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British mammal species
The British Isles are home to around 90 species of mammal in the land, air and sea.
Eulipotyphla (Insectivores)
European hedgehog
European mole
Common shrew
Pygmy shrew
Water shrew
L. White-toothed shrew
G. White-toothed shrew
Lagomorpha (Rabbits and hares)
European rabbit
Brown hare
Mountain hare
Irish hare
Rodentia (Rodents)
Red squirrel
Grey squirrel
Eurasian beaver
Hazel dormouse
Edible dormouse
Bank vole
Field vole
Common vole
Water vole
Harvest mouse
Wood mouse
Yellow-necked mouse
House mouse
Brown rat
Black rat
Carnivora (Carnivores)
Wildcat
Red fox
Badger
Otter
Pine marten
Stoat
Weasel
Polecat
American mink
Artiodactyla (Even-toed ungulates)
Wild boar
Red deer
Sika deer
Fallow deer
Roe deer
Chinese water deer
Reeves’ muntjac deer
Pinnipedia (Seals)
Harbour seal
Grey seal
Chiroptera (Bats)
Greater horseshoe bat
Lesser horseshoe bat
Alcathoe bat
Whiskered bat
Brandt’s bat
Bechstein’s bat
Daubenton’s bat
Greater mouse-eared bat
Natterer’s bat
Serotine bat
Leisler’s bat
Noctule bat
Common pipistrelle bat
Soprano pipistrelle bat
Nathusius’ pipistrelle bat
Barbastelle bat
Brown long-eared bat
Grey long-eared bat
Cetaceans (Whales and Dolphins)
North Atlantic right whale
Bowhead whale
Humpback whale
Blue whale
Fin whale
Sei whale
Minke whale
Northern bottlenose whale
Cuvier’s beaked whale
Sowerby’s beaked whale
Pygmy sperm whale
Dwarf sperm whale
Sperm whale
Beluga
Killer whale/orca
False killer whale
Long-finned pilot whale
Risso’s dolphin
Atlantic white-sided dolphin
White-beaked dolphin
Common dolphin
Striped dolphin
Bottlenose dolphin
Harbour porpoise
Primates (Humans, apes and monkeys)
Homo sapien
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Would you like to find our more about our British bat species and marine mammal species?
For more information about UK bat species or marine mammals, please visit the Bat Conservation Trust website or the Marine Conservation Society website.