The area is extremely vital for the brown bear and the grey wolf, which are listed as priority species in Annex II of the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC(1), as well as for the Rhinolophus hipposideros, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus euryale, Rhinolophus blasii, Myotis blythii, Barbastella barbastellus, Myotis capaccinii, Myotis emarginatus, Myotis myotis, Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica, Miniopterus schreibersii, Triturus karelinii, Emys orbicularis, Bombina variegate, Testudo hermanni, Testudo graeca, Euphydryas aurinia, Osmoderma eremite, Rosalia alpine and Cerambyx cerdo, Austropotamobius torrentium, Lucanus cervus.
Alue on erittäin tärkeä ruskeakarhulle ja harmaasudelle, jotka ovat luontodirektiivin 92/43/ETY(1) II liitteen mukaan ensisijaisia suojelukohteita, samoin kuin Rhinolophus hipposideros, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus euryale, Rhinolophus blasii, Myotis blythii, Barbastella barbastellus, Myotis capaccinii, Myotis emarginatus, Myotis myotis, Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica, Miniopterus schreibersii, Triturus karelinii, Emys orbicularis, Bombina variegate, Testudo hermanni, Testudo graeca, Euphydryas aurinia, Osmoderma eremite, Rosalia alpine ja Cerambyx cerdo, Austropotamobius torrentium, Lucanus cervus.not-set not-set