List of critically endangered mammals
- Extinct in the wild (EW): 2 species
- Critically endangered (CR): 205 species
- Endangered (EN): 474 species
- Vulnerable (VU): 529 species
- Near threatened (NT): 343 species
- Least concern (LC): 3,117 species
- Data deficient (DD): 783 species
As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 205 critically endangered mammalian species, including 30 which are tagged as possibly extinct.[1][2] 3.7% of all evaluated mammalian species are listed as critically endangered. The IUCN also lists 58 mammalian subspecies as critically endangered.
Of the subpopulations of mammals evaluated by the IUCN, 17 species subpopulations have been assessed as critically endangered.
Additionally 783 mammalian species (14% of those evaluated) are listed as data deficient, meaning there is insufficient information for a full assessment of conservation status. As these species typically have small distributions and/or populations, they are intrinsically likely to be threatened, according to the IUCN.[3] While the category of data deficient indicates that no assessment of extinction risk has been made for the taxa, the IUCN notes that it may be appropriate to give them "the same degree of attention as threatened taxa, at least until their status can be assessed."[4]
This is a complete list of critically endangered mammalian species and subspecies evaluated by the IUCN. Species considered possibly extinct by the IUCN are marked as such. Species and subspecies which have critically endangered subpopulations (or stocks) are indicated. Where possible common names for taxa are given while links point to the scientific name used by the IUCN.
Odd-toed ungulates
Species
Subspecies
Primates
There are 63 species and 37 subspecies of primate assessed as critically endangered.
Gibbons
Species
Subspecies
- Tonkin black crested gibbon
- West Yunnan black crested gibbon
- Central Yunnan black crested gibbon
- Laotian black crested gibbon
Great apes
Species
Subspecies
- Mountain gorilla
- Eastern lowland gorilla
- Cross River gorilla
- Western lowland gorilla
- Western chimpanzee
- Northeast Bornean orangutan
- Northwest Bornean orangutan
- Southwest Bornean orangutan
Lemurs
Species
- Sibree's dwarf lemur
- Gray-headed lemur
- Blue-eyed black lemur
- Mongoose lemur
- Lac Alaotra bamboo lemur
- Golden bamboo lemur
- Indri
- Andohahela sportive lemur
- Manombo sportive lemur
- Sahamalaza sportive lemur
- Northern sportive lemur
- Hawks' sportive lemur
- Gerp's mouse lemur
- Nosy Be mouse lemur
- Marohita mouse lemur
- Greater bamboo lemur
- Silky sifaka
- Diademed sifaka
- Perrier's sifaka
- Golden-crowned sifaka
- Red ruffed lemur
- Black-and-white ruffed lemur
Subspecies
Tarsiers
Species
Subspecies
- Natuna Islands tarsier
Old World monkeys
Species
- Dryas monkey
- Celebes crested macaque
- Pagai Island macaque
- Bouvier's red colobus (possibly extinct)
- Niger Delta red colobus
- Preuss's red colobus
- Miss Waldron's red colobus
- Sarawak surili
- Gray-shanked douc
- Tonkin snub-nosed monkey
- Myanmar snub-nosed monkey
- Kipunji
- Pig-tailed langur
- Delacour's langur
- White-headed langur
Subspecies
- Zammarano's monkey
- Presbytis chrysomelas chrysomelas
- Tricolored langur
- Golden-bellied Mentawai Island langur
- Pagai Island pig-tailed snub-nosed monkey
- Siberut Island pig-tailed snub-nosed monkey
- Natuna Islands silvery lutung
- White-headed black langur
- Cat Ba langur
- Western purple-faced langur
New World monkeys
Species
- Black-headed spider monkey
- Brown spider monkey
- Northern muriqui
- Blond titi monkey
- Caquetá titi
- Rio Mayo titi
- Ecuadorian white-fronted capuchin
- Kaapori capuchin
- Black bearded saki
- Colombian woolly monkey
- Superagui lion tamarin
- Yellow-tailed woolly monkey
- Cotton-top tamarin
- Blond capuchin
- Golden-bellied capuchin
Subspecies
- Northern brown howler
- Mexican howler
- Azuero howler
- Brown-headed spider monkey
- Colombian spider monkey
- Azuero spider monkey
- Nicaraguan spider monkey
- Mexican spider monkey
- Ateles hybridus brunneus
- Hybrid spider monkey
- Margarita Island capuchin
Lorisoidea
Cetartiodactyls
Cetartiodactyla includes dolphins, whales and even-toed ungulates. There are 15 species, nine subspecies, and nine subpopulations of cetartiodactyl assessed as critically endangered.
