When it comes to wildlife Plitvice Lakes National Park, the first association was his trademark - a bear. However, the wealth of fauna, this national park is much larger and more valuable than "celebrating" its most attractive representative. Common inhabitants of the lake are two types of cancers: cancer of the river and creek.
Insects, which are among the most frequent number of species in terrestrial habitats, were aroused further interest in biology - the researchers the habitat of meadows and forests. Deserved the attention received by a group of butterflies whose number of known species according to current research was raised to 321, of which 76 species of, and 245 species of moths.
Plitvice Lakes and their tributaries generally have the main characteristics of typical mountain water trout. However, brook trout, one of the aboriginal inhabitants of these lakes, has been significantly suppressed allochthonous populations of chub and roach. Besides these, only Lake Kozjak proven the presence of at least 4 kinds of fish.
Amphibians are the twelve species is quite numerous group of vertebrates in the Plitvice Lakes National Park, while reptiles are represented in relatively small number of species. Long winters and thick snow cover reduce the number of this group of vertebrates.
Fauna of birds recorded so far with 157 species is the third most number of species among the national parks in Croatia. Particularly interesting is a kind of blackbird, a rare bird habitats dependent on clean water source.
The National Park Plitvice Lakes has been observed more than 50 species of mammals: dormice, shrews, voles, hedgehog, marten, stone marten, wild boar, etc. The latest research has found 20 species of bats - which live in different habitats, holes and caves, then under the bark of trees, in holes, etc. Special interest is often to populations of wolves, roe deer, wild cat, lynx, otters, brown bears, and of course, from the beginning of the story, as the crown of Plitvice animal kingdom.
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