Submit a photograph

The photographs in this guide are under a Creative Commons licence or in the public domain and show free-living wild mammals. Anyone with such a photograph can offer it here.

Each species has one main photograph and, below it, additions: a young animal, the summer or the winter coat, the animal in a posture that gives the species away. And signs: a print in mud or snow, droppings, feeding signs, a form or a burrow. That is where the guide is thinnest — every species page has a signs panel, and for many species it is still empty. A sharp photograph of a sign is therefore as welcome here as a photograph of the animal itself. A submission is considered if it shows something the page still lacks, or is clearly better than what is there. The author judges every submission himself; nothing goes on the site automatically. Replies are sent by e-mail.

What a photograph must meet

• A free, living, wild mammal in the field — no wildlife park, fenced deer park, rescue centre, breeding farm or zoo, and no fence, mesh or enclosure in view.
• No animal in a live trap or a snare, no sedated or restrained animal, none held in the hand. No transmitter, collar or ear tag in view.
• No dead animal, no roadkill, no mounted specimen. A sign is welcome: a print, droppings, feeding signs, a form or a burrow — preferably with a ruler, a coin or something else of known size beside it.
• A photograph, not an engraving, drawing or screenshot; without a watermark, caption or logo in the image.
• Landscape or square, sharp, and at least 1600 pixels on the long side. JPEG or PNG, up to 20 MB.
• Your own: you are the photographer and you release it under one of the licences below.

Where the guide still lacks a photograph

For these species no photograph of a living wild animal with a suitable Creative Commons licence exists:

• Roach's Mouse-tailed Dormouse Myomimus roachi
• Severtzov's Birch Mouse Sicista severtzovi
• Calabria Pine Vole Microtus brachycercus
• Cabrera's Vole Microtus cabrerae
• Mediterranean Pine Vole Microtus duodecimcostatus
• Balkan Pine Vole Microtus felteni
• Harting's Vole Microtus hartingi
• Liechtenstein's Pine Vole Microtus liechtensteini
• Alpine Pine Vole Microtus multiplex
• Sicilian Pine Vole Microtus nebrodensis
• Altai Vole Microtus obscurus
• Gerbe's vole Microtus pyrenaicus
• Portuguese Field Vole Microtus rozianus
• Thomas's Pine Vole Microtus thomasi
• Balkan Snow Vole Dinaromys bogdanovi
• Western Dinaric Vole Dinaromys longipedis
• Flower's Gerbil Gerbillus floweri
• Western Broad-toothed Field Mouse Apodemus epimelas
• Broad-toothed Field Mouse Apodemus mystacinus
• Steppe Field Mouse Apodemus witherbyi
• Bulgarian Blind Mole-rat Nannospalax bulgaricus
• Hellenic Blind Mole-rat Nannospalax hellenicus
• Limnos Blind Mole-rat Nannospalax insularis
• Central Serbian Blind Mole-rat Nannospalax montanoserbicus
• North Serbian Blind Mole-rat Nannospalax montanosyrmiensis
• Montane Blind Mole-rat Nannospalax monticola
• Mehely's Blind Mole-rat Spalax antiquus
• Bukovina Blind Mole-rat Spalax graecus
• Oltenia Blind Mole-rat Spalax istricus
• Cyprus White-toothed Shrew Crocidura cypria
• South European White-toothed Shrew Crocidura fimbriata
• Güldenstädt's White-toothed Shrew Crocidura gueldenstaedtii
• Iberian White-toothed Shrew Crocidura iculisma
• Cretan Shrew Crocidura zimmermanni
• Savi’s pygmy shrew Suncus etruscus
• Cabrera’s Water Shrew Neomys anomalus
• Mediterranean Water Shrew Neomys milleri
• Alpine shrew Sorex alpinus
• Valais Shrew Sorex antinorii
• Crowned Shrew Sorex coronatus
• Iberian Shrew Sorex granarius
• Equal-toothed shrew Sorex isodon
• Eurasian Least Shrew Sorex minutissimus
• Appenine Shrew Sorex samniticus
• Caucasian Pygmy Shrew Sorex volnuchini
• Russian Desman Desmana moschata
• Aquitanian Mole Talpa aquitania
• Blind Mole Talpa caeca
• Martinos' Mole Talpa martinorum
• Iberian Mole Talpa occidentalis
• Roman Mole Talpa romana
• Balkan Mole Talpa stankovici
• Naked-rumped tomb bat Taphozous nudiventris
• Maghrebian Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus maghrebensis
• Pallid Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus pallidus
• European free-tailed bat Tadarida teniotis
• Alcathoe Myotis Myotis alcathoe
• Bechstein's bat Myotis bechsteinii
• Lesser mouse-eared myotis Myotis blythii
• Brandt's Bat Myotis brandtii
• Long-fingered bat Myotis capaccinii
• Cryptic Myotis Myotis crypticus
• David's Myotis Myotis davidii
• Escalera's Myotis Myotis escalerai
• Hovel's Myotis Myotis hoveli
• Corsican Myotis Myotis nustrale
• Felten's Myotis Myotis punicus
• Tschuli Myotis Myotis tschuliensis
• Anatolian Serotine Cnephaeus anatolicus
• Meridional Serotine Cnephaeus isabellinus
• Giant noctule Nyctalus lasiopterus
• Leisler's bat Nyctalus leisleri
• Crete Pipistrelle Pipistrellus creticus
• Kuhl’s pipistrelle Pipistrellus kuhlii
• Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus
• Rüppell's Bat Vansonia rueppellii
• Grey long-eared bat Plecotus austriacus
• Christie's Long-eared Bat Plecotus christii
• Gaisler's Long-eared Bat Plecotus gaisleri
• Kolombatovic's Long-eared Bat Plecotus kolombatovici
• Mountain Long-eared Bat Plecotus macrobullaris
• Sardinian long-eared bat Plecotus sardus
• Fairy Pipistrelle Hypsugo ariel
• Egyptian fruit bat Rousettus aegyptiacus
• Trident leaf-nosed bat Asellia tridens
• Blasius's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus blasii
• Geoffroy's horseshoe bat Rhinolophus clivosus
• Mediterranean horseshoe bat Rhinolophus euryale
• Mehely’s horseshoe bat Rhinolophus mehelyi
• Arabian Mouse-tailed Bat Rhinopoma cystops
• Greater mouse-tailed bat Rhinopoma microphyllum
• Blanford’s fox Vulpes cana
• Slender-horned gazelle Gazella leptoceros
• Persian fallow deer Dama mesopotamica

