Login
Login

List of mammals of Afghanistan

{{Short description|none}}

This list of the mammal species in Afghanistan provides information about the status of the 129 mammal species occurring in Afghanistan. Four are endangered, twelve are vulnerable, and five are near threatened.{{cite book |author=Mohammadian, H. |date=2011 |title=An Introduction to Mammals of Afghanistan |publisher=Shabpareh Publishing Institute |location=Tehran, Iran |isbn=978-600-5038-15-6}}

The following classes, which lie on a spectrum of lowest to highest risk of extinction, are used to highlight each species' global conservation status as assessed on the IUCN Red List:

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"

| LC

Least concernThere are no current identifiable risks to the species.
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.
VUVulnerableThe species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
ENEndangeredThe species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
CRCritically endangeredThe species is in imminent risk of extinction in the wild.
EWExtinct in the wildThe species is known only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized population well outside its previous range.
EXExtinctThere is no reasonable doubt that the last individual of the species has died.
DDData deficientThere is inadequate information to make an assessment of the risks to this species.

Order: [[Artiodactyla]] (even-toed ungulates)

Image:Chinkara.jpg

The even-toed ungulates are ungulates whose weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in perissodactyls. There are about 220 artiodactyl species, including many that are of great economic importance to humans.

  • Family: Bovidae (cattle, antelope, sheep, goats)
  • Subfamily: Antilopinae
  • Genus: Gazella
  • Chinkara, G. bennettii {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Gazella bennettii |author=IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group |page=e.T8978A50187762 |year=2017}}
  • Goitered gazelle, G. subgutturosa {{IUCN status|VU}}{{cite iucn |title=Gazella subgutturosa |author=IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group |page=e.T8976A50187422 |year=2017}}
  • Genus: Capra
  • Wild goat, C. aegagrus {{IUCN status|NT}} presence uncertain{{cite iucn |title=Capra aegagrus |author1=Weinberg, P. |name-list-style=amp |author2=Ambarli, H. |year=2020 |page=e.T3786A22145942}}
  • Markhor, C. falconeri {{IUCN status|NT}}{{cite iucn |title=Capra falconeri |author1=Michel, S. |author2=Rosen Michel, T. |name-list-style=amp |page=e.T3787A97218336 |year=2015}}
  • Siberian ibex, C. sibrica {{IUCN status|NT}}{{cite iucn |title= Capra sibirica |author=Reading, R. |author2=Michel, S. |author3=Suryawanshi, K. |author4=Bhatnagar, Y.V. |name-list-style=amp |year=2020 |page=e.T42398A22148720}}
  • Genus: Ovis
  • Argali, O. ammon {{IUCN status|NT}}{{Cite iucn |title=Ovis ammon |name-list-style=amp |author=Reading, R. |author2=Michel, S. |author3=Amgalanbaatar, S. |page=e.T15733A22146397 |date=2020}}
  • Urial, O. vignei {{IUCN status|VU}}{{Cite iucn |title=Ovis vignei |author=Michel, S. & Ghoddousi, A. |date=2020 |page=e.T54940655A54940728}}
  • Genus: Nemorhaedus
  • Himalayan goral, N. goral {{IUCN status|NT}}{{cite iucn |title=Naemorhedus goral |author=Duckworth, J.W. |author2=MacKinnon, J. |name-list-style=amp |page=e.T14296A4430073 |date=2008}}
  • Family: Moschidae
  • Genus: Moschus
  • Kashmir musk deer, M. cupreus {{IUCN status|EN}}{{cite iucn |title=Moschus cupreus |author=Timmins, R.J. |author2= Duckworth, J.W. |name-list-style=amp |page=e.T136750A61979453 |year=2015}}
  • Family: Cervidae (deer)
  • Subfamily: Cervinae
  • Genus: Cervus
  • Central Asian red deer C. hanglu {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Cervus hanglu |name-list-style=amp |author=Brook, S.M. |author2=Donnithorne-Tait, D. |author3=Lorenzini, R. |author4=Lovari, S. |author5=Masseti, M. |author6=Pereladova, O. |author7=Ahmad, K. |author8=Thakur, M. |year=2017 |page=e.T4261A120733024}}
  • Bactrian deer, C. h. bactrianus
  • Family: Suidae (pigs)
  • Subfamily: Suinae
  • Genus: Sus
  • Wild boar, S. scrofa {{IUCN status|LC}}{{Cite iucn |title=Sus scrofa |name-list-style=amp |author=Keuling, O. |author2=Leus, K. |page=e.T41775A44141833 |date=2019}}

Order: [[Carnivora]] (carnivorans)

Image:Manul1.jpg

Image:Bengalkatze.jpg

Image:Korsak.jpg

Image:Canis aureus naria - Yala December 2010 (1).jpg

Image:Mustela nivalis (two, fighting).jpg

Image:Steinmarder.JPG

Image:Honey badger.jpg

There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which eat meat as their primary dietary item. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition.

