List of MAMMALIA species in Angola
This is a list of MAMMALIA in Angola 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equus quagga | Burchell's Zebra | 41013 | NT |
| Pedetes capensis | Spring Hare | 16467 | LC |
| Pelomys campanae | Bell Groove-toothed Swamp Rat | 16508 | LC |
| Pelomys fallax | Creek Groove-toothed Swamp Rat | 16509 | LC |
| Pelomys minor | Least Groove-toothed Swamp Rat | 16510 | LC |
| Pronolagus randensis | Jameson's Red Rock Hare | 41294 | LC |
| Crocidura hirta | Lesser Red Musk Shrew | 41323 | LC |
| Crocidura luna | Greater Gray-brown Musk Shrew | 41331 | LC |
| Crocidura mariquensis | Swamp Musk Shrew | 41334 | LC |
| Crocidura nigricans | Blackish White-toothed Shrew | 41345 | LC |
| Crocidura nigrofusca | Tenebrous Shrew | 41346 | LC |
| Crocidura olivieri | Olivier's Shrew | 41348 | LC |
| Crocidura parvipes | Small-footed Shrew | 41349 | LC |
| Petromus typicus | Dassie Rat | 16776 | LC |
| Petromyscus collinus | Pygmy Rock Mouse | 16778 | LC |
| Crocidura roosevelti | Roosvelt's Shrew | 41355 | LC |
| Petromyscus shortridgei | Shortridge's Rock Mouse | 16780 | LC |
| Crocidura turba | Turbo Shrew | 41363 | LC |
| Suncus lixus | Greater Dwarf Shrew | 41438 | LC |
| Suncus megalura | Climbing Shrew | 41446 | LC |
| Orycteropus afer | Aardvark | 41504 | LC |
| Aepyceros melampus ssp. petersi | Black-faced Impala | 549 | VU |
| Aepyceros melampus | Impala | 550 | LC |
| Funisciurus bayonii | Lunda Rope Squirrel | 8757 | DD |
| Funisciurus congicus | Congo Rope Squirrel | 8758 | LC |
| Aethomys bocagei | Bocage's Rock Rat | 568 | LC |
| Aethomys chrysophilus | Red Rock Rat | 569 | LC |
| Funisciurus pyrropus | Fire-footed Rope Squirrel | 8762 | LC |
| Aethomys kaiseri | Kaiser's Rock Rat | 572 | LC |
| Micaelamys namaquensis | Namaqua Rock Rat | 573 | LC |
| Aethomys nyikae | Nyika Rock Rat | 574 | LC |
| Nycticeinops schlieffeni | Schlieffen's Bat | 41533 | LC |
| Aethomys thomasi | Thomas's Rock Rat | 576 | LC |
| Galago moholi | Southern Lesser Galago | 8788 | LC |
| Miopithecus ogouensis | Northern Talapoin Monkey | 41570 | LC |
| Nandinia binotata | African Palm Civet | 41589 | LC |
| Atilax paludinosus | Marsh Mongoose | 41590 | LC |
| Crossarchus ansorgei | Angolan Cusimanse | 41594 | LC |
| Cynictis penicillata | Yellow Mongoose | 41597 | LC |
| Herpestes flavescens | Kaokoveld Slender Mongoose | 41599 | LC |
| Herpestes sanguineus | Slender Mongoose | 41606 | LC |
| Helogale parvula | Common Dwarf Mongoose | 41609 | LC |
| Herpestes ichneumon | Large Grey Mongoose | 41613 | LC |
| Mungos mungo | Banded Mongoose | 41621 | LC |
| Paracynictis selousi | Selous's Mongoose | 41622 | LC |
| Suricata suricatta | Meerkat | 41624 | LC |
| Ictonyx striatus | Zorilla | 41646 | LC |
| Poecilogale albinucha | African Striped Weasel | 41662 | LC |