The form

Photograph

JPEG or PNG, landscape, long side at least 1600 pixels, at most 20 MB. An iPhone converts a HEIC photo by itself.

Species

— Abruzzo Chamois — Rupicapra pyrenaica African Caracal — Caracal caracal African Golden Wolf — Canis lupaster African Wildcat — Felis lybica Alcathoe Myotis — Myotis alcathoe Algerian Hedgehog — Atelerix algirus Algerian Mouse — Mus spretus Alpine Field Mouse — Apodemus alpicola Alpine Ibex — Capra ibex Alpine Marmot — Marmota marmota Alpine Pine Vole — Microtus multiplex Alpine shrew — Sorex alpinus Altai Vole — Microtus obscurus American mink — Neogale vison American red squirrel — Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Anatolian ground squirrel — Spermophilus xanthoprymnus Anatolian Serotine — Cnephaeus anatolicus Anderson's Gerbil — Gerbillus andersoni Appenine Shrew — Sorex samniticus Aquitanian Mole — Talpa aquitania Arabian Gazelle — Gazella arabica Arabian Mouse-tailed Bat — Rhinopoma cystops Arabian oryx — Oryx leucoryx Arabian spiny mouse — Acomys dimidiatus Arctic Fox — Vulpes lagopus Argali — Ovis ammon Asian garden dormouse — Eliomys melanurus Asiatic wild ass — Equus hemionus Balkan Mole — Talpa stankovici Balkan Pine Vole — Microtus felteni Balkan Short-tailed Mouse — Mus macedonicus Balkan Snow Vole — Dinaromys bogdanovi Baluchistan Gerbil — Gerbillus nanus Bank Vole — Clethrionomys glareolus Barbary Ground Squirrel — Atlantoxerus getulus Barbary Lemniscomys — Lemniscomys barbarus Barbary macaque — Macaca sylvanus Barbary sheep — Ammotragus lervia Barbastelle bat — Barbastella barbastellus Bearded seal — Erignathus barbatus Bechstein's bat — Myotis bechsteinii Bicolored Shrew — Crocidura leucodon Bison bonasus — Bos bonasus Black Rat — Rattus rattus Black-bellied Hamster — Cricetus cricetus Blanford’s fox — Vulpes cana Blasius's Horseshoe Bat — Rhinolophus blasii Blind Mole — Talpa caeca Bobak Marmot — Marmota bobak Brandt's Bat — Myotis brandtii Broad-toothed Field Mouse — Apodemus mystacinus Broom Hare — Lepus castroviejoi Brown Bear — Ursus arctos Brown Hare — Lepus europaeus Brown long-eared bat — Plecotus auritus Brown Rat — Rattus norvegicus Bukovina Blind Mole-rat — Spalax graecus Bulgarian Blind Mole-rat — Nannospalax bulgaricus Bushy-tailed jird — Sekeetamys calurus Buxton's jird — Meriones sacramenti Cabrera's Vole — Microtus cabrerae Cabrera’s Water Shrew — Neomys anomalus Cairo spiny mouse — Acomys cahirinus Calabria Pine Vole — Microtus brachycercus Calabrian Black Squirrel — Sciurus meridionalis Cape Hare — Lepus capensis Caucasian Badger — Meles canescens Caucasian Mountain Ground Squirrel — Spermophilus musicus Caucasian Pygmy Shrew — Sorex volnuchini Caucasian Squirrel — Sciurus anomalus Central Serbian Blind Mole-rat — Nannospalax montanoserbicus Chamois — Rupicapra rupicapra Chital — Axis axis Christie's Long-eared Bat — Plecotus christii Common bottlenose dolphin — Tursiops truncatus Common dormouse — Muscardinus avellanarius Common genet — Genetta genetta Common gundi — Ctenodactylus gundi Common minke whale — Balaenoptera acutorostrata Common Mole — Talpa europaea Common otter — Lutra lutra Common Pine Vole — Microtus subterraneus Common Pipistrelle — Pipistrellus pipistrellus Common