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List of mammals of Switzerland

Index List of mammals of Switzerland

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Switzerland. [1]

183 relations: Alpine field mouse, Alpine ibex, Alpine marmot, Alpine pine vole, Alpine shrew, Apodemus, Arvicola, Arvicolinae, Bank vole, Barbastella, Barbastelle, Bat, Bear, Bearded vulture, Bechstein's bat, Beech marten, Bicolored shrew, Blind mole, Bovidae, Brandt's bat, Brown bear, Brown long-eared bat, Canidae, Caniformia, Canis, Capra (genus), Capreolinae, Capreolus, Caprinae, Capybara, Carnivora, Cervinae, Cervus, Chamois, Chionomys, Common bent-wing bat, Common noctule, Common shrew, Common vole, Cricetidae, Crocidura, Crowned shrew, Daubenton's bat, Deer, Dormouse, Dryomys, Economy, Edible dormouse, Eliomys, Eptesicus, ..., Erinaceidae, Erinaceus, Eurasian beaver, Eurasian harvest mouse, Eurasian lynx, Eurasian otter, Eurasian pygmy shrew, Eurasian water shrew, European badger, European free-tailed bat, European hare, European hedgehog, European mole, European pine marten, European pine vole, European polecat, European pond turtle, European rabbit, European snow vole, European water vole, Eutheria, Even-toed ungulate, Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications, Felidae, Feliformia, Felinae, Felis, Field vole, Forest dormouse, Free-tailed bat, Garden dormouse, Geoffroy's bat, Glirinae, Golden eagle, Gray wolf, Greater horseshoe bat, Greater mouse-eared bat, Greater noctule bat, Greater white-toothed shrew, Grey long-eared bat, Ground squirrel, Gymnure, Hare, Hazel dormouse, Hedgehog, Horseshoe bat, House mouse, Human, Incisor, International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN Red List, La Salamandre (magazine), Lagomorpha, Least weasel, Leithiinae, Leporidae, Lesser horseshoe bat, Lesser mouse-eared bat, Lesser noctule, Lesser white-toothed shrew, List of chordate orders, List of mammals described in the 2000s, List of prehistoric mammals, Lists of mammals by region, Lutra, Lynx, Mammal classification, Marmot, Marten, Mediterranean water shrew, Meles (genus), Micromys, Microtus, Miniopterus, Mountain hare, Mouse, Mouse-eared bat, Muridae, Murinae, Mustelidae, Nathusius's pipistrelle, Natterer's bat, Nectogalini, Neomys, Northern bat, Nyctalus, Odd-toed ungulate, Pig, Pika, Pipistrellus, Plecotus, Rabbit, Red deer, Red fox, Red squirrel, Red-backed vole, Red-toothed shrew, Rodent, Roe deer, Rupicapra, Sciurinae, Sciurini, Sciurognathi, Sciurus, Shrew, Sorex, Soricomorpha, Squirrel, Stoat, Suidae, Suinae, Swissinfo, Switzerland, Tadarida, Talpa (genus), Talpidae, Talpinae, Talpini, Taxonomic rank, Theria, Ungulate, Ursus (genus), Vesper bat, Vespertilioninae, Vulpes, Weasel, White stork, White-toothed shrew, Wild boar, Wildcat, Wood mouse, Xerinae, Yellow-necked mouse. Expand index (133 more) »

Alpine field mouse

The alpine field mouse (Apodemus alpicola) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

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Alpine ibex

The Alpine ibex (Capra ibex), also known as the steinbock, bouquetin, or simply ibex, is a species of wild goat that lives in the mountains of the European Alps.

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Alpine marmot

The alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) is a species of marmot found in mountainous areas of central and southern Europe.

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Alpine pine vole

The alpine pine vole (Microtus multiplex) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.

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Alpine shrew

The alpine shrew (Sorex alpinus) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae.

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Apodemus

Apodemus is the genus of Muridae (true mice and rats) which contains the Eurasian field mice.