| Civettictis civetta | African Civet | 41695 | LC |
| Genetta angolensis | Miombo Genet | 41696 | LC |
| Genetta maculata | Rusty-spotted Genet | 41699 | LC |
| Procavia capensis | Rock Hyrax | 41766 | LC |
| Phacochoerus africanus | Common Warthog | 41768 | LC |
| Potamochoerus larvatus | Bushpig | 41770 | LC |
| Alcelaphus buselaphus | Hartebeest | 811 | LC |
| Alcelaphus buselaphus ssp. lichtensteinii | Lichtenstein's Hartebeest | 812 | LC |
| Alcelaphus buselaphus ssp. caama | Red Hartebeest | 814 | LC |
| Gerbillurus paeba | Pigmy Gerbil | 9092 | LC |
| Gerbillurus setzeri | Setzer's Hairy-footed Gerbil | 9093 | LC |
| Lepus victoriae | African Savanna Hare | 41879 | LC |
| Pipistrellus rueppellii | Rüppel's Pipistrelle | 17361 | LC |
| Pipistrellus rusticus | Rusty Pipistrelle | 17362 | LC |
| Giraffa camelopardalis | Giraffe | 9194 | VU |
| Gorilla gorilla | Western Gorilla | 9404 | CR |
| Gorilla gorilla ssp. gorilla | Western Lowland Gorilla | 9406 | CR |
| Plerotes anchietae | Anchieta's Fruit Bat | 17618 | DD |
| Grammomys dolichurus | Woodland Thicket Rat | 9454 | LC |
| Grammomys kuru | Shining Thicket Rat | 9460 | LC |
| Graphiurus kelleni | Kellen's Dormouse | 9483 | LC |
| Graphiurus microtis | Small-eared Dormouse | 9485 | LC |
| Graphiurus monardi | Monard's Dormouse | 9486 | DD |
| Anomalurus derbianus | Derby's Flying Squirrel | 1550 | LC |
| Cricetomys ansorgei | East African Savannah Pouched Rat | 112256552 | LC |
| Lophuromys flavopunctatus | Yellow-spotted Brush-furred Rat | 47990318 | LC |
| Heliosciurus gambianus | Gambian Sun Squirrel | 9830 | LC |
| Antidorcas marsupialis | Springbok | 1676 | LC |
| Elephantulus brachyrhynchus | Short-snouted Sengi | 42658 | LC |
| Elephantulus intufi | Bushveld Sengi | 42661 | LC |
| Potamogale velox | Giant Otter Shrew | 18095 | LC |
| Praomys jacksoni | Jackson's Praomys | 18115 | LC |
| Aonyx capensis | African Clawless Otter | 1793 | NT |
| Aonyx congicus | Congo Clawless Otter | 1794 | NT |
| Heterohyrax brucei | Yellow-spotted Rock Hyrax | 9997 | LC |
| Hippopotamus amphibius | Hippopotamus | 10103 | VU |
| Caracal aurata | African Golden Cat | 18306 | VU |
| Hipposideros caffer | Sundevall's Roundleaf Bat | 10115 | LC |
| Hipposideros ruber | Noack's Roundleaf Bat | 10157 | LC |
| Hippotragus equinus | Roan Antelope | 10167 | LC |
| Hippotragus niger | Sable Antelope | 10170 | LC |
| Hippotragus niger ssp. variani | Giant Sable | 10169 | CR |
| Proteles cristata | Aardwolf | 18372 | LC |
| Protoxerus stangeri | African Giant Squirrel | 18386 | LC |
| Arctocebus aureus | Golden Potto | 2053 | LC |
| Arctocephalus pusillus | Australian Fur Seal | 2060 | LC |
| Arctocephalus tropicalis | Subantarctic Fur Seal | 2062 | LC |
| Arctocephalus pusillus ssp. pusillus | South African Fur Seal | 2066 | LC |
| Parahyaena brunnea | Brown Hyaena | 10276 | NT |