The following species are listed as historically present:{{cite book |first=K. |last=Habibi |year=2003 |title=Mammals of Afghanistan |publisher=Zoo Outreach Organisation, USFWS |location=Coimbatore, India}}

  • Suborder: Feliformia
  • Family: Felidae (cats)
  • Subfamily: Felinae
  • Genus: Caracal
  • Caracal, C. caracal {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Caracal caracal |author=Avgan, B. |author2=Henschel, P. |author3=Ghoddousi, A. |year=2016 |page=e.T3847A102424310}}
  • Genus: Felis
  • Jungle cat, F. chaus {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Felis chaus |date=2016 |author=Gray, T.N.E. |author2=Timmins, R.J. |author3=Jathana, D. |author4=Duckworth, J.W. |author5= Baral, H. |author6=Mukherjee, S. |name-list-style=amp |page=e.T8540A50651463}}
  • African wildcat, F. lybica {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Felis lybica |name-list-style=amp |author=Ghoddousi, A. |author2=Belbachir, F. |author3=Durant, S.M. |author4=Herbst, M. |author5=Rosen, T. |year=2022 |page=e.T131299383A154907281 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T131299383A154907281.en}}
  • Asiatic wildcat, F. l. ornata
  • Genus: Lynx
  • Eurasian lynx, L. lynx {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Lynx lynx |author=Breitenmoser, U. |author2=Breitenmoser-Würsten, C. |author3=Lanz, T. |author4=von Arx, M. |author5=Antonevich, A. |author6=Bao, W. |author7=Avgan, B. |name-list-style=amp |page=e.T12519A121707666 |year=2015}}
  • Genus: Otocolobus
  • Pallas's cat, O. manul {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Otocolobus manul |author1=Ross, S. |author2=Barashkova, A. |author3=Dhendup, T. |author4=Munkhtsog, B. |author5=Smelansky, I. |author6=Barclay, D. |author7=Moqanaki, E. |name-list-style=amp |year=2020 |page=e.T15640A180145377}}
  • Genus: Prionailurus
  • Leopard cat, P. bengalensis {{IUCN status|LC}}{{Cite iucn |title=Prionailurus bengalensis |name-list-style=amp |author=Ross, J. |author2=Brodie, J. |author3=Cheyne, S. |author4=Hearn, A. |author5=Izawa, M. |author6=Loken, B. |author7=Lynam, A. |author8=McCarthy, J. |author9=Mukherjee, S. |author10=Phan, C. |author11=Rasphone, A. |author12=Wilting, A. |page=e.T18146A50661611 |date=2015}}
  • Subfamily: Pantherinae
  • Genus: Panthera
  • Leopard, P. pardus {{IUCN status|VU}}
  • P. p. tulliana {{IUCN status|EN}}{{cite iucn |title=Panthera pardus |date=2016 |name-list-style=amp |author=Stein, A. B. |author2=Athreya, V. |author3=Gerngross, P. |author4=Balme, G. |author5=Henschel, P. |author6=Karanth, U. |author7=Miquelle, D. |author8=Rostro, S. |author9=Kamler, J.F. |author10=Laguardia, A. |page=e.T15954A160698029}}
  • Snow leopard, P. uncia {{IUCN status|VU}}{{cite iucn |title=Panthera uncia |name-list-style=amp |author=McCarthy, T. |author2=Mallon, D. |author3=Jackson, R. |author4=Zahler, P. |author5=McCarthy, K. |date=2017 |page=e.T22732A50664030}}
  • Family: Herpestidae (mongooses)
  • Genus: Urva
  • Small Indian mongoose, U. auropunctata {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Herpestes auropunctatus |author=Jennings, A. |author2=Veron, G. |name-list-style=amp |date=2016 |page=e.T70204120A70204139}}
  • Indian grey mongoose, U. edwardsii {{IUCN status|LC}}{{Cite iucn |title=Herpestes edwardsii |date=2016 |author=Mudappa, D. |author2=Choudhury, A. |name-list-style=amp |page=e.T41611A45206787}}
  • Family: Hyaenidae (hyaenas)
  • Genus: Hyaena
  • Striped hyena, H. hyaena {{IUCN status|NT}}{{cite iucn |title=Hyaena hyaena |author1=AbiSaid, M. |author2=Dloniak, S.M.D. |name-list-style=amp |year=2015 |page=e.T10274A45195080}}
  • Suborder: Caniformia
  • Family: Canidae (dogs, foxes)
  • Genus: Vulpes
  • Blanford's fox, V. cana {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Vulpes cana |author=Hoffmann, M. |author2= Sillero-Zubiri, C. |name-list-style=amp |year=2015 |page=e.T23050A48075169}}