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Arvicola

The water voles are large voles in the genus Arvicola.

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Arvicolinae

The Arvicolinae are a subfamily of rodents that includes the voles, lemmings, and muskrats.

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Bank vole

The bank vole (Myodes glareolus; formerly Clethrionomys glareolus) is a small vole with red-brown fur and some grey patches, with a tail about half as long as its body.

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Barbastella

Barbastella is a small genus of vespertilionid bats.

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Barbastelle

The barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus), also known as the western barbastelle, is a European bat.

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Bat

Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera; with their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight.

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Bear

Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae.

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Bearded vulture

The bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), also known as the Lämmergeier or ossifrage, is a bird of prey and the only member of the genus Gypaetus.

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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.

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Beech marten

The beech marten (Martes foina), also known as the stone marten, house marten or white breasted marten, is a species of marten native to much of Europe and Central Asia, though it has established a feral population in North America.

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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.

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Blind mole

The blind mole (Talpa caeca), also known as the Mediterranean mole, is a mole found in the Mediterranean region.

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Bovidae

The Bovidae are the biological family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes bison, African buffalo, water buffalo, antelopes, wildebeest, impala, gazelles, sheep, goats, muskoxen, and domestic cattle.

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Brandt's bat

Brandt's bat (Myotis brandtii) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.

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Brown bear

The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is a bear that is found across much of northern Eurasia and North America.

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Brown long-eared bat

The brown long-eared bat or common long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) is a small Eurasian bat.

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Canidae

The biological family Canidae (from Latin, canis, “dog”) is a lineage of carnivorans that includes domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, foxes, jackals, dingoes, and many other extant and extinct dog-like mammals.

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Caniformia

Caniformia, or Canoidea (literally "dog-like"), is a suborder within the order Carnivora.

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Canis

Canis is a genus of the Canidae containing multiple extant species, such as wolves, coyotes, jackals, dingoes, and dogs.

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Capra (genus)

Capra is a genus of mammals, the goats, composed of up to nine species, including the wild goat, the markhor, and several species known as ibex.

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Capreolinae

The Capreolinae, Odocoileinae, or the New World deer are a subfamily of deer.

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Capreolus

Capreolus is a genus of deer with at least two extant species.

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Caprinae

Subfamily Caprinae is part of the ruminant family Bovidae, and consists of mostly medium-sized bovids.

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Capybara

The capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is a mammal native to South America.

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Carnivora

Carnivora (from Latin carō (stem carn-) "flesh" and vorāre "to devour") is a diverse scrotiferan order that includes over 280 species of placental mammals.

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Cervinae

The Cervinae or the Old World deer (denoting their place of origin, not their current distribution), are a subfamily of deer.

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Cervus

Cervus is a genus of deer that primarily are native to Eurasia, although one species occurs in northern Africa and another in North America.

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Chamois

The chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) is a species of goat-antelope native to mountains in Europe, including the European Alps, the Pyrenees, the Carpathians, the Tatra Mountains, the Balkans, parts of Turkey, the Caucasus, and the Apennines.

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Chionomys

Chionomys is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae.

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Common bent-wing bat

The common bent-wing bat, Schreibers' long-fingered bat, or Schreibers' bat (Miniopterus schreibersii) is a species of bat in the family Miniopteridae.

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Common noctule

The common noctule (Nyctalus noctula) is a species of bat common throughout Europe, Asia, and North Africa.

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Common shrew

The common shrew (Sorex araneus) or Eurasian shrew is the most common shrew, and one of the most common mammals, throughout Northern Europe, including Great Britain, but excluding Ireland.

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Common vole

The common vole (Microtus arvalis) is a European mammal.

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Cricetidae

The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea.

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Crocidura

The genus Crocidura is one of nine genera of the shrew subfamily Crocidurinae.

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Crowned shrew

The crowned shrew or Millet's shrew (Sorex coronatus) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae.

