In Greece, the number of animals in the last few millennia decreased rapidly because of hunting for them. As flora of the country was poor. Large mammals, almost all destroyed, if they occur, it is only in the mountains on the border with Bulgaria and in Pindus. But there are many small animals in the country.
As for large animals you can see the brown bear, mountain goat, found in the mountains, wolves living in the forests, and the deer, which are in small amounts. As for small animals there are many rabbits and hares.
There are hoofed animals – a wild boar, doe wild goat, roe deer. As for a large number of mammals rodents (mice, voles, dwarf hamster, dormice, porcupine), insectivores (moles, shrews) and southern species of bats can be found.
There are many reptiles in в Greece : lizards, turtles, snakes. They can stand well the summer heat and lack of moisture. Wall lizards are typical for Greece. Greek sharp-snouted rock lizard, ionic and green lizard, which is considered the largest in Europe, are still found in the Peloponnesian. As for the turtles Greek land turtoise dominates. It lives in the forests. As for the snakes water snakes, wood snakes, horned viper are most frequently encountered.
In Greece thare are a lot of predators such as jackals, foxes, wild cats, the European bear, wild boar, lynx, badger, marten. In this country, there are animals that are extirpated by man and are on the verge of extinction. They are brought in the Red book. Some of these animals are monk seal and the Mediterranean sea turtle.
World of birds in Greece is varied and plentiful. It is home to wild ducks, hoopoe with bright plumage, pigeons stock-dove and wood pigeon, quail, gray and mountain partridges, kingfishers, roller. Among predatory birds there are black griffins, falcons, eagles, kites and also the most typical representatives of the world of birds in Greece and the Mediterranean – owls. On the sea coasts there are seagulls.
For Greece these kind of birds like storks, Dalmatian pelican, commom shag are typical. Therу are also numerous passerine: canary finch, sparrow stone, Greek swallow. Molluscs (snails) in the country are in large number. Only in Crete 120 species of molluscs one mollusks inhabit, 77 of them are unique to this country.