List of MAMMALIA species in Afghanistan
This is a list of MAMMALIA in Afghanistan according to the IUCN Red List.
This list was last updated 2019-09-14
This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.
Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.
| scientific_name | common_name | taxonid | category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spermophilus fulvus | Yellow Ground Squirrel | 20484 | LC |
| Hyaena hyaena | Striped Hyaena | 10274 | NT |
| Arvicola amphibius | Water Vole | 2149 | LC |
| Otonycteris leucophaea | Turkestani Loong-eared Bat | 85295233 | DD |
| Cervus hanglu | Hangul | 4261 | LC |
| Panthera uncia | Snow Leopard | 22732 | VU |
| Acinonyx jubatus | Cheetah | 219 | VU |
| Lynx lynx | Eurasian Lynx | 12519 | LC |
| Macaca mulatta | Rhesus Monkey | 12554 | LC |
| Ursus thibetanus | Himalayan Black Bear | 22824 | VU |
| Ochotona macrotis | Large-eared Pika | 41265 | LC |
| Ochotona rufescens | Afghan Pika | 41269 | LC |
| Nesokia indica | Short-tailed Bandicoot Rat | 14661 | LC |
| Petaurista petaurista | Common Giant Flying Squirrel | 16723 | LC |
| Lepus tibetanus | Desert Hare | 41307 | LC |
| Felis chaus | Swamp Cat | 8540 | LC |
| Lepus tolai | Tolai Hare | 41308 | LC |
| Canis aureus | Golden Jackal | 118264161 | LC |
| Crocidura gmelini | 41319 | LC | |
| Crocidura zarudnyi | Zarudny's Shrew | 41369 | LC |
| Vespertilio murinus | Particoloured Bat | 22947 | LC |
| Suncus murinus | House Shrew | 41440 | LC |
| Hystrix indica | Indian Crested Porcupine | 10751 | LC |
| Vulpes corsac | Corsac Fox | 23051 | LC |
| Marmota caudata | Long-tailed Marmot | 12825 | LC |
| Eptesicus gobiensis | Gobi Big Brown Bat | 41531 | LC |
| Nyctalus montanus | Mountain Noctule | 14923 | LC |
| Megaderma lyra | Greater False Vampire | 12938 | LC |
| Suncus etruscus | Pygmy White-toothed Shrew | 90389138 | LC |
| Martes flavigula | Yellow-throated Marten | 41649 | LC |
| Dryomys nitedula | Forest Dormouse | 6858 | LC |
| Herpestes auropunctatus | Small Indian Mongoose | 70204120 | LC |
| Ursus arctos | Brown Bear | 41688 | LC |
| Paradoxurus hermaphroditus | Common Palm Civet | 41693 | LC |
| Barbastella leucomelas | Eastern Barbastelle | 85181182 | LC |
| Blanfordimys afghanus | Afghan Vole | 2823 | LC |
| Blanfordimys bucharensis | Bucharian Vole | 2824 | LC |
| Gazella subgutturosa | Goitered Gazelle | 8976 | VU |
| Gazella bennettii | Chinkara | 8978 | LC |
| Tadarida aegyptiaca | Egyptian Guano Bat | 21312 | LC |
| Allactaga hotsoni | Hotson’s Five-toed Jerboa | 856 | LC |
| Meriones libycus | Libyan Jird | 13164 | LC |
| Meriones meridianus | Mid-day Gerbil | 13165 | LC |
| Meriones persicus | Persian Jird | 13166 | LC |
| Meriones zarudnyi | Zarundny's Jird | 13173 | DD |
| Gerbillus aquilus | Swarthy Gerbil | 9106 | LC |
| Rattus tanezumi | Oriental House Rat | 19366 | LC |
| Rattus pyctoris | Himalayan Rat | 19370 | LC |
| Alticola argentatus | Silver Mountain Vole | 949 | LC |
| Pipistrellus coromandra | Little Indian Bat | 17335 | LC |
| Pipistrellus javanicus | Javan Pipistrelle | 17344 | LC |
| Pipistrellus tenuis | Least Pipistrelle | 17368 | LC |
| Martes foina | Beech Marten | 29672 | LC |
| Vormela peregusna | European Marbled Polecat | 29680 | VU |
| Tatera indica | Indian Gerbil | 21514 | LC |
| Myotis bucharensis | Bokhara Whiskered Bat | 136219 | DD |
| Rhinolophus blasii | Blasius's Horseshoe Bat | 19515 | LC |
| Rhinolophus mehelyi | Mehely's Horseshoe Bat | 19519 | VU |
| Rhinolophus bocharicus | Bokhara Horseshoe Bat | 19526 | LC |
| Rhinolophus lepidus | Blyth's Horseshoe Bat | 19547 | LC |
| Neodon juldaschi | Juniper Vole | 13436 | LC |
| Microtus ilaeus | Tien Shan Vole | 13438 | LC |
| Allactaga williamsi | Williams’s Jerboa | 136326 | LC |
| Rhinopoma muscatellum | Small Mouse-tailed Bat | 19602 | LC |
| Microtus transcaspicus | Middle East Vole | 13459 | LC |
| Allactaga elater | Small Five-toed Jerboa | 47783095 | LC |
| Calomyscus elburzensis | Goodwin’s Brush-tailed Mouse | 136377 | LC |
| Rhombomys opimus | Great Gerbil | 19686 | LC |
| Otocolobus manul | Pallas's Cat | 15640 | NT |
| Myotis nipalensis | Nepal Myotis | 136495 | LC |
| Asellia tridens | Geoffroy's Trident Leaf-nosed Bat | 80221529 | LC |
| Ovis ammon | Argali | 15733 | NT |
| Ovis orientalis | Cyprus Mouflon | 15739 | VU |
| Cricetulus migratorius | Gray Dwarf Hamster | 5528 | LC |
| Capra sibirica | Siberian Ibex | 42398 | LC |
| Ellobius fuscocapillus | Afghan Mole-vole | 7654 | LC |
| Rhinopoma hardwickii | Lesser Mouse-tailed Bat | 82345477 | LC |
| Calomyscus baluchi | Pakistan Calomyscus | 3619 | LC |
| Moschus cupreus | Kashmir Muskdeer | 136750 | EN |
| Panthera leo | Lion | 15951 | VU |
| Panthera tigris | Tiger | 15955 | EN |
| Scotophilus heathii | Greater Asiatic Yellow House Bat | 20067 | LC |
| Eoglaucomys fimbriatus | Small Kashmir Flying Squirrel | 7781 | LC |
| Hemiechinus auritus | Long-eared Hedgehog | 40607 | LC |
| Paraechinus hypomelas | Brandt's Hedgehog | 40610 | LC |
| Capra falconeri | Markhor | 3787 | NT |
| Prionailurus bengalensis | Leopard Cat | 18146 | LC |
| Eptesicus nasutus | Sind Serotine Bat | 7935 | LC |
| Equus hemionus | Asiatic Wild Ass | 7951 | NT |
| Miniopterus schreibersii | Schreiber's Bent-winged Bat | 81633057 | NT |
| Cuon alpinus | Dhole | 5953 | EN |
| Myotis formosus | Hodgson's Bat | 14160 | LC |
| Myotis longipes | Kashmir Cave Bat | 14175 | DD |
| Myotis muricola | Whiskered Myotis | 14183 | LC |
| Apodemus pallipes | Himalayan Field Mouse | 1906 | LC |
| Hipposideros fulvus | Fulvus Leaf-nosed Bat | 10135 | LC |
| Spermophilopsis leptodactylus | Long-clawed Ground Squirrel | 20471 | LC |
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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups: