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:

Template:IUCN status	Extinct	No reasonable doubt that the last individual has died.
Template:IUCN status	Extinct in the wild	Known only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized populations well outside its previous range.
Template:IUCN status	Critically endangered	The species is in imminent risk of extinction in the wild.
Template:IUCN status	Endangered	The species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
Template:IUCN status	Vulnerable	The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
Template:IUCN status	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.
Template:IUCN status	Least concern	There are no current identifiable risks to the species.
Template:IUCN status	Data deficient	There is inadequate information to make an assessment of the risks to this species.

Order: Artiodactyla

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East Caucasian tur

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Goitered gazelle

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

Order: Carnivora

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Leopard

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Striped hyena

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Least weasel

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Marbled polecat

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

Order: Chiroptera

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Greater horseshoe bat

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Western barbastelle

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Serotine bat

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

Order: Eulipotyphla

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Long-eared hedgehog

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

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Bicolored shrew

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

Order: Lagomorpha

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

Order: Rodentia

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European snow vole

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Harvest mouse

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Indian porcupine

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Caucasian squirrel

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Small five-toed jerboa

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

References

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List of mammals of Azerbaijan

Contents

Order: Artiodactyla

Order: Carnivora

Order: Chiroptera

Order: Eulipotyphla

Order: Lagomorpha

Order: Rodentia

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See also

References

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Order: Artiodactyla

Order: Carnivora

Order: Chiroptera

Order: Eulipotyphla

Order: Lagomorpha

Order: Rodentia

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