Luxembourg enjoys a moderate climate without extremes being a component of the West European Continental climatic region. Inhabitants experience mild winters, fairly cool summers and heavy rainfall. The deeply incised narrow valleys of the country's northern part, in some ways, provide a habitat for rare protected animals like the
European Otter. In the south, nature has reclaimed deserted open pit mines and abandoned quarries, giving room for flowers to spring in most of this area.
Notwithstanding the small size of the country, quite a number of animals exist within her boarders. The country harbor even-toad ungulates like the
wild boar, elk and roe deer. Carnivores are not in short supply in Luxembourg, some of which are
least weasel, common otter, European pine marti, cross fox,
beech marten, ,
European polecat,
brown bear, badger,
ermine, arctic wolf and
wild cat,.
If you are interested in bats , a visit to this country will afford you the opportunity of seeing the brandt's bat, the
pond bat, the
greater horseshoe bat, the
lesser horseshoe bat ,the greater mouse-eared bat, , the
noctule, the nathusius' pipistrelle, the
common pipistrelle, the brown big-eared bat, the gray big-eared bat, , the
whiskered bat, the natterer's bat, the
lesser noctule , the
western barbastelle and the
serotine.
Rodents are the last category of animals in Luxembourg. While they may be few by name, their presence is preponderance. These rodents are
common vole, black-bellied hamster, long-tailed field mouse,
field vole, garden domouse, and
European pine vole.
Luxembourg is not only known for the Battle of the Bulge during World War II, it is also fondly remembered for inhabiting the smallest living carnivore in the world. This animal is about 23 centimeters in length and goes by the name 'least weasel'. It is highly solitary in nature.