List Of Extinct And Endangered Animals Of Lithuania

This is a list of extinct, endangered and threatened animals of Lithuania. Collection of this list started in 1959 and the current version (2003) contains 815 species: 23 mammals, 75 birds, 128 insects, 224 flowering plants, 199 fungi and lichen -- ''Mustela lutreola'' Linnaeus, 1761
# Brown bear -- ''Ursus arctos'' Linnaeus, 1758
# Garden dormouse -- ''Eliomys quercinus'' (Linnaeus, 1766)

1(E) - Endangered

# Grey seal -- ''Halichoerus grypus'' ( Fabricius, 1791)
# Lynx -- ''Lynx lynx'' Linnaeus, 1758 :

2(V) - Vulnerable

# Edible dormouse -- ''Glis glis'' (Linnaeus, 1766)

3(R) - Rare

# Common pipistrelle -- ''Pipistrellus pipistrellus'' ( Schreber, 1774)
# Northern bat -- ''Eptesicus nilssoni'' ( Keyserling et Blasius, 1839)
# Pond bat -- ''Myotis dasycneme'' (Boie, 1825)
# Forest dormouse -- ''Dryomys nitedula'' Pallas, 1778

4(I) - Intermediate

# Leisler's bat -- ''Nyctalus leisleri'' (Kuhl, 1817)
# Natterer's bat -- ''Myotis nattereri'' (Kuhl, 1817)
# Brandt's bat -- ''Myotis brandti'' Eversmann, 1845
# Barbastelle -- ''Barbastella barbastella'' ( Schreber, 1774)
# Common noctule -- ''Nyctalus noctula'' Schreber, 1774
# Serotine -- ''Eptesicus serotinus'' (Schreber, 1774)
# Particoloured bat -- ''Vespertilio murinus'' Linnaeus, 1758
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# Northern birch mouse -- ''Sicista betulina'' Pallas, 1779
# Mountain hare -- ''Lepus timidus'' Linnaeus, 1758
# Stoat -- ''Mustela erminea'' Linnaeus, 1758

5(Rs) - Restored

# European otter -- ''Lutra lutra'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
# Wisent -- ''Bison bonasus'' (Linnaeus, 1758)

Birds

1(E) - Endangered

# Black-throated diver -- ''Gavia arctica'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
# Ferruginous duck -- ''Aythya nyroca'' ( Güldenstädt, 1770)
# Red kite -- ''Milvus milvus'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
# Golden eagle -- ''Aquila chrysaetos'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
# Greater spotted eagle -- ''Clanga clanga'' Pallas, 1811
# Short-toed eagle -- (''Circaetus gallicus'' ( Gmelin, 1788)
# Merlin -- ''Falco columbarius'' Linnaeus, 1758
# Peregrine falcon -- ''Falco peregrinus'' Tunstall, 1771
# Willow grouse -- ''Lagopus lagopus'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
# Northern pintail -- ''Anas acuta'' Linnaeus, 1758
# Eurasian golden plover -- ''Pluvialis apricaria'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
# Dunlin -- ''Calidris alpina'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
# Great snipe -- ''Gallinago media'' Latham, 1787
# Eurasian eagle-owl -- ''Bubo bubo'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
# Crested lark -- ''Galerida cristata'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
# Corn bunting -- ''Miliaria calandra'' (Linnaeus, 1758)

2(V) - Vulnerable

# Black-necked grebe -- ''Podiceps nigricollis'' Brehm, 1831
# Gadwall -- ''Anas strepera'' Linnaeus, 1758
# Steller's eider -- ''Polysticta stelleri'' (Pallas, 1769)
# Red-breasted merganser -- ''Mergus serrator'' Linnaeus, 1758
# Black kite -- ''Milvus migrans'' (Boddaert, 1783)
# White-tailed eagle -- ''Haliaeetus albicilla'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
# Osprey -- ''Pandion haliaetus'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
# Capercaillie -- ''Tetrao urogallus'' Linnaeus, 1758
# Ruff -- ''Philomachus pugnax'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
# Eurasian curlew -- ''Numenius arquata'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
# Black-tailed godwit -- ''Limosa limosa'' (Linnaeus, 1758) Brisson,1760
# Common redshank -- ''Tringa totanus'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
# Wood sandpiper -- ''Tringa glareola'' Linnaeus, 1758
# Little tern -- ''Sternula albifrons'' Pallas, 1764
# Stock dove -- ''Columba oenas'' Pallas, 1764
# Short-eared owl -- ''Asio flammeus'' ( Pontoppidan, 1763)
# Tengmalm's owl -- ''Aegolius funereus'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
# European roller -- ''Coracias garrulus'' Pallas, 1764
# Hoopoe -- ''Upupa epops'' Pallas, 1764
# Grey-headed woodpecker -- ''Picus canus'' Gmelin, 1788
# Eurasian three-toed woodpecker -- ''Picoides tridactylus'' (Linnaeus, 1758)

