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List of mammals of Brazil

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Brazil has the largest mammal diversity in the world, with more than 600 described species 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.{{Cite web |last=MicoLeao |title=Mapping the Diversity of Mammals in Brazil |url=https://biodiversitymapping.org/index.php/brazil-mammals/ |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=BiodiversityMapping.org |language=en-US}}

658 species are listed.[http://natureserve.org NatureServe]

The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed 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.

Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of least concern categories:

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LR/lcLower risk/least concernSpecies for which there are no identifiable risks.

Infraclass: [[Metatheria]]

=Order: [[Didelphimorphia]]=

Image:Cuíca-lanosa.jpg]]

Image:Didelphis albiventris, Bahia, Brazil.jpg]]

Image:Cuica verdadeira2.jpg]]

Image:Cuíca - Marmosa paraguayana cropped.jpg]]

Image:Marmosops incanus.jpg]]

Infraclass: [[Eutheria]]

=Order: [[Pilosa]]=

Image:Choloepus hoffmanni (Puerto Viejo, CR) crop.jpg]]

Image:Silky Anteater cropped.jpg]]

Image:Tamanduá-bandeira com filhote em pastagem - cropped.jpg]]

=Order: [[Cingulata]]=

Image:Euphractus sexcinctus2.jpg]]

Image:SouthernThreeBandedArmadillo065b.jpg]]

=Order: [[Chiroptera]]=

Image:Lasurius cinereus.jpg]]

=Order: [[Primates]]=

Image:Springtamarin.jpg]]

Image:Callithrix geoffroyi.jpg]]

Image:Golden lion tamarin family.jpg]]

Image:Cebus capucinus.png]]

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Image:Lagothrix lagotricha.jpg]]

Image:Black Howler Monkey.jpg]]

=Order: [[Carnivora]]=

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Image:Short-eared Dog.jpg]]

Image:Bush dog.JPG]]

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==[[Canidae]] - dogs, foxes, wolves==

==[[Felidae]] - cats==

==[[Mustelidae]] - [[otter]]s, [[weasel]]s and allies==

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==[[Mephitidae]] - [[skunk]]s==

==[[Otariidae]] - [[eared seal]]s==

==[[Phocidae]] - [[earless seal]]s==

==[[Procyonidae]] - [[raccoon]]s, [[coati]]s, [[olingo]]s and allies==

Image:Szop rakojad.jpg]]

=[[Cetacea]]=

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Image:Filhote e mãe jubarte Abrolhos por Mia Morete.jpgs in Abrolhos Islands]]

Image:Baleia de Bryde.jpg off Ilhabela, São Paulo]]

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==[[Balaenidae]] - [[right whale]]s==

==[[Balaenopteridae]] - [[rorqual]]s==

  • Common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata
  • Antarctic minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis
  • Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis
  • Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera brydei
  • Omura's whale, Balaenoptera omurai (the second case found in Atlantic oceans){{Cite journal | doi=10.1111/mms.12348|title = Rare or cryptic? The first report of an Omura's whale (Balaenoptera omurai) in the South Atlantic Ocean| journal=Marine Mammal Science| volume=33| pages=80–95|year = 2017|last1 = Cypriano-Souza|first1 = Ana Lúcia| last2=De Meirelles| first2=Ana Carolina Oliveira| last3=Carvalho| first3=Vitor Luz| last4=Bonatto| first4=Sandro Luis| issue=1 | bibcode=2017MMamS..33...80C }}
  • Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
  • Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
  • Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae

==[[Delphinidae]] - [[dolphin]]s==

==[[Phocoenidae]] - [[porpoise]]s==

==[[Physeteridae]]==

  • Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus {{IUCN status|VU}}

==[[Iniidae]] - South American river dolphins==

Image:Inia.jpg]]

==[[Pontoporiidae]] - La Plata dolphin==

==[[Ziphiidae]] - [[beaked whale]]s==

=[[Sirenia]]=

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==[[Trichechidae]] - [[manatee]]s==

=[[Perissodactyla]]=

==[[Tapiridae]] - [[tapir]]s==

Image:Tapirus terrestris.jpg]]

=[[Artiodactyla]]=

==[[Suidae]] - [[pig]]s==

==[[Tayassuidae]] - [[peccary|peccaries]]==

Image:Collared peccary02 - melbourne zoo.jpg]]

==[[Cervidae]] - [[deer]]==

Image:Marsh deer.jpg]]

=[[Rodent]]ia=

==[[Sciuridae]] - [[squirrel]]s==

File:Guerlinguetus aestuans.jpg]]

==[[Myocastoridae]]==

Image:Myocastor coypus3.jpg]]

