93 species
Mammals in Nordics
Here are 93 species of mammals that live in Nordics. Every species has its own page with measurements, habitat, behaviour, IUCN conservation status and sources.
Bats1
Carnivores11
Least Concern
🦬 Carnivores
Arctic Fox
Vulpes lagopus
1.4–9 kg
3–6 yrs
TundraMountainTaiga
Least Concern
🦬 Carnivores
Brown Bear
Ursus arctos
100–300 kg
20–30 yrs
ForestTaigaMountain
Least Concern
🦬 Carnivores
Eurasian Lynx
Lynx lynx
18–30 kg
10–17 yrs
ForestTaigaMountain
Near Threatened
🦬 Carnivores
Eurasian Otter
Lutra lutra
5–12 kg
8–16 yrs
WetlandForestWoodland+1
Least Concern
🦬 Carnivores
European Badger
Meles meles
7–17 kg
5–15 yrs
ForestWoodlandFarmland+1
Least Concern
🦬 Carnivores
European Hedgehog
Erinaceus europaeus
0.4–1.2 kg
2–7 yrs
ForestGrasslandGarden+1
Least Concern
🦬 Carnivores
European Pine Marten
Martes martes
0.8–1.8 kg
8–15 yrs
ForestTaigaWoodland
Least Concern
🦬 Carnivores
Gray Wolf
Canis lupus
30–80 kg
6–13 yrs
ForestMountainTundra+1
Least Concern
🦬 Carnivores
Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes
3–11 kg
3–12 yrs
ForestFarmlandGrassland+3
Least Concern
🦬 Carnivores
Stoat
Mustela erminea
25–440 g
1–7 yrs
ForestWoodlandTaiga+4
Least Concern
🦬 Carnivores
Wolverine
Gulo gulo
9–30 kg
7–13 yrs
ForestMountainTundra+1
Lagomorphs2
Pinnipeds2
Rodents3
Ungulates7
Near Threatened
🦬 Ungulates
European Bison
Bison bonasus
300–920 kg
15–25 yrs
ForestWoodlandGrassland
Least Concern
🦬 Ungulates
Fallow Deer
Dama dama
35–100 kg
10–20 yrs
ForestWoodlandGrassland+1
Least Concern
🦬 Ungulates
Moose
Alces alces
300–800 kg
15–25 yrs
ForestWetland
Least Concern
🦬 Ungulates
Red Deer
Cervus elaphus
90–340 kg
10–20 yrs
ForestWoodlandGrassland+2
Vulnerable
🦬 Ungulates
Reindeer
Rangifer tarandus
60–300 kg
12–20 yrs
TundraTaigaMountain+1
Least Concern
🦬 Ungulates
Roe Deer
Capreolus capreolus
15–35 kg
8–17 yrs
ForestWoodlandFarmland+1
Least Concern
🦬 Ungulates
Wild Boar
Sus scrofa
50–200 kg
8–15 yrs
ForestFarmlandWetland+1
Other67
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
45 Khz Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
3.5–8 g
4–16 yrs
ForestWetlandWoodland+7
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Alcathoe Bat
Myotis alcathoe
3.5–6 g
3–8 yrs
ForestWoodlandWetland+2
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
American Mink
Mustela vison
0.5–1.6 kg
3–10 yrs
WetlandCoastRiver+3
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Arctic Lemming
Dicrostonyx torquatus
30–112 g
1–2 yrs
TundraMountainGrassland+1
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Atlantic White-sided Dolphin
Lagenorhynchus acutus
165–230 kg
22–27 yrs
Ocean
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Bank Vole
Myodes glareolus
15–40 g
0.5–2 yrs
ForestWoodlandGrassland+3
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Bearded Seal
Erignathus barbatus
200–430 kg
20–31 yrs
OceanCoastarctic+1
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Bechstein's Bat
Myotis bechsteinii
7–14 g
10–21 yrs
ForestWoodlandFarmland+1
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Beech Marten
Martes foina
1.1–2.3 kg
3–10 yrs
ForestWoodlandRocky Cliffs+4
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Black Rat
Rattus rattus
75–230 g
1–3 yrs
UrbanGardenFarmland+3
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Bowhead Whale
Balaena mysticetus
75000–100000 kg
100–200 yrs
OceanCoast
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Brandt's Bat
Myotis brandtii
4–9 g
10–41 yrs
ForestWoodlandWetland+3
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus
0.14–0.5 kg
1–3 yrs
UrbanFarmlandGarden+5
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Cat
Felis catus
3.6–4.5 kg
12–18 yrs
UrbanGardenFarmland+3
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Common Mole
Talpa europaea
72–128 g
2–5 yrs
ForestGrasslandFarmland+3
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Common Noctule
Nyctalus noctula
18–40 g
4–12 yrs
ForestWoodlandUrban+5
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Common Shrew
Sorex araneus
5–14 g
1–1.5 yrs
ForestWetlandGrassland+4
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Common Vole
Microtus arvalis
14–50 g
0.3–1.5 yrs
GrasslandFarmlandGarden+2
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Cow
Bos taurus
400–1000 kg
15–22 yrs
GrasslandFarmlandWoodland
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Cuvier's Beaked Whale
Ziphius cavirostris
2000–3500 kg
40–60 yrs
Ocean
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Daubenton's Bat
Myotis daubentonii
7–15 g
4–22 yrs
WetlandForestWoodland+4
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
East European Vole
Microtus levis
15–35 g
0.5–1.5 yrs
GrasslandWetlandFarmland+2
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Eurasian Particolored Bat
Vespertilio murinus
6–20 g
4–12 yrs
UrbanForestWoodland+4
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Eurasian Water Shrew
Neomys fodiens
12–18 g
1–1.5 yrs
WetlandRiverLake+3
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Eurasian Water Vole
Arvicola amphibius
0.12–0.35 kg
0.5–2 yrs
WetlandRiverLake+3
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
European Polecat
Mustela putorius
0.6–1.7 kg
4–14 yrs
ForestWetlandWoodland+5
