My global mammal life list

Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Updated: 23.9.2023

Latest addition(s):

Wolverine (Gulo gulo), Norwegian Lemming (Lemmus lemmus)

This is my life list of wild mammal species I have either seen, or heard on planet Eearth. In addition to these 102 species I have seen the footprints of Common Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) as well as some unidentified bats, mice, and voles in different parts of world.

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.      European Wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris)

6.      Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx)

7 .     Wolverine (Gulo gulo)

8.      Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra)

9.      European Pine Martin (Martes martes)

10.      Eurasian Badger (Meles meles)

11.    Stoat (Mustela erminea)

12.    Weasel (Mustela nivalis)

13.    European Polecat (Mustela putorius)

14.    American Mink (Mustela vison)

15.    Cape Fur Seal aka Brown Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus)

16.    Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)

17.    Harbour Seal aka Common Seal (Phoca vitulina)

18.    Baltic Ringed Seal & Saimaa Ringed Seal (Pusa hispida botnica & Pusa hispida saimensis) 

19.    Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) 

20.    Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor)

21.    Brown Bear aka Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos)

Even-toed ungulates (Cetartiodactyla)

22.    Red Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus caama)

23.    Black Wildebeest aka White-tailed Gnu (Connochaetes gnou)

24.    Blesbok aka Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus pygargus)

25.    Mouflon aka Red Sheep (Ovis orientalis)

26.    Pyrenean Chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica)

27.    Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris)

28.    Common Duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia)

29.    Moose aka Eurasian Elk (Alces alces)

30.    European Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)

31.    Red Deer aka Wapiti (Cervus elaphus)

32.    Fallow Deer (Dama dama)

33.    White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

34.    Reeves's muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi)

35.    Wild Boar (Sus scrofa)

Bats (Chiroptera)

36.    Mexican Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)

37.    European Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida teniotis)

38.    Grey-headed Flying Fox (Pteropus poliocephalus)

39.    Greater Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum)

40.    Northern Bat (Eptesicus nilssonii)

41.    Common Serotine (Eptesicus serotinus)

42.    Parti-coloured Bat (Vespertilio murinus)

43.    Brandt's Bat (Myotis brandtii)

44.    Whiskered Bat (Myotis mystacinus)

45.    Daubenton's Bat (Myotis daubentonii)

46.    Natterer's Bat (Myotis nattereri)

47.    Pond Bat (Myotis dasycneme)

48.    Noctule (Nyctalus noctula)

49.    Lesser Noctule (Nyctalus leisleri)

50.    Nathusius' Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii)

51.    Common Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)

52.    Soprano Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus)

53.    Kuhl’s Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus kuhlii)

54.    Savi’s Pipistrelle (Hypsugo savii)

55.    Schreiber's Bent-winged Bat (Miniopterus schreibersii)

56.    Brown Long-eared Bat (Plecotus auritus)

57.    Western Pipistrelle aka Canyon bat (Parastrellus hesperus)

Diprotodonts (Diprotodontia)

58.   Eastern Gray Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)

59.   Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Eulipotyphla (Eulipotyphla)

60. Western European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)

61. Northern White-breasted Hedgehog (Erinaceus roumanicus)

62. European Mole (Talpa europaea)

63. Eurasian Water Shrew (Neomys fodiens)

64. Eurasian Shrew (Sorex araneus)

65. Laxmann's Shrew (Sorex caecutiens)

66. Taiga Shrew (Sorex isodon)

67. Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus)

Hyraxes (Hyracoidea)

68. Rock Hyrax aka Rock Dassie (Procavia capensis)

Lagomorphs (Lagomorpha)

69. Iberian Hare (Lepus granatensis)

70. European Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)

71. Arctic Hare aka Mountain Hare (Lepus timidus)

72. European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Primates (Primata)

73. Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus)

Rodents (Rodentia)

74. American Beaver (Castor canadensis)

75. Eurasian Beaver (Castor fiber)

76. Eurasian Water Vole (Arvicola terrestris)

77. Field Vole (Microtus agrestis)

78. Sibling Vole (Microtus rossiaemeridionalis)

79. Tundra Vole (Microtus oeconomus)

80. Bank Vole (Clethrionomys glareolus)

81. Grey-sided Vole (Clethrionomys rufocanus)

82. Red Vole (Clethrionomys rutilus)

83. Wood Lemming (Myopus schisticolor)

84. Norwegian Lemming (Lemmus lemmus)

85. Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus

86. Nutria aka Coypy (Myocastor coypus)

87. Northern Birch Mouse (Sicista betulina)

88. Striped Field Mouse (Apodemus agrarius)

89. Yellow-necked Field Mouse (Apodemus flavicollis)

90. Eurasian Harvest Mouse (Micromys minutus)

91. House Mouse (Mus musculus)

92. Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)

93. White-tailed Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus)

94. Siberian Flying Squirrel (Pteromys volans)

95. Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

96. Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)

97. Douglas's Squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii)

98. Alpine Marmot (Marmota marmota)

Cetaceans (Cetacea)

99. Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

100. Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)

101. Common Dolphin  (Delphinus delphis)

102. Northern Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)

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Writer

Olli Haukkovaara
Valkeakoski
Finland