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Mammalia

Mammalia is a class in the phylum Chordata. This database currently files 20 species under it, 12 of them threatened, recorded across 219 countries.

Species filed
20
Threatened
12
Countries recorded
219
With a free photo
100%
Weight range
32.5 g – 450 kg

What is in Mammalia?

9 orders filed directly under this class.

  1. Carnivora

    red fox, grey wolf, lion, jaguar …

    9 species
  2. Cetacea

    blue whale, common bottlenose dolphin

    2 species
  3. Diprotodontia

    koala, red kangaroo

    2 species
  4. Primates

    chimpanzee, eastern gorilla

    2 species
  5. Artiodactyla

    northern giraffe

    1 species
  6. Chiroptera

    common vampire bat

    1 species
  7. Monotremata

    platypus

    1 species
  8. Proboscidea

    african bush elephant

    1 species
  9. Rodentia

    eurasian beaver

    1 species

Best-known members of Mammalia

Ranked by popularity score.

LC, Least Concern
Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Red fox

Vulpes vulpes

Canidae

VU, Vulnerable
Lion (Panthera leo)

Lion

Panthera leo

Felidae

VU, Vulnerable
Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)

Koala

Phascolarctos cinereus

Phascolarctidae

NT, Near Threatened
Jaguar (Panthera onca)

Jaguar

Panthera onca

Felidae

EN, Endangered
Tiger (Panthera tigris)

Tiger

Panthera tigris

Felidae

VU, Vulnerable
Leopard (Panthera pardus)

Leopard

Panthera pardus

Felidae

How threatened is Mammalia?

19 of 20 species filed here have an IUCN category on record.

IUCN categorySpeciesShare of assessed
CRCritically Endangered15%
ENEndangered421%
VUVulnerable737%
NTNear Threatened211%
LCLeast Concern526%

Where is Mammalia recorded?

Species on file in this class with sighting records in each country. Recorded sightings, not natural ranges.

