British Mammals

An Audio Introduction to the Mammals of Britain

By: The British Library

Narrated by: Cookie Weymouth

The chilling screams of the Red Fox, the rutting calls of the Fallow Deer, and the rumbling growls of the Badger are just a few of the sounds featured in this publication. This identification guide from the British Library presents a comprehensive collection of recordings that will help listeners learn how to identify the sounds of British mammals.

It includes the calls of species such as the Red Deer, Red Squirrel, and Grey Seal that are celebrated hallmarks of the British landscape. It also features the sounds of our more secretive mammals such as the Otter, Yellow-necked Mouse and Pine Marten.

Track listing:

• 1. Red Squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris
• 2. Grey Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis
• 3. Edible Dormouse, Glis glis
• 4. Water Vole, Arvicola terrestris
• 5. Yellow-necked Mouse, Apodemus flavicollis
• 6. Rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus
• 7. Hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus
• 8. Common Shrew, Sorex araneus
• 9. Water Shrew, Neomys fodiens
• 10. Greater Horseshoe, Bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
• 11. Noctule, Nyctalus noctula
• 12. Common Pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pipistrellus
• 13. Red Fox, Vulpes vulpes
• 14. Badger, Meles meles
• 15. Otter, Lutra lutra
• 16. Pine Marten, Martes martes
• 17. Stoat, Mustela ermine
• 18. Common Seal, Phoca vitulina
• 19. Atlantic Grey Seal, Halichoerus grypus
• 20. Wild Boar, Sus scrofa
• 21. Reeves’ Muntjac, Muntiacus reevesi
• 22. Red Deer, Cervus elaphus
• 23. Sika Deer, Cervus Nippon
• 24. Fallow Deer, Dama dama
• 25. Roe Deer, Capreolus capreolus
• 26. Chinese Water Deer, Hydropotes inermis

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