List of carnivorans by population

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This is a list of estimated global populations of Carnivora species. This list is not comprehensive, as not all carnivorans have had their numbers quantified.

Common name Binomial name Population Status Trend Notes Image
Red wolfCanis rufus20-30[1]CR[1]Decrease[1]Previously extinct in the wild. Reintroduction efforts have been hampered by hybridization with coyotes (C. latrans).[1]
Iriomote catPrionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis100–109[2]CR[3]Decrease[3]A subspecies of the leopard cat living exclusively on the Japanese island of Iriomote. Population size is declining, and consists of a single subpopulation.[2]
Amur leopardPanthera pardus orientalis129-130[4]CR[5]Decrease[5]Subspecies of leopard (P. pardus). Numbers have fluctuated in recent censuses.[5] Newest estimate of mature individuals comes from IUCN Assessment for P. pardus.[4]
Saimaa ringed sealPusa hispida saimensis135-190[6]EN[6]Increase[6]Subspecies of ringed seal (P. hispida). Total population was estimated to be 320 individuals in 2015.[6]
Asiatic lionPanthera leo leo175[7]EN[7]Steady[7]Total population size is estimated to be 350 individuals.[7]
Cozumel raccoon

(Pygmy raccoon)

Procyon pygmaeus192[8]CR[8]Decrease[8]Total population is estimated to be 323-955 individuals. Populations are severely affected by hurricanes.[8]
Ethiopian wolfCanis simensis197[9]EN[9]Decrease[9]Total population is estimated to be 360-440 adults.[9]
Black-footed ferretMustela nigripes206[10]EN[10]Decrease[10]Value given is for number of mature adults living in self-sustaining wild populations. More than 300 individuals are currently held in captive breeding programs.[10]
Malabar large-spotted civet

(Malabar civet)

 Viverra civettina249[11]CR[11]Decrease[11]Maximum estimate; may be extinct.[11]
Siberian tigerPanthera tigris tigris265-486[12] EN[13] Steady[12] Subspecies of tiger (P. tigris). Population size and trend are available in the supplementary information available on the P. tigris assessment (estimates of tiger numbers in Russia).[12]
Mediterranean monk sealMonachus monachus444-600[14]VU[14]Increase[14]Values given are for mature individuals. There are three primary subpopulations:[14]
Persian leopard Panthera pardus tulliana 450-626[15] EN[15] Decrease[15] Subspecies of leopard (P. pardus). Total population is estimated to be 750–1,044 individuals.[15]
Giant pandaAiluropoda melanoleuca500-1,000[16]VU[16]Increase[16]Total population is estimated to be 1,864 individuals.[16]
Iberian lynxLynx pardinus648[17]VU[17]Increase[17]Total population is estimated to be 1,668 individuals.[17]
Darwin's foxPseudalopex fulvipes659-2,499[18]EN[18]Decrease[18]Minimum number of mature individuals is expected to be 489. No upper limit presented.[18]
Hawaiian monk sealNeomonachus schauinslandi922[19]VU[19]Increase[19]Total population is estimated to be 1,607 individuals.[19]
DholeCuon alpinus949-2,215[20]EN[20]Decrease[20]Total population is estimated to be 4,500–10,500 individuals. Population estimates were calculated assuming proportion of mature individuals in population is similar to that of African wild dogs.[20]
Asian golden cat Catopuma temminckii 1,000-12,000[21] VU[21] Decrease[21] Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 7,000.[21]
Chinese mountain catFelis bieti1,177-23,540[22]VU[22]Decrease[22]Total population is estimated to be 2,354–47,081 individuals, though a best estimate is expected to be < 10,000 mature individuals.[22]
African wild dogLycaon pictus1,676[23]EN[23]Decrease[23]Value given is for number of mature individuals.[23]
Andean mountain cat

(Andean cat)

 Leopardus jacobita2,177[24]EN[24]Decrease[24]Total population is estimated to be 4,354 individuals.[24]
Bay cat

(Borneo bay cat)

 Catopuma badia2,200[25]EN[25]Decrease[25]Value given is for number of mature individuals.[25]
Otter civet Cynogale bennettii 2,490[26] EN[26] Decrease[26] Value given is estimate for mature individuals.
Flat-headed cat Prionailurus planiceps 2,499[27] EN[27] Decrease[27] Value given is for number of mature individuals.[27]
Spectacled bear

