List of MAMMALIA species in Cameroon



This is a list of MAMMALIA in Cameroon 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
Lophuromys dieterleni Mount Oku Brush-furred Rat 45056 EN
Arctocebus calabarensis Calabar Angwantibo 2054 NT
Otomys burtoni Burton’s Vlei Rat 45071 EN
Mastomys kollmannspergeri Kollmannsperger's Mastomys 45092 LC
Piliocolobus preussi Preuss’s Red Colobus 41026 CR
Euoticus pallidus Northern Needle-clawed Galago 8266 LC
Cercopithecus erythrotis Red-eared Monkey 4218 VU
Allochrocebus preussi Preuss’s Monkey 4227 EN
Allochrocebus preussi ssp. preussi Mainland Preuss's Monkey 4244 EN
Dendromus oreas Cameroon Climbing Mouse 6448 LC
Hybomys eisentrauti Eisentraut's Striped Mouse 116990322 EN
Crocidura nigeriae Nigerian Shrew 41344 LC
Crocidura yankariensis Yankari Shrew 41367 LC
Mandrillus leucophaeus Drill 12753 EN
Aethomys stannarius Tinfields Rock Rat 575 DD
Sciurocheirus alleni Allen's Galago 8785 LC
Sylvisorex corbeti Corbet's Forest Shrew 48294480 DD
Sylvisorex morio Mt. Cameroon Forest Shrew 21221 EN
Genetta cristata Crested Genet 8998 VU
Redunca fulvorufula ssp. adamauae Western Mountain Reedbuck 19389 EN
Lamottemys okuensis Mt. Oku Rat 11202 EN
Taterillus lacustris Lake Chad Tateril 21526 LC
Gorilla gorilla ssp. diehli Cross River Gorilla 39998 CR
Pan troglodytes ssp. ellioti Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee 40014 EN
Lemniscomys mittendorfi Mittendorf's Lemniscomys 11486 LC
Otomys occidentalis Western Vlei Rat 15657 VU
Sylvisorex camerunensis 45051 VU
Hylomyscus grandis Mt Oku Hylomyscus 45054 EN
Lophuromys roseveari Roseveari's Brush-furred Mouse 45055 LC
Sylvisorex silvanorum Bamenda Pygmy Shrew 45954439 DD
Crocidura virgata 136602 LC
Lophuromys eisentrauti Mount Lefo Brush-furred Rat 136619 CR
Crocidura eisentrauti Eisentraut's Shrew 5565 VU
Crocidura manengubae Manenguba Shrew 5575 VU
Crocidura picea Pitch Shrew 5636 EN
Mops petersoni Peterson's Free-tailed Bat 13846 NT
Fukomys foxi Nigerian Mole Rat 5754 DD
Nycteris parisii Parisi's Slit-faced Bat 44695 DD
Crocidura batesi Bate's Shrew 40620 LC
Cephalophus ogilbyi ssp. ogilbyi Ogilby's Duiker 136878 VU
Praomys hartwigi Hartwig's Praomys 18113 VU
Praomys morio Cameroon Praomys 18118 EN
Rhinolophus hillorum Hill's Horseshoe Bat 44782 NT
Glauconycteris gleni Glen's Wattled Bat 44794 DD
Myosorex okuensis Oku Mouse Shrew 14112 VU
Myosorex rumpii Rumpi Mouse Shrew 14113 EN
Pipistrellus eisentrauti Eisentraut's Pipistrelle 44854 DD
Paraxerus cooperi Cooper's Mountain Squirrel 16206 DD
Hipposideros curtus Short-tailed Roundleaf Bat 10125 VU
Hybomys badius Cameroon Highland Hybomys 116989865 EN

 

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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)