Animal Info - Bosnia & Herzegovina
(Part of the former Yugoslavia)
Contents
Threatened
Species, Environmental
and Social Data (Mammals,
Biodiversity/Ecosystems,
Population,
Area, Economy),
References
and Links
Threatened Species
Threatened
Species: The following list includes all mammals which occur in Bosnia & Herzegovina and are rated as Critically Endangered
(CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.
- Vulnerable:
- Bechstein's Bat (Myotis bechsteini).
- Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra).
- Garden Dormouse (Eliomys quercinus).
- Geoffroy's Bat (Myotis emarginatus).
- Lesser Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros).
- Lesser Mole Rat (Nannospalax leucodon).
- Long-fingered Bat (Myotis capaccinii).
- Mediterranean Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus euryale).
- Mehely's Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus mehelyi).
- Western Barbastelle (Bat) (Barbastella
barbastellus).
Environmental and Social Data
Mammals
Number of endemic species: 0
(Groombridge
& Jenkins 1994)
Number of threatened
species: 1996 and 2000: 10 (IUCN
1996, IUCN 2000)
Biodiversity/Ecosystems
Bosnia & Herzegovina contains portions of the Mediterranean
Shrublands & Woodlands Global 200
Ecoregion (Olson &
Dinerstein 1998, Olson &
Dinerstein 1999)
Bosnia & Herzegovina contains portions of
the Eastern Mediterranean Global
Biodiversity Hotspot (Cons. Intl.
1999a)
Population
Population in 1995: 3,459,000 (Natl. Geog. Soc.
1995)
Population density in 1995: 67.7 people/sq km (175.2
people/sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc.
1995)
Population in 1998: 3,365,727 (World Almanac
1999)
Area
Area: 51,129 sq km (19,741 sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc.
1995)
Economy
Per capita GDP ($ U.S.) (1996): $600 (World Almanac
1999)
References and Links
References: Groombridge &
Jenkins 1994, IUCN
1996, IUCN 2000, IUCN
2004, Natl.
Geog. Soc. 1995, Olson &
Dinerstein 1998, Olson &
Dinerstein 1999, World Almanac
1999
General Links (After you get to one of these sites, click on the link
for Bosnia & Herzegovina): 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 Bosnia & Herzegovina: United
Nations Development Program - Bosnia & Herzegovina
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