| Species Name | Scientific Name | Group | Range | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Balkan Blind Mole Rat | Spalax graecus | Mammals | Republic of Moldova, Romania, Ukraine |
| 2. | Bechstein's Bat | Myotis bechsteinii | Mammals | Asia, Europe, Middle East |
| 3. | Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Birds | Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States Territory), Oceanic |
| 4. | Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | Birds | Africa to Asia |
| 5. | Broad-fingered Crayfish | Astacus astacus | Crustaceans | Asia, Europe |
| 6. | Cerambyx Longicorn | Cerambyx cerdo | Insects | Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
| 7. | Common Tortoise | Testudo graeca | Reptiles | Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
| 8. | Corncrake | Crex crex | Birds | Africa to Asia |
| 9. | Cucujus cinnaberinus | Cucujus cinnaberinus | Insects | Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden |
| 10. | Dalmatian Pelican | Pelecanus crispus | Birds | Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
| 11. | Danube Crested Newt | Triturus dobrogicus | Amphibians | Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine |
| 12. | Egyptian Vulture
|
Neophron percnopterus | Birds | Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East |
| 13. | Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Birds | Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic |
| 14. | Eurasian Otter | Lutra lutra | Mammals | Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
| 15. | Eurasian Peregrine Falcon
|
Falco peregrinus peregrinus | Birds | Eurasia south to Africa and Mideast |
| 16. | 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 |
| 17. | European Ground Squirrel | Spermophilus citellus | Mammals | Asia, Europe, Middle East |
| 18. | European Mink | Mustela lutreola | Mammals | Europe |
| 19. | European Mudminnow | Umbra krameri | Fishes | Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine |
| 20. | European Roller | Coracias garrulus | Birds | Asia, Europe, Middle East |
| 21. | Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | Birds | Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
| 22. | Garden Dormouse | Eliomys quercinus | Mammals | Asia, Europe |
| 23. | Giant Noctule Bat | Nyctalus lasiopterus | Mammals | Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
| 24. | Giant Sturgeon | Huso huso | Fishes | Asia, Europe, Middle East |
| 25. | Great Bustard | Otis tarda | Birds | Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
| 26. | Great Snipe | Gallinago media | Birds | Africa, Asia, Europe |
| 27. | Greater Spotted Eagle | Aquila clanga | Birds | Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
| 28. | Kerch Black Sea Shad | Alosa immaculata | Fishes | Bulgaria, Georgia (Eurasia), Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine |
| 29. | Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | Birds | Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
| 30. | Lesser White-fronted Goose | Anser erythropus | Birds | Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory) |
| 31. | Meadow Viper | Vipera ursinii | Reptiles | Europe |
| 32. | Mehely's Horseshoe Bat | Rhinolophus mehelyi | Mammals | Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
| 33. | Morimus funereus | Morimus funereus | Insects | Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Ukraine |
| 34. | Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Birds | Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
| 35. | Percarina demidoffi | Percarina demidoffi | Fishes | Republic of Moldova, Romania, Ukraine |
| 36. | Pond Bat | Myotis dasycneme | Mammals | Asia, Europe |
| 37. | Red Kite | Milvus milvus | Birds | Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
| 38. | Red-breasted Goose | Branta ruficollis | Birds | Asia, Europe, Middle East |
| 39. | Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Birds | Asia, Europe, Middle East |
| 40. | Saker Falcon | Falco cherrug | Birds | Africa, Asia, Europe |
| 41. | Sixgill Sawshark | Pliotrema warreni | Fishes | Mozambique, Republic of Moldova, South Africa |
| 42. | Speckled Ground Squirrel | Spermophilus suslicus | Mammals | Belarus, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Russia, Ukraine |
| 43. | Star Sturgeon | Acipenser stellatus | Fishes | Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Iran, Kazakhstan, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine |
| 44. | Sterlet | Acipenser ruthenus | Fishes | Asia, Europe, Middle East |
| 45. | Western Barbastelle | Barbastella barbastellus | Mammals | Africa, Asia, Europe |
| 46. | Wild Common Carp | Cyprinus carpio | Fishes | Asia, Europe, Middle East |
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