Animal Info - Latvia

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

Endangered:
- European Mink (Mustela lutreola).
Vulnerable:
- Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra).
- Garden Dormouse (Eliomys quercinus).
- Pond Bat (Myotis dasycneme).
- Western Barbastelle (Bat) (Barbastella barbastellus).

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

Population in 1995: 2,527,000 (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population density in 1995: 39.1 people/sq km (101.3 people/sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population in 1998: 2,385,396 (World Almanac 1999)

Area: 64,599 sq km (24,942 sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)

Per capita GNP ($ U.S.) (1991): $3,850 (WRI 1994)
Per capita GDP ($ U.S.) (1996): $3,800 (World Almanac 1999)

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

Last modified: November 8, 2005;