List of MAMMALIA species in Lesotho



This is a list of MAMMALIA in Lesotho 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
Pronolagus saundersiae Hewitt's Red Rock Hare 136713 LC
Cryptomys natalensis Natal Mole-rat 111935513 LC
Pelea capreolus Grey Rhebok 16484 NT
Herpestes pulverulentus Cape Grey Mongoose 41600 LC
Chlorotalpa sclateri Sclater's Golden Mole 4766 LC
Rhabdomys dilectus Mesic Four-striped Grass Rat 112168645 LC
Genetta tigrina Cape Large-spotted Genet 41702 LC
Cistugo lesueuri Lesueur's Wing-gland Bat 44787 LC
Otomys sloggetti Sloggett's Vlei Rat 15659 LC
Pronolagus crassicaudatus Natal Red Rock Hare 41293 LC
Myosorex varius Forest Shrew 41382 LC
Mystromys albicaudatus White-tailed Rat 14262 VU
Otomys auratus Vlei Rat 110662638 NT
Crocidura flavescens Greater Red Musk Shrew 5628 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)