List of mammals of Azerbaijan Facts for Kids

This list shows the IUCN Red List status of mammal species occurring in Azerbaijan. One species is endangered, five are vulnerable, and 11 are near threatened. The following tags are used to highlight each species' global conservation status as assessed on the respective IUCN Red List published 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: Artiodactyla
Order: Carnivora
Order: Chiroptera
Order: Eulipotyphla
Order: Lagomorpha
Order: Rodentia
Locally extinct
See also

Order: Artiodactyla

East Caucasian tur

Goitered gazelle

Family: Bovidae
- Genus: Bison
  - European bison, B. bonasus reintroduced
    - Caucasian wisent, B. b. caucasicus
- Genus: Capra
  - Wild goat, C. aegagrus
  - East Caucasian tur, C. cylindricornis
- Genus: Gazella
  - Goitered gazelle, G. subgutturosa
- Genus: Ovis
  - Mouflon, O. gmelini
    - Armenian mouflon, O. g. gmelini
- Genus: Rupicapra
  - Chamois, R. rupicapra
Family: Cervidae
- Genus: Capreolus
  - Roe deer, C. capreolus
- Genus: Cervus
  - Red deer, C. elaphus
  - Sika deer, C. nippon introduced
Family: Suidae
- Genus: Sus
  - Wild boar, S. scrofa

Order: Carnivora

Leopard

Striped hyena

Least weasel

Marbled polecat

Family: Canidae
- Genus: Canis
  - Golden jackal, C. aureus
    - European jackal, C. a. moreoticus
  - Gray wolf, C. lupus
    - Steppe wolf, C. l. campestris
- Genus: Vulpes
  - Red fox, V. vulpes
Family: Felidae
- Genus: Felis
  - Jungle cat, F. chaus
  - European wildcat, F. silvestris
    - African wildcat, F. lybica
- Genus: Otocolobus
  - Pallas's cat, O. manul
- Genus: Lynx
  - Eurasian lynx, L. lynx
    - Caucasian lynx, L. l. dinniki
- Genus: Panthera
  - Leopard, P. pardus
    - Persian leopard, P. p. tulliana
Family: Ursidae
- Genus: Ursus
  - Brown bear, U. arctos
Family: Procyonidae
- Genus: Procyon
  - Common raccoon, P. lotor introduced
Family: Hyaenidae
- Genus: Hyaena
  - Striped hyena, H. hyaena
Family: Mustelidae
- Genus: Lutra
  - European otter, L. lutra
- Genus: Martes
  - Beech marten, M. foina
  - European pine marten, M. martes
- Genus: Meles
  - Caucasian badger, M. canescens
- Genus: Mustela
  - Stoat, M. erminea
  - Least weasel, M. nivalis
- Genus: Vormela
  - Marbled polecat, V. peregusna
Family: Phocidae
- Genus: Pusa
  - Caspian seal, P. caspica

Order: Chiroptera

Greater horseshoe bat

Western barbastelle

Serotine bat

Family: Vespertilionidae
- Genus: Barbastella
  - Western barbastelle, B. barbastellus
  - Asian barbastelle, B. leucomelas
- Genus: Eptesicus
  - Botta's serotine, E. bottae
  - Northern bat, E. nilssonii
  - Serotine bat, E. serotinus
- Genus: Hypsugo
  - Savi's pipistrelle, H. savii
- Genus: Miniopterus
  - Common bent-wing bat, M. schreibersii
- Genus: Myotis
  - Bechstein's bat, M. bechsteini
  - Lesser mouse-eared bat, M. blythii
  - Geoffroy's bat, M. emarginatus
  - Whiskered bat, M. mystacinus
  - Natterer's bat, M. nattereri
- Genus: Nyctalus
  - Lesser noctule, N. leisleri
  - Common noctule, N. noctula
- Genus: Plecotus
  - Brown long-eared bat, P. auritus
  - Grey long-eared bat, P. austriacus
- Genus: Pipistrellus
  - Kuhl's pipistrelle, P. kuhlii
  - Nathusius' pipistrelle, P. nathusii
  - Common pipistrelle, P. pipistrellus
  - Soprano pipistrelle, P. pygmaeus
- Genus: Vespertilio
  - Parti-coloured bat, V. murinus
Family: Molossidae
- Genus: Tadarida
  - European free-tailed bat, T. teniotis
Family: Rhinolophidae
- Genus: Rhinolophus
  - Blasius's horseshoe bat, R. blasii
  - Mediterranean horseshoe bat, R. euryale
  - Greater horseshoe bat, R. ferrumequinum
  - Lesser horseshoe bat, R. hipposideros
  - Mehely's horseshoe bat, R. mehelyi