| Hybomys univittatus | Peters' Hybomys | 10283 | LC |
| Atelerix frontalis | Southern African Hedgehog | 2274 | LC |
| Hylomyscus alleni | Allen's Wood Mouse | 10594 | LC |
| Hylomyscus carillus | Angolan Hylomyscus | 10595 | LC |
| Balaenoptera borealis | Sei Whale | 2475 | EN |
| Balaenoptera musculus | Blue Whale | 2477 | EN |
| Balaenoptera physalus | Fin Whale | 2478 | VU |
| Hypsignathus monstrosus | Hammer-headed Fruit Bat | 10734 | LC |
| Hystrix cristata | Crested Porcupine | 10746 | LC |
| Kerivoula lanosa | Lesser Woolly Bat | 10977 | LC |
| Kobus leche | Southern Lechwe | 11033 | NT |
| Kobus ellipsiprymnus | Waterbuck | 11035 | LC |
| Kobus vardonii | Puku | 11037 | NT |
| Kobus ellipsiprymnus ssp. ellipsiprymnus | Common Waterbuck | 11039 | LC |
| Kobus ellipsiprymnus ssp. defassa | Defassa Waterbuck | 11040 | NT |
| Kobus leche ssp. leche | Red Lechwe | 11044 | NT |
| Raphicerus campestris | Steenbok | 19308 | LC |
| Laephotis angolensis | Angolan Long-eared Bat | 11135 | DD |
| Laephotis botswanae | Botswanan Long-eared Bat | 11136 | LC |
| Lagenodelphis hosei | Fraser's Dolphin | 11140 | LC |
| Lagenorhynchus obscurus | Dusky Dolphin | 11146 | LC |
| Redunca arundinum | Southern Reedbuck | 19390 | LC |
| Rhinolophus clivosus | Cretzschmar's Horseshoe Bat | 19531 | LC |
| Rhinolophus denti | Dent's Horseshoe Bat | 19538 | LC |
| Rhinolophus fumigatus | Rüppell's Horseshoe Bat | 19541 | LC |
| Rhinolophus landeri | Lander's Horseshoe Bat | 19546 | LC |
| Lemniscomys griselda | Griselda's Striped Grass Mouse | 11489 | LC |
| Lemniscomys rosalia | Single-striped Grass Mouse | 11493 | LC |
| Lemniscomys striatus | Typical Lemniscomys | 11495 | LC |
| Megaloglossus woermanni | Woermann's Bat | 84462869 | LC |
| Saccolaimus peli | Pel's Pouched Bat | 19801 | LC |
| Saccostomus campestris | Pouched Mouse | 19808 | LC |
| Leptailurus serval | Serval | 11638 | LC |
| Myonycteris torquata | Little Collared Fruit Bat | 84463104 | LC |
| Scotoecus hirundo | Dark-winged Lesser House Bat | 20055 | LC |
| Scotophilus dinganii | African Yellow Bat | 20066 | LC |
| Scotophilus leucogaster | White-bellied Yellow Bat | 20069 | LC |
| Hipposideros gigas | Giant Leaf-nosed Bat | 44687 | LC |
| Sauromys petrophilus | Roberts's Flat-headed Bat | 44693 | LC |
| Epomophorus crypturus | Peters's Epauletted Fruit Bat | 44697 | LC |
| Lissonycteris angolensis | Angolan Rousette | 44698 | LC |
| Canis adustus | Side-striped Jackal | 3753 | LC |
| Canis mesomelas | Black-backed Jackal | 3755 | LC |
| Cistugo seabrae | Seabra's Wing-gland Bat | 44788 | LC |
| Glauconycteris argentata | Silvered Bat | 44790 | LC |
| Glauconycteris beatrix | Beatrix's Bat | 44791 | LC |
| Glauconycteris machadoi | Machado's Butterfly Bat | 44797 | DD |
| Glauconycteris variegata | Butterfly Bat | 44800 | LC |
