The European Dylanus is indigenous to forests and grasslands of Europe. It resembles an American common dylanus, but with a Dylanus Edwienus-like legs to escape from most predators, wide noses to help warm up the air they breathe, and slightly larger eyes for living in both day and night. It feeds on fruit, insects, fish, frogs, lizards, nonpoisonous snakes, bird eggs, carrion, and small mammals.