List of mammals of Poland sorted alphabetically

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Alcathoe bat

Order: Bat Family: Vespertilionidae
Myotis alcathoe

Length: up to 8 cm.

Weight: up to 6 g.

Alpine shrew

Order: Eulipotyphla Family: Shrew
Sorex alpinus

Length: up to 9 cm.

Weight: up to 12 g.

American mink

Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae
Neogale vison

Length: up to 50 cm.

Weight: up to 2 kg.

Bank vole

Order: Rodent Family: Cricetidae
Myodes glareolus

Length: up to 12 cm.

Weight: up to 35 g.

Bechstein's bat

Order: Bat Family: Vespertilionidae
Myotis bechsteinii

Length: up to 5 cm.

Weight: up to 12 g.

Beech marten

Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae
Martes foina

Length: up to 56 cm.

Weight: up to 2.5 kg.

Beluga whale

Order: Cetacea Family: Monodontidae
Delphinapterus leucas

Length: up to 6.7 m.

Weight: up to 2 t.

Bicolored shrew

Order: Eulipotyphla Family: Shrew
Crocidura leucodon

Length: up to 9 cm.

Weight: up to 15 g.

Black rat

Order: Rodent Family: Muridae
Rattus rattus

Length: up to 24 cm.

Weight: up to 250 g.

Brandt's bat

Order: Bat Family: Vespertilionidae
Myotis brandtii

Length: up to 6 cm.

Weight: up to 10 g.

Brown bear

Order: Carnivora Family: Bear
Ursus arctos

Length: up to 2.5 m.

Weight: up to 450 kg.

Brown long-eared bat

Order: Bat Family: Vespertilionidae
Plecotus auritus

Length: up to 5 cm.

Weight: up to 10 g.

Brown rat

Order: Rodent Family: Muridae
Rattus norvegicus

Length: up to 30 cm.

Weight: up to 1 kg.

Common bent-wing bat

Order: Bat Family: Miniopterus
Miniopterus schreibersii

Length: up to 7 cm.

Weight: up to 16 g.

Common bottlenose dolphin

Order: Cetacea Family: Oceanic dolphin
Tursiops truncatus

Length: up to 3.6 m.

Weight: up to 650 kg.

Common dolphin

Order: Cetacea Family: Oceanic dolphin
Delphinus delphis

Length: up to 2 m.

Weight: up to 235 kg.

Common noctule

Order: Bat Family: Vespertilionidae
Nyctalus noctula

Length: up to 8 cm.

Weight: up to 36 g.

Common pipistrelle

Order: Bat Family: Vespertilionidae
Pipistrellus pipistrellus

Length: up to 5 cm.

Weight: up to 8 g.

Common raccoon dog

Order: Carnivora Family: Canidae
Nyctereutes procyonoides

Length: up to 55 cm.

Weight: up to 10 kg.

Common shrew

Order: Eulipotyphla Family: Shrew
Sorex araneus

Length: up to 8 cm.

Weight: up to 16 g.

Common vole

Order: Rodent Family: Cricetidae
Microtus arvalis

Length: up to 13 cm.

Weight: up to 40 g.

Daubenton's bat

Order: Bat Family: Vespertilionidae
Myotis daubentonii

Length: up to 6 cm.

Weight: up to 15 g.

Eurasian beaver

Order: Rodent Family: Castoridae
Castor fiber

Length: up to 1.3 m.

Weight: up to 32 kg.

Eurasian harvest mouse

Order: Rodent Family: Muridae
Micromys minutus

Length: up to 7 cm.

Weight: up to 10 g.

Eurasian lynx

Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae
Lynx lynx

Length: up to 1.3 m.

Weight: up to 35 kg.

Eurasian otter

Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae
Lutra lutra

Length: up to 90 cm.

Weight: up to 12 kg.

Eurasian pygmy shrew

Order: Eulipotyphla Family: Shrew
Sorex minutus

Length: up to 7 cm.

Weight: up to 6 g.

Eurasian water shrew

Order: Eulipotyphla Family: Shrew
Neomys fodiens

Length: up to 10 cm.

Weight: up to 20 g.

European badger

Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae
Meles meles

Length: up to 81 cm.

Weight: up to 20 kg.