| Pipistrellus anchietae | Anchieta's Pipistrelle | 44851 | LC |
| Pipistrellus crassulus | Broad-headed Pipistrelle | 44853 | LC |
| Anomalurus beecrofti | Beecroft's Scaly-tailed Squirrel | 44857 | LC |
| Miniopterus natalensis | Natal Clinging Bat | 44862 | LC |
| Graphiurus angolensis | Angolan African Dormouse | 44915 | DD |
| Neoromicia capensis | Cape Serotine | 44918 | LC |
| Neoromicia flavescens | Yellow Serotine | 44919 | DD |
| Neoromicia nana | Banana Bat | 44923 | LC |
| Neoromicia tenuipinnis | White-winged Serotine | 44926 | LC |
| Neoromicia zuluensis | Zulu Pipistrelle Bat | 44927 | LC |
| Sousa teuszii | Teusz's Dolphin | 20425 | CR |
| Otomys cuanzensis | Cuanza Vlei Rat | 45065 | LC |
| Lophocebus aterrimus | Black Mangabey | 12310 | NT |
| Myomyscus angolensis | Angolan Multimammate Mouse | 45091 | LC |
| Cephalophus dorsalis | Bay Duiker | 4139 | NT |
| Philantomba monticola | Blue Duiker | 4143 | LC |
| Cephalophus nigrifrons | Black-fronted Duiker | 4146 | LC |
| Cephalophus silvicultor | Yellow-backed Duiker | 4150 | NT |
| Cephalorhynchus heavisidii | Heaviside's Dolphin | 4161 | NT |
| Lophuromys sikapusi | Rusty-bellied Brush-furred Rat | 12356 | LC |
| Loxodonta africana | African Elephant | 12392 | VU |
| Cercopithecus ascanius | Red-tailed Monkey | 4212 | LC |
| Cercopithecus cephus | Moustached Monkey | 4214 | LC |
| Cercopithecus mitis | Blue Monkey | 4221 | LC |
| Cercopithecus neglectus | De Brazza’s Monkey | 4223 | LC |
| Hydrictis maculicollis | Spotted-necked Otter | 12420 | NT |
| Lycaon pictus | African Wild Dog | 12436 | EN |
| Chaerephon ansorgei | Ansorge's Free-tailed Bat | 4306 | LC |
| Chaerephon chapini | Long-crested Free-tailed Bat | 4310 | LC |
| Chaerephon nigeriae | Nigerian Free-tailed Bat | 4315 | LC |
| Chaerephon pumilus | Lesser Free-tailed Bat | 4317 | LC |
| Steatomys krebsii | Kreb's Fat Mouse | 20720 | LC |
| Steatomys parvus | Tiny Fat Mouse | 20721 | LC |
| Steatomys pratensis | Fat Mouse | 20722 | LC |
| Hipposideros vittatus | Commerson's Leafnosed Bat | 135485 | NT |
| Giraffa camelopardalis ssp. angolensis | Angolan Giraffe | 88420726 | LC |
| Madoqua kirkii | Kirk's Dik-dik | 12670 | LC |
| Malacomys longipes | Big-eared Swamp Rat | 12704 | LC |
| Malacothrix typica | Gerbil Mouse | 12712 | LC |
| Phataginus tricuspis | African White-bellied Pangolin | 12767 | VU |
| Hylomyscus anselli | 47968796 | LC | |
| Mastomys coucha | Southern Multimammate Mouse | 12865 | LC |
| Mastomys natalensis | Natal Multimammate Mouse | 12868 | LC |
| Mastomys shortridgei | Shortridge's Multimammate Mouse | 12869 | LC |
| Hylomyscus heinrichorum | Heinrich's Wood Mouse | 111653543 | DD |
| Triaenops afer | African Trident Bat | 81081036 | LC |
| Sylvicapra grimmia | Common Duiker | 21203 | LC |
| Syncerus caffer | African Buffalo | 21251 | NT |
| Mesoplodon densirostris | Blainville's Beaked Whale | 13244 | DD |
