MAMMALS
in Europe

noting those during
Focus On Nature Tours

1991 thru 2015


including the Canary Islands, 
off the northwest coast of Africa 




A List of European Mammals compiled by Armas Hill 


PHOTO AT UPPER RIGHT: 
a SPANISH IBEX photographed during a FONT tour in the Gredos Mountains of Spain  


Codes:

CI:   Canary Islands
FR:  France
HU:  Hungary
IC:   Iceland
PO:  Poland
RM:  Romania
SP:  Spain, with those in Gibraltar (g) & nearby Morocco (m)
SW: Sweden

(i): introduced
(p): seen offshore 

(ph): with a photo in the FONT web-site

(*):  species found during a FONT tour, following the 2-letter country code above  


STATUS OF MAMMALS GLOBALLY:
(t1):  critically endangered 
(t2):  endangered 
(t3):  vulnerable
(nt):  near-threatened

STATUS OF MAMMALS IN EUROPE: 
(Ece):  critically endangered
(Een):  endangered
(Evu):  vulnerable
(Ent):   near-threatened 


In this list of European Mammals, there are over 200 species.


Among the groupings of mammals in this list, links to:

Hedgehogs    Rabbits     Rodents (inc Squirrels & Beaver)     Porcupine

Carnivores     Bats     Even-toed Ungulates     Marine Mammals  

Other Links:

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Europe   

A List & Photo Gallery of European Birds, in 2 parts: 
Part #1: Grouse to Puffin     Part #2: Sandgrouse to Buntings

European Butterflies & Moths

Directory of Photos in this Website

A Brown Bear in Estonia

List of European Mammals:

        MOONRATS & HEDGEHOGS (Family Erinaceidae)  (21 species worldwide)

1. Western Hedgehog  ______ SP(*)  SW(*)
   Erinaceus europaeus
   
   
2. Eastern Hedgehog  ______ HU(*)  PO(*)
   Erinaceus concolor
   
   
3. Algerian Hedgehog  ______  CI(*)
   Erinaceus (formerly Atelerix) algirus
   
   
   RABBITS & HARES (in the Order Lagomorpha, Family Leporidae)  (57 species worldwide) 
   
   
4. European Hare  ______ PO(*)  SP(*)  SW(*)  
   Lepus europaeus
   
   
5. Mountain Hare  ______ 
   Lepus timidus
   
   
6. Iberian Hare  ______
   Lepus granatensis
   
   
7. Corsican Hare  (vu)  ______
   Lepus corsicanus
   
   
8. Broom Hare  (vu)  ______
   Lepus castroviejoi
   
   
9. European Rabbit  ______ CI(*)  SP(*)  SW(*)   (Note Eastern Cottontail of North America has been introduced to northern Spain & France. Eastern Cottontail immune to myxomatosis)
   Oryctolagus cuniculus  (the single member of its genus)
   
   
   RODENTS: gnawing mammals (order Rodentia - the largest order of mammals with nearly 2,000 species worldwide)
   Families include:
   Squirrels  (Family Sciuridae)
   Beavers  (Family Castoridae)
   Hamsters  (Subfamily Cricetinae)
   Voles & Lemmings  (Subfamily Arvicolinae)  
   True Mice & Rats  (Subfamily Murinae)
   Dormice  (Family Gliridae)
   Old World Porcupine  (Family Hystricidae)
   
   
10. Red Squirrel  ______ FR(*)  PO(*)  SP(*)  SW(*)
    Sciurus vulgaris
    
    
11. Persian Squirrel  _______  
    Sciurus anomalus 
    
    
12. Alpine Marmot   ______ SP(*)
    Marmota marmota
    
    The Alpine Marmot has been successfully introduced in the Pyrenees, Carpathians, and the eastern Alps.    
    
