List of even-toed ungulates by population

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This is a list of even-toed ungulate species by estimated global population. This list is not comprehensive, as not all ungulates have had their numbers quantified. Note that this is only a subset of the order Artiodactyla, listing terrestrial species only. For populations of the cetaceans (infraorder Cetacea), see list of cetaceans.

Where available, population is given as number of mature individuals following IUCN reporting standards of estimating effective population size.

Common name Binomial name Population Status Trend Notes Image
Kouprey Bos sauveli 0-50[1] CR[1] Decrease[1] Last confirmed sighting occurred in 1970. Most likely extinct.[1]
SaolaPseudoryx nghetinhensis25-750[2] CR[2] Decrease[2] Best estimate for number of mature individuals in 50-300. It is possible that species has fallen below the minimum viable population.[2]
AddaxAddax nasomaculatus30–90[3]CR[3]Decrease[3]Total population is estimated to be < 100 individuals.[3]
Dama gazelleNanger dama100-200[4]CR[4]Decrease[4]Maximum estimate for total population is 250 individuals.[4]
Pygmy hogPorcula salvania100-250[5]EN[5]?[5]Values given are for mature population. Approximately 100 captive individuals have been reintroduced to the wild.[5]
Scimitar oryx

(Scimitar-horned oryx)

 Oryx dammah 140-160[6] EN[6] Increase[6] Values given are absolute minimum for mature, wild individuals. Total population is estimated to be 227–1,452 individuals in Chad, and an additional 200 in Tunisia. Approximately 15,000 individuals are held in captivity.[6]
HirolaBeatragus hunteri200-250[7]CR[7]Decrease[7]Values given are for mature population.[7]
Bawean deerAxis kuhlii200–500[8]CR[8]Steady[8]Values given are estimates of total population.[8]
TamarawBubalus mindorensis220-300[9]CR[9]Decrease[9]Total population is estimated to be at least 430 individuals.[9]
Persian fallow deerDama mesopotamica>250[10]EN[10]Increase[10]Previously thought to be extinct. Value given is total estimated number of adults. There are approximately 430 individuals held in captivity.[10]
Rhim gazelle

(Slender-horned gazelle)

Gazella leptoceros300-600[11]EN[11]Decrease[11]Per IUCN assessment, it "is highly unlikely that the remaining population numbers more than a few hundred."[11]
Togian babirusa

(Togian Islands babirusa)

 Babyrousa togeanensis500[12] EN[12] Decrease[12] Value given is maximum estimate for total population (2008), though interviews with local residents indicate population could be higher.[12]
Walia ibexCapra walie585[13]VU[13]Increase[13]Total population is estimated to be 975 individuals.[13]
Père David's deer Elaphurus davidianus 600[14] EW[14] N/A Value given is for population of individuals living in the wild after escaping captivity, ca. 2015.[14]

More recent estimates give feral population of 2,825 individuals and a total population (including captivity) of 9,062 individuals.[15]
Eld's deer Rucervus eldii < 700[16] EN[16] Decrease[16] Population could be higher, but remaining populations are expected to be sparsely distributed across range.[16]
Visayan spotted deer

(Philippine spotted deer)

 Rusa alfredi700[17]EN[17]Decrease[17]Total population is estimated to be 1,100 individuals.[17]
Anhui musk deerMoschus anhuiensis700–800[18]EN[18]Decrease[18]Most recent estimate was in 1998.[18]
Wild Bactrian camelCamelus ferus780–1,380[19]EN[19]Decrease[19]Total population is estimated to be 1,040–1,840 individuals.[19]
Arabian oryxOryx leucoryx850[20]VU[20]Steady[20]Total population in wild is estimated to be 1,220 individuals. This estimate does not include individuals in captivity (ca. 6,000-7,000).[20]
Calamian deerAxis calamianensis887–1,359[21]EN[21]Decrease[21]1994 estimate of total population; has almost certainly decreased.[21]
South Andean deer

(Patagonian huemul)

Hippocamelus bisulcus1048–1500[22]EN[22]Decrease[22]Maximum estimate for total population is 1,500 individuals.[22]
Przewalski's gazelleProcapra przewalskii1,320-1,635[23]EN[23]Increase[23]Values given are for total population.[23]
Abbott's duikerCephalophus spadix1500[24]EN[24]Decrease[24]Maximum estimate for total population.[24]
Mountain nyalaTragelaphus buxtoni1,500-2,500[25]EN[25]Decrease[25]It is likely that total population is between 1,500 and 2,000 individuals, but a 2007 survey indicated a maximum population of 4,000.[25]
Heuglin's gazelle

