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List of mammals of Azerbaijan

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This list shows the IUCN Red List status of mammal species occurring in Azerbaijan. One species is endangered, five are vulnerable, and 11 are near threatened. The following tags are used to highlight each species' global conservation status as assessed on the respective IUCN Red List published 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.

Order: Artiodactyla

East Caucasian tur

Goitered gazelle

Family: Bovidae
- Genus: Bison
  - European bison, B. bonasus NT reintroduced^[1]
    - Caucasian wisent, B. b. caucasicus EX
- Genus: Capra
  - Wild goat, C. aegagrus NT^[2]
  - East Caucasian tur, C. cylindricornis NT^[3]
- Genus: Gazella
  - Goitered gazelle, G. subgutturosa VU^[4]
- Genus: Ovis
  - Mouflon, O. gmelini NT^[5]
    - Armenian mouflon, O. g. gmelini
- Genus: Rupicapra
  - Chamois, R. rupicapra LC^[6]
Family: Cervidae
- Genus: Capreolus
  - Roe deer, C. capreolus LC^[7]
- Genus: Cervus
  - Red deer, C. elaphus LC^[8]
  - Sika deer, C. nippon LC introduced
Family: Suidae
- Genus: Sus
  - Wild boar, S. scrofa LC^[9]

Order: Carnivora

Leopard

Striped hyena

Least weasel

Marbled polecat

Family: Canidae
- Genus: Canis
  - Golden jackal, C. aureus LC^[10]
    - European jackal, C. a. moreoticus
  - Gray wolf, C. lupus LC^[11]
    - Steppe wolf, C. l. campestris
- Genus: Vulpes
  - Red fox, V. vulpes LC^[12]
Family: Felidae
- Genus: Felis
  - Jungle cat, F. chaus LC^[13]
  - European wildcat, F. silvestris LC^[14]
    - African wildcat, F. lybica LC^[15]
- Genus: Otocolobus
  - Pallas's cat, O. manul LC^[16]
- Genus: Lynx
  - Eurasian lynx, L. lynx LC^[17]
    - Caucasian lynx, L. l. dinniki
- Genus: Panthera
  - Leopard, P. pardus VU^[18]
    - Persian leopard, P. p. tulliana EN^[18]
Family: Ursidae
- Genus: Ursus
  - Brown bear, U. arctos LC^[19]
Family: Procyonidae
- Genus: Procyon
  - Common raccoon, P. lotor LC introduced
Family: Hyaenidae
- Genus: Hyaena
  - Striped hyena, H. hyaena NT^[20]
Family: Mustelidae
- Genus: Lutra
  - European otter, L. lutra NT^[21]
- Genus: Martes
  - Beech marten, M. foina LC^[22]
  - European pine marten, M. martes LC^[23]
- Genus: Meles
  - Caucasian badger, M. canescens NE
- Genus: Mustela
  - Stoat, M. erminea LC^[24]
  - Least weasel, M. nivalis LC^[25]
- Genus: Vormela
  - Marbled polecat, V. peregusna VU^[26]
Family: Phocidae
- Genus: Pusa
  - Caspian seal, P. caspica EN

Order: Chiroptera

Greater horseshoe bat

Western barbastelle

Serotine bat

Family: Vespertilionidae
- Genus: Barbastella
  - Western barbastelle, B. barbastellus NT^[27]
  - Asian barbastelle, B. leucomelas LC
- Genus: Eptesicus
  - Botta's serotine, E. bottae LC
  - Northern bat, E. nilssonii LC
  - Serotine bat, E. serotinus LC
- Genus: Hypsugo
  - Savi's pipistrelle, H. savii LC^[28]
- Genus: Miniopterus
  - Common bent-wing bat, M. schreibersii VU^[29]
- Genus: Myotis
  - Bechstein's bat, M. bechsteini NT^[30]
  - Lesser mouse-eared bat, M. blythii LC^[31]
  - Geoffroy's bat, M. emarginatus LC^[32]
  - Whiskered bat, M. mystacinus LC^[33]
  - Natterer's bat, M. nattereri LC^[34]
- Genus: Nyctalus
  - Lesser noctule, N. leisleri LC^[35]
  - Common noctule, N. noctula LC^[36]
- Genus: Plecotus
  - Brown long-eared bat, P. auritus LC^[37]
  - Grey long-eared bat, P. austriacus LC
- Genus: Pipistrellus
  - Kuhl's pipistrelle, P. kuhlii LC
  - Nathusius' pipistrelle, P. nathusii LC^[38]
  - Common pipistrelle, P. pipistrellus LC
  - Soprano pipistrelle, P. pygmaeus LC
- Genus: Vespertilio
  - Parti-coloured bat, V. murinus LC^[39]
Family: Molossidae
- Genus: Tadarida
  - European free-tailed bat, T. teniotis LC^[40]
Family: Rhinolophidae
- Genus: Rhinolophus
  - Blasius's horseshoe bat, R. blasii LC^[41]
  - Mediterranean horseshoe bat, R. euryale NT^[42]
  - Greater horseshoe bat, R. ferrumequinum LC^[43]
  - Lesser horseshoe bat, R. hipposideros LC^[44]
  - Mehely's horseshoe bat, R. mehelyi VU^[45]

