List of mammals of Gibraltar
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Gibraltar. There are twenty-four mammal species in Gibraltar, of which one is critically endangered, one is endangered, three are vulnerable, and one is near threatened.
The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
Extinct | No reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. | |
Extinct in the wild | Known only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized populations well outside its previous range. | |
Critically endangered | The species is in imminent risk of extinction in the wild. | |
Endangered | The species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. | |
Vulnerable | The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. | |
Near threatened | The species does not meet any of the criteria that would categorise it as risking extinction but it is likely to do so in the future. | |
Least concern | There are no current identifiable risks to the species. | |
Data deficient | There is inadequate information to make an assessment of the risks to this species. |
Order: [Chiroptera] (bats)
- Suborder: Microchiroptera
- *Family: Vespertilionidae
- **Genus: Myotis
- *** Greater mouse-eared bat, Myotis myotis
- **Genus: Pipistrellus
- *** Soprano pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pygmaeus
- **Genus: Miniopterus
- *** Schreibers' long-fingered bat, Miniopterus schreibersii
- *Family: Molossidae
- **Genus: Tadarida
- *** European free-tailed bat, Tadarida teniotis
Order: [Primates] (monkeys and humans)
- Family: Cercopithecidae
- *Genus: Macaca
- ** Barbary macaque, Macaca sylvanus
Order: [Carnivora] (carnivores)
- *Family: Canidae
- **Genus: Vulpes
- *** Red fox, Vulpes vulpes
Order: [Cetacea] (dolphins and whales)
- Suborder: Mysticeti
- *Family: Balaenopteridae
- **Genus: Balaenoptera
- *** Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
- *** Common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata
- Suborder: Odontoceti
- *Family: Physeteridae
- **Genus: Physeter
- *** Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus
- *Family: Ziphiidae
- **Genus: Ziphius
- *** Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris
- **Family: Delphinidae
- ***Genus: Tursiops
- **** Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
- ***Genus: Steno
- **** Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis
- **Genus: Stenella
- *** Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba
- ***Genus: Delphinus
- **** Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis
- ***Genus: Grampus
- **** Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus
- **Genus: Globicephala
- *** Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas
- ***Genus: Orcinus
- **** Orca, Orcinus orca
Order: [Rodent]ia (rodents)
- Family: Muridae
- *Genus: Rattus
- ** Black rat, Rattus rattus introduced
- ** Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus introduced
- *Genus: Mus
- ** House mouse, Mus musculus
Order: [Lagomorpha] (rabbits and hares)
- Family: Leporidae
- *Genus: Oryctolagus
- ** European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus
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