(Eritrean gazelle)

 Eudorcas tilonura 1,750-2,450[26] EN[26] Decrease[26] Total population is estimated to be, at most, 2,500-3,500 individuals.[26]
Nilgiri tahrNilgiritragus hylocrius1800–2000[27]EN[27]Decrease[27]Values given are for total population (2008).[27]
Jentink's duikerCephalophus jentinki2,000[28]EN[28]Decrease[28]Value given is estimate of total population, circa 2001.[28]
Pygmy hippopotamusChoeropsis liberiensis2,000-2,499[29]EN[29]Decrease[29]Global population has not been recently quantified; estimate is for total population, based on 1993 data.[29]
Central Asian red deer

(Tarim red deer)

 Cervus hanglu 2,000-2,500[30] LC[30] Increase[30] Values given are estimate of mature individuals.[30]
Arabian tahrArabitragus jayakari2,202-2,324[31]EN[31]Decrease[31]Total population is estimated to be 2,446 individuals.[31]
Cuvier's gazelleGazella cuvieri2,360-4,560[32]VU[32]Decrease[32]Values given are for total population.
BantengBos javanicus2,475-4,900[33]CR[33]Decrease[33]Values given are estimate for total population; best estimate for total population is 3,300 individuals.[33]
Lowland anoa Bubalus depressicornis < 2,500[34] EN[34] Decrease[34] Value given is estimate for mature population.[34]
Mountain anoaBubalus quarlesi< 2,500[35]EN[35]Decrease[35]Value given is estimate for mature population.[35]
Wild water buffaloBubalus arnee2,500[36] EN[36] Decrease[36] Total population is estimated to be less than 4,000 individuals.
Mountain gazelleGazella gazella2,500[37]EN[37]Decrease[37]Value given is for mature population. Total population was estimated to be 10,000 individuals ca. 1990s but is expected to now be much lower.[37]
Long-tailed goral Naemorhedus caudatus 2,500-10,000[38] VU[38] Decrease[38] Values given are number for mature individuals.[38]
European bisonBison bonasus2,518[39]NT[39]Increase[39]Value given is number of mature individuals in free-living, wild populations.[39]
Dibatag Ammodorcas clarkei 2,800[40] VU[40] Decrease[40] Total population is estimated to be approximately 4,000 individuals.[40]
West Caucasian tur

(Western tur)

 Capra caucasica3,000-4,000[41]EN[41]Decrease[41]Total population is estimated to be 4,000-5,000 individuals.[41]
Chacoan peccaryCatagonus wagneri3,200[42]EN[42]Decrease[42]Estimate was made in 2002; wide-scale deforestation of their habitat began in 2003.[42]
Soemmerring's gazelleNanger soemmerringii4,000-5,000[43]VU[43]Decrease[43]Total population is tentatively estimated to be <6,000-7,500 individuals.[43]
BarasinghaRucervus duvaucelii4,100-5,050[44]VU[44]Decrease[44]Values are an estimate of total population, which consists of three subspecies:[44]
  • R. d. duvaucelli (3,450-4,200 individuals)
  • R. d. ranjitsinhi (350-500 individuals)
  • R.d. branderi (300-350 individuals)
TarucaHippocamelus antisensis4,162-5,750[45]VU[45]Decrease[45]Total population is estimated to be 15,750-21,000 individuals.[45]
Nile lechweKobus megaceros4,291[46]EN[46]Decrease[46]Value is the result of an early dry season count from 2007. A count from the same season in 1983 estimated 12,000 total individuals.[46]
Nubian ibexCapra nubiana4,500[47]VU[47]Decrease[47]Estimate for mature individuals only due to some areas lacking population estimates.[47]
Arabian gazelle Gazella arabica 5,000-7,000[48] VU[48] Decrease[48] Total population is estimated to be 12,000 individuals, ca. 2008.[48]
Barbary sheep

(Aoudad)