  • Corsac fox, V. corsac {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Vulpes corsac |author=Murdoch, J.D. |year=2014 |page=e.T23051A59049446}}
  • Rueppell's fox, V. rueppelli {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Vulpes rueppelli |author=Mallon, D. |author2=Murdoch, J.D. |author3=Wacher, T. |name-list-style=amp |page=e.T23053A46197483 |year=2015}}
  • Red fox, V. vulpes {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Vulpes vulpes |author=Hoffmann, M. |author2=Sillero-Zubiri, C. |name-list-style=amp |year=2016 |page=e.T23062A46190249}}
  • Genus: Canis
  • Golden jackal, C. aureus {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Canis aureus |author=Hoffmann, M. |author2=Arnold, J. |author3=Duckworth, J. W. |author4=Jhala, Y. |author5=Kamler, J. F. |author6=Krofel, M. |name-list-style=amp |year=2018 |page=e.T118264161A46194820}}
  • Gray wolf, C. lupus {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Canis lupus |author1=Boitani, L. |author2=Phillips, M. & Jhala, Y. |name-list-style=amp |date=2018 |page=e.T3746A119623865}}
  • Family: Ursidae (bears)
  • Genus: Ursus
  • Brown bear, U. arctos {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Ursus arctos |author=McLellan, B. N. |author2=Proctor, M. F. |author3=Huber, D. |author4=Michel, S. |name-list-style=amp |page=e.T41688A121229971 |date=2017}}
  • Asiatic black bear, U. thibetanus {{IUCN status|VU}}{{cite iucn |title=Ursus thibetanus |author1=Garshelis, D. L. |author2=Steinmetz, R. |name-list-style=amp |year=2016 |page=e.T22824A114252336}}
  • Family: Mustelidae (mustelids)
  • Genus: Lutra
  • European otter, L. lutra {{IUCN status|NT}}{{cite iucn |title=Lutra lutra |author=Roos, A. |author2=Loy, A. |author3=de Silva, P. |author4= Hajkova, P. |author5=Zemanová, B. |name-list-style=amp |year=2015 |page=e.T12419A21935287}}
  • Genus: Martes
  • Yellow-throated marten, M. flavigula {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Martes flavigula |author=Chutipong, W. |author2=Duckworth, J.W. |author3=Timmins, R.J. |author4=Choudhury, A. |author5=Abramov, A.V. |author6=Roberton, S. |author7=Long, B. |author8=Rahman, H. |author9=Hearn, A. |author10=Dinets, V. |author11=Willcox, D.H.A. |name-list-style=amp |page=e.T41649A45212973 |date=2016}}
  • Beech marten, M. foina {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Martes foina |date=2016 |author=Abramov, A.V. |author2=Kranz, A. |author3=Herrero, J. |author4=Krantz, A. |author5=Choudhury, A. |author6=Maran, T. |name-list-style=amp |page=e.T29672A45202514}}
  • Genus: Meles
  • Caucasian badger, M. canescens {{IUCN status|NE}} presence uncertain
  • Genus: Mellivora
  • Honey badger, M. capensis {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Mellivora capensis |author1=Do Linh San, E. |author2=Begg, C. |author3=Begg, K. |author4=Abramov, A. V. |name-list-style=amp |date=2016 |page=e.T41629A45210107}}
  • Genus: Mustela
  • Stoat, M. erminea {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Mustela erminea |author=Reid, F. |author2=Helgen, K. |author3=Kranz, A. |name-list-style=amp |year=2016 |page=e.T29674A45203335}}
  • Least weasel, M. nivalis {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Mustela nivalis |author=McDonald, R. A. |author2=Abramov, A. V. |author3=Stubbe, M. |author4=Herrero, J. |author5=Maran, T. |author6=Tikhonov, A. |author7=Cavallini, P. |author8=Kranz, A. |author9=Giannatos, G. |author10=Kryštufek, B. |author11=Reid, F. |name-list-style=amp |year=2019 |page=e.T70207409A147993366}}
  • Genus: Vormela
  • Marbled polecat, V. peregusna {{IUCN status|VU}}{{cite iucn |title=Vormela peregusna |author=Abramov, A.V. |author2=Kranz, A. |author3=Maran, T. |name-list-style=amp |year=2016 |page=e.T29680A45203971}}

