Critically Endangered Mammals - Wildlife in the Habitats

Critically Endangered Mammals - Animals in the Habitats, and Biodiversity

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The followings are critically endangered (CR) mammals listed in the IUCN red list. Extremely high risk of extinction in the wild and very rare mammals, some of them could be extinct. Endangered areas are Mexico: 28, New Guinea: 18, Australia: 11, Brazil: 9 and Madagascar: 8 species.

Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Chordate

Subphylum Vertebra

Infraphylum Gnathostomata (Jawed vertebrates)

Class Mammal

Subclass Theria (Wild animal)

Infraclass Metatheria (Marsupials)

Order Monotreme (Platypus, Echidna; 125 Mya～)
Monotreme Western Long-beaked Echidna (New Guinea), Eastern Long-beaked Echidna (New Guinea), Sir David's Long-beaked Echidna (New Guinea)
Superorder Ameridelphia
- Order Didelphimorphia (Opossum; 99.6 Mya～)
  Opossum Handley's Slender Opossum (Colombia)

Superorder Australidelphia

Order Dasyuromorphia (Quoll, Dunnart, Numbat; 55.8 Mya～)
Marsupial carnivore Kangaroo Island Dunnart (Australia)

Order Diprotodontia (Koala, Wombats, Possum, Kangaroos; 23.03 Mya～)

Diprotodont

Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat

(Australia), Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat

(Australia), Talaud Bear Cuscus

(New Guinea), Telefomin Cuscus (New Guinea), Black-spotted Cuscus

(New Guinea; Spotted), Blue-eyed Spotted Cuscus

(New Guinea), Mountain Pygmy Possum

(Australia), Northern Glider

(New Guinea), Dingiso

(New Guinea), Tenkile

(New Guinea), Golden-mantled Tree-kangaroo

(New Guinea), Black Dorcopsis

(New Guinea), Woylie

(Australia), Gilbert's Potoroo

(Australia)

Infraclass Eutheria (Placentals)

Clade Atlantogenata
- Group I Afrotheria
  - Clade Afroinsectiphilia
    - Order Afrosoricida (Tenrecs, Golden moles; 20.43 Mya～)
      Tenrec De Winton's Golden Mole (South Africa)
- Group II Xenarthra
  - Order Pilosa (40.4 Mya～)
    Sloth Pygmy Three-toed Sloth (Panama)

Clade Boreoeutheria

Group III Euarchontoglires

Superorder Euarchonta

Order Primates (65 Mya～)

		Lemur	Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur (Madagascar), Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur (Madagascar), Lac Alaotra Gentle Lemur (Madagascar), Greater Bamboo Lemur (Madagascar), Northern Sportive Lemur (Madagascar), Silky Sifaka (Madagascar), Perrier's Sifaka (Madagascar), Golden-crowned Sifaka (Madagascar)
		Galago	Rondo Bushbaby (Tanzania)
		New world monkey	Cottontop Tamarin (Columbia), Superagui Lion Tamarin (Brazil), Golden-bellied Capuchin (Brazil), Kaapori Capuchin (Brazil), Blond Capuchin (Brazil), Black Bearded Saki (Brazil), Barbara Brown's Titi (Brazil), Brown Spider Monkey (northern South America), Black-headed Spider Monkey (northern South America), Northern Muriqui (Brazil), Colombian Woolly Monkey (Columbia), Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey (Peru)
		Old world monkey	Dryas Monkey (Congo DR), Celebes Crested Macaque (Indonesia), Pagai Island Macaque (Indonesia), Kipunji (Tanzania), White-headed Langur (Southeast Asia), Delacour's Langur (Vietnam), Sarawak Surili (Southeast Asia), Gray-shanked Douc (Vietnam), Tonkin Snub-nosed Langur (Vietnam), Pig-tailed Langur (Indonesia), Black Crested Gibbon (Southeast Asia), Eastern Black Crested Gibbon (Southeast Asia), White-cheeked Crested Gibbon (Southeast Asia), Sumatran Orangutan (Indonesia), Western Gorilla (around Gabon; １．７m)

Superorder Glires

Order Lagomorpha (Pikas, Rabbits,Hares; 58.7 Mya～)
Rabbit Riverine Rabbit (South Africa), Helan Shan Pika (China)

Order Rodentia (Rodent)

