The list below contains threatened mammals that dwell in or migrate to any region in Europe, the East Atlantic Ocean, and any nearby islands of the Atlantic Ocean. This includes mammals that are found in the East Atlantic Ocean (Azores), Iceland, the Adriatic Sea, the Sea of Azov, the Black and Caspian Sea, Corsica, Cyprus, Palearctic, Russia, Eurasia, North African Coast, the Mediterranean Sea and islands located in the Mediterranean Sea, and the islands of Spain (Canary, Balearic). The list below was compiled from data on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species (IUCN). The International Union for Conservation of Nature identifies species in need of attention before approaching extinction and works to increase prevention of extinction. The list below includes vulnerable (VU), endangered (EN), critically endangered (CR), and recently extinct (EX) species.
Scientific nameCommon name(s)DistributionStatusImage Ammotragus lervia Aoudad, Barbary sheep, uaddan Extant, native: Algeria; Chad; Egypt; Libya; Mali; Mauritania; Morocco; Niger; Sudan; Tunisia; Western Sahara Extant, introduced: Croatia; Italy; Mexico; Spain (Canary Is.); United States Balaenoptera borealis Sei whale Extant: Worldwide Balaenoptera musculus Blue whale Extant: Worldwide Balaenoptera physalus Fin whale Extant: Worldwide Bos primigenius Aurochs Extinct: Bulgaria; Poland; Romania Cricetus cricetus European hamster, common hamster Extant: Austria; Belarus; Belgium; Bulgaria; Czechia; France; Germany; Hungary; Kazakhstan; Moldova; Netherlands; Poland; Romania; Russian Federation; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Switzerland; Ukraine Presence Uncertain: Bosnia and Herzegovina; China; Croatia; Georgia Crocidura canariensis Canarian shrew, Canary shrew Extant: Spain (Canary Is.) Crocidura zimmermanni Cretan white-toothed shrew, Cretan shrew Extant: Greece (Kriti) Cystophora cristata Hooded seal Extant, resident: Canada; Greenland; Iceland; Norway; Svalbard and Jan Mayen Extant, vagrant: Denmark; France; Germany; Ireland; Portugal; Russia; Spain; United Kingdom; Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas; Bermuda; Puerto Rico; Saint Barthélemy; Turks and Caicos Islands; United StatesDesmana moschataRussian desmanExtant: Kazakhstan; Russia; Ukraine Extirpated: Belarus Dinaromys bogdanovi Balkan snow vole Extant: Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Montenegro; North Macedonia; SerbiaEliomys quercinusGarden dormouseExtant: Andorra; Austria; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Czechia; France; Germany; Italy; Luxembourg; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Russian Federation (European Russia); Slovenia; Spain; Switzerland Possibly extirpated: Belarus; Estonia; Finland; Latvia; Lithuania; Slovakia; Ukraine Uncertain status: Romania Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic right whale Extant: Bahamas; Bermuda; Canada; United States; Greenland; Iceland; Norway Possibly extirpated: Belgium; Faroe Islands; France; Germany; Ireland; Morocco; Netherlands; Portugal; Spain; United Kingdom; Western Sahara Galemys pyrenaicus Pyrenean desman, Iberian desman Extant: Andorra; France; Portugal; Spain Hydropotes inermis Chinese water deer Extant, native: China; North Korea; South Korea Introduced: France; United Kingdom Lepus castroviejoi Broom hare Extant: Spain Lepus corsicanus Corsican hare Extant: Italy; Sicilly Introduced: Corsica Lynx pardinus Iberian lynx Extant: Spain Reintroduced: Portugal Macaca sylvanus Barbary macaque Extant: Algeria; Morocco Extripated: Tunisia Introduced: GibraltarMesocricetus newtoniRomanian hamsterExtant: Bulgaria; Romania Microtus bavaricus Bavarian pine vole Extant: Austria Extirpated: Germany Monachus monachus Mediterranean monk seal Extant: Albania; Cyprus; Greece; Mauritania; Portugal (Madeira); Turkey; Western Sahara Possibly extinct: Egypt; Israel; Italy; Lebanon; Libya; Montenegro; Palestine; Spain; Syria Extirpated: Algeria; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Cabo Verde; France; Gambia; Georgia; Malta; Monaco; Morocco; Portugal; Romania; Russia; Senegal; Slovenia; Tunisia; Ukraine
