This list shows the
IUCN Red List
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biol ...
status of the 150 wild
mammal fauna of Turkey
The fauna of Turkey is abundant and very varied. The wildlife of Turkey includes a great diversity of plants and animals, each suited to its own particular habitat, as it is a large country with many geographic and climatic regions About 1500 s ...
. Two are
critically endangered, two are
endangered
An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching and in ...
, fourteen are
vulnerable, and three are
near threatened
A near-threatened species is a species which has been categorized as "Near Threatened" (NT) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as that may be vulnerable to endangerment in the near future, but it does not currently qualify f ...
. The following tags are used to highlight each species' global status as published by the
International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of nat ...
:
Order:
Rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...
ia (rodents)
Rodents make up the largest order of mammals with over 40% of mammalian species. They have two
incisor
Incisors (from Latin ''incidere'', "to cut") are the front teeth present in most mammals. They are located in the premaxilla above and on the mandible below. Humans have a total of eight (two on each side, top and bottom). Opossums have 18, wher ...
s in the upper and lower jaw, which grow continually and are kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the
porcupines can weigh up to .
*Suborder:
Hystricognathi
The Hystricognathi are an infraorder of rodents, distinguished from other rodents by the bone structure of their skull
The skull is a bone protective cavity for the brain. The skull is composed of four types of bone i.e., cranial bones, fa ...
**Family:
Hystricidae (Old World porcupines)
***Genus: ''
Hystrix''
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Indian crested porcupine
The Indian crested porcupine (''Hystrix indica'') is a hystricomorph rodent species native to southern Asia and the Middle East. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. It belongs to the Old World porcupine family, Hystricidae.
De ...
, ''H. indica''
*Suborder:
Sciurognathi
Sciurognathi is a suborder of rodents that includes squirrels, chipmunks, beavers, and many types of mice. The group is characterized by a specific shape to the lower jaw. In sciurognaths, the angular process of the jaw is in the same plane as ...
**Family:
Sciuridae
Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-size rodents. The squirrel family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels (including chipmunks and prairie dogs, among others), and flying squirrels. Squ ...
(squirrels)
***Subfamily:
Sciurinae
Sciurinae is a subfamily of squirrels (in the family Sciuridae), uniting the flying squirrels with certain related tree squirrels. Older sources place the flying squirrels in a separate subfamily (Pteromyinae) and unite all remaining sciurids i ...
****Tribe:
Sciurini
Sciurini is a tribe that includes about forty species of squirrels,Thorington and Hoffmann, 2005, p. 754 mostly from the Americas. It includes five living genera—the American dwarf squirrels, '' Microsciurus''; the Bornean '' Rheithrosciuru ...
*****Genus: ''
Sciurus
The genus ''Sciurus'' contains most of the common, bushy-tailed squirrels in North America, Europe, temperate Asia, Central America and South America.
Species
The number of species in the genus is subject to change.
In 2005, Thorington & Hoff ...
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Caucasian squirrel
The Caucasian squirrel (''Sciurus anomalus'') or Persian squirrel, is a tree squirrel in the genus ''Sciurus'' found in temperate broadleaf and mixed forests in south-western Asia.
The species is usually said to have first been described in 1778 ...
, ''S. anomalus''
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Eurasian red squirrel
The red squirrel (''Sciurus vulgaris'') is a species of tree squirrel in the genus ''Sciurus'' common throughout Europe and Asia. The red squirrel is an arboreal, primarily herbivorous rodent.
In Great Britain, Ireland, and in Italy numbers ...
, ''S. vulgaris''
***Subfamily:
Xerinae
The Xerinae comprise a subfamily of squirrels, many of which are highly terrestrial. It includes the tribes Marmotini (marmots, chipmunks, prairie dogs, and other Holarctic ground squirrels), Xerini (African and some Eurasian ground squirrels), ...
****Genus: ''
Spermophilus
''Spermophilus'' is a genus of ground squirrels in the squirrel family. As traditionally defined the genus was very species-rich, ranging through Europe, Asia and North America, but this arrangement was found to be paraphyletic to the certa ...
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European ground squirrel
The European ground squirrel (''Spermophilus citellus''), also known as the European souslik, is a species from the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It is among the few European species in the genus '' Spermophilus''. Like all squirrels, it is a memb ...
, ''S. citellus'' EN
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Asia Minor ground squirrel
The Asia Minor ground squirrel (''Spermophilus xanthoprymnus''), also known as Anatolian souslik, Anatolian ground squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Armenia, Iran, and Turkey. The scientific name roughly tran ...
, ''Spermophilus xanthoprymnus'' NT
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Taurus ground squirrel
The Taurus ground squirrel (''Spermophilus taurensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the Taurus Mountains of Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriye ...
, ''Spermophilus taurensis''
**Family:
Cricetidae
The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New World rats and mice. At almost 608 species, it is the second-largest family of mammals, and h ...
***Subfamily:
Cricetinae
****Genus: ''
Cricetulus''
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Grey dwarf hamster
The grey dwarf hamster, grey hamster or migratory hamster (''Cricetulus migratorius'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. Its range extends from Eastern Europe through the Middle East, Russia and Central Asia to Mongolia and western ...
, ''C. migratorius''
****Genus: ''
Cricetus
The European hamster (''Cricetus cricetus''), also known as the Eurasian hamster, black-bellied hamster or common hamster, is the only species of hamster in the genus ''Cricetus''. It is native to grassland and similar habitats in a large part ...
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European hamster, ''C. cricetus''
****Genus: ''
Mesocricetus
''Mesocricetus'' is a genus of Old World hamsters, including the Syrian or golden hamster, the first hamster to be introduced as a domestic pet, and still the most popular species of hamster for that purpose.
Recent research has shown that, unl ...
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Golden hamster
The golden hamster or Syrian hamster (''Mesocricetus auratus'') is a rodent belonging to the hamster subfamily, Cricetinae. Their natural geographical range is in an arid region of northern Syria and southern Turkey. Their numbers have been de ...
