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Fauna of Europe. 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 ...
List of reptiles of Europe This is a list of reptiles of Europe. It includes all reptiles currently found in Europe. It does not include species found only in captivity or extinct in Europe, except where there is some doubt about this, nor (with few exceptions) does it currently include species introduced in recent decades.
List of mammals of Europe This is a list of mammals of Europe. It includes all mammals currently found in Europe (from northeast Atlantic to Ural Mountains and northern slope of Caucasus Mountains ), whether resident or as regular migrants. Moreover, species occurring in Cyprus, Canary Islands ( Spain) and Azores ( Portugal) are listed here.
More than 900 species of birds have been observed in Europe. The avifauna of Europe is broadly similar to that of Asia north of the Himalayas and North Africa, both of which also belong to the Palearctic realm. There are also many groups shared with North America. On the other hand, many groups characteristic of the Afrotropical and Indomalayan realms are entirely absent from Europe, including ...
Fauna Europaea is a database of the scientific names and distribution of all living multicellular European land and fresh-water animals. It serves as a standard taxonomic source for animal taxonomy within the Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure (PESI). [1] As of June 2020, Fauna Europaea reported that their database contained ...
This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total. Fauna of Europe by conservation status (1 C) Fauna of Europe by country (51 C) Fauna of Europe by dependent territory (4 C) Fauna of Europe by region (8 C)
Pages in category "Fish of Europe" The following 194 pages are in this category, out of 194 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
List of butterflies of Europe. This is a list of the 473 butterfly species which are found in Europe sensu lato (including Russia west of the Urals and the Caucasus region). Europe forms the western part of the Palearctic biogeographical zone and includes: Euro-Siberian region. The boreal and temperate Euro-Siberian region transitions from ...