List of Norwegian mammals
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[edit] Insectivores
[edit] Hedgehogs
- Western European hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus
[edit] Shrews
- Common shrew Sorex araneus
- Eurasian pygmy shrew Sorex minutus
- Eurasian least shrew Sorex minutissimus
- Laxmann's shrew Sorex caecutiens
- Taiga shrew Sorex isdodon
- Eurasian water shrew Neomys fodiens
[edit] Bats
- Daubenton's bat Myotis daubentonii
- Natterer's bat Myotis nattereri
- Whiskered bat Myotis mystacinus
- Brandt's bat Myotis brandtii
- Parti-coloured bat Vespertilio murinus
- Northern bat Eptesicus nilssonii
- Common noctule Nyctalus noctula
- Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus
- Nathusius's pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii
- Common long-eared bat Plecotus auritus
[edit] Lagomorphs
- European rabbit Oryctolgaus cuniculus
- European hare Lepus europaeus
- Mountain hare Lepus timidus
[edit] Rodents
[edit] Squirrels
- Red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris
[edit] Beavers
- European beaver Castor fiber
[edit] Muroids
- Wood lemming Myopus schisticolor
- Norway lemming Lemmus lemmus
- Northern Red-backed Vole Clethrionomys rutilus
- Bank Vole Clethrionomys glareolus
- Grey Red-Backed Vole Clethrionomys rufocanus
- North-western water vole Arvicola terrestris
- Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus
- Field vole Microtus agrestis
- Root vole Microtus oeconomus
- Sibling Vole Microtus rossiaemeridionalis (Svalbard only)
- Harvest mouse Micromys minutus
- Yellow-necked mouse Apodemus flavicollis
- Wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus)
- Brown rat Rattus norvegicus
- House mouse Mus musculus
[edit] Birch mice
- Northern birch mouse Sicista betulina
[edit] Cetaceans
[edit] Beaked whales
- Sowerby's beaked whale Mesoplodon bidens
- Bottle-nosed whale Hyperoodon ampullatus
[edit] White whales
- White whale Delphinapterus leucas
- Narwhal Monodon monoceros
[edit] Sperm whales
- Sperm whale Physeter catodon
[edit] Porpoises
- Common porpoise Phocoena phocoena
[edit] Dolphins
- Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
- Common dolphin Delphinus delphis
- Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
- Bottle-nosed dolphin Tursiops truncatus
- Atlantic white-sided dolphin Lagenorhynchus acutus
- White-beaked dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris
- Killer whale Orcinus orca
- Pilot whale Globicephala melaena
[edit] Right whales
- Black right whale Balaena glacialis
- Bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus
[edit] Baleen whales and humpback whales
- Minke whale Balaenoptera acuturostrata
- Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis
- Fin whale Balaenoptera physalis
- Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus
- Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
[edit] Carnivores
[edit] Wolves and foxes
- Wolf Canis lupus
- Raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides
- Red fox Vulpes vulpes
- Arctic fox Alopex lagopus
[edit] Bears
- Brown bear Ursus arctos
- Polar bear Thalarctos maritimus (Svalbard only)
[edit] Weasels
- Stoat Mustela erminea
- Least weasel Mustela nivalis
- American mink Mustela vison
- European polecat Mustela putorius
- Pine marten Martes martes
- Wolverine Gulo gulo
- Badger Meles meles
- Otter Lutra lutra
[edit] Cats
- Eurasian Lynx Lynx lynx
[edit] Pinnipeds
[edit] Walrus
- Walrus Odobenus rosmarus
[edit] Seals
- Common seal Phoca vitulina
- Ringed seal Phoca hispida
- Harp Seal Phoca groenlandica
- Bearded seal Erignatus barbatus
- Grey seal Halichoerus grypus
- Hooded seal Cystophora cristata
[edit] Even-toed ungulates
[edit] Deer
- Fallow deer Cervus dama (introduced)
- Red deer Cervus elaphus
- Elk Alces alces
- Roe deer Capreolus capreolus
- Reindeer Rangifer tarandus
[edit] Cattle
- Musk ox Ovibos moschatus (introduced)
[edit] Source
| Atlas on mammals, by The Norwegian Zoological Society (in norwegian)
