List of MAMMALIA species in Canada



This is a list of MAMMALIA in Canada 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
Eumetopias jubatus Steller's Sea Lion 8239 NT
Peromyscus leucopus White-footed Mouse 16669 LC
Peromyscus maniculatus North American Deermouse 16672 LC
Ochotona collaris Collared Pika 41257 LC
Ochotona princeps American Pika 41267 LC
Lepus americanus Snowshoe Hare 41273 LC
Lepus arcticus Arctic Hare 41274 LC
Lepus townsendii White-tailed Jackrabbit 41288 LC
Sylvilagus floridanus Eastern Cottontail 41299 LC
Sylvilagus nuttallii Nuttall's Cottontail 41300 LC
Cryptotis parva Least Shrew 41377 LC
Sorex arcticus Arctic Shrew 41385 LC
Sorex bendirii Marsh Shrew 41389 LC
Sorex cinereus Cinereus Shrew 41392 LC
Sorex dispar Long-tailed Shrew 41394 LC
Sorex fumeus Smoky Shrew 41396 LC
Sorex haydeni Hayden's Shrew 41399 LC
Sorex hoyi Pygmy Shrew 41400 LC
Sorex merriami Merriam's Shrew 41403 LC
Sorex monticolus Dusky Shrew 41405 LC
Sorex palustris American Water Shrew 41410 LC
Sorex preblei Preble's Shrew 41413 LC
Sorex trowbridgii Trowbridge's Shrew 41421 LC
Sorex tundrensis Tundra Shrew 41422 LC
Sorex ugyunak Barren Ground Shrew 41423 LC
Sorex vagrans Vagrant Shrew 41425 LC
Blarina brevicauda Northern Short-tailed Shrew 41451 LC
Condylura cristata Star-nosed Mole 41458 LC
Neurotrichus gibbsii Shrew-mole 41468 LC
Parascalops breweri Hairy-tailed Mole 41469 LC
Scalopus aquaticus Eastern Mole 41471 LC
Scapanus orarius Coast Mole 41474 LC
Scapanus townsendii Townsend's Mole 41475 LC
Phoca vitulina ssp. mellonae Freshwater Seal 17018 EN
Phoca vitulina ssp. concolor Western Atlantic Harbor Seal 17021 LC
Phoca vitulina ssp. richardii Eastern Pacific Harbor Seal 17022 LC
Phoca largha Spotted Seal 17023 LC
Phocoenoides dalli Dall's Porpoise 17032 LC
Mephitis mephitis Striped Skunk 41635 LC
Spilogale putorius Eastern Spotted Skunk 41636 VU
Martes americana American Marten 41648 LC
Martes pennanti Fisher 41651 LC
Taxidea taxus American Badger 41663 LC
Zalophus californianus Californian Sea Lion 41666 LC
Pagophilus groenlandicus Harp Seal 41671 LC
Pusa hispida Ringed Seal 41672 LC
Ursus americanus American Black Bear 41687 LC
Eubalaena japonica North Pacific Right Whale 41711 EN
Poliocitellus franklinii Franklin's Ground Squirrel 41787 LC
Vulpes lagopus Arctic Fox 899 LC
Glaucomys volans Southern Flying Squirrel 9240 LC
Corynorhinus townsendii Townsend's Big-eared Bat 17598 LC
Gulo gulo Wolverine 9561 LC
Marmota caligata Montague Island Hoary Marmot 42456 LC
Marmota flaviventris Yellow-bellied Marmot 42457 LC
Marmota monax Woodchuck 42458 LC
Sciurus carolinensis Gray Squirrel 42462 LC
Urocitellus columbianus Columbian Ground Squirrel 42466 LC
Callospermophilus lateralis Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel 42468 LC
Urocitellus richardsonii Richardson's Ground Squirrel 42561 LC
Callospermophilus saturatus Cascade Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel 42562 LC
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus Big Horn Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel 42564 LC
Neotamias amoenus Yellow-pine Chipmunk 42569 LC
Neotamias minimus Selkirk Least Chipmunk 42572 LC
Neotamias ruficaudus Red-tailed Chipmunk 42577 LC
Tamias striatus Eastern Chipmunk 42583 LC
Neotamias townsendii Townsend's Chipmunk 42584 LC
Tamiasciurus douglasii Douglas's Squirrel 42586 LC
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Red Squirrel 42587 LC
Geomys bursarius Plains Pocket Gopher 42588 LC
Thomomys talpoides Northern Pocket Gopher 42597 LC
Perognathus fasciatus Olive-backed Pocket Mouse 42608 LC
Perognathus parvus Great Basin Pocket Mouse 42610 LC
Napaeozapus insignis Woodland Jumping Mouse 42612 LC
Zapus hudsonius Meadow Jumping Mouse 42613 LC
Zapus princeps Pacific Jumping Mouse 42614 LC
Myodes gapperi Revillagigedo Island Red-backed Vole 42617 LC
Dicrostonyx groenlandicus Neartic Collared Lemming 42618 LC
Dicrostonyx hudsonius Ungava Collared Lemming 42619 LC
Dicrostonyx richardsoni Richardson's Collared Lemming 42622 LC
Lemmiscus curtatus Sagebrush Vole 42624 LC
Microtus chrotorrhinus Rock Vole 42626 LC
