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According to a systematic list of the Romanian vertebrate fauna, there are 732 species of vertebrates living in Romania. When grouped into classes, the largest number of these species are birds, with 382 species, followed by fish with 184. 110 of these species are mammals, 31 are reptiles, 20 are amphibians, while only four belong to the Cyclostomata class of jawless fish.
The Eurasian lynx is the national animal of Romania. There are ninety mammal species in Romania, of which one is critically endangered, one is endangered, fourteen are vulnerable, and four are near threatened. [1]
Romania comprises roughly 50% of the Carpathian chain where the rest of the highest peaks, above 2500m (in the Southern Carpathians) are found. The geological border between the Western and Eastern Carpathians runs approximately along the line (south to north) between the towns of Michalovce , Bardejov , Nowy Sącz and Tarnów .
Animals in Romania (1 C) E. Endemic fauna of Romania (49 P) Pages in category "Fauna of Romania" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
Ganges river dolphin (national aquatic animal) Platanista gangetica [33] Indian elephant (national heritage animal) Elephas maximus indicus [34] Indonesia: Komodo dragon (national animal) Varanus komodoensis [35] Javan hawk-eagle (national bird) Nisaetus bartelsi [35] Asian arowana (national fish) Scleropages formosus [35] Italy: Italian wolf ...
Hungary: 11 animals in the Őrség National Park [116] and few more in the Körös-Maros National Park. [117] Italy: A small herd can be found in the Natura Viva Park near Verona, Italy, where the animals are protected and are prepared to be put in nature again in the wild areas of Romania. Kyrgyzstan: Animals were reintroduced at one point. [118]
About 4000 feral horses live in the Danube Delta, [1] 2000 of them in the Letea nature reserve*, where on one hand, they are among the last remaining "wild" (feral) horses living at large on the European continent, [2] but are also deemed to be a threat to the flora of the forest, [3] including some plants on the IUCN Red List of Threatened ...
The Retezat National Park (Romanian: Parcul Naţional Retezat) is a protected area located in the Retezat Mountains in Hunedoara county, Romania.Founded in 1935, it is the oldest national park in the country and categorized as a category II IUCN national park.