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List of mammals of Azerbaijan

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This list shows the IUCN Red List status of mammal species occurring in Azerbaijan. One species is endangered, five are vulnerable, and 11 are near threatened.

The following tags are used to highlight each species' global conservation status as assessed on the respective IUCN Red List published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:

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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: [[Artiodactyla]]

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  • Family: Bovidae
  • Genus: Bison
  • European bison, B. bonasus {{IUCN status|NT}} reintroduced[https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Caucasus_bisons_released_into_Azerbaijans_nature-1285775?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=5f00cbb671ad925a84c83650e68e88545f0fbd5d-1613571794-0-ARY8p-HOOGnHRvUmtsRoXoEpQPJQHd9jkOJhVwl5j7uafejwnSTQuYmHjfCXViBgAO4fBYdEhVXsy1KI4uCRea7GLgL1zMVy2ons5_qRjVauNjapN524cXalCEtM6Lgt5W79Bq3lkeilfC_yfhQh9xT68LfVQMWgqq-8C_1z-lTsXURzQpCoHz3Bn8BESVt9qhEiZFPG6yWg2v1LD4B30T5SqgLNWHkCjq5As_6AaNOi3se9u3t3g33uZTJ3VsYfy2-3qJ-8lRn8mFwtWXsqVtx86S914l4AMAZtTkX0vmcQolaRgBJS2kk8D_9HSWPToa1AjBBvM4PcvbaI7E7UR9m1-lbaca7tPbEanUjajrsDQZX_DCneDfbNYl_gfuJyBOMGUyKi6Z1LRpSiDfIavqc Caucasus bisons released into Azerbaijan`s nature]
  • Caucasian wisent, B. b. caucasicus {{IUCN status|EX}}
  • Genus: Capra
  • Wild goat, C. aegagrus {{IUCN status|NT}}{{cite iucn |title=Capra aegagrus |author1=Weinberg, P. |name-list-style=amp |author2=Ambarli, H. |year=2020 |page=e.T3786A22145942}}
  • East Caucasian tur, C. cylindricornis {{IUCN status|NT}}{{Cite iucn | title=Capra cylindricornis |name-list-style=amp |author1=Lortkipanidze, B. |author2=Weinberg, P. |page=e.T3795A91287260 |date=2020}}
  • Genus: Gazella
  • Goitered gazelle, G. subgutturosa {{IUCN status|VU}}{{cite iucn |title=Gazella subgutturosa |author=IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group |page=e.T8976A50187422 |year=2017}}
  • Genus: Ovis
  • Mouflon, O. gmelini {{IUCN status|NT}}{{cite iucn |title=Ovis gmelini |name-list-style=amp |author=Michel, S. |author2=Ghoddousi, A. |year=2020 |page=e.T54940218A22147055}}
  • Armenian mouflon, O. g. gmelini
  • Genus: Rupicapra
  • Chamois, R. rupicapra {{IUCN status|LC}}{{Cite iucn |title=Rupicapra rupicapra |author=Anderwald, P. |author2=Ambarli, H.|author3=Avramov, S.| author4=Ciach, M.| author5=Farkas, A.| author6=Jovanovic, M.| author7=Papaioannou, H.| author8=Peters, W. |author9=Sarasa, M. |author10=Šprem, N. |author11=Weinberg, P. |author12=Willisch, C.|name-list-style=amp |page=e.T39255A22149561 |date=2020}}
  • Family: Cervidae
  • Genus: Capreolus
  • Roe deer, C. capreolus {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Capreolus capreolus |author=Lovari, S. |author2=Herrero, J. |author3=Masseti, M. |author4=Ambarli, H. |author5=Lorenzini, R. |author6=Giannatos, G. |name-list-style=amp |year=2016 |page=e.T42395A22161386}}
  • Genus: Cervus
  • Red deer, C. elaphus {{IUCN status|LC}}{{Cite iucn |title=Cervus elaphus |author=Lovari, S. |author2=Lorenzini, R. |author3=Masseti, M. |author4=Pereladova, O. |author5=Carden, R.F. |author6=Brook, S.M. |author7=Mattioli, S. |name-list-style=amp |page= e.T55997072A142404453 |year=2018}}
  • Sika deer, C. nippon {{IUCN status|LC}} introduced
  • Family: Suidae
  • 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]]