, ''Mesocricetus auratus'' VU
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Turkish hamster
The Turkish hamster (''Mesocricetus brandti''), also referred to as Brandt's hamster, Azerbaijani hamster, or ''avurtlak'', is a species of hamster native to Turkey, Armenia and other surrounding nations. The Turkish hamster, first catalogued in ...
, ''Mesocricetus brandti'' NT
***Subfamily:
Arvicolinae
The Arvicolinae are a subfamily of rodents that includes the voles, lemmings, and muskrats. They are most closely related to the other subfamilies in the Cricetidae (comprising the hamsters and New World rats and mice). Some authorities place ...
****Genus: ''
Arvicola''
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European water vole
The European water vole or northern water vole (''Arvicola amphibius''), is a semi-aquatic rodent. It is often informally called the water rat, though it only superficially resembles a true rat. Water voles have rounder noses than rats, deep br ...
, ''A. amphibius''
****Genus: ''
Chionomys
''Chionomys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It contains the following species:
* Caucasian snow vole (''Chionomys gud'')
* European snow vole (''Chionomys nivalis'')
* Robert's snow vole
Robert's snow vole (''Chionomys robe ...
''
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Caucasian snow vole, ''Chionomys gud'' LC
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European snow vole, ''Chionomys nivalis'' LC
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Robert's snow vole
Robert's snow vole (''Chionomys roberti'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
It is found in Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Russian Federation, and Turkey.
Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate grassland
A gras ...
, ''Chionomys roberti'' LC
****Genus: ''
Clethrionomys''
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Bank vole, ''Clethrionomys glareolus'' LC
****Genus: ''
Ellobius
''Ellobius'' is a genus of rodents in the family Cricetidae. It is the only member of the tribe Ellobiusini. It contains two ('' E. lutescens'' and '' E. tancrei'') of the handful of examples of mammal species that have lost the Y chromosome.
Th ...
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Transcaucasian mole vole
The Transcaucasian mole vole (''Ellobius lutescens'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
It is found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Turkey.
Chromosomes
The karyotype has a low, odd, diploid number, 2n = 17,X. Transc ...
, ''Ellobius lutescens'' LC
****Genus: ''
Microtus
''Microtus'' is a genus of voles found in North America, Europe and northern Asia. The genus name refers to the small ears of these animals. About 62 species are placed in the genus. They are stout rodents with short ears, legs and tails. They ea ...
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Common vole
The common vole (''Microtus arvalis'') is a European rodent.
Distribution and habitat
The common vole is hardly restricted in means of distribution and habitat and inhabits large areas of Eurasia but, apart from the Orkney vole, not the Bri ...
, ''Microtus arvalis'' LC
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Günther's vole, ''Microtus guentheri'' LC
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Persian vole, ''Microtus irani'' LC
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Southern vole, ''Microtus rossiaemeridionalis'' LC
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Social vole, ''Microtus socialis'' LC
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European pine vole, ''Microtus subterraneus'' LC
****Genus: ''
Prometheomys
The long-clawed mole vole (''Prometheomys schaposchnikowi'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Prometheomys''.
It is found in Georgia and Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially th ...
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Long-clawed mole vole, ''Prometheomys schaposchnikowi'' LC
**Family:
Gliridae (dormice)
***Subfamily:
Leithiinae
Leithiinae is a subfamily of dormice. It is named after the '' Leithia'', an extinct genus of giant dormouse from the Pleistocene of Sicily.
Classification
Subfamily Leithiinae
*Genus '' Chaetocauda''
**Chinese dormouse, ''Chaetocauda sichuanens ...
****Genus: ''
Dryomys
''Dryomys'' is a genus of dormouse. Collectively the members of the genus are referred to as forest dormice, although the type species also goes by the common name forest dormouse.
Species
The species within the genus ''Dryomys'' are:
*''Dryomys ...
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Woolly dormouse
The woolly dormouse (''Dryomys laniger'') is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae endemic to Turkey.
The woolly dormouse's range is restricted to south-west to eastern Anatolia along the Taurus Mountains. It lives in rocky and stony alpin ...
, ''Dryomys laniger'' DD
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Forest dormouse
The forest dormouse (''Dryomys nitedula'') is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae found in eastern Europe, the Balkans and parts of western Central Asia. It is categorized as being of least concern in the ''IUCN List of Threatened Specie ...
, ''Dryomys nitedula'' LC
****Genus: ''
Eliomys
''Eliomys'' ( grc-gre, Ἡλίομυς ''Hēlíomus'') is a genus of rodent in the family Gliridae.
It contains the following extant species:
* Asian garden dormouse, ''Eliomys melanurus''
* Maghreb garden dormouse, ''Eliomys munbyanus''
* Ga ...
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Asian garden dormouse
The Asian garden dormouse or large-eared garden dormouse, (''Eliomys melanurus'') is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae. It is found in Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey.
Its natural h ...
, ''E. melanurus''
****Genus: ''
Muscardinus
The hazel dormouse or common dormouse (''Muscardinus avellanarius'') is a small mammal and the only living species in the genus ''Muscardinus''.
Distribution and habitat
The hazel dormouse is native to northern Europe and Asia Minor. It is the ...
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Hazel dormouse
The hazel dormouse or common dormouse (''Muscardinus avellanarius'') is a small mammal and the only living species in the genus ''Muscardinus''.
Distribution and habitat
The hazel dormouse is native to northern Europe and Asia Minor. It is the ...
, ''Muscardinus avellanarius'' LC
****Genus: ''
Myomimus''
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Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse, ''Myomimus roachi'' VU
***Subfamily:
Glirinae
The Glirinae are a subfamily of dormice (Gliridae); it contains two extant genera, one being monotypic and the other containing two species:
Subfamily Glirinae
*Genus '' Glirulus''
**Japanese dormouse, ''Glirulus japonicus''
*Genus ''Glis
Gl ...
