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Natural History of Radley

Mammals

 

The following lists some of the mammal wildlife found in and around Radley:
 

Mammals (Mammalia)

  • Muntjac deer (Muntiacus reevesi)
  • Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
  • Otter (Lutra lutra)
  • Badger (Meles meles)
  • Polecat (Mustela putorius) (Peachcroft Farm, 2008)
  • Mink (Mustela vison)
  • Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
  • Grey Squirrel (Scirus carolinensis)
  • Brown Rat (Ratus norvegicus)
  • Mole (Talpa europaea)
  • Field vole (Microtus agrestis)*
  • Water vole (Arvicola terrestris)*
  • Common shrew (Sorex araneus)*
  • Water shrew (Neomys fodiens)*
  • Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus)
  • Hedgehog (Erinaceus europeus)
  • Weasel (Mustela nivalis)
  • Wood Mouse/ Long-tailed field mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus )
  • House mouse (Mus musculus)
  • Pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
  • Soprano pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus)*
  • Noctule bat (Nyctalus noctula)*
  • Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentoni)*

Fox, photographed in July or August 1984 by R Eeles.

Fox (1984)

 

Badger, photographed May 1988 by R Eeles

Badger (May 1988)*
   

Grey Squirrel photographed 4 June 2004 by B Crowley

Grey Squirrel (4 June 2004)

Muntjac, photographed 02 August 2011 by S Calvert-Fisher

Muntjac (2 August 2011)
 

Water vole, photographed 28 May 2006 by Jo Cartmell

Water Vole (28 May 2006)
   

Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) photographed 30 August 2011 by B Crowley

Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) photographed 30 August 2011 by B Crowley

Above and left: Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)

(30 August 2011)

   
   
   
References  
   

Complete British Animals

Paul Sterry

Published by Collins, London, 2005

ISBN 0 00 720137 0

 
 

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