British Mammals


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Scientific NameCommon Name
Apodemus flavicollisYellow-necked mouse
Apodemus sylvaticusWood mouse
Arvicola terrestrisWater vole
Balaenoptera acutorostrataNorthern hemisphere minke whale
Barbastella barbastellusBarbastelle bat
Capreolus capreolusRoe deer
Cervus elaphusRed deer
Cervus nipponSika deer
Clethrionomys glareolusBank vole
Crocidura russulaGreater white-toothed shrew
Crocidura suaveolensLesser white-toothed shrew
Dama damaFallow deer
Delphinus delphisShort-beaked common dolphin
Eptesicus serotinusSerotine bat
Erinaceus europaeusHedgehog
Felis silvestris grampiaEuropean wildcat
Glis glisFat dormouse
Globicephala melasLong-finned pilot whale
Grampus griseusRisso's dolphin
Halichoerus grypusGrey seal (eastern Atlantic population)
Hyperoodon ampullatusNorthern bottlenose whale
Lagenorhynchus acutusAtlantic white-sided dolphin
Lagenorhynchus albirostrisWhite-beaked dolphin
Lepus europaeusBrown hare
Lepus timidusMountain hare
Lutra lutraCommon otter
Martes martesPine marten
Meles melesBadger
Micromys minutusHarvest mouse
Microtus agrestisField vole
Microtus arvalis orcadensisOrkney vole
Muntiacus reevesiReeve's muntjac
Muscardinus avellanariusCommon dormouse
Mus musculusHouse mouse
Mustela ermineaStoat
Mustela nivalisWeasel
Mustela putoriusEuropean polecat
Mustela visonAmerican mink
Myotis bechsteiniiBechstein's bat
Myotis brandtiiBrandt's bat
Myotis daubentoniiDaubenton's bat
Myotis myotisGreater mouse-eared bat
Myotis mystacinusWhiskered bat
Myotis nattereriNatterer's bat
Neomys fodiensWater shrew
Nyctalus leisleriLeisler's bat
Nyctalus noctulaNoctule bat
Orcinus orcaOrca
Oryctolagus cuniculusRabbit
Phoca vitulinaCommon seal
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