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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 .
This is a list of protected areas of Romania. About 5.18% of the area of Romania has a protected status (12,360 km 2 ), including the Danube Delta , which makes half of these areas (2.43% of Romania's area).
The species is extinct in Romania, the last specimens from the Carpathians being shot in 1927. [23] However, unconfirmed sightings of the bearded vulture happened in the 2000s, and in 2016 a specimen from a restoration project in France also flew over the country before returning to the Alps. [24] [25]
This is a list of dams and reservoirs in Romania. Name Area (km 2) [1] Capacity (mill. m 3) [1] Dam height (m) [1] Impounded river [1] County Cerna: 1.7: 124: 110 ...
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Map of Europe. This is a list of European species extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before present (about 9700 BCE) [A] and continues to the present day. [1] This list includes the European continent and its surrounding islands.