Red Data Book animals of the Carpathians

Carpathian animals protected by the Red Data Book of Ukraine: hunting, catching or disturbing them is prohibited. Their maps are deliberately coarse so that they never point to dens, nests or spawning grounds.

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Red Data Book of UkraineIn season nowEurasian lynxLynx lynxThe largest cat of the Carpathians, a secretive hunter of old forests. Listed in the Red Data Book of Ukraine as a vulnerable species.

Red Data Book of UkraineIn season nowGolden eagleAquila chrysaetosThe largest eagle of the Carpathians. In the Ukrainian Carpathians, only 10–15 pairs nest — a vulnerable species in the Red Book of Ukraine.

Red Data Book of UkraineIn season nowEuropean wildcatFelis silvestrisThe wild ancestor of domestic cats, a secretive inhabitant of the beech and oak forests of the Carpathians. A vulnerable species listed in the Red Book of Ukraine.

Red Data Book of UkraineIn season nowHuchenHucho huchoThe largest fish of the mountain rivers of the Carpathians. A disappearing species in the Red Data Book of Ukraine: fishing is prohibited, compensation — 14,000 UAH.

Red Data Book of UkraineIn season nowUral owlStrix uralensisA large gray owl with a round head and long tail, the Ural owl is a resident of the old beech forests of the Carpathians.

Red Data Book of UkraineIn season nowStoatMustela ermineaA nimble little predator with a black tip on its tail. In the Red Book of Ukraine 2021, it has the status of a vulnerable species.

Red Data Book of UkraineIn season nowBarbelBarbus barbusA bottom fish with four whiskers that lives in the clean rivers of the Tisza, Prut, and Dniester basins. A vulnerable species in the Red Book of Ukraine.