List of mammals of Brazil

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Brazil has the largest mammal diversity in the world, with more than 600 described species and more likely to be discovered. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, 66 of these species are endangered, and 40% of the threatened taxa belong to the primate group.[1]

658 species are listed.[2]

The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:

EXExtinctNo reasonable doubt that the last individual has died.
EWExtinct in the wildKnown only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized populations well outside its previous range.
CRCritically endangeredThe species is in imminent risk of extinction in the wild.
ENEndangeredThe species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
VUVulnerableThe species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
NTNear threatenedThe species does not meet any of the criteria that would categorise it as risking extinction but it is likely to do so in the future.
LCLeast concernThere are no current identifiable risks to the species.
DDData deficientThere is inadequate information to make an assessment of the risks to this species.

Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of least concern categories:

LR/lcLower risk/least concernSpecies for which there are no identifiable risks.

Infraclass: Metatheria

Order: Didelphimorphia

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Bare-tailed woolly opossum
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White-eared opossum
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Gray four-eyed opossum
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Tate's woolly mouse opossum
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Gray slender opossum

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Pilosa

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Hoffmann's two-toed sloth
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Silky anteater
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Giant anteater

Order: Cingulata

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Six-banded armadillo
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Southern three-banded armadillo

Order: Chiroptera

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Hoary bat

Order: Primates

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Goeldi's marmoset
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White-headed marmoset
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Golden lion tamarin
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Tufted capuchin
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Bald uakari
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Brown woolly monkey
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Black howler

Order: Carnivora

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Maned wolf
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Short-eared dog
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Bush dog
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Crab-eating fox

Canidae - dogs, foxes, wolves

Felidae - cats

Mustelidae - otters, weasels and allies

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Eira barbara

Mephitidae - skunks

Otariidae - eared seals

Phocidae - earless seals

Procyonidae - raccoons, coatis, olingos and allies

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Crab-eating raccoon

Cetacea

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Southern right whale breaching
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Humpback whales in Abrolhos Islands
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Eden's whale off Ilhabela, São Paulo
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Spinner dolphins around Fernando de Noronha

Balaenidae - right whales

Balaenopteridae - rorquals

Delphinidae - dolphins

Phocoenidae - porpoises

Physeteridae

Iniidae - South American river dolphins

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Amazon river dolphin

Pontoporiidae - La Plata dolphin

Ziphiidae - beaked whales

Sirenia

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West Indian manatees in Peixe-boi Project, Paraíba

Trichechidae - manatees

Perissodactyla

Tapiridae - tapirs

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Brazilian tapir

Artiodactyla

Suidae - pigs

Tayassuidae - peccaries

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Collared peccary

Cervidae - deer

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Marsh deer

Rodentia

Sciuridae - squirrels

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Brazilian squirrel

Myocastoridae

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Nutria

Muridae - Old World rats and allies

Cricetidae - New World rats and allies

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Drymoreomys albimaculatus

Erethizontidae - New World porcupines

Dinomyidae

Caviidae - guinea pigs and cavies

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Brazilian guinea pig
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Rock cavy
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Capybara

Dasyproctidae - agoutis and acouchis

Cuniculidae

Ctenomyidae - tuco-tucos

Echimyidae - spiny rats and allies

Lagomorpha

Leporidae - rabbits and hares

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European hare

See also

References

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