 Ammotragus lervia5,000-10,000[49]VU[49]Decrease[49]Values given are estimate for mature population.[49]
MarkhorCapra falconeri5,754[50]NT[50]Increase[50]Total population is estimated to be 9,700 individuals, which includes ~900 animals assumed to live in areas without data.[50]
GaurBos gaurus6,000-21,000[51]VU[51]Decrease[51]Total population is estimated to be 15,000-35,000 individuals.[51]
BeiraDorcatragus megalotis7,000[52]VU[52]Decrease[52]Value given is estimate for total population, circa 1999.[52]
Thorold's deer

(White-lipped deer)

 Cervus albirostris 7,000[53] VU[53] ?[53] Value given is most recent estimate for total population, circa 1998. Given other contemporary estimates, could be slight underestimate.[53]
Hairy-fronted muntjac

(Black muntjac)

 Muntiacus crinifrons7,000–8,500[54]VU[54]Decrease[54]Values given are estimate of total population in 1998.[54]
Red goralNaemorhedus baileyi7,000-10,000[55]VU[55]Decrease[55]Values given are for mature individuals; best estimate is 7,000-8,000 mature individuals.[55]
Four-horned antelopeTetracerus quadricornis7,000-10,000[56]VU[56]Decrease[56]Total population is estimated to be >10,000 individuals, circa 2001.[56]
Wild yakBos mutus7,500-9,999[57]VU[57]Decrease[57]Values given are estimate of mature population.[57]
Giant elandTragelaphus derbianus8,400-9,800[58]VU[58]Decrease[58]Total population is estimated to be 12,150-14,200 individuals.[58]
Small red brocketMazama bororo8,500[59]VU[59]Decrease[59]Value given is an estimate for mature population.[59]
Zebra duikerCephalophus zebra9,500[60]VU[60]Decrease[60]Total population was estimated to be 15,000 individuals ca. 2001.[60]
Black wildebeestConnochaetes gnou9,765-11,382[61]LC[61]Increase[61]Total wild population is estimated to be 16,260 individuals, with an additional 18,000+ individuals on ranches.[61]
Sulawesi babirusa Babyrousa celebensis 9,999[62] VU[62] Decrease[62]
Javan rusa

(Javan deer)

 Rusa timorensis10,000[63]VU[63]Decrease[63]Total population in native range is estimated to be 13,000-20,000. However, more than 200,000 individuals exist in populations across its introduced range.[63]
OkapiOkapia johnstoni10,000-50,000[64]EN[64]Decrease[64]Values given are best guesses for total population, combining estimates from 1999 and 2013.[64]
Southern pudúPudu puda> 10,000[65]NT[65]Decrease[65]Value given is estimate for total population, assuming 10% of suitable habitat is occupied.[65]
East African oryx

(Beisa oryx)

Oryx beisa11,000-13,000[66]EN[66]Decrease[66]Estimates for total population by subspecies:[66]
  • O. b. beisa (12,000 total individuals)
  • O. b. callotis (4,000-6,000 total individuals)
American bisonBison bison11,248-13,123[67]NT[67]Steady[67]Total wild population is estimated to be 31,000 individuals (20,000 plains, 11,000 wood bison). Including captive herds would add at least 10,000 individuals.[67]
Red-fronted gazelleEudorcas rufifrons12,000[68]VU[68]Decrease[68]Value given is for total population.[68]
Aders's duiker Cephalophus adersi 14,000[69] VU[69] Decrease[69] Total population is estimated to be 20,000 individuals.[69]
BongoTragelaphus eurycerus15,000-25,000[70]NT[70]Decrease[70]Two subspecies:
  • T. e. isaaci (~100 total individuals)
  • T. e. eurycerus (28,000 total individuals).[70]
Mouflon Ovis gmelini 16,000[71] NT[71] ?[71] Total population is estimated to be 26,500 individuals.[71]
Urial Ovis vignei 18,000[72] VU[72] Decrease[72] Total population is estimated to be 30,000 individuals.[72]
Grey rhebokPelea capreolus18,000[73]NT[73]Decrease[73]Value given is an estimate for total population ca. 1999. Populations are expected to have decreased.[73]
Harvey's duikerCephalophus harveyi20,000[74]LC[74]Decrease[74]Value given is an estimate for total population ca. 1999, though is expected to be "a substantial underestimate."[74]
NyalaTragelaphus angasii20,000-27,500[75]LC[75]Steady[75]Total population is estimated to be 36,500 individuals.[75]
Pampas deerOzotoceros bezoarticus20,000-80,000[76]NT[76]Decrease[76]Values given are an estimate of minimum-maximum total population size, ca. 1994.[76]
East Caucasian tur