Non-cetacean even-toed ungulates
Species
Subspecies
- Tora hartebeest
- Giant sable antelope
- Upemba lechwe
- Russian saiga
- Western giant eland
- Mountain bongo
Cetaceans
Species
Subspecies
- Southern blue whale
- Popoto
- Yangtze finless porpoise
Subpopulations
- Bowhead whale (1 subpopulation)
- Beluga whale (1 subpopulation)
- Gray whale (1 subpopulation)
- Southern right whale (1 subpopulation)
- North Pacific right whale (1 subpopulation)
- Irrawaddy dolphin (5 subpopulations)
- Harbour porpoise (1 subpopulation)
- Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphin (1 subpopulation)
- Common bottlenose dolphin (1 subpopulation)
Marsupials
- Talaud bear cuscus
- Woylie
- Mountain pygmy possum
- Wondiwoi tree-kangaroo (possibly extinct)
- Golden-mantled tree-kangaroo
- Tenkile
- Black dorcopsis
- Leadbeater's possum
- Northern hairy-nosed wombat
- Handley's slender opossum
- One-striped opossum (possibly extinct)
- Northern glider
- Telefomin cuscus (possibly extinct)
- Gilbert's potoroo
- Kangaroo Island dunnart
- Black-spotted cuscus
- Blue-eyed spotted cuscus
Carnivora
Species
- Red wolf
- European mink
- Cozumel raccoon
- Malabar large-spotted civet (possibly extinct)
Subspecies
Subpopulations
- African wild dog (2 subpopulations)
- Lion (1 subpopulation)
Eulipotyphla
- Phillips' Congo shrew
- Andaman shrew
- Harenna shrew
- Jenkins' shrew
- Nicobar shrew
- Christmas Island shrew (possibly extinct)
- Wimmer's shrew (possibly extinct)
- Nelson's small-eared shrew
- Eisentraut's mouse shrew
- Sclater's shrew
- San Cristobal shrew
- Taita shrew
Lagomorpha
Rabbits and relatives
Rodents
There are 57 species and one subspecies of rodent assessed as critically endangered.
Hystricomorpha
("Porcupine-like")
- Bolivian chinchilla rat
- Garrido's hutia (possibly extinct)
- Santa Catarina's guinea pig
- Reig's tuco-tuco
- Roig's tuco-tuco
- Social tuco-tuco
- Mexican agouti
- Dwarf hutia (possibly extinct)
- San Felipe hutia (possibly extinct)
- Pacific degu
- Mantiqueira Atlantic tree-rat
- Short-furred Atlantic tree-rat
- Red-crested tree rat
- Golden vizcacha rat
- Chalchalero viscacha rat
Myomorpha
There are 37 species in Myomorpha assessed as critically endangered.
Murids
Includes mice, rats, gerbils, and relatives.
- Heavenly hill rat
- Dinagat bushy-tailed cloud rat (possibly extinct)
- Elvira rat
- Mount Oku hylomyscus
- Manusela mosaic-tailed rat
- Kondana soft-furred rat
- Ethiopian amphibious rat (possibly extinct)
- Poncelet's giant rat
- Muennink's spiny rat
- Biak giant rat
- Emma's giant rat (possibly extinct)
- Emperor rat (possibly extinct)
- Guadalcanal rat (possibly extinct)
- Carpentarian rock rat
- Central rock rat
Cricetids
Includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, and New World rats and mice.
- Chinanteco deer mouse
- Delicate deer mouse
- Ixtlán deer mouse
- Zempoaltepec deer mouse
- Habromys schmidlyi
- Zuniga's dark rice rat (possibly extinct)
- Bavarian pine vole
- Nelson's woodrat
- Perote mouse
- Burt's deer mouse
- Dickey's deer mouse
- Angel Island mouse (possibly extinct)
- San Lorenzo mouse
- Maya mouse
- Puebla deer mouse (possibly extinct)
- False canyon mouse
- Catalina deer mouse
- San Esteban Island mouse
- Cozumel harvest mouse
- Chiapan climbing rat
- Tumbala climbing rat
Nesomyids
Castorimorpha
("Beaver-like")
Species
- San Quintin kangaroo rat (possibly extinct)
- Tropical pocket gopher
- Big pocket gopher
Subspecies
- Alcorn's pocket gopher
Sciuromorpha
Bats
- Bulmer's fruit bat
- Seychelles sheath-tailed bat
- Philippine naked-backed fruit bat
- Kolar leaf-nosed bat
- Lamotte's roundleaf bat
- Fijian monkey-faced bat
- Gloomy tube-nosed bat (possibly extinct)
- Armenian whiskered bat
- Yanbaru whiskered bat
- New Zealand greater short-tailed bat (possibly extinct)
- Jamaican greater funnel-eared bat
- Lord Howe long-eared bat (possibly extinct)
- New Caledonian long-eared bat
- New Guinea big-eared bat (possibly extinct)
- Jamaican flower bat
- Christmas Island pipistrelle (possibly extinct)
- Greater monkey-faced bat
- Montane monkey-faced bat (possibly extinct)
- Aru flying fox (possibly extinct)
- Livingstone's fruit bat
- Bonin flying fox
- Rodrigues flying fox
- Vanikoro flying fox (possibly extinct)
- Hill's horseshoe bat
Other mammals
Species
Subspecies
Subpopulations
- Juliana's golden mole (1 subpopulation)
See also
- Lists of IUCN Red List critically endangered species
- List of least concern mammals
- List of near threatened mammals
- List of vulnerable mammals
- List of endangered mammals
- List of recently extinct mammals
- List of data deficient mammals
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Table 9: Possibly Extinct and Possibly Extinct in the Wild Species (IUCN Red List version 2016-2)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ↑ "Limitations of the Data". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ↑ "2001 Categories & Criteria (version 3.1)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 11 January 2016.