List of mammals of Gibraltar
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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Gibraltar by the Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society. There are twenty-four wild mammal species in Gibraltar, of which one is critically endangered, one is endangered, three are vulnerable, and one is near threatened.[1]
| Icons which state each species' global IUCN status: | ||
|---|---|---|
| CR | Critically Endangered | In imminent risk of extinction in the wild |
| EN | Endangered | Facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild |
| VU | Vulnerable | Facing a high risk of extinction in the wild |
| NT | Near Threatened | Doesn't meet any of the criteria that would categorise it as risking extinction but likely to in the future |
| LC | Least Concern | No current identifiable risks to this species |
| DD | Data Deficient | Inadequate information to make an assessment of the risks to this species |
Order: Chiroptera (bats)
- Suborder: Microchiroptera
- Family: Vespertilionidae
- Genus: Myotis
- Greater mouse-eared bat, Myotis myotis LC extirpated
- Genus: Pipistrellus
- Soprano pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pygmaeus DD
- Genus: Miniopterus
- Schreibers' long-fingered bat, Miniopterus schreibersii DD
- Genus: Myotis
- Family: Molossidae
- Genus: Tadarida
- European free-tailed bat, Tadarida teniotis DD
- Genus: Tadarida
- Family: Rhinolophidae
- Subfamily: Rhinolophinae
- Genus: Rhinolophus
- Greater horseshoe bat, R. ferrumequinum LC extirpated[2]
- Lesser horseshoe bat, R. hipposideros LC extirpated
- Genus: Rhinolophus
- Subfamily: Rhinolophinae
- Family: Vespertilionidae
Order: Primates (monkeys, lemur-relatives, lemurs and apes)
- Family: Cercopithecidae
- Genus: Macaca
- Barbary macaque, M. sylvanus EN introduced[3]
- Genus: Macaca
Order: Carnivora (carnivores)
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Infraorder (Order: Artiodactyla): Cetacea (dolphins and whales)
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- Suborder: Mysticeti
- Family: Balaenopteridae (rorquals)
- Genus: Balaenoptera
- Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus VU
- Common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata LC
- Genus: Balaenoptera
- Family: Balaenopteridae (rorquals)
- Suborder: Odontoceti
- Family: Physeteridae (sperm whales)
- Genus: Physeter
- Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus EN
- Genus: Physeter
- Family: Ziphiidae (beaked whales)
- Genus: Ziphius
- Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris VU
- Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
- Genus: Tursiops
- Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus VU
- Genus: Steno
- Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis DD
- Genus: Tursiops
- Genus: Stenella
- Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba VU
- Genus: Delphinus
- Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis EN
- Genus: Grampus
- Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus DD
- Genus: Globicephala
- Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas DD
- Genus: Orcinus
- Genus: Ziphius
- Family: Physeteridae (sperm whales)
Order: Rodentia (rodents)
Order: Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares)
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- Family: Leporidae
- Genus: Oryctolagus
- European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus EN
- Genus: Oryctolagus
Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
The even-toed ungulates are ungulates whose weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in perissodactyls. There are about 220 artiodactyl species, including many that are of great economic importance to humans.
- Family: Bovidae (bovids)
- Subfamily: Caprinae
- Iberian ibex, C. pyrenaica LC extirpated
- Southeastern Spanish ibex, C. p. pyrenaica extirpated
- Iberian ibex, C. pyrenaica LC extirpated
- Subfamily: Caprinae
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