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Daubenton's bat

Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii) is a Eurasian bat with rather short ears.

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Deer

Deer (singular and plural) are the ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae.

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Dormouse

A dormouse is a rodent of the family Gliridae (this family is also variously called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by different taxonomists).

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Dryomys

Dryomys is a genus of dormouse.

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Economy

An economy (from Greek οίκος – "household" and νέμoμαι – "manage") is an area of the production, distribution, or trade, and consumption of goods and services by different agents.

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Edible dormouse

The edible dormouse or fat dormouse (Glis glis) is a large dormouse and the only living species in the genus Glis, found in most of western Europe.

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Eliomys

Eliomys (Ἡλίομυς Hēlíomus) is a genus of rodent in the family Gliridae.

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Eptesicus

Eptesicus is a genus of bats, commonly called house bats, in the family Vespertilionidae.

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Erinaceidae

Erinaceidae is a family in the order Eulipotyphla.

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Erinaceus

Erinaceus is a genus of hedgehog from the family of Erinaceidae.

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Eurasian beaver

The Eurasian beaver or European beaver (Castor fiber) is a species of beaver which was once widespread in Eurasia.

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Eurasian harvest mouse

The harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) is a small rodent native to Europe and Asia.

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Eurasian lynx

The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is a medium-sized wild cat native to Siberia, Central, Eastern, and Southern Asia, Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.

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Eurasian otter

The Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is a semiaquatic mammal native to Eurasia.

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Eurasian pygmy shrew

The Eurasian pygmy shrew (Sorex minutus), often known simply as the pygmy shrew, is a widespread shrew of northern Eurasia.

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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.

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European badger

The European badger (Meles meles) also known as the Eurasian badger or simply badger, is a species of badger in the family Mustelidae and is native to almost all of Europe and some parts of West 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.

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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.

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European hedgehog

The European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), also known as the West European hedgehog or common hedgehog, is a hedgehog species found in Europe, from Iberia and Italy northwards into Scandinavia.

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European mole

The European mole (Talpa europaea) is a mammal of the order Eulipotyphla.

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European pine marten

The European pine marten (Martes martes), known most commonly as the pine marten in Anglophone Europe, and less commonly also known as pineten, baum marten, or sweet marten, is an animal native to Northern Europe belonging to the mustelid family, which also includes mink, otter, badger, wolverine, and weasel.

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European pine vole

The European pine vole (Microtus subterraneus), also known as the common pine vole, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.

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European polecat

The European polecat (Mustela putorius) – also known as the common ferret, black or forest polecat, or fitch (as well as some other names) – is a species of mustelid native to western Eurasia and north Morocco.

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European pond turtle

The European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis), also called the European pond terrapin and European pond tortoise, is a long-living freshwater species of turtle.

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European rabbit

The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) or coney is a species of rabbit native to southwestern Europe (including Spain, Portugal and Western France) and to northwest Africa (including Morocco and Algeria).

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European snow vole

The European snow vole or snow vole (Chionomys nivalis, previously Arvicola nivalis and Microtus nivalis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.

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European water vole

The European water vole or northern water vole (Arvicola amphibius, included in synonymy: A. terrestris), is a semiaquatic rodent.

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Eutheria

Eutheria (from Greek εὐ-, eu- "good" or "right" and θηρίον, thēríon "beast" hence "true beasts") is one of two mammalian clades with extant members that diverged in the Early Cretaceous or perhaps the Late Jurassic.

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Even-toed ungulate

The even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla) are ungulates (hoofed animals) whose weight is borne equally by the third and fourth toes.

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Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications

The Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC, Eidgenössisches Departement für Umwelt, Verkehr, Energie und Kommunikation, Département fédéral de l'environnement, des transports, de l'énergie et des communications, Dipartimento federale dell'ambiente, dei trasporti, dell'energia e delle comunicazioni, Departament federal per ambient, traffic, energia e communicaziun) is one of the seven departments of the Swiss federal government, headed by a member of the Swiss Federal Council.

