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Mammals in Viikki


Insectivores

Hedgehog - Erinaceus europaeus
Common shrew
- Sorex araneus
Pygmy shrew - Sorex minutus
European water shrew - Neomys fodiens
Northern bat - Eptesicus nilssoni
Whiskered bat - Myotis sp.


Lagomorphs

Mountain hare - Lepus timidus
Brown hare - Lepus europaeus
Rabbit - Oryctolagus cuniculus
 

Rodents

Squirrel - Sciurus vulgaris
Flying squirrel - Pteromys volans (rare)
Common red-backed vole - Clethrionomys glareolus
Water vole - Arvicola terrestris
Muskrat - Ondatra zibethica
Short-tailed vole - Microtus agrestis
Harvest mouse - Micromys minutus
Yellow-necked field mouse - Apodemus flavicollis
Brown common rat - Rattus norvegicus
 

Canine animals

Fox - Vulpes vulpes
Raccoon dog - Nyctereutes procyonoides
 

Mustelids

Ermine - Mustela erminea
Weasel
- Mustela nivalis
American mink
- Mustela vison
Badger - Meles meles
Common otter - Lutra lutra
 

Artiodactylis

White-tailed deer - Odocoileus virginianus
Elk - Alces alces
Roe deer - Capreolus capreolus

 
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