European bison

Order: Artiodactyl Family: Bovidae
Bison bonasus

Length: up to 3.5 m.

Weight: up to 1 t.

European edible dormouse

Order: Rodent Family: Dormouse
Glis glis

Length: up to 18 cm.

Weight: up to 180 g.

European fallow deer

Order: Artiodactyl Family: Deer
Dama dama

Length: up to 1.9 m.

Weight: up to 150 kg.

European ground squirrel

Order: Rodent Family: Squirrel
Spermophilus citellus

Length: up to 23 cm.

Weight: up to 340 g.

European hamster

Order: Rodent Family: Cricetidae
Cricetus cricetus

Length: up to 34 cm.

Weight: up to 1 kg.

European hare

Order: Lagomorpha Family: Leporidae
Lepus europaeus

Length: up to 68 cm.

Weight: up to 7 kg.

European hedgehog

Order: Rodent Family: Erinaceidae
Erinaceus europaeus

Length: up to 30 cm.

Weight: up to 800 g.

European mink

Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae
Mustela lutreola

Length: up to 43 cm.

Weight: up to 700 g.

European mole

Order: Eulipotyphla Family: Talpidae
Talpa europaea

Length: up to 17 cm.

Weight: up to 120 g.

European pine marten

Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae
Martes martes

Length: up to 58 cm.

Weight: up to 2 kg.

European pine vole

Order: Rodent Family: Cricetidae
Microtus subterraneus

Length: up to 12 cm.

Weight: up to 24 g.

European polecat

Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae
Mustela putorius

Length: up to 50 cm.

Weight: up to 1.5 kg.

European rabbit

Order: Lagomorpha Family: Leporidae
Oryctolagus cuniculus

Length: up to 45 cm.

Weight: up to 2.5 kg.

European snow vole

Order: Rodent Family: Cricetidae
Chionomys nivalis

Length: up to 15 cm.

Weight: up to 57 g.

European water vole

Order: Rodent Family: Cricetidae
Arvicola amphibius

Length: up to 26 cm.

Weight: up to 330 g.

European wildcat

Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae
Felis silvestris

Length: up to 91 cm.

Weight: up to 8 kg.

Fin whale

Order: Cetacea Family: Rorqual
Balaenoptera physalus

Length: up to 27 m.

Weight: up to 100 t.

Forest dormouse

Order: Rodent Family: Dormouse
Dryomys nitedula

Length: up to 12 cm.

Weight: up to 40 g.

Garden dormouse

Order: Rodent Family: Dormouse
Eliomys quercinus

Length: up to 14 cm.

Weight: up to 140 g.

Geoffroy's bat

Order: Bat Family: Vespertilionidae
Myotis emarginatus

Length: up to 5 cm.

Weight: up to 15 g.

Golden jackal

Order: Carnivora Family: Canidae
Canis aureus

Length: up to 1.05 m.

Weight: up to 15 kg.

Greater horseshoe bat

Order: Bat Family: Vespertilionidae
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum

Length: up to 7 cm.

Weight: up to 34 g.

Greater mouse-eared bat

Order: Bat Family: Vespertilionidae
Myotis myotis

Length: up to 8 cm.

Weight: up to 40 g.

Greater noctule bat

Order: Bat Family: Vespertilionidae
Nyctalus lasiopterus

Length: up to 10 cm.

Weight: up to 76 g.

Grey long-eared bat

Order: Bat Family: Vespertilionidae
Plecotus austriacus

Length: up to 5 cm.

Weight: up to 10 g.

Grey seal

Order: Carnivora Family: Earless seal
Halichoerus grypus

Length: up to 3 m.

Weight: up to 315 kg.

Harbor seal

Order: Carnivora Family: Earless seal
Phoca vitulina

Length: up to 2 m.

Weight: up to 150 kg.

Harbour porpoise

Order: Cetacea Family: Porpoise
Phocoena phocoena

Length: up to 1.8 m.

Weight: up to 70 kg.

Hazel dormouse

Order: Rodent Family: Dormouse
Muscardinus avellanarius

Length: up to 9 cm.

Weight: up to 25 g.

House mouse

Order: Rodent Family: Muridae
Mus musculus

Length: up to 10 cm.

