Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia. Europe is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways of the Turkish Straits. Yet the non-oceanic borders of Europe—a concept dating back to classical antiquity—are arbitrary and amount to a historical and social construct. The primarily physiographic term "continent" as applied to Europe also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent's current overland boundary with Asia. Europe covers about 10,180,000 square kilometres (3,930,000 sq mi), or 2% of the Earth's surface (6.8% of land area). Politically, Europe is divided into about fifty sovereign states of which the Russian Federation is the largest and most populous, spanning 39% of the continent and comprising 15% of its population. Europe had a total population of about 741 million (about 11% of world population) as of 2016. The European climate is largely affected by warm Atlantic currents that temper winters and summers on much of the continent, even at latitudes along which the climate in Asia and North America is severe. Further from the sea, seasonal differences are more noticeable than close to the coast.

## Mammals

Red FoxEuropean RabbitHumanBrown RatRed DeerWild BoarAlpine IbexChamoisEuropean BadgerEurasian LynxHarbor SealEurasian Red SquirrelBrown BearGrey WolfLeast WeaselEuropean HedgehogEuropean MoleWood MouseDomestic SheepDomestic CattleWisentStoatCaribouFallow DeerHarbor PorpoiseHouse MouseHazel DormouseBlack-bellied HamsterAfrican Crested PorcupineMooseEuropean WildcatIberian LynxDomestic PigEuropean Pine MartenNorway LemmingEurasian BeaverEuropean Roe DeerBrown Long-eared BatEuropean Polecat*Amphechinus*†Eurasian Harvest MouseEuropean HareGreater Horseshoe BatGreater Mouse-eared BatCommon PipistrelleEurasian Water ShrewEurasian OtterMouflonWoolly Mammoth†Cave Bear†*Megaloceros*†Woolly Rhinoceros†Aurochs†*Leptictidium*†*Chalicotherium*†
## Birds

Barn OwlPeregrine FalconGreater FlamingoBarn SwallowMallardMute SwanCommon KingfisherWhite StorkEurasian Tree SparrowRing-necked PheasantSnowy OwlEurasian Eagle OwlGolden EagleGreylag GooseEuropean RobinRock DoveAtlantic PuffinEuropean Herring GullCommon BuzzardWestern CapercaillieCarrion CrowGreat Spotted WoodpeckerCommon StarlingRed KiteEurasian OystercatcherEuropean RollerGreat Crested GrebeBarnacle GooseEuropean Green WoodpeckerDomestic ChickenGreat TitGreat White PelicanRock PtarmiganEurasian JayCommon ChaffinchCommon CuckooBlack-throated LoonDomestic GooseEurasian SkylarkEurasian KestrelCommon NightingaleEuropean GoldfinchCommon QuailSong ThrushTawny OwlEurasian Blue TitNorthern PintailGreat BustardEurasian BullfinchYellowhammerGrey HeronEuropean Turtle DoveCommon Blackbird*Gastornis*†
## Reptiles

European AdderEuropean Pond TurtleOcellated LizardCommon ChameleonGrass Snake*Muraenosaurus*†*Rhomaleosaurus*†Greek Tortoise*Dimorphodon*†Liopleurodon*†*
## Dinosaurs

*Iguanodon*†*Baryonyx*†*Allosaurus*†*Plateosaurus*†*Compsognathus*†*Hypsilophodon*†
## Amphibians

Fire SalamanderOlmGreat Crested NewtCommon FrogCommon ToadAlpine Newt
## Fish

Wels CatfishNorthern PikeEuropean Sea SturgeonJohn DoryBasking SharkBrook LampreyCommon RoachNorwegian SkateAtlantic TorpedoCommon AngelsharkEuropean PlaicePorbeagleCommon SkateRoughtail StingrayAtlantic CodRabbit FishCommon CarpAnglerAtlantic TorpedoCommon MinnowTub GurnardEuropean FlounderSmall-Spotted CatsharkEuropean Eel*Squalicorax*†European CongerSpot-Fin PorcupinefishGiant Devil Ray
## Invertebrates

Seven-spotted LadybugWestern HoneybeeMedicinal LeechWater Stick InsectEuropean Green CrabCommon WhelkVelvet Swimming CrabSabre WaspEuropean LanceletGreat Diving BeetleCommon Whirligig BeetleCommon WoodlouseBlack SlugLeopard SlugCommon LobsterThe Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack Giant Squid.pngGiant SquidSea GooseberryGypsy MothMusky OctopusTimberman BeetleEuropean MantisMediterranean Slipper LobsterGarden SnailPainted LadyBlue-tailed Damselfly*Arthropleura*†
## Mythlogical

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