Mammals of Norway

This guide includes all the indigenous and invasive species of mammals in Norway.

Brown Hare 1
Lepus europaeus
Mountain Hare 2
Lepus timidus
Eurasian Red Squirrel 3
Sciurus vulgaris
Eurasian Beaver 4
Castor fiber
Old World Rats 5
Rattus
Eurasian Harvest Mouse 6
Micromys minutus
Yellow-necked Field Mouse 7
Apodemus flavicollis
European Wood Mouse 8
Apodemus sylvaticus
House Mouse 9
Mus musculus
Muskrat 10
Ondatra zibethicus
Bank Vole 11
Clethrionomys glareolus
Northern Red-backed Vole 12
Clethrionomys rutilus
Grey Red-backed Vole 13
Craseomys rufocanus
East European Vole 14
Microtus mystacinus
Field Vole 15
Microtus agrestis
Tundra Vole 16
Alexandromys oeconomus
European Water Vole 17
Arvicola amphibius
Norway Lemming 18
Lemmus lemmus
wood lemming
Myopus schisticolor
Northern Birch Mouse 19
Sicista betulina
Moose 20
Alces alces
Caribou 21
Rangifer tarandus
Western Roe Deer 22
Capreolus capreolus
European Fallow Deer 23
Dama dama
Red Deer 24
Cervus elaphus
Muskox 25
Ovibos moschatus
Wild Boar 26
Sus scrofa
Minke Whale 27
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Sei Whale 28
Balaenoptera borealis
Blue Whale 29
Balaenoptera musculus
Fin Whale 30
Balaenoptera physalus
Humpback Whale 31
Megaptera novaeangliae
North Atlantic Right Whale 32
Eubalaena glacialis
Bowhead Whale 33
Balaena mysticetus
Sowerby's Beaked Whale 34
Mesoplodon bidens
North Atlantic Bottlenose Whale 35
Hyperoodon ampullatus
Sperm Whale 36
Physeter macrocephalus
Harbour Porpoise 37
Phocoena phocoena
Narwhal 38
Monodon monoceros
Beluga 39
Delphinapterus leucas
Long-finned Pilot Whale 40
Globicephala melas
Risso's Dolphin 41
Grampus griseus
Common Bottlenose Dolphin 42
Tursiops truncatus
Atlantic White-sided Dolphin 43
Leucopleurus acutus
White-beaked Dolphin 44
Lagenorhynchus albirostris
Orca 45
Orcinus orca
Northern Bat 46
Eptesicus nilssonii
Brown Big-eared Bat 7
Plecotus auritus
Western Barbastelle 7
Barbastella barbastellus
Nathusius' Pipistrelle 47
Pipistrellus nathusii
Pygmy Pipistrelle 48
Pipistrellus pygmaeus
Particoloured Bat 49
Vespertilio murinus
Common Noctule 50
Nyctalus noctula
Brandt's bat 51
Myotis brandtii
Daubenton's bat 52
Myotis daubentonii
Whiskered Bat 53
Myotis mystacinus
Natterer's Bat 54
Myotis nattereri
Ringed Seal 55
Pusa hispida
Harp Seal 56
Pagophilus groenlandicus
Hooded Seal 57
Cystophora cristata
Harbor Seal 58
Phoca vitulina
Bearded Seal 59
Erignathus barbatus
Grey Seal 60
Halichoerus grypus
Walrus 61
Odobenus rosmarus
Brown Bear 62
Ursus arctos
Polar Bear 63
Ursus maritimus
Eurasian Otter 64
Lutra lutra
American Mink 65
Neogale vison
Eurasian Stoat 25
Mustela erminea
Least Weasel 66
Mustela nivalis
Western Polecat 67
Mustela putorius
European Badger 68
Meles meles
Eurasian Pine Marten 69
Martes martes
Wolverine 70
Gulo gulo
Eurasian Lynx 71
Lynx lynx
Gray Wolf 72
Canis lupus
Arctic Fox 73
Vulpes lagopus
Red Fox 74
Vulpes vulpes
Mainland Raccoon Dog 70
Nyctereutes procyonoides
Common Hedgehog 75
Erinaceus europaeus
Eurasian Water Shrew 76
Neomys fodiens
Common Shrew 77
Sorex araneus
Laxmann's Shrew 78
Sorex caecutiens
Even-toothed Shrew 79
Sorex isodon
Eurasian Least Shrew 80
Sorex minutissimus
Eurasian Pygmy Shrew 81
Sorex minutus

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