Ladoga
Baltic Fund for Nature

Table 3.13. Species composition, numbers and status of mammals in the Lake Ladoga region

Species

Relative abundance

Status

Karelia

Leningrad region

Pond bat - Myotis dasycneme

-

++

B-4, FS-4

Natterer's bat - M. nattereri

-

+

B-4, FS-3

Daubenton's bat - M. daubentoni

-

++

B-4, FS-4

Whiskered bat - M. mystacinus

+

++

B-4, FS-4

Long-eared bat - Plecotus auritus

+++

++

FS-4

Parti-colouredbat - Vespertilio murinus

-

+

B-3

Noctule - Nyctalis noctula

-

+

 

Northern bat - Eptesicus nilssoni

+++

++

B-3

European hedgehog - Erinaceus europaeus

+

+

FS-4

Mole - Talpa europaea

+++

+++

 

Water shrew - Neomys fodiens

++

++

 

Common shrew - Sorex araneus

+++

+++

 

Laxmann's shrew - S. caecutiens

+++

+++

 

Pygmy shrew - S. minutus

+++

+++

 

Even-toothed shrew - S. isodon

++

++

 

Least shrew - S. minutissimus

++

+

 

Alpine hare - Lepus timidus

+++

+++

 

European hare - L. europaeus

+

++

 

Red squirrel - Sciurus vulgaris

+++

+++

 

Russian flying squirrel - Pteromys volans

++

+

FS-4

European beaver - Castor fiber

-

++

 

American beaver - C. canadensis

+++

++

 

Garden dormouse - Eliomys quercinus

+

 

 

Northern birchmouse - Sicista betulina

++

++

 

House mouse - Mus musculus

+++

+++

 

Striped field mouse - Apodemus agrarius

+

++

 

Field mouse - A. uralensis

-

+

 

Yellow-necked field mouse - A. flavicollis

+

++

 

Wood lemming - Myopus shisticolor

+

+

 

Eurasian harvest mouse - Micromys minutus

+

+++

 

Bank vole - Clethrionomys glareolus

+++

+++

 

Northern red-backed vole - C. rutilus

++

++

 

Gray red-backed vole - C. rufocanus

++

+

 

Common vole - Microtus arvalis

+++

+++

 

Field vole - M. agrestis

+++

++

 

Tundra vole - M. economus

++

++

FS-3

European pine vole - M. subterraneus

-

+

 

Water vole - Arvicola terrestris

+++

+++

 

Muskrat - Ondatra zibetica

+++

++

 

Norway rat - Rattus norvegicus

+++

+++

 

Gray wolf - Canis lupus

+++

++

 

Red fox - Vulpes vulpes

+++

+++

 

Raccoon dog - Nyctereutes procyonoides

+++

++

 

Least weasel - Mustela nivalis

+++

++

 

Ermine - M. erminea

+++

+++

 

European polecat - M. putorius

+++

++

 

European mink - M. lutreola

-

+

B-2, FS-2

American mink - M. vison

+++

++

 

Pine marten - Martes martes

+++

++

 

River otter - Lutra lutra

++

++

B-4, FS-3

Eurasian badger - Meles meles

+++

++

 

Wolverine - Gulo gulo

+

+

B-1, FS

Brown bear - Ursus arctos

+++

++

 

Northern lynx - Felis lynx

+++

+

FS-3

European wild boar - Sus scrofa

++

++

 

Elk - Alces alces

+++

++

 

European roe deer - Capreolus capreolus

+

+

 

Sika deer - Cervus nippon

-

+

 

Ringed seal - Phoca hispida ladogensis

+

+

RF-4, B-2, FS-2

Notes:

1)

++ - common species; +++ - mass species.

2)

RF - Red Data Book of Russian Federation B - Red Data Book of the Baltic Region; FS - Red Data Book of East Fennoscandia.

3)

Threat categories: 1 - Endangered; 2 - Vulnerable; 3 - Rare; 4 - Care demanding (IUCN classification).

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