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Goat
Capra hircus
20–140 kg
10–18 yrs
MountainGrasslandFarmland+6
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Golden Hamster
Mesocricetus auratus
0.1–0.2 kg
2–4 yrs
GrasslandFarmlandDesert+2
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Gray Red-backed Vole
Myodes rufocanus
18–50 g
0.5–1.5 yrs
TaigaForestTundra+3
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Greater Mouse-eared Bat
Myotis myotis
28–45 g
4–22 yrs
ForestWoodlandFarmland+4
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Guinea pig
Cavia porcellus
0.7–1.2 kg
4–8 yrs
GrasslandGardenUrban+1
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Harp Seal
Pagophilus groenlandicus
120–180 kg
25–35 yrs
OceanCoastarctic+1
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Harvest Mouse
Micromys minutus
4–11 g
0.5–2 yrs
GrasslandFarmlandWetland+2
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Hazel Dormouse
Muscardinus avellanarius
15–40 g
3–5 yrs
ForestWoodlandHeathland+2
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Hooded Seal
Cystophora cristata
145–410 kg
25–35 yrs
OceanCoastarctic
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Horse
Equus caballus
380–1000 kg
25–30 yrs
GrasslandFarmlandForest+6
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
House Mouse
Mus musculus
12–30 g
0.5–3 yrs
UrbanFarmlandGarden+5
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
human
Homo sapiens
45–90 kg
60–120 yrs
ForestWetlandMountain+18
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Laxmann's Shrew
Sorex caecutiens
3–8 g
0.8–1.5 yrs
ForestTaigaWetland+3
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Least Weasel
Mustela nivalis
25–250 g
1–3 yrs
ForestGrasslandFarmland+6
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Leisler's Bat
Nyctalus leisleri
11–20 g
3–9 yrs
ForestWoodlandWetland+5
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Minke Whale
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
5400–10000 kg
30–50 yrs
OceanCoast
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
mouflon
Ovis gmelini
25–55 kg
8–15 yrs
MountainGrasslandWoodland+3
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Muskrat
Ondatra zibethicus
0.6–2 kg
1–4 yrs
WetlandRiverLake+1
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Narrow-Headed Vole
Microtus gregalis
20–50 g
0.5–2 yrs
TundraGrasslandTaiga+2
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Nathusius's Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus nathusii
6–15 g
3–12 yrs
ForestWetlandWoodland+6
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Natterer's Bat
Myotis nattereri
6–12 g
4–20 yrs
ForestWoodlandWetland+5
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Northern Birch Mouse
Sicista betulina
6–13 g
1–2 yrs
ForestWetlandGrassland+2
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Northern Bottlenose Whale
Hyperoodon ampullatus
5000–7500 kg
27–37 yrs
Ocean
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Pond Bat
Myotis dasycneme
11–20 g
8–19 yrs
WetlandLakeRiver+3
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Pony
Equus ferus
90–450 kg
20–35 yrs
GrasslandFarmlandHeathland+2
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Raccoon Dog
Nyctereutes procyonoides
4–10 kg
4–11 yrs
ForestWoodlandWetland+5
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Risso's Dolphin
Grampus griseus
300–600 kg
35–46 yrs
OceanCoast
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Root Vole
Microtus oeconomus
20–50 g
0.5–1.5 yrs
WetlandTundraTaiga+5
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Sei Whale
Balaenoptera borealis
15000–30000 kg
50–70 yrs
OceanCoast
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Serotine Bat
Eptesicus serotinus
15–35 g
4–9 yrs
ForestWoodlandFarmland+5
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Siberian Flying Squirrel
Pteromys volans
90–170 g
3–5 yrs
ForestTaigaWoodland
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Sika Deer
Cervus nippon
30–110 kg
8–18 yrs
ForestWoodlandGrassland+3
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Soprano Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus pygmaeus
4–8 g
4–16 yrs
WetlandForestWoodland+5
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Sowerby's Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon bidens
900–1400 kg
27–37 yrs
Ocean
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Steppe Bison
Bos priscus
400–900 kg
20–25 yrs
GrasslandTundraTaiga
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Taiga Shrew
Sorex isodon
6–14 g
0.75–1.5 yrs
TaigaForestWetland+2
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Whiskered Bat
Myotis mystacinus
4–8 g
4–23 yrs
ForestWoodlandWetland+5
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
White-beaked Dolphin
Lagenorhynchus albirostris
180–350 kg
25–40 yrs
OceanCoast
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Wood Lemming
Myopus schisticolor
20–45 g
1–2 yrs
TaigaForestWetland+1
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Wood Mouse
Apodemus sylvaticus
13–27 g
0.5–2 yrs
ForestWoodlandGrassland+4
Least Concern
🦬 Mammals
Yellow-necked Mouse
Apodemus flavicollis
20–45 g
1–3 yrs
ForestWoodlandGarden+2