    
13. Spotted Souslik   ______ PO(*)
    Spermophilus suslicus
    
    
14. European Souslik  (vu)  ______
    Spermophilus citellus
    
    
15. Siberian Chipmunk  ______
    Tamias sibiricus
    
    
16. Siberian Flying Squirrel  (Evu)  ______
    Pteromys volans
    
    
17. European Beaver  ______ PO(*)
    Castor fiber
    
    
18. Common Hamster  ______
    Cricetus cricetus
    
    
19. Grey Hamster  ______
    Cricetulus migratorius
    
    
20. Romanian Hamster  ______
    Mesocricetus newtoni
    
    
21. Greater Mole Rat  ______
    Spalax microphthalmus (polonicus)
    
    
22. Sandy Mole Rat  (en)  ______
    Spalax arenarius
    
    
23. Giant Mole Rat  (vu)  ______
    Spalax giganteus
    
    
24. Podolsk Mole Rat  (vu)  ______
    Spalax zemni
    
    
25. Lesser Mole Rat  ______
    Nanospalax leucodon
    
    
26. Wood Lemming  ______
    Myopus schisticolor
    
    
27. Norway Lemming  (ph)  ______
    Lemmus lemmus
    
    
    
    Norway Lemming
    (photo courtesy of a FONT tour participant from Norway, Karl Frafjord)  
    
    
28. Ruddy Vole  ______
    Clethrionomys rutilus
    
    
29. Grey-sided Vole  ______
    Clethrionomys rufocanus
    
    
30. Bank Vole  ______
    Clethrionomys glareolus
    
    
31. Balkan Snow Vole  ______
    Dinaromys bogdanovi (Dolomys milleri)
    
    
32. Southern Water Vole  ______
    Arvicola sapidus 
    
    
33. Northern Water Vole  ______ PO(*)
    Arvicola terrestris
    
    
34. Alpine Pine Vole  ______
    Pitymys (Microtus) multiplex
    
    
35. Common Pine Vole  ______
    Pitymys subterraneus
    
    
36. Mediterranean Pine Vole  ______
    Pitymys duodecimcostatus
    
    
37. Iberian Pine Vole  ______
    Pitymys lusitanicus
    
    
38. Yugoslavian (or Greek) Pine Vole  ______
    Pitymys thomasi
    
    
39. Savi's Pine Vole  ______
    Pitymys savii
    
    
40. Bavarian Pine Vole  (ce)  ______
    Microtus bavaricus  
    
    
41. Root Vole  ______
    Microtus oeconomus (ratticeps)
    
    
42. Field Vole  ______
    Microtus agrestis
    
    
43. Snow Vole  ______
    Microtus nivalis
    
    
44. Cabrera's Vole  (vu)  ______ SP(*)
    Microtus (formerly Agricola) cabrerae
    
    
45. Gunther's Vole  ______
    Microtus socialis (guentheri)
    
    
46. Common Vole  ______
    Microtus arvalis
    
    
47. Sibling Vole  ______
    Microtus rossiaemeridionalis (epiroticus)
    
    
48. Harvest Mouse  ______
    Micromys minutus
    
    
49. Rock Mouse  ______
    Apodemus mystacinus
    
    
50. Pygmy Field Mouse  ______
    Apodemus microps
    
    
51. Long-tailed Field Mouse (has been called Wood Mouse)  ______ PO(*)  SP(*)
    Apodemus sylvaticus
    
    
52. Yellow-necked Mouse  ______
    Apodemus flavicollis
    
    
53. Striped Field Mouse  ______
    Apodemus agrarius
    
    
54. Brown Rat (i)  ______  (has also been known as Common Rat or Norway Rat)
    Rattus norvegicus
    
    
55. Black Rat (i)  ______  (has also been known as Ship Rat or Roof Rat)
    Rattus rattus
    
    
56. Steppe Mouse  _______
    Mus apicilegus (hortulans)
    
    
57. Algerian Mouse  ______
    Mus spretus
    
    
58. Western House Mouse  ______
    Mus domesticus
    
    
59. Eastern House Mouse  ______
    Mus musculus
    
    
60. Spiny Mouse  ______
    Acomys minous (cahirinus)
    
    
61. Roach's Mouse-tailed Dormouse  (en)  ______
    Myomimus roachi
    
    
62. Edible Dormouse  ______
    Glis glis
    
    
63. Forest Dormouse  _______
    Dryomys nitedula
    
    
64. Garden Dormouse  ______
    Eliomys quercinus
    
    
65. Common Dormouse  ______
    Muscardinus avellanarius
    
    
66. Northern Birch Mouse  ______
    Sicista betulina
    
    
67. Southern (or Severtzov's) Birch Mouse  (nt)  ______
    Sicista subtilis
    (Range: from Romania eastward)
    
    
    Old World Porcupines  (Family Hystricidae)
    
    
68. Crested Porcupine  ______
    Hystrix cristata 
     
    
    
    CARNIVORES (Order Carnivora)
    Families include:
    Canines: Dogs & Foxes (Canidae)
    Felines: Cats (Felicae)
    Bears: (Ursidae)
    Mustelids: Weasels & allies (Mustelidae) 
      
    
    CANINES, Dogs & Foxes  (Family Canidae)  (35 species worldwide)
    
    
69. Arctic Fox  ______  IC(*)
    Vulpes (formerly Alopex) lagopus
    
    
70. Red Fox (*) (ph)  ______  HU(*)  PO(*)  SP(*)  (now considered conspecific with Red Fox of North America) (NOTE AT END OF LIST)
    Vulpes vulpes 
    
    
    
    Red Fox
    (photo by Doris Potter)
    
    
71. Gray Wolf  (ph)   ______ 
    Canis lupus
    
    
    
    In the distance, there's a Gray Wolf. 
    An indication that this is a wild area in Estonia.  
    
    
72. Golden Jackal  ______
    Canis aureus 
    
    
73. Raccoon Dog  (ph)  ______
    Nyctereutes proctonoides
    
    
    
    Raccoon Dogs in Estonia
    
    
    FELINES, Cats  (Family Felidae)  (39 species worldwide) 
    
    
74. Eurasian Lynx  (ph)  ______ PO(*)
    Felis (formerly Lynx) lynx
    
    
    
    A young Eurasian Lynx
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
75. Iberian Lynx (has also been called Pardel Lynx) (Ece)  ______ SP(*)  (a relict population of the Eurasian Lynx - a smaller-sized animal) (restricted to southwest Spain & nearby Portugal, critically endangered)  
    Felis (formerly Lynx) pardina
    
    
76. Wildcat  ______
    Felis silvestris 
    
    
    BEARS (Family Ursiodae)  (8 species worldwide)
    
    
77. Brown Bear  (ph)  ______ RM(*)  (considered conspecific with Grizzly Bear of North America; the Brown Bear in Eurasia & North America has a number of subspecies.)
    Ursus arctos
    
    
    
    A Brown Bear photographed during a FONT tour in Romania
    (photo by Alan Brady)
    
    
78. Polar Bear  (Evu)  ______
    Ursus maritimus
    
    
    MUSTELIDS, Otters, Weasels, & Badgers  (Family Mustelidae)  (68 species worldwide) 
    
    
79. Stoat  ______ PO(*)  SW(*)  (considered conspecific with the Ermine, of North America, where it was formerly called Short-tailed Weasel)
    Mustela erminea
    
    
80. Least Weasel  ______ SP(*)  (also occurs in North America)
    Mustela nivalis
    
    
81. European Mink  (en)  ______
    Mustela lutreola
    
    
82. American Mink  ______ IC(*) (i)
    Mustela vison
    
    
83. Western Polecat  ______ SP(*)
    Mustela putorius
    
    
84. Steppe Polecat  ______
    Mustela eversmanni
    
    
85. Marbled Polecat  (vu)  ______
    Vormela peneguena
    
    
86. Pine Marten  ______ PO(*)
    Martes martes
    
    
87. Beech Marten  ______
    Martes foina
    
    
88. Sable  ______
    Martes zibellina
    
    
89. Wolverine  (vu)  ______
    Gulo gulo
    
    
90. European Badger  ______
    Meles meles 
    
    
91. Eurasian Otter  ______ PO(*)
    Lutra lutra
    
    
92. Common Genet  ______
    Genetta genetta
    
    
    SHREWS (in the Order Soricodae, Family Soricidae)  (335 species worldwide)
    