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Felidae

The biological family Felidae is a lineage of carnivorans colloquially referred to as cats.

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Feliformia

Feliformia (also Feloidea) is a suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of "cat-like" carnivorans, including cats (large and small), hyenas, mongooses, civets, and related taxa.

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Felinae

The Felinae are a subfamily of the family Felidae that includes the genera and species presented below.

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Felis

Felis is a genus of small and medium-sized cat species native to most of Africa and south of 60° latitude in Europe and Asia to Indochina.

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Field vole

The field vole or short-tailed vole (Microtus agrestis) is a grey-brown vole, around four inches (ten centimetres) in length, with a short tail.

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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.

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Free-tailed bat

The Molossidae, or free-tailed bats, are a family of bats within the order Chiroptera.

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Garden dormouse

The garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) is a rodent in the dormouse family.

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Geoffroy's bat

Geoffroy's bat (Myotis emarginatus) is a species of vesper bat.

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Glirinae

The Glirinae are a subfamily of dormice (Gliridae); it contains two extant genera, each having one species: Subfamily Glirinae.

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Golden eagle

The golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is one of the best-known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Gray wolf

The gray wolf (Canis lupus), also known as the timber wolf,Paquet, P. & Carbyn, L. W. (2003).

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Greater horseshoe bat

The greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) is a European bat of the genus Rhinolophus.

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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.

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Greater noctule bat

The greater noctule bat (Nyctalus lasiopterus) is a rare bat found in Europe, West Asia, and North Africa.

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Greater white-toothed shrew

The greater white-toothed shrew (Crocidura russula) is a small insectivorous mammal found in Europe and North Africa.

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Grey long-eared bat

The grey long-eared bat (Plecotus austriacus) is a fairly large European bat.

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Ground squirrel

The ground squirrels are members of the squirrel family of rodents (Sciuridae) which generally live on or in the ground, rather than trees.

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Gymnure

The gymnure, also called a hairy hedgehog or moonrat, is a type of mammal belonging to the subfamily Galericinae, in the family Erinaceidae and the order Eulipotyphla.

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Hare

Hares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus.

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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.

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Hedgehog

A hedgehog is any of the spiny mammals of the subfamily Erinaceinae, in the eulipotyphlan family Erinaceidae.

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Horseshoe bat

Horseshoe bats make up the bat family Rhinolophidae.

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House mouse

The house mouse (Mus musculus) is a small mammal of the order Rodentia, characteristically having a pointed snout, small rounded ears, and a long naked or almost hairless tail.

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Human

Humans (taxonomically Homo sapiens) are the only extant members of the subtribe Hominina.

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Incisor

Incisors (from Latin incidere, "to cut") are the front teeth present in most mammals.

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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 natural resources.

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IUCN Red List

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List), founded in 1964, has evolved to become the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species.

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La Salamandre (magazine)

La Salamandre ("The salamander") is a Swiss French-language magazine about nature.

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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).

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Least weasel

The least weasel (Mustela nivalis), or simply weasel in the UK and much of the world, is the smallest member of the genus Mustela, family Mustelidae and order Carnivora.

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Leithiinae

Leithiinae is a subfamily of dormice.

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Leporidae

Leporidae is the family of rabbits and hares, containing over 60 species of extant mammals in all.

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Lesser horseshoe bat

The lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros), is a type of European bat related to but smaller than its cousin, the greater horseshoe bat.

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Lesser mouse-eared bat

The lesser mouse-eared bat (Myotis blythii) is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae.

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Lesser noctule

The lesser noctule or Leisler's bat (Nyctalus leisleri) is a species of bat belonging to the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae.

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Lesser white-toothed shrew

The lesser white-toothed shrew (Crocidura suaveolens) is a tiny shrew with a widespread distribution in Africa, Asia and Europe.

