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Snow Vole
Chionomys nivalis
© Matt Hobbs
Scientific names of mammals referred to in Travellers' Nature Guides: Spain
Scientific and common names of mammals mentioned in Travellers' Nature
Guides: Spain largely follow Macdonald, D & Barrett, P (1993) Collins Field
Guide to the Mammals of Britain and Europe. HarperCollins.
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| Common name |
Scientific name |
| Algerian hedgehog |
Atelerix algirus |
| Algerian mouse |
Mus spretus |
| Alpine marmot |
Marmota marmota |
| American mink |
Mustela vison |
| bank vole |
Clethrionomys glareolus |
| Barbary ape |
Macaca sylvanus |
| Barbary sheep |
Ammotragus lervia |
| barbastelle bat |
Barbastella barbastellus |
| Bechstein's bat |
Myotis bechsteini |
| beech marten |
Martes foina |
| black rat |
Rattus rattus |
| bottle-nosed dolphin |
Tursiops truncatus |
| brown bear |
Ursus arctos |
| brown hare |
Lepus europaeus |
| brown long-eared bat |
Plecotus auritus |
| brown rat |
Rattus norvegicus |
| Cabrera's vole |
Microtus cabrerae |
| Castroviejo's hare |
Lepus castroviejoi |
| chamois |
Rupicapra pyrenaica |
| common dolphin |
Delphinus delphis |
| common genet |
Genetta genetta |
| common mole |
Talpa europaea |
| common pipistrelle |
Pipistrellus pipistrellus |
| common shrew |
Sorex araneus |
| common vole |
Microtus arvalis |
| coypu |
Myocastor coypus |
| Daubenton's bat |
Myotis daubentoni |
| edible dormouse |
Glis glis |
| Egyptian mongoose |
Herpestes ichneumon |
| Eurasian badger |
Meles meles |
| European free-tailed bat |
Tadarida teniotis |
| European mink |
Mustela lutreola |
| fallow deer |
Dama dama |
| field vole |
Microtus agrestis |
| fin whale |
Balaenoptera physalus |
| garden dormouse |
Eliomys quercinus |
| Geoffroy's bat |
Myotis emarginata |
| greater horseshoe bat |
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum |
| greater mouse-eared bat |
Myotis myotis |
| greater noctule |
Nyctalus lasiopterus |
| greater white-toothed shrew |
Crocidura russula |
| grey long-eared bat |
Plecotus austriacus |
| harbour porpoise |
Phocoena phocoena |
| harvest mouse |
Micromys minutus |
| house mouse |
Mus domesticus |
| Iberian blind mole |
Talpa occidentalis |
| Iberian hare |
Lepus granatensis |
| Iberian pine vole |
Pitymys lusitanicus |
| Kuhl's pipistrelle |
Pipistrellus kuhlii |
| Leisler's bat |
Nyctalus leisleri |
| lesser horseshoe bat |
Rhinolophus hipposideros |
| lesser mouse-eared bat |
Myotis blythii |
| lesser white-toothed shrew |
Crocidura suaveolens |
| long-fingered bat |
Myotis capaccinii |
| Mediterranean horseshoe bat |
Rhinolophus euryale |
| Mediterranean monk seal |
Monachus monachus |
| Mediterranean pine vole |
Pitymys duodecimcostatus |
| Mehely's horseshoe bat |
Rhinolophus mehelyi |
| Miller's water shrew |
Neomys anomalus |
| Millet's shrew |
Sorex coronatus |
| minke whale |
Balaenoptera acutirostrata |
| mouflon |
Ovis musimon |
| Natterer's bat |
Myotis nattereri |
| noctule |
Nyctalus noctula |
| northern water vole |
Arvicola terrestris |
| otter |
Lutra lutra |
| pardel lynx |
Lynx pardinus |
| pine marten |
Martes martes |
| pygmy shrew |
Sorex minutus |
| pygmy white-toothed shrew |
Suncus etruscus |
| Pyrenean desman |
Galemys pyrenaicus |
| Pyrenean pine vole |
Microtus gerbei |
| rabbit |
Oryctolagus cuniculus |
| red deer |
Cervus elaphus |
| red fox |
Vulpes vulpes |
| red squirrel |
Sciurus vulgaris |
| Risso's dolphin |
Grampus griseus |
| roe deer |
Capreolus capreolus |
| Savi's pipistrelle |
Pipistrellus savii |
| Schreiber's bat |
Miniopterus schreibersi |
| serotine bat |
Eptesicus serotinus |
| snow vole |
Microtus nivalis |
| southern water vole |
Arvicola sapidus |
| Spanish ibex |
Capra pyrenaica |
| Spanish shrew |
Sorex granarius |
| sperm whale |
Physeter macrocephalus |
| stoat |
Mustela erminea |
| striped dolphin |
Stenella coeruleoalba |
| water shrew |
Neomys fodiens |
| weasel |
Mustela nivalis |
| western hedgehog |
Erinaceus europaeus |
| western polecat |
Mustela putorius |
| whiskered bat |
Myotis mystacina |
| wild boar |
Sus scrofa |
| wildcat |
Felis silvestris |
| wolf |
Canis lupus |
| wood mouse |
Apodemus sylvaticus |
| yellow-necked mouse |
Apodemus flavicollis |
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