(Eastern tur)

 Capra cylindricornis 23,000[77] NT[77] Steady[77] Total population is estimated to be 31,000–32,000 individuals.[77]
Silver dik-dikMadoqua piacentinii30,000[78]DD[78]Decrease[78]Value given is an estimate for total population ca. 1999.[78]
BlackbuckAntilope cervicapra35,000[79]LC[79]?[79]Total population was estimated to be 50,000 individuals ca. 2000. Sizeable introduced populations exist in Argentina and USA.[79]
Ogilby's duikerCephalophus ogilbyi35,000[80]LC[80]Decrease[80]Value given is an estimate for total population ca. 1999.[80]

IUCN considers this species to have two subspecies:[80]
Dorcas gazelle Gazella dorcas 35,000-99,999[81] VU[81] Decrease[81] Values given are a very rough estimate for total population, ca. 1999.[81]
Mountain reedbuckRedunca fulvorufula36,000[82]EN[82]Decrease[82]Value given is an estimate for total population ca. 1999.[82]
Red forest duiker

(Natal red duiker)

 Cephalophus natalensis42,000[83]LC[83]Decrease[83]Value given is an estimate for total population ca. 1999; may be an underestimate.[83]
KlipspringerOreotragus oreotragus42,000[84]LC[84]Steady[84]Value given is an estimate for total population ca. 1999; may be an underestimate.[84]
Goitered gazelleGazella subgutturosa42,000-49,000[85]VU[85]Decrease[85]Values given are estimate for number of mature individuals. Total population was estimated to be 120,000-140,000 individuals ca. 2001, but is expected to be lower now due to rapid declines.[85]
Bharal

(Blue sheep)

 Pseudois nayaur 47,000-414,000[86] LC[86] ?[86] Values given range from a "very conservative estimate" to "probably an overestimate."[86]
Mountain goatOreamnos americanus48,000-62,000[87]LC[87]Steady[87]Total population is estimated to be 80,700-117,200 individuals.[87]
Bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis 49,000[88]LC[88]Steady[88] Total population is estimated to be 82,655-84,000 individuals.[88]
Iberian ibex

(Iberian wild goat)

Capra pyrenaica50,000[89]LC[89]Increase[89]Total population is estimated to be 100,000 individuals.[89]
Pyrenean chamois

(Southern chamois)

 Rupicapra pyrenaica 50,000[90] LC[90] Increase[90] Value given is for number of mature individuals.[90]
Roan antelopeHippotragus equinus50,000-60,000[91]LC[91]Decrease[91]Total population was estimated to be 76,000 individuals ca. 1999.[91]
Sable antelopeHippotragus niger50,000-60,000[92]LC[92]Steady[92]Total population was estimated to be 75,000 individuals ca. 1999.[92]
Chinkara

(Indian gazelle)

 Gazella bennettii 50,000-70,000[93] LC[93] Decrease[93] Total population is estimated to be approximately 100,000 individuals.[93]
Alpine ibexCapra ibex53,000[94]LC[94]Steady[94]Value given is for total population.[94]
Bontebok Damaliscus pygargus 55,000[95] LC[95] Increase[95] Total population is estimated to be at least 78,503-79,369 individuals between two subspecies:[95]
  • D. p. phillipsi (>77,751)
  • D. p. pygargus (752 - 1,618)
Dall sheep

(Thinhorn sheep)

Ovis dalli57,600–75,600[96]LC[96]Steady[96]Total population is estimated to be 96,000 – 126,000 individuals.[96]
Royal antelopeNeotragus pygmaeus62,000[97]LC[97]Decrease[97]Value given is an estimate for total population ca. 1999; may be an underestimate.[97]
Giraffe

(Northern giraffe)

 Giraffa camelopardalis 68,293[98] VU[98] Decrease[98] Total population is estimated to be 97,562 individuals.

