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List of mammals of Brazil

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Brazil has the largest mammal diversity in the world, with around 751 described species[1] 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.[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

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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

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Order: Pilosa

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Hoffmann's two-toed sloth
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Brown-throated 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

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Felidae - cats

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Jaguar
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Jaguarundi
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Margay

Mustelidae - otters, weasels and allies

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Giant otters in Mato Grosso do Sul
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Tayra
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Lesser grison
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Neotropical river otter

Mephitidae - skunks

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Otariidae - eared seals

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Phocidae - earless seals

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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

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Balaenopteridae - rorquals

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Delphinidae - dolphins

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Phocoenidae - porpoises

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Physeteridae

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Iniidae - South American river dolphins

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Amazon river dolphin

Pontoporiidae - La Plata dolphin

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Ziphiidae - beaked whales

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Sirenia

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West Indian manatees in Peixe-boi Project, Paraíba

Trichechidae - manatees

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Perissodactyla

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Tapiridae - tapirs

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Brazilian tapir

Artiodactyla

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Suidae - pigs

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Tayassuidae - peccaries

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Collared peccary

Cervidae - deer

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Marsh deer
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Red brocket

Rodentia

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Sciuridae - squirrels

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Brazilian squirrel

Myocastoridae

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Nutria

Muridae - Old World rats and allies

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Cricetidae - New World rats and allies

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Drymoreomys albimaculatus

Erethizontidae - New World porcupines

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Dinomyidae

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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

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Cuniculidae

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Ctenomyidae - tuco-tucos

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Echimyidae - spiny rats and allies

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Lagomorpha

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Leporidae - rabbits and hares

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European hare


See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 Quintela, Fernando M.; da Rosa, Clarissa A.; Feijó, Anderson (2020). "Updated and annotated checklist of recent mammals from Brazil". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 92. doi:10.1590/0001-3765202020191004.
  2. ↑ MicoLeao. "Mapping the Diversity of Mammals in Brazil". BiodiversityMapping.org. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
  3. ↑ Solari, S. (2018). "Vampyrum spectrum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018 e.T22843A22059426. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22843A22059426.en. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
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  5. ↑ Pereira, J.; Lucherini, M.; Trigo, T. (2015). "Leopardus geoffroyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015 e.T15310A50657011. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T15310A50657011.en. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  6. ↑ Paviolo, A.; Crawshaw, P.; Caso, A.; de Oliveira, T.; Lopez-Gonzalez, C.A.; Kelly, M.; De Angelo, C.; Payan, E. (2016) [errata version of 2015 assessment]. "Leopardus pardalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015 e.T11509A97212355. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T11509A50653476.en. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  7. ↑ Payan, E.; de Oliveira, T. (2016). "Leopardus tigrinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T54012637A50653881. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T54012637A50653881.en. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  8. ↑ de Oliveira, T.; Paviolo, A.; Schipper, J.; Bianchi, R.; Payan, E.; Carvajal, S.V. (2015). "Leopardus wiedii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015 e.T11511A50654216. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T11511A50654216.en. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  9. ↑ Caso, A.; de Oliveira, T.; Carvajal, S.V. (2015). "Herpailurus yagouaroundi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015 e.T9948A50653167. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T9948A50653167.en. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  10. ↑ Nielsen, C.; Thompson, D.; Kelly, M.; Lopez-Gonzalez, C.A. (2016) [errata version of 2015 assessment]. "Puma concolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015 e.T18868A97216466. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T18868A50663436.en. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  11. ↑ Quigley, H.; Foster, R.; Petracca, L.; Payan, E.; Salom, R.; Harmsen, B. (2018) [errata version of 2017 assessment]. "Panthera onca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T15953A123791436. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T15953A50658693.en. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  12. ↑ Cárdenas-Alayza, S.; Oliveira, L.; Crespo, E. (2016). "Arctocephalus australis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T2055A45223529. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T2055A45223529.en.
  13. ↑ Hofmeyr, G.J.G (2015). "Arctocephalus tropicalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015 e.T2062A45224547. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T2062A45224547.en.
  14. ↑ Cárdenas-Alayza, S.; Crespo, E.; Oliveira, L. (2016). "Otaria byronia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T41665A61948292. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T41665A61948292.en.
  15. ↑ Hofmeyr, G.J.G (2015). "Mirounga leonina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015 e.T13583A45227247. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T13583A45227247.en.
  16. ↑ Cypriano-Souza, Ana Lúcia; De Meirelles, Ana Carolina Oliveira; Carvalho, Vitor Luz; Bonatto, Sandro Luis (2017). "Rare or cryptic? The first report of an Omura's whale (Balaenoptera omurai) in the South Atlantic Ocean". Marine Mammal Science. 33 (1): 80–95. Bibcode:2017MMamS..33...80C. doi:10.1111/mms.12348.
  17. ↑ Taylor, B.L.; Baird, R.; Barlow, J.; Dawson, S.M.; Ford, J.; Mead, J.G.; Notarbartolo di Sciara, G.; Wade, P.; Pitman, R.L. (2019) [amended version of 2008 assessment]. "Physeter macrocephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T41755A160983555. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T41755A160983555.en. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  18. ↑ Marmontel, M.; de Souza, D.; Kendall, S. (2016). "Trichechus inunguis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T22102A43793736. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T22102A43793736.en.
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  21. ↑ Reid, F. (2016). "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T10300A22190005. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T10300A22190005.en. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
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