List of United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan species
This is a list of United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan species . Some suffer because of loss of habitat , but many are in decline following the introduction of foreign species, which out-compete the native species or carry disease.
See also the list of extinct animals of the British Isles .
This list includes the 116 species identified as requiring action plans in the Biodiversity Steering Group's report of December 1995.
Mammals
Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris grampia )
Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus ), warm and temperate seas worldwide
European (brown) hare (Lepus europaeus ), northern, central, and western Europe and western Asia
Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius ), northern Europe and Asia Minor
European otter (Lutra lutra lutra ), Asia, Africa and Europe
Greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinium ), Europe, Africa, South Asia and Australia
Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena ), coastal waters in the Northern Hemisphere
Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris leucourus ), Eurasia (subspecies endemic to Great Britain)
Water vole (Arvicola amphibius ), Great Britain, northern and central Europe and in parts of Russia
European (western) hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus )
Birds
List of UK BAP priority bird species.[ 1]
Amphibians
Fish
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Insects
Ants
Bees
Beetles
Beaulieu dung beetle (Aphodius niger ), a dung beetle
Blue ground beetle (Carabus intricatus )
Bembidion argenteolum , a ground beetle
Crucifix ground beetle (Panagaeus cruxmajor ), a ground beetle
Hazel pot beetle (Cryptocephalus coryli ), a leaf beetle
Lizard weevil (Cathormiocerus britannicus ), probably endemic
Orbera oculata , a longhorn beetle
Pashford pot beetle (Cryptocephalus exiguus ), a leaf beetle , probably endemic and extinct
Stag beetle (Lucanus cervus )
Lough Neagh camphor beetle (Stenus palposus ), a rove beetle
Tachys edmonsi , a ground beetle , endemic
Violet click beetle (Limoniscus violaceus )
Tansy beetle (Chrysolina graminis )
Butterflies and moths
Crickets
Damselflies
Flies
Grasshoppers
Crustaceans
Molluscs
Gastropods
Freshwater snails:
Land snails:
Bivalves
Other invertebrates
Freshwater:
Marine:
Plants
Trees
Flowering plants
Fungi
Lichens
Mosses
Liverworts
Stoneworts
See also
References
External links
Invertebrates
Vertebrates See also
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