| Species Name | Scientific Name | Group | Range | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Atlantic Cod | Gadus morhua | Fishes | Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), Oceanic |
| 2. | Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Birds | Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States Territory), Oceanic |
| 3. | Broad-fingered Crayfish | Astacus astacus | Crustaceans | Asia, Europe |
| 4. | Corncrake | Crex crex | Birds | Africa to Asia |
| 5. | 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 |
| 6. | Egyptian Vulture
|
Neophron percnopterus | Birds | Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East |
| 7. | Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Birds | Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic |
| 8. | Eurasian Otter | Lutra lutra | Mammals | Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
| 9. | Eurasian Peregrine Falcon
|
Falco peregrinus peregrinus | Birds | Eurasia south to Africa and Mideast |
| 10. | 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 |
| 11. | European Mink | Mustela lutreola | Mammals | Europe |
| 12. | European Roller | Coracias garrulus | Birds | Asia, Europe, Middle East |
| 13. | Garden Dormouse | Eliomys quercinus | Mammals | Asia, Europe |
| 14. | Great Snipe | Gallinago media | Birds | Africa, Asia, Europe |
| 15. | Greater Spotted Eagle | Aquila clanga | Birds | Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
| 16. | Maraene Whitefish | Coregonus maraena | Fishes | Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands (Europe), Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden |
| 17. | Nehalennia speciosa | Nehalennia speciosa | Insects | Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Ukraine |
| 18. | Pond Bat | Myotis dasycneme | Mammals | Asia, Europe |
| 19. | Red Kite | Milvus milvus | Birds | Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
| 20. | Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Birds | Asia, Europe, Middle East |
| 21. | 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 |
| 22. | Steller's Eider | Polysticta stelleri | Birds | Asia, Europe, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic |
| 23. | Wolverine | Gulo gulo | Mammals | Canada, China, Estonia, Finland, Mongolia, Norway, Russia, Sweden, United States |
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