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. For more information on what creatures are listed on this site, please visit our
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| Species Name | Scientific Name | Group | Range |
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1. |
Alpine Shrew
|
Sorex alpinus |
Mammals |
Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine |
2. |
Apollo Butterfly
|
Parnassius apollo |
Insects |
Asia, Europe, Middle East |
3. |
Audouin's Gull
|
Larus audouinii |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
4. |
Barbus caninus
|
Barbus caninus |
Fishes |
Italy, Switzerland |
5. |
Bechstein's Bat
|
Myotis bechsteinii |
Mammals |
Asia, Europe, Middle East |
6. |
Black-tailed Godwit
|
Limosa limosa |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States Territory), Oceanic |
7. |
Bondelle
|
Coregonus candidus |
Fishes |
Switzerland |
8. |
Broad-fingered Crayfish
|
Astacus astacus |
Crustaceans |
Asia, Europe |
9. |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
|
Tryngites subruficollis |
Birds |
Africa, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States Territory), Oceanic, South America |
10. |
Camponotus universitatis
|
Camponotus universitatis |
Insects |
France, Germany, Switzerland |
11. |
Cerambyx Longicorn
|
Cerambyx cerdo |
Insects |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
12. |
Chondrostoma soetta
|
Chondrostoma soetta |
Fishes |
Italy, Switzerland |
13. |
Cinquefoil Skipper
|
Pyrgus cirsii |
Insects |
Europe |
14. |
Common Bentwing Bat
|
Miniopterus schreibersii |
Mammals |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
15. |
Corncrake
|
Crex crex |
Birds |
Africa to Asia |
16. |
Dark Guest Ant
|
Anergates atratulus |
Insects |
Europe |
17. |
Dartford Warbler
|
Sylvia undata |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
18. |
Doronomyrmex pacis
|
Doronomyrmex pacis |
Insects |
Switzerland |
19. |
Doronomyrmex goesswaldi
|
Doronomyrmex goesswaldi |
Insects |
France, Switzerland |
20. |
Egyptian Vulture
|
Neophron percnopterus |
Birds |
Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East |
21. |
Epimyrma stumperi
|
Epimyrma stumperi |
Insects |
Switzerland |
22. |
Eurasian Curlew
|
Numenius arquata |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic |
|
23. |
Eurasian Otter
|
Lutra lutra |
Mammals |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
24. |
Eurasian Peregrine Falcon
|
Falco peregrinus peregrinus |
Birds |
Eurasia south to Africa and Mideast |
25. |
European Eel
|
Anguilla anguilla |
Fishes |
European coasts from the Black Sea to the White Sea (Russia), Rivers of the North Atlantic, Baltic and Mediterranean Seas |
26. |
European Mink
|
Mustela lutreola |
Mammals |
Europe |
27. |
European Rabbit
|
Oryctolagus cuniculus |
Mammals |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America (including United States), South America |
28. |
Ferruginous Duck
|
Aythya nyroca |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
29. |
Formicoxenus nitidulus
|
Formicoxenus nitidulus |
Insects |
Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland |
30. |
Garden Dormouse
|
Eliomys quercinus |
Mammals |
Asia, Europe |
31. |
Giant Noctule Bat
|
Nyctalus lasiopterus |
Mammals |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
32. |
Graphoderus bilineatus
|
Graphoderus bilineatus |
Insects |
Asia, Europe, Middle East |
33. |
Greater Spotted Eagle
|
Aquila clanga |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
34. |
Harpagoxenus sublaevis
|
Harpagoxenus sublaevis |
Insects |
Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland |
35. |
Hermit Beetle
|
Osmoderma eremita |
Insects |
Europe |
36. |
Italian Agile Frog
|
Rana latastei |
Amphibians |
Croatia, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland |
37. |
Ivory Gull
|
Pagophila eburnea |
Birds |
Asia, Europe, North America (including United States), Oceanic |
38. |
Lavaret
|
Coregonus lavaretus |
Fishes |
France, Switzerland |
39. |
Leptothorax buschingeri
|
Leptothorax buschingeri |
Insects |
Switzerland |
40. |
Little Bustard
|
Tetrax tetrax |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
41. |
Marsh Earwort
|
Jamesoniella undulifolia |
Plants |
Austria, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greenland, Korea, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
42. |
Mountain Alcon Blue
|
Maculinea rebeli |
Insects |
Asia, Europe |
43. |
Myrmica bibikoffi
|
Myrmica bibikoffi |
Insects |
Switzerland |
44. |
Myrmica winterae
|
Myrmica winterae |
Insects |
Switzerland |
|
45. |
Myrmica myrmicoxena
|
Myrmica myrmicoxena |
Insects |
Switzerland |
46. |
Orange-spotted Emerald
|
Oxygastra curtisii |
Insects |
Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland |
47. |
Orthotrichum scanicum
|
Orthotrichum scanicum |
Plants |
Asia, Europe |
48. |
Parachondrostoma toxostoma
|
Parachondrostoma toxostoma |
Fishes |
France, Switzerland |
49. |
Pfarrit
|
Coregonus confusus |
Fishes |
Switzerland |
50. |
Plebejus trappi
|
Plebejus trappi |
Insects |
Italy, Switzerland |
51. |
Predatory Bush Cricket
|
Saga pedo |
Insects |
Asia, Europe, Middle East |
52. |
Raetzer's Ringlet
|
Erebia christi |
Insects |
Italy, Switzerland |
53. |
Red Kite
|
Milvus milvus |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
54. |
Rosalia Longicorn
|
Rosalia alpina |
Insects |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
55. |
Sandfelchen
|
Coregonus arenicolus |
Fishes |
Austria, Germany, Switzerland |
56. |
Small Lappet Moth
|
Phyllodesma ilicifolia |
Insects |
Austria, Belarus, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine |
57. |
Sociable Lapwing
|
Vanellus gregarius |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
58. |
Southern Damselfly
|
Coenagrion mercuriale |
Insects |
Africa, Europe |
59. |
Sterlet
|
Acipenser ruthenus |
Fishes |
Asia, Europe, Middle East |
60. |
Stone Crayfish
|
Austropotamobius torrentium |
Crustaceans |
Asia, Europe |
61. |
Strongylognathus huberi
|
Strongylognathus huberi |
Insects |
Italy, Switzerland |
62. |
Strongylognathus alpinus
|
Strongylognathus alpinus |
Insects |
Switzerland |
63. |
Sudeten Ringlet
|
Erebia sudetica |
Insects |
Czech Republic, France, Romania, Switzerland |
64. |
Teleutomyrmex schneideri
|
Teleutomyrmex schneideri |
Insects |
France, Switzerland |
65. |
Western Barbastelle
|
Barbastella barbastellus |
Mammals |
Africa, Asia, Europe |
66. |
White-clawed Crayfish
|
Austropotamobius pallipes |
Crustaceans |
Europe |
|
67. |
White-headed Duck
|
Oxyura leucocephala |
Birds |
Africa to Asia |
68. |
Zingel asper
|
Zingel asper |
Fishes |
France, Switzerland |