The taxonomy of this list is based on my global mammalwatching checklist, available here.

As at April 23 2025

HARES AND RABBITS (LEPORIDAE) (6/11)
Broom Hare (Lepus castroviejoi) – endemic
Corsican Hare (L.corsicanus) – endemic
European Hare (L.europaeus)
Iberian Hare (L.granatensis) – endemic
Mountain Hare (L.timidus)
European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
OLD WORLD PORCUPINES (HYSTRICIDAE) (1/2)
Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata) – introduced
SPINY RATS AND HUTIAS (ECHIMYIDAE) (1/1)
Coypu (Myocastor coypus) – introduced
DORMICE (GLIRIDAE) (5/5)
European Fat Dormouse (Glis glis)
Eurasian Forest Dormouse (Dryomys nitedula)
European Garden Dormouse (Eliomys quercinus)
Hazel Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)
Roach’s Mouse-tailed Dormouse (Myomimus roachi)
SQUIRRELS (SCIURIDAE) (8/31)
Siberian Flying Squirrel (Pteromys volans)
Caucasian Squirrel (Sciurus anomalus)
Eastern Gray Squirrel (S.carolinensis) – introduced
Eurasian Red Squirrel (S.vulgaris)
Alpine Marmot (Marmota marmota) – endemic
European Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus citellus)
Asia Minor Ground Squirrel (S.xanthoprymnus)
Siberian Chipmunk (Eutamias sibiricus)
BEAVERS (CASTORIDAE) (1/2)
Eurasian Beaver (Castor fiber)
BIRCH MICE (SMINTHIDAE) (1/12)
Northern Birch Mouse (Sicista betulina)
HAMSTERS, VOLES, LEMMINGS, AND ALLIES (CRICETIDAE) (16/84)
Eurasian Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius)
Southwestern Water Vole (A.sapidus) – endemic
Bank Vole (Clethrionomys glareolus)
Root Vole (Alexandromys oeconomus)
European Snow Vole (Chionomys nivalis)
Short-tailed Field Vole (Microtus agrestis)
Common Vole (M.arvalis)
Harting’s Vole (M.hartingi)
Mediterranean Field Vole (M.lavernedii) – endemic
East European Gray Vole (M.rossiaemeridionalis)
Common Pine Vole (M.subterraneus)
Common Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) – introduced
Martino’s Dinaric Vole (Dinaromys bogdanovi) – endemic
Common Hamster (Cricetus cricetus)
Romanian Hamster (Mesocricetus newtoni) – endemic
Gray Dwarf Hamster (Nothocricetulus migratorius)
OLD WORLD MICE AND RATS (MURIDAE) (11/21)
Striped Field Mouse (Apodemus agrarius)
Western Broad-toothed Field Mouse (A.epimelas) – endemic
Yellow-necked Field Mouse (A.flavicollis)
Long-tailed Field Mouse (A.sylvaticus)
Herb Field Mouse (A.uralensis)
Macedonian Mouse (Mus macedonicus)
House Mouse (M.musculus)
Mound-building Mouse (M.spicilegus)
Western Mediterranean Mouse (M.spretus)
Eurasian Harvest Mouse (Micromys minutus)
Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
SPALACIDS (SPALACIDAE) (5/22)
Bulgarian Blind Mole-rat (Nannospalax bulgaricus) – endemic
Hungarian Blind Mole-rat (N.hungaricus) – endemic
Lesser Blind Mole-rat (N.leucodon) – endemic
Mehely’s Blind Mole-rat (Spalax antiquus) – endemic
Bukovina Blind Mole-rat (S.graecus) – endemic
HEDGEHOGS AND GYMNURES (ERINACEIDAE) (3/7)
Southern White-breasted Hedgehog (Erinaceus concolor)
West European Hedgehog (E.europaeus)
Northern White-breasted Hedgehog (E.roumanicus)
SHREWS (SORICIDAE) (6/39)
Guldenstädt’s White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura gueldenstaedtii)
Bicolored White-toothed Shrew (C.leucodon)
Greater White-toothed Shrew (C.russula)
Eurasian Water Shrew (Neomys fodiens) (?)
Mediterranean Water Shrew (N.milleri)
Common Shrew (Sorex araneus)
Eurasian Pygmy Shrew (S.minutus)
MOLES AND DESMANS (TALPIDAE) (3/13)
Pyrenean Desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) – endemic
European Mole (Talpa europaea)
Martinos’ Mole (T.martinorum)
HORSESHOE BATS (RHINOLOPHIDAE) (3/5)
Mediterranean Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus euryale)
Greater Horseshoe Bat (R.ferrumequinum)
Lesser Horseshoe Bat (R.hipposideros)
BENT-WINGED BATS (MINIOPTERIDAE) (1/2)
Schreibers’s Long-fingered Bat (Miniopterus schreibersii)
FREE-TAILED BATS (MOLOSSIDAE) (1/2)
European Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida teniotis)
