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This is a list of mammals of Great Britain. The diversity of mammal fauna of Great Britain is somewhat impoverished compared to that of Continental Europe , due to the short period of time between the last ice age and the flooding of the land bridge between Great Britain and the rest of Europe.
Shrews are also fairly common, and the smallest, the pygmy shrew, is one of the smallest mammals in the world. There are also seventeen species of bat found in Britain: the pipistrelle is the smallest and the most common. Rodents are also numerous across Britain, particularly the brown rat which is by far the most abundant urban mammal after ...
England's fauna is mainly made up of small animals and is notable for having few large mammals, but in similarity with other island nations; many bird species. England for the most part has an oceanic climate , which lacks extremes of heat or cold and provides plentiful rainfall making the country a rather 'green' environment and providing much ...
Common name [2] Scientific name When it was listed Image Chinese mitten crab: Eriocheir sinensis 3 August 2016 Egyptian goose: Alopochen aegyptiacus 2 August 2017 Grey squirrel: Sciurus carolinensis 3 August 2016 Muntjac deer: Muntiacus reevesi 3 August 2016 Signal crayfish: Pacifastacus leniusculus 3 August 2016 Pond slider (all subspecies ...
Pages in category "Rodents of Europe" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Algerian mouse;
Rodents are animals that gnaw with two continuously growing incisors. Forty percent of mammal species are rodents, and they inhabit every continent except Antarctica. This list contains circa 2,700 species in 518 genera in the order Rodentia. [1]
Pages in category "Rodents by common name" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bamboo rat;
The earliest cities (Latin: civitas) in Britain were the fortified settlements organised by the Romans as capitals of the Celtic tribes under Roman rule.The British clerics of the early Middle Ages later preserved a traditional list of the "28 Cities" (Old Welsh: cair) which was mentioned in De Excidio Britanniae [c] and Historia Brittonum.