What animals live in Switzerland?

24,376,289 animal records from Switzerland cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 24,376,289 records
• 1,200+ species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in Switzerland

	Animal	Group	Records
	European roe deer Capreolus capreolus	Mammalia Cervidae	823,681
	red fox Vulpes vulpes	Mammalia Canidae	522,048
	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Insecta Nymphalidae	375,831
	chamois Rupicapra rupicapra	Mammalia Bovidae	350,812
	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus	Insecta Lycaenidae	250,522
	Marbled White Melanargia galathea	Insecta Nymphalidae	220,438
	common frog Rana temporaria	Amphibia Ranidae	216,028
	Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae	Insecta Nymphalidae	205,656
	Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus	Insecta Nymphalidae	199,791
	European hare Lepus europaeus	Mammalia Leporidae	176,240
	Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus	Insecta Acrididae	175,816
	Eurasian beaver Castor fiber	Mammalia Castoridae	166,927
	Common Toad Bufo bufo	Amphibia Bufonidae	163,367
	European badger Meles meles	Mammalia Mustelidae	162,956
	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Insecta Nymphalidae	151,756
	Alpine Newt Ichthyosaura alpestris	Amphibia Salamandridae	147,277
	red deer Cervus elaphus	Mammalia Cervidae	129,424
	Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta	Insecta Nymphalidae	129,323
	bow-winged grasshopper Chorthippus biguttulus	Insecta Acrididae	127,629
	Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia	Insecta Nymphalidae	123,513
	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Insecta Pieridae	111,040
	Eurasian red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris	Mammalia Sciuridae	108,609
	Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni	Insecta Pieridae	106,740
	Mazarine Blue Cyaniris semiargus	Insecta Lycaenidae	100,334
	Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella	Insecta Coenagrionidae	99,625
	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Insecta Nymphalidae	99,188
	Small White Pieris rapae	Insecta Pieridae	97,794
	wild boar Sus scrofa	Mammalia Suidae	92,300
	Field Cricket Gryllus campestris	Insecta Gryllidae	89,008
	Asian Large Skipper Ochlodes venata	Insecta Hesperiidae	88,912
	Painted Lady Vanessa cardui	Insecta Nymphalidae	87,396
	Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines	Insecta Pieridae	84,977
	hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus	Mammalia Erinaceidae	82,817
	Old World Swallowtail Papilio machaon	Insecta Papilionidae	82,278
	Beech Marten Martes foina	Mammalia Mustelidae	80,605
	Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans	Insecta Coenagrionidae	79,430
	Chalk-hill Blue Lysandra coridon	Insecta Lycaenidae	79,284
	Roesel's Bush Cricket Roeseliana roeselii	Insecta Tettigoniidae	77,681
	Alpine marmot Marmota marmota	Mammalia Sciuridae	77,495
	emperor dragonfly Anax imperator	Insecta Aeshnidae	77,082
	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Aves Corvidae	76,293
	Wall Lasiommata megera	Insecta Nymphalidae	73,617
	Scotch Argus Erebia aethiops	Insecta Nymphalidae	72,743
	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Aves Turdidae	71,653
	Rufous Grasshopper Gomphocerippus rufus	Insecta Acrididae	71,069
	Alpine ibex Capra ibex	Mammalia Bovidae	69,980
	Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata	Insecta Libellulidae	67,692
	Great Tit Parus major	Aves Paridae	67,194
	Loweia tityrus	Insecta Lycaenidae	64,925
	Adonis Blue Lysandra bellargus	Insecta Lycaenidae	64,291
	Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	64,065
	Dark Bush Cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera	Insecta Tettigoniidae	63,526
	Small Blue Cupido minimus	Insecta Lycaenidae	62,407
	Great Green Bush Cricket Tettigonia viridissima	Insecta Tettigoniidae	62,159
	Peacock Aglais io	Insecta Nymphalidae	61,856
	Large Ringlet Erebia euryale	Insecta Nymphalidae	61,462
	Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris	Insecta Hesperiidae	61,334
	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Aves Fringillidae	60,682
	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Aves Anatidae	60,075
	Dark Green Fritillary Speyeria aglaja	Insecta Nymphalidae	59,463