List of MAMMALIA species in Belize
This is a list of MAMMALIA in Belize 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centurio senex | Lattice-winged Bat | 4133 | LC |
| Tylomys nudicaudus | Peter's Climbing Rat | 22573 | LC |
| Eumops underwoodi | Underwood's Bonneted Bat | 8248 | LC |
| Dasyprocta punctata | Central American Agouti | 89497686 | LC |
| Dermanura tolteca | Toltec Fruit-eating Bat | 2140 | LC |
| Coendou mexicanus | Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine | 20629 | LC |
| Ateles geoffroyi | Geoffroy’s Spider Monkey | 2279 | EN |
| Ateles geoffroyi ssp. yucatanensis | Yucatán Spider Monkey | 2290 | EN |
| Urocyon cinereoargenteus | Tree Fox | 22780 | LC |
| Sturnira parvidens | 88154376 | LC | |
| Pteronotus davyi | Davy's Naked-backed Bat | 18705 | LC |
| Heteromys desmarestianus | Desmarest's Spiny Pocket Mouse | 47804700 | LC |
| Hylonycteris underwoodi | Underwood's Long-tongued Bat | 10598 | LC |
| Balantiopteryx io | Thomas's Sac-winged Bat | 2532 | VU |
| Natalus mexicanus | Mexican Greater Funnel-eared Bat | 123984355 | LC |
| Dermanura watsoni | Thomas's Fruit-eating Bat | 99586593 | LC |
| Bassariscus sumichrasti | Cacomistle | 2613 | LC |
| Sylvilagus gabbi | Gabb's Cottontail | 87491157 | LC |
| Nyctomys sumichrasti | Vesper Rat | 14999 | LC |
| Nasua narica | White-nosed Coati | 41683 | LC |
| Tamandua mexicana | Northern Tamandua | 21349 | LC |
| Alouatta pigra | Yucatán Black Howler Monkey | 914 | EN |
| Lichonycteris obscura | Dark Long-tongued Bat | 88120245 | LC |
| Mazama pandora | Yucatan Brown Brocket | 29622 | VU |
| Reithrodontomys gracilis | Slender Harvest Mouse | 19408 | LC |
| Perimyotis subflavus | Eastern Pipistrelle | 17366 | VU |
| Tapirus bairdii | Baird's Tapir | 21471 | EN |
| Marmosa alstoni | Alston's Woolly Mouse Opossum | 13296 | LC |
| Ateles geoffroyi ssp. vellerosus | Mexican Spider Monkey | 39923 | CR |
| Carollia sowelli | Sowell’s Short-tailed Bat | 136268 | LC |
| Lasiurus intermedius | Northern Yellow Bat | 11352 | LC |
| Mazama temama | Central American Red Brocket | 136290 | DD |
| Orthogeomys hispidus | Hispid Pocket Gopher | 15549 | LC |
| Handleyomys alfaroi | Alfaro's Rice Rat | 15585 | LC |
| Rhogeessa tumida | Black-winged Little Yellow Bat | 19685 | LC |
| Oryzomys couesi | Coues's Rice Rat | 15592 | LC |
| Handleyomys rostratus | Long-nosed Rice Rat | 15612 | LC |
| Cryptotis mayensis | Yucatan Small-eared Shrew | 136488 | LC |
| Otonyctomys hatti | Hatt's Vesper Mouse | 15664 | LC |
| Ototylomys phyllotis | Big-eared Climbing Rat | 15666 | LC |
| Molossus sinaloae | Sinaloan Mastiff Bat | 13650 | LC |
| Cabassous centralis | Northern Naked-tailed Armadillo | 3412 | DD |
| Mimon cozumelae | Cozumelan Golden Bat | 136561 | LC |
| Cynomops mexicanus | Mexican Dog-faced Bat | 136611 | LC |
| Spilogale angustifrons | Southern Spotted Skunk | 136636 | LC |
| Pteronotus mesoamericanus | 88018392 | LC | |
| Lophostoma evotis | Davis's Round-eared Bat | 21986 | LC |
| Sciurus deppei | Deppe's Squirrel | 20001 | LC |
| Cryptotis tropicalis | Tropical Small-eared Shrew | 136757 | DD |
| Didelphis virginiana | Virginia Opossum | 40502 | LC |
| Mormoops megalophylla | Peters's Ghost-faced Bat | 13878 | LC |
| Marmosa mexicana | Mexican Mouse Opossum | 40504 | LC |
| Marmosa robinsoni | Robinson's Mouse Opossum | 40506 | LC |
| Sciurus yucatanensis | Yucatan Squirrel | 20026 | LC |
| Caluromys derbianus | Central American Woolly Opossum | 3650 | LC |
| Platyrrhinus helleri | Heller's Broad-nosed Bat | 88159886 | LC |
| Canis latrans | Coyote | 3745 | LC |
| Eumops nanus | 87994060 | LC | |
| Eumops ferox | 87994072 | LC | |
| Bauerus dubiaquercus | Van Gelder's Bat | 1789 | NT |
| Heteromys gaumeri | Gaumer's Spiny Pocket Mouse | 10007 | LC |
| Myotis elegans | Elegant Myotis | 14156 | LC |
| Myotis velifer | Cave Myotis | 14208 | LC |
| Vampyrodes major | 88151984 | LC |
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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups: