This is a list of mammals of Europe. It includes all mammals currently found in Europe (from northeast Atlantic to Ural Mountains and northern slope of Caucasus Mountains), whether resident or as regular migrants. Moreover, species occurring in Cyprus, Canary Islands (Spain) and Azores (Portugal) are listed here, despite the former being in Asia and the latter two being considered part of Africa, respectively. If geographical range of given European mammal additionally overlaps Turkey, it is noted in some of cases. This checklist does not include species found only in captivity. Each species is listed, with its binomial name and notes on its distribution where this is limited. Introduced species are also noted.
(v. 2025-1, the data is current as of May 29, 2025)
Eulipotyphlans
Erinaceidae Hedgehogs European hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus Southern white-breasted hedgehog, Erinaceus concolor Northern white-breasted hedgehog, Erinaceus roumanicus Long-eared hedgehog, Hemiechinus auritus (eastern Europe)
Talpidae Moles Aquitanian mole, Talpa aquitania (France, Spain) Mediterranean mole, Talpa caeca (south of the Alps) Caucasian mole, Talpa caucasica (Caucasus, Russia) European mole, Talpa europaea Levant mole, Talpa levantis (Bulgaria, Caucasus, Russia and European Turkey) Martino's mole, Talpa martinorum (Bulgaria) Spanish mole, Talpa occidentalis (Iberian Peninsula) Roman mole, Talpa romana (Italy and Greece) Balkan mole, Talpa stankovici (Balkans) Desmans Russian desman, Desmana moschata (Russia, Ukraine) Pyrenean desman, Galemys pyrenaicus (Spain, Portugal, the Pyrenees)
Soricidae (shrews) Common shrew, Sorex araneus Crowned shrew, Sorex coronatus Iberian shrew, Sorex granarius Apennine shrew, Sorex samniticus Eurasian pygmy shrew, Sorex minutus Laxmann's shrew, Sorex caecutiens Eurasian least shrew, Sorex minutissimus Taiga shrew, Sorex isodon Alpine shrew, Sorex alpinus Valais shrew, Sorex antinorii (Italy, France, Switzerland) - formerly in Sorex araneus, and: Udine shrew, Sorex arunchi (Italy, Slovenia) Radde's shrew, Sorex raddei (Caucasus, Russia) Caucasian shrew, Sorex satunini (Caucasus, Russia) Caucasian pygmy shrew, Sorex volnuchini (Caucasus, Russia) Eurasian water shrew, Neomys fodiens Iberian water shrew, Neomys anomalus (Iberian Peninsula) and: Mediterranean water shrew, Neomys milleri Transcaucasian water shrew, Neomys teres (Caucasus, Russia) Etruscan shrew, Suncus etruscus Greater white-toothed shrew, Crocidura russula Lesser white-toothed shrew, Crocidura suaveolens Bicoloured shrew, Crocidura leucodon Gueldenstaedt's shrew, Crocidura gueldenstaedtii Sicilian shrew, Crocidura sicula (Sicily, Malta) North African white-toothed shrew, Crocidura pachyura (Mediterranean islands) Cretan shrew, Crocidura zimmermanni (Crete) Canarian shrew, Crocidura canariensis (Canary Islands in Africa - Spain) Piebald shrew, Diplomesodon pulchellus (Kazakhstan, Russia)
Bats
Pteropodidae (megabat) Egyptian fruit bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus (Cyprus)
Rhinolophidae (horseshoe bats) Lesser horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus hipposideros Greater horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum Mediterranean horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus euryale Blasius's horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus blasii Mehely's horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus mehelyi
Vespertilionidae (evening bats) Daubenton's bat, Myotis daubentonii Nathalina bat, Myotis (daubentonii) nathalinae (Myotis daubentonii: ) Long-fingered bat, Myotis capaccinii Pond bat, Myotis dasycneme Brandt's bat, Myotis brandtii Whiskered bat, Myotis mystacinus David's myotis, Myotis davidii (south-eastern and eastern Europe) , includes i.e.: Steppe whiskered bat, Myotis aurascens Alcathoe bat, Myotis alcathoe (Greece, Hungary) Geoffroy's bat, Myotis emarginatus Natterer's bat, Myotis nattereri and: Cryptic myotis, Myotis crypticus Tschuli myotis, Myotis tschuliensis (Eastern Europe) Hovel's myotis, Myotis hoveli (Cyprus) Escalera's