| Taphozous mauritianus | Mauritian Tomb Bat | 21460 | LC |
| Coleura afra | African Sheath-tailed Bat | 5113 | LC |
| Gerbilliscus boehmi | Boehm's Gerbil | 21510 | LC |
| Gerbilliscus brantsii | Highveld Gerbil | 21511 | LC |
| Gerbilliscus leucogaster | Bushveld Gerbil | 21516 | LC |
| Gerbilliscus validus | Savanna Gerbil | 21520 | LC |
| Colobus angolensis | Angolan Black-and-white Colobus | 5142 | LC |
| Colomys goslingi | African Wading Rat | 5151 | LC |
| Praomys tullbergi | Tullberg's Soft-furred Mouse | 48018502 | LC |
| Micropteropus intermedius | Hayman's Lesser Epauletted Fruit Bat | 13401 | DD |
| Micropteropus pusillus | Peter's Dwarf Epauletted Fruit Bat | 13402 | LC |
| Chlorocebus cynosuros | Malbrouck Monkey | 136291 | LC |
| Connochaetes taurinus | Common Wildebeest | 5229 | LC |
| Thallomys nigricauda | Black-tailed Tree Rat | 21691 | LC |
| Thallomys paedulcus | Acacia Rat | 21692 | LC |
| Praomys coetzeei | Coetzee's Soft-furred Mouse | 48018659 | DD |
| Mimetillus moloneyi | Moloney's Flat-headed Bat | 13556 | LC |
| Miniopterus minor | Least Long-fingered Bat | 13568 | DD |
| Miopithecus talapoin | Southern Talapoin Monkey | 13572 | LC |
| Mirounga leonina | Southern Elephant Seal | 13583 | LC |
| Cricetomys emini | Giant Rat | 5521 | LC |
| Steatomys bocagei | 136625 | LC | |
| Crocidura erica | Heather Shrew | 5626 | DD |
| Mops condylurus | Knob-tailed Mops Bat | 13838 | LC |
| Mops niveiventer | White-bellied Free-tailed Bat | 13845 | LC |
| Tragelaphus scriptus | Bushbuck | 22051 | LC |
| Tragelaphus spekii | Sitatunga | 22050 | LC |
| Tragelaphus oryx | Common Eland | 22055 | LC |
| Tragelaphus strepsiceros | Greater Kudu | 22054 | LC |
| Crocuta crocuta | Spotted Hyaena | 5674 | LC |
| Trichechus senegalensis | Seacow | 22104 | VU |
| Fukomys bocagei | Bocage's Mole Rat | 5752 | LC |
| Fukomys mechowii | Mechow's Mole Rat | 5756 | LC |
| Mus callewaerti | Callewaert's Mouse | 13955 | DD |
| Mus indutus | Desert Pygmy Mouse | 13964 | LC |
| Papio kindae | Kinda Yellow Baboon | 136848 | LC |
| Mus minutoides | Pygmy Mouse | 13970 | LC |
| Perodicticus edwardsi | Milne-Edwards's Potto | 136852 | LC |
| Mus triton | Gray-bellied Pygmy Mouse | 13988 | LC |
| Aepyceros melampus ssp. melampus | Common Impala | 136944 | LC |
| Myotis bocagii | Rufous Mouse-eared Bat | 14148 | LC |
| Myotis welwitschii | Welwitch's Bat | 14211 | LC |
| Damaliscus lunatus | Topi | 6235 | LC |
| Damaliscus lunatus ssp. lunatus | Tsessebe | 6240 | LC |
| Dasymys incomtus | Common Dasymys | 6269 | LC |
| Dasymys nudipes | Angolan Marsh Rat | 6271 | DD |
| Dendrohyrax arboreus | Southern Tree Hyrax | 6409 | LC |
| Dendromus melanotis | Gray African Climbing Mouse | 6443 | LC |
| Dendromus mystacalis | Chestnut Climbing Mouse | 6446 | LC |
| Dendromus nyikae | Nyika Climbing Mouse | 6447 | LC |
