List of least concern mammals

Extinct, since 1500: 78 species Extinct in the wild (EW): 2 species Critically endangered (CR): 209 species Endangered (EN): 481 species Vulnerable (VU): 507 species Near threatened (NT): 324 species Least concern (LC): 3,111 species Data deficient (DD): 790 speciesCircle frame.svg
  •   Extinct, since 1500: 78 species
  •   Extinct in the wild (EW): 2 species
  •   Critically endangered (CR): 209 species
  •   Endangered (EN): 481 species
  •   Vulnerable (VU): 507 species
  •   Near threatened (NT): 324 species
  •   Least concern (LC): 3,111 species
  •   Data deficient (DD): 790 species
Mammalian species (IUCN, 2015.4)
  • 5502 species have been evaluated
  • 4712 are fully assessed (excludes DD)
  • 3435 are not threatened at present (LC, NT)
  • 1197 are threatened (CR, EN, VU)
  • 80 to 110 are extinct or extinct in the wild (EX, EW, CR(PE), CR(PEW))

As of February 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 3111 least concern mammalian species.[1] 57% of all evaluated mammalian species are listed as least concern. The IUCN also lists 127 mammalian subspecies as least concern.

No subpopulations of mammals have been evaluated as least concern by the IUCN.

This is a complete list of least concern mammalian species and subspecies as evaluated by the IUCN. Where possible common names for taxa are given while links point to the scientific name used by the IUCN.

Primates

There are 121 primate species and 103 primate subspecies assessed as least concern.

Lemurs

Great apes

Old World monkeys

Species

Subspecies

  • Schmidt's red-tailed monkey
  • Cercopithecus campbelli campbelli
  • Cercopithecus campbelli lowei
  • 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
  • Dent's monkey
  • Gray's crowned monkey
  • Black-footed crowned monkey
  • Congo basin wolf's monkey
  • Sclater's Angola colobus
  • Powell-cotton's Angola colobus
  • Peters's Angola colobus
  • Mt. Kilimanjaro guereza
  • Omo river guereza
  • Mt. Kenya guereza
  • Western guereza
  • Macaca fascicularis fascicularis
  • Macaca fuscata fuscata
  • Yakushima macaque
  • Light-bellied bonnet macaque
  • Dark-bellied bonnet macaque
  • Central yellow baboon
  • Northern yellow baboon
  • Kinda baboon
  • Grey-footed chacma baboon
  • Southern chacma baboon
  • Dollman's maroon langur
  • Muller's maroon langur
  • Presbytis rubicunda rubida
  • Oustalet's red colobus
  • Southern gelada
  • Terutau Island dusky langur
  • Creamy-tailed dusky langur
  • Cantor's dusky langur
  • Reid's dusky langur

New World monkeys

There are 61 New World monkey species and 41 New World monkey subspecies assessed as least concern.

Atelids

Species

Subspecies

Cebids

Species

Subspecies

  • Colombian white-throated capuchin
  • Hershkovitz' weeper capuchin
  • Grey weeper capuchin
  • Guianan weeper capuchin
  • Bolivian squirrel monkey
  • Peruvian squirrel monkey
  • Humboldt's squirrel monkey
  • Ecuadorian squirrel monkey
  • Guianan squirrel monkey
  • Sapajus apella apella

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

Lorisoidea

There are 19 species and 17 subspecies in Lorisoidea assessed as least concern.

Lorisids

Species

Subspecies

  • Central potto
  • Eastern potto
  • Western potto

Galagos

Species

Subspecies

  • Nigeria needle-clawed galago
  • Kenya lesser galago
  • Ethiopia lesser galago
  • Galago senegalensis senegalensis
  • Sotik lesser galago
  • Udzungwa galago
  • South African thick-tailed galago
  • Tanganyika thick-tailed galago
  • Silvery greater galago
  • Zanzibar small-eared galago
  • Kikuyu small-eared galago
  • White-tailed small-eared galago
  • Pangani small-eared galago
  • Cross river Allen's galago

Cetartiodactyls

There are 123 cetartiodactyl species and 16 cetartiodactyl subspecies assessed as least concern. Cetartiodactyla includes dolphins, whales and even-toed ungulates.

Non-cetacean even-toed ungulates

There are 101 non-cetacean even-toed ungulate species and 16 non-cetacean even-toed ungulate subspecies assessed as least concern.

Suids

Deer species

Bovids

Species

Subspecies

Chevrotains

Other non-cetacean even-toed ungulate species

Cetaceans

Marsupials

There are 203 marsupial species assessed as least concern.

Peramelemorphia

Diprotodontia

There are 76 species in the order Diprotodontia assessed as least concern.

Macropodids

Phalangerids

Petaurids

Pseudocheirids

Other Diprotodontia species

Shrew opossums

Dasyuromorphia

There are 47 species in the order Dasyuromorphia assessed as least concern. Dasyuromorphia includes most of the Australian carnivorous marsupials.

Dasyurids

Opossums

Afrosoricida

There are 31 species in the order Afrosoricida assessed as least concern. Afrosoricida includes tenrecs and golden moles.

Golden moles

Tenrecs

Carnivora

There are 167 species and six subspecies in the order Carnivora assessed as least concern.

Felids

Eared seals

Species

Subspecies

  • Arctocephalus australis australis
  • Tasmanian fur seal
  • Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus
  • Loughlin's steller sea lion

Earless seals

Species

Subspecies

Viverrids

Canids

Mustelids

Procyonids

Mongooses

Skunks

Other Carnivora species

Pilosa

Anteaters and sloths

Eulipotyphla

There are 269 species in the order Eulipotyphla assessed as least concern.

Shrews

Erinaceids

Talpids

Lagomorpha

There are 61 species in the order Lagomorpha assessed as least concern. Lagomorpha comprises rabbits and relatives.

Leporids

Pikas

Cingulata

Rodents

There are 1400 rodent species assessed as least concern.

Hystricomorpha

There are 135 species in Hystricomorpha assessed as least concern.

Tuco-tucos

Dasyproctids

Neotropical spiny rat species

Caviids

Blesmols

Old World porcupines

New World porcupines

Other Hystricomorpha species

Myomorpha

There are 977 species in Myomorpha assessed as least concern.

Platacanthomyids

Murids

Includes mice, rats, gerbils, and relatives.

Spalacids

Nesomyids

Cricetids

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

Dipodids

Mouse-like hamsters

Castorimorpha

There are 81 species in Castorimorpha assessed as least concern.

Heteromyids

Gophers

Castorids

Sciuromorpha

There are 199 species in Sciuromorpha assessed as least concern.

Sciurids

Squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, susliks and prairie dogs

Dormice

Mountain beavers

Anomaluromorpha

("Anomalure-like")

Bats

There are 684 bat species and two bat subspecies assessed as least concern.

Megabats

Microbats

There are 602 microbat species and two microbat subspecies assessed as least concern.

Old World leaf-nosed bats

Horseshoe bats

Vesper bats

Mormoopids

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

Long-fingered bats

Species

Subspecies

Leaf-nosed bats

Free-tailed bats

Sac-winged bats

Slit-faced bats

Other microbat species

Elephant shrews

Treeshrews

Hyraxes

Other mammal species

See also

References

  1. "IUCN Red List version 2015.4". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 19 February 2016.
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