Portland Bird Observatory
and Field Centre
Mammals on Portland
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The following species of mammal have been seen wild on or from Portland, at Portland Harbour, and Ferrybridge - the 'island's' official border with Weymouth. The land area is less than 5 miles (8k) by 1.5 miles (2.6k) in size.
| Hedgehog | Erinaceus europaeus |
| Common Shrew | Sorex araneus |
| Pygmy Shrew | Sorex minutus |
| Greater Horseshoe Bat | Rhinolophus ferrumequinum |
| Whiskered Bat | Myotis mystacinus |
| Natterer's Bat | Myotis nattereri |
| Serotine Bat | Eptesicus serotinus |
| Noctule | Nyctalus noctula |
| Pipistrelle | Pipistrellus pipistrellus |
| Barbastelle | Barbastella barbastellus |
| Common Long-eared Bat | Plecotus auritus |
| Grey Long-eared Bat | Plecotus austriacus |
| Bunny | Oryctolagus cuniculus |
| Brown Hare | Lepus capensis |
| Grey Squirrel | Sciurus carolinensis |
| Hamster | Cricetus / Mesocritetus spp. |
| Bank Vole | Clethrionomys glareolus |
| Field Vole | Microtus agrestis |
| Wood Mouse | Apodemus sylvaticus |
| Harvest Mouse | Micromys minutus |
| House Mouse | Mus musculus |
| Common Rat | Rattus norvegicus |
| Humpback Whale | Megaptera novaengliae |
| Porpoise | Phocoena phocoena |
| Killer Whale | Orincus orca |
| Pilot Whale | Globicephala melaena |
| Risso's Dolphin | Grampus griseus |
| White-beaked Dolphin | Lagenorhynchus albirostris |
| White-sided Dolphin | Lagenorhynchus acutus |
| Bottle-nosed Dolphin | Tursiops truncatus |
| Common Dolphin | Delphinus delphus |
| Fox | Vulpes vulpes |
| Stoat | Mustela erminae |
| Weasel | Mustela nivalis |
| Ferret | Mustela furo |
| Mink | Mustela vison |
| Badger | Meles meles |
| Otter | Lutra lutra |
| Common Seal | Phoca vitulina |
| Grey Seal | Halichoerus grypus |
| Roe Deer | Capreolus capreolus |
| Muntjac | Muntiacus reevesi |