EVENING BATS (VESPERTILIONIDAE) (25/55)
Bechstein’s Myotis (Myotis bechsteinii)
Lesser Myotis (M.blythii)
Brandt’s Myotis (M.brandtii)
Long-fingered Myotis (M.capaccinii)
Pond Myotis (M.dasycneme)
Daubenton’s Myotis (M.daubentonii)
Geoffroy’s Myotis (M.emarginatus)
Greater Myotis (M.myotis)
Common Whiskered Myotis (M.mystacinus)
Natterer’s Myotis (M.nattereri)
Northern Serotine (Cnephaeus nilssonii)
Eurasian Serotine (C.serotinus)
Azores Noctule (Nyctalus azoreum) – endemic
Greater Noctule (N.lasiopterus)
Leisler’s Noctule (N.leisleri)
Common Noctule (N.noctula)
Kuhl’s Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus kuhlii)
Nathusius’s Pipistrelle (P.nathusii)
Common Pipistrelle (P.pipistrellus)
Soprano Pipistrelle (P.pygmaeus)
Western Barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus)
Brown Long-eared Bat (Plecotus auritus)
Gray Long-eared Bat (P.austriacus)
Alpine Long-eared Bat (P.macrobullaris)
Savi’s Pipistrelle (Hypsugo savii)
MUSTELIDS (MUSTELIDAE) (9/21)
Wolverine (Gulo gulo)
Stone Marten (Martes foina)
European Pine Marten (M.martes)
Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra)
European Badger (Meles meles)
Beringian Ermine (Mustela erminea)
European Mink (M.lutreola)
Least Weasel (M.nivalis)
European Polecat (M.putorius)
EARLESS SEALS (PHOCIDAE) (3/11)
Gray Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus)
Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)
BEARS (URSIDAE) (1/3)
Brown Bear (Ursus arctos)
CANIDS (CANIDAE) (3/7)
Golden Jackal (Canis aureus)
Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus)
Red Fox (V.vulpes)
FELIDS (FELIDAE) (3/11)
European Wildcat (Felis silvestris)
Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx)
Iberian Lynx (L.pardinus) – endemic
CIVETS, GENETS, AND OYANS (VIVERRIDAE) (1/1)
Common Genet (Genetta genetta) – introduced
EQUINES (EQUIDAE) (1/3)
Domestic Horse (Equus caballus) – introduced
BOVIDS (BOVIDAE) (9/22)
Wild Goat (Capra aegagrus)
Domestic Goat (C.hircus) – introduced
Alpine Ibex (C.ibex) – endemic
Iberian Ibex (C.pyrenaica) – endemic
Muskox (Ovibos moschatus) – introduced
Domestic Sheep (Ovis aries) – introduced
Southern Chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica) – endemic
Northern Chamois (R.rupicapra)
Wisent (Bos bonasus)
DEER (CERVIDAE) (7/12)
Moose (Alces alces)
Western Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)
Caribou (Rangifer tarandus)
Western Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)
Sika Deer (C.nippon)
Common Fallow Deer (Dama dama)
Reeves’s Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) – introduced
SUIDS (SUIDAE) (1/2)
Eurasian Wild Pig (Sus scrofa)
RORQUALS (BALAENOPTERIDAE) (5/6)
Common Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
Sei Whale (B.borealis)
Bryde’s Whale (B.brydei)
Fin Whale (B.physalus)
Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
OCEANIC DOLPHINS (DELPHINIDAE) (10/19)
Panglobal Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
Striped Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba)
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (S.frontalis)
Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Short-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus)
Long-finned Pilot Whale (G.melas)
Risso’s Dolphin (Grampus griseus)
False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens)
White-beaked Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris)
Common Killer Whale (Orcinus orca)
PORPOISES (PHOCOENIDAE) (1/2)
Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
DWARF SPERM WHALES (KOGIIDAE) (1/2)
Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia breviceps)
SPERM WHALES (PHYSETERIDAE) (1/1)
Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
BEAKED WHALES (ZIPHIIDAE) (3/8)
Northern Bottlenose Whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus)
Sowerby’s Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon bidens)
Cuvier’s Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris)

156 Species