    
93. Least Shrew  ______
    Sorex minutissimus
    
    
94. Appenine Shrew  ______
    Sorex samniticus
    
    
95. Common Shrew  ______
    Sorex araneus
    
    
96. Pygmy Shrew  ______
    Sorex minutus
    
    
97. Dusky Shrew  ______
    Sorex isodon
    
    
98. Masked Shrew  ______
    Sorex caecutiens
    
    
99. Alpine Shrew  ______
    Sorex alpinus
    
    
100. Millet's Shrew  ______
     Sorex coronatus
     
     
101. Spanish Shrew  ______
     Sorex granarius
     
     
102. Water Shrew  ______
     Neomys fodiens
     
     
103. Miller's Water Shrew  ______
     Neomys anomatus
     
     
104. Canary Shrew  (en)   ______  CI(*)   (on Lanzarote & Fuerteventura Islands; endemic to the eastern Canaries) 
     Crocidura canariensis
     
     
105. Bicolored White-toothed Shrew  ______
     Crocidura leucodon
     
     
106. Lesser White-toothed Shrew  ______
     Crocidiura suaveotens
     
     
107. Greater White-toothed Shrew  ______
     Crocidura russula
     
     
108. Cretan White-toothed Shew  (vu)  ______
     Crocidura zimmermanni
     
     
109. Pygmy White-toothed Shrew  ______
     Suncus etruscus
     
     
     DESMANS. MOLES  (Family Talpidae)  (42 species worldwide)
     
     
110. Pyrenean Desman  ______
     Galemys pyrenaicus
     
     
111. Russian Desman  (vu)  ______
     Desmana moschata
     
     
112. Blind Mole  ______
     Talpa caeca
     
     
113. Common Mole  ______
     Talpa europaea
     
     
114. Roman Mole  ______
     Talpa romana   
     
     
     BATS (order Chiroptera - with about 950 species worldwide, the diversity of bats is second only to that of rodents)
     