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List of chordate orders

This page contains a list of all of the classes and orders that are located in the Phylum Chordata.

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List of mammals described in the 2000s

Although the mammals are well studied in comparison to other animal groups, a number of new species are still being discovered.

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List of prehistoric mammals

This is an incomplete list of prehistoric mammals.

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Lists of mammals by region

The following are the regional mammal lists by continent.

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Lutra

Lutra is a genus of otters, one of seven in the subfamily Lutrinae.

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Lynx

A lynx (plural lynx or lynxes) is any of the four species (Canada lynx, Iberian lynx, Eurasian lynx, Bobcat) within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx.

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Mammal classification

Mammalia is a class of animal within the Phylum Chordata.

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Marmot

Marmots are large squirrels in the genus Marmota, with 15 species.

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Marten

The martens constitute the genus Martes within the subfamily Mustelinae, in the family Mustelidae.

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Mediterranean water shrew

The Mediterranean, Southern or Miller's water shrew (Neomys anomalus) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae.

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Meles (genus)

Meles is a genus of badgers containing three living species, the Japanese badger (Meles anakuma), Asian badger (Meles leucurus), and European badger (Meles meles).

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Micromys

Micromys is a genus of small rodents in the subfamily Murinae.

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Microtus

Microtus is a genus of voles found in North America, Europe, and northern Asia.

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Miniopterus

Miniopterus (bent-winged bat, long winged bat) is the only genus of bats in the family Miniopteridae.

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Mountain hare

The mountain hare (Lepus timidus), also known as blue hare, tundra hare, variable hare, white hare, snow hare, alpine hare, and Irish hare, is a Palearctic hare that is largely adapted to polar and mountainous habitats.

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Mouse

A mouse (Mus), plural mice, is a small rodent characteristically having a pointed snout, small rounded ears, a body-length scaly tail and a high breeding rate.

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Mouse-eared bat

The mouse-eared bats (Myotis) are a diverse and widespread genus of bats within the family Vespertilionidae.

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Muridae

The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing over 700 species found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia.

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Murinae

The Old World rats and mice, part of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, comprise at least 519 species.

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Mustelidae

The Mustelidae (from Latin mustela, weasel) are a family of carnivorous mammals, including weasels, badgers, otters, martens, mink, and wolverines, among others.

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Nathusius's pipistrelle

Nathusius' pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii (Keyserling and Blasius)) is a small bat in the pipistrelle genus.

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Natterer's bat

Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri) is a European vespertilionid bat with pale wings.

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Nectogalini

Nectogalini is a tribe of Old World water shrews within the family Soricidae.

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Neomys

The genus Neomys is a group of three Eurasian water shrews from the subfamily Soricinae of the family Soricidae.

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Northern bat

The northern bat (Eptesicus nilssonii) is the most abundant species of bat in northern Eurasia.

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Nyctalus

Nyctalus is a genus of vespertilionid bats commonly known as the noctule bats.

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Odd-toed ungulate

Members of the order Perissodactyla, also known as odd-toed ungulates, are mammals characterized by an odd number of toes and by hindgut fermentation with somewhat simple stomachs.

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Pig

A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the even-toed ungulate family Suidae.

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Pika

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Pipistrellus

Pipistrellus is a genius of bats in the family Vespertilionidae and subfamily Vespertilioninae.

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Plecotus

The genus Plecotus consists of the long-eared bats.

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Rabbit

Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha (along with the hare and the pika).

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Red deer

The red deer (Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest deer species.

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Red fox

The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is the largest of the true foxes and one of the most widely distributed members of the order Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to North Africa, North America and Eurasia.

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Red squirrel

The red squirrel or Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus common throughout Eurasia.

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Red-backed vole

Red-backed voles are small, slender voles of the genus Myodes found in North America, Europe, and Asia.

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Red-toothed shrew

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).

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Rodent

Rodents (from Latin rodere, "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.