Fiji: 1 speciesTanzania: 9 speciesW. Sahara: 3 speciesCanada: 10 speciesUnited States of America: 19 speciesKazakhstan: 4 speciesUzbekistan: 2 speciesPapua New Guinea: 2 speciesIndonesia: 5 speciesArgentina: 7 speciesChile: 5 speciesDem. Rep. Congo: 8 speciesSomalia: 5 speciesKenya: 9 speciesSudan: 8 speciesChad: 7 speciesHaiti: 1 speciesDominican Rep.: 1 speciesRussia: 10 speciesBahamas: 1 speciesFalkland Is.: 1 speciesNorway: 7 speciesGreenland: 4 speciesFr. S. Antarctic Lands: 2 speciesTimor-Leste: 1 speciesSouth Africa: 10 speciesLesotho: 1 speciesMexico: 6 speciesUruguay: 5 speciesBrazil: 10 speciesBolivia: 3 speciesPeru: 5 speciesColombia: 4 speciesPanama: 5 speciesCosta Rica: 5 speciesNicaragua: 4 speciesHonduras: 3 speciesEl Salvador: 4 speciesGuatemala: 5 speciesBelize: 4 speciesVenezuela: 4 speciesGuyana: 2 speciesSuriname: 4 speciesFrance: 12 speciesEcuador: 5 speciesPuerto Rico: 2 speciesJamaica: 2 speciesCuba: 2 speciesZimbabwe: 7 speciesBotswana: 5 speciesNamibia: 11 speciesSenegal: 8 speciesMali: 4 speciesMauritania: 1 speciesBenin: 6 speciesNiger: 4 speciesNigeria: 9 speciesCameroon: 5 speciesTogo: 1 speciesGhana: 4 speciesCôte d'Ivoire: 5 speciesGuinea: 3 speciesGuinea-Bissau: 3 speciesLiberia: 5 speciesSierra Leone: 5 speciesBurkina Faso: 2 speciesCentral African Rep.: 6 speciesCongo: 5 speciesGabon: 5 speciesEq. Guinea: 3 speciesZambia: 5 speciesMalawi: 6 speciesMozambique: 4 specieseSwatini: 3 speciesAngola: 6 speciesBurundi: 3 speciesIsrael: 8 speciesLebanon: 3 speciesMadagascar: 2 speciesPalestine: 2 speciesGambia: 4 speciesTunisia: 5 speciesAlgeria: 6 speciesJordan: 3 speciesUnited Arab Emirates: 3 speciesKuwait: 3 speciesIraq: 4 speciesOman: 4 speciesCambodia: 2 speciesThailand: 5 speciesLaos: 3 speciesMyanmar: 4 speciesVietnam: 6 speciesSouth Korea: 4 speciesMongolia: 4 speciesIndia: 10 speciesBangladesh: 4 speciesBhutan: 3 speciesNepal: 4 speciesPakistan: 4 speciesAfghanistan: 3 speciesTajikistan: 2 speciesKyrgyzstan: 2 speciesIran: 6 speciesSyria: 3 speciesArmenia: 2 speciesSweden: 11 speciesBelarus: 3 speciesUkraine: 5 speciesPoland: 7 speciesAustria: 7 speciesHungary: 4 speciesMoldova: 2 speciesRomania: 4 speciesLithuania: 3 speciesLatvia: 3 speciesEstonia: 5 speciesGermany: 18 speciesBulgaria: 4 speciesGreece: 3 speciesTurkey: 4 speciesAlbania: 3 speciesCroatia: 4 speciesSwitzerland: 4 speciesLuxembourg: 4 speciesBelgium: 7 speciesNetherlands: 13 speciesPortugal: 5 speciesSpain: 8 speciesIreland: 4 speciesNew Caledonia: 3 speciesSolomon Is.: 2 speciesNew Zealand: 4 speciesAustralia: 9 speciesSri Lanka: 5 speciesChina: 9 speciesTaiwan: 3 speciesItaly: 6 speciesDenmark: 14 speciesUnited Kingdom: 12 speciesIceland: 4 speciesAzerbaijan: 2 speciesGeorgia: 4 speciesPhilippines: 2 speciesMalaysia: 4 speciesSlovenia: 5 speciesFinland: 6 speciesSlovakia: 3 speciesCzechia: 8 speciesEritrea: 1 speciesJapan: 15 speciesParaguay: 3 speciesYemen: 3 speciesSaudi Arabia: 3 speciesCyprus: 3 speciesMorocco: 7 speciesEgypt: 7 speciesLibya: 3 speciesEthiopia: 6 speciesDjibouti: 3 speciesUganda: 8 speciesRwanda: 6 speciesBosnia and Herz.: 3 speciesMacedonia: 2 speciesSerbia: 3 speciesMontenegro: 4 speciesTrinidad and Tobago: 3 speciesS. Sudan: 6 species
  • None on record
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  • 2
  • 3–4
  • 5+
species per country · small islands are not drawn at this scale
  1. United States19
  2. Germany18
  3. Japan15
  4. Denmark14
  5. Netherlands13
  6. United Kingdom12
  7. France12
  8. Namibia11
  9. Sweden11
  10. South Africa10
  11. India10
  12. Brazil10
  13. Canada10
  14. Russia10
  15. Kenya9
  16. Tanzania9
  17. China9
  18. Nigeria9
  19. Australia9
  20. Uganda8

All species in Mammalia

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Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusWeightCountries
Red foxVulpes vulpesCanidaeLeast ConcernNot recorded91
Grey wolfCanis lupusCanidaeLeast ConcernNot recorded168
LionPanthera leoFelidaeVulnerable157 kg63
KoalaPhascolarctos cinereusPhascolarctidaeVulnerableNot recorded10
JaguarPanthera oncaFelidaeNear ThreatenedNot recorded30
TigerPanthera tigrisFelidaeEndangered150 kg35
LeopardPanthera pardusFelidaeVulnerableNot recorded79
Polar bearUrsus maritimusUrsidaeVulnerable450 kg12
CheetahAcinonyx jubatusFelidaeVulnerable37.6 kg39
Eurasian beaverCastor fiberCastoridaeLeast ConcernNot recorded36
PlatypusOrnithorhynchus anatinusOrnithorhynchidaeNear ThreatenedNot recorded5
Blue whaleBalaenoptera musculusBalaenopteridaeEndangeredNot recorded57
Northern giraffeGiraffa camelopardalisGiraffidaeVulnerableNot recorded32
Common bottlenose dolphinTursiops truncatusDelphinidaeLeast ConcernNot recorded121
African bush elephantLoxodonta africanaElephantidaeEndangeredNot recorded47
ChimpanzeePan troglodytesHominidaeEndangeredNot recorded43
Giant pandaAiluropoda melanoleucaUrsidaeVulnerable117.5 kg4
Red kangarooMacropus rufusMacropodidaeNot recordedNot recorded5
Common vampire batDesmodus rotundusPhyllostomidaeLeast Concern32.5 g24
Eastern gorillaGorilla beringeiHominidaeCritically EndangeredNot recorded5