****Genus: ''
Glis
Glis was an electronic music project founded in 2001 by Shaun Frandsen of Seattle, WA. The band experienced several lineup changes and guest appearances, with frontman Shaun Frandsen acting as primary producer, vocalist, songwriter, and instrume ...
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European edible dormouse
The European edible dormouse or European fat dormouse (''Glis glis'') is a large dormouse and one of only two living species in the genus ''Glis'', found in most of Europe and parts of western Asia. Its name comes from the Romans, who ate them as ...
, ''Glis glis'' LC
**Family:
Dipodidae
Jerboas (from ar, جربوع ') are hopping desert rodents found throughout North Africa and Asia, and are members of the family Dipodidae. They tend to live in hot deserts.
When chased, jerboas can run at up to . Some species are preyed on b ...
(jerboas)
***Subfamily:
Allactaginae
Allactaginae is a subfamily of rodents.
Classification
Subfamily Allactaginae
*Genus ''Allactaga''
**''incertae sedis''
***''Allactaga toussi''
**Subgenus ''Allactaga''
***Small five-toed jerboa, ''Allactaga elater''
*** Iranian jerboa, ''Alla ...
****Genus: ''
Allactaga''
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Small five-toed jerboa, ''Allactaga elater'' LC
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Euphrates jerboa, ''Allactaga euphratica'' NT
**Family:
Spalacidae
The Spalacidae, or spalacids, are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. They are native to eastern Asia, the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, and southeastern Europe. It includes the blind mole-rats, bamboo rats, m ...
***Subfamily:
Spalacinae
The blind mole-rats, also known as the fossorial or subterranean mole rats, are a subfamily (Spalacinae) of rodents in the family Spalacidae, found in eastern Europe and Western Asia, western & central Asia. The Hystricognathi, hystricognath mole ...
****Genus: ''
Nannospalax
''Nannospalax'' is a genus of rodent in the family Spalacidae, found in eastern Europe and western Asia. It is one of two genera in the blind mole-rats (subfamily Spalacinae), alongside ''Spalax''. Members of this genus are also known as small-b ...
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Palestine mole rat
The Middle East blind mole-rat or Palestine mole-rat (''Nannospalax ehrenbergi'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae.
Taxonomy
It was formerly classified in the genus ''Spalax'', but more recent phylogenetic evidence supports it a ...
, ''Nannospalax ehrenbergi'' LC
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Lesser mole rat
The lesser blind mole-rat (''Spalax leucodon'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It is found in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, North Macedonia, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Turkey and Ukrain ...
, ''Nannospalax leucodon'' DD
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Nehring's blind mole-rat, ''Nannospalax nehringi'' LC
**Family:
Muridae (mice, rats, voles, gerbils, hamsters)
***Subfamily:
Deomyinae
****Genus: ''
Acomys''
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Asia Minor spiny mouse, ''Acomys cilicicus'' DD
***Subfamily:
Gerbillinae
Gerbillinae is one of the subfamilies of the rodent family Muridae and includes the gerbils, jirds, and sand rats. Once known as desert rats, the subfamily includes about 110 species of African, Indian, and Asian rodents, including sand rats a ...
****Genus: ''
Meriones''
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Persian jird
The Persian jird (''Meriones persicus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, and Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркмениста ...
, ''Meriones persicus'' LC
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Tristram's jird
Tristram's jird (''Meriones tristrami'') is a species of rodent that lives in the Middle East. It is named after the Reverend Henry Baker Tristram who collected the first specimens. It is up to long, and lives in burrows in steppes and semi-dese ...
, ''Meriones tristrami'' LC
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Vinogradov's jird, ''Meriones vinogradovi'' LC
***Subfamily:
Murinae
The Old World rats and mice, part of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, comprise at least 519 species. Members of this subfamily are called murines. In terms of species richness, this subfamily is larger than all mammal families excep ...
****Genus: ''
Apodemus
''Apodemus'' is a genus of Muridae (true mice and rats). The name is unrelated to that of the ''Mus'' genus, instead being derived from the Greek ἀπό-δημος (literally ''away from home'').
Taxonomy
Related to the Ryūkyū spiny rats ...
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Striped field mouse, ''Apodemus agrarius'' LC
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Yellow-necked mouse
The yellow-necked mouse (''Apodemus flavicollis''), also called yellow-necked field mouse, yellow-necked wood mouse, and South China field mouse, is closely related to the wood mouse, with which it was long confused. It was only recognised as a ...
, ''Apodemus flavicollis'' LC
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Yellow-breasted field mouse, ''Apodemus fulvipectus'' LC
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Black Sea field mouse, ''Apodemus ponticus'' LC
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Wood mouse
The wood mouse (''Apodemus sylvaticus'') is a murid rodent native to Europe and northwestern Africa. It is closely related to the yellow-necked mouse (''Apodemus flavicollis'') but differs in that it has no band of yellow fur around the neck, ha ...
, ''Apodemus sylvaticus'' LC
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Ural field mouse
The Ural field mouse (''Apodemus uralensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is also known as the pygmy field mouse. It is found in Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Geor ...
, ''Apodemus uralensis'' LC
****Genus: ''
Micromys
''Micromys'' is a genus of small rodents in the subfamily Murinae. The genus contains two living species: the widespread Eurasian harvest mouse (''Micromys minutus'') of much of Europe and Asia; and the more restricted Indochinese harvest mouse ...
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Eurasian harvest mouse
The harvest mouse (''Micromys minutus'') is a small rodent native to Europe and Asia. It is typically found in fields of cereal crops, such as wheat and oats, in reed beds and in other tall ground vegetation, such as long grass and hedgerows. It ...
, ''Micromys minutus'' LC
****Genus: ''
Mus''
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Macedonian mouse
The Macedonian mouse (''Mus macedonicus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae and order Rodentia. This rodent lives in the area from eastern Georgia and western Bulgaria to Israel. It is considered part of a Paleoarctic group along wit ...