Weight: up to 39 g.

Humpback whale

Order: Cetacea Family: Rorqual
Megaptera novaeangliae

Length: up to 18 m.

Weight: up to 50 t.

Iberian water shrew

Order: Eulipotyphla Family: Shrew
Neomys anomalus

Length: up to 9 cm.

Weight: up to 13 g.

Kuhl's pipistrelle

Order: Bat Family: Vespertilionidae
Pipistrellus kuhlii

Length: up to 5 cm.

Weight: up to 7 g.

Laxmann's shrew

Order: Eulipotyphla Family: Shrew
Sorex caecutiens

Length: up to 7 cm.

Weight: up to 8 g.

Least weasel

Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae
Mustela nivalis

Length: up to 28 cm.

Weight: up to 110 g.

Lesser horseshoe bat

Order: Bat Family: Vespertilionidae
Rhinolophus hipposideros

Length: up to 5 cm.

Weight: up to 9 g.

Lesser mouse-eared bat

Order: Bat Family: Vespertilionidae
Myotis blythii

Length: up to 8 cm.

Weight: up to 30 g.

Lesser noctule

Order: Bat Family: Vespertilionidae
Nyctalus leisleri

Length: up to 7 cm.

Weight: up to 18 g.

Lesser white-toothed shrew

Order: Eulipotyphla Family: Shrew
Crocidura suaveolens

Length: up to 8 cm.

Weight: up to 7 g.

Moose

Order: Artiodactyl Family: Deer
Alces alces

Length: up to 3 m.

Weight: up to 600 kg.

Mountain hare

Order: Lagomorpha Family: Leporidae
Lepus timidus

Length: up to 74 cm.

Weight: up to 4.5 kg.

Muskrat

Order: Rodent Family: Cricetidae
Ondatra zibethicus

Length: up to 35 cm.

Weight: up to 2 kg.

Nathusius's pipistrelle

Order: Bat Family: Vespertilionidae
Pipistrellus nathusii

Length: up to 6 cm.

Weight: up to 10 g.

Natterer's bat

Order: Bat Family: Vespertilionidae
Myotis nattereri

Length: up to 5 cm.

Weight: up to 13 g.

North American beaver

Order: Rodent Family: Castoridae
Castor canadensis

Length: up to 1.17 m.

Weight: up to 32 kg.

North Atlantic right whale

Order: Cetacea Family: Balaenidae
Eubalaena glacialis

Length: up to 18 m.

Weight: up to 50 t.

Northern bat

Order: Bat Family: Vespertilionidae
Eptesicus nilssonii

Length: up to 11 cm.

Weight: up to 15 g.

Northern birch mouse

Order: Rodent Family: Sminthidae
Sicista betulina

Length: up to 8 cm.

Weight: up to 9 g.

Northern bottlenose whale

Order: Cetacea Family: Beaked whale
Hyperoodon ampullatus

Length: up to 11 m.

Weight: up to 7.5 t.

Northern white-breasted hedgehog

Order: Eulipotyphla Family: Erinaceidae
Erinaceus roumanicus

Length: up to 30 cm.

Weight: up to 1.2 kg.

Nutria

Order: Rodent Family: Echimyidae
Myocastor coypus

Length: up to 60 cm.

Weight: up to 14 kg.

Ovis orientalis

Order: Artiodactyl Family: Bovidae
Ovis orientalis

Length: up to 1.8 m.

Weight: up to 120 kg.

Parti-coloured bat

Order: Bat Family: Vespertilionidae
Vespertilio murinus

Length: up to 6 cm.

Weight: up to 23 g.

Pond bat

Order: Bat Family: Vespertilionidae
Myotis dasycneme

Length: up to 8 cm.

Weight: up to 20 g.

Raccoon

Order: Carnivora Family: Procyonidae
Procyon lotor

Length: up to 65 cm.

Weight: up to 12 kg.

Red deer

Order: Artiodactyl Family: Deer
Cervus elaphus

Length: up to 2.65 m.

Weight: up to 340 kg.

Red fox

Order: Carnivora Family: Canidae
Vulpes vulpes

Length: up to 90 cm.

Weight: up to 15 kg.