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  • Family: Canidae
  • 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}}
  • European jackal, C. a. moreoticus
  • Gray wolf, C. lupus {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Canis lupus |author1=Boitani, L. |author2=Phillips, M. |author3=Jhala, Y. |name-list-style=amp |date=2018 |page=e.T3746A119623865}}
  • Steppe wolf, C. l. campestris
  • Genus: Vulpes
  • 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}}
  • Family: Felidae
  • 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}}
  • European wildcat, F. silvestris {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Felis silvestris |author=Gerngross, P. |author2=Ambarli, H. |author3=Angelici, F.M. |author4=Anile, S. |author5=Campbell, R. |author6=Ferreras de Andres, P. |author7=Gil-Sanchez, J.M. |author8=Götz, M. |author9=Jerosch, S. |author10=Mengüllüoglu, D. |author11=Monterosso, P. |author12=Zlatanova, D. |name-list-style=amp |page=e.T181049859A181050999 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T181049859A181050999.en |date=2022 |access-date=3 August 2022}}
  • 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}}
  • Genus: Otocolobus
  • Pallas's cat, O. manul {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title= Otocolobus manul |author1=Ross, S. |name-list-style=amp |author2=Barashkova, A. |author3=Dhendup, T. |author4=Munkhtsog, B. |author5=Smelansky, I. |author6=Barclay, D. |author7=Moqanaki, E. |year=2020 |page=e.T15640A162537635}}
  • 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}}
  • Caucasian lynx, L. l. dinniki
  • Genus: Panthera
  • Leopard, P. pardus {{IUCN status|VU}}{{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}}
  • Persian leopard, P. p. tulliana {{IUCN status|EN}}
  • Family: Ursidae
  • 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}}
  • Family: Procyonidae
  • Genus: Procyon
  • Common raccoon, P. lotor {{IUCN status|LC}} introduced
  • Family: Hyaenidae
  • 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}}
  • Family: Mustelidae
  • 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
  • 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}}
  • European pine marten, M. martes {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Martes martes |author=Herrero, J. |name-list-style=amp |author2=Kranz, A. |author3=Skumatov, D. |author4=Abramov, A.V. |author5=Maran, T. |author6=Monakhov, V.G. |page=e.T12848A45199169 |date=2016}}
  • Genus: Meles
  • Caucasian badger, M. canescens {{IUCN status|NE}}
  • 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}}
  • Family: Phocidae
  • Genus: Pusa
  • Caspian seal, P. caspica {{IUCN status|EN}}

Order: [[Chiroptera]]

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  • Family: Vespertilionidae
  • Genus: Barbastella
  • Western barbastelle, B. barbastellus {{IUCN status|NT}}{{cite iucn |title=Barbastella barbastellus |author=Piraccini, R. |page=e.T2553A22029285 |date=2016}}
  • Asian barbastelle, B. leucomelas {{IUCN status|LC}}
  • Genus: Eptesicus
  • Botta's serotine, E. bottae {{IUCN status|LC}}
  • Northern bat, E. nilssonii {{IUCN status|LC}}
  • Serotine bat, E. serotinus {{IUCN status|LC}}
  • Genus: Hypsugo
  • Savi's pipistrelle, H. savii {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Hypsugo savii |author=Hutson, A. M. |author2=Spitzenberger, F. |author3=Juste, J. |author4=Aulagnier, S. |author5=Palmeirim, J. |author6=Paunovic, M. |author7=Karatas, A. |name-list-style=amp |year=2010 |page=e.T44856A10955205}}
  • Genus: Miniopterus
  • Common bent-wing bat, M. schreibersii {{IUCN status|VU}}{{cite iucn |title=Miniopterus schreibersii |name-list-style=amp |author=Gazaryan, S. |author2=Bücs, S. |author3=Çoraman, E. |year=2020 |page=e.T81633057A151216401}}
  • Genus: Myotis
  • Bechstein's bat, M. bechsteini {{IUCN status|NT}}{{cite iucn |title=Myotis bechsteinii |author=Paunović, M. |year=2019 |page=e.T14123A22053752}}
  • Lesser mouse-eared bat, M. blythii {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Myotis blythii |author1=Juste, J. |author2=Paunović, M. |name-list-style=amp |year=2016 |page=e.T14124A22053297}}
  • Geoffroy's bat, M. emarginatus {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Myotis emarginatus |author=Piraccini, R. |page=e.T14129A22051191 |year=2016}}
  • Whiskered bat, M. mystacinus {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Myotis mystacinus |author1=Coroiu, I.| year=2016 |page= e.T14134A22052250}}
  • Natterer's bat, M. nattereri {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Myotis nattereri |author=Gazaryan, S. |author2=Kruskop, S.V. |author3=Godlevska, L. |name-list-style=amp |year=2020 |page=e.T85733032A22052584}}
  • Genus: Nyctalus
  • Lesser noctule, N. leisleri {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Nyctalus leisleri |author=Juste, J. |author2=Paunović, M. |name-list-style=amp |year=2016 |page=e.T14919A22016159}}
  • Common noctule, N. noctula {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Nyctalus noctula |author=Csorba, G. |author2=Hutson, A.M. |name-list-style=amp |year=2016 |page=e.T14920A22015682}}
  • Genus: Plecotus
  • Brown long-eared bat, P. auritus {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Plecotus auritus |errata=2021 |name-list-style=amp |author=Gazaryan, S. |author2=Kruskop, S.V. |author3=Godlevska, L. |year=2020 |page=e.T85535522A195861341}}
  • Grey long-eared bat, P. austriacus {{IUCN status|LC}}
  • Genus: Pipistrellus
  • Kuhl's pipistrelle, P. kuhlii {{IUCN status|LC}}
  • Nathusius' pipistrelle, P. nathusii {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Pipistrellus nathusii |author=Hutson, A. M. |author2=Spitzenberger, F. |author3=Juste, J. |author4=Aulagnier, S. |author5=Palmeirim, J. |author6=Karatas, A. |author7=Paunovic, M. |name-list-style=amp |year=2010 |page=e.T17316A6966886}}
  • Common pipistrelle, P. pipistrellus {{IUCN status|LC}}
  • Soprano pipistrelle, P. pygmaeus {{IUCN status|LC}}
  • Genus: Vespertilio
  • Parti-coloured bat, V. murinus {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Vespertilio murinus |author=Coroiu, I. |year=2016 |page=e.T22947A22071456}}
  • Family: Molossidae
  • Genus: Tadarida
  • European free-tailed bat, T. teniotis {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Tadarida teniotis |author=Benda, P. |author2=Piraccini, R. |name-list-style=amp |page=e.T21311A22114995 |date=2016}}
  • Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Genus: Rhinolophus
  • Blasius's horseshoe bat, R. blasii {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Rhinolophus blasii |author=Taylor, P. |year=2016 |page=e.T19515A21972073}}
  • Mediterranean horseshoe bat, R. euryale {{IUCN status|NT}}{{cite iucn |title=Rhinolophus euryale |author=Juste, J. |author2=Alcaldé, J. |name-list-style=amp |page=e.T19516A21971185 |year=2016}}
  • Greater horseshoe bat, R. ferrumequinum {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Rhinolophus ferrumequinum |author=Piraccini, R. |date=2016 |page=e.T19517A21973253}}
  • Lesser horseshoe bat, R. hipposideros {{IUCN status|LC}}{{cite iucn |title=Rhinolophus hipposideros |author=Taylor, P. |year=2016 |page=e.T19518A21972794}}
  • Mehely's horseshoe bat, R. mehelyi {{IUCN status|VU}}{{cite iucn |title=Rhinolophus mehelyi |author=Alcaldé, J. |author2=Benda, P. |author3=Juste, J. |name-list-style=amp |volume=2016 |page=e.T19519A21974380 |year=2016}}