4(I) - Intermediate

# Little bittern -- ''Ixobrychus minutus'' (Linnaeus, 1766)
# Lesser white-fronted goose -- ''Anser erythropus'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
# Northern goshawk -- ''Accipiter gentilis'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
# Barn owl -- ''Tyto alba'' (Scopoli, 1769)
# Eurasian pygmy owl -- ''Glaucidium paserinum'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
# Ural owl -- ''Srix uralensis'' Pallas, 1771
# Little owl -- ''Athene noctua'' (Scopoli, 1769)
# Bluethroat -- ''Luscinia svecica'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
# Ortolan bunting -- ''Emberiza hortulana'' Linnaeus, 1758

Reptiles

1(E) - Endangered

# European pond turtle -- ''Emys orbicularis'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
# Smooth snake -- ''Coronella austriaca'' Laurenti, 1768

Amphibians

3(R) - Rare

# European tree frog -- ''Hyla arborea'' (Linnaeus, 1758)

4(I) - Intermediate

# Great crested newt -- ''Triturus cristatus'' ( Laurenti, 1768)
# European fire-bellied toad -- ''Bombina bombina'' (Linnaeus, 1761)

5(Rs) - Restored

# Natterjack toad -- ''Bufo calamita'' (Laurenti, 1768)

Fish

0 (Ex) - Extinct species

# Common sturgeon of Europe -- ''Acipenser sturio'' Linnaeus, 1758
# Zope -- ''Ballerus ballerus'' (Linnaeus, 1758)

1(E) - Endangered

# Sea lamprey -- ''Petromyzon marinus'' Linnaeus, 1758

3(R) - Rare

# Twait shad -- ''Alosa fallax'' Lacépède, 1800
# Common nase -- ''Chondrostoma nasus'' (Linnaeus, 1758)

4(I) - Indeterminate

# Atlantic salmon -- ''Salmo salar'' Linnaeus, 1758
# Common whitefish -- ''Coregonus lavaretus holsatus'' Thienemann, 1916
# European weather loach -- ''Misgurnus fossilis'' (Linnaeus, 1758)

Mollusk

0 (Ex) - Extinct species

# Freshwater pearl mussel -- ''Margaritifera margaritifera'' Linnaeus, 1758

2(V) - Vulnerable

# (roundback slug species) ''Arion empiricorum'' Férussac, 1819
# Great grey slug -- ''Limax maximus'' Linnaeus, 1758
# Swollen river mussel -- ''Unio tumidus'' (Linnaeus, 1758)

Spiders

3(R) - Rare

# ''Philaeus chrysops'' ( Poda, 1761)
# ''Dolomedes plantarius'' ( Clerck, 1757)
# ''Arctosa cinerea'' Fabricius, 1777
# ''Eresus cinnaberinus'' (Olivier, 1789)

Insects

0 (Ex) - Extinct species

# ''Lucanus cervus'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
# ''Hamearis lucina'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
# '' Lithostege griseata'' ( Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
# ''Xylocopa valga'' Gerstaecker, 1872

