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
.

Family Canidae (dogs)

Family Mustelidae (otters)

  • Pteronura brasiliensis (giant otter) EN IUCN - ICMBio status VU

Family Felidae (cats)

Order Cetacea (whales and dolphins)

The southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) is an endangered species.
The Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) is a vulnerable river dolphin from the Amazon basin.

Family Balaenidae (whales)

  • Eubalaena australis (southern right whale) LC IUCN - ICMBio status EN

Family

Balaenopteridae
(rorquals)

Family

Delphinidae
(dolphins)

Family Iniidae (river dolphins)

  • Inia geoffrensis (Amazon river dolphin) DD IUCN - ICMBio status EN

Family

Physeteridae
(sperm whales)

Family Pontoporiidae (river dolphins)

  • Pontoporia blainvillei (La Plata dolphin) VU IUCN - ICMBio status CR

Order Sirenia (manatees)

critically endangered
in Brazil.
odd-toed ungulate
and it is a vulnerable species.

Family Trichechidae

Order Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)

Family

Tapiridae
(tapirs)

  • Tapirus terrestris (Brazilian tapir) VU IUCN - ICMBio status VU

Order
Artiodactyla
(even-toed ungulates)

The pygmy brocket (Mazama nana) is a brocket deer from southern Brazil and it is a critically endangered species.
The white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) is vulnerable species in Brazil.

Family

Cervidae
(deers)

Family

Tayassuidae
(peccaries)

Order Rodentia (rodents)

The rock cavy (Kerodon rupestris) is vulnerable species.

Family Caviidae (cavies)

Family Cricetidae (New World rats and mice)

Family

Ctenomyidae
(tuco-tucos)

Family Echimyidae

Family

Erethizontidae
(New World porcupine)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Paglia, A.P.; da Fonseca, G.A.B.; Rylands, A.B.; Herrman, G.; Aguiar, L.M.S.; Chiarello, A.G.; Leite, Y.L.R.; Costa, L.P.; Siciliano, S.; Kierulff, M.C.M.; Mendes, S.L.; Tavares, V.C.; Mittermeier, R.A.; Patton, J.L. (2012). "Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª edição" (PDF). Occasional Paper (6): 1–82.
  2. Ministry of the Environment
    . Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e PORTARIA No - 444, DE 17 DE DEZEMBRO DE 2014
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-85-7738-102-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
    )
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