List_of_least_concern_mammals

List of least concern mammals

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As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 3117 least concern mammalian species.^[1] 56% of all evaluated mammalian species are listed as least concern. The IUCN also lists 127 mammalian subspecies as least concern.

Extinct in the wild (EW): 2 species
Critically endangered (CR): 203 species
Endangered (EN): 505 species
Vulnerable (VU): 536 species
Near threatened (NT): 345 species
Least concern (LC): 3,306 species
Data deficient (DD): 872 species

Mammalian species (IUCN, 2020-1)

5850 extant species have been evaluated
4978 of those are fully assessed^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3651 are not threatened at present^{[lower-alpha 2]}
1244 to 2116 are threatened^{[lower-alpha 3]}
81 to 83 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
- 81 extinct (EX) species^{[lower-alpha 4]}
- 2 extinct in the wild (EW)
- 0 possibly extinct [CR(PE)]
- 0 possibly extinct in the wild [CR(PEW)]

excludes data deficient evaluations.
NT and LC.
Threatened comprises CR, EN and VU. Upper estimate additionally includes DD.
Chart omits extinct (EX) species

Of the subpopulations of mammals evaluated by the IUCN, one species subpopulation has been assessed as least concern.

This is a complete list of least concern mammalian species and subspecies evaluated by the IUCN. Species and subspecies which have least concern subpopulations (or stocks) are indicated. Where possible common names for taxa are given while links point to the scientific name used by the IUCN.

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[1] xcludes data deficient evaluations.

[2] NT and LC.

[3] Threatened comprises CR, EN and VU. Upper estimate additionally includes DD.

[4] Chart omits extinct (EX) species

[7] Listed by IUCN as Triaenops rufus.

[IUCNDATA-5] [1]
"IUCN Red List version 2016-2". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 8 September 2016.

[Beolens_Watkins_Grayson_2009_p._71-6] [2]
Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-8018-9533-3. Retrieved 8 June 2019.

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Deer species

Other non-cetacean even-toed ungulate species

Other Diprotodontia species

Other Carnivora species

Neotropical spiny rat species

Other Hystricomorpha species

Other microbat species

Other mammal species

See also

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