1(E) - Endangered

# ''Cerambyx cerdo'' L.

3(R) - Rare

# '' Ephemerella karelica'' Tiens.
# ''Capnopsis schilleri'' Rostock.
# '' Cordulegaster boltoni'' Don.
# '' Sphingonotus caerulans'' L.
# ''Podisma pedestris'' L.
# '' Cicadetta montana'' Scop.
# '' Cicindela maritima'' Dej.
# ''Calosoma inquisitor'' L.
# ''Calosoma sycophanta'' L.
# '' Carabus coriaceus'' L.
# ''Carabus nitens'' L.
# ''Carabus intricatus'' L.
# '' Agonum ericeti'' Panz.
# '' Xylodrepa quadripunctata'' L.
# '' Ceruchus chrysomelinus'' Hoch.
# '' Polyphylla fullo'' L.
# ''Gnorimus variabilis'' L.
# ''Osmoderma eremita'' Scop.
# '' Netocia lugubris'' Herbst
# ''Peltis grossa'' L.
# '' Ergates faber'' L.
# ''Prionus coriarius'' L.
# '' Anostirus purpureus'' Poda
# '' Cassida margaritacea'' Schall
# '' Philopotamus montanus'' Don.
# '' Apatania zonella'' L.
# '' Semblis phalaenoides'' L.
# Jutta arctic ''Oeneis jutta'' Hbn.
# Tree grayling ''Hipparchia statilinus'' Hfn.
# Twin-spot fritillary ''Brenthis hecate'' D. & S.
# Marbled fritillary ''Brenthis daphne'' D. & S.
# Frigga's fritillary ''Clossiana frigga'' Thnbg.
# False heath fritillary ''Melitaea diamina'' Lang.
# Nickerl's fritillary ''Melitaea aurelia'' Nick.
# Marsh fritillary ''Euphydryas aurinia'' Rtt.
# Scarce fritillary ''Euphydryas maturna'' L.
# Violet copper ''Lycaena hele'' D. & S.
# Scarce large blue ''Maculinea teleius'' Bergstr.
# Large blue ''Maculinea arion'' L.
# Green-underside blue ''Glaucopsyche alexis'' Poda
# Eastern baton blue ''Pseudophilotes vicrama'' Moore
# Turquoise blue ''Polyommatus dorylas'' D. & S.
# Chequered skipper ''Carterocephalus palaemon'' Pall.
# Dingy skipper ''Erynnis tages'' L.
# Olive skipper ''Pyrgus serratulae'' Ramb.
# '' Endrosa roscida'' D. & S.
# Cream-spot tiger ''Arctia villica'' L.
# '' Ammobiota festiva'' Hfn.
# '' Hyphoraia aulica'' L.
# '' Zygaena ephialtes'' L.
# '' Zygaena angelicae'' Och.
# '' Thaumetopoea pinivora'' Tr.
# '' Synanthedon mesiaeformis'' H.-S.
# '' Synanthedon vespiformis'' L.
# '' Synanthedon conopiformis'' Esp.
# ''Agrotis ripae'' Hb.
# '' Cucullia balsamitae'' Bsd.
# '' Dicycla oo'' L.
# '' Mesoligia literosa'' Hw.
# '' Photedes brevilinea'' Fenn
# ''Baptria tibiale'' Esp.
# '' Semiothisa carbonaria'' Cl.
# ''Aspitates gilvaria'' D. & S.
# ''Ennomos quercinaria'' Hfn.
# '' Epirrhoe tartuensis'' Moels
# '' Eupithecia thalictrata'' Pung.
# ''Bembix rostrata'' L.
# '' Scolia hirta'' Schr.
# '' Podalonia luffii'' Saund.
# '' Colletes caspicus balticus'' Alflcen
# '' Andrena nasuta'' Giraud
# '' Andrena curvungula'' Thomson
# '' Andrena suerinensis'' Friese
# '' Melitturga clavicornis'' Latr.
# '' Melitta wankowiczi'' Radosz.
# ''Dasypoda argentata'' Panz.
# '' Lasioglossum prasinum'' Smith
# '' Anthophora plagiata'' Ill.
# '' Tetralonia macroglossa'' Ill.
# '' Bombus semenoviellus'' Skorikov
# ''Bombus pomorum'' Panz.
# '' Bombus confusus'' Schr.

