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The fauna of Europe is all the animals living in Europe and its surrounding seas and islands. Europe is the western part of the Palearctic realm (which in turn is part of the Holarctic ). Lying within the temperate region, (north of the equator) the wildlife is not as rich as in the hottest regions, but is nevertheless diverse due to the ...
This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...
Lepus cuniculus Linnaeus, 1758. The European rabbit ( Oryctolagus cuniculus) or coney[ 4] is a species of rabbit native to the Iberian Peninsula ( Spain, Portugal and Andorra ), western France, and the northern Atlas Mountains in northwest Africa. [ 5] It has been widely introduced elsewhere, often with devastating effects on local biodiversity.
Ursus lotorLinnaeus, 1758. The raccoon(/rəˈkuːn/or US: /ræˈkuːn/ ⓘ, Procyon lotor), also spelled racoon[3]and sometimes called the common raccoonor northern raccoonto distinguish it from the other species, is a mammalnative to North America. It is the largest of the procyonidfamily, having a body length of 40 to 70 cm (16 to 28 in), and ...
The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine, [4] common wild pig, [5] Eurasian wild pig, [6] or simply wild pig, [7] is a suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania. The species is now one of the widest-ranging mammals in the world, as well as the most widespread suiform. [5]
The common toad, European toad, or in Anglophone parts of Europe, simply the toad ( Bufo bufo, from Latin bufo "toad"), is a frog found throughout most of Europe (with the exception of Ireland, Iceland, parts of Scandinavia, and some Mediterranean islands ), in the western part of North Asia, and in a small portion of Northwest Africa.
The common frog is a very widely distributed species, being common all throughout Europe and northwest Asia. The more peripheral subpopulations of common frogs are significantly less in number, as well as less genetically variable. There is a steep genetic decline when approaching the periphery of the common frog's distribution range. [12]
The Eurasian otter ( Lutra lutra ), also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, European river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is a semiaquatic mammal native to Eurasia and Maghreb. The most widely distributed member of the otter subfamily (Lutrinae) of the weasel family (Mustelidae), it is found in the waterways and ...