List of mammal species in North Rhine-Westphalia

The list of mammal species in North Rhine-Westphalia especially names the species of mammals as documented in the Atlas of Mammals of North Rhine-Westphalia . The working group Mammalogy NRW is an amalgamation of volunteer mammal experts and associations, the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia , the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn and the LWL Museum for Natural History in Münster.

Species list

Hare-like ( Lagomorpha )

Art	Scientific name	Remarks	image
Brown hare	Lepus europaeus
Wild rabbit	Oryctolagus cuniculus

Insect eater ( Eulipotyphla )

Art	Scientific name	Remarks	image
Field shrew	Crocidura leucodon
House shrew	Crocidura russula
Hedgehog	Erinaceus europaeus
mole	Talpa europaea
Black-backed shrew	Sorex coronatus
Marsh shrew	Neomys anomalus
Wood shrew	Sorex araneus
Water shrew	Neomys fodiens
Harvest shrew	Sorex minutus

Rodents ( Rodentia )

Art	Scientific name	Remarks	image
Aquatic water vole	Arvicola amphibius
beaver	Castor fiber
muskrat	Ondatra zibethicus
Firemouse	Apodemus agrarius
Burunduk (Siberian chipmunk)	Tamias sibiricus
squirrel	Sciurus vulgaris
Earth mouse	Microtus agrestis
European hamster	Cricetus cricetus
Field mouse	Microtus arvalis
Garden sleeper	Eliomys quercinus
Yellow-necked mouse	Apodemus flavicollis
Dormouse	Muscardinus avellanarius
House mouse	Mus domesticus
Black rat	Rattus rattus
Canadian beaver	Castor canadensis	Neozoon.
Little vole	Microtus subterraneus
Nutria	Myocastor coypus
Bank vole	Clethrionomys glareolus
Dormouse	Glis glis
Strip chipmunk	Tamias striatus
Terrestrial water vole	Arvicola Scherman
Wood mouse	Apodemus sylvaticus
Brown rat	Rattus norvegicus
Harvest mouse	Micromys minutus

Artificial ungulate ( Cetartiodactyla )

Art	Scientific name	Remarks	image
Fallow deer	Dama dama
Moose	Alces alces
Mouflon	Ovis orientalis
deer	Capreolus capreolus
Red deer	Cervus elaphus
Sika deer	Cervus nippon
wild boar	Sus scrofa
Bison	Bison bonasus

Primates ( Primates )

Art	Scientific name	Remarks	image
human	homo sapiens

Predators ( Carnivora )

Art	Scientific name	Remarks	image
Pine marten	Martes martes
Badger	Meles meles
Otter	Lutra lutra
Ferrets	Mustela putorius furo
Ermine (great weasel)	Mustela erminea
Polecat	Mustela putorius
lynx	Lynx lynx
Raccoon dog	Nyctereutes procyonoides
Mouse weasel	Mustela nivalis
Mink (American mink)	Neovison vison	Neozoon
Red fox	Vulpes vulpes
Beech marten	Martes foina
racoon	Procyon lotor	Neozoon
Wild cat	Felis silvestris
wolf	Canis lupus

Bats (Microchiroptera)

There are 21 species recorded in North Rhine-Westphalia, two of which are considered extinct. 25 species have been identified in Germany.

See: List of bat species in Germany

See also

• Nature in North Rhine-Westphalia
• Red list of endangered plants, fungi and animals in North Rhine-Westphalia

literature

• R. Feldmann, R. Hutterer, H. Vierhaus: Red list of endangered mammals in North Rhine-Westphalia. 3rd version, with list of species. 1999.
• H. Meinig, P. Boye, R. Hutterer: Red list and total species list of mammals (Mammalia) in Germany . As of October 2008. In: Nature conservation and biological diversity. Volume 70, No. 1, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation 2009, pp. 115–153.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Regional Association Westphalia-Lippe : Atlas of the mammals of North Rhine-Westphalia
2. ↑ http://www.fledermausschutz.de/fledermausarten-in-europa/
3. ↑ Red list of endangered plants, fungi and animals in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.