List of mammals of Sweden
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There are 84 mammal species (with two uncertain) 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:
| Template:IUCN status | Extinct | No reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. |
| Template:IUCN status | Extinct in the wild | Known only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized populations well outside its previous range. |
| Template:IUCN status | Critically endangered | The species is in imminent risk of extinction in the wild. |
| Template:IUCN status | Endangered | The species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. |
| Template:IUCN status | Vulnerable | The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. |
| Template:IUCN status | 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. |
| Template:IUCN status | Least concern | There are no current identifiable risks to the species. |
| Template:IUCN status | Data deficient | There is inadequate information to make an assessment of the risks to this species. |
Even-toed ungulates
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Family: Bovidae
- European bison, Bison bonasus Template:IUCN status extirpated
- European mouflon, Ovis aries musimon introduced
- Muskox, Ovibos moschatus Template:IUCN status reintroduced
Family: Cervidae
- Eurasian elk, Alces alces Template:IUCN status[1]
- Roe deer, Capreolus capreolus Template:IUCN status[2]
- Red deer, Cervus elaphus Template:IUCN status[3]
- European fallow deer, Dama dama Template:IUCN status introduced[4]
- Reindeer, Rangifer tarandus Template:IUCN status[5]
Family: Suidae
- Wild boar, Sus scrofa Template:IUCN status[6]
Carnivorans
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Family: Canidae
- Grey wolf, Canis lupus Template:IUCN status[7]
- Common raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides Template:IUCN status[8] introduced
- Arctic fox, Vulpes lagopus Template:IUCN status[9]
- Red fox, Vulpes vulpes Template:IUCN status[10]
Family: Ursidae
- Brown bear, Ursus arctos Template:IUCN status[11]
Family: Felidae
- Eurasian lynx, Lynx lynx Template:IUCN status[12]
Family: Mustelidae
- Wolverine, Gulo gulo Template:IUCN status[13]
- Eurasian otter, Lutra lutra Template:IUCN status[14]
- European pine marten, Martes martes Template:IUCN status[15]
- European badger, Meles meles Template:IUCN status[16]
- Stoat, Mustela erminea Template:IUCN status[17]
- Least weasel, Mustela nivalis Template:IUCN status[18]
- European polecat, Mustela putorius Template:IUCN status[19]
- American mink, Neogale vison Template:IUCN status introduced[20]
Family: Phocidae
- Grey seal, Halichoerus grypus Template:IUCN status[21]
- Harbour seal, Phoca vitulina Template:IUCN status[22]
- Ringed seal, Pusa hispida Template:IUCN status[23]
Whales, dolphins and porpoises
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Family: Balaenopteridae
- Common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata Template:IUCN status[24]
- Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus Template:IUCN status[25]
- Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Template:IUCN status[26]
Family: Delphinidae
- Orca Orcinus orca
- Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas Template:IUCN status[27]
- Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus Template:IUCN status[28]
- Atlantic white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus acutus Template:IUCN status[29]
- White-beaked dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris Template:IUCN status[30]
- Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus Template:IUCN status[31]
Family: Monodontidae
- Beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas Template:IUCN status[32]
Family: Phocoenidae
- Harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena Template:IUCN status[33]
Family: Ziphiidae
- North Atlantic bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus Template:IUCN status[34]
- Sowerby's beaked whale, Mesoplodon bidens Template:IUCN status[35]
- Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris Template:IUCN status[36]
Bats
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Family: Vespertilionidae
- Western barbastelle, Barbastella barbastellus Template:IUCN status[37]
- Northern bat, Eptesicus nilssonii Template:IUCN status[38]
- Serotine, Eptesicus serotinus Template:IUCN status[39]
- Bechstein's bat, Myotis bechsteinii Template:IUCN status[40]
- Brandt's bat, Myotis brandtii Template:IUCN status[41]
- Pond bat, Myotis dasycneme Template:IUCN status[42]
- Daubenton's bat, Myotis daubentonii Template:IUCN status[43]
- Greater mouse-eared bat, Myotis myotis Template:IUCN status[44]
- Whiskered bat, Myotis mystacinus Template:IUCN status[45]
- Natterer's bat, Myotis nattereri Template:IUCN status[46]
- Lesser noctule, Nyctalus leisleri Template:IUCN status[47]
- Common noctule, Nyctalus noctula Template:IUCN status[48]
- Nathusius' pipistrelle, Pipistrellus nathusii Template:IUCN status[49]
- Common pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pipistrellus Template:IUCN status[50]
- Soprano pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pygmaeus Template:IUCN status[51]
- Brown long-eared bat, Plecotus auritus Template:IUCN status[52]
- Grey long-eared bat, Plecotus austriacus Template:IUCN status[53]
- Parti-coloured bat, Vespertilio murinus Template:IUCN status[54]
Lagomorphs
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Family: Leporidae
- European hare, Lepus europaeus Template:IUCN status[55] introduced
- Mountain hare, Lepus timidus Template:IUCN status[56]
- European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus Template:IUCN status[57] introduced
Rodents
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Family: Castoridae
- Eurasian beaver, Castor fiber Template:IUCN status[58]
Family: Cricetidae
- European water vole, Arvicola amphibius Template:IUCN status[59]
- Norway lemming, Lemmus lemmus Template:IUCN status[60]
- Field vole, Microtus agrestis Template:IUCN status[61]
- Tundra vole, Microtus oeconomus Template:IUCN status[62]
- Bank vole, Myodes glareolus Template:IUCN status[63]
- Grey red-backed vole, Myodes rufocanus Template:IUCN status[64]
- Northern red-backed vole, Myodes rutilus Template:IUCN status[65]
- Wood lemming, Myopus schisticolor Template:IUCN status[66]
- Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus Template:IUCN status[67] introduced
Family: Sminthidae
- Northern birch mouse, Sicista betulina Template:IUCN status[68]
Family: Gliridae
- Hazel dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius Template:IUCN status[69]
Family: Muridae
- Yellow-necked mouse, Apodemus flavicollis Template:IUCN status[70]
- Wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus Template:IUCN status[71]
- Eurasian harvest mouse, Micromys minutus Template:IUCN status[72]
- House mouse, Mus musculus Template:IUCN status[73]
- Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus Template:IUCN status[74] introduced
- Black rat, Rattus rattus Template:IUCN status introduced
Family: Sciuridae
- Eurasian red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris Template:IUCN status[75]
Shrews, hedgehogs and moles
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Family: Erinaceidae
- Western European hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus Template:IUCN status[76]
Family: Soricidae
- Eurasian water shrew, Neomys fodiens Template:IUCN status[77]
- Common shrew, Sorex araneus Template:IUCN status[78]
- Laxmann's shrew, Sorex caecutiens Template:IUCN status[79]
- Even-toothed shrew, Sorex isodon Template:IUCN status[80]
- Eurasian least shrew, Sorex minutissimus Template:IUCN status[81]
- Eurasian pygmy shrew, Sorex minutus Template:IUCN status[82]
Family: Talpidae
- European mole, Talpa europaea Template:IUCN status[83]
See also
- List of birds of Sweden
- List of chordate orders
- Lists of mammals by region
- List of prehistoric mammals
- Mammal classification
- Mammals described in the 2000s
References
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