Mammal pictures

Most of the photos here are courtesy of friends and acquaintances, I take this opportunity to thank them all again. All the photos have the reserved rights of each author, who has given them to be spread in this web page.

Suncus etruscus — Etruscan shrew

Mustela putorius — European polecat

Ammotragus lervia — Barbary sheep, Ángel Cañones

Meles meles — Badger

Crocidura russula — Greater white-toothed shrew

Myotis bechsteinii — Bechstein’s bat

Capra pyrenaica — Spanish ibex, Ángel Cañones

Microtus duodecimcostatus — Mediterranean pine vole, Alfonso Roldán Losada

Erinaceus europaeus — European hedgehog, Alex Fabra

lynx in extremadura — Iberian lynx photographed at a great distance

Ovis orientalis musimon — Young mouflon in Alia

Lynx about to hunt a sick rabbit — Rabbits with myxomatosis are always an easy prey.

Deer male in rutting season — Red deer in Garcia Sola lake

Capreolus capreolus — Roe deer in Ahigal de los Aceiteros

Vulpes vulpes — Red fox hunting for voles near Badajoz

Mus musculus — House mouse

Sorex granarius — Iberian shrew

Herpestes ichneumon — Egyptian mongoose in Badajoz

Pipistrellus kuhlii — Kuhl’s pipistrelle

Lynx pardinus — Two lynx cubs photographed in Extremadura in summer 2024

Myotis mystacinus — Whiskered bat

Genetta genetta — Common genet, Fernando Mostacero

Crocidura suaveloens — Lesser white-toothed shrew

Sus scrofa — Boar in the forest

Martes foina — Beech marten

Wildlife of Sierra San Pedro — Curious group: young male, female and calf

Lutra lutra — Otter in Orellana lake

Myotis myotis — Greater mouse-eared bat

Rhinolophus hipposideros — Lesser horseshoe bat

Lynx of Extremadura — Female lynx with cubs photographed during one of our trips, July 2026

cervus elaphus — Deer rut, one of the great attractions of this activity

Rhinolophus ferrumequinum — Greater horseshoe bat

Eptesicus serotinus — Serotine bat

lynx in Extremadura — Young Iberian lynx cub

Eliomys Quercinus — Garden dormouse, Ángel Cañones

Apodemus sylvaticus — Wood mouse

Mustela vison — American mink

lynx in Extremadura — Autumn is a good time to see young specimens.

Ovis musimon — Mouflons, Ángel Cañones

Capreolus capreolus — Roe deer in Ahigal de los Aceiteros

Plecotus austriacus — Grey long-eared bat

2 iberian lynx in Campiña Sur — 2 lynx together in winter 2024

Mus spretus — Algerian mouse

Microtus lusitánicus — Lusitanian pine vole

Myothis blythii — Lesser mouse-eared bat

Microtus agrestis — field vole

Galemys pyrenaicus — Pyrenean desman

Lynx pardinus — Pair of lynxes about to mate in December

Arvícola sapidus — Southwestern water vole

Talpa occidentalis — Spanish mole

Microtus cabrerae — Cabrera’s vole

Lynx pardinus — Iberian lynx female in Extremadura

Dama dama — Young male of fallow deer

Sorex minutus — Eurasian pigmy shrew

Lynx in Extremadura — Iberian lynx in Campiña Sur (december 2024)

Mustela nivalis — Weasel

Lynx pardinus — Rabbits are the main prey of the Iberian lynx

Herpestes ichneumon — Egyptian mongoose

Iberian lynx Extremadura — Lynx drinking water on the shore of a reservoir

Lepus granatensis — Iberian hare in La Albuera

Pipistrellus pipistrellus — Common pipistrelle

Barbastella barbastellus — Western barbastelle, Ján Svetlík

Cervus elaphus — Red deer, Isaac Fdez Galisteo

Myotis emarginatus — Geoffroy’s bat

Felis silvestris — European wildcat

Oryctolagus cuniculus — European rabbit in Don Benito

Lynx pardinus — Female with cubs

Rhinolophus euryale — Mediterranean horseshoe bat

Myotis daubentonii — Daubenton’s bat

Plecotus auritus — Brown long-eared bat

Nyctalus lasiopterus — Greater noctule bat

Gineta Genetta genetta — Common genet, Fernando Mostacero

Miniopterus schreibersii — Common bent-wing bat

Capra pyrenaica — Spanish ibex male

lynx in Extremadura — Summer is a good moment to watch lynx cubs

Chionomys nivalis — European snow vole

Dama dama — Several fallow deers grazing peacefully

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