List of MAMMALIA species in Nigeria



This is a list of MAMMALIA in Nigeria 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
Piliocolobus epieni Niger Delta Red Colobus 41024 CR
Oreotragus oreotragus ssp. porteousi Western Klipspringer 15484 EN
Dasymys foxi Fox's Shaggy Rat 6268 DD
Cercopithecus sclateri Sclater's Monkey 4229 EN
Praomys obscurus 41211 EN
Eptesicus platyops Lagos Serotine 7937 DD
Crocidura planiceps Flat-headed Shrew 41351 DD
Crocidura longipes Savanna Swamp Shrew 5571 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)