Fauna: Species from Romania

The alpine marmot (Marmota marmota), illustrated on the stamp with the face value of lei 3.30, is the world’s largest species of rodents from Sciuridae family. It lives in the mountain areas from Central and Southern Europe, at altitudes between 800 and 3200 m, being mainly found in the Alps, the Carpathians, the Tatras and the Pyrenees.

The three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus), illustrated on the stamp with the face value of lei 4.30, is a species present in the coniferous forests from Central and Eastern Europe.

The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), illustrated on the stamp with the face value of lei 4.50, is also called the Carpathians’ panther. Its habitat goes from the Alps, the Tatras, the Carpathians, the Balkan Peninsula and the Caucasus up to the Himalayas, Sakhalin Island, Northern India and Asia Minor.

The European bison (Bison bonasus), illustrated on the stamp with the face value of lei 9.10, is the heaviest terrestrial animal from Europe.