List of MAMMALIA species in Antarctica



This is a list of MAMMALIA in Antarctica 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_namecommon_nametaxonidcategory
Arctocephalus gazella Antarctic Fur Seal 2058 LC
Globicephala melas Long-finned Pilot Whale 9250 LC
Hydrurga leptonyx Leopard Seal 10340 LC
Berardius arnuxii Arnoux's Beaked Whale 2762 DD
Balaenoptera musculus ssp. intermedia Antarctic Blue Whale 41713 CR
Lagenorhynchus cruciger Hourglass Dolphin 11144 LC
Ommatophoca rossii Ross Seal 15269 LC
Balaenoptera bonaerensis Antarctic Minke Whale 2480 NT
Leptonychotes weddellii Weddell Seal 11696 LC
Hyperoodon planifrons Southern Bottlenose Whale 10708 LC
Lobodon carcinophaga Crabeater Seal 12246 LC
Eubalaena australis Southern Right Whale 8153 LC

 

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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups:
  • Extinct (EX) – beyond reasonable doubt that the species is no longer extant.
  • Extinct in the wild (EW) – survives only in captivity, cultivation and/or outside native range, as presumed after exhaustive surveys.
  • Critically endangered (CR) – in a particularly and extremely critical state.
  • Endangered (EN) – very high risk of extinction in the wild, meets any of criteria A to E for Endangered.
  • Vulnerable (VU) – meets one of the 5 red list criteria and thus considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction without further human intervention.
  • Near threatened (NT) – close to being at high risk of extinction in the near future.
  • Least concern (LC) – unlikely to become extinct in the near future.
  • Data deficient (DD)
  • Not evaluated (NE)