Fauna of the Czech Republic

Fauna in the Czech Republic covers a wide variety of animal species.

Some species (especially endangered ones) are bred in reserves. Among the rare animals are, for example, eagles, ospreys, bustards, storks, etc.

Number of species in the Czech Republic
Approximate number of animal species in the Czech Republic is about 40 000 species.


 * Protozoa - yes (worldwide ~ 31 000)
 * Porifera - yes
 * Cnidaria / Hydrozoa - 4
 * Platyhelminthes
 * Platyhelminthes / Catenulida, Macrostomida & Neorhabdocoela - 18
 * Platyhelminthes / Tricladida	- 16
 * Nemertea - 1
 * Rotifera - probably 500
 * Gastrotricha - 24
 * Nematoda - from 501 to 5000 ?
 * molluscs Mollusca - 247 in the wild, and at least 11 species in greenhouses. See List of non-marine molluscs of the Czech Republic
 * Annelida - probably 220 including Slovakia
 * Annelida / Aeolosomata & Oligochaeta (water species) - 81
 * Annelida / leeches Hirudinea - 19. See List of leeches of the Czech Republic
 * Annelida / Lumbricidae - 46
 * Nematomorpha - few
 * Acanthocephala - yes
 * Tardigrada - 100
 * spiders Araneae - 849 - see
 * scorpions Scorpiones - 1
 * Pseudoscorpionida - 25
 * Opilionida - 31 - see
 * Acarina
 * Acarina / Mesostigmata - yes
 * Acarina / Ixodides - 22
 * Acarina / Prostigmata - 10
 * Acarina / Eriophyoidea - yes
 * Acarina (water) - 432
 * Acarina / Oribatida - 548
 * crustaceans Crustacea
 * Crustacea / Anostraca - 5
 * Crustacea / Notostraca - 2
 * Crustacea / Spinicaudata - 4
 * Crustacea / Cladocera - 105
 * Crustacea / Ostracoda - 74
 * Crustacea / Copepoda - 82
 * Crustacea / Isopoda / Oniscidea - 52
 * Crustacea / Isopoda (water) - 2
 * Crustacea / Amphipoda - 8
 * Crustacea / Decapoda - 6
 * Chilopoda - 67
 * Diplopoda - 65
 * Protura - 32
 * Collembola - probably 400
 * Campodeina and Japygina - 10
 * insect Insecta
 * Zygentoma - 4
 * Ephemeroptera - 97
 * Odonata - 70
 * Plecoptera - 80
 * Blattodea - 5
 * Mantodea - 1
 * Ensifera and Caelifera - 93
 * Dermaptera - 6
 * Psocoptera - 70
 * Thysanoptera - 230
 * Heteroptera (land species) - 790
 * Heteroptera (water species) - 60
 * Auchenorrhyncha - 533
 * Sternorrhyncha / Psyllinea - 116
 * Sternorrhyncha / Aleyrodinea - 20
 * Sternorrhyncha / Aphidinea - 689
 * Sternorrhyncha / Coccinea - 140
 * Trichoptera - 239
 * Mecoptera - 9
 * Neuroptera (land species) - 82
 * Neuroptera (water species) - 3
 * Raphidioptera - 10
 * Megaloptera - 3
 * Lepidoptera - 3200 - see List of Lepidoptera of the Czech Republic
 * Lepidoptera (water species) - 6
 * Diptera - 6500 including Slovakia
 * Hymenoptera - ?


 * vertebrates - altogether probably 550 species
 * Cyclostomata - 3
 * fishes - probably 65 - see cs:seznam ryb v Česku
 * amphibians - about 20
 * reptiles - about 12 see List of herpetofauna of the Czech Republic
 * birds - 415 - see List of birds of the Czech Republic
 * mammals - about 100 - see List of mammals of the Czech Republic, cs:seznam netopýrů v Česku