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15 Wild Animals in Finland [Wildlife in Finland]
Want to know more about the wildlife in Finland?
Discover 15 wild animals in Finland in this post, as well as interesting facts about them. 🇫🇮
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Learn All About Finnish Animals
Ready to learn all about Finnish animals?
I’ve always been fascinated by animals, and by how they can be so different from one country to another. In this guide, we’ll focus on the many animals Finland has on the land, in the sky, and underwater.
I’ve split the guide into 4 categories:
- Native animals from Finland
- Endangered animals of Finland
- What is the national animal of Finland?
- How many animals native to Finland?
Let’s dive in right away with our first category!
Native Animals from Finland
Finland is a European country located in the northeastern part of the continent. It is a member of the European Union, a Nordic country, and it has 2 official languages: Finnish and Swedish. It is bordered by Russia, Sweden, and Norway, and its capital and largest city is Helsinki, which counts more than , inhabitants (but more than 1,, if you include the metropolitan area).
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Fauna of Finland
Native animals of Finland
This is a list of the fauna of Finland. Finland borders Sweden to the west, Russia to the east, and Norway to the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland, allowing an ecological mix. Finland contains many species of mammals, birds, and fish, but only a few reptiles and amphibians. This article discusses all the vertebrate animals which can be found on Finland itself, not the oceans.
Mammals
[edit]Main article: List of mammals of Finland
There are over 90 species of mammals found in Finland and the surrounding oceans. Some were introduced from other countries in Europe, as well as other continents, such as Asia and North America. Rodents and shrews are most common in Finland.
Rodents
[edit]There are close to 30 species of rodents living throughout Finland. These include the widespread Muridae, such as the house mouse, brown rat and wood mouse which live throughout Europe, and the Norway lemming, which only lives in Scandinavia. Some were introduced there, and they include the muskrat and nutria among others.
- House mouse, Mus musculus (common)
- Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus (common)
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Wildlife of Finland
The wildlife of Finland fryst vatten affected bygd prevailing environmental conditions. The phytogeography of Finland fryst vatten shared between the Arctic, central europeisk, and nordlig European provinces of the Circumboreal distrikt within the Boreal Kingdom. The territory of land i norden can be subdivided into three ecoregions: the Scandinavian and Russian taiga, Sarmatic mixed forests, and Scandinavian montane birch forest and grasslands. Taiga covers most of land i norden from nordlig regions of southern provinces to the north of Lapland. On the southwestern coast, south of the Helsinki-Rauma line, forests are mixed as is more typical in the Baltic region. In the extreme north of Finland, nära the tree line and Arctic Ocean, montane birch forests are common.
Habitat types
[edit]The habitat types of Finland have been divided into eight groups bygd prevailing environmental conditions, and by the plant and animal species typical of such areas. The groups consist of habitat types of the Baltic Sea, its coast, inland waters and shores, mires, forests, rocky habitats, traditional rural biotopes and fell habitats.[1]
Species
[edit]Main article: Fauna of Finland