Microtus longicaudus Long-tailed Vole 42627 LC
Microtus xanthognathus Taiga Vole 42628 LC
Microtus miurus Singing Vole 42629 LC
Microtus montanus Pahranagat Valley Montane Vole 42630 LC
Microtus ochrogaster Prairie Vole 42631 LC
Microtus oregoni Creeping Vole 42632 LC
Microtus richardsoni Water Vole 42634 LC
Microtus pinetorum Woodland Vole 42633 LC
Phenacomys intermedius Western Heather Vole 42636 LC
Antilocapra americana Pronghorn 1677 LC
Phenacomys ungava Eastern Heather Vole 42637 LC
Synaptomys borealis Northern Bog Lemming 42638 LC
Synaptomys cooperi Southern Bog Lemming 42639 LC
Neotoma cinerea Bushy-tailed Woodrat 42673 LC
Oreamnos americanus Mountain Goat 42680 LC
Antrozous pallidus Pallid Bat 1790 LC
Aplodontia rufa Mountain Beaver 1869 LC
Balaena mysticetus Bowhead Whale 2467 LC
Balaena mysticetus Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Sea subpopulation Bowhead Whale Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Seas subpopulation 2468 LR/cd
Hyperoodon ampullatus Bottlehead 10707 DD
Eubalaena japonica Northeast Pacific subpopulation North Pacific Right Whale Northeast Pacific Subpopulation 133706 CR
Berardius bairdii Baird's Beaked Whale 2763 DD
Bison bison American Bison 2815 NT
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Pacific White-sided Dolphin 11145 LC
Reithrodontomys megalotis Southern Marsh Harvest Mouse 19410 LC
Eumetopias jubatus ssp. monteriensis Steller Sea Lion 17345844 LC
Callorhinus ursinus Northern Fur Seal 3590 VU
Sciurus niger Bryant's Fox Squirrel 20016 LC
Lissodelphis borealis Northern Right Whale Dolphin 12125 LC
Peromyscus keeni Keen's Mouse 135164 LC
Urocitellus parryii Arctic Ground Squirrel 20488 LC
Lontra canadensis Northern River Otter 12302 LC
Lynx canadensis Canada Lynx 12518 LC
Lynx rufus Bobcat 12521 LC
Marmota vancouverensis Vancouver Island Marmot 12828 CR
Myodes rutilus Northern Red-backed Vole 4975 LC
Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Hubbs's Beaked Whale 13243 DD
Mesoplodon stejnegeri Stejneger's Beaked Whale 13252 DD
Ovibos moschatus Muskox 29684 LC
Rangifer tarandus Reindeer 29742 VU
Sorex rohweri Olympic Shrew 136282 LC
Microtus pennsylvanicus Meadow Vole 13452 LC
Microtus townsendii Townsend's Vole 13487 LC
Mirounga angustirostris Northern Elephant Seal 13581 LC
Monodon monoceros Narwhal 13704 LC
Lemmus trimucronatus Brown Lemming 136712 LC
Sorex maritimensis Maritime Shrew 136779 LC
Myotis melanorhinus Dark-nosed Small-footed Myotis 136784 LC
Mustela nigripes Black-footed Ferret 14020 EN
Myotis californicus Californian Myotis 14150 LC
Myotis ciliolabrum Western Small-footed Myotis 14153 LC
Myotis evotis Long-eared Myotis 14157 LC
Myotis keenii Keen's Myotis 14171 LC
Myotis leibii Eastern Small-footed Myotis 14172 EN
Myotis lucifugus Little Brown Myotis 14176 EN
Myotis septentrionalis Northern Myotis 14201 NT
Myotis thysanodes Fringed Myotis 14206 LC
Myotis volans Long-legged Myotis 14210 LC
Myotis yumanensis Yuma Myotis 14213 LC
Cynomys ludovicianus Arizona Black-tailed Prairie Dog 6091 LC
Ursus maritimus Polar Bear 22823 VU
Ovis dalli Dall's Sheep 39250 LC
Dicrostonyx nunatakensis Ogilvie Mountains Collared Lemming 6567 LC
Vulpes velox Swift Fox 23059 LC
Dipodomys ordii Ord's Kangaroo Rat 6691 LC
Glaucomys sabrinus Northern Flying Squirrel 39553 LC
Zapus trinotatus Point Reyes Jumping Mouse 23192 LC
Odobenus rosmarus Walrus 15106 VU
Odobenus rosmarus ssp. rosmarus Atlantic Walrus 15108 NT
Onychomys leucogaster Northern Grasshopper Mouse 15338 LC
Odobenus rosmarus ssp. divergens Pacific Walrus 61963499 DD
Halichoerus grypus ssp. grypus Northwest Atlantic Gray Seal 61382004 LC
Ovis canadensis Bighorn Sheep 15735 LC
Enhydra lutris Sea Otter 7750 EN
Erethizon dorsatum North American Porcupine 8004 LC
Erignathus barbatus Bearded Seal 8010 LC
Erignathus barbatus ssp. barbatus Atlantic Bearded Seal 8012 LC
Erignathus barbatus ssp. nauticus Pacific Bearded Seal 8013 LC
Neovison macrodon Sea Mink 40784 EX
Eschrichtius robustus Gray Whale 8097 LC
Eschrichtius robustus western subpopulation Western Gray Whale 8099 EN
Euderma maculatum Spotted Bat 8166 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)