		Climbing Mouse	Mount Kahuzi climbing mouse (Congo DR)
		True Mouse	Ethiopian Amphibious Rat (Ethiopia), Mt Oku Hylomyscus (Cameroon), Okinawa spiny rat (Japan), Elvira Rat (India), Kondana Soft-furred Rat (India), Ilin Island Cloudrunner (Philippine), Dinagat Bushy-Tailed Cloud Rat (Philippine), Heavenly Hill Rat (Indonesia), Manusela Mosaic-tailed Rat (Indonesia), Bavarian Pine Vole (Austria), Lesser Stick-nest Rat (Australia), Central Rock Rat (Australia), Carpentarian Rock Rat (Australia), Bramble Cay Mosaic-tailed Rat (Australia), Poncelet's Giant Rat (New Guinea), Biak Giant Rat (New Guinea), Emma's Giant Rat (New Guinea)
		New World mouses	Big Pocket Gopher (Mexico), Alcorn's Pocket Gopher (Mexico), San Quintin kangaroo rat (Mexico), Mexican Agouti (Mexico), Santa Catarina's Guinea Pig (Brazil), Pacific Degu (Chile), Golden Vizcacha Rat (Argentina), Los Chalchaleros' Viscacha-Rat (Argentina), Social Tuco-tuco (Argentina), Mantiqueira Atlantic Tree-rat (Brazil), Short-furred Atlantic Tree-rat (Brazil), Dwarf Hutia (Cuba), San Felipe Hutia (Cuba), Garrido's Hutia (Cuba), Southern Hutia (Cuba), Long-tailed Chinchilla (Chile), Short-tailed Chinchilla (southern South America), Bolivian Chinchilla Rat (Bolivia)
		New World Rat	Nelson's Woodrat (Mexico), Angel Island Mouse (Mexico), San Lorenzo Deermouse (Mexico), Dickey’s Deermouse (Mexico), Coronados Deer Mouse (Mexico), Monserrat Island Deermouse (Mexico), Catalina Deer Mouse (Mexico), San Esteban Deermouse (Mexico), Perote Deer Mouse (Mexico), Puebla Deer Mouse (Mexico), Mayan Deer Mouse (Guatemala), Cozumel Harvest Mouse (Mexico), Chinanteco Deermouse (Mexico), Zempoaltepec Deermouse (Mexico), Delicate Deermouse (Mexico), Ixtlán Deermouse (Mexico), Schmidly's Deer Mouse (Mexico), Zuniga's Dark Rice Rat (Peru), Chiapan Climbing Rat (Mexico), Tumbala Climbing Rat (Mexico)
		Marmot	Vancouver Island Marmot (Canada)
		Squirrel	Namdapha flying squirrel (India)

Group IV Laurasiatheria

Order Soricomorpha

Shrew

Harenna Shrew (Ethiopia), Wimmer's Shrew (Côte d'Ivoire), Taita Shrew (Keyna), Phillip's Congo Shrew

(Tanzania), Eisentraut's Mouse Shrew (Equatorial Guinea), Andaman Shrew (India), Nicobar Shrew (India), Jenkin's Shrew (India), Christmas Island Shrew (Christmas Island), Nelson's Small-eared Shrew (Mexico), Sclater's Shrew

(Mexico), San Cristobal Shrew (Mexico)

Clade Ferungulata

Clade Cetartiodactyla

Order Cetacea
Dolphin Chinese River Dolphin (China), Vaquita (Mexico)

Order Artiodactyla (53 Mya～)

Even-toed ungulate

Ader's Duiker

(East Africa), Addax

(North Africa), Dama Gazelle

(North Africa), Hirola

(East Africa), Visayan Warty Pig

(Philippine), Bactrian Camel

(Central Asia), Bawean Deer

(Indonesia), Tamaraw

(Philippine), Kouprey

(Southeast Asia), Saola

(Southeast Asia), Saiga Antelope

(Central Asia; Long nose to warmup)

Clade Pegasoferae

Order Chiroptera (55.8 Mya～)

		Megabat	Rodrigues Flying Fox (Mauritius), Bonin Flying Fox (Japan), Aru Flying Fox (Indonesia), Philippine bare-backed fruit bat (Philippine), Vanikoro Flying Fox (Solomon Islands), Montane monkey-faced bat (Solomon Islands), Bulmer's Fruit Bat (New Guinea), Fijian Monkey-faced Bat (Fuji)
		Bat	Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat (Seychelles), Lamotte's Roundleaf Bat (Guinea), Gloomy Tube-nosed Bat (Japan), Yanbaru Whiskered Bat (Japan), Paraguana Mustached Bat (Venezuela), New Zealand Greater Short-tailed Bat (New Zealand), Christmas Island Pipistrelle (Christmas Island), Lord Howe Long-eared Bat (Australia), New Caledonian Long-eared Bat (New Caledonia), New Guinea Big-eared Bat (New Guinea)

Order Perissodactyla (58.7 Mya～)
Odd-toed ungulate African Wild Ass (East Africa), Black Rhinoceros (Sub-sahara), Wild Horse (Central Asia), Javan Rhinoceros (Southeast Asia), Sumatran Rhinoceros (Southeast Asia)

Order Carnivora (65 Mya～)

		Carnivora	Malabar Large-spotted Civet (India; Spotted), Iberian Lynx (Spain; Spotted), Darwin's Fox (Chile), Island Fox (United States), Cozumel Raccoon (Mexico), Iriomote Cat (Japan)
		Marine mammal	Hawaiian Monk Seal (Hawaii), Mediterranean Monk Seal (Mediterranean)