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List of mammals of Algeria

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This list of the mammal species recorded in Algeria provides information about the status of the 120 mammal species occurring in Algeria. Three are critically endangered, four are endangered, eight are vulnerable, four are near threatened, and one can longer be found in the wild.

The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed on the IUCN Red List:

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{{IUCN status|EX}}ExtinctNo reasonable doubt that the last individual has died.
{{IUCN status|EW}}Extinct in the wildKnown only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized populations well outside its previous range.
{{IUCN status|CR}}Critically endangeredThe species is in imminent risk of extinction in the wild.
{{IUCN status|EN}}EndangeredThe species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
{{IUCN status|VU}}VulnerableThe species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
{{IUCN status|NT}}Near 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.
{{IUCN status|LC}}Least concernThere are no current identifiable risks to the species.
{{IUCN status|DD}}Data deficientThere is inadequate information to make an assessment of the risks to this species.

Order: [[Macroscelidea]] (elephant shrews)

Often called sengis, the elephant shrews or jumping shrews are native to southern Africa. Their common English name derives from their elongated flexible snout and their resemblance to the true shrews.

Order: [[Hyracoidea]] (hyraxes)

The hyraxes are any of four species of fairly small, thickset, herbivorous mammals in the order Hyracoidea. About the size of a domestic cat they are well-furred, with rounded bodies and a stumpy tail. They are native to Africa and the Middle East.

Order: [[Primate]]s

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

Order: [[Rodent]]ia (rodents)

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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: [[Lagomorpha]] (lagomorphs)

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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: Oryctolagus
  • European rabbit, Oyctolagus cuniculus {{IUCN status|EN}}{{cite iucn |title=Oryctolagus cuniculus |year=2019 |author=Villafuerte, R. |author2=Delibes-Mateos, M. |page=e.T41291A45189779}}
  • Genus: Lepus
  • Cape hare, Lepus 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}}
  • African savanna hare, Lepus victoriae {{IUCN status|LC}}{{Cite iucn |title=Lepus victoriae |author=Johnston, C.H. |author2=Robinson, T.J. |author3=Relton, C. |author4=Child, M.F. |author5=Smith, A.T. |name-list-style=amp |page=e.T41879A45194215 |date=2019}}

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

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

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The "shrew-forms" are insectivorous mammals. The shrews and solenodons closely resemble mice while the moles are stout-bodied burrowers.

Order: [[Chiroptera]] (bats)

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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: [[Cetacea]] (whales)

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The order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater.

Order: [[Carnivora]] (carnivorans)

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

  • Suborder: Feliformia
  • Family: Felidae (cats)
  • Subfamily: Felinae
  • Genus: Acinonyx
  • Cheetah, A. jubatus {{IUCN status|VU}}
  • Northwest African cheetah, A. j. hecki {{IUCN status|CR}}{{cite iucn |title=Acinonyx jubatus ssp. hecki |author=Belbachir, F. |date=2008 |page= e.T221A13035738}}
  • Genus: Caracal
  • Caracal, C. caracal {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Caracal caracal |author=Avgan, B. |author2=Henschel, P. |author3=Ghoddousi, A. |name-list-style=amp |year=2016 |page=e.T3847A102424310}}
  • Genus: Felis
  • 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}}
  • Sand cat, F. margarita {{IUCN status|LC}}{{Cite iucn |title=Felis margarita |author=Sliwa, A. |author2=Ghadirian, T. |author3=Appel, A. |author4=Banfield, L. |author5=Sher Shah, M. |author6=Wacher, T. |name-list-style=amp |page=e.T8541A50651884 |date=2016}}
  • Genus: Leptailurus
  • Serval, L. serval {{IUCN status|LC}} possibly extirpated{{cite iucn |title=Leptailurus serval |author=Thiel, C. |page=e.T11638A50654625 |date=2015}}
  • Family: Viverridae
  • Subfamily: Viverrinae
  • Genus: Genetta
  • Common genet, G. genetta {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Genetta genetta |author1=Gaubert, P. |author2=Carvalho, F. |author3=Camps, D. |author4=Do Linh San, E. |name-list-style=amp |year=2015 |page=e.T41698A45218636}}
  • Family: Herpestidae (mongooses)
  • Genus: Herpestes
  • Egyptian mongoose, H. ichneumon {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Herpestes ichneumon |author=Do Linh San, E. |author2=Maddock, A.H. |author3=Gaubert, P. |author4=Palomares, F. |name-list-style=amp |date=2016 |page=e.T41613A45207211}}
  • Family: Hyaenidae (hyaenas)
  • Genus: Crocuta
  • Spotted hyena, C. crocuta {{IUCN status|LC}} possibly extirpated{{cite iucn |title=Crocuta crocuta |author=Bohm, T. |author2=Höner, O.R. |name-list-style=amp |year=2015 |page=e.T5674A45194782}}
  • Genus: Hyaena
  • Striped hyena, H. hyaena {{IUCN status|LC}}{{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: Canis
  • African golden wolf, C. lupaster {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Canis lupaster |author1=Hoffmann, M. |author2=Atickem, A. |name-list-style=amp |year=2019 |page=e.T118264888A118265889}}
  • Genus: Lycaon
  • African wild dog, L. pictus {{IUCN status|EN}} presence uncertainWoodroffe, R. & Sillero-Zubiri, C. 2020. Lycaon pictus (amended version of 2012 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T12436A166502262. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T12436A166502262.en. Downloaded on 08 April 2021.
  • Genus: Vulpes
  • Rüppell'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}}
  • Fennec fox, V. zerda {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Vulpes zerda |author=Wacher, T. |name-list-style=amp |author2=Bauman, K. |author3=Cuzin, F. |page=e.T41588A46173447 |year=2015}}
  • Family: Mustelidae (mustelids)
  • Genus: Ictonyx
  • Saharan striped polecat, I. libyca {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Ictonyx libyca |author=Ahmim, M. |author2=Do Linh San, E.|name-list-style=amp |year=2015 |page=e.T41645A45212347}}
  • 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: 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
  • 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}}
  • Family: Phocidae (earless seals)
  • Genus: Monachus
  • Mediterranean monk seal, M. monachus {{IUCN status|VU}} presence uncertain{{cite iucn |title=Monachus monachus |author1=Karamanlidis, A. |author2=Dendrinos, P. |name-list-style=amp |page=e.T13653A45227543 |year=2015}}