Order: [[Eulipotyphla]]

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Order: [[Lagomorpha]]

  • Family: Leporidae
  • Genus: Lepus
  • European hare, L. europaeus {{IUCN status|LC}}{{Cite iucn| title=Lepus europaeus |author1=Hacklande, K. |author2= Schai-Braun, S. |year=2019 |page=e.T41280A45187424}}
  • Genus: Oryctolagus
  • European rabbit, O. cuniculus {{IUCN status|EN}}{{cite iucn |title=Oryctolagus cuniculus |name-list-style=amp |year=2019 |author=Villafuerte, R. |author2=Delibes-Mateos, M. |page=e.T41291A45189779 }}

Order: [[Rodent]]ia

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Locally extinct

The following species are locally extinct in the country:

  • Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatusHeptner, V. G., Sludskij, A. A. (1992) [1972]. "Cheetah, Pardus". Mlekopitajuščie Sovetskogo Soiuza. Moskva: Vysšaia Škola [Mammals of the Soviet Union. Volume II, Part 2. Carnivora (Hyaenas and Cats)]. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation. pp. 702–733.
  • Moose, Alces alcesNiedziałkowska, M. Phylogeography of European moose (Alces alces) based on contemporary mtDNA data and archaeological records. Mamm Biol 84, 35–43 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2017.01.004
  • Wild horse, Equus ferus{{cite book|title=The Mammals of the Caucasus|last1=Vereshchagin|first1=Nikolaĭ Kuzʹmich|publisher=Israel Program for Scientific Translations|pages=1–816|year=1967}}
  • 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 leoHeptner, V. G.; Sludskii, A. A. (1992) [1972]. "Lion". Mlekopitajuščie Sovetskogo Soiuza. Moskva: Vysšaia Škola [Mammals of the Soviet Union, Volume II, Part 2]. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation. pp. 83–95. {{ISBN|978-90-04-08876-4}}.
  • Tiger, Panthera tigrisHeptner, V. G. & Sludskij, A. A. (1992) [1972]. "Tiger". Mlekopitajuščie Sovetskogo Soiuza. Moskva: Vysšaia Škola [Mammals of the Soviet Union. Volume II, Part 2. Carnivora (Hyaenas and Cats)]. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation. pp. 95–202.

See also

References

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