Language Guide - Mammals

Before I'm on the ground in Hungary next week I am trying to get up a few of these langauge guides. Please contact me with corrections and suggestions.

There have been 73 species of mammals recorded in Hungary. Most of these are rodents and bats. Two are endangered, Schaub's Myotis and the European Mink.

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Name
English

Mammals

Rodent
Beaver
Red Squirrel
Ground squirrel
Forest Dormouse
Hazel Dormouse
Edible Dormouse
Southern Birch Mouse
Lesser Mole Rat
European Hamster
Water Vole
Bank Vole
Field Vole
Common Vole
Tundra Vole
European Pine Vole
Striped Field Mouse
Yellow-necked Mouse
Wood Mouse
Ural Field Mouse
Harvest Mouse
Steppe Mouse

Lagomorph
European Rabbit
European Hare

Ungulate
Wild-boar
Red Deer
Moose
Roe Deer

Erinaceomorpha
Southern White-breasted Hedgehog

Soricidae(Shrews)
Bicolored Shrew
Greater White-toothed Shrew
Lesser White-toothed Shrew
Southern Water Shrew
Eurasian Water Shrew
Alpine Shrew
Common Shrew
Eurasian Pygmy Shrew
European Mole

Bats
Bechstein's Bat
Lesser Mouse-eared Bat
Brandt's Bat
Pond Bat
Daubenton's Bat
Geoffroy's Bat
Greater Mouse-eared Bat
Whiskered Bat
Natterer's Bat
Schaub's Myotis
Barbastelle
Northern Bat
Serotine Bat
Greater Noctule Bat
Lesser Noctule Bat
Nathusius Pipistrelle
Common Pipistrelle
Grey Long-eared Bat
Schreiber's Long-fingered Bat
European Free-tailed Bat
Mediterranean Horseshoe Bat
Greater Horseshoe Bat
Lesser Horseshoe Bat

Carnivore
Wildcat
Eurasian Lynx
Red Fox
Gray Wolf
Golden Jackal
Brown Bear
Stoat
European Mink
Least Weasel
European Polecat
Beech Marten
Pine Marten
Eurasian Badger
European Otter

Name
Hungarian

Emlősök

Rágcsáló
Hód
Mókus
Ürge
Erdei pele
Mogyorós pele
Nagy pele
Csíkos szöcskeegér
Nyugati földikutya
Mezei hörcsög
Közönséges kószapocok
Vöröshátú erdeipocok
Csalitjáró pocok
Mezei pocok
Északi pocok
Közönséges földipocok
Pirókegér
Sárganyakú erdeiegér
Erdei egér
?? egér
Törpeegér
Güzüegér

Nyúlalakúak
Üregi nyúl
Mezei nyúl

Patás állat
Vaddisznó
Gímszarvas
Jávorszarvas
Európai őz

Sünalakúak
Sündisznó


Cickányalakúak
Mezei cickány
Házi cickány

Keleti cickány

Miller-vízicickány
Közönséges vízicickány
Havasi cickány
Erdei cickány
Törpecickány
Közönséges vakond

Denevér
Nagyfülű denevér
Hegyesorrú denevér
???? denevér
Tavi denevér
Vízi denevér
Csonkafülű denevér
Közönséges denevér

Bajuszos denevér
Horgasszőrű denevér
???? denevér
Nyugati piszedenevér
Északi késeidenevér
Közönséges késeidenevér
Óriás koraidenevér
Szőröskarú koraidenevér
Durvavitorlájú törpedenevér
Közönséges törpedenevér
Szürke hosszúfülű-denevér
Hosszúszárnyú denevér

Nagy szelindekdenevér

Kereknyergű patkósdenevér

Nagy patkósdenevér
Kis patkósdenevér

Ragadozó
Vadmacska
Eurázsiai hiúz
Vörös róka
Farkas
Aranysakál
Barna medve
Hermelin
Európai nyérc
Menyét
Közönséges görény
Nyest
Nyuszt
Borz
Európai vidra

Name
Scientific

Mammalia

Rodentia
Castor fiber
Sciurus vulgaris
Spermophilus citellus
Dryomys nitedula
Muscardinus avellanarius
Glis glis
Sicista subtilis
Nannospalax leucodon
Cricetus cricetus
Arvicola terrestris
Clethrionomys glareolus
Microtus agrestis
Microtus arvalis
Microtus oeconomus
Microtus subterraneus
Apodemus agrarius
Apodemus flavicollis
Apodemus sylvaticus
Apodemus uralensis
Micromys minutus
Mus spicilegus

