List of mammals of Brazil

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taxa belong to the primate
group.

658 species are listed.[1]

The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:

EX Extinct No reasonable doubt that the last individual has died.
EW Extinct in the wild Known only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized populations well outside its previous range.
CR Critically endangered The species is in imminent risk of extinction in the wild.
EN Endangered The species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
VU Vulnerable The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
NT Near threatened The 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.
LC Least concern There are no current identifiable risks to the species.
DD Data deficient There 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:

LR/lc Lower risk/least concern Species for which there are no identifiable risks.

Infraclass: Metatheria

Order:
Didelphimorphia

Bare-tailed woolly opossum
White-eared opossum
Gray four-eyed opossum
Tate's woolly mouse opossum
Gray slender opossum

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Pilosa

Hoffmann's two-toed sloth
Silky anteater
Giant anteater

Order: Cingulata

Six-banded armadillo
Southern three-banded armadillo

Order:
Chiroptera

Hoary bat

Order:
Primates

Goeldi's marmoset
White-headed marmoset
Golden lion tamarin
Tufted capuchin
Bald uakari
Brown woolly monkey
  • Family: Pitheciidae
    • Genus:
      Cacajao
    • Genus: Callicebus
      • Baptista Lake titi
        , Callicebus baptista LC
      • Barbara Brown's titi
        , Callicebus barbarabrownae CR
      • Prince Bernhard's titi
        , Callicebus bernhardi LC
      • Brown titi
        , Callicebus brunneus LC
      • Chestnut-bellied titi
        , Callicebus brunneus LC
      • Ashy black titi
        , Callicebus cinerascens LC
      • Coimbra Filho's titi
        , Callicebus coimbrai EN
      • Coppery titi
        , Callicebus cupreus LC
      • White-eared titi
        , Callicebus donacophilus LC
      • Hershkovitz's titi
        , Callicebus dubius LC
      • Hoffmanns's titi
        , Callicebus hoffmannsi LC
      • Lucifer titi
        , Callicebus lucifer LC
      • Black titi
        , Callicebus lugens LC
      • Coastal black-handed titi
        , Callicebus melanochir VU
      • Red-bellied titi
        , Callicebus moloch LC
      • Black-fronted titi
        , Callicebus nigrifrons NT
      • White-coated titi
        , Callicebus pallescens LC
      • Atlantic titi
        , Callicebus personatus VU
      • Rio Purus titi
        , Callicebus purinus LC
      • Red-headed titi
        , Callicebus regulus LC
      • Stephen Nash's titi
        , Callicebus stephennashi DD
      • Collared titi
        , Callicebus torquatus LC
    • Genus:
      Chiropotes
    • Genus:
      Pithecia
Black howler

Order: Carnivora

Maned wolf
Short-eared dog
Bush dog
Crab-eating fox

Canidae - dogs, foxes, wolves

Felidae - cats

Mustelidae - otters, weasels and allies

Eira barbara

Mephitidae - skunks

Otariidae - eared seals

Phocidae - earless seals

olingos
and allies

Crab-eating raccoon

Cetacea

breaching
Humpback whales in Abrolhos Islands
Sao Paulo
Spinner dolphins around Fernando de Noronha

Balaenidae - right whales

Balaenopteridae - rorquals

Delphinidae - dolphins

Phocoenidae - porpoises

Physeteridae

Iniidae - South American river dolphins

Amazon river dolphin

Pontoporiidae - La Plata dolphin

Ziphiidae - beaked whales

Sirenia

West Indian manatees in Peixe-boi Project, Paraíba

Trichechidae - manatees

Perissodactyla

Tapiridae - tapirs

Brazilian tapir
  • Brazilian tapir
    , Tapirus terrestris
  • Kabomani tapir
    , Tapirus kabomani

Artiodactyla

Suidae - pigs

Tayassuidae - peccaries

Collared peccary

Cervidae - deer

Marsh deer

Rodentia

Sciuridae - squirrels

Brazilian squirrel

Myocastoridae

Nutria

Old World rats
and allies

  • Norway rat
    , Rattus norvegicus (introduced species)
  • Black rat, Rattus rattus (introduced species)
  • House mouse, Mus musculus (introduced species)

New World rats
and allies

Drymoreomys albimaculatus

Erethizontidae - New World porcupines

Dinomyidae

cavies

Brazilian guinea pig
Rock cavy

Hydrochaeridae

Capybara

agoutis and acouchis

Cuniculidae

Ctenomyidae - tuco-tucos

Echimyidae - spiny rats and allies

Lagomorpha

Leporidae - rabbits and hares

European hare
  • Common tapetí
    , Sylvilagus brasiliensis EN
  • Coastal tapetí
    , Sylvilagus tapetillus VU
  • European hare, Lepus europaeus (introduced species) LC

See also

References

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