Order: Eulipotyphla

Long-eared hedgehog

Family: Erinaceidae
- Genus: Erinaceus
  - Southern white-breasted hedgehog, E. concolor LC
- Genus: Hemiechinus
  - Long-eared hedgehog, H. auritus LC

Bicolored shrew

Family: Soricidae
- Genus: Crocidura
  - Caspian shrew, C. caspica DD
  - Gueldenstaedt's shrew, C. gueldenstaedti LC
  - Bicolored shrew, C. leucodon LC
- Genus: Neomys
  - Transcaucasian water shrew, N. teres LC
- Genus: Suncus
  - Etruscan shrew, S. etruscus LC
Family: Talpidae
- Genus: Talpa
  - Levant mole, T. levantis LC

Order: Lagomorpha

Family: Leporidae
- Genus: Lepus
  - European hare, L. europaeus LC^[46]
- Genus: Oryctolagus
  - European rabbit, O. cuniculus EN^[47]

Order: Rodentia

European snow vole

Harvest mouse

Indian porcupine

Caucasian squirrel

Small five-toed jerboa

Family: Calomyscidae
- Genus: Calomyscus
  - Urar mouse-like hamster, C. urartensis LC
Family: Cricetidae
- Genus: Arvicolinae
  - European water vole, A. amphibius LC^[48]
- Genus: Chionomys
  - Caucasian snow vole, C. gud LC
  - European snow vole, C. nivalis LC
  - Robert's snow vole, C. roberti LC
- Genus: Cricetulus
  - Grey hamster, C. migratorius LC
- Genus: Ellobius
  - Transcaucasian mole vole, E. lutescens LC
- Genus: Mesocricetus
  - Turkish hamster, M. brandti NT
- Genus: Microtus
  - Common vole, M. arvalis LC
  - Daghestan pine vole, M. daghestanicus LC
  - Major's pine vole, M. majori LC
  - Schelkovnikov's pine vole, M. schelkovnikovi LC
  - Social vole, M. socialis LC
Family: Dipodidae
- Genus: Allactaga
  - Small five-toed jerboa, A. elater LC
  - Williams' jerboa, A. williamsi LC
Family: Gliridae
- Genus: Dryomys
  - Forest dormouse, D. nitedula LC
- Genus: Glis
  - European edible dormouse, G. glis LC
  - Iranian edible dormouse, G. persicus NE
Family: Hystricidae
- Genus: Hystrix
  - Indian crested porcupine, H. indica LC^[49]
Family: Muridae
- Genus: Apodemus
  - Striped field mouse, A. agrarius LC
  - Caucasus field mouse, A. hyrcanicus DD
  - Black Sea field mouse, A. ponticus LC
  - Ural field mouse, A. uralensis LC
  - Steppe field mouse, A. witherbyi LC
- Genus: Meriones
  - Libyan jird, M. libycus LC
  - Midday jird, M. meridianus LC
  - Persian jird, M. persicus LC
  - Tristram's jird, M. tristami LC
  - Vinogradov's jird, M. vinogradovi LC
- Genus: Micromys
  - Eurasian harvest mouse, M. minutus LC
- Genus: Mus
  - House mouse, M. musculus LC^[50]
- Genus: Rattus
  - Brown rat, R. norvegicus LC introduced^[51]
  - Black rat, R. rattus LC^[52]
Family: Myocastoridae
- Genus: Myocastor
  - Coypu, M. coypus LC introduced
Family: Sciuridae
- Genus: Sciurus
  - Caucasian squirrel, S. anomalus LC
  - Red squirrel, S. vulgaris LC^[53]

Locally extinct

The following species are locally extinct in the country:

Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus^[54]
Moose, Alces alces^[55]
Wild horse, Equus ferus^[56]
Onager, Equus hemionus^[57]
Lion, Panthera leo^[58]
Tiger, Panthera tigris^[59]

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