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Roe deer

The European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), also known as the western roe deer, chevreuil, or simply roe deer or roe, is a Eurasian species of deer.

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Rupicapra

Rupicapra is a genus of goat antelope called chamois.

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Sciurinae

Sciurinae is a subfamily of squirrels in the (family Sciuridae), uniting the flying squirrels with certain related tree squirrels.

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Sciurini

Sciurini is a tribe that includes about forty species of squirrels,Thorington and Hoffmann, 2005, p. 754 mostly from the Americas.

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Sciurognathi

Sciurognathi is a suborder of rodents that includes squirrels, chipmunks, beavers, and many types of mice.

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Sciurus

The genus Sciurus contains most of the common, bushy-tailed squirrels in North America, Europe, temperate Asia, Central America and South America.

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Shrew

A shrew (family Soricidae) is a small mole-like mammal classified in the order Eulipotyphla.

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Sorex

The genus Sorex includes many of the common shrews of Eurasia and North America, and contains at least 142 known species and subspecies.

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Soricomorpha

Soricomorpha ("shrew-form") is a taxon within the class of mammals.

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Squirrel

Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-size rodents.

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Stoat

The stoat (Mustela erminea), also known as the short-tailed weasel or simply the weasel in Ireland where the least weasel does not occur, is a mammal of the genus Mustela of the family Mustelidae native to Eurasia and North America, distinguished from the least weasel by its larger size and longer tail with a prominent black tip.

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Suidae

Suidae is a family of artiodactyl mammals which are commonly called pigs, hogs or boars.

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Suinae

Suinae is a subfamily of artiodactyl mammals that includes at several of the extant members of Suidae and their closest relatives—the domestic pig and related species, such as babirusas.

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Swissinfo

SWI swissinfo.ch is a ten-language news and information platform produced by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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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, and India right across to Japan).

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Talpa (genus)

Talpa is a genus in the mole family Talpidae.

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Talpidae

The family Talpidae includes the moles, shrew moles, desmans, and other intermediate forms of small insectivorous mammals of the order Eulipotyphla.

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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.

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Talpini

Talpini is a tribe, in the scientific classification system of binomial nomenclature.

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Taxonomic rank

In biological classification, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in a taxonomic hierarchy.

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Theria

Theria (Greek: θηρίον, wild beast) is a subclass of mammals amongst the Theriiformes (the sister taxa to Yinotheria).

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Ungulate

Ungulates (pronounced) are any members of a diverse group of primarily large mammals that includes odd-toed ungulates such as horses and rhinoceroses, and even-toed ungulates such as cattle, pigs, giraffes, camels, deer, and hippopotami.

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Ursus (genus)

Ursus is a genus in the family Ursidae (bears) that includes the widely distributed brown bears, the polar bear, black bears and Ursus thibetanus, the Asiatic black bear.

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Vesper bat

Vesper bats (family Vespertilionidae), also known as evening bats or common bats, are the largest and most-studied family of bats.

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Vespertilioninae

The Vespertilioninae are a subfamily of vesper bats from the family Vespertilionidae.

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Vulpes

Vulpes is a genus of the Canidae.

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Weasel

A weasel is a mammal of the genus Mustela of the family Mustelidae.

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White stork

The white stork (Ciconia ciconia) is a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae.

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White-toothed shrew

The white-toothed shrews or Crocidurinae are one of three subfamilies of the shrew family Soricidae.

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Wild boar

The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine,Heptner, V. G.; Nasimovich, A. A.; Bannikov, A. G.; Hoffman, R. S. (1988), Volume I, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Libraries and National Science Foundation, pp.

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Wildcat

The wildcat is a small cat species complex comprising ''Felis silvestris'' and the ''Felis lybica''.

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Wood mouse

The wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) is a common murid rodent from Europe and northwestern Africa.

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Xerinae

The Xerinae comprise a subfamily of squirrels, many of which are highly terrestrial.

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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.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mammals_of_Switzerland

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