Eurasia's Carnivores
Large herbivores, food for carrion eaters and scavengers
In terrestrial ecosystems, top carnivores, from large mammals such as tigers and bears to raptors, are situated at the apex of food webs. They are characterized by their big size and their sparse numbers relative to their prey. Recent research points to the crucial role of top carnivores. By predating they structure and preserve biodiversity.
Read more about the carnivores in Eurasia.
Amur tiger Panthera tigris altaica 001
Amur tiger - Panthera tigris altaica
Family:
Eurasia's Carnivores
Countries:
- Russia
Arctic fox Alopex lagopus 002
Arctic fox - Alopex lagopus
Family:
Eurasia's Carnivores
Countries:
- Finland
- Norway
- Russia
Status:
Least Concern
Brown bear Ursus arctos 003
Brown bear - Ursus arctos
Family:
Eurasia's Carnivores
Countries:
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Andorra
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Greece
- Iran
- Italy
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Macedonia
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Norway
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Tajikistan
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
Status:
Least Concern
Caracal Caracal caracal 004
Caracal - Caracal caracal
Family:
Eurasia's Carnivores
Countries:
- Afghanistan
- Iran
- Kazakhstan
- Tajikistan
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Uzbekistan
Status:
Least Concern
Cheetah Acinonynx jubatus 005
Cheetah - Acinonynx jubatus
Family:
Eurasia's Carnivores
Countries:
- Iran
Status:
Critically Endangered
Corsac fox Vulpes corsac 006
Corsac fox - Vulpes corsac
Family:
Eurasia's Carnivores
Countries:
- Afghanistan
- China
- Iran
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Monaco
- Russia
- Turkmenistan
- Uzbekistan
Eurasian badger Meles meles 007
Eurasian badger - Meles meles
Family:
Eurasia's Carnivores
Countries:
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- China
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Ukraine
Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx 008
Eurasian lynx - Lynx lynx
Family:
Eurasia's Carnivores
Countries:
- Albania
- Austria
- Belarus
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Macedonia
- Montenegro
- Norway
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Ukraine
Status:
Least Concern
European pine marten Martes martes 011
European pine marten - Martes martes
Family:
Eurasia's Carnivores
Countries:
- Albania
- Austria
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iran
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
Golden jackal Canis aureus 012
Golden jackal - Canis aureus
Family:
Eurasia's Carnivores
Countries:
- Austria
- Iran
- Iraq
- Italy
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Syria
- Turkey
Status:
Least Concern
Gray Wolf Canis lupus 013
Gray Wolf - Canis lupus
Family:
Eurasia's Carnivores
Countries:
- Albania
- Belarus
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Italy
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Macedonia
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tajikistan
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
Status:
Least Concern
Iberian lynx Lynx pardinus 014
Iberian lynx - Lynx pardinus
Family:
Eurasia's Carnivores
Countries:
- Spain
Status:
Critically Endangered
Jungle cat Felis chaus 016
Jungle cat - Felis chaus
Family:
Eurasia's Carnivores
Countries:
- Afghanistan
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- China
- Georgia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Russia
Least Weasel Mustela nivalis 017
Least Weasel - Mustela nivalis
Family:
Eurasia's Carnivores
Countries:
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Andorra
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- China
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Malta
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Uzbekistan
Leopard Panthera pardus 018
Leopard - Panthera pardus
Family:
Eurasia's Carnivores
Countries:
- Afghanistan
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Georgia
- Iran
- Kazakhstan
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
Marbled polecat Vormela peregusna 019
Marbled polecat - Vormela peregusna
Family:
Eurasia's Carnivores
Countries:
- Afghanistan
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bulgaria
- China
- Georgia
- Greece
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Kazakhstan
- Macedonia
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Pakistan
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia
- Syria
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
Polar bear Ursus maritimus 020
Polar bear - Ursus maritimus
Family:
Eurasia's Carnivores
Countries:
- Norway
- Russia
Raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides 021
Raccoon dog - Nyctereutes procyonoides
Family:
Eurasia's Carnivores
Countries:
- China
- Japan
- Mongolia
- Russia
Red fox Vulpes vulpes 022
Red fox - Vulpes vulpes
Family:
Eurasia's Carnivores
Countries:
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Andorra
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- China
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- European Union
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Italy
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Malta
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Uzbekistan
Siberian weasel Mustela sibirica Kolonok 023
Siberian weasel - Mustela sibirica
Family:
Eurasia's Carnivores
Countries:
- China
- Japan
- Mongolia
- Russia
Snow leopard Panthera uncia 024
Snow leopard - Panthera uncia
Family:
Eurasia's Carnivores
Countries:
- Afghanistan
- China
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Mongolia
- Russia
- Tajikistan
- Uzbekistan
Stoat Mustela erminea Ermine 026
Stoat - Mustela erminea
Family:
Eurasia's Carnivores
Countries:
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Andorra
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- China
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tajikistan
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Uzbekistan
Steppe polecat Mustela eversmanii 025
Steppe polecat - Mustela eversmanii
Family:
Eurasia's Carnivores
Countries:
- Austria
- Belarus
- Bulgaria
- China
- Czech Republic
- Georgia
- Hungary
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
Stone marten Martes foina 027
Stone marten - Martes foina
Family:
Eurasia's Carnivores
Countries:
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- China
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iran
- Italy
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- Pakistan
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
Striped hyaena Hyaena hyaena 028
Striped hyaena - Hyaena hyaena
Family:
Eurasia's Carnivores
Countries:
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Georgia
- Iran
- Tajikistan
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Uzbekistan
Wildcat Felis silvestris 029
Wildcat - Felis silvestris
Family:
Eurasia's Carnivores
Countries:
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iran
- Italy
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Switzerland
- Tajikistan
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
Wolverine Gulo gulo 030
Wolverine - Gulo gulo
Family:
Eurasia's Carnivores
Countries:
- Estonia
- Finland
- Mongolia
- Norway
- Russia
- Sweden