Updated: 23.9.2023
This is my life list of wild mammal species I have either seen, or heard here in Finland.
Carnivorans (Carnivore)
1. Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides ussuriensis)
2. Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
3. Eurasian Wolf (Canis lupus lupus)
4. Feral Cat (Felis catus)
5. Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx)
6. Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra)
7. Wolverine (Gulo gulo)
8. European Pine Martin (Martes martes)
9. Eurasian Badger (Meles meles)
10. Stoat (Mustela erminea)
11. Weasel (Mustela nivalis)
12. European Polecat (Mustela putorius)
13. American Mink (Mustela vison)
14. Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
15. Baltic Ringed Seal & Saimaa Ringed Seal (Pusa hispida botnica & Pusa hispida saimensis)
16. Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)
17. Brown Bear aka Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos)
Even-toed ungulates (Cetartiodactyla)
18. Mouflon aka Red Sheep (Ovis orientalis)
19. Moose aka Eurasian Elk (Alces alces)
20. Finnish forest reindeer (Rangifer tarandus fennicus)
21. European Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)
22. Fallow Deer (Dama dama)
23. White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
24. Wild Boar (Sus scrofa)
Bats (Chiroptera)
25. Northern Bat (Eptesicus nilssonii)
26. Brandt's Bat (Myotis brandtii)
27. Whiskered Bat (Myotis mystacinus)
28. Daubenton's Bat (Myotis daubentonii)
29. Natterer's Bat (Myotis nattereri)
30. Pond Bat (Myotis dasycneme)
31. Noctule (Nyctalus noctula)
32. Nathusius' Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii)
33. Brown Long-eared Bat (Plecotus auritus)
Eulipotyphla (Eulipotyphla)
34. Western European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
35. European Mole (Talpa europaea)
36. Eurasian Water Shrew (Neomys fodiens)
37. Eurasian Shrew (Sorex araneus)
36. Laxmann's Shrew (Sorex caecutiens)
39. Taiga Shrew (Sorex isodon)
40. Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus)
Lagomorphs (Lagomorpha)
41. European Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
42. Arctic Hare aka Mountain Hare (Lepus timidus)
43. European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Rodents (Rodentia)
44. American Beaver (Castor canadensis)
45. Eurasian Beaver (Castor fiber)
46. Eurasian Water Vole (Arvicola terrestris)
47. Field Vole (Microtus agrestis)
48. Sibling Vole (Microtus rossiaemeridionalis)
49. Tundra Vole (Microtus oeconomus)
50. Bank Vole (Clethrionomys glareolus)
51. Grey-sided Vole (Clethrionomys rufocanus)
52. Red Vole (Clethrionomys rutilus)
53. Wood Lemming (Myopus schisticolor)
54. Norwegian lemming (Lemmus lemmus)
55. Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
56. Northern Birch Mouse (Sicista betulina)
57. Striped Field Mouse (Apodemus agrarius)
58. Yellow-necked Field Mouse (Apodemus flavicollis)
59. Eurasian Harvest Mouse (Micromys minutus)
60. House Mouse (Mus musculus)
61. Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
62. Siberian Flying Squirrel (Pteromys volans)
63. Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
Cetaceans (Cetacea)
64. Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Latest addition: #62 Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) 19th of July 2022 in Kotka, Finland.
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Latest additions: Wolverine (Gulo gulo), 23rd of June 2023 in Lieksa, Finland, and Norwegian Lemming (Lemmus lemmus), 13th of July in Kilpisjärvi, Finland
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