Mammals
of the World

Allen Chartier's photographs of
mammals from around the world.
Total Species (133) Click here for Taxonomic List
NORTH AMERICA (69)
Least Shrew(Cryptotis parva) [Ontario]
Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis) [Ontario]
Silver-haired Bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) [Michigan, in captivity]
Western Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus hesperus) [New Mexico]
Eastern Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus)
[Missouri]

Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus) [Michigan]
Mexican Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) [New Mexico]
American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) [Arizona]
Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos) [Alaska]
Common Raccoon
(Procyon lotor) [Michigan]
American Mink (Mustela vison) [Michigan]
Sea Otter
(Enhydra lutris) [Alaska]
Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis) [Michigan]
Hooded Skunk (Mephitis macroura) [Arizona]
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) [Michigan, Japan]
Steller's Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus) [Oregon]
California Sea Lion
(Zalophus californianus) [California, Galapagos]
Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) [Alaska, Massachussetts]
Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga_angustirostris) [California]
Woodchuck (Marmota monax) [Michigan]
Yellow-bellied Marmot (Marmota flaviventris) [Colorado]
White-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys leucurus) [Colorado]
Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) [Wyoming]
Gunnison's Prairie Dog (Cynomys gunnisoni) [New Mexico]
California Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi) [California]
Rock Squirrel (Spermophilus variegatus) [Arizona]
Richardson's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii) [Alberta]
Belding's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus beldingi) [California]
Arctic Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus parryi) [Alaska]
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus) [Manitoba]
Spotted Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus spilosoma) [Colorado]
Franklin's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus franklinii) [Manitoba]
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus lateralis) [Colorado, California]
Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus) [Michigan]
Least Chipmunk (Tamias minimus) [British Columbia]
Townsend's Chipmunk (Tamias townsendii) [California]
Cliff Chipmunk (Tamias dorsalis) [Arizona]
Yellow Pine Chipmunk (Tamias amoenus) [Washington]
Merriam's Chipmunk (Tamias merriami) [California]
Uinta Chipmunk (Tamias umbrinus) [Utah]
Abert's Squirrel (Sciurus aberti) [Arizona]
Eastern Gray Squirrel
(Sciurus carolinensis) [Michigan]
Arizona Gray Squirrel (Sciurus arizonensis) [Arizona]

Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) [Michigan]
Mexican [Apache] Fox Squirrel (Sciurus nayaritensis) [Arizona]
Red Squirrel
(Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) [Michigan]
Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) [Ohio]
House Mouse (Mus musculus) [Michigan]
Common Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
[Michigan]

Nutria (Myocastor coypus) [Texas]
American Pika (Ochotona princeps) [Colorado, Washington]
Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) [Arizona, New Mexico]
Eastern Cottontail
(Sylvilagus floridanus) [Michigan]
Desert Cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii) [California]
Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu) [Texas]
American Elk (Cervus elaphus) [California, Colorado]
Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) [Arizona]
White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) [Michigan]
Moose
(Alces alces) [Alaska]
Barren Ground Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) [Alaska]
Pronghorn
(Antilocapra americana) [Arizona]
Buffalo (Bison bison) [South Dakota, Kansas]
Mountain Goat
(Oreamnos americanus) [Alaska, Colorado]
Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) [California]
Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) [Georgia, Texas]
Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) [Manitoba]

Killer Whale [Orca] (Orcinus orca) [Alaska]
Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) [Massachussetts, Alaska]
Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) [Massachussetts]

 

CENTRAL AMERICA (10)
Long-tongued Bat (Glossophaga commissarisi) [Panama]
Northern Tamandua (Tamandua mexicana) [Panama]

Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
[Panama, Costa Rica]
Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) [Panama]
White-throated Capuchin Monkey (Cebus capucinus) [Costa Rica]
Central American Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) [Mexico]
Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata) [Panama]
White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica) [Panama]
Red-bellied Squirrel (Sciurus aureogaster) [Mexico]
Central American Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) [Panama]

 

