Irish checklist:

No up to date checklist, but a recent list of known Irish mammals in:

Marnell, F., Kingston, N. & Looney, D., 2009. Ireland Red List No. 3: Terrestrial Mammals, National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin, Ireland.

Number of land mammal species:

25

Primary sources of distribution data:

• NPWS: Badger and Habitats Survey of Ireland*
• NPWS: Hare Survey of Ireland (2006-2007)*
• NPWS: Pine Marten Database*
• NPWS: Otter Survey of Ireland (1982)*
• NPWS: Otter Survey of Ireland (2004-2005)*
• COFORD: Irish Squirrel Survey (2007)*
• Dr. Declan O’ Mahony: National Pine Marten Survey of Ireland (2005-2007)*
• Daniel J. Buckley: National Feral Ferret (Mustela putoris furo) Database*
• National Museum of Ireland: Irish Deer Database*
• Dr. Neil Reid: Northern Ireland European Hare Survey (2005)*
• Biology.ie Road Kill Survey*
• Irish National Badger Sett Database** (Wildlife Unit of Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food)
• National Biodiversity Data Centre: Atlas of Mammals in Ireland 2010-15*
• JNCC: European Seabirds at Sea (ESAS) Cetacean sightings 1980-2003*
• Dr. Emma Sheehy & Dr. Colin Lawton: Hazel Dormouse in Ireland 2010-2014*

Data is currently being collated and consolidated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre as part of an Atlas of Mammals in Ireland initiative.

**A subcomponent of the badger sett database is held by the National Biodiversity Data Centre and made accessible through Biodiversity Maps.

National conservation assessment:

• Article 17 reporting – 3 species listed in EU Habitats Directive: NPWS, 2013.The Status of EU Protected Habitats and Species in Ireland. Volume 3, Version 1.0. Unpublished Report, National Parks and Wildlife Serivce. Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin. Ireland.
• Article 17 reporting – 3 species listed in EU Habitats Directive: National Parks and Wildlife Service, 2008. The status of EU Protected Habitats and Species in Ireland. NPWS, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin.

• Marnell, F., Kingston, N. & Looney, D., 2009. Ireland Red List No. 3: Terrestrial Mammals, National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin, Ireland.

Monitoring or repeat surveys in place:

• National Otter Survey (National Parks and Wildlife Service)
• National Pine Marten Survey (National Parks and Wildlife Service)
• National Hare Survey (National Parks and Wildlife Service)
• Ongoing Badger Sett Surveys (Wildlife Unit of Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food)