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context: descendants from the native stock which had come to Ireland at the end of the last ice age, are now believed to have been brought from Britain across the North Channel by neolithic people around 3300 BC. They almost became extinct again in the 20th century, with only around 60 left, but have now made a comeback to approximately one thousand. Fallow deer were introduced in Norman times, 1169 AD, and now have a population of about 10,000. Sika deer were introduced in Powerscourt park in 1860, escaped from captivity, and now number about 20,000. Scottish roe deer were introduced </s> inland cliffs and scarps Over 70% of Ireland's 900 native species occur in The Burren which is less than 0.5% of the area of Ireland. Woodland plants include wood sorrel, blackthorn, bird's nest orchid, wood anemone, bluebell, wood avens, bugle, ramsons, self-heal, dog violet, honeysuckle, holly, lords and ladies, herb robert and woody nightshade. Woods dominated by oak and birch, with lesser amounts of rowan, holly, hazel, yew and aspen are called western oakwoods and occur principally in the uplands of Ireland, Scotland and Wales. They are temperate rainforests. Quarries, gravel and sand pits, roads and railways, field boundaries, walls, </s> It became a model for studies elsewhere. Details of the composition of the Irish fauna by group are given by Ferriss, S. E., Smith, K. G. and Inskipp, T. P.(editors), 2009 "Irish Biodiversity: a taxonomic inventory of fauna". The online source is not up to date for all taxa. Fauna of Ireland The fauna of Ireland comprises all the animal species inhabiting the island of Ireland and its surrounding waters. This table uses figures supplied by the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Only 26 land mammal species are native to Ireland, because it has been isolated from the European mainland
question: how many mammal species live wild in ireland today