List of mammals of Gibraltar
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Gibraltar. There are twenty-four mammal species in Gibraltar, of which one is critically endangered, one is endangered, three are vulnerable, and one is near threatened.[1]
The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed 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: Chiroptera (bats)
- Suborder: Microchiroptera
- Family: Vespertilionidae
- Genus: Myotis
- Greater mouse-eared bat, Myotis myotis Template:IUCN status extirpated
- Genus: Pipistrellus
- Soprano pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pygmaeus Template:IUCN status
- Genus: Miniopterus
- Schreibers' long-fingered bat, Miniopterus schreibersii Template:IUCN status
- Genus: Myotis
- Family: Molossidae
- Genus: Tadarida
- European free-tailed bat, Tadarida teniotis Template:IUCN status
- Genus: Tadarida
- Family: Rhinolophidae
- Subfamily: Rhinolophinae
- Genus: Rhinolophus
- Greater horseshoe bat, R. ferrumequinum Template:IUCN status extirpated[2]
- Lesser horseshoe bat, R. hipposideros Template:IUCN status extirpated
- Genus: Rhinolophus
- Subfamily: Rhinolophinae
- Family: Vespertilionidae
Order: Primates (monkeys, lemur-relatives, lemurs and apes)
- Family: Cercopithecidae
- Genus: Macaca
- Barbary macaque, M. sylvanus Template:IUCN status introduced[3]
- Genus: Macaca
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Order: Carnivora (carnivores)
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- Family: Canidae (dogs and foxes)
- Genus: Vulpes
- Red fox, Vulpes vulpes Template:IUCN status extirpated
- Genus: Vulpes
Infraorder (Order: Artiodactyla): Cetacea (dolphins and whales)
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- Suborder: Mysticeti
- Family: Balaenopteridae (rorquals)
- Genus: Balaenoptera
- Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus Template:IUCN status
- Common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata Template:IUCN status
- Genus: Balaenoptera
- Family: Balaenopteridae (rorquals)
- Suborder: Odontoceti
- Family: Physeteridae (sperm whales)
- Genus: Physeter
- Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus Template:IUCN status
- Genus: Physeter
- Family: Ziphiidae (beaked whales)
- Genus: Ziphius
- Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris Template:IUCN status
- Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
- Genus: Tursiops
- Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus Template:IUCN status
- Genus: Steno
- Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis Template:IUCN status
- Genus: Tursiops
- Genus: Stenella
- Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba Template:IUCN status
- Genus: Delphinus
- Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis Template:IUCN status
- Genus: Grampus
- Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus Template:IUCN status
- Genus: Globicephala
- Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas Template:IUCN status
- Genus: Orcinus
- Orca, Orcinus orca Template:IUCN status
- Genus: Ziphius
- Family: Physeteridae (sperm whales)
Order: Rodentia (rodents)
- Family: Muridae (rats and mice)
- Genus: Rattus
- Black rat, Rattus rattus Template:IUCN status introduced
- Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus Template:IUCN status introduced
- Genus: Mus
- House mouse, Mus musculus Template:IUCN status
- Genus: Rattus
Order: Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares)
- Family: Leporidae
- Genus: Oryctolagus
- European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus Template:IUCN status
- 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 Template:IUCN status extirpated
- Southeastern Spanish ibex, C. p. pyrenaica extirpated
- Iberian ibex, C. pyrenaica Template:IUCN status extirpated
- Subfamily: Caprinae
See also
- Barbary macaques in Gibraltar
- List of birds of Gibraltar
- List of chordate orders
- Lists of mammals by region
- Mammal classification
- List of mammals described in the 2000s
References
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- ↑ C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Barbary Macaque: Macaca sylvanus, Globaltwitcher.com, ed. N. Strõmberg Template:Webarchive
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