Presence uncertain: Croatia Mustela lutreola European mink Extant: France; Romania; Russia; Spain; Ukraine Extant, reintroduced: Estonia
Extirpated: Austria; Belarus; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czechia; Finland; Georgia; Germany; Hungary; Kazakhstan; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Montenegro; Netherlands; Poland; Serbia; Slovakia; Switzerland Myomimus roachi Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse Extant: Bulgaria; Greece; Turkey Myotis capaccinii Long-fingered bat Extant: Albania; Algeria; Andorra; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Cyprus; France (Corsica); Greece (Kriti); Holy See; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Italy (Sicilia, Sardegna); Jordan; Lebanon; Montenegro; Morocco; North Macedonia; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia; Spain (Baleares); Syria; Turkey Extirpated: Switzerland Nyctalus azoreum Azores noctule, Azorean bat Extant: Portugal (Azores)Phocoena phocoena ssp. relictaBlack Sea harbour porpoiseExtant: Bulgaria; Georgia; Romania; Russia; Turkey; Ukraine Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale Extant: WorldwidePipistrellus hanakiHanák's pipistrelleExtant: Greece; Libya Pipistrellus maderensis Madeira pipistrelle, Murciélago de Madeira Extant: Portugal (Azores, Madeira); Spain (Canary Is.) Plecotus sardus Sardinian long-eared bat Extant: Italy (Sardegna) Plecotus teneriffae Tenerife long-eared bat, Canary big-eared bat Extant: Spain (Canary Is.) Prolagus sardus Sardinian pika Extinct: France (Corsica); Italy (Sardegna) Rhinolophus mehelyi Mehely's horseshoe bat Extant: Afghanistan; Algeria; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Cyprus; Egypt; Georgia; Greece; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Italy (Sicilia, Sardegna); Jordan; Libya; Moldova; Montenegro; Morocco; North Macedonia; Palestine; Portugal; Romania; Russia; Serbia; Slovenia; Spain; Syria; Tunisia; Turkey Extirpated:Croatia Presence uncertain:FranceSicista lorigerNordmann's birch mouseExtant: Romania; Russia; Ukraine Presence uncertain: MoldovaSicista severtzoviSevertzov's birch mouseExtant: Russia (Europe)Sicista trizonaHungarian birch mouseExtant: Hungary; Romania Extirpated: Austria; Serbia; SlovakiaSpalax antiquusMéhely’s blind mole-ratExtant: RomaniaSpalax arenariusSandy mole-ratExtant: UkraineSpalax graecusBukovina blind mole-ratExtant: Romania; UkraineSpalax istricusOltenia blind mole-ratPossibly extinct: RomaniaSpalax zemniPodolian mole-ratExtant: Ukraine Spermophilus citellus European ground squirrel Extant: Austria; Bulgaria; Czechia; Greece; Hungary; Moldova; North Macedonia; Romania; Serbia; Slovakia; Turkey; Ukraine Extant, reintroduced: Poland Extirpated: Croatia; GermanySpermophilus suslicusSpeckled ground squirrelExtant: Belarus; Moldova; Poland; Russia; Ukraine Ursus maritimus Polar bear Extant: Canada; Greenland; Norway; Russia; Svalbard and Jan Mayen; United States (Alaska) Presence uncertain, vagrant: Iceland Vormela peregusna Marbled polecat Extant: Afghanistan; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bulgaria; China; Egypt (Sinai); Georgia; Greece; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Kazakhstan; Lebanon; Mongolia; Montenegro; North Macedonia; Pakistan; Romania; Russia; Serbia; Syria; Turkmenistan; Turkey; Ukraine; Uzbekistan
See also Endangered plants of Europe IUCN Red List
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