4(I) - Indeterminate

# '' Brachycercus pallidus'' Tshern.
# '' Leucorhoenanthus maximus'' Joly.
# ''Anax imperator'' Leach.
# ''Anax parthenope'' Selys.
# ''Labidura riparia'' Pall.
# ''Boros schneideri'' Panz.
# Old World swallowtail ''Papilio machaon'' L.
# Clouded Apollo ''Parnassius mnemosyne'' L.
# Scarce heath ''Coenonympha hero'' L.
# Large copper ''Lycaena dispar'' Hw.
# Chalkhill blue ''Polyommatus coridon'' Poda
# Cinnabar moth ''Thyria jacobaea'' L.
# '' Chersotis cuprea'' D. & S.
# '' Ipimorpha contusa'' Frr.
# '' Plusia zosimi'' Hb.
# '' Phibalapteryx virgata'' Hfn.
# '' Chariaspilates formosaria'' Ev.
# '' Andrena rugulosa'' Stoeckhert
# '' Andrenosoma albibarbe'' Meig.
# '' Andrenosoma atra'' L.
# ''Pogonota barbata'' Ztt.

Crustaceans

1(E) - Endangered

# ''Monoporeia affinis'' (Lindström)

2(V) - Vulnerable

# ''Triops cancriformis'' (Bosc)
# ''Lepidurus apus'' (L.)
# '' Tanymastix stagnalis'' (L.)
# ''Mysis relicta'' Lovén
# ''Limnocalanus macrurus'' G. O. Sars
# '' Eurytemora lacustris'' (Poppe)

Leech

2(V) - Vulnerable

# Medicinal leech (''Hirudo medicinalis'' L.)

Flowering plants

0 (Ex) - Extinct species

# ''Trapa natans'' L. (Water caltrop)
# '' Aldrovanda vesiculosa'' L.
# ''Rubus arcticus'' L.
# '' Veratrum lobelianum'' Bernh.
# ''Pedicularis kaufmannii'' Pinzger
# '' Groenlandia densa'' (L.) Fourr.
# '' Hypericum humifusum'' L. (Trailing St.John's-wort)
# '' Caldesia parnassifolia'' (L.) Parl.
# '' Gladiolus palustris'' Gaudin (Marsh Gladiolus)
# ''Aphanes arvensis'' L. (Parsley Piert)
# ''Hydrocotyle vulgaris'' L. (Marsh Pennywort)
# '' Pycreus flavescens'' (L.) P. Beauv. ex Rchb.
# '' Carex rhizina'' Blytt ex Lindblom

1(E) - Endangered

# ''Epipogium aphyllum'' Sw.
# Sea aster (''Aster tripolium'' L.)
# ''Teucrium scordium'' L.
# Dwarf birch (''Betula nana'' L.)
# '' Isopyrum thalictroides'' L.
# '' Bromopsis erecta'' (Huds.) Fourr.
# ''Erica tetralix'' L.
# ''Cephalanthera longifolia'' (L.) Fritsch
# Red helleborine (''Cephalanthera rubra'' (L.) Rich.)
# ''Hedera helix'' L.
# Western marsh orchid (''Dactylorhiza majalis'' (Rchb.) P. F. Hunt et Summerh.)
# ''Dactylorhiza cruenta'' (O. F. Müll.) Soó
# '' Orchis ustulata'' L.
# Marsh gentian (''Gentiana pneumonanthe'' L.)
# ''Gentianella uliginosa'' (Willd.) Börner
# ''Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum'' L.
# ''Pedicularis sylvatica'' L.
# Deptford pink (''Dianthus armeria'' L.)
# Large pink (''Dianthus superbus'' L.)
# Creeping willow (''Salix repens'' L.)
# Conifer bedstraw (''Galium triflorum'' Michx.)
# ''Lobelia dortmanna'' L.
# Musk orchid (''Herminium monorchis'' (L.) R. Br.)
# '' Melittis melissophyllum'' L.
# '' Hordelymus europaeus'' (L.) Harz
# Fen violet (''Viola persicifolia'' Schreb.)
# Fly orchid (''Ophrys insectifera'' L.)
# Sea-milkwort (''Glaux maritima'' L.)
# ''Nymphoides peltata'' (S. G. Gmel.) Kuntze
# '' Gymnadenia odoratissima'' (L.) Rich.
# '' Neottianthe cucullata'' (L.) Schltr.
# ''Potamogeton trichoides'' Cham. et Schltdl.
# Slender naiad (''Najas flexilis'' (Willd.) Rostk. et W. L. E. Schmidt)
# ''Najas minor'' All.
# ''Myriophyllum alterniflorum'' DC.
# '' Tofieldia calyculata'' (L.) Wahlenb.
# '' Gnaphalium luteoalbum'' L.
# Hedge hyssop (''Gratiola officinalis'' L.)
# ''Succisella inflexa'' (Kluk) Beck
# ''Drosera intermedia'' Hayne
# '' Centaurium littorale'' (Turner ex Sm.) Gillmour
# '' Carex davalliana'' Sm.
# ''Carex magellanica'' Lam.
# ''Schoenus ferrugineus'' L.
# Saltmarsh rush ('' Juncus gerardii'' Loisel.)
# Moor rush ('' Juncus stygius'' L.)
# Sea holly (''Eryngium maritimum'' L.)
# ''Dracocephalum ruyschiana'' L.