Note that some taxonomists recognize as many as eight different species of giraffe (see Giraffidae), though current IUCN assessment considers all populations to be within G. camelopardalis.[98]

However, as of 2025, the IUCN recognizes 3 additional species currently contained within the populations cited here.[99]
Wild goat Capra aegagrus 70,000[100] NT[100] Steady[100] Total population is estimated to be 110,000 individuals, not including populations in Pakistan and Afghanistan.[100]
Nilgai Boselaphus tragocamelus 70,000-100,000[101] LC[101] Steady[101] Values given are for number of mature individuals. A feral introduced population, numbering approximately 67,000 individuals, is established in Texas.[101]
Southern reedbuckRedunca arundinum73,000[102]LC[102]Steady[102]Value given is an estimate for total population ca. 1999.[102]
Lesser kuduTragelaphus imberbis80,000-100,000[103]NT[103]Decrease[103]Total population is estimated to be 118,000 individuals.[103]
Snow sheep Ovis nivicola 85,000-95,000[104] LC[104] ?[104] Values given are for total population (mid 1980s).[104]
Common elandTragelaphus oryx90,000-110,000[105]LC[105]Steady[105]Total population was estimated to be 136,000 individuals ca. 1999.[105]
SitatungaTragelaphus spekii90,000-120,000[106]LC[106]Decrease[106]Total population was estimated to be 170,000 individuals ca. 1999, but this was likely an overestimate.[106]
GerenukLitocranius walleri95,000[107]NT[107]Decrease[107]Value given is an estimate for total population ca. 1999.[107]
Sharpe's grysbokRaphicerus sharpei95,000[108]LC[108]Steady[108]Value given is an estimate for total population ca. 1999; may be an underestimate.[108]
Japanese serowCapricornis crispus100,000[109]LC[109]Steady[109]Value given is an estimate for total population ca. 1984; may be an underestimate.[109]
Black duikerCephalophus niger100,000[110]LC[110]Decrease[110]Value given is for total population ca. 1999.[110]
Tibetan gazelle

(Goa)

 Procapra picticaudata 100,000[111] NT[111] Decrease[111] Value given is for total population ca. 1998.[111]
Tibetan antelope

(Chiru)

 Pantholops hodgsonii 100,000-150,000[112] NT[112] Increase[112] Values given are lower and upper estimates of total population.[112]
Bohor reedbuckRedunca redunca101,000[113]LC[113]Decrease[113]Value given is for total population ca. 1999; likely an underestimate.[113]
Siberian ibex Capra sibirica 102,000-150,000[114]NT[114]Decrease[114] Total population is estimated to be 170,000-250,000 individuals.[114]
Argali Ovis ammon 107,000[115] NT[115] Decrease[115] Value given is for total population; could be a large overestimate.[115]
Hippopotamus

(Common hippopotamus)

 Hippopotamus amphibius115,000-130,000[116]VU[116]Steady[116]Values given are for total population.[116]
MuskoxOvibos moschatus127,102[117]LC[117]Decrease[117]Value given is for total population.[117]
PukuKobus vardonii130,000[118]NT[118]Decrease[118]Value is for total population ca. 1999.[118]
Grant's gazelleNanger granti140,000[119]LC[119]Decrease[119]Value given is for total population, but may be an underestimate.[119]
Thomson's gazelleEudorcas thomsonii145,000[120]LC[120]Decrease[120]Total population is estimated to be 207,361 individuals.[120]
Lechwe

(Southern lechwe)

 Kobus leche158,750[121]NT[121]Steady[121]Value is for total population. Four subspecies:[121]
  • K. l. leche (80,000)
  • K. l. kafuensis (78,000)
  • K. l. smithemani (49,036)
  • K. l. anselli (<1000)
Yellow-backed duikerCephalophus silvicultor160,000[122]NT[122]Decrease[122]Value is for total population ca. 1999.[122]
Red-flanked duikerCephalophus rufilatus170,000[123]LC[123]Decrease[123]Value is for total population ca. 1999.[123]
Weyns's duikerCephalophus weynsi188,000[124]LC[124]Decrease[124]Value is for total population ca. 1999.[124]
WaterbuckKobus ellipsiprymnus200,000[125]LC[125]Decrease[125]Value is for total population ca. 1999. Two subspecies:[125]
  • K. e. ellipsiprymnus (105,000)
  • K. e. defassa (95,000).
Bates's pygmy antelopeNeotragus batesi219,000[126]LC[126]?[126]Value is for total population ca. 1999.[126]
Water chevrotainHyemoschus aquaticus278,000[127]LC[127]Decrease[127]Value is for total population ca. 1999.[127]
Mongalla gazelle Eudorcas albonotata >278,000[128] LC[128] Steady[128] Value given is total population from an aerial survey in 2007, which may not have captured entire range.[128]
White-bellied duikerCephalophus leucogaster287,000[129]NT[129]Decrease[129]Value is for total population ca. 1999.[129]
Black-fronted duikerCephalophus nigrifrons300,000[130]LC[130]Decrease[130]Value is for total population ca. 1999.[130]
Chamois