shrew — Sorex araneus Common Vole — Microtus arvalis Corsican hare — Lepus corsicanus Corsican Myotis — Myotis nustrale Coypu — Myocastor coypus Crested Porcupine — Hystrix cristata Cretan Shrew — Crocidura zimmermanni Crete Pipistrelle — Pipistrellus creticus Crowned Shrew — Sorex coronatus Cryptic Myotis — Myotis crypticus Cuvier’s gazelle — Gazella cuvieri Cypriot Mouse — Mus cypriacus Cyprus White-toothed Shrew — Crocidura cypria Dama gazelle — Nanger dama Daubenton's bat — Myotis daubentonii David's Myotis — Myotis davidii Desert hedgehog — Paraechinus aethiopicus Dorcas gazelle — Gazella dorcas Eastern chipmunk — Tamias striatus Eastern cottontail — Sylvilagus floridanus Eastern European Hedgehog — Erinaceus concolor Eastern fox squirrel — Sciurus niger Eastern Gray Squirrel — Sciurus carolinensis Edible dormouse — Glis glis Egyptian fruit bat — Rousettus aegyptiacus Egyptian mongoose — Herpestes ichneumon Elk — Alces alces Equal-toothed shrew — Sorex isodon Escalera's Myotis — Myotis escalerai Eurasian badger — Meles meles Eurasian Beaver — Castor fiber Eurasian Least Shrew — Sorex minutissimus Eurasian lynx — Lynx lynx Eurasian Pygmy Shrew — Sorex minutus Eurasian Red Squirrel — Sciurus vulgaris Eurasian Serotine — Cnephaeus serotinus Eurasian Water Vole — Arvicola amphibius European free-tailed bat — Tadarida teniotis European ground squirrel — Spermophilus citellus European mink — Mustela lutreola European polecat — Mustela putorius European Rabbit — Oryctolagus cuniculus European Snow Vole — Chionomys nivalis Fairy Pipistrelle — Hypsugo ariel Fallow Deer — Dama dama Fat sand rat — Psammomys obesus Fat-tailed gerbil — Pachyuromys duprasi Felten's Myotis — Myotis punicus Fennec fox — Vulpes zerda Field vole — Microtus agrestis Fin whale — Balaenoptera physalus Finlayson’s Squirrel — Callosciurus finlaysonii Flower's Gerbil — Gerbillus floweri Forest Dormouse — Dryomys nitedula Four-toed Hedgehog — Atelerix albiventris Gaisler's Long-eared Bat — Plecotus gaisleri Garden dormouse — Eliomys quercinus Geoffroy's horseshoe bat — Rhinolophus clivosus Geoffroy’s bat — Myotis emarginatus Gerbe's vole — Microtus pyrenaicus Giant noctule — Nyctalus lasiopterus Golden jackal — Canis aureus Golden spiny mouse — Acomys russatus Granada Hare — Lepus granatensis Gray Hamster — Nothocricetulus migratorius Gray Red-backed Vole — Craseomys rufocanus Great Jerboa — Allactaga major Greater Blind Mole Rat — Spalax microphthalmus Greater Egyptian jerboa — Jaculus orientalis Greater horseshoe bat — Rhinolophus ferrumequinum Greater mouse-eared bat — Myotis myotis Greater mouse-tailed bat — Rhinopoma microphyllum Greater white-toothed shrew — Crocidura russula Grey long-eared bat — Plecotus austriacus Grey seal — Halichoerus grypus Grey Wolf — Canis lupus Güldenstädt's White-toothed Shrew — Crocidura gueldenstaedtii Günther's Vole — Microtus guentheri Harbour porpoise — Phocoena phocoena Harbour seal — Phoca vitulina Harp seal — Pagophilus groenlandicus Harting's Vole — Microtus hartingi Harvest mouse — Micromys minutus Hellenic Blind Mole-rat — Nannospalax hellenicus Herb Field Mouse — Apodemus uralensis Herpestes javanicus — Urva auropunctata Hooded seal — Cystophora cristata House mouse — Mus musculus Hovel's Myotis — Myotis hoveli Humpback whale — Megaptera novaeangliae Hungarian Birch Mouse — Sicista trizona Hungarian Blind Mole-rat — Nannospalax hungaricus Iberian lynx — Lynx pardinus Iberian Mole — Talpa occidentalis Iberian Rabbit — Oryctolagus algirus Iberian Shrew — Sorex granarius Iberian White-toothed Shrew — Crocidura iculisma Indian crested porcupine — Hystrix indica Italian Water Vole — Arvicola destructor Jungle cat — Felis chaus Killer whale — Orcinus orca Kolombatovic's Long-eared Bat — Plecotus kolombatovici Kuhl’s pipistrelle — Pipistrellus kuhlii Laxmann's Shrew — Sorex caecutiens Leisler's bat — Nyctalus leisleri Leopard — Panthera pardus Lesser Egyptian gerbil — Gerbillus gerbillus Lesser Egyptian jerboa — Jaculus jaculus Lesser horseshoe bat — Rhinolophus hipposideros Lesser mole rat — Nannospalax leucodon Lesser mouse-eared myotis — Myotis blythii Lesser white-toothed shrew — Crocidura suaveolens Liechtenstein's Pine Vole — Microtus liechtensteini Limnos Blind Mole-rat — Nannospalax insularis Little Ground Squirrel — Spermophilus pygmaeus Long-eared hedgehog — Hemiechinus auritus Long-fingered bat — Myotis capaccinii Long-finned pilot whale — Globicephala melas Lusitanian Pine Vole — Microtus lusitanicus Maghrebian Long-fingered Bat — Miniopterus maghrebensis Marbled Polecat — Vormela peregusna Martinos' Mole — Talpa martinorum Mediterranean Field Vole — Microtus lavernedii Mediterranean Hare — Lepus mediterraneus Mediterranean horseshoe bat — Rhinolophus euryale Mediterranean monk seal — Monachus monachus Mediterranean Pine Vole — Microtus duodecimcostatus Mediterranean Water Shrew — Neomys milleri Mehely's Blind Mole-rat — Spalax antiquus Mehely’s horseshoe bat — Rhinolophus mehelyi Meridional Serotine — Cnephaeus isabellinus Meriones shawi — Meriones shawii Montane Blind Mole-rat — Nannospalax monticola Mouflon — Ovis gmelinii Mound-building Mouse — Mus spicilegus Mountain gazelle — Gazella gazella Mountain Hare — Lepus timidus Mountain Long-eared Bat — Plecotus macrobullaris Muskox — Ovibos moschatus Muskrat — Ondatra zibethicus Naked-rumped tomb bat — Taphozous nudiventris Nathusius's pipistrelle — Pipistrellus nathusii Natterer's bat — Myotis nattereri Noctule bat — Nyctalus noctula Nordmann's Birch Mouse — Sicista loriger North African Sengi — Petrosaltator rozeti North African White-toothed Shrew — Crocidura pachyura North American Beaver — Castor canadensis North Serbian Blind Mole-rat — Nannospalax montanosyrmiensis Northern Birch Mouse — Sicista betulina Northern Mole Vole — Ellobius talpinus Northern red-backed vole — Clethrionomys rutilus Northern Serotine — Cnephaeus nilssonii Northern White-breasted Hedgehog — Erinaceus roumanicus Norway Lemming — Lemmus lemmus Nubian ibex — Capra nubiana Oltenia Blind Mole-rat — Spalax istricus Pallas's Squirrel — Callosciurus erythraeus Pallid Long-fingered Bat — Miniopterus pallidus Particoloured Bat — Vespertilio murinus Patagonian mara — Dolichotis patagonum Persian fallow deer — Dama mesopotamica Pine marten — Martes martes Podolian Ground Squirrel — Spermophilus odessanus Podolian Mole Rat — Spalax zemni Polar bear — Ursus maritimus Pond bat — Myotis dasycneme Portuguese Field