, ''Mus macedonicus'' LC
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House mouse, ''M. musculus''
Order:
Lagomorpha
The lagomorphs are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two living families: the Leporidae (hares and rabbits) and the Ochotonidae ( pikas). The name of the order is derived from the Ancient Greek ''lagos'' (λαγ ...
(rabbits, hares and picas)
*Family:
Leporidae
Leporidae is the family of rabbits and hares, containing over 60 species of extant mammals in all. The Latin word ''Leporidae'' means "those that resemble ''lepus''" (hare). Together with the pikas, the Leporidae constitute the mammalian order ...
**Genus: ''
Lepus
Hares and jackrabbits are mammals belonging to the genus ''Lepus''. They are herbivores, and live solitarily or in pairs. They nest in slight depressions called forms, and their young are able to fend for themselves shortly after birth. The gen ...
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European hare
The European hare (''Lepus europaeus''), also known as the brown hare, is a species of hare native to Europe and parts of Asia. It is among the largest hare species and is adapted to temperate, open country. Hares are herbivorous and feed mainly ...
, ''L. europaeus''
Order:
Erinaceomorpha
Erinaceidae is a family in the order Eulipotyphla, consisting of the hedgehogs and moonrats. Until recently, it was assigned to the order Erinaceomorpha, which has been subsumed with the paraphyletic Soricomorpha into Eulipotyphla. Eulipotyph ...
(hedgehogs and gymnures)
The order Erinaceomorpha contains a single family, Erinaceidae, which comprise the
hedgehog
A hedgehog is a spiny mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae, in the eulipotyphlan family Erinaceidae. There are seventeen species of hedgehog in five genera found throughout parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, and in New Zealand by introductio ...
s and
gymnures. The hedgehogs are easily recognised by their spines while gymnures look more like large rats.
*Family:
Erinaceidae (hedgehogs)
**Subfamily:
Erinaceinae
A hedgehog is a spiny mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae, in the eulipotyphlan family Erinaceidae. There are seventeen species of hedgehog in five genera found throughout parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, and in New Zealand by introduc ...
***Genus: ''
Erinaceus
''Erinaceus'' is a genus of hedgehog from the family of Erinaceidae. There are four main species of ''Erinaceus''. The range is all across Europe, throughout the Middle East, parts of Russia, and extending to northern China and Korea. The Europ ...
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Southern white-breasted hedgehog
The southern white-breasted hedgehog (''Erinaceus concolor''), sometimes referred to as white-bellied hedgehog or white-chested hedgehog, is a hedgehog native to Eastern Europe and Southwestern Asia. Description
It is very similar in lifestyle an ...
, ''E. concolor''
***Genus: ''
Hemiechinus
''Hemiechinus'' is a genus of hedgehogs. It contains two species, found in Central and South Asia.
Species
* Long-eared hedgehog (''Hemiechinus auritus'')
* Indian long-eared hedgehog (''Hemiechinus collaris'')
References
Mammal ge ...
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Long-eared hedgehog
The long-eared hedgehog (''Hemiechinus auritus'') is a species of hedgehog native to Central Asian countries and some countries of the Middle East. The long-eared hedgehog lives in burrows that it either makes or finds and is distinguished by it ...
, ''H. auritus''
Order:
Soricomorpha
Soricomorpha (from Greek "shrew-form") is a formerly used taxon within the class of mammals. In the past it formed a significant group within the former order Insectivora. However, Insectivora was shown to be polyphyletic and various new orders ...
(shrews, moles, and solenodons)
The "shrew-forms" are insectivorous mammals. The shrews and solenodons closely resemble mice while the moles are stout-bodied burrowers.
*Family:
Soricidae (shrews)
**Subfamily:
Crocidurinae
The white-toothed shrews or Crocidurinae are one of three subfamilies of the shrew family Soricidae.
The outer layer of these shrews' teeth is white, unlike that of the red-toothed shrews. These species are typically found in Africa and souther ...
***Genus: ''
Crocidura
The genus ''Crocidura'' is one of nine genera of the shrew subfamily Crocidurinae. Members of the genus are commonly called white-toothed shrews or musk shrews, although both also apply to all of the species in the subfamily. With over 180 spec ...
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Gueldenstaedt's shrew, ''C. gueldenstaedtii''
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Bicolored shrew
The bicolored shrew or bicoloured white-toothed shrew (''Crocidura leucodon'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in eastern, central and southern Europe and in western Asia. It is a nocturnal species and feeds on insec ...
, ''C. leucodon''
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Serezkaya shrew, ''C. serezkyensis''
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Lesser white-toothed shrew, ''C. suaveolens''
***Genus: ''
Suncus
''Suncus'' is a genus of shrews in the family Soricidae.
Classification
*Genus ''Suncus''
** Taita shrew, ''Suncus aequatorius''
** Black shrew, ''Suncus ater''
** Day's shrew, ''Suncus dayi''
** Etruscan shrew, ''Suncus etruscus''
** Sri L ...
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Etruscan shrew
The Etruscan shrew (''Suncus etruscus''), also known as the Etruscan pygmy shrew or the white-toothed pygmy shrew, is the smallest known extant mammal by mass, weighing only about on average. (The bumblebee bat is regarded as the smallest mamma ...
, ''S. etruscus''
**Subfamily:
Soricinae
The red-toothed shrews of the subfamily Soricinae are one of three living subfamilies of shrews, along with Crocidurinae (white-toothed shrews) and Myosoricinae (African white-toothed shrews). In addition, the family contains the extinct subfamil ...
***Tribe:
Nectogalini
Nectogalini is a tribe of Old World water shrews within the family Soricidae. As of late 2007, it consisted of six extant genera and 25 species, with some of the latter being further divided into subspecies.
Adaptation to semiaquatic life
M ...