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

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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: Suidae (pigs)
  • Subfamily: Suinae
  • Genus: Sus
  • Wild boar, S. scrofa {{IUCN status|LC}}
  • Family: Cervidae (deer)
  • Subfamily: Cervinae
  • Genus: Cervus
  • Red deer, C. elaphus {{IUCN status|LC}}
  • Barbary stag, C. e. barbarus
  • Genus: Dama
  • Fallow deer, D. dama {{IUCN status|LC}} introduced{{cite iucn |title=Dama dama |author=Masseti, M. |author2=Mertzanidou, D. |name-list-style=amp |year=2008 |page=e.T42188A10656554}}
  • Family: Bovidae (cattle, antelope, sheep, goats)
  • Subfamily: Antilopinae
  • Genus: Gazella
  • Cuvier's gazelle, G. cuvieri {{IUCN status|VU}}{{cite iucn |title=Gazella cuvieri |author=IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group |year=2016 |page=e.T8967A50186003}}
  • Dorcas gazelle, G. dorcas {{IUCN status|VU}}{{cite iucn |title=Gazella dorcas |author=IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group |year=2017 |page=e.T8969A50186334}}
  • Rhim gazelle, G. leptoceros {{IUCN status|EN}}{{cite iucn |title=Gazella leptoceros |author=IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group |year=2016 |page=e.T8972A50186909}}
  • Genus: Nanger
  • Dama gazelle, N. dama {{IUCN status|CR}} possibly extirpated
  • Subfamily: Caprinae
  • Genus: Ammotragus
  • Barbary sheep, A. lervia {{IUCN status|VU}}

Globally and locally extinct

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The following species are globally extinct:

  • Atlas bear, Ursus arctos crowtheri {{IUCN status|EX}} (1870)
  • Barbary leopard, Panthera pardus pardus {{IUCN status|EX}} (1996)Rossi, L., Scuzzarella, C. M., & Angelici, F. M. (2020). "Extinct or Perhaps Surviving Relict Populations of Big Cats: Their Controversial Stories and Implications for Conservation". In Problematic Wildlife II (pp. 393-417). Springer, Cham.
  • Atlas wild ass, Equus africanus atlanticus {{IUCN status|EX}} (c. 300 AD)
  • Bubal hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus {{IUCN status|EX}} (1925)
  • North African elephant, Loxodonta africana pharaohensis {{IUCN status|EX}} (c. 400 AD){{cite book |author=Nickerson, J. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=67WREgQn5cAC&dq=north+african+elephant+algeria&pg=PA23 |title=A Short History of North Africa, from Pre-Roman Times to the Present |publisher=Biblo and Tannen |year=1968 |isbn=0819602191 |place=New York |pages=252}}
  • Red gazelle, Eudorcas rufina {{IUCN status|DD}}{{Efn|IUCN evaluates the subspecies as Data Deficient due to uncertainty of taxonomy and no reports of being in the wild}} (Late 1800s)

The following species are locally extinct in Algeria, but continue to live elsewhere or in captivity:

  • Addax, Addax nasomaculatus {{IUCN status|CR}}{{cite iucn |title=Addax nasomaculatus |author=IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group |year=2016 |page=e.T512A50180603}}
  • Barbary lion, Panthera leo leo {{IUCN status|EW}}{{cite iucn|title=Panthera leo|page=e.T15951A115130419|author=Bauer, H.|year=2016|author2=Packer, C.|author3=Funston, P. F.|author4=Henschel, P.|author5=Nowell, K.|name-list-style=amp}}
  • Hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius {{IUCN status|VU}}{{cite iucn |author=Lewison, R. |author2=Pluháček, J. |date=2017 |title=Hippopotamus amphibius |volume=2017 |page=e.T10103A18567364 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T10103A18567364.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}
  • Scimitar oryx, Oryx dammah {{IUCN status|EN}}

See also

Notes

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References

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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 |accessdate = 22 May 2007}}

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