==[[Muridae]] - [[Old World rat]]s and allies==

==[[Cricetidae]] - [[New World rat]]s and allies==

Image:Drymoreomys albimaculatus 002.jpg]]

==[[Erethizontidae]] - [[New World porcupine]]s==

==[[Dinomyidae]]==

==[[Caviidae]] - [[guinea pig]]s and [[Cavy|cavies]]==

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Image:Kerodon rupestris.jpg]]

Image:Capybara.jpg]]

==[[Dasyproctidae]] - [[agoutis]] and [[acouchi]]s==

==[[Cuniculidae]]==

==[[Ctenomyidae]] - [[tuco-tuco]]s==

==[[Echimyidae]] - [[Echimyidae|spiny rats]] and allies==

=[[Lagomorpha]]=

==[[Leporidae]] - [[rabbit]]s and [[hare]]s==

Image:Running hare.jpg]]

See also

References

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{{cite iucn |author=Reid, F. |year=2016 |title=Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris |volume=2016 |page=e.T10300A22190005 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T10300A22190005.en |access-date=7 July 2024}}

{{cite iucn |author=Lucherini, M. |author2=Eizirik, E. |author3=de Oliveira, T. |author4=Pereira, J. |author5=Williams, R.S.R. |year=2016 |title=Leopardus colocolo |volume=2016 |page=e.T15309A97204446 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T15309A97204446.en |access-date=7 July 2024}}

{{cite iucn |author=Pereira, J. |author2=Lucherini, M. |author3=Trigo, T. |year=2015 |title=Leopardus geoffroyi |volume=2015 |page=e.T15310A50657011 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T15310A50657011.en |access-date=7 July 2024}}

{{cite iucn |author=Paviolo, A. |author2=Crawshaw, P. |author3=Caso, A. |author4=de Oliveira, T. |author5=Lopez-Gonzalez, C.A. |author6=Kelly, M. |author7=De Angelo, C. |author8=Payan, E. |year=2015 |errata=2016 |title=Leopardus pardalis |volume=2015 |page=e.T11509A97212355 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T11509A50653476.en |access-date=7 July 2024}}

{{cite iucn |author=Payan, E. |author2=de Oliveira, T. |year=2016 |title=Leopardus tigrinus |volume=2016 |page=e.T54012637A50653881 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T54012637A50653881.en |access-date=7 July 2024}}

{{cite iucn |author=de Oliveira, T. |author2=Paviolo, A. |author3=Schipper, J. |author4=Bianchi, R. |author5=Payan, E. |author6=Carvajal, S.V. |year=2015 |title=Leopardus wiedii |volume=2015 |page=e.T11511A50654216 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T11511A50654216.en |access-date=7 July 2024}}

{{cite iucn |author=Quigley, H. |author2=Foster, R. |author3=Petracca, L. |author4=Payan, E. |author5=Salom, R. |author6=Harmsen, B. |year=2017 |errata=2018 |title=Panthera onca |volume=2017 |page=e.T15953A123791436 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T15953A50658693.en |access-date=7 July 2024}}

{{cite iucn |author=Taylor, B.L. |author2=Baird, R. |author3=Barlow, J. |author4=Dawson, S.M. |author5=Ford, J. |author6=Mead, J.G. |author7=Notarbartolo di Sciara, G. |author8=Wade, P. |author9=Pitman, R.L. |year=2019 |amends=2008 |title=Physeter macrocephalus |volume=2019 |page=e.T41755A160983555 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T41755A160983555.en |access-date=7 July 2024}}

{{cite iucn |author=Nielsen, C. |author2=Thompson, D. |author3=Kelly, M. |author4=Lopez-Gonzalez, C.A. |year=2015 |errata=2016 |title=Puma concolor |volume=2015 |page=e.T18868A97216466 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T18868A50663436.en |access-date=7 July 2024}}

{{cite iucn |author=Solari, S. |year=2018 |title=Vampyrum spectrum |volume=2018 |page=e.T22843A22059426 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22843A22059426.en |access-date=7 July 2024}}

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  • Costa, L.P. et al. 2005. Mammal Conservation in Brazil. Conservation Biology 19 (3), pp. 672–679.
  • Moratelli, R., Dias, D. 2015. A new species of nectar-feeding bat, genus Lonchophylla, from the Caatinga of Brazil (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae). ZooKeys 514, pp. 73–91.
  • Nogueira, M.R. et al. 2014. Checklist of Brazilian bats, with comments on original records. Check List 10 (4), pp. 808–821.
  • Rocha, P.A. et al. 2015. First record of Salvin's big-eyed bat Chiroderma salvini Dobson, 1878 for Brazil. Mammalia (in press).
  • [http://www.natureserve.org natureserve.org]

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