🇲🇰Animals recorded in North Macedonia

Which animals have been recorded in North Macedonia? 2,339 occurrence records cover 550 species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 359 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Danube Barbel, Vardar chub, Aegean gudgeon.

• 2,339 records
• 550 species
• 15 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Danube Barbel, Vardar chub, Aegean gudgeon. 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 North Macedonia

	Animal	Group	Records
	Danube Barbel Barbus balcanicus	— Cyprinidae	88
	Vardar chub Squalius vardarensis	— Cyprinidae	75
	Aegean gudgeon Gobio bulgaricus	— Cyprinidae	68
	Schneider Alburnoides bipunctatus	— Cyprinidae	68
	Vardar nase Chondrostoma vardarense	— Cyprinidae	63
	Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus	Insecta Culicidae	55
	wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus	Mammalia Muridae	55
	dark vimba Vimba melanops	— Cyprinidae	41
	Vardar Bitterling Rhodeus meridionalis	— Cyprinidae	40
	Macedonian Barbel Barbus macedonicus	— Cyprinidae	38
	Yellow-necked Mouse Apodemus flavicollis	Mammalia Muridae	37
	house mouse Mus musculus	Mammalia Muridae	34
	Thessaly bleak Alburnus thessalicus	— Cyprinidae	32
	Macedonian Trout Salmo macedonicus	— Salmonidae	30
	Lesser Blind Mole Rat Spalax leucodon	Mammalia Spalacidae	27
	East European Vole Microtus levis	Mammalia Cricetidae	26
	Macedonian moranec Pachychilon macedonicum	— Cyprinidae	24
	European mole Talpa europaea	Mammalia Talpidae	23
	Eurasian red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris	Mammalia Sciuridae	22
	Vardar Spined Loach Cobitis vardarensis	— Cobitidae	22
	Macedonian Mouse Mus macedonicus	Mammalia Muridae	21
	European water vole Arvicola amphibius	Mammalia Cricetidae	20
	Vardar Stone Loach Barbatula vardarensis	— Nemacheilidae	19
	Pyramica crassicornis	Insecta Formicidae	18
	Southern Water Shrew Neomys anomalus	Mammalia Soricidae	18
	Balkan Golden Loach Sabanejewia balcanica	— Cobitidae	17
	Roman Mole Talpa romana	Mammalia Talpidae	17
	Eastern broad-toothed field mouse Apodemus mystacinus	Mammalia Muridae	16
	Wels Silurus glanis	— Siluridae	15
	Greek Stone Gudgeon Romanogobio elimeius	— Cyprinidae	15
	Prussian carp Carassius gibelio	— Cyprinidae	15
	Southern white-breasted hedgehog Erinaceus concolor	Mammalia Erinaceidae	15
	Lesser White Toothed Shrew Crocidura suaveolens	Mammalia Soricidae	14
	Bulgarian stone loach Oxynoemacheilus bureschi	— Nemacheilidae	13
	Eurasian water shrew Neomys fodiens	Mammalia Soricidae	13
	Ohrid moranec Pachychilon pictum	— Cyprinidae	12
	Topmouth Gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva	— Cyprinidae	12
	Crucian Carp Carassius carassius	— Cyprinidae	12
	Common Pine Vole Microtus subterraneus	Mammalia Cricetidae	12
	edible doormouse Glis glis	Mammalia Gliridae	12
	Bank Vole Myodes glareolus	Mammalia Cricetidae	12
	Forest Dormouse Dryomys nitedula	Mammalia Gliridae	12
	muskrat Ondatra zibethicus	Mammalia Cricetidae	12
	Turkish snail Helix lucorum	Gastropoda Helicidae	12
	Aegean minnow Phoxinus strymonicus	— Cyprinidae	11
	Marthamea vitripennis	Insecta Perlidae	10
	Kessler's Gudgeon Romanogobio kesslerii	— Cyprinidae	10
	Neretva roach Leucos basak	— Cyprinidae	10
	Bicolored Shrew Crocidura leucodon	Mammalia Soricidae	10
	Striped Field Mouse Apodemus agrarius	Mammalia Muridae	10
	hazel dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius	Mammalia Gliridae	10
	Common carp Cyprinus carpio	— Cyprinidae	10
	European Ground Squirrel Spermophilus citellus	Mammalia Sciuridae	9
	Hermann's tortoise Testudo hermanni	Testudines Testudinidae	9
	Prespa Trout Salmo peristericus	— Salmonidae	9
	Balkan Snow Vole Dinaromys bogdanovi	Mammalia Cricetidae	9
	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Aves Passeridae	9
	Western Broad-toothed Field Mouse Apodemus epimelas	Mammalia Muridae	9
	Haplodrassus signifer	Arachnida Gnaphosidae	8
	Roach Rutilus rutilus	— Cyprinidae	8