(Andean bear)

 Tremarctos ornatus 2,500-10,000[28] VU[28] Decrease[28] Total population is estimated to be 13,000-18,000 individuals.[28]
TigerPanthera tigris2,608-3,905[29]EN[29]Decrease[29]Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 3,140. Total population is estimated to be 3,726-5,578 individuals, not including cubs.[29]
Fossa

(Fosa)

 Cryptoprocta ferox2,635-8,626[30]VU[30]Decrease[30]Values given are for number of mature individuals.[30]
Grandidier's mongoose

(Grandidier's vontsira)

Galidictis grandidieri2,650–3,540[31]EN[31]Decrease[31]Values given are estimate for total population, ca. 2006.[31]
Snow leopardPanthera uncia2,710-3,386[32]VU[32]Decrease[32]Most recent "best guess" estimate for total population is 3,920-6,390 individuals, from 2013.[32]
New Zealand sea lionPhocarctos hookeri3,031[33]EN[33]Decrease[33]Value given is for number of mature individuals.[33]
Clouded leopardNeofelis nebulosa3,700[34]VU[34]Decrease[34]Total population is estimated to be 5,580 individuals.[34]
Island foxUrocyon littoralis4,001[35]NT[35]Increase[35]Total population is estimated to be 5,500 individuals.[35]
Brown hyena

(Brown hyaena)

 Parahyaena brunnea4,365-10,111[36]NT[36]Steady[36]Values given are for number of mature individuals. Total population is expected to be, at minimum, 5,000-8,000 individuals, though the Botswanan population may have several thousand individuals not considered.[36]
Sunda clouded leopardNeofelis diardi4,500[37]VU[37]Decrease[37]Value given is for number of mature individuals, with an estimated 3,800 on Borneo and 730 on Sumatra.[37]
Striped hyena

(Striped hyaena)

 Hyaena hyaena5,000-9,999[38]NT[38]Decrease[38]Total population is estimated to be 5,000-14,000 individuals, ca. 1998.[38]
Southern tiger cat Leopardus guttulus 6,047[39] VU[39] Decrease[39] Value given is estimate for mature individuals.[39]
Giant otterPteronura brasiliensis>6,450[40]EN[40]Decrease[40]Value given is absolute minimum for total population. Estimates are not available for all subpopulations.[40]
Australian sea lionNeophoca cinerea6,500[41]EN[41]Decrease[41]Total population is estimated to be 12,690 individuals.[41]
CheetahAcinonyx jubatus6,517[42]VU[42]Decrease[42]Total population of adults and adolescents is estimated to be 7,100 individuals.[42]
West African oyan Poiana leightoni 6,700-10,000[43] VU[43] Decrease[43] Most recent confirmed records of this species are from the 1980s.[43]
Crested genet Genetta cristata 7,000[44] VU[44] Decrease[44] Value given is estimate for mature individuals.[44]
Oncilla

(Northern tiger cat)

 Leopardus tigrinus 8,932-10,208[45] VU[45] Decrease[45] Values given are for estimate number of adult individuals.[45]
Sulawesi palm civet

(Sulawesi civet)

 Macrogalidia musschenbroekii 9,000[46] VU[46] Decrease[46] Value given is estimate for mature individuals.[46]
Galápagos sea lionZalophus wollebaeki9,200-10,600[47]EN[47]Decrease[47]Total population is estimated to be 14,000-16,000 (2001).[47]
Hose's palm civet

(Hose's civet)

