UK BAP priority terrestrial mammal species

A list of the UK BAP priority terrestrial mammal species, and their occurence in the four UK countries is provided in the table below. In addition, the 'Original UK BAP species' column provides information on whether the species was on the original UK BAP list created between 1996 and 1998, or was added following the review of priority species and habitats (PDF, 1.3Mb) in 2007. All original species have Species action Plans (SAPs), species statements, or are included within grouped plans or statements, whereas there are, as yet, no published plans for the species added following the 2007 review.

Current scientific names and commonly used synonyms derive from the Nameserver facility of the National Biodiversity Network Species Dictionary, which is managed by the Natural History Museum. More detailed information about the distribution and taxonomy of these species can be found using the NBN gateway, and details of current Species Action Plans (SAPs) can be found on BARS.

JNCC have collated already-published information from a variety of sources for all of the UK BAP priority species, to bring these data together into a single report, or 'species account', for each species. All of this information is already available on either the JNCC website, the NBN Gateway, or the BARS website. More detail about the information within the species accounts is available here. Each individual species account can be accessed by clicking on a name in the table below, or through the full list of priority species.

UK BAP priority terrestrial mammal species
Scientific name and link to species account	NBN common name	Taxon	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland	Original UK BAP species?
Arvicola terrestris	Water Vole	terrestrial mammal	Y	Y	Y	N	Yes – SAP
Barbastella barbastellus	Barbastelle Bat	terrestrial mammal	Y	N	Y	N	Yes – SAP
Erinaceus europaeus	West European Hedgehog	terrestrial mammal	Y	Y	Y	Y
Felis silvestris	Wildcat	terrestrial mammal	N	Y	N	N
Lepus europaeus	Brown Hare	terrestrial mammal	Y	Y	Y	Y	Yes – SAP
Lepus timidus	Mountain Hare	terrestrial mammal	Y	Y	N	Y
Lutra lutra	Otter	terrestrial mammal	Y	Y	Y	Y	Yes – SAP
Martes martes	Pine Marten	terrestrial mammal	Y	Y	Y	Y
Micromys minutus	Harvest Mouse	terrestrial mammal	Y	N	Y	N
Muscardinus avellanarius	Dormouse	terrestrial mammal	Y	N	Y	N	Yes – SAP
Mustela putorius	Polecat	terrestrial mammal	Y	Y	Y	N
Myotis bechsteinii	Bechstein's Bat	terrestrial mammal	Y	N	Y	N	Yes – SAP
Nyctalus noctula	Noctule	terrestrial mammal	Y	Y	Y	N
Pipistrellus pygmaeus	Soprano Pipistrelle	terrestrial mammal	Y	Y	Y	Y	Yes – SAP
Plecotus auritus	Brown Long-eared Bat	terrestrial mammal	Y	Y	Y	Y
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum	Greater Horseshoe Bat	terrestrial mammal	Y	N	Y	N	Yes – SAP
Rhinolophus hipposideros	Lesser Horseshoe Bat	terrestrial mammal	Y	N	Y	N	Yes – SAP
Sciurus vulgaris	Red Squirrel	terrestrial mammal	Y	Y	Y	Y	Yes – SAP