page_title: List of mammals of Croatia
section_title: Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Croatia / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Luchs im Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald English: Lynx in National Park Bavarian Forest
context_page_description: This list shows the IUCN Red List status of the 59 mammal species occurring in Croatia. Seven of them are vulnerable and four are near threatened.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed on the respective IUCN Red List published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
  Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:
context_section_description: There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which eat meat as their primary dietary item. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition.
  Suborder: Feliformia
  Family: Felidae (cats)
  Subfamily: Felinae
  Genus: Felis
  European wildcat, F. silvestris LC
  Genus: Lynx
  Eurasian lynx, L. lynx LC
  Suborder: Caniformia
  Family: Canidae (dogs, foxes)
  Genus: Vulpes
  Red fox, V. vulpes LC
  Genus: Canis
  Gray wolf, C. lupus LC
  Golden jackal, C. aureus LC
  Family: Ursidae (bears)
  Genus: Ursus
  Brown bear, U. arctos LC
  Family: Mustelidae (mustelids)
  Genus: Mustela
  Stoat, Mustela erminea LC
  Least weasel, Mustela nivalis LC
  European polecat, Mustela putorius LC
  Genus: Martes
  Beech marten, Martes foina LCc
  Genus: Meles
  Eurasian badger, M. meles LC
  Genus: Lutra
  European otter, L. lutra NT
caption: Eurasian lynx
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