List of threatened mammals of Brazil

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IUCN
.

There are more than 700 species of

Primates (34 species).[3][4]

This list of threatened species was published in

IUCN.[4] That is because the assessments were done at different times by different researchers.[4]

Most Brazilian mammals are considered to be vulnerable.

Vespucci's rodent) and two might be extinct in Brazil (black-shouldered opossum and candango mouse
; "probably extinct" - PEx).

Threatened mammals of Brazil - ICMBio (2014)

Order
Didelphimorphia
(opossums)

The giant anteater
(Myrmecophaga tridactyla) is a vulnerable species.
The giant armadillo
(Priodontes maximus) is a vulnerable species.

Family

Didelphidae

Order Pilosa (anteaters and sloths)

Family

Bradypodidae
(three-toed sloths)

  • Bradypus torquatus (maned sloth) VU IUCN - ICMBio status VU

Family Myrmecophagidae (anteaters)

  • Myrmecophaga tridactyla (giant anteater) VU IUCN - ICMBio status VU

Order Cingulata (armadillos)

Family Dasypodidae

Order
Chiroptera
(bats)

Family Furipteridae (smoky bats)

  • Furipterus horrens (thumbless bat) LC IUCN - ICMBio status VU

Family Natalidae (funnel-eared bats)

  • NE - ICMBio status VU

Family

Phyllostomidae
(New World leaf-nosed bats)

Family Vespertilionidae (vesper bats)

  • NE - ICMBio status VU

Order
Primates
(monkeys, marmosets, tamarins)

The black lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysopygus) is an endangered species from São Paulo
inland.
The southern muriqui (Brachyteles arachnoides) is an endangered species from the Serra do Mar coastal forests from São Paulo and Paraná
.
critically endangered species from the Bahia coastal forests
.

Family Atelidae (howlers, spider and woolly monkeys, muriquis)

Famlily Callitrichidae (tamarins and marmosets)

Family Cebidae (capuchins and squirrel monkeys)

Family Pitheciidae (titis, saki monkeys and uakaris)

Order Carnivora (cats, dogs and relatives)

felid
.
canid
.