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Ireland Red List No. 3: Terrestrial Mammals

NRL Publication ID
373
Published
2009
Uploaded by
National Red List Database
Location and scope
Locality (as published)
Ireland
Scope of the publication
National
Countries included within the publication
Ireland
Country ISO code(s)
IRL
Does the publication cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Taxonomic coverage
Taxonomic groups included
Mammals
Full taxonomic coverage?
No
Further details
Assessments extracted and within NRLD?
Yes
Data Stewardship Groups responsible
National Parks and Wildlife Service,
Publication format
Electronic format
Reference and Website
Marnell, F., Kingston, N. & Looney, D. (2009) Ireland Red List No. 3: Terrestrial Mammals, National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin, Ireland.
Language
English

Assessments within the NRLD

Species or Taxon Common Names Taxonomic Group Year Assessed Countries Criteria system Status More info
Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) Red fox Mammals 2009 Ireland IUCN Least Concern
LC 		More info
Sorex minutus Linnaeus, 1766 Pygmy shrew Mammals 2009 Ireland IUCN Least Concern
LC 		More info
Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 Red squirrel Mammals 2009 Ireland IUCN Near Threatened
NT 		More info
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin, 1788 Eastern Grey Squirrel Mammals 2009 Ireland IUCN Not Applicable
 More info
Rhinolophus hipposideros (Bechstein, 1800) Lesser Horseshoe bat Mammals 2009 Ireland IUCN Least Concern
LC 		More info
Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) Black rat Mammals 2009 Ireland IUCN Vulnerable
VU 		More info
Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) Brown rat Mammals 2009 Ireland IUCN Not Applicable
 More info
Plecotus auritus (Linnaeus, 1758) Brown long-eared bat Mammals 2009 Ireland IUCN Least Concern
LC 		More info
Pipistrellus pygmaeus (Leach, 1825) Soprano pipistrelle Mammals 2009 Ireland IUCN Least Concern
LC 		More info
Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Schreber, 1774) Common pipistrelle Mammals 2009 Ireland IUCN Least Concern
LC 		More info
Pipistrellus nathusii (Keyserling and Blasius, 1839) Nathusius' pipistrelle Mammals 2009 Ireland IUCN Least Concern
LC 		More info
Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758) Rabbit Mammals 2009 Ireland IUCN Least Concern
LC 		More info