Order: Eulipotyphla

Long-eared hedgehog

Family: Erinaceidae
- Genus: Erinaceus
  - Southern white-breasted hedgehog, E. concolor
- Genus: Hemiechinus
  - Long-eared hedgehog, H. auritus

Bicolored shrew

Family: Soricidae
- Genus: Crocidura
  - Caspian shrew, C. caspica
  - Gueldenstaedt's shrew, C. gueldenstaedti
  - Bicolored shrew, C. leucodon
- Genus: Neomys
  - Transcaucasian water shrew, N. teres
- Genus: Suncus
  - Etruscan shrew, S. etruscus
Family: Talpidae
- Genus: Talpa
  - Levant mole, T. levantis

Order: Lagomorpha

Family: Leporidae
- Genus: Lepus
  - European hare, L. europaeus
- Genus: Oryctolagus
  - European rabbit, O. cuniculus

Order: Rodentia

European snow vole

Harvest mouse

Indian porcupine

Caucasian squirrel

Small five-toed jerboa

Family: Calomyscidae
- Genus: Calomyscus
  - Urar mouse-like hamster, C. urartensis
Family: Cricetidae
- Genus: Arvicolinae
  - European water vole, A. amphibius
- Genus: Chionomys
  - Caucasian snow vole, C. gud
  - European snow vole, C. nivalis
  - Robert's snow vole, C. roberti
- Genus: Cricetulus
  - Grey hamster, C. migratorius
- Genus: Ellobius
  - Transcaucasian mole vole, E. lutescens
- Genus: Mesocricetus
  - Turkish hamster, M. brandti
- Genus: Microtus
  - Common vole, M. arvalis
  - Daghestan pine vole, M. daghestanicus
  - Major's pine vole, M. majori
  - Schelkovnikov's pine vole, M. schelkovnikovi
  - Social vole, M. socialis
Family: Dipodidae
- Genus: Allactaga
  - Small five-toed jerboa, A. elater
  - Williams' jerboa, A. williamsi
Family: Gliridae
- Genus: Dryomys
  - Forest dormouse, D. nitedula
- Genus: Glis
  - European edible dormouse, G. glis
  - Iranian edible dormouse, G. persicus
Family: Hystricidae
- Genus: Hystrix
  - Indian crested porcupine, H. indica
Family: Muridae
- Genus: Apodemus
  - Striped field mouse, A. agrarius
  - Caucasus field mouse, A. hyrcanicus
  - Black Sea field mouse, A. ponticus
  - Ural field mouse, A. uralensis
  - Steppe field mouse, A. witherbyi
- Genus: Meriones
  - Libyan jird, M. libycus
  - Midday jird, M. meridianus
  - Persian jird, M. persicus
  - Tristram's jird, M. tristami
  - Vinogradov's jird, M. vinogradovi
- Genus: Micromys
  - Eurasian harvest mouse, M. minutus
- Genus: Mus
  - House mouse, M. musculus
- Genus: Rattus
  - Brown rat, R. norvegicus introduced
  - Black rat, R. rattus
Family: Myocastoridae
- Genus: Myocastor
  - Coypu, M. coypus introduced
Family: Sciuridae
- Genus: Sciurus
  - Caucasian squirrel, S. anomalus
  - Red squirrel, S. vulgaris

Locally extinct

The following species are locally extinct in the country:

Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus
Moose, Alces alces
Wild horse, Equus ferus
Onager, Equus hemionus
Lion, Panthera leo
Tiger, Panthera tigris

List of mammals of Azerbaijan facts for kids

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