Lagomorph
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Lepus europaeus

Artiodactyla
Sus scrofa
Cervus elaphus
Alces alces
Capreolus capreolus

Erinaceomorpha
Erinaceus concolor


Soricomorpha
Crocidura leucodon
Crocidura russula

Crocidura suaveolens

Neomys anomalus
Neomys fodiens
Sorex alpinus
Sorex araneus
Sorex minutus
Talpa europaea

Chiroptera
Myotis bechsteini
Myotis blythii
Myotis brandti
Myotis dasycneme
Myotis daubentonii
Myotis emarginatus
Myotis myotis

Myotis mystacinus
Myotis nattereri
Myotis schaubi
Barbastella barbastellus
Eptesicus nilssoni
Eptesicus serotinus
Nyctalus lasiopterus
Nyctalus leisleri
Pipistrellus nathusii
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Plecotus austriacus
Miniopterus schreibersii

Tadarida teniotis

Rhinolophus euryale

Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
Rhinolophus hipposideros

Carnivora
Felis silvestris
Lynx lynx
Vulpes vulpes
Canis lupus
Canis aureus
Ursus arctos
Mustela erminea
Mustela lutreola
Mustela nivalis
Mustela putorius
Martes foina
Martes martes
Meles meles
Lutra lutra

Langauge Guide - Plants

I'll be posting langauge guides for those of you interested in learning some Hungarian natural history terms.  Some of these lists will deal with general terms and others will be more technical.  I am not a botanist, so this plant guide will be fairly simple.

I'll keep updating these guides with additional terms and corrections. I look forward to your suggestions, corrections, and alternate terms.

Plant Parts
roots
rootlets
tree trunk
tree branch
twig
leaf, leaves
flower
bulb
petal
stigma
style
pollen
seed
nut
fruit
acorn

Plant Types
Tree, Trees
Shrub
Bush
Bramble
Vines
Grass
Rushes
Cattails
Reeds
Wildflower
Fern
Clubmoss
Horsetail
Moss
Lichen

Tree Types
Evergreen
Pine
Fir
Hemlock
Juniper

Deciduous
Oak
Beech
Maple
Birch
Aspen
Poplar
Alder
Willow
Wild Chestnut
Chestnut
Wild Cherry
Cyprus
Black Locust

Növényi részek
gyökerek
hajszálgyökerek
fatörzs
fa ága
gally
levél, levelek
virág
rügy
virágszirom
bibe
bibeszál
virágpor
mag, (vetőmag: agricultural)
csonthéjas
termés, (gyümölcs: edible)
makk

Növény-típusok
Fa, fák
Cserje
Bokor
?
Folyondár
Fű
Szittyófélék
Gyékény
Nádfélék
Vadvirág
Páfrány
Korpafű
Zsurló
Moha
Zuzmó

Fa típusok
Örökzöld
Fenyő
Fenyő
Bürök
Boróka

Lombhullató
Tölgy
Bükkfa
Juharfa
Nyírfa
Rezgő nyárfa
Nyárfa
Égerfa
Fűzfa
Vad gesztenye
Gesztenye
Vadmeggy
Ciprus
Akácfa

Hungarian Nature Conservation

I'm a conservation biologist/ornithologist by training and the son of a Hungarian immigrant by birth. So, it may have been inevitable that in middle-age I find myself repeatedly returning to Hungary with binoculars, camera, and field microphone in hand. This summer marks the third consecutive year I am returning to Hungary for time in the countryside and city. This spring, with the support of UMass, I'll be visiting several Hungarian national parks (Nemzeti Parks) where I'll be gathering information on the parks' biodiversity conservation efforts and challenges. I'll have my camera and microphone in hand, so I can share what I see, hear, and learn with my UMass students and readers of this blog.

My intention is that this blog will be a place where English langauge readers can visit to learn about nature conservation in Hungary. My focus will be on bird conservation, but I'll touch on other taxa and issues I learn about during my 1 1/2 month stay. I'll try and serve as a guide to some of the resources only available in Hungarian. I will also build several langauge guides for those of you interested in learning how to communicate your interest in conservation biology and natural history in Hungarian.