List of MAMMALIA species in Malawi



This is a list of MAMMALIA in Malawi 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
Hylomyscus arcimontensis 47968299 LC
Cephalophus natalensis Natal Red Duiker 4144 LC
Lophuromys machangui Machangu's Brush Furred Rat 47997166 DD
Nycteris woodi Wood's Slit-faced Bat 14939 LC
Epomophorus anselli 136351 DD
Myosorex gnoskei Nyika Burrowing Shrew 45954382 EN
Heliosciurus mutabilis Mutable Sun Squirrel 9831 LC
Elephantulus fuscus Dusky Sengi 42660 DD
Galagoides granti Grant's Dwarf Galago 40650 LC
Paraxerus lucifer Black And Red Bush Squirrel 16208 DD
Graphiurus johnstoni 44928 DD

 

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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)