****Genus: ''
Neomys
The genus ''Neomys'' is a group of three Eurasian water shrews from the subfamily Soricinae of the family Soricidae. These shrews are found in most of Europe and parts of northern Asia, as well as Turkey and Iran. Its member species are:
* Eur ...
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Southern water shrew, ''N. anomalus''
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Eurasian water shrew
The Eurasian water shrew (''Neomys fodiens''), known in the United Kingdom as the water shrew, is a relatively large shrew, up to long, with a tail up to three-quarters as long again. It has short, dark fur, often with a few white tufts, a white ...
, ''N. fodiens''
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Transcaucasian water shrew
The Transcaucasian water shrew (''Neomys teres'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and possibly Iran and Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( t ...
, ''N. schelkovnikovi''
***Tribe:
Soricini
****Genus: ''
Sorex
The genus ''Sorex'' includes many of the common shrews of Eurasia and North America, and contains at least 142 known species and subspecies. Members of this genus, known as long-tailed shrews, are the only members of the tribe Soricini of the su ...
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Common shrew
The common shrew (''Sorex araneus''), also known as the Eurasian shrew, is the most common shrew, and one of the most common mammals, throughout Northern Europe, including Great Britain, but excluding Ireland. It is long and weighs , and has ve ...
, ''S. araneus''
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Eurasian pygmy shrew, ''S. minutus''
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Radde's shrew, ''S. raddei''
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Caucasian shrew
The Caucasian shrew (''Sorex satunini'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Armenia, Russia and Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a ...
, ''S. satunini''
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Caucasian pygmy shrew, ''S. volnuchini''
*Family:
Talpidae
The family Talpidae () includes the moles (some of whom are called shrew moles and desmans) who are small insectivorous mammals of the order Eulipotyphla. Talpids are all digging animals to various degrees: moles are completely subterranean ...
(moles)
**Subfamily:
Talpinae
The subfamily Talpinae, sometimes called "Old World moles" or "Old World moles and relatives", is one of three subfamilies of the mole family Talpidae, the others being the Scalopinae, or New World moles, and the Uropsilinae, or shrew-like moles. ...
***Tribe:
Talpini
****Genus: ''
Talpa Talpa may refer to:
Places
* Talpa, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
* Talpa, Teleorman, a commune in Teleorman County, Romania
* Talpa, a village in Cândeşti Commune, Botoşani County, Romania
* Talpa, a village in Bârgăuani Com ...
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European mole
The European mole (''Talpa europaea'') is a mammal of the order Eulipotyphla. It is also known as the common mole and the northern mole.
This mole lives in a tunnel system, which it constantly extends. It uses these tunnels to hunt its prey. U ...
, ''T. europaea''
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Levantine mole
The Levant mole (''Talpa levantis'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, and Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, ...
, ''T. levantis''
Order:
Chiroptera
Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most bir ...
(bats)
The bats' distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals capable of flight. Bat species account for about 20% of all mammals.
*Family:
Pteropodidae (flying foxes, Old World fruit bats)
**Subfamily:
Pteropodinae
The Pteropodinae are a subfamily of megabats. Taxa within this subfamily are:
* Genus ''Acerodon''
** Sulawesi flying fox, ''A. celebensis''
** Talaud flying fox, ''A. humilis''
** Giant golden-crowned flying fox, ''A. jubatus''
** Palawan fruit ...
***Genus: ''
Rousettus
''Rousettus'' is a genus of Old World fruit bats or megabats, referred to as rousette bats. The genus is a member of the family Pteropodidae. The genus consists of seven species that range over most of Africa to southeast Asia, and the islands ...
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Egyptian fruit bat
The Egyptian fruit bat or Egyptian rousette (''Rousettus aegyptiacus'') is a species of megabat that is found in Africa, the Middle East, the Mediterranean, and the Indian subcontinent. It is one of three '' Rousettus'' species with an African-M ...
, ''R. aegyptiacus''
*Family:
Vespertilionidae
Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most diverse and widely distributed of bat famili ...
**Subfamily:
Myotinae
Myotinae is a subfamily of vesper bats. It contains three genera: ''Eudiscopus'', '' Myotis'', and ''Submyotodon''. Before the description of ''Submyotodon'' and analysis of its phylogenetics, as well as a phylogenetic analysis of ''Eudiscopus'', ...
***Genus: ''
Myotis
The mouse-eared bats or myotises are a diverse and widespread genus (''Myotis'') of bats within the family Vespertilionidae. The noun "''myotis''" itself is a New Latin construction, from the Greek "''muós'' (meaning "mouse") and "''oûs''" (me ...
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Bechstein's bat
Bechstein's bat (''Myotis bechsteinii'') is a species of vesper bat found in Europe and western Asia, living in extensive areas of woodland.
Description
Bechstein's bat is a medium-sized and relatively long-eared bat. The adult has a long, fluf ...
, ''M. bechsteini''
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Greater mouse-eared bat
The greater mouse-eared bat (''Myotis myotis'') is a European species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae.
Description
''Myotis myotis'' is a large bat with a long, broad muzzle and big, long ears. The body's dorsal side is brown to reddish-b ...
, ''M. myotis''
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Brandt's bat
Brandt's bat or Brandt's myotis (''Myotis brandtii'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is native throughout most of Europe and parts of western Asia.
Taxonomy and etymology
The species was described in 1845 by G ...
, ''M. brandti''
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Long-fingered bat
The long-fingered bat (''Myotis capaccinii'') is a carnivorous species of vesper bat. It is native to coastal areas around the Mediterranean Sea, as well as a few patches of land in western Iran. Due to the fact that its population is in decline ...
, ''M. capaccinii''
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Daubenton's bat
Daubenton's bat or Daubenton's myotis (''Myotis daubentonii'') is a Eurasian bat with rather short ears. It ranges from Ireland to Japan (Hokkaido) and is considered to be increasing its numbers in many areas.
This bat was first described in 18 ...
