Animal Info - Belarus

(Part of the former Soviet Union )

Threatened Species, Environmental and Social Data (Mammals, Population, Area, Economy), References and Links

Threatened Species

Threatened Species: The following list includes all mammals which occur in Belarus and are rated as Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.

Endangered:
- European Bison (Bison bonasus). (Re-introduced populations.)
- European Mink (Mustela lutreola).
Vulnerable:
- Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra).
- Pond Bat (Myotis dasycneme).
- Russian Desman (Desmana moschata).

Environmental and Social Data

Mammals

Number of endemic species: 0 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of threatened species: 1996: 4 (IUCN 1996); 2000: 5 (IUCN 2000)

Population

Population in 1995: 10,340,000 (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population density in 1995: 49.8 people/sq km (129.0 people/sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population in 1998: 10,409,050 (World Almanac 1999)

Area

Area: 207,598 sq km (80,154 sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)

Economy

Per capita GNP ($ U.S.) (1991): $3,288 (WRI 1994)
Per capita GDP ($ U.S.) (1996): $5,000 (World Almanac 1999)

References and Links

References: Groombridge & Jenkins 1994, IUCN 1994, IUCN 1996, IUCN 2000, IUCN 2004, Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995, World Almanac 1999, WRI 1994

General Links (After you get to one of these sites, click on the link for Belarus): CIA World Factbook, Foreign Embassies of Washington, D.C., Library of Congress - Country Studies, University of Texas - Country Maps, Washington Post - Countries, World Resources Institute - Country Profiles; Links for Belarus: National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (English, Belarusian, Russian), United Nations in Belarus

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