List of mammals of Sweden
There are 84 mammal species recorded in Sweden according to the IUCN Red List. Two are endangered, one is vulnerable as well now extinct, and four are near threatened.
The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
Extinct | No reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. | |
Extinct in the wild | Known only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized populations well outside its previous range. | |
Critically endangered | The species is in imminent risk of extinction in the wild. | |
Endangered | The species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. | |
Vulnerable | The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. | |
Near threatened | The species does not meet any of the criteria that would categorise it as risking extinction but it is likely to do so in the future. | |
Least concern | There are no current identifiable risks to the species. | |
Data deficient | There is inadequate information to make an assessment of the risks to this species. |
Even-toed ungulates
Even-toed ungulates are members of the order Artiodactyla. The even-toed ungulates are ungulates whose weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in perissodactyls. There are about 220 artiodactyl species, including many that are of great economic importance to humans.Family: [Cervidae]
- Eurasian elk, Alces alces
- Roe deer, Capreolus capreolus
- Red deer, Cervus elaphus
- Fallow deer, Dama dama introduced
- Reindeer, Rangifer tarandus
Family: [Suidae]
- Wild boar, Sus scrofa
Family: [Bovidae]
- European bison, Bison bonasus
- Muskox, Ovibos moschatus reintroduced
- Mouflon, Ovis orientalis reintroduced
Carnivorans
Family: [Canidae]
- Arctic fox, Alopex lagopus
- Grey wolf, Canis lupus
- Raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides introduced
- Red fox, Vulpes vulpes
Family: [Felidae]
- Eurasian lynx, Lynx lynx
Family: [Mustelidae]
- Wolverine, Gulo gulo
- European otter, Lutra lutra
- European pine marten, Martes martes
- European badger, Meles meles
- Stoat, Mustela erminea
- Least weasel, Mustela nivalis
- European polecat, Mustela putorius
- American mink, Neovison vison introduced
Family: [Phocidae]
- Grey seal, Halichoerus grypus
- Harbour seal, Phoca vitulina
- Ringed seal, Pusa hispida
Family: [Ursidae]
- Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Whales, dolphins and porpoises
Family: [Balaenopteridae]
- Common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata
- Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
- Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Family: [Delphinidae]
- Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas
- Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus
- Atlantic white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus acutus
- White-beaked dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris
- Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
Family: [Monodontidae]
- Beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas
Family: [Phocoenidae]
- Harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
Family: [Ziphiidae]
- North Atlantic bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus
- Sowerby's beaked whale, Mesoplodon bidens
- Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris
Bats
Family: [Vespertilionidae]
- Western barbastelle, Barbastella barbastellus
- Northern bat, Eptesicus nilssonii
- Serotine, Eptesicus serotinus
- Bechstein's bat, Myotis bechsteinii
- Brandt's bat, Myotis brandtii
- Pond bat, Myotis dasycneme
- Daubenton's bat, Myotis daubentonii
- Greater mouse-eared bat, Myotis myotis
- Whiskered bat, Myotis mystacinus
- Natterer's bat, Myotis nattereri
- Lesser noctule, Nyctalus leisleri
- Common noctule, Nyctalus noctula
- Nathusius' pipistrelle, Pipistrellus nathusii
- Common pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pygmaeus
- Brown long-eared bat, Plecotus auritus
- Grey long-eared bat, Plecotus austriacus
- Parti-coloured bat, Vespertilio murinus
Hedgehogs and gymnures
Family: [Erinaceidae]
- Western European hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus
Lagomorphs
Family: [Leporidae]
- European hare, Lepus europaeus introduced
- Mountain hare, Lepus timidus
- European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus introduced
Primates
Family: [Hominidae]
- Human, Homo sapiens
Rodents
Family: [Castoridae]
- Eurasian beaver, Castor fiber
Family: [Cricetidae]
- European water vole, Arvicola amphibius
- Norway lemming, Lemmus lemmus
- Field vole, Microtus agrestis
- Tundra vole, Microtus oeconomus
- Bank vole, Myodes glareolus
- Grey red-backed vole, Myodes rufocanus
- Northern red-backed vole, Myodes rutilus
- Wood lemming, Myopus schisticolor
- Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus introduced
Family: [Dipodidae]
- Northern birch mouse, Sicista betulina
Family: [Gliridae]
- Hazel dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius
Family: [Muridae]
- Yellow-necked mouse, Apodemus flavicollis
- Wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus
- Eurasian harvest mouse, Micromys minutus
- House mouse, Mus musculus
- Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus
- Black rat, Rattus rattus introduced
Family: [Sciuridae]
- Eurasian red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris
Shrews, moles and solenodons
Family: [Soricidae]
- Eurasian water shrew, Neomys fodiens
- Common shrew, Sorex araneus
- Laxmann's shrew, Sorex caecutiens
- Even-toothed shrew, Sorex isodon
- Eurasian least shrew, Sorex minutissimus
- Eurasian pygmy shrew, Sorex minutus
Family: [Talpidae]
- European mole, Talpa europaea