(Northern chamois)

 Rupicapra rupicapra 300,000[131] LC[131] Steady[131]
Greater kuduTragelaphus strepsiceros300,000-350,000[132]LC[132]Steady[132]Total population was estimated to be 482,000 individuals ca. 1999.[132]
Tufted deer Elaphodus cephalophus 300,000-500,000[133] NT[133] Decrease[133] Value given is a best guess for total population, ca. 1998.[133]
VicuñaVicugna vicugna350,000[134]LC[134]Increase[134]Total population is estimated to be 473,297 – 527,691 individuals.[134]
HartebeestAlcelaphus buselaphus362,000[135]LC[135]Decrease[135]Value is for total population ca. 1999. Likely now an overestimate given steep declines of A. b. lelwel.[135]
SuniNesotragus moschatus365,000[136]LC[136]Steady[136]Value is for total population ca. 1999.[136]
GemsbokOryx gazella373,000[137]LC[137]Steady[137]Value given is for total population.[137]
Peters's duikerCephalophus callipygus382,000[138]LC[138]Decrease[138]Value is for total population ca. 1999.[138]
African buffaloSyncerus caffer398,000-401,000[139]NT[139]Decrease[139]Total population is estimated to be 569,000-573,000 individuals.[139]
Topi

(Tsessebe, Tiang)

 Damaliscus lunatus > 405,000[140] LC[140] Decrease[140] Value given is a rough estimate for total population, given a) 1999 estimate of 300,000 total individuals and b) a known underestimate of D. l. lunatus for this estimate by at least 105,000 individuals.[140]
Salt's dik-dikMadoqua saltiana485,600[141]LC[141]Steady[141]Value is for total population ca. 1999.[141]
Kob Kobus kob 500,000-1,000,000[142] LC[142] Decrease[142] Estimates for total population are broken down by subspecies:[142]
  • K. k. kob - 95,000 (1999)
  • K. k. thomasi - 100,000 (1999)
  • K. k. leucotis - > 753,572 (2007)
Mongolian gazelleProcapra gutturosa500,000-1,500,000[143]LC[143]Steady[143]Values given are for total population; could be an overestimate, with population as low as 400,000 individuals.[143]
Günther's dik-dikMadoqua guentheri511,000[144]LC[144]Steady[144]Value is for total population ca. 1999.[144]
SteenbokRaphicerus campestris> 600,000[145]LC[65]Steady[145]Value given is for total population, ca. 1999; considered to be an underestimate.[145]
Bay duikerCephalophus dorsalis725,000[146]NT[146]Decrease[146]Value is for total population ca. 1999.[146]
PronghornAntilocapra americana750,000[147]LC[147]Steady[147]Total population is estimated to be approximately 1 million individuals.[147]
OribiOurebia ourebi750,000[148]LC[148]Decrease[148]Value is for total population ca. 1999.[148]
Saiga antelopeSaiga tatarica922,600-988,500[149]NT[149]Increase[149]Total population is estimated to be 1,344,275 individuals, most of whom are in Kazakhstan population.[149]
Kirk's dik-dikMadoqua kirkii971,000[150]LC[150]Steady[150]Value is for total population ca. 1999.[150]
Siberian roe deerCapreolus pygargus1,000,000[151]LC[151]Decrease[151]Value is for total population ca. 1999. Likely now an overestimate.[151]
Bushbuck

(Harnessed bushbuck)

 Tragelaphus scriptus1,000,000-1,500,000[152]LC[152]Steady[152]Values given are estimate for number of mature individuals.[152]

