List of MAMMALIA species in Botswana



This is a list of MAMMALIA in Botswana 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
Damaliscus pygargus Bontebok 30208 LC
Damaliscus pygargus ssp. phillipsi Blesbok 30209 LC
Tragelaphus angasii Nyala 22052 LC
Ceratotherium simum White Rhinoceros 4185 NT
Xerus inauris South African Ground Squirrel 23145 LC
Connochaetes gnou Black Wildebeest 5228 LC
Rhinolophus simulator Bushveld Horseshoe Bat 19568 LC
Fukomys damarensis Damara Mole Rat 5753 LC
Mus setzeri Setzer's Pygmy Mouse 13981 LC
Elephantulus myurus Eastern Rock Sengi 42662 LC
Macroscelides proboscideus Karoo Round-eared Sengi 45369602 LC
Graphiurus platyops Rock Dormouse 9491 LC
Rhabdomys bechuanae West-Central South African Four-striped Grass Rat 112166182 LC
Dendromus mesomelas Brant's Climbing Mouse 6444 LC
Felis nigripes Black-footed Cat 8542 VU
Acomys selousi Selous's Spiny Mouse 47806307 LC
Raphicerus sharpei Sharpe's Grysbok 19307 LC
Cloeotis percivali Percival's Trident Bat 4983 LC
Parotomys brantsii Brants's Whistling Rat 16270 LC
Ceratotherium simum ssp. simum Southern White Rhino 39317 NT
Redunca fulvorufula Mountain Reedbuck 19391 EN
Redunca fulvorufula ssp. fulvorufula Southern Mountain Reedbuck 19394 EN
Smutsia temminckii South African Pangolin 12765 VU

 

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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)