🇲🇪Animals recorded in Montenegro

Which animals have been recorded in Montenegro? 5,640 occurrence records cover 856 species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 212 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include wood mouse, Asian tiger mosquito, Small Indian mongoose.

• 5,640 records
• 856 species
• 22 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include wood mouse, Asian tiger mosquito, Small Indian mongoose. 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 Montenegro

	Animal	Group	Records
	wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus	Mammalia Muridae	101
	Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus	Insecta Culicidae	85
	Small Indian mongoose Herpestes javanicus	Mammalia Herpestidae	80
	red fox Vulpes vulpes	Mammalia Canidae	73
	Lesser Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hipposideros	Mammalia Rhinolophidae	71
	European otter Lutra lutra	Mammalia Mustelidae	69
	Western Balkan Barbel Barbus rebeli	— Cyprinidae	60
	Beech Marten Martes foina	Mammalia Mustelidae	58
	European Eel Anguilla anguilla	— Anguillidae	50
	Skadar Chub Squalius platyceps	— Cyprinidae	49
	Minnow Phoxinus phoxinus	— Cyprinidae	48
	Agrochola humilis	Insecta Noctuidae	48
	Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	48
	Savi's Pipistrelle Hypsugo savii	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	41
	European hare Lepus europaeus	Mammalia Leporidae	40
	Montenegro riffle dace Telestes montenigrinus	— Cyprinidae	40
	brown bear Ursus arctos	Mammalia Ursidae	39
	Eurasian red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris	Mammalia Sciuridae	39
	greater horseshoe bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum	Mammalia Rhinolophidae	38
	European badger Meles meles	Mammalia Mustelidae	37
	Ohrid moranec Pachychilon pictum	— Cyprinidae	37
	edible doormouse Glis glis	Mammalia Gliridae	37
	Danube Barbel Barbus balcanicus	— Cyprinidae	36
	Lesser Blind Mole Rat Spalax leucodon	Mammalia Spalacidae	35
	Noctule Bat Nyctalus noctula	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	35
	Porter's Rustic Athetis hospes	Insecta Noctuidae	34
	Alburnus scoranza	— Cyprinidae	34
	black rat Rattus rattus	Mammalia Muridae	33
	house mouse Mus musculus	Mammalia Muridae	31
	European roe deer Capreolus capreolus	Mammalia Cervidae	31
	red starfish Echinaster sepositus	Asteroidea Echinasteridae	30
	Common nase Chondrostoma nasus	— Cyprinidae	30
	Ohrid minnow Pelasgus minutus	— Cyprinidae	29
	Spiny Starfish Marthasterias glacialis	Asteroidea Asteriidae	28
	Cochlostoma auritum	Gastropoda Cochlostomatidae	28
	Schreibers's Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus schreibersii	Mammalia Miniopteridae	27
	Scopula submutata	Insecta Geometridae	27
	Ohrid Spined Loach Cobitis ohridana	— Cobitidae	26
	Lesser mouse-eared bat Myotis blythii	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	25
	Zeta Stone Loach Barbatula zetensis	— Nemacheilidae	24
	Prussian carp Carassius gibelio	— Cyprinidae	24
	golden jackal Canis aureus	Mammalia Canidae	24
	wild boar Sus scrofa	Mammalia Suidae	24
	Nodaria nodosalis	Insecta Erebidae	23
	Mint Moth Pyrausta aurata	Insecta Crambidae	23
	Eastern broad-toothed field mouse Apodemus mystacinus	Mammalia Muridae	23
	freshwater blenny Salaria fluviatilis	— Blenniidae	23
	Skadar Gudgeon Gobio skadarensis	— Cyprinidae	23
	Dark Mottled Willow Spodoptera cilium	Insecta Noctuidae	23
	chamois Rupicapra rupicapra	Mammalia Bovidae	23
	Campylaea pouzolzi	Gastropoda Helicidae	23
	Agriphila tolli	Insecta Crambidae	22
	Helix secernenda	Gastropoda Helicidae	22
	Small Waved Umber Horisme vitalbata	Insecta Geometridae	22
	Common carp Cyprinus carpio	— Cyprinidae	21
	Cochlostoma roseoli	Gastropoda Cochlostomatidae	21
	Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	21
	Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria	Insecta Geometridae	20
	gray wolf Canis lupus	Mammalia Canidae	20
	Cotton-Spinner Holothuria tubulosa	Holothuroidea Holothuriidae	20