Red squirrel

Order: Rodent Family: Squirrel
Sciurus vulgaris

Length: up to 28 cm.

Weight: up to 340 g.

Ringed seal

Order: Carnivora Family: Earless seal
Pusa hispida

Length: up to 1.5 m.

Weight: up to 70 kg.

Roe deer

Order: Artiodactyl Family: Deer
Capreolus capreolus

Length: up to 1.35 m.

Weight: up to 35 kg.

Sable

Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae
Martes zibellina

Length: up to 60 cm.

Weight: up to 1.7 kg.

Savi's pipistrelle

Order: Bat Family: Vespertilionidae
Hypsugo savii

Length: up to 6 cm.

Weight: up to 8 g.

Sei whale

Order: Cetacea Family: Rorqual
Balaenoptera borealis

Length: up to 21 m.

Weight: up to 45 t.

Serotine bat

Order: Bat Family: Vespertilionidae
Eptesicus serotinus

Length: up to 8 cm.

Weight: up to 33 g.

Short-tailed field vole

Order: Rodent Family: Cricetidae
Microtus agrestis

Length: up to 14 cm.

Weight: up to 70 g.

Sika deer

Order: Artiodactyl Family: Deer
Cervus nippon

Length: up to 1.8 m.

Weight: up to 130 kg.

Soprano pipistrelle

Order: Bat Family: Vespertilionidae
Pipistrellus pygmaeus

Length: up to 5 cm.

Weight: up to 8 g.

Southern birch mouse

Order: Rodent Family: Sminthidae
Sicista subtilis

Length: up to 8 cm.

Weight: up to 13 g.

Sowerby's beaked whale

Order: Artiodactyl Family: Beaked whale
Mesoplodon bidens

Length: up to 5.5 m.

Weight: up to 1.5 t.

Speckled ground squirrel

Order: Rodent Family: Squirrel
Spermophilus suslicus

Length: up to 26 cm.

Weight: up to 500 g.

Steppe polecat

Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae
Mustela eversmanii

Length: up to 77 cm.

Weight: up to 960 g.

Stoat

Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae
Mustela erminea

Length: up to 38 cm.

Weight: up to 350 g.

Striped field mouse

Order: Rodent Family: Muridae
Apodemus agrarius

Length: up to 13 cm.

Weight: up to 30 g.

Tatra pine vole

Order: Rodent Family: Cricetidae
Microtus tatricus

Length: up to 11 cm.

Weight: up to 35 g.

Tundra vole

Order: Rodent Family: Cricetidae
Microtus oeconomus

Length: up to 16 cm.

Weight: up to 74 g.

Ural field mouse

Order: Rodent Family: Muridae
Apodemus uralensis

Length: up to 10 cm.

Weight: up to 18 g.

Walrus

Order: Carnivora Family: Odobenidae
Odobenus rosmarus

Length: up to 3.7 m.

Weight: up to 2 t.

Western barbastelle

Order: Bat Family: Vespertilionidae
Barbastella barbastellus

Length: up to 6 cm.

Weight: up to 12 g.

Whiskered bat

Order: Bat Family: Vespertilionidae
Myotis mystacinus

Length: up to 5 cm.

Weight: up to 9 g.

White-beaked dolphin

Order: Cetacea Family: Oceanic dolphin
Lagenorhynchus albirostris

Length: up to 3.1 m.

Weight: up to 350 kg.

Wild boar

Order: Artiodactyl Family: Suidae
Sus scrofa

Length: up to 1.95 m.

Weight: up to 230 kg.

Wild horse

Order: Perissodactyla Family: Equidae
Equus ferus

Length: up to 3.3 m.

Weight: up to 1 t.

Wild horse

Order: Perissodactyla Family: Equidae
Equus ferus przewalskii

Length: up to 2.6 m.

Weight: up to 400 kg.

Wolf

Order: Carnivora Family: Canidae
Canis lupus

Length: up to 1.3 m.

Weight: up to 110 kg.

Wood mouse

Order: Rodent Family: Muridae
Apodemus sylvaticus

Length: up to 11 cm.

Weight: up to 30 g.

Yellow-necked mouse

Order: Rodent Family: Muridae
Apodemus flavicollis

Length: up to 12 cm.

Weight: up to 60 g.