- Greece, Turkey) Tolai hare, Lepus tolai (Kazakhstan) Rodents Sciuridae (squirrels) Red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris and: Calabrian black squirrel, Sciurus meridionalis (Italy) Siberian flying squirrel, Pteromys volans (northern Scandinavia, Estonia) European souslik, Spermophilus citellus (north-eastern Europe) Yellow ground squirrel, Spermophilus fulvus (eastern Europe) Little ground squirrel, Spermophilus pygmaeus (eastern Europe) Caucasian squirrel, Sciurus anomalus (eastern Europe) Spotted souslik, Spermophilus suslicus (south-eastern Europe) Russet ground squirrel, Spermophilus major (Russia, Kazakhstan) Caucasian Mountain ground squirrel, Spermophilus musicus (Caucasus) Alpine marmot, Marmota marmota (Alps, Tatras, Carpathians, Pyrenees and Balkans) Bobak marmot, Marmota bobak (eastern Europe) Siberian chipmunk, Eutamias sibiricus (Netherlands, Belgium and Germany) Castoridae European beaver, Castor fiber Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) Crested porcupine, Hystrix cristata (Italy, introduced) Indian porcupine, Hystrix indica (European Azerbaijan and Georgia) Gliridae (dormice) Garden dormouse, Eliomys quercinus Forest dormouse, Dryomys nitedula (eastern Europe) Woolly dormouse, Dryomys laniger (Turkey) European edible dormouse, Glis glis Hazel dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius Roach's mouse-tailed dormouse, Myomimus roachi (Greece and Bulgaria) Muroids: Spalacidae (spalacids) Greater mole rat, Spalax microphthalmus (eastern Europe) Lesser mole rat, Spalax leucodon (eastern Europe) Podolsk mole rat, Spalax zemni (eastern Europe) Sandy mole-rat, Spalax arenarius (eastern Europe) Balkan mole rat, Spalax graecus and: Mehely's blind mole-rat, Spalax antiquus (Romania) Oltenia blind mole-rat, Spalax istricus (Romania) Nehring's blind mole rat, Spalax nehringi (may occur in Greece) Giant blind mole-rat, Spalax giganteus (Russia) Muroids: Cricetidae Hamsters Common hamster, Cricetus cricetus (eastern Europe) Gray dwarf hamster, Cricetulus migratorius (Balkans) Romanian hamster, Mesocricetus newtoni (shores of the Black Sea) Ciscaucasian hamster, Mesocricetus raddei (Russia) Brandt's hamster, Mesocricetus brandti (Caucasus) Eversmann's hamster, Allocricetulus eversmanni (Russia, Kazakhstan) Lemmings Wood lemming, Myopus schisticolor (Scandinavia) Norway lemming, Lemmus lemmus (northern Europe) Siberian brown lemming, Lemmus sibiricus (Russia) Arctic lemming, Dicrostonyx torquatus (Svalbard as migrant) Voles Bank vole, Myodes glareolus Northern red-backed vole, Myodes rutilus Grey red-backed vole, Myodes rufocanus Martino's Dinaric vole, Dinaromys bogdanovi (Balkans) and: Western Dinaric vole, Dinaromys longipedis (Balkans) European water vole, Arvicola amphibius and: Italian water vole, Arvicola italicus (Italy, Switzerland) Montane water vole, Arvicola monticola, A. scherman Southwestern water vole, Arvicola sapidus (Spain and France) Root vole, Alexandromys oeconomus Middendorff's vole, Alexandromys middendorffii (Russia) Short-tailed field vole, Microtus agrestis and: Mediterranean field vole, Microtus lavernedii Portuguese field vole, Microtus rozianus (Iberian Peninsula) Pyrenean pine vole, Microtus pyrenaicus (France, Spain) Common vole, Microtus arvalis and: Altai vole, Microtus obscurus (eastern Europe) Sibling vole, Microtus epiroticus (M. levis: ) Snow vole, Microtus nivalis Gunther's vole,