists of a variety of animals and plants. The family is well represented in Europe with many introduced species as well. American black duck, Anas rubripes (A) American wigeon, Mareca americana (A) Baikal teal, Sibirionetta formosa (A) Bar-headed goose, Anser indicus (I, A) Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis.
European wildcat. The European wildcat (Felis silvestris) is a small wildcat species native to continental Europe, Scotland, Turkey and the Caucasus. It inhabits forests from the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Central and Eastern Europe to the Caucasus. Its fur is brownish to grey with stripes on the forehead and on the sides and has a bushy tail ...
Juvenile red foxes are known as kits. Males are called tods or dogs, females are called vixens, and young are known as cubs or kits. [14] Although the Arctic fox has a small native population in northern Scandinavia, and while the corsac fox's range extends into European Russia, the red fox is the only fox native to Western Europe, and so is simply called "the fox" in colloquial British English.
Of the four lynx species, the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is the largest in size. It is native to European, Central Asian, and Siberian forests. While its conservation status has been classified as "least concern", populations of Eurasian lynx have been reduced or extirpated from much of Europe, where it is now being reintroduced. During the ...
The European badger (Meles meles), also known as the Eurasian badger, is a badger species in the family Mustelidae native to Europe and West Asia and parts of Central Asia.It is classified as least concern on the IUCN Red List, as it has a wide range and a large, stable population size which is thought to be increasing in some regions.
The European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), also known as the West European hedgehog or common hedgehog, is a hedgehog species native to Europe from Iberia and Italy northwards into Scandinavia and westwards into the British Isles. [ 3 ] It is a generally common and widely distributed species that can survive across a wide range of habitat types.