Vertebrate Species List - [not including Fish]
indicates species reviewed in Lincolnshire Natural History Brochure No.9
Atlas of the Mammals, Reptiles and Amphibians of Lincolnshire and South Humberside
Johnson, M. - Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union. 1982.
[Some of these references are historical and should not be taken to indicate their occurrence today!
There have been status changes since this analysis, with species being both lost and gained.]
Atlas of the Mammals, Reptiles and Amphibians of Lincolnshire and South Humberside – LNU.
You can download and print off a hard copy or view it online.
https://lnu.org/publications/books/atlas-of-the-mammals-reptiles-and-amphibians-of-lincolnshire-and-south-humberside/
For current records please refer to the
Atlas of the terrestrial and semi-aquatic Mammals of Lincolnshire
by C. J. Manning, LNU Mammal Recorder,
on the link below.
You can download and print off a hard copy or view it online.
https://lincsnaturalist.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/mammalatlas.pdf
For Lincolnshire bat information, see:
Bats – An assessment of current status in Greater Lincolnshire. GNLP 2013.
Vertebrate List below based on Lincolnshire Biological Record Centre Card.
AMPHIBIA: 94
- Frog, Common [Rana temporaria]
Frog, Edible [Rana esculenta]
- Newt, Great Crested [Triturus cristatus]
- Newt, Palmate [Triturus helveticus]
- Newt, Smooth [Triturus vulgaris]
- Toad, Common [Bufo bufo]
- Toad, Natterjack [Bufo calamita]
REPTILIA: 95
- Adder [Vipera berus]
- Grass snake [Natrix natrix]
- Lizard, Common [Lacerta vivipara]
- Lizard, Sand [Lacerta aglis]
- Slow-worm [Angula fragilis]
Smooth Snake [Coronella austriaca]
MAMMALIA: 97
- Badger [Meles meles]
- Bat, Barbastelle [Barbastella barbastellus]
Bat, Bechstein's [Myotis bechsteini]
Bat, Brandt's bat [Myotis brandtii]
- Bat, Common Long-eared [Plecotus auritus]
- Bat, Daubenton's [Myotis daubentoni]
Bat, Greater Horseshoe [Rhinolophus hipposideros]
- Bat, Grey Long-eared [Plecotus austriacus]
- Bat, Leisler's [Nyctalus leisleri]
- Bat, Natterer's [Myotis natteri]
- Bat, Noctule [Nyctalus noctula]
- Bat, Pipistrelle [Pipistrellus pipistrellus]
[also Soprano pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pygmaeus;
Nathusius' pipistrelle,Pipistrellus nathusii
Bat, Serotine [Eptesicus serotinus]
- Bat, Whiskered [Myotis mystacinus]
- Coypu [Myocastor coypus]
- Deer, Chinese Muntjac [Muntiacus reevesi]
Deer, Chinese Water [Hydropotes inermis]
- Deer, Fallow [Dama dama]
- Deer, Red [Cervus elephus]
- Deer, Roe [Capreolus capreolus]
- Deer, Sika [Cervus nippon]
- Dormouse [Muscardinus avellanarius]
Fat Dormouse [Glis glis]
- Ferret (feral) [Mustela putorius furo]
- Fox [Vulpes vulpes]
Goat (feral) [Capra]
- Hare, Brown [Lepus capensis]
Hare, Mountain [Lepus timidus]
- Hedgehog [Erinaceus europaeus]
- Mink [Mustela vison]
- Mole [Talpa europaea]
- Mouse, Harvest [Micromys minutus]
- Mouse, House [Mus musculus]
- Mouse, Wood [Apodemus sylvaticus]
- Mouse, Yellow-necked [Apodemus flavicollis]
- Otter [Lutra lutra]
Pine Marten [Martes martes]
- Polecat [Mustela putorius]
- Rabbit [Oryctolagus cuniculus]
- Rat, Black [Rattus rattus]
- Rat, Brown [Rattus norvegicus]
- Seal, Common [Phoca vitulina]
- Seal, Grey [Halichoerus grypus]
- Shrew, Common [Sorex araneus]
- Shrew, Pygmy [Sorex minutus]
- Shrew, Water [Neomys fodiens]
- Squirrel, Grey [Scurius carolinensis]
- Squirrel, Red [Scurius vulgaris]
- Stoat [Mustela erminea]
- Vole, Bank [Clethrionomys glareolus]
- Vole, Field [Microtus agrestis]
- Vole, Water [Arvicola terrestris]
- Weasel [Mustela nivalis]
Wild Cat [Felis sylvestris]
A selection of related links.
www.lnu.org/ – Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union
Wildnews Bulletin Portal – archive of past LNU newsletters.
http://www.mammal.org.uk/ – Mammal Society.
http://www.nbn.org.uk/ – National Biodiversity Network.
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/ –
Natural History Museum.
Please tell me about any typographical errors you may spot!
2006 Roger Parsons
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