Vole — Microtus rozianus Pygmy gerbil — Gerbillus henleyi Pyrenean desman — Galemys pyrenaicus Raccoon — Procyon lotor Raccoon dog — Nyctereutes procyonoides Red deer — Cervus elaphus Red fox — Vulpes vulpes Red-necked Wallaby — Notamacropus rufogriseus Reeve's muntjac — Muntiacus reevesi Reindeer — Rangifer tarandus Ringed seal — Pusa hispida Risso's dolphin — Grampus griseus Roach's Mouse-tailed Dormouse — Myomimus roachi Rock hyrax — Procavia capensis Roe Deer — Capreolus capreolus Roman Mole — Talpa romana Romanian Hamster — Mesocricetus newtoni Russian Desman — Desmana moschata Russian Flying Squirrel — Pteromys volans Rüppel's fox — Vulpes rueppellii Rüppell's Bat — Vansonia rueppellii Saimaa ringed seal — Pusa saimensis Sandy Mole Rat — Spalax arenarius Sardinian long-eared bat — Plecotus sardus Savi's Pine Vole — Microtus savii Savi's pipistrelle — Hypsugo savii Savi’s pygmy shrew — Suncus etruscus Schreibers's Long-fingered Bat — Miniopterus schreibersii Scimitar-horned oryx — Oryx dammah Severtzov's Birch Mouse — Sicista severtzovi Short-beaked common dolphin — Delphinus delphis Short-tailed bandicoot rat — Nesokia indica Sicilian Pine Vole — Microtus nebrodensis Sicilian Shrew — Crocidura sicula Sika deer — Cervus nippon Slender-horned gazelle — Gazella leptoceros Social Vole — Microtus socialis Soprano Pipistrelle — Pipistrellus pygmaeus South American coati — Nasua nasua South European White-toothed Shrew — Crocidura fimbriata South Serbian Blind Mole-rat — Nannospalax serbicus Southern Birch Mouse — Sicista subtilis Southern vole — Microtus rossiaemeridionalis Southern water vole — Arvicola sapidus Spanish Ibex — Capra pyrenaica Speckled Ground Squirrel — Spermophilus suslicus Sperm whale — Physeter macrocephalus Steppe Field Mouse — Apodemus witherbyi Steppe Lemming — Lagurus lagurus Steppe Polecat — Mustela eversmanii Stoat — Mustela erminea Stone marten — Martes foina Strand's Birch Mouse — Sicista strandi Striped dolphin — Stenella coeruleoalba Striped Field Mouse — Apodemus agrarius Striped hyaena — Hyaena hyaena Sundevall’s jird — Meriones crassus Tamias sibiricus — Eutamias sibiricus Tatra Vole — Microtus tatricus Tauren Ground Squirrel — Spermophilus taurensis Thick-tailed Three-toed Jerboa — Stylodipus telum Thomas's Pine Vole — Microtus thomasi Trident leaf-nosed bat — Asellia tridens Tristram's Jird — Meriones tristrami Tschuli Myotis — Myotis tschuliensis Tundra vole — Alexandromys oeconomus Valais Shrew — Sorex antinorii Wagner's Gerbil — Gerbillus dasyurus Walrus — Odobenus rosmarus Water Deer — Hydropotes inermis Water shrew — Neomys fodiens Weasel — Mustela nivalis Western Anatolian Blind Mole-rat — Nannospalax xanthodon Western Broad-toothed Field Mouse — Apodemus epimelas Western Dinaric Vole — Dinaromys longipedis Western European Hedgehog — Erinaceus europaeus Whiskered bat — Myotis mystacinus White-beaked dolphin — Lagenorhynchus albirostris White-tailed deer — Odocoileus virginianus Wild Boar — Sus scrofa Wild Goat — Capra aegagrus Wildcat — Felis silvestris Wolverine — Gulo gulo Wood Lemming — Myopus schisticolor Wood mouse — Apodemus sylvaticus Yellow-necked mouse — Apodemus flavicollis

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