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 (2006-7)*
• NPWS: Pine Marten Database*
• NPWS: Otter Survey of Ireland (1982)*
• COFORD: Irish Squirrel Survey (2007)*
• National Museum of Ireland: Irish Deer Database*
• N. Ireland Hare Survey (2005)*
• Road Kill Survey* (Biology.ie)
• 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*

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: 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)