bat, Myotis escalerai (Spain, Portugal, France) Bechstein's bat, Myotis bechsteinii Greater mouse-eared bat, Myotis myotis Lesser mouse-eared bat, Myotis blythii Felten's myotis, Myotis punicus (Corsica, Sardinia, Malta) Common noctule, Nyctalus noctula Lesser noctule, Nyctalus leisleri Azores noctule, Nyctalus azoreum (the only mammal species endemic to North Atlantic Azores archipelago - Portugal) Greater noctule, Nyctalus lasiopterus Anatolian serotine, Eptesicus anatolicus (east Aegean Islands in Greece, Cyprus) - split from Botta's serotine, Eptesicus bottae Serotine, Eptesicus serotinus and: Eptesicus lobatus (Ukraine) Meridional serotine, Eptesicus (serotinus) isabellinus Northern bat, Eptesicus nilssonii Parti-coloured bat, Vespertilio murinus Common pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pipistrellus Soprano pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pygmaeus Nathusius's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus nathusii Kuhl's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus kuhlii Savi's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus savii Crete pipistrelle, Pipistrellus creticus (Crete) - split from Hanak's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus hanaki Dusky pipistrelle, Pipistrellus hesperidus (Canary Islands in Africa - Spain) Madeira pipistrelle, Pipistrellus maderensis (Canary Islands and Madeira in Africa - Spain, Portugal) Common long-eared bat, Plecotus auritus Grey long-eared bat, Plecotus austriacus Kolombatovic's long-eared bat, Plecotus kolombatovici (Mediterranean) Alpine long-eared bat, Plecotus macrobullaris (mountains of southern Europe) Sardinian long-eared bat, Plecotus sardus (Sardinia) Canary long-eared bat, Plecotus teneriffae (Canary Islands in Africa - Spain) and: Gaisler's long-eared bat, Plecotus gaisleri (Malta, Italy) Barbastelle, Barbastella barbastellus Caspian barbastelle, Barbastella caspica (Caucasus)
Miniopteridae Schreibers' bat, Miniopterus schreibersii and: Pallid long-fingered bat, Miniopterus pallidus (Caucasus)
Molossidae (free-tailed bats) European free-tailed bat, Tadarida teniotis (southern Europe)
Nycteridae (slit-faced bats) Egyptian slit-faced bat, Nycteris thebaica (Greece)
Lagomorphs
Leporidae (leporids) European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus European hare, Lepus europaeus Mountain hare, Lepus timidus Granada hare, Lepus granatensis (Spain, Portugal) Broom hare, Lepus castroviejoi (Cantabrian Mountains) Corsican hare, Lepus corsicanus (Corsica, southern Italy) Cape hare, Lepus capensis (Corsica, Cyprus in Asia - Greece, Turkey) Tolai hare, Lepus tolai (Kazakhstan)
Ochotonidae (pikas) Sardinian pika, Prolagus sardus (Corsica, Sardinia and adjacent Mediterranean islands)
Rodents
Sciuridae (squirrels)
Red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris and: Calabrian black squirrel, Sciurus meridionalis (Italy) Caucasian squirrel, Sciurus anomalus (eastern Europe) Siberian flying squirrel, Pteromys volans (Finland, Estonia, Russia) European souslik, Spermophilus citellus (north-eastern Europe) Yellow ground squirrel, Spermophilus fulvus (eastern Europe) Little ground squirrel, Spermophilus pygmaeus (eastern Europe) Spotted souslik, Spermophilus suslicus (south-eastern Europe) Russet ground squirrel, Spermophilus major (Russia, Kazakhstan) Caucasian Mountain ground squirrel, Spermophilus musicus (Caucasus) Alpine marmot, Marmota marmota (Alps, Tatras, Carpathians, Pyrenees and Balkans) Tatra marmot, Marmota marmota latirostris (Tatra Mountains) Bobak marmot, Marmota bobak (eastern Europe)
Castoridae European beaver, Castor fiber
Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) Indian porcupine, Hystrix indica (European Azerbaijan and Georgia)
Gliridae (dormice) Garden dormouse, Eliomys quercinus Forest dormouse, Dryomys nitedula (eastern Europe) European edible dormouse, Glis glis Hazel dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse, Myomimus roachi (Greece, European Turkey and Bulgaria)
