A threatened group in a country
Guides.taxonThreatened.mammals of Ireland
- 8 species
- Endangered: 5
- Vulnerable: 3
Five of Ireland's eight threatened mammals are endangered, and all five are cetaceans: blue whale, North Atlantic right whale, killer whale, sei whale and fin whale. With the sperm whale that makes six. On land only two remain, the giant noctule and the southern water vole, and none is critically endangered.
By Red List category
- Endangered
- 5
- Vulnerable
- 3
