Mammalian species (IUCN, 2020-1)
  • 5850 extant species have been evaluated
  • 4978 of those are fully assessed[lower-alpha 1]
  • 3651 are not threatened at present[lower-alpha 2]
  • 1244 to 2116 are threatened[lower-alpha 3]
  • 81 to 83 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
    • 81 extinct (EX) species[lower-alpha 4]
    • 2 extinct in the wild (EW)
    • 0 possibly extinct [CR(PE)]
    • 0 possibly extinct in the wild [CR(PEW)]

  1. excludes data deficient evaluations.
  2. NT and LC.
  3. Threatened comprises CR, EN and VU. Upper estimate additionally includes DD.
  4. Chart omits extinct (EX) species

As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 3117 least concern mammalian species.[1] 56% of all evaluated mammalian species are listed as least concern. The IUCN also lists 127 mammalian subspecies as least concern.

Of the subpopulations of mammals evaluated by the IUCN, one species subpopulation has been assessed as least concern.

This is a complete list of least concern mammalian species and subspecies evaluated by the IUCN. Species and subspecies which have least concern subpopulations (or stocks) are indicated. Where possible common names for taxa are given while links point to the scientific name used by the IUCN.

Primates

There are 115 species and 96 subspecies of primate assessed as least concern.

Lemurs

Old World monkeys

Species

Subspecies

  • Schmidt's red-tailed monkey
  • Red-tailed moustached monkey
  • Zanzibar Sykes's monkey
  • Doggett's blue monkey
  • Stairs's white-collared monkey
  • Kolb's white-collared monkey
  • Moloney's white-collared monkey
  • Tanzania Sykes' monkey
  • Rump-spotted blue monkey
  • Stuhlmann's blue monkey
  • Eastern putty-nosed monkey
  • Western lesser spot-nosed monkey
  • Eastern lesser spot-nosed monkey
  • Gray's crowned monkey
  • Black-footed crowned monkey
  • Congo basin wolf's monkey
  • Mt. Kilimanjaro guereza
  • Omo river guereza
  • Mt. Kenya guereza
  • Western guereza
  • Long-tailed macaque
  • Macaca fuscata fuscata
  • Yakushima macaque
  • Pale-bellied bonnet macaque
  • Dark-bellied bonnet macaque
  • Central yellow baboon
  • Northern yellow baboon
  • Grey-footed chacma baboon
  • Southern chacma baboon
  • Dollman's maroon langur
  • Muller's maroon langur
  • Presbytis rubicunda rubida
  • Southern gelada
  • Ko Tarutao dusky langur
  • Blond-tailed langur
  • Cantor's dusky leaf monkey[2]
  • Reid's dusky langur

New World monkeys

There are 60 species and 39 subspecies of New World monkey assessed as least concern.

Atelids

Species

Subspecies

Cebids

Species

Subspecies

Pitheciids

Includes the titis, saki monkeys and uakaris.

Callitrichids

Species

Subspecies

  • Eastern pygmy marmoset
  • Western pygmy marmoset
  • Ávila Pires' saddle-back tamarin
  • Cruz Lima's saddle-back tamarin
  • Spix's saddle-back tamarin
  • Lesson's saddle-back tamarin
  • Illiger's saddle-back tamarin
  • Red-mantle saddle-back tamarin
  • Saguinus fuscicollis leucogenys
  • Geoffroy's saddle-back tamarin
  • Weddell's saddle-back tamarin
  • Saguinus imperator imperator
  • Bearded emperor tamarin
  • Geoffroy's red-bellied tamarin
  • Gray's red-bellied tamarin
  • Thomas' red-bellied tamarin
  • Saguinus martinsi martinsi
  • Ochraceous bare-face tamarin
  • White saddleback tamarin
  • Saguinus mystax mystax
  • Red-cap moustached tamarin
  • White-rump moustached tamarin
  • Saguinus nigricollis hernandezi
  • Spix's black mantle tamarin

Night monkeys

Species

Subspecies

  • Aotus azarae azarae
  • Bolivian night monkey

Lorisoidea

There are 21 species and 15 subspecies in Lorisoidea assessed as least concern.

