Facts and figures
Learn more about the mammals that roam Britain by browsing our fact files via the links below.
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Whales and dolphins
Cetaceans are a group of marine mammals that breathe air and are adapted to life in the water.
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Seals
This group is highly adapted to life in the water and are known as pinnipeds meaning 'flap-footed'.
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Marsupials
Meaning 'pouched-one' only one species is found in the UK- the red-necked wallaby.
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Rabbits and hares
These herbivores are also known as lagomorphs. There are three species in the UK.
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Shrews, moles and hedgehogs
Small, mostly nocturnal mammals that feed mainly on insects and are known as insectivores.
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Carnivores
Predators with teeth adapted to eat meat. Nine species live in the UK and another three are now extinct.
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Deer and wild boar
These even-toed ungulates are large plant eating mammals that walk on two-hoofed toes.
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Bats
18 species make up a third of the total number of wild mammals in Britain. 'Chiroptera' are our the only truly flying mammals.
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Rodents
Mammals with distinctive front teeth, of which there are 15 species in Britain, eight being native.