     
115. Egyptian Slit-faced Bat  ______
     Nycteris thebaica
     
     
116. Lesser Horseshoe Bat  ______
     Rhinolophus hipposideros
     
     
117. Mediterranean Horseshoe Bat  (vu)  ______
     Rhinolophus euryale
     
     
118. Blasius' Horseshoe Bat  (vu)  ______
     Rhinolophus blasii
     
     
119. Greater Horseshoe Bat  ______ 
     Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
     
     
120. Mehely's Horseshoe Bat  (vu)  ______
     Rhinolophus mehelyi
     
     
121. Whiskered Bat  ______
     Myotis mystacinus
     
     
122. Brandt's Bat  ______
     Myotis brandtii
     
     
123. Daubenton's Bat  ______
     Myotis daubentonii
     
     
124. Long-fingered Bat  (vu)  ______
     Myotis capaccinii
     
     
125. Pond Bat  ______
     Myotis dasycneme
     
     
126. Natterer's Bat  ______ SP(*)
     Myotis nattereri
     
     
127. Geoffrey's Bat  ______
     Myotis emarginatus
     
     
128. Bechstein's Bat (or Myotis) (vu)  ______
     Myotis bechsteinii
     
     
129. Nathalina Bat  ______
     Myotis nathalinae
     
     
130. Greater Mouse-eared Bat  ______
     Myotis myotis
     
     
131. Lesser Mouse-eared Bat  ______
     Myotis blythi (oxtgnathus)
     
     
132. Common Pipistrelle  ______ HU(*)  SP(*)  SW(*)
     Pipistrellus pipistrellus
     
     
133. Nathusius Pipistrelle  ______
     Pipistrellus nathusii
     
     
134. Kuhl's Pipistrelle  ______ SP(*)
     Pipistrellus kuhlii
     
     
135. Savi's Pipistrelle  ______
     Pipistrellus savii
     
     
136. Madeira Pipistrelle  (en)  ______
     Pipistrellus maderensis
     
     
137. Leisler's Bat  ______
     Nyctalus leisleri
     
     
138. Noctule  ______
     Nyctalus noctula
     
     
139. Greater Noctule  ______
     Nyctalus lasiopterus
     
     
140. Azores Noctule  (en)  ______
     Nyctalus azoreum
     
     
141. Serotine Bat  ______
     Eptesicus serotinus
     
     
142. Northern Bat  ______
     Eptesicus nilssoni
     
     
143. Parti-colored Bat  ______
     Vespertilio murinus
     
     
144. Hoary Bat  ______
     Lasiurus cinereus
     
     
145. Barbastelle Bat  (now Western Barbastelle) (vu)  ______
     Barbastella barbastellus
     
     
146. Gray Long-eared Bat  ______
     Plecotus austriacus
     
     
147. Brown Long-eared Bat  ______
     Plecotus auritus
     
     
148. Canary Long-eared Bat  (en)  ______
     Plecotus teneriffae
     
     
149. Sardinian Long-eared Bat  (vu)  ______
     Plecotus sardus
     
     
150. Mountain Long-eared Bat  (nt)  ______
     Plecotus macrobullaris
     
     
151. Schreiber's Bat  ______
     Miniopterus schreibersii
     
     
152. European Free-tailed Bat  ______
     Tadarida teniotis 
     
     
     OLD WORLD MONKEYS (in the Order Primates, the Family Cercopithecidae)  (132 species in the Old World) 
     
     
153. Barbary Macaque  ______ SP(g)(*) (i) (native range: in mountains of Morocco & Algeria, formerly Libya) (NOTE AT END OF LIST) 
     Macaca sylvanus
     
     
     EVEN-TOED UNGULATES  (Order Artiodactyla)
     
     This order, worldwide, is diverse, including: pigs, hippopotamuses, camels, deer, antelope, and cattle.
     
     PIGS (Family Sulidae)  (17 species in the Old World)
     
     EVEN-TOED UNGULATES  (Order Artiodactyla)
     
     This order, worldwide, is diverse, including: pigs, hippopotamuses, camels, deer, antelope, and cattle.
     
     PIGS (Family Sulidae)  (17 species in the Old World)
     
     
154. Wild Boar  ______ PO(*)  RM(*)  SP(*)
     Sus scrofa
     
     
     CAMELS  (Family Camelidae)  (7 species worldwide)
     
     
155. Dromedary  ______  CI(*)  (introduced on Lanzarote Island)
     Camelus dromedarius
      
     
     DEER  (Family Cervidae)  (47 species worldwide)
     
     
156. Red Deer / European Stag  ______ PO(*)  RM(*)  SP(*)  SW(*)  (conspecific with the Elk of North America)
     Cervus elaphus
     
     
157. Fallow Deer  (ph)  ______ SP(*)  SW(*) (i) (native range: the woods of southern Turkey) (NOTE AT END OF LIST)
     Dama dama
     
     
     
     Fallow Deer
     (photo during the FONT Sept 2007 Sweden Tour by James Scheib)
        
     
158. Elk  (ph)  ______ PO(*)  SW(*)  (conspecific with the Moose of North America)
     Alces alces
     
     
     
     Elk (called Moose in North America)
     (photo during FONT Sept 2007 Sweden Tour by James Scheib)
        
     
159. Reindeer  (ph)  ______ IC(*) (i) (NOTE AT END OF LIST)
     Rangifer tarandus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     
     Above: a male Reindeer, photographed during a FONT October Iceland Tour
     (photo by Claude Bloch) 
     Below: During another FONT tour in Iceland, in June 2012, more Reinbeer
     (photo by Gabriel Hauser)
     
     
      
     
     
160. Western Roe Deer  ______ HU(*)  PO(*)  SP(*)  SW(*)
     Capreolus capreolus
     
     
     SHEEP, GOATS, BISON, & MUSKOX  (Family Bovidae)  (141 species worldwide)
     
     SHEEP, GOATS, BISON, & MUSKOX  (Family Bovidae)  (141 species worldwide)
     
     
161. European Bison (or Wisent) (vu)  ______ PO(*)  (reintroduced in Poland) (formerly widely in forests of Europe & Russia) (endangered) (NOTE AT END OF LIST)
     Bison bonasus
     