 Diplogale hosei 9,500[48] VU[48] Decrease[48] Value given is estimate for mature individuals.[48]
Black-footed cat Felis nigripes 9,707[49] VU[49] Decrease[49] Total population is estimated to be 13,867 individuals.[49]
Hoary fox Lycalopex vetulus 9,840-19,200[50] NT[50] Decrease[50] Total population is estimated to be 49,200-96,000 individuals.[50]
Bourlon's genet Genetta bourloni 9,850[51] VU[51] Decrease[51] Known from a single camera-trap photo and 29 museum specimens.[51]
Galápagos fur sealArctocephalus galapagoensis10,000[52]EN[52]Decrease[52]Total population is estimated to be 15,000 individuals.[52]
Aquatic genet Genetta piscivora 10,000[53] NT[53] Decrease[53] Known from 30 specimens. No confirmed reports since the 1970s.[53]
Guadalupe fur sealArctocephalus townsendi10,000[54]LC[54]Increase[54]Minimum total population is estimated to be 20,084 individuals.[54]
Pale fox Vulpes pallida 10,000-19,999[55] LC[55] ?[55] Values given are estimate of mature population, though this estimate may not be founded in empirical data.[55]
Sloth bearMelursus ursinus10,000-20,000[56]VU[56]Decrease[56]Values given are for total population; estimates are considered to be tentative.[56]
Marbled catPardofelis marmorata>10,000[57]NT[57]Decrease[57]Value given is for number of mature individuals, assuming population densities are not exceptionally low across range.[57]
Sechuran foxLycalopex sechurae< 15,000[58]NT[58]?[58]Value given is for number of mature individuals, but estimate is supported by very little data.[58]
Juan Fernández fur sealArctocephalus philippii16,000[59]LC[59]Increase[59]Value given is for number of mature individuals.[59]
Maned wolfChrysocyon brachyurus23,600[60]NT[60]?[60]Total population is estimated to be 23,600 individuals.[60]
Leopard sealHydrurga leptonyx18,000[61]LC[61]?[61]Total population is estimated to be 35,500 (95% confidence interval: 10,900-102,600) individuals.[61]
Polar bearUrsus maritimus22,000-31,000[62]VU[62]?[62]Values given are for total population. Best estimate for total population is 26,000 individuals.[62]
LionPanthera leo22,670-25,670[63]VU[63]Decrease[63]Values given are estimates for number of adults and subadults.[63]
Kodkod

(Guiña)

Leopardus guigna26,383-101,294[64]LC[64]?[64]Values given are for number of mature individuals.[64]
Spotted hyena

(Spotted hyaena)

Crocuta crocuta27,000–47,000[65]LC[65]Decrease[65]Values given are a tentative estimate of total population.[65]
Tibetan fox Vulpes ferrilata 37,000[66] LC[66] ?[66] Value given is for total population, but is from 1989 and considered to be "very coarse and unreliable."[66]
Ross sealOmmatophoca rossii40,000[67]LC[67]?[67]Estimates for total population are highly variable. Most recent estimate (2012) estimates 78,500 total individuals.[67]
Asian black bear

(Asiatic black bear)