, ''M. daubentonii''
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Geoffroy's bat, ''M. emarginatus''
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Whiskered bat
The whiskered bat (''Myotis mystacinus'') is a small European bat with long fur. Although uncommon, ''M. mystacinus'' is often found around human habitation and around water; it is similar to Brandt's bat
Brandt's bat or Brandt's myotis (''M ...
, ''M. mystacinus''
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Natterer's bat
Natterer's bat (''Myotis nattereri'') is a European vespertilionid bat with pale wings. It has brown fur tending to greyish-white on its underside. It is found across most of the continent of Europe, parts of the Near East and North Africa. It fe ...
, ''M. nattereri''
**Subfamily:
Vespertilioninae
The Vespertilioninae are a subfamily of vesper bats from the family Vespertilionidae.
Classification
Subfamily Vespertilioninae
*Tribe Antrozoini
**Genus '' Antrozous''
*** Pallid bat, ''Antrozous pallidus''
**Genus '' Bauerus''
*** Van Geld ...
***Genus: ''
Barbastella
''Barbastella'' is a genus of vespertilionid bats. There are seven extant species in this genus and one only known from fossil remains.
Species
The genus consists of the following species:
* ''Barbastella barbastellus'' – western barbastelle
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Western barbastelle
The western barbastelle (''Barbastella barbastellus''), also known as the barbastelle or barbastelle bat, is a European bat in the genus ''Barbastella''. This species is found from Portugal to Azerbaijan and from Sweden to Canary Islands, where ...
, ''B. barbastellus''
***Genus: ''
Eptesicus
''Eptesicus'' is a genus of bats, commonly called house bats or serotine bats, in the family Vespertilionidae. The genus name is likely derived from the Greek words ''ptetikos'' 'able to fly' or ''petomai'' 'house flier', although this is not ce ...
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Botta's serotine, ''Eptesicus bottae''
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Northern bat
The northern bat (''Eptesicus nilssonii'') is the most abundant species of bat in northern Eurasia occurring from England to Hokkaidō and south to northern India.
Description
The northern bat is dark brown or black with some gold touched at th ...
, ''E. nilssoni''
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Serotine bat
The serotine bat (''Eptesicus serotinus''), also known as the common serotine bat, big brown bat, or silky bat, is a fairly large Eurasian bat with quite large ears. It has a wingspan of around and often hunts in woodland. It sometimes roosts ...
, ''E. serotinus''
***Genus: ''
Hypsugo
The genus ''Hypsugo'' contains many bats referred to as pipistrelles or pipistrelle bats (not to be confused with the genus ''Pipistrellus''). They belong to the family Vespertilionidae or vesper bats. They are primarily found throughout Asia, t ...
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Savi's pipistrelle
Savi's pipistrelle (''Hypsugo savii'' sometimes classified as ''Pipistrellus savii'') is a species of vesper bat found across North West Africa, the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. It feeds at night on flying insects. In the summer it ro ...
, ''H. savii''
***Genus: ''
Nyctalus
''Nyctalus'' is a genus of vespertilionid bats commonly known as the noctule bats. They are distributed in the temperate and subtropical areas of Europe, Asia and North Africa.
There are eight species within this genus:
* Birdlike noctule, ''Ny ...
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Greater noctule bat
The greater noctule bat (''Nyctalus lasiopterus'') is a rare carnivorous bat found in Europe, West Asia, and North Africa. It is the largest and least studied bat in Europe with a wingspan of up to and is one of the few bat species to feed on p ...
, ''N. lasiopterus''
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Lesser noctule
The lesser noctule, Leisler's bat or the Irish bat (''Nyctalus leisleri''), is a species of insectivorous bat belonging to the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. The species was named to honour the naturalist Johann Philipp Achilles Leisler
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, ''N. leisleri''
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Common noctule
The common noctule (''Nyctalus noctula'') is a species of insectivorous bat common throughout Europe, Asia, and North Africa.
Description
The common noctule's short fur is dark brown after moulting in June (males) or July/August (females); lat ...
, ''N. noctula''
***Genus: ''
Pipistrellus
''Pipistrellus'' is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae and subfamily Vespertilioninae. The name of the genus is derived from the Italian word , meaning "bat" (from Latin "bird of evening, bat").
The size of the genus has been cons ...
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Kuhl's pipistrelle, ''P. kuhlii''
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Nathusius' pipistrelle
Nathusius' pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus nathusii'') is a small bat in the genus ''Pipistrellus''. It is very similar to the common pipistrelle and has been overlooked in many areas until recently but it is widely distributed across Europe. It was ...
, ''P. nathusii''
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Common pipistrelle
The common pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus pipistrellus'') is a small pipistrelle microbat whose very large range extends across most of Europe, North Africa, South Asia, and may extend into Korea. It is one of the most common bat species in the Brit ...
, ''P. pipistrellus''
***Genus: ''
Plecotus
''Plecotus'' is a genus of vesper bat, commonly called long-eared bats. They are found throughout Eurasia and northern Africa. Many species in the genus have only been described and recognized in recent years.
Species
Genus ''Plecotus'' – lon ...
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Brown long-eared bat
The brown long-eared bat or common long-eared bat (''Plecotus auritus'') is a small Eurasian insectivorous bat. It has distinctive ears, long and with a distinctive fold. It is extremely similar to the much rarer grey long-eared bat which was o ...
, ''P. auritus''
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Grey long-eared bat
The grey long-eared bat (''Plecotus austriacus'') is a fairly large European bat. It has distinctive ears, long and with a distinctive fold. It hunts above woodland, often by day, and mostly for moths. In captivity, it has also been recorded t ...
, ''P. austriacus''
***Genus: ''
Vespertilio
''Vespertilio'' is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae. The common name for this family is vesper bats, which is a better-known classification than ''Vespertilio''. They are also known as frosted bats.
Species within the genus ''Vespe ...