     
162. Chamois  ______  
     Rupicapra rupicapra
     
     
163. Pyrenean Chamois (has also been called Isard) ______ FR(*)  SP(*)
     Rupicapra pyrenaica (formerly part of Rupicapra rupicapra, Chamois)
     
     
164. Alpine Ibex  ______
     Capra ibex
     
     
165. Spanish Ibex  (ph)  ______ SP(*)  (endemic to Spain) (IN PHOTOGRAPH AT BEGINNING OF LIST)
     Capra pyrenaica
     
     
166. Cretan Wild Goat  ______  
     Capra aegagrus
     
     
167. Mouflon  ______  CI(*)
     Ovis orientalis musimon  ("Sardinian Mouflon")  (vu)
     Ovis orientalis ophion  ("Cyprus Mouflon")  (vu)  
     
     
168. Saiga  (ce)  ______  
     Saiga tatarica 
     
     
     MARINE MAMMALS I - SEALS & SEA LIONS (order Pinnidedia, "fin-footed")
     
     EARLESS SEALS  (Family Phocidae)  (20 species worldwide)  
     
     
169. Walrus  ______  IC
     Odobenus rosmanus rosmarus  (subspecies in North Atlantic)
     
     
170. Harbor Seal  (*) (ph)  ______ IC(*)  SW(*)
     Phoca v. vitulina  ("Eastern Atlantic" Harbor Seal)
     
     
     
     Harbor Seal
     (photo during FONT Sept 2007 Sweden Tour by James Scheib)
     
     
171. Harp Seal  ______  IC
     Phoca groelandicus
     
     
172. Ringed Seal  ______  IC
     Phoca hispada
     
     
173. Grey Seal (*) ______ IC(*)  SW(*)
     Halichoerus grypus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
174. Bearded Seal  ______  IC
     Erignathus barbatus
     
     
175. Mediterranean Monk Seal  (t1) (Ece)  ______
     Monachus monachus
     
     
176. Hooded Seal  ______  IC
     Cystophora cristata
     
     
     MARINE MAMMALS II - PORPOISES, DOLPHINS, & WHALES (Order Cetacea)
     
     
     TOOTHED WHALES (Suborder Odontoceti) includes: Dolphins & Porpoises, the Beaked Whales, Sperm Whales, the Beluga and Narwhal)
     
     MARINE DOLPHINS (Family Delphinidae)  (34 species worldwide)
     
     
177. Rough-toothed Dolphin  ______
     Steno bredanensis
     
     
178. Striped Dolphin  ______ SP (p)(*)
     Stenella coeruleoalba
     
     
179. Atlantic Spotted Dolphin  ______
     Stenella frontalis (attenuata)
     
     
180. Short-beaked Common Dolphin  (ph)  ______  CI(*)  IC  SP (p)(*)  (also called "Saddleback Dolphin")
     Delphinus delphis
     
     
181. Common Bottle-nosed Dolphin  (ph)  ______ SP (p)(*)
     Tursiops truncatus
     
     
     
     A Common Bottle-nosed Dolphin photographed during a FONT tour 
     
     
182. White-beaked Dolphin  ______  IC(*)
     Lagenorhynchus albirostris
     
     
183. Atlantic White-sided Dolphin  ______  IC
     Lagenorhynchus acutus
     
     
184. False Killer Whale  ______
     Pseudorca crassidens
     
     
185. Killer Whale (or Orca)  (ph)  ______  IC
     Orcinus orca
     
     
186. Risso's Dolphin  ______  (also called Gray Grampus)
     Grampus griseus 
     
     
187. Long-finned Pilot Whale  (ph)   ______ IC SP(m)(p)(*)  (has also been called "Blackfish")
     Globicephala melas (formerly melaena)
     
     
     
     A Long-finned Pilot Whale photographed during a FONT tour
     
     
188. Short-finned Pilot Whale  (ph)  ______ CI (p)(*)  (has also been called "Blackfish")
     Globicephala macrorhynchus
     