Ursus thibetanus50,000-61,000[68]VU[68]Decrease[68]Values given are estimate of total population is the four countries with the largest populations (China, Japan, India, and Russia). Likely to be a considerable underestimate, given known populations across south and east Asia.[68]
Baikal sealPusa sibirica54,000[69]LC[69]Steady[69]Total population is estimated to be 108,200 individuals.[69]
Pallas's cat Otocolobus manul 58,000[70] LC[70] Decrease[70] Total population is speculated to be 49,000–98,000 individuals.[70]
JaguarPanthera onca64,000[71]NT[71]Decrease[71]Value given is for total population. A single large population in Amazonia is estimated to account for 89% of total population, with 57,000 individuals.[71]
Caspian sealPusa caspica68,000[72]EN[72]?[72]Value given is for mature individuals. Total population is highly uncertain.[72]
Eurasian lynxLynx lynx>69,510[73]LC[73]Steady[73]Value given is an underestimate of total population, due to unknown populations across large portions of the species' Asian range. National/regional population estimates are available for Europe, Russia, China, and Mongolia.[73]
Steller sea lionEumetopias jubatus81,327[74]NT[74]Increase[74]Total population is estimated to be 160,867 individuals. Divided by subspecies:[74]
  • Western (79,929)
  • Loughlin's (80,938).
New Zealand fur sealArctocephalus forsteri100,000[75]LC[75]Increase[75]Total population is estimated to be 200,000 individuals.[75]
South American fur sealArctocephalus australis109,500[76]LC[76]Increase[76]Total population is estimated to be 219,000 individuals.[76]
Bush dogSpeothos venaticus110,000[77]NT[77]Decrease[77]Value given is for total population; may be an overestimate.[77]
Northern elephant sealMirounga angustirostris110,000[78]LC[78]Increase[78]Total population is estimated to be 210,000-239,000 individuals.[78]
Brown bearUrsus arctos110,000[79]LC[79]Steady[79]Total population is estimated to be more than 200,000 individuals. Regional estimates exist for several areas:[79]
  • Russia: >100,000
  • United States: 33,000
  • Canada: 25,000
  • Europe (excluding Russia): 15,400.
Walrus Odobenus rosmarus 112,500[80] VU[80] ?[80] Total population is estimated to be more than 245,000-295,000 individuals, in two subspecies:[80]
  • Pacific (O. r. divergens): 200,000-250,000
  • Atlantic (O. r. rosmarus): >45,000
Sea otterEnhydra lutris128,902[81]EN[81]Decrease[81]Value given is for total population.[81]
LeopardPanthera pardus146,768- 461,512[4]VU[4]Decrease[4]Values given are estimate of total population.[4]
California sea lionZalophus californianus180,000[82]LC[82]Increase[82]Total population is estimated to be 387,646 individuals.[82]
Ribbon seal Histriophoca fasciata 183,000[83] LC[83] ?[83] Total population is estimated to be approximately 365,000 individuals.[83]
Subantarctic fur sealArctocephalus tropicalis200,000[84]LC[84]Steady[84]Total population is estimated to be more than 400,000 individuals.[84]
Grey wolfCanis lupus200,000-250,000[85]LC[85]Steady[85]Values given are for total population.[85]
South American sea lionOtaria flavescens222,500[86]LC[86]Steady[86]Total population is estimated to be, at least, 445,000 individuals. IUCN gives binomial name as Otaria byronia.[86]
Weddell sealLeptonychotes weddellii300,000[87]LC[87]?[87]Species is widespread and range is difficult to cover in a survey. Total population is estimated to be between 200,000 and 1.0 million individuals.[87]
Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus 300,000-999,999[88] LC[88] Steady[88] Total population is estimated to number "several hundred thousand animals," with population fluctuating significantly with prey populations.[88]
Harbor sealPhoca vitulina315,000[89]LC[89]?[89]Total population is estimated to be 610,000-640,000 individuals.[89]
Grey sealHalichoerus grypus316,000[90]LC[90]Increase[90]Total population is estimated to be 632,000 individuals.[90]
Hooded sealCystophora cristata316,832[91]EN[91]Decrease[91]Value given is estimated total population from two subpopulations:[91]
  • Northeast Atlantic: 76,832 individuals
  • Northwest Atlantic: 240,000 individuals, assuming decline of 60% from 2005.
Spotted seal Phoca largha 320,000[92] LC[92] ?[92] Total population has not been well quantified, but may be between 400,000-640,000 individuals.[92]
Southern elephant sealMirounga leonina325,000[93]LC[93]Steady[93]Total population is estimated to be 650,000 individuals, ca. mid 1990s.[93]
Northern fur sealCallorhinus ursinus650,000[94]VU[94]Decrease[94]Total population is estimated to be 1.29 million individuals.[94]
Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella 700,000-1,000,000[95] LC[95] Decrease[95] Values given are for mature individuals.[95]
American black bearUrsus americanus850,000–950,000[96]LC[96]Increase[96]Values given are for total population.[96]
Brown fur seal

(Afro-Australian fur seal)

 Arctocephalus pusillus1,060,000[97]LC[97]Increase[97]Divided into two subspecies: Cape (A. p. pusillus) and Australian (A. p. doriferus).[97]
Ringed seal Pusa hispida 1,500,000[98] LC[98] ?[98] Value given is for mature individuals. Mature populations for subspecies are estimated to be:[98]
  • Arctic (P. h. huspida): 1.45 million
  • Okhotsk (P. h. ochotensis): 44,000
  • Baltic (P. h. botnica): 11,500
  • Ladoga (P. h. ladogensis): 3,000-4,500
  • Saimma (P. h. saimensis): 135-190
Bobcat Lynx rufus 2,352,276 - 3,571,681[99] LC[99] Steady[99] Values given are total population for species range in the United States. Population is certainly much larger, considering sizeable population also exist in Canada and Mexico.[99]
Crabeater sealLobodon carcinophaga4,000,000[100]LC[100]?[100]Value given is for number of mature individuals. Most recent estimate of total population (1980s - 1990s) yielded an estimate of 9.5 million individuals.[100]
Harp sealPagophilus groenlandicus7,000,000[101]NT[101]Decrease[101]Value given is for total population.[101]
Cat (domestic)Felis catus600,000,000[102]DomesticatedIncrease[102]2007 estimate
Dog (domestic)Canis familiaris900,000,000[103]DomesticatedIncrease[103]

Species without population estimates

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