Mammals of Romania

INSECTIVORA

Erinaceidae
1 Erinaceus concolor (syn. E. roumanicus) – Eastern European Hedgehog
Soricidae
2 Crocidura suaveolens – Lesser White-toothed Shrew
3 Crocidura leucodon – Bicloured White-toothed Shrew
4 Sorex alpinus – Alpine Shrew
5 Sorex araneus -Common Shrew or Eurasian Shrew
6 Sorex minutus – Pygmy Shrew
7 Neomys anomalus – Miller’s Water Shrew
8 Neomys fodiens – European Water Shrew
Talpidae
9 Talpa europaea -European Mole

CHIROPTERA

Rhinolophidae
10 Rhinolophus blasii – Blasius’ horseshoe bat
11 Rhinolophus euryale – Mediterrenean Horseshoe Bat
12 Rhinolophus ferrumequinum – Greater Horseshoe Bat
13 Rhinolophus hipposideros – Lesser Horseshoe Bat
14 Rhinolophus mehelyi – Mehely’s Horseshoe Bat
Vespertilionidae

15 Eptesicus nilssonii -Northern bats
16 Eptesicus serotinus – Serotine Bat
17 Pipistrellus kuhlii – Kuhl’s Pipistrelle
18 Pipistrellus nathusii – Nathusius’s pipistrelle
19 Pipistrellus pipistrellus – Common Pipistrelle
20 Pipistrellus pygmaeus – Soprano Pipistrelle
21 Nyctalus lasiopterus - Greater Noctule Bat
22 Nyctalus leisleri – Leisler’s Bat
23 Nyctalus noctula – Noctule Bat
24 Barbastella barbastellus – Barbastelle Bat
25 Plecotus auritus – Brown long-eared bat
26 Plecotus austriacus – Grey long-eared bat
27 Hypsugo savii – Savi’s Pipistrelle
28 Vespertilio murinus – Parti-coloured Bat or Rearmouse
29 Myotis alcathoe – Alcathoe’s Myotis
30 Myotis bechsteini – Bechstein’s Bat
31 Myotis brandtii – Brandt’s Bat
32 Myotis capaccinii – Long-fingered bat
33 Myotis dasycneme – Pond Bat
34 Myotis daubentoni – Daubenton’s Bat
35 Myotis emarginatus – Geoffroy’s Bat
36 Myotis myotis – Greater mouse-eared bat
37 Myotis mystacinus – Whiskered Bat
38 Myotis nattereri – Natterer’s Bat
39 Myotis oxygnathus (syn. M. blythii) – Lesser Mouse-eared Bat
40 Miniopterus schreibersi – Schreibers’s long-fingered bat

LAGOMRPHA

Leporidae
41 Lepus europaeus – Brown Hare
42 Oryctolagus cuniculus -European Rabbit

RODENTIA

Sciuridae
43 Sciurus vulgaris – Eurasian Red Squirrel
44 Spermophilus citellus – European Ground Squirrel
45 Marmota marmota – Alpin Marmot
Gliridae
46 Dryomys nitedula – Forest Dormouse
47 Elyomys quercinus – Garden dormouse
48 Muscardinus avellanarius – Hazel dormouse
49 Glis glis – Edible dormouse
Castoridae
50 Castor fiber – European Beaver
Myocastoridae
51 Myocastor coypus – Nutria or Coypu
Dipodidae
52 Sicista betulina – Northern Birch Mouse
53 Sicista subtilis – Southern Birch Mouse
Spalacidae
54 Spalax graecus – Bukovin Mole Rat
55 Spalax leucodon -Lesser Mole Rat
Cricetidae
56 Microtus agrestis – Field Vole
57 Microtus arvalis – Common Vole
58 Microtus tatricus – Tatra Pine Vole or Tatra Vole
59 Microtus rossiaemeridionalis (syn. M. epiroticus, M. levis, M. subarvalis) – Southern Vole
60 Microtus (Pitymys) subterraneus – European Pine Vole
61 Chionomys nivalis – Snow Vole
62 Arvicola amphibius (syn. A. terrestris) – Water Vole
63 Clethrionomys (Myodes) glareolus - Bank Vole
64 Ondatra zibethicus – Muskrat
65 Cricetus cricetus – European Hamster
66 Mesocricetus newtoni – Romanian Hamster
67 Cricetulus migratorius – Gray Dwarf Hamster
Muridae
68 Apodemus agrarius – Striped Field Mouse
69 Apodemus flavicollis – Yellow-necked Mouse
70 Apodemus sylvaticus – Wood Mouse
71 Apodemus uralensis (syn. A. microps) – Pygmy Wood Mouse
72 Micromys minutus – Harvest Mouse
73 Mus musculus – House Mouse
74 Mus spicilegus – Mound-building Mouse or Steppe Mouse
75 Rattus norvegicus – Norway Rat
76 Rattus rattus – Black Rat

CARNIVORA

Felidae
77 Felis silvestris – Wild Cat
78 Lynx lynx – European Lynx
Canidae
79 Vulpes vulpes – Red Fox
80 Canis aureus – Golden Jackal
81 Canis lupus – Grey Wolf
82 Nyctereutes procyonoides – Raccoon dog
Ursidae
83 Ursus arctos -Brown Bear
Mustelidae
84 Mustela erminea – Stoat
85 Mustela eversmanni – Steppe Polecat
86 Mustela lutreola – European Mink
87 Mustela nivalis – Common Weasel
88 Mustela putorius – European Polecat
89 Mustela (Neovison) vison – American Mink
90 Vormela peregusna – Marbled Polecat
91 Martes foina – Stone Marten
92 Martes martes -Pine Marten
93 Meles meles – European Badger
94 Lutra lutra – Eurasian Otter
Phocidae
95 Monachus monachus – Monk Seal

ARTIODACTYLA

Suidae
96 Sus scrofa – Wild Boar
Cervidae
97 Capreolus capreolus – Roe Deer
98 Alces alces – Elk (Moose in USA)
99 Cervus elaphus – Red Deer
100 Dama dama – Fallow Deer
Bovidae
101 Rupicapra rupicapra – Chamois
102 Ovis aries – Mouflon
103 Bison bonasus – European Bison

CETACEA

Delphinidae
104 Tursiops truncatus – Bottlenose Dolphin
105 Delphinus delphis - Common dolphin
Phocoenidae
106 Phocoena phocoena – Harbour porpoise

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