Muroids: Spalacidae (spalacids) Greater mole rat, Spalax microphthalmus (eastern Europe) Lesser mole rat, Spalax leucodon (eastern Europe) Podolsk mole rat, Spalax zemni (eastern Europe) Sandy mole-rat, Spalax arenarius (eastern Europe) Balkan mole rat, Spalax graecus and: Mehely's blind mole-rat, Spalax antiquus (Romania) Oltenia blind mole-rat, Spalax istricus (Romania) Nehring's blind mole rat, Spalax nehringi (may occur in Greece) Giant blind mole-rat, Spalax giganteus (Russia)
Muroids: Cricetidae Hamsters Common hamster, Cricetus cricetus (eastern and central Europe) Gray dwarf hamster, Nothocricetulus migratorius (Balkans) Romanian hamster, Mesocricetus newtoni (shores of the Black Sea) Ciscaucasian hamster, Mesocricetus raddei (Russia) Brandt's hamster, Mesocricetus brandti (Caucasus) Eversmann's hamster, Allocricetulus eversmanni (Russia, Kazakhstan) Lemmings Wood lemming, Myopus schisticolor (Scandinavia) Norway lemming, Lemmus lemmus (northern Europe) Siberian brown lemming, Lemmus sibiricus (Russia) Arctic lemming, Dicrostonyx torquatus (Svalbard as migrant) Voles Bank vole, Myodes glareolus Northern red-backed vole, Myodes rutilus Grey red-backed vole, Myodes rufocanus Martino's Dinaric vole, Dinaromys bogdanovi (Balkans) and: Western Dinaric vole, Dinaromys longipedis (Balkans) European water vole, Arvicola amphibius and: Italian water vole, Arvicola italicus (Italy, Switzerland) Montane water vole, Arvicola monticola, A. scherman Southwestern water vole, Arvicola sapidus (Spain and France) Root vole, Alexandromys oeconomus Middendorff's vole, Alexandromys middendorffii (Russia) Short-tailed field vole, Microtus agrestis and: Mediterranean field vole, Microtus lavernedii Portuguese field vole, Microtus rozianus (Iberian Peninsula) Pyrenean pine vole, Microtus pyrenaicus (France, Spain) Common vole, Microtus arvalis and: Altai vole, Microtus obscurus (eastern Europe) Sibling vole, Microtus epiroticus (M. levis: ) Snow vole, Microtus nivalis Gunther's vole, Microtus guentheri and: Harting's vole, Microtus hartingi (Balkans) Cabrera's vole, Microtus cabrerae European pine vole, Microtus subterraneus East European gray vole, Microtus rossiaemeridionalis Social vole, Microtus socialis Felten's vole, Microtus felteni Gerbe's vole, Microtus gerbei Savi's pine vole, Microtus savii and: Sicilian pine vole, Microtus nebrodensis (Italy) Calabria pine vole, Microtus brachycercus (Italy) Alpine pine vole, Microtus multiplex Tatra pine vole, Microtus tatricus Liechtenstein's pine vole, Microtus liechtensteini and: Bavarian pine vole, Microtus bavaricus Mediterranean pine vole, Microtus duodecimcostatus Lusitanian pine vole, Microtus lusitanicus Thomas's pine vole, Microtus thomasi Major's pine vole, Microtus majori Caucasian pine vole, Microtus daghestanicus (Caucasus) Narrow-headed vole, Lasiopodomys gregalis (Russia) Gudaur snow vole, Chionomys gud (Caucasus) Robert's snow vole, Chionomys roberti (Caucasus) Steppe lemming, Lagurus lagurus Northern mole vole, Ellobius talpinus Long-clawed mole vole, Prometheomys schaposchnikowi (Caucasus)
Muroids: Muridae Old World rats and mice Wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus Steppe field mouse, Apodemus witherbyi (eastern Europe) Yellow-necked mouse, Apodemus flavicollis and: Black Sea field mouse, Apodemus ponticus (Caucasus) Alpine field mouse, Apodemus alpicola (Alps) Pygmy field mouse, Apodemus uralensis (eastern Europe) Broad-toothed field mouse, Apodemus mystacinus (south-eastern Europe) Western broad-toothed field mouse, Apodemus epimelas (Balkans) Striped field mouse, Apodemus agrarius (eastern Europe) Eurasian harvest mouse, Micromys minutus House mouse, Mus musculus Algerian mouse, Mus spretus (France, Spain and Portugal) Steppe mouse, Mus spicilegus (south-eastern Europe) Cypriot mouse, Mus cypriacus (Cyprus) Macedonian mouse, Mus macedonicus (south Balcans) Spiny mice Cretan spiny mouse, Acomys minous (Crete) Cyprus Spiny Mouse, Acomys nesiotes (Cyprus) Jirds Tristram's jird, Meriones tristrami (Greek island of Kos) Tamarisk jird, Meriones tamariscinus (eastern Europe) Midday jird, Meriones meridianus (eastern Europe) Gerbils