| Dendromus vernayi | Vernay's Climbing Mouse | 6449 | DD |
| Desmodillus auricularis | Cape Short-eared Gerbil | 6509 | LC |
| Diceros bicornis | Black Rhinoceros | 6557 | CR |
| Rhinolophus darlingi | Darling's Horseshoe Bat | 67369483 | LC |
| Vulpes chama | Cape Fox | 23060 | LC |
| Nycteris arge | Bate's Slit-faced Bat | 14926 | LC |
| Nycteris hispida | Hairy Slit-faced Bat | 14930 | LC |
| Nycteris intermedia | Intermediate Slit-faced Bat | 14931 | LC |
| Nycteris macrotis | Large-eared Slit-faced Bat | 14933 | LC |
| Nycteris nana | Dwarf Slit-faced Bat | 14935 | LC |
| Nycteris thebaica | Egyptian Slit-faced Bat | 14936 | LC |
| Xerus princeps | Damara Ground Squirrel | 23146 | LC |
| Zelotomys hildegardeae | Hildegarde's Zelotomys | 23197 | LC |
| Zelotomys woosnami | Woosnam's Broad-headed Mouse | 23196 | LC |
| Oenomys hypoxanthus | Rufous-nosed Rat | 15164 | LC |
| Pipistrellus grandidieri | Dobson's Pipistrelle | 85736277 | DD |
| Rhinolophus damarensis | 67369846 | LC | |
| Eidolon helvum | Straw-coloured Fruit Bat | 7084 | NT |
| Colobus satanas ssp. satanas | Bioko Black Colobus | 40008 | EN |
| Oreotragus oreotragus | Klipspringer | 15485 | LC |
| Oryx gazella | Gemsbok | 15573 | LC |
| Otocyon megalotis | Bat-eared Fox | 15642 | LC |
| Otomops martiensseni | Large-eared Free-tailed Bat | 15648 | NT |
| Otomys anchietae | Angolan Vlei Rat | 15651 | LC |
| Otomys angoniensis | Angoni Vlei Rat | 15652 | LC |
| Ourebia ourebi | Oribi | 15730 | LC |
| Pan troglodytes | Chimpanzee | 15933 | EN |
| Pan troglodytes ssp. troglodytes | Central Chimpanzee | 15936 | EN |
| Huetia leucorhina | Congo Golden Mole | 40597 | DD |
| Papio ursinus | Chacma Baboon | 16022 | LC |
| Chrysochloris stuhlmanni | Stuhlmann's Golden Mole | 40601 | LC |
| Crocidura cyanea | Reddish-gray Musk Shrew | 40625 | LC |
| Crocidura fuscomurina | Tiny Musk Shrew | 40633 | LC |
| Galagoides demidoff | Demidoff's Dwarf Galago | 40649 | LC |
| Galagoides thomasi | Thomas's Dwarf Galago | 40653 | LC |
| Epomophorus angolensis | Angolan Epauletted Fruit Bat | 7901 | NT |
| Epomophorus grandis | Lesser Angolan Epauletted Fruit Bat | 7902 | DD |
| Epomophorus gambianus | Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat | 7903 | LC |
| Epomophorus wahlbergi | Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat | 7906 | LC |
| Epomops dobsonii | Dobson's Fruit Bat | 7908 | LC |
| Epomops franqueti | Franquet's Epauletted Fruit Bat | 7909 | LC |
| Eptesicus hottentotus | Long-tailed House Bat | 7931 | LC |
| Equus zebra ssp. hartmannae | Hartmann's Mountain Zebra | 7958 | VU |
| Equus zebra | Hartmann's Mountain Zebra | 7960 | VU |
| Paraxerus cepapi | Smith's Bush Squirrel | 16205 | LC |
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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups: