title: List of mammals of Norway
text: # List of mammals of Norway
  
  The following is a list of mammals with non-domesticated populations in Norway.
  
  ## Insectivores
  
  ### Hedgehogs
  
  * European hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus
  
  ### Shrews
  
  * Eurasian water shrew, Neomys fodiens
  * Common shrew, Sorex araneus
  * Laxmann's shrew, Sorex caecutiens
  * Taiga shrew, Sorex isodon
  * Eurasian pygmy shrew, Sorex minutus
  * Eurasian least shrew, Sorex minutissimus
  
  ## Bats
  
  * Northern bat, Eptesicus nilssonii
  * Brandt's bat, Myotis brandtii
  * Daubenton's bat, Myotis daubentonii
  * Whiskered bat, Myotis mystacinus
  * Natterer's bat, Myotis nattereri
  * Common noctule, Nyctalus noctula
  * Nathusius's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus nathusii
  * Soprano pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pygmaeus
  * Brown long-eared bat, Plecotus auritus LC
  * Parti-coloured bat, Vespertilio murinus
  
  ## Lagomorphs
  
  * European hare, Lepus europaeus
  * Mountain hare, Lepus timidus
  * European rabbit, Oryctolgaus cuniculus introduced
  
  ## Rodents
  
  ### Squirrels
  
  * Red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris
  
  ### Beavers
  
  * European beaver, Castor fiber
  
  ### Muroids
  
  * Yellow-necked mouse, Apodemus flavicollis
  * Wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus
  * North-western water vole, Arvicola terrestris
  * Grey red-backed vole, Clethrionomys rufocanus
  * Bank vole, Clethrionomys glareolus
  * Northern red-backed vole, Clethrionomys rutilus
  * Norway lemming, Lemmus lemmus
  * Field vole, Microtus agrestis
  * Eurasian harvest mouse, Micromys minutus
  * Root vole, Microtus oeconomus
  * Sibling vole, Microtus rossiaemeridionalis (Svalbard only)
  * House mouse, Mus musculus
  * Wood lemming, Myopus schisticolor
  * Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus introduced
  * Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus
  
  ### Birch mice
  
  * Northern birch mouse, Sicista betulina
  
  ## Cetaceans
  
  ### Beaked whales
  
  * Northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus
  * Sowerby's beaked whale, Mesoplodon bidens
  
  ### White whales
  
  * White whale, Delphinapterus leucas
  * Narwhal, Monodon monoceros
  
  ### Sperm whales
  
  * Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus
  
  ### Porpoises
  
  * Common porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
  
  ### Dolphins
  
  * Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphi
  * Pilot whale, Globicephala melaena
  * Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus
  * White-beaked dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris
  * Atlantic white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus acutus
  * Orca, Orcinus orca
  * Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba vagrant
  * Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
  
  ### Baleen whales
  
  * Bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus
  * Minke whale, Balaenoptera acuturostrata
  * Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis
  * Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  * Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalis
  * North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis vagrant
  * Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
  
  ## Carnivorans
  
  ### Canids
  
  * Gray wolf, Canis lupus
  * Raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides introduced
  * Arctic fox, Vulpes lagopus
  * Red fox, Vulpes vulpes
  
  ### Bears
  
  * Brown bear, Ursus arctos
  * Polar bear, Ursus maritimus (Svalbard only)
  
  ### Mustelids
  
  * Wolverine, Gulo gulo
  * Eurasian otter, Lutra lutra
  * Pine marten, Martes martes
  * European badger, Meles meles
  * Stoat, Mustela erminea
  * Least weasel, Mustela nivalis
  * European polecat, Mustela putorius
  * American mink, Neogale vison introduced
  
  ### Cats
  
  * Eurasian lynx, Lynx lynx
  
  ### Pinnipeds
  
  * Hooded seal, Cystophora cristata
  * Bearded seal, Erignatus barbatus
  * Grey seal, Halichoerus grypus
  * Walrus, Odobenus rosmarus
  * Harp seal, Phoca groenlandica
  * Ringed seal, Phoca hispida
  * Common seal, Phoca vitulina
  
  ## Even-toed ungulates
  
  ### Pigs
  
  * Wild boar, Sus scrofa extirpated
  
  ### Deer
  
  * Elk, Alces alces
  * Roe deer, Capreolus capreolus
  * Red deer, Cervus elaphus
  * European fallow deer, Dama dama introduced
  * Reindeer, Rangifer tarandus
  
  ### Cattle
  
  * Musk ox, Ovibos moschatus reintroduced
  
  ## Sources
  
  * Atlas on mammals, by the Norwegian Zoological Society (in Norwegian)
  