Order: [[Chiroptera]] (bats)

Image:Eptesicus serotinus.jpg

Image:Nyctalus leisleri.jpg

The bats' most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals capable of flight. Bat species account for about 20% of all mammals.

Order: [[Erinaceomorpha]] (hedgehogs and gymnures)

Image:Long Eared hedgehog.jpg

The order Erinaceomorpha contains a single family, Erinaceidae, which comprise the hedgehogs and gymnures. The hedgehogs are easily recognised by their spines while gymnures look more like large rats.

Order: [[Lagomorpha]] (lagomorphs)

The lagomorphs comprise two families, Leporidae (hares and rabbits), and Ochotonidae (pikas). Though they can resemble rodents, and were classified as a superfamily in that order until the early 20th century, they have since been considered a separate order. They differ from rodents in a number of physical characteristics, such as having four incisors in the upper jaw rather than two.

  • Family: Leporidae (rabbits, hares)
  • Genus: Lepus
  • Cape hare, L. capensis {{IUCN status|LC}}{{Cite iucn |title=Lepus capensis |author=Johnston, C.H. |author2=Robinson, T.J. |author3=Child, M.F. |author4=Relton, C. |name-list-style=amp |page=e.T41277A45186750 |date=2019}}
  • Desert hare, L. tibetanus {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |author=Smith, A.T. |author2=Johnston, C.H. |date=2019 |title=Lepus tibetanus |volume=2019 |page=e.T41307A45193298 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T41307A45193298.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}
  • Tolai hare, L. tolai {{IUCN status|LC}}{{Cite iucn |title=Lepus tolai |author=Smith, A.T. |author2=Johnston, C.H. |page=e.T41308A45193447 |date=2019}}
  • Family: Ochotonidae (pikas)
  • Genus: Ochotona
  • Large-eared pika, O. macrotis {{IUCN status|LC}}
  • Afghan pika, O. rufescens {{IUCN status|LC}}
  • Turkestan red pika, O. rutila {{IUCN status|LC}}

Order: [[Primate]]s

The order Primates contains humans and their closest relatives: lemurs, lorisoids, monkeys, and apes.

  • Family: Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys)
  • Genus: Macaca
  • Rhesus macaque, M. mulatta {{IUCN status|LC}}{{Cite iucn |title=Macaca mulatta |name-list-style=amp |author=Timmins, R. J. |author2=Richardson, M. |author3=Chhangani, A. |author4=Yongcheng, L. |page=e.T12554A3356486 |date=2008 |access-date=16 January 2020}}
  • Family: Hominidae (hominids)
  • Genus: Homo
  • Human, H. sapiens {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn|title=Homo sapiens (human)|author=Global Mammal Assessment Team 2008.|doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136584A4313662.en|year = 2008}}

Order: [[Rodent]]ia (rodents)

Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40 percent of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara can weigh up to 45 kg (100 lb).

Order: [[Soricomorpha]] (shrews, moles, and solenodons)

Image:Gartenspitzmaus.jpg

Image:Suncus murinus.jpg

File:Sorex minutus.jpg]]

The Soricomorpha are insectivorous mammals. The shrews and solenodons resemble mice while the moles are stout-bodied burrowers.

Locally extinct

The following species are locally extinct in the country:

  • Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus{{cite iucn |title=Acinonyx jubatus |author1=Durant, S. |author2=Mitchell, N. |author3=Ipavec, A. |author4=Groom, R. |name-list-style=amp |year=2015 |page=e.T219A50649567}}
  • Dhole, Cuon alpinus{{cite iucn |title=Cuon alpinus |author=Kamler, J. F. |author2=Songsasen, N. |author3=Jenks, K. |author4=Srivathsa, A. |author5=Sheng, L. |author6=Kunkel, K. |name-list-style=amp |page=e.T5953A72477893 |date=2015}}
  • Onager, Equus hemionus{{Cite iucn |title=Equus hemionus |author=Kaczensky, P. |author2=Lkhagvasuren, B. |author3=Pereladova, O. |author4=Hemami, M. |author5=Bouskila, A. |name-list-style=amp |page=e.T7951A166520460 |date=2020}}
  • Lion, Panthera leo{{cite iucn |title=Panthera leo |name-list-style=amp |author=Bauer, H. |author2=Packer, C. |author3=Funston, P. F. |author4=Henschel, P. |author5=Nowell, K. |year=2016 |page=e.T15951A115130419}}
  • Tiger, Panthera tigris{{Cite iucn |title=Panthera tigris |name-list-style=amp |author1=Goodrich, J. |author2=Lynam, A. |author3=Miquelle, D. |author4=Wibisono, H. |author5=Kawanishi, K. |author6=Pattanavibool, A. |author7=Htun, S. |author8=Tempa, T. |author9=Karki, J. |author10=Jhala, Y. |author11=Karanth, U. |page=e.T15955A50659951 |date=2015}}

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{cite web |url=http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html |title=Animal Diversity Web |publisher=University of Michigan Museum of Zoology |date=1995–2006 |access-date = 22 May 2007}}

{{Asia topic|List of mammals of}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Mammals Of Afghanistan}}

Mammals

Afghan

Afghan

Afghanistan