Ireland is a European country that is located in the northwestern part of the continent in the North Atlantic Ocean. The country is divided into the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland and it is separated from Great Britain by the North Channel and the Irish Sea.
Here you'll find the wild herds of Connemara ponies. These are athletic ponies known for their sweet dispositions, intelligence, and hardy good health, They run wild in Connemara, a region on the Atlantic coast of western County Galway, in the west of Ireland.
Galway sheep are a breed that originated in Galway. They are large, white-faced sheep.
Wildlife Native to Ireland
Red foxes are the largest species of fox in the world. They can be seen across the entire Northern Hemisphere.
Stoats are also called short-tailed weasels. They are a species of mustelid native to Eurasia and North America.
Irish elk are a species of deer that are native to Eurasia.
Red-necked wallabies are a medium-sized species of marsupial native to eastern Australia including Tasmania. They make their homes in a small area in Ireland on Lambay Island.
Reeve's muntjacs are also known as Chinese muntjacs, a species of deer native to China and Thailand. They were introduced to the UK, Ireland, Belgium, and the Netherlands. They are named after the naturalist John Reeves.
Red deer are one of the largest species of deer. They are the most common and widespread animals in all of Europe.
European rabbits are also called coneys. They are a rabbit species native to southwestern Europe and northwestern Africa.
Irish hares are one of the oldest species in Ireland.
Badgers are found all over Europe but are residential to Ireland.
Minute pygmy shrews are the smallest mammals in Ireland.
Marine Wildlife
Black guillemots are a species of seabirds that are native to the northern Atlantic in Europe and North America.
European shags can be found around the coasts of Ireland. They are diving seabirds feeding on fish.
American minks are semi-aquatic species of mustelid that were introduced to many countries in Europe, South America, and Asia.
Eurasian otters are a species of semi-aquatic mammals that are native to much of Eurasia, the Indian subcontinent and Indonesia.
Leatherback sea turtles are the largest species of turtle and the heaviest non-crocodilian reptiles. They can be seen off the west coast of Ireland.
Atlantic puffins are a species of seabirds native to the Atlantic Ocean. They can be found in coastal areas of Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Greenland, and Canada.
Basking sharks are the second-largest sharks and fish after the whale shark.
North Atlantic right whales are a species of baleen whales native to the northernmost parts of the Atlantic Ocean.
Hooded seals are a large species of phocid native to central and western North Atlantic.
Walruses are a large species of marine mammals native to the Arctic parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
Harbor porpoises are a species of porpoise and one of the smallest cetaceans in the world. They are native to coastal areas and river estuaries.
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