     
189. Harbor Porpoise  (t3) (Evu)  ______  IC
     Phocoena phocoena
     
     
190. Beluga  (t3)  ______  IC
     Delphinapterus leucas
     
     
191. Narwhal  ______  IC
     Monodon monoceros
     
     
192. Pygmy Sperm Whale  (ph)  ______
     Kogia breviceps
     
     
193. Dwarf Sperm Whale  (ph)  ______
     Kogia simus
     
     
     GREAT SPERM WHALE (Family Physeteridae)  (1 species worldwide)
     
     
194. Great Sperm Whale  (t3) (Evu) (ph)  ______ IC SP(m)(p)(*)  (has also been called Cachalot)
     Physeter catadon (formerly Physeter macrocephalus)  (the single member of its genus & family) 
     
     
     
     A Great Sperm Whale during a FONT tour.
     Note the characteristic angled spout.
     This species has been seen during the FONT Spain Tour, 
     offshore between Spain & Morocco.   
     
     
195. Gervais' Beaked Whale  ______
     Mesoplodon europaeu
     
     
196. Blainsville's Beaked Whale  ______
     Mesoplodon densirostris
     
     
197. True's Beaked Whale  ______
     Mesoplodon mirus
     
     
198. Sowerby's Beaked Whale  ______
     Mesoplodon bidens
     
     
199. Gray's Beaked Whale  ______
     Mesoplodon grayi
     
     
200. Cuvier's Beaked Whale  (ph)  ______
     Ziphius cavirostris
     
     
201. Northern Bottle-nosed Whale  ______  IC
     Hyperoodon ampullatus
     
     
202. Blue Whale  (t2) (Een) (ph)  ______  IC(*)
     Balaenoptera m. musculus  (subspecies in the North Atlantic & North Pacific Oceans; 2 others subspecies in the Southern Hemisphere) 
     
     Blue Whales are up to 100 feet in length, and weigh up to 150 tons, or 300,000 pounds.
     It is the largest creature on Earth.
     Only 1,500 are estimated to be in the North Atlantic Ocean. 
     
     The Blue Whale is a globally endangered species, but fortunately it continues to survive. 
     
     
     
     A Blue Whale photographed during the FONT Iceland Tour in June 2012
     1 of 2 Blue Whales seen during that tour.
     Actually, in this photo, a small portion of a very large whale. With most of the tail,
     the very rear portion of the back, and part of the fin still above the water,
     as the whale began a deep dive.    
     
     
203. Fin Whale  (t2) (ph)  ______  IC
     Balaenoptera physalus
     
     
204. Sei Whale  (t2) (Een)  ______  IC
     Balaenoptera borealis
     
     
205. Northern Minke Whale  (ph)  ______  IC(*)
     Balaenoptera acutorostrata
     
     
206. Humpback Whale  (t3) (ph)  ______  IC
     Megaptera novaeangliae
     
     
207. Bowhead Whale  (t1/t2) (Een)  ______  IC
     Balaena mysticetus
     
     
208. North Atlantic Right Whale  (t2) (Ece) (ph)  ______  IC
     Eubalaena (formerly Balaena) glacialis  
     
     
     Notes:
     

Barbary Macaque: There's a naturalized population (of 30-40 animals) on the Rock of Gibraltar that originated from North African stock.
Fossils indicate the animal was widespread through Europe during the Pleistocene. Claims that some may have survived in southern Spain until the 1890's are unlikely to be correct. 

Red Fox: The most widespread, and abundant, wild carnivore in the world.

Fallow Deer: Extinct in Europe following the last glaciation, except for pockets around the Mediterranean. Now abundant following widespread introductions.

Reindeer: First introduced into Iceland in 1771 - 13 from northern Norway. There were further introductions. Numbers increased and peaked in the mid-19th Century. The population then declined rapidly, until less than 200 were left in 1940. Now, only in eastern Iceland, numbers have increased again, and are stabilized at about 3,000. 

(European) Bison: Extinct in the wild in 1919. (In Roman times, found in Germany and Belgium, with records of herds of many thousands on migration.) Reintroduced to the wild from zoos, particularly in the Bialowiecza Forest in Poland. Total population now 1500-2000.  

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