List of Norwegian mammals

List of Norwegian mammals

= Insectivores =

Hedgehogs

*Western European hedgehog "Erinaceus europaeus"

Shrews

*Common shrew "Sorex araneus"
*Eurasian pygmy shrew "Sorex minutus"
*Eurasian least shrew "Sorex minutissimus"
*Laxmann's shrew "Sorex caecutiens"
*Taiga shrew "Sorex isdodon"
*Eurasian water shrew "Neomys fodiens"

Bats

*Daubenton's bat "Myotis daubentonii"
*Natterer's bat "Myotis nattereri"
*Whiskered bat "Myotis mystacinus"
*Brandt's bat "Myotis brandtii"
*Parti-coloured bat "Vespertilio murinus"
*Northern bat "Eptesicus nilssonii"
*Common noctule "Nyctalus noctula"
*Soprano Pipistrelle "Pipistrellus pygmaeus"
*Nathusius's pipistrelle "Pipistrellus nathusii"
*Common long-eared bat "Plecotus auritus"


= Lagomorphs =

*European rabbit "Oryctolgaus cuniculus"
*European hare "Lepus europaeus"
*Mountain hare "Lepus timidus"

Rodents

Squirrels

*Red squirrel "Sciurus vulgaris"

Beavers

*European beaver "Castor fiber"


=Muroids=

*Wood lemming "Myopus schisticolor"
*Norway lemming "Lemmus lemmus"
*Northern Red-backed Vole "Clethrionomys rutilus"
*Bank Vole "Clethrionomys glareolus"
*Grey Red-Backed Vole "Clethrionomys rufocanus"
*North-western water vole "Arvicola terrestris"
*Muskrat "Ondatra zibethicus"
*Field vole "Microtus agrestis"
*Root vole "Microtus oeconomus"
*Sibling Vole "Microtus rossiaemeridionalis" (Svalbard only)
*Harvest mouse "Micromys minutus"
*Yellow-necked mouse "Apodemus flavicollis"
*Wood mouse "Apodemus sylvaticus")
*Brown rat "Rattus norvegicus"
*House mouse "Mus musculus"


=Birch mice=

*Northern birch mouse "Sicista betulina"

Cetaceans

Beaked whales

*Sowerby's beaked whale "Mesoplodon bidens"
*Bottle-nosed whale "Hyperoodon ampullatus"

White whales

*White whale "Delphinapterus leucas"
*Narwhal "Monodon monoceros"

Sperm whales

*Sperm whale "Physeter macrocephalus"

Porpoises

*Common porpoise "Phocoena phocoena"

Dolphins

*Striped dolphin "Stenella coeruleoalba"
*Common dolphin "Delphinus delphis"
*Risso's dolphin "Grampus griseus"
*Bottle-nosed dolphin "Tursiops truncatus"
*Atlantic white-sided dolphin "Lagenorhynchus acutus"
*White-beaked dolphin "Lagenorhynchus albirostris"
*Killer whale "Orcinus orca"
*Pilot whale "Globicephala melaena"

Baleen whales

*Minke whale "Balaenoptera acuturostrata"
*Sei whale "Balaenoptera borealis"
*Fin whale "Balaenoptera physalis"
*Blue whale "Balaenoptera musculus"
*Humpback whale "Megaptera novaeangliae"
*North Atlantic right whale "Eubalaena glacialis"
*Bowhead whale "Balaena mysticetus"

Carnivores

Wolves and foxes

*Eurasian Wolf "Canis lupus lupus"
*Raccoon dog "Nyctereutes procyonoides" (introduced)
*Red fox "Vulpes vulpes"
*Arctic fox "Alopex lagopus"

Bears

*Brown bear "Ursus arctos"
*Polar bear "Thalarctos maritimus" (Svalbard only)

Weasels

*Stoat "Mustela erminea"
*Least weasel "Mustela nivalis"
*American mink "Mustela vison" (introduced)
*European polecat "Mustela putorius"
*Pine marten "Martes martes"
*Wolverine "Gulo gulo"
*Badger "Meles meles"
*Otter "Lutra lutra"

Cats

*Eurasian Lynx "Lynx lynx"

Pinnipeds

Walrus

*Walrus "Odobenus rosmarus"


=Seals=

*Common seal "Phoca vitulina"
*Ringed seal "Phoca hispida"
*Harp Seal "Phoca groenlandica"
*Bearded seal "Erignatus barbatus"
*Grey seal "Halichoerus grypus"
*Hooded seal "Cystophora cristata"

Even-toed ungulates

Deer

*Fallow deer "Cervus dama" (introduced)
*Red deer "Cervus elaphus"
*Elk "Alces alces"
*Roe deer "Capreolus capreolus"
*Reindeer "Rangifer tarandus"

Cattle

*Musk ox "Ovibos moschatus" (introduced)

Source

[http://www.zoologi.no/patlas/pat_kart.htm | Atlas on mammals] , by The Norwegian Zoological Society (in Norwegian)

See also

*List of European mammals


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