List of vulnerable mammals

In September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 529 vulnerable mammalian species.^[1] Of all evaluated mammalian species, 9.6% are listed as vulnerable. The IUCN also lists 53 mammalian subspecies as vulnerable.

Extinct in the wild (EW): 2 species
Critically endangered (CR): 203 species
Endangered (EN): 505 species
Vulnerable (VU): 536 species
Near threatened (NT): 345 species
Least concern (LC): 3,306 species
Data deficient (DD): 872 species

Mammalian species (IUCN, 2020-1)

5850 extant species have been evaluated
4978 of those are fully assessed^[a]
3651 are not threatened at present^[b]
1244 to 2116 are threatened^[c]
81 to 83 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
- 81 extinct (EX) species^[d]
- 2 extinct in the wild (EW)
- 0 possibly extinct [CR(PE)]
- 0 possibly extinct in the wild [CR(PEW)]

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

Of the subpopulations of mammals evaluated by the IUCN, five species subpopulations and one subspecies subpopulation have been assessed as vulnerable.

For a species to be assessed as vulnerable to extinction the best available evidence must meet quantitative criteria set by the IUCN designed to reflect "a high risk of extinction in the wild". Endangered and critically endangered species also meet the quantitative criteria of vulnerable species, and are listed separately. See: List of endangered mammals, List of critically endangered mammals. Vulnerable, endangered and critically endangered species are collectively referred to as threatened species by the IUCN.

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.^[2] 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".^[3]

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

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Species

Subspecies

There are 82 species and 33 subspecies of primate assessed as vulnerable.

Gibbons

Species

Eastern hoolock gibbon

Subspecies

Central lar

Lemurs

Species

Subspecies

Grey lesser bamboo lemur

Tarsiers

Species

Subspecies

Bornean tarsier

Old World monkeys

Species

Subspecies

Nigeria white-throated monkey
Cameroon red-eared monkey
Bioko red-eared monkey
Pousargues's white-collared monkey
Boutourlini's blue monkey
Samango monkey
Golden-bellied crowned monkey
Adolf Friedrichs's Angolan colobus
Gabon black colobus
Con song long-tailed macaque
Nicobar long-tailed macaque
Muna-Buton macaque
Macaca ochreata ochreata
Raffles' banded langur
Everett's grizzled langur
Northern gelada
Spangled ebony langur
West Javan ebony langur
St. Matthew Island dusky langur
Koh Pennan dusky langur
Perhentian Island dusky langur

Giraffid species

Deer species

Bovids

Species

Subspecies

Black-faced Impala
Cephalophus ogilbyi brookei
Cephalophus ogilbyi ogilbyi
Korrigum
Buffon's kob
Kafue lechwe
Black lechwe
Fringe-eared oryx
Haggard's oribi
Chanler's mountain reedbuck

Other non-cetacean even-toed ungulate species

Cetaceans

Species

Narrow-ridged finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis)
Fin whale
Finless porpoise
Irrawaddy dolphin
Sperm whale
La Plata dolphin
Atlantic humpback dolphin

Subspecies

Black Sea common dolphin
Eastern spinner dolphin

Subpopulations of species

Fin whale (1 subpopulation)
La Plata dolphin (1 subpopulation)
Striped dolphin (1 subpopulation)
Common bottlenose dolphin (1 subpopulation)

Subpopulations of subspecies

Northern blue whale (1 subpopulation)

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There are 43 marsupial species assessed as vulnerable.

Long-footed potoroo

Phascolarctids

Koala

Subspecies

Dingo (Canis lupus dingo)
East Siberian brown bear (Ursus arctos collaris)
Ladoga ringed seal (Pusa hispida ladogensis)
Sri Lankan leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya)
Visayan leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis rabori)

Subpopulations

South American fur seal (1 subpopulation)

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Includes tenrecs and golden moles

There are 29 species in the order Eulipotyphla assessed as vulnerable.

Shrews

Erinaceids

Dwarf gymnure

Talpids

Senkaku mole

Rabbits and relatives

There are 140 species and one subspecies of rodent assessed as vulnerable.

Other Myomorpha species

Castorimorpha

("Beaver-like") Species

Subspecies

Dalquest's pocket mouse

Yap flying fox

Other microbat species

[1]
"IUCN Red List version 2016-2". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
[2]
"Limitations of the Data". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
[3]
"2001 Categories & Criteria (version 3.1)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 11 January 2016.

[1] xcludes 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

[IUCNDATA-5] [1]
"IUCN Red List version 2016-2". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 8 September 2016.

[6] [2]
"Limitations of the Data". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 11 January 2016.

[7] [3]
"2001 Categories & Criteria (version 3.1)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 11 January 2016.

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Giraffid species

Deer species

Other non-cetacean even-toed ungulate species

Other Myomorpha species

Other microbat species

Giraffid species

Deer species

Other non-cetacean even-toed ungulate species

Other Myomorpha species

Other microbat species

Pangolins

Sirenia

Odd-toed ungulates

Primates

Cetartiodactyls

Marsupials

Carnivora

Afrosoricida

Eulipotyphla

Lagomorpha

Rodents

Bats

Other mammal species

See also

References