List of MAMMALIA species in Benin



This is a list of MAMMALIA in Benin 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
Mops nanulus Dwarf Free-tailed Bat 13843 LC
Colobus vellerosus White-thighed Colobus 5146 VU
Tragelaphus eurycerus Bongo 22047 NT
Praomys derooi Deroo's Praomys 45095 LC
Tragelaphus eurycerus ssp. eurycerus Lowland Bongo 22058 NT
Funisciurus anerythrus Thomas's Rope Squirrel 8756 LC
Funisciurus leucogenys Orange Headed Tree Squirrel 8761 LC
Nycteris grandis Large Slit-faced Bat 14929 LC
Scotoecus albofuscus Light-winged Lesser House Bat 20054 DD
Mungos gambianus Gambian Mongoose 13922 LC
Cercocebus torquatus Collared Mangabey 4201 EN
Cercopithecus erythrogaster Red-bellied Guenon 4217 VU
Crossarchus platycephalus Flat-headed Cusimanse 41596 LC
Cercopithecus mona Mona Monkey 4222 LC
Dasymys rufulus West African Shaggy Rat 6272 LC
Uranomys ruddi Rudd's Mouse 22771 LC
Glauconycteris poensis Abo Bat 44798 LC
Perodicticus potto West African Potto 91995408 LC
Potamochoerus porcus Red River Hog 41771 LC
Dendromus messorius Banana Climbing Mouse 6445 LC
Atherurus africanus African Brush-tailed Porcupine 2353 LC
Procolobus verus Van Beneden's Colobus 18245 VU
Crocidura grandiceps Large-headed Forest Shrew 41321 NT
Hylomyscus pamfi 45955968 DD
Stochomys longicaudatus Target Rat 20863 LC
Hipposideros cyclops Cyclops Roundleaf Bat 10126 LC
Nanonycteris veldkampii Veldkamp's Bat 14333 LC
Pipistrellus inexspectatus Aellen's Pipistrelle 17343 DD
Arvicanthis rufinus Guinean Arvicanthis 44992 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)