Lorisids

Species

Subspecies

  • Bosman's potto

Galagos

Species

Subspecies

  • Nigeria needle-clawed galago
  • Kenya lesser galago
  • Ethiopia lesser galago
  • Galago senegalensis senegalensis
  • Uganda lesser galago
  • Udzungwa galago
  • South African large-eared galago
  • Tanganyika large-eared galago
  • Miombo silver galago
  • Zanzibar small-eared galago
  • Kikuyu small-eared galago
  • White-tailed small-eared galago
  • Pangani small-eared galago
  • Cross river squirrel galago

Hominidae

Species

Cetartiodactyls

Cetartiodactyla includes dolphins, whales and even-toed ungulates. There are 118 species and 15 subspecies of cetartiodactyl assessed as least concern.

Non-cetacean even-toed ungulates

There are 96 species and 15 subspecies of non-cetacean even-toed ungulate assessed as least concern.

Suids

Deer species

Subspecies

Bovids

Species

Subspecies

Chevrotains

Other non-cetacean even-toed ungulate species

Cetaceans

Marsupials

There are 192 marsupial species assessed as least concern.

Peramelemorphia

Diprotodontia

There are 65 species in the order Diprotodontia assessed as least concern.

Macropodids

Petaurids

Phalangerids

Pseudocheirids

Other Diprotodontia species

Shrew opossums

Dasyuromorphia

Dasyurids

Opossums

Marsupial moles

Carnivora

There are 175 species, 14 subspecies, and one subpopulation in the order Carnivora assessed as least concern.

Felids

Eared seals

Species

Subspecies

Viverrids

Earless seals

Species

Subspecies

Subpopulations

Canids

Subspecies

Mustelids

Procyonids

Skunks

Mongooses

Other Carnivora species

Subspecies

Afrosoricida

Afrosoricida includes tenrecs and golden moles. There are 32 species in the order Afrosoricida assessed as least concern.

Golden moles

Tenrecs

Pilosa

Anteaters and sloths

Eulipotyphla

There are 271 species in the order Eulipotyphla assessed as least concern.

Shrews

Erinaceids

Talpids

Lagomorpha

Lagomorpha comprises rabbits and relatives. There are 59 species in the order Lagomorpha assessed as least concern.

Leporids

Pikas

Rodents

There are 1399 species and two subspecies of rodent assessed as least concern.

Hystricomorpha

There are 132 species in Hystricomorpha assessed as least concern.

Octodontids

Tuco-tucos

Dasyproctids

Neotropical spiny rat species

Caviids

Blesmols

New World porcupines

Old World porcupines

Other Hystricomorpha species

Myomorpha

There are 981 species in Myomorpha assessed as least concern.

Platacanthomyids

Murids

Includes mice, rats, gerbils, and relatives.

Cricetids

Includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, and New World rats and mice.

Nesomyids

Spalacids

Dipodids

Mouse-like hamsters

Castorimorpha

There are 79 species and two subspecies in Castorimorpha assessed as least concern.

Heteromyids

Gophers

Species

Subspecies

  • Nicaraguan pocket gopher
  • Thaeler's pocket gopher

Castorids

Sciuromorpha

There are 199 species in Sciuromorpha assessed as least concern.

Sciurids

Squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, susliks and prairie dogs

Dormice

Aplodontiids

Anomaluromorpha

("Anomalure-like")

Cingulata

Bats

There are 695 bat species assessed as least concern.

Megabats

Microbats

There are 609 microbat species assessed as least concern.

Old World leaf-nosed bats

Horseshoe bats

Vesper bats

Long-fingered bats

Sac-winged bats

Free-tailed bats

Mormoopids

Includes ghost-faced bats, moustached bats, and naked-backed bats.

Leaf-nosed bats

Slit-faced bats

Other microbat species

Elephant shrews

Treeshrews

Hyraxes

Other mammal species

See also

Notes

  1. Listed by IUCN as Triaenops rufus.

References

  1. "IUCN Red List version 2016-2". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  2. Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-8018-9533-3. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
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