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Parti-coloured bat
The parti-coloured bat or rearmouse (''Vespertilio murinus'') is a species of vesper bat that lives in temperate Eurasia, from Western and Southern Europe, eastwards over the Caucasus and Iran into Mongolia, north-east China, Korea, Afghanistan a ...
, ''V. murinus''
**Subfamily:
Miniopterinae
***Genus: ''
Miniopterus
''Miniopterus'', known as the bent-winged or long winged bats, is the sole genus of the family Miniopteridae. They are small flying insectivorous mammals, micro-bats of the order Chiroptera, with wings over twice the length of the body. The genus ...
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Common bent-wing bat, ''M. schreibersii''
*Family:
Molossidae
**Genus: ''
Tadarida
The genus ''Tadarida'' has 9 or more species of free-tailed bats divided into two subgenera, with the first of these containing seven species spread across the Old World (including southern Europe and North Africa, large parts of southern Asia, ...
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European free-tailed bat
The European free-tailed bat (''Tadarida teniotis'', sometimes given as ''Tadarida insignis'') is a species of free-tailed bat found in the Old World. Other common names include the bulldog bat and the mastiff bat because of the presence of wrin ...
, ''T. teniotis''
*Family:
Emballonuridae
Emballonuridae is a family of microbats, many of which are referred to as sac-winged or sheath-tailed bats. They are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions around the world. The earliest fossil records are from the Eocene.
Descr ...
**Genus: ''
Taphozous
''Taphozous'' is a genus of the family Emballonuridae. The wide distribution of the genus includes several regions of Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Africa. ''Taphozous'' comes from the Greek τάφος, meaning "a tomb". The common n ...
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Naked-rumped tomb bat, ''T. nudiventris''
*Family:
Rhinolophidae
**Subfamily:
Rhinolophinae
***Genus: ''
Rhinolophus''
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Blasius's horseshoe bat, ''R. blasii''
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Mediterranean horseshoe bat
The Mediterranean horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus euryale'') is a species of insectivorous
A robber fly eating a hoverfly
An insectivore is a carnivorous animal or plant that eats insects. An alternative term is entomophage, which can ...
, ''R. euryale''
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Greater horseshoe bat
The greater horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus ferrumequinum'') is an insectivorous bat of the genus '' Rhinolophus''. Its distribution covers Europe, Northern Africa, Central Asia and Eastern Asia. It is the largest of the horseshoe bats in Europe an ...
, ''R. ferrumequinum''
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Lesser horseshoe bat, ''R. hipposideros''
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Mehely's horseshoe bat
Mehely's horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus mehelyi'') is a species of Insectivore, insectivorous bat in the family Rhinolophidae found in Southern Europe and parts of the Middle East. It is distributed in a narrow band around the Mediterranean Sea from ...
, ''R. mehelyi''
Order: Cetacea (whales, dolphins, and porpoises)
The order Cetacea includes
whale
Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals. As an informal and colloquial grouping, they correspond to large members of the infraorder Cetacea, i.e. all cetaceans apart from dolphins and ...
s,
dolphin
A dolphin is an aquatic mammal within the infraorder Cetacea. Dolphin species belong to the families Delphinidae (the oceanic dolphins), Platanistidae (the Indian river dolphins), Iniidae (the New World river dolphins), Pontoporiidae (the ...
s and
porpoises. They are the mammals most fully
adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater.
Species listed below also includes species being recorded in
Levantine Sea
The Levantine Sea (Arabic: بحر الشام, tr, Levanten Denizi, el, Θάλασσα του Λεβάντε) is the easternmost part of the Mediterranean Sea.
Geography
The Levantine Sea is bordered by Turkey in the north and north-east co ...
.
*Suborder:
Mysticeti
**Family:
Balaenopteridae
***Genus: ''
Balaenoptera
''Balaenoptera'' () is a genus of rorquals containing eight extant species. ''Balaenoptera'' comprises all but two of the extant species in its family (the humpback whale and gray whale); the genus is currently polyphyletic, with the two afore ...
''
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Common minke whale
The common minke whale or northern minke whale (''Balaenoptera acutorostrata'') is a species of minke whale within the suborder of baleen whales.
It is the smallest species of the rorquals and the second smallest species of baleen whale. Althoug ...
, ''B. acutorostrata''
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Fin whale
The fin whale (''Balaenoptera physalus''), also known as finback whale or common rorqual and formerly known as herring whale or razorback whale, is a cetacean belonging to the parvorder of baleen whales. It is the second-longest species of ce ...
, ''B. physalus''
*Subfamily:
Megapterinae
**Genus: ''
Megaptera
The humpback whale (''Megaptera novaeangliae'') is a species of baleen whale. It is a rorqual (a member of the family Balaenopteridae) and is the only species in the genus ''Megaptera''. Adults range in length from and weigh up to . The hu ...
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Humpback whale
The humpback whale (''Megaptera novaeangliae'') is a species of baleen whale. It is a rorqual (a member of the family Balaenopteridae) and is the only species in the genus ''Megaptera''. Adults range in length from and weigh up to . The hu ...
, ''M. novaeangliae''
*Suborder:
Odontoceti
**Family:
Physeteridae (sperm whales)
***Genus: ''
Physeter
''Physeter'' is a genus of toothed whales. There is only one living species in this genus: the sperm whale (''Physeter macrocephalus''). Some extremely poorly known fossil species have also been assigned to the same genus including ''Physeter an ...
''
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Sperm whale,
''P. macrocephalus''
***Family:
Ziphidae
****Genus: ''
Ziphius''
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Cuvier's beaked whale
The Cuvier's beaked whale, goose-beaked whale, or ziphius (''Ziphius cavirostris'') is the most widely distributed of all beaked whales in the family Ziphiidae. It is smaller than most baleen whales yet large among beaked whales. Cuvier's beaked ...
, ''Z. cavirostris''
**Superfamily:
Platanistoidea
River dolphins are a polyphyletic group of fully aquatic mammals that reside exclusively in freshwater or brackish water. They are an informal grouping of dolphins, which itself is a paraphyletic group within the infraorder Cetacea. Extant riv ...
