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Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora
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Galemys pyrenaicus
Rhinolophus blasii
Rhinolophus euryale
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
Rhinolophus hipposideros
Rhinolophus mehelyi
Barbastella barbastellus
Miniopterus schreibersii
Myotis bechsteinii
Myotis blythii
Myotis capaccinii
Myotis dasycneme
Myotis emarginatus
Myotis myotis
Rousettus aegyptiacus
Myomimus roachi
* Marmota marmota latirostris
* Pteromys volans (Sciuropterus russicus)
Spermophilus citellus (Citellus citellus)
* Spermophilus suslicus (Citellus suslicus)
Castor fiber (except the Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Finnish and Swedish populations)
Mesocricetus newtoni
Dinaromys bogdanovi
Microtus cabrerae
* Microtus oeconomus arenicola
* Microtus oeconomus mehelyi
Microtus tatricus
Sicista subtilis
* Alopex lagopus
* Canis lupus (except the Estonian population; Greek populations: only south of the 39th parallel; Spanish populations: only those south of the Duero; Latvian, Lithuanian and Finnish populations).
* Ursus arctos (except the Estonian, Finnish and Swedish populations)
* Gulo gulo
Lutra lutra
Mustela eversmanii
* Mustela lutreola
Vormela peregusna
Lynx lynx (except the Estonian, Latvian and Finnish populations)
* Lynx pardinus
Halichoerus grypus (V)
* Monachus monachus
Phoca hispida bottnica (V)
* Phoca hispida saimensis
Phoca vitulina (V)
* Cervus elaphus corsicanus
Rangifer tarandus fennicus (o)
* Bison bonasus
Capra aegagrus (natural populations)
* Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica
Ovis gmelini musimon (Ovis ammon musimon) (natural populations — Corsica and Sardinia)
Ovis orientalis ophion (Ovis gmelini ophion)
* Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata ( Rupicapra rupicapra ornata )
Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica
* Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica
Phocoena phocoena
Tursiops truncatus]
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