🇱🇧Animals recorded in Lebanon

Which animals have been recorded in Lebanon? 973 occurrence records cover 332 species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 216 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include grey swimming crab, Indo-Pacific swimming crab, Charybdis longicollis.

• 973 records
• 332 species
• 21 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include grey swimming crab, Indo-Pacific swimming crab, Charybdis longicollis. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Lebanon

	Animal	Group	Records
	grey swimming crab Liocarcinus vernalis	Malacostraca Polybiidae	32
	Indo-Pacific swimming crab Charybdis hellerii	Malacostraca Portunidae	26
	Charybdis longicollis	Malacostraca Portunidae	25
	Lesser Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hipposideros	Mammalia Rhinolophidae	21
	Andrena cedricola	Insecta Andrenidae	18
	blue swimming crab Portunus pelagicus	Malacostraca Portunidae	17
	Atheta prudhoensis	Insecta Staphylinidae	16
	Quedius problematicus	Insecta Staphylinidae	15
	Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus	Insecta Culicidae	15
	Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens	Insecta Calopterygidae	15
	Lancer swimming crab Achelous hastatus	Malacostraca Portunidae	12
	Phytomyza spinaciae	Insecta Agromyzidae	11
	house mouse Mus musculus	Mammalia Muridae	11
	Egyptian rousette Rousettus aegyptiacus	Mammalia Pteropodidae	10
	Eastern broad-toothed field mouse Apodemus mystacinus	Mammalia Muridae	10
	Blasius's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus blasii	Mammalia Rhinolophidae	9
	Stenolophus abdominalis	Insecta Carabidae	8
	Elathous agilis	Insecta Elateridae	8
	greater horseshoe bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum	Mammalia Rhinolophidae	7
	Southern white-breasted hedgehog Erinaceus concolor	Mammalia Erinaceidae	6
	Cardiophorus convexithorax	Insecta Elateridae	6
	Peripontius omissus	Insecta Elateridae	6
	Andrena tadauchii	Insecta Andrenidae	5
	Günther's vole Microtus guentheri	Mammalia Cricetidae	5
	kuruma prawn Penaeus japonicus	Malacostraca Penaeidae	5
	Oncicola schacheri	Archiacanthocephala Oligacanthorhynchidae	5
	Tristram's Jird Meriones tristrami	Mammalia Muridae	5
	Lebanon Lizard Phoenicolacerta laevis	Squamata Lacertidae	5
	Melanotus fusciceps	Insecta Elateridae	5
	Lacon drusa	Insecta Elateridae	5
	Haplidia tarsensis	Insecta Scarabaeidae	4
	Andrena scrophulariae	Insecta Andrenidae	4
	Andrena gageae	Insecta Andrenidae	4
	Andrena cinereophila	Insecta Andrenidae	4
	Lesser mouse-eared bat Myotis blythii	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	4
	greater mouse-eared bat Myotis myotis	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	4
	Mehely's horseshoe bat Rhinolophus mehelyi	Mammalia Rhinolophidae	4
	Eastern Spiny Mouse Acomys dimidiatus	Mammalia Muridae	4
	European Free-tailed Bat Tadarida teniotis	Mammalia Molossidae	4
	Lachnaia sexpunctata	Insecta Chrysomelidae	4
	Kuhl's pipistrelle Pipistrellus kuhlii	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	4
	Schreiber's Fringe-fingered Lizard Acanthodactylus schreiberi	Squamata Lacertidae	4
	Aspidimorpha fallaciosa	Insecta Chrysomelidae	4
	Cirolana zibrowiusi	Malacostraca Cirolanidae	4
	Leptobium syriacum	Insecta Staphylinidae	4
	Haplidia indaryi	Insecta Scarabaeidae	3
	Pseudoanthidium wahrmanicum	Insecta Megachilidae	3
	Thrips meridionalis	Insecta Thripidae	3
	Marbled Crab Pachygrapsus marmoratus	Malacostraca Grapsidae	3
	tufted ghost crab Ocypode cursor	Malacostraca Ocypodidae	3
	Bastard grunt Pomadasys incisus	— Haemulidae	3
	false scad Caranx rhonchus	— Carangidae	3
	brown rat Rattus norvegicus	Mammalia Muridae	3
	black rat Rattus rattus	Mammalia Muridae	3
	common cerith Cerithium vulgatum	Gastropoda Cerithiidae	3
	Lacon punctatus	Insecta Elateridae	3
	Cardiophorus maculicollis	Insecta Elateridae	3
	Mediterranean horse mackerel Trachurus mediterraneus	— Carangidae	3
	Pompano Trachinotus ovatus	— Carangidae	3
	Bogue Boops boops	— Sparidae	3