A to Z of British Mammals

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Water Shrew

A black coat with silvery-white underparts, white ear tips and eyebrows, with a medium length tail, are the distinguishing features of this...

Water Vole

Dark chocolate brown fur, with a chubby face and blunt nose and a shorter tail than a rat.

Weasel

With a long slender body and short tail the Weasel has gingery/russet brown fur and is the smallest British flesh eating mammal.

Whiskered Bat

The Whiskered bat has shaggy fur that can be a dark brown, greyish brown or light brown on its back and a dark or light grey on its underside. The nose, ears and wing membranes are all a blackish...

Wild Boar

The Wild Boar is an ancestor of our domestic pigs. They have long bodies, short legs and a large head on a short neck. The coat consists of short bristly hair, which is dark or brindled with the...

Wildcat

Britain's only native cat. They look very similar to domestic tabby cats but are much larger, have a stockier build and a thick bushy tail, which has 3–5 broad black bands of fur and a...

Wood Mouse

Large ears and protruding eyes, together with dark sandy brown upper parts and white under belly, with a long tail.

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