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Denmark

Europe · Northern Europe

Total Species
14124
Threatened
1611
CR + EN + VU
Population
5792203
Area
43094 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 282
Endangered 560
Vulnerable 769
Near Threatened 761
Least Concern 5322
Data Deficient 715
Not Evaluated 4834
Extinct 194

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 6414
Fungi 3531
Plantae 3296
Chromista 561
Protozoa 207
Bacteria 115

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Denmark

Common Kidney-Vetch

Anthyllis vulneraria

Vulnerable

Common Pipistrelle

Pipistrellus pipistrellus

Vulnerable

Common Raccoon

Procyon lotor

Least Concern

common sea hare

Aplysia punctata

Least Concern

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

Least Concern

Common Seal

Phoca vitulina

Near Threatened

Golden Eagle

Aquila chrysaetos

Near Threatened

Bagwhale

Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Least Concern

Brown Rat

Rattus norvegicus

Least Concern

Eden's whale

Balaenoptera edeni

Data Deficient

European pine marten

Martes martes

Critically Endangered

Eurasian pygmy shrew

Sorex minutus

Vulnerable

European polecat

Mustela putorius

Vulnerable

European water vole

Arvicola amphibius

Near Threatened

Globe Thistle

Echinops ritro

Not Evaluated

Globe Thistle

Echinops exaltatus

Not Evaluated

Ardilla Gris Oriental

Sciurus carolinensis

Not Evaluated

Javan Mongoose

Herpestes javanicus

Not Evaluated

Atlantic Dolphin

Delphinus delphis

Least Concern

Mongolian gerbil

Meriones unguiculatus

Not Evaluated

Natterer's Bat

Myotis nattereri

Critically Endangered

North Atlantic right whale

Eubalaena glacialis

Extinct

Northern Birch Mouse

Sicista betulina

Least Concern

Pallas's squirrel, Red-bellied tree squirrel

Callosciurus erythraeus

Not Evaluated

American mink

Mustela vison

Not Evaluated

Cuvier's beaked whale

Ziphius cavirostris

Least Concern

European hamster

Cricetus cricetus

Critically Endangered

European Mole

Talpa europaea

Least Concern

Finlayson's squirrel

Callosciurus finlaysonii

Least Concern

European otter

Lutra lutra

Vulnerable

Hare's-tail

Lagurus ovatus

Not Evaluated

Hooded seal

Cystophora cristata

Endangered

American Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Not Evaluated

Bank Vole

Myodes glareolus

Least Concern

Big Finner

Balaenoptera physalus

Endangered

Black-Veined White

Aporia crataegi

Endangered

blue whale

Balaenoptera musculus

Vulnerable

Blue Dolphin

Stenella coeruleoalba

Least Concern

Buckelwal

Megaptera novaeangliae

Vulnerable

Cat

Felis catus

Not Evaluated

common bottlenose dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

Least Concern

Eurasian Goshawk

Accipiter gentilis

Near Threatened

Eurasian beaver

Castor fiber

Vulnerable

Eurasian badger

Meles meles

Vulnerable

Epaulard

Orcinus orca

Data Deficient

Eurasian Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus scirpaceus

Least Concern

European hare

Lepus europaeus

Near Threatened

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

Least Concern

Eurasian red squirrel

Sciurus vulgaris

Least Concern

Eurasian Skylark

Alauda arvensis

Vulnerable

Eurasian water shrew

Neomys fodiens

Endangered

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Least Concern

Gray/Purple Heron

Ardea cinerea

Least Concern

gray wolf

Canis lupus

Critically Endangered

Great Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus arundinaceus

Critically Endangered

Marsh Warbler/Eurasian Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus palustris

Least Concern

Noctule

Nyctalus noctula

Vulnerable

Sedge Warbler

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Least Concern

small tortoiseshell

Aglais urticae

Near Threatened

Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularius

Least Concern

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