2(V) - Vulnerable

# ''Arnica montana'' L.
# ''Seseli annuum'' L.
# '' Centaurea phrygia'' L.
# ''Betula humilis'' Schrank
# ''Allium vineale'' L.
# '' Bromopsis benekenii'' (Lange) Holub
# '' Salsola kali'' L.
# ''Neottia cordata'' (L.) R. Br.
# ''Hydrilla verticillata'' (L. f.) Royle
# ''Malaxis monophyllos'' (L.) Sw.
# ''Dactylorhiza maculata'' (L.) Soó
# ''Orchis morio'' L.
# ''Orchis militaris'' L.
# ''Orchis mascula'' (L.) L.
# ''Gentiana cruciata'' L.
# ''Gentianella amarella'' (L.) Börner
# '' Corallorrhiza trifida'' Chātel.
# ''Prunella grandiflora'' (L.) Scholler
# '' Scutellaria hastifolia'' L.
# '' Gladiolus imbricatus'' L.
# ''Salix lapponum'' L.
# '' Campanula bononiensis'' L.
# ''Cypripedium calceolus'' L.
# ''Trichophorum cespitosum'' (L.) C. Hartm.
# '' Alyssum gmelinii'' Jord.
# '' Hammarbya paludosa'' (L.) Kuntze
# '' Thesium ebracteatum'' Hayne
# ''Sesleria caerulea'' (L.) Ard.
# ''Glyceria lithuanica'' (Gorski) Gorski
# '' Pulicaria vulgaris'' Gaertn.
# '' Silene chlorantha'' (Willd.) Ehrh.
# ''Triglochin maritimum'' L.
# ''Polemonium caeruleum'' L.
# ''Coeloglossum viride'' (L.) Hartm.
# ''Gymnadenia conopsea'' (L.) R. Br.
# ''Najas marina'' L.
# ''Liparis loeselii'' (L.) Rich.
# '' Primula farinosa'' L.
# ''Cladium mariscus'' (L.) Pohl
# ''Agrostemma githago'' L.
# ''Corydalis cava'' (L.) Schweigg. et Körte
# ''Epipactis atrorubens'' (Hoffm.) Besser
# ''Prunus spinosa'' L.
# '' Eremogone saxatilis'' L.
# '' Eriophorum gracile'' W. D. J. Koch ex Roth
# ''Pinguicula vulgaris'' L.
# '' Saxifraga hirculus'' L.
# ''Cirsium heterophyllum'' (L.) Hill
# '' Ajuga pyramidalis'' L.
# '' Ranunculus reptans'' L.
# ''Carex tomentosa'' L.
# '' Iris sibirica'' L.
# '' Trisetum sibiricum'' Rupr.

3(R) - Rare

# ''Astrantia major'' L.
# ''Quercus petraea'' L. ex Liebl.
# ''Laserpitium prutenicum'' L.
# '' Allium angulosum'' L.
# ''Allium scorodoprasum'' L.
# '' Bromopsis ramosa'' (Huds.) Holub
# ''Agrimonia procera'' Wallr.
# '' Trifolium rubens'' L.
# ''Trifolium lupinaster

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