***Family:
Phocoenidae
Porpoises are a group of fully aquatic marine mammals, all of which are classified under the family Phocoenidae, parvorder Odontoceti (toothed whales). Although similar in appearance to dolphins, they are more closely related to narwhals ...
****Genus: ''
Phocoena
''Phocoena'' is a genus of porpoises with four extant species:
References
External links
*
*''Phocoena''in ''Mammal Species of the World
''Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference'' is a standard reference work in ...
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Harbour porpoise
The harbour porpoise (''Phocoena phocoena'') is one of eight extant species of porpoise. It is one of the smallest species of cetacean. As its name implies, it stays close to coastal areas or river estuaries, and as such, is the most familiar ...
, ''P. phocoena''
***Family:
Delphinidae
Oceanic dolphins or Delphinidae are a widely distributed family of dolphins that live in the sea. Close to forty extant species are recognised. They include several big species whose common names contain "whale" rather than "dolphin", such as the ...
(marine dolphins)
****Genus: ''Tursiops''
***** Common bottlenose dolphin, ''T. truncatus''
****Genus: ''common dolphin, Delphinus''
***** Short-beaked common dolphin, ''D. delphis''
****Genus: ''Stenella''
***** Striped dolphin, ''S. coeruleoalba''
****Genus: ''Grampus (genus), Grampus''
***** Risso's dolphin, ''G. griseus''
****Genus: ''Orcinus''
***** Orca, ''O. orca''
****Genus: ''Pseudorca''
***** False killer whale, ''P. crassidens''
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****Genus: ''Globicephala''
*****Long-finned pilot whale, ''G. melas''
Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)
There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which feed primarily on meat. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition.
*Suborder: Feliformia
**Family: Felidae (cats)
***Subfamily: Felinae
****Genus: ''Caracal''
***** Caracal, ''C. caracal''
****Genus: ''Felis''
*****Jungle cat, ''F. chaus''
***** African wildcat, ''F. lybica''
******Asiatic wildcat, ''F. l. ornata''
***** European wildcat, ''F. silvestris''
****** Caucasian wildcat, ''F. s. caucasica''
****Genus: ''Lynx''
***** Eurasian lynx, ''L. lynx''
******Caucasian lynx, ''L. l. dinniki''
***Subfamily: Pantherinae
****Genus: ''Panthera''
*****Leopard, ''P. pardus''
****** ''Panthera pardus tulliana, P. p. tulliana'', [
**Family: Herpestidae (mongooses)
***Genus: ''Herpestes''
****Egyptian mongoose, ''H. ichneumon''
***Genus: ''Urva (genus), Urva''
****Indian grey mongoose, ''U. edwardsii''
**Family: Hyaenidae (hyaenas)
***Genus: ''Hyaena''
****Striped hyena, ''H. hyaena''
*Suborder: Caniformia
**Family: Canidae (dogs, foxes)
***Genus: ''Canis''
****Golden jackal, ''C. aureus''
*****European jackal, ''C. a. moreoticus''
**** Gray wolf, ''C. lupus''
*****Steppe wolf, ''C. l. campestris''
*****Indian wolf, ''C. l. pallipes''
***Genus: ''Vulpes''
****Red fox, ''V. vulpes''
**Family: Ursidae (bears)
***Genus: ''Ursus (biology), Ursus''
****Brown bear, ''U. arctos''
**Family: Mustelidae (mustelids)
***Genus: ''Lutra''
****European otter, ''L. lutra''
***Genus: ''Martes''
****Beech marten, ''M. foina''
****European pine marten, ''M. martes''
***Genus: ''Meles (genus), Meles''
****Caucasian badger, ''M. canescens''
***Genus: ''Mustela''
****Stoat, ''M. erminea''
****Least weasel, ''M. nivalis''
****European polecat, ''M. putorius''
***Genus: ''Vormela''
****Marbled polecat, ''V. peregusna''
**Family: Phocidae (earless seals)
***Genus: ''Monachus''
****Mediterranean monk seal, ''M. monachus''
]
Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
Even-toed ungulates' weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in perissodactyls. There are about 220 artiodactyl species, including many that are of great economic importance to humans.
*Family: Bovidae
**Subfamily: Antilopinae
***Genus: ''Gazella''
****Mountain gazelle, ''G. gazella''
****Arabian sand gazelle, ''G. marica'' reintroduced
****Goitered gazelle, ''G. subgutturosa''
**Subfamily: Caprinae
***Genus: ''Capra (genus), Capra''
****Wild goat, ''C. aegagrus''
***Genus: ''Ovis''
**** Mouflon, ''O. gmelini''
***Genus: ''Rupicapra''
**** Chamois, ''R. rupicapra''
*Family: Cervidae (deer)
**Subfamily: Cervinae
***Genus: ''Cervus''
****Red deer, ''C. elaphus''
***Genus: ''Dama (genus), Dama''
****European fallow deer, ''D. dama''
**Subfamily: Capreolinae
***Genus: ''Capreolus''
**** Roe deer, ''C. capreolus''
*Family: Suidae
**Subfamily: Suinae
***Genus: ''Sus (genus), Sus''
****Wild boar, ''S. scrofa''
Locally extinct
The following species are locally extinct in Turkey:
*Eurasian beaver, ''Castor fiber''
*Persian fallow deer, ''Dama mesopotamica''
*Onager, ''Equus hemionus''
*Lion, ''Panthera leo''
*Tiger, ''Panthera tigris''
See also
*Wildlife of Turkey
*List of chordate orders
*Lists of mammals by region
*Mammal classification
*''Mammal Species of the World''
References
External links
National Biodiversity Database
*
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Mammals of Turkey,
Lists of biota of Turkey, Mammals
Lists of mammals of the Middle East, Turkey
Lists of mammals of Europe, Turkey
Lists of mammals by country, Turkey