Some taxonomists split this species into harnessed bushbuck (T. scriptus) and cape bushbuck (T. sylvaticus).[153] IUCN maintains both within T. scriptus.[152]
SpringbokAntidorcas marsupialis1,400,000-1,750,000[154]LC[154]Increase[154]Total population is estimated to be 2,000,000-2,500,000 individuals.[154]
MooseAlces alces1,440,000[155]LC[155]Increase[155]Value given is for total population, with an estimated 440,000 individuals in Europe, and 1 million in North America.[155]
GuanacoLama guanicoe1,498,170-2,192,300[156]LC[156]Increase[156]Values given are for total population.[156]
Blue wildebeest

(Common wildebeest)

 Connochaetes taurinus1,550,000[157]LC[157]Steady[157]Value given is for total population.[157]
ImpalaAepyceros melampus2,000,000[158]LC[158]Steady[158]Value is for total population ca. 1999.[158]
Maxwell's duikerPhilantomba maxwellii2,137,000[159]LC[159]Decrease[159]Value is for total population ca. 1999; may be an underestimate.[159]
Red deer Cervus elaphus 2,400,000[160] LC[160] Increase[160] Value is for European population ca. 2005; while this represents majority of its range, almost certainly an underestimate for global population.[160]
Reindeer

(Caribou)

 Rangifer tarandus 2,890,400[161] VU[161] Decrease[161] Value given is for total population.[161]
Blue duikerPhilantomba monticola7,000,000[162]LC[162]Decrease[162]Value is for total population ca. 1999; may be an underestimate.[162]
Common duikerSylvicapra grimmia10,000,000[163]LC[163]Decrease[163]Value given is most recent estimate for total population, ca. 2013. Previous 1999 estimate was for 1.66 million individuals.[163]
White-tailed deerOdocoileus virginianus11,500,000[164]LC[164]Steady[164]Estimated population in the United States and Canada only, with estimate of 11 million in the U.S. considered a minimum.[164]
Roe deer

(European roe deer)

 Capreolus capreolus 15,000,000[165] LC[165] Increase[165] Value given is for total population in central Europe. Populations in Italy and Turkey are estimated to be 10,000 and 6,000-8,000 individuals, respectively.[165]

Domestic species by population

Common name Binomial name Population Status Trend Notes Image
Bactrian camel Camelus bactrianus 952,000[166] Domestic Value given is estimate from 2016.[166]

The 2024 population estimate from the FAO for domestic camels (species not delineated) is 44,336,084 individuals.[167]
Llama Lama glama 3,000,000[168] Domestic Domestic form of the guanaco (L. guanicoe).[169]

The 2024 official figure from the FAO for number of domestic 'other camelids' (i.e., llamas and alpacas) is 8,621,586 individuals.[167]
Alpaca Lama pacos 3,000,000[168] Domestic Domestic form of the vicuña (V. vicugna).[169]

The 2024 official figure from the FAO for number of domestic 'other camelids' (i.e., llamas and alpacas) is 8,621,586 individuals.[167]
Dromedary camel Camelus dromedarius 30,000,000[170] Domestic Value given is estimate from 2019.[170]

The 2024 population estimate from the FAO for domestic camels (species not delineated) is 44,336,084 individuals.[167]
Water buffaloBubalus bubalis212,008,800[167]DomesticDomestic form of the wild water buffalo (B. arnee).[171]

Value given is the 2024 estimate for number of domestic buffalo worldwide, per the FAO.[167]
Domestic pigSus domesticus962,441,623[167]DomesticDomestic form of the wild boar (S scrofa).[172]

Value given is the 2024 official figure for number of domestic swine/pigs worldwide, per the FAO.[167]
Domestic goatCapra hircus1,187,524,236[167]DomesticDomestic form of the bezoar ibex (wild goat; C. aegagrus).[173]

Value given is the 2024 estimate for number of domestic goats worldwide, per the FAO.[167]
Domestic sheepOvis aries1,362,590,940[167]DomesticDomestic form of the mouflon (O. gmelini).[174]

Value given is the 2024 estimate for number of domestic sheep worldwide, per the FAO.[167]
CattleBos taurus1,578,614,149[167]DomesticDomestic form of the extinct aurochs (B. primigenius).[175]

Value given is the 2024 estimate for number of domestic cattle worldwide, per the FAO.[167]

Species without population estimates

See also

References

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