SOUTH AMERICA (15)
White-lined Sac-winged Bat (Saccopteryx leptura) [Venezuela]
Fruit Bat sp. (Genus unknown) [Venezuela]
Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) [Venezuela]
Southern Tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla) [Brazil]
Red Howler Monkey (Alouatta seniculus) [Venezuela]
Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta caraya) [Brazil]
Silvery Marmoset (Callithrix argentata melanura) [Brazil]
Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) [Ecuador]
Capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) [Venezuela]
Red-tailed Squirrel (Sciurus granatensis) [Venezuela]
Brazilian Rabbit (Sylvilagus brasiliensis) [Ecuador]
Red Brocket Deer (Mazama americana) [Brazil]
Marsh Deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) [Brazil]
California Sea Lion
(Zalophus californianus) [Galapagos, California]
Galapagos Fur Seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) [Galapagos]

 

EUROPE (1)
Water Vole (Arvicola [amphibius] terrestris) [England]

 

ASIA (6)
Indian Flying Fox (Pteropus giganteus) [Nepal]
Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fasicularis) [Indonesia]
Silvered Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus cristatus) [Indonesia]
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) [Japan, Michigan]
Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) [Nepal]
Timor Deer (Cervus timoriensis) [Indonesia]

 

AFRICA (31)
Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat (Epomorphus gambianus) [The Gambia]
Guereza Colobus (Colobus guereza) [Kenya]
Western Red Colobus (Piliocolobus badius temminckii) [The Gambia]
Patas Monkey (Erythrocebus patas) [The Gambia]
Olive Baboon (Papio anubis) [Kenya]
Green (Callithrix) Monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops sebaeus) [The Gambia]
Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) [Kenya]
Spotted Hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) [Kenya]

African Lion (Panthera leo) [Kenya]
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) [Kenya]
African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) [Kenya]
Black-necked Rock Hyrax (Procavia johnstoni) [Kenya]
Southern Tree Hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus) [Kenya]
Unstriped Ground Squirrel (Xerus rutilus) [Kenya]
Common Zebra (Equus quagga) [Kenya]
Grevy's Zebra (Equus grevyi) [Kenya]
Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) [Kenya]
Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) [Kenya]
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) [Kenya]
Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) [Kenya]
African Buffalo
(Syncerus caffer) [Kenya]
Coke's Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus) [Kenya]
Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) [Kenya]
Topi (Damaliscus lunatus) [Kenya]
Kirk's Dikdik (Madoqua kirkii) [Kenya]
Bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus) [Kenya]
[Defassa] Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa) [Kenya]
Thompson's Gazelle (Gazella rufifrons) [Kenya]
Impala (Aepyceros melampus) [Kenya]
Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri) [Kenya]
Beisa Oryx (Oryx beisa) [Kenya]

 

AUSTRALIA (3)
Eastern Gray Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) [New South Wales, Australia]
Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) [New South Wales, Australia]
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons) [Victoria, Australia]


 

TAXONOMIC LIST Return to Geographic List
FAMILY: VOMBATIDAE (Wombats) - 1 species
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons) [Victoria, Australia]

 

FAMILY: MACROPODIDAE (Kangaroos and Wallabies) - 2 species
Eastern Gray Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) [New South Wales, Australia]
Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) [New South Wales, Australia]

 

FAMILY: DASYPODIDAE (Armadillos) - 1 species
Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) [Georgia, Texas]

 

FAMILY: MYRMECOPHAGIDAE (American Anteaters) - 3 species
Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) [Venezuela]
Northern Tamandua (Tamandua mexicana) [Panama]
Southern Tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla) [Brazil]

 

FAMILY: MEGALONYCHIDAE (Two-toed Sloths) - 1 species
Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) [Panama]

 

FAMILY: BRADYPODIDAE (Three-toed Sloths) - 1 species
Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) [Panama, Costa Rica]

 

FAMILY: OCHOTONIDAE (Pikas) - 1 species
American Pika (Ochotona princeps) [Colorado, Washington]

 

FAMILY: LEPORIDAE (Rabbits and Hares) - 4 species
Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) [Arizona, New Mexico]
Eastern Cottontail
(Sylvilagus floridanus) [Michigan]
Desert Cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii) [California]
Brazilian Rabbit (Sylvilagus brasiliensis) [Ecuador]

 

FAMILY: SCIURIDAE (Squirrels) - 28 species
White-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys leucurus) [Colorado]
Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) [Wyoming]
Gunnison's Prairie Dog (Cynomys gunnisoni) [New Mexico]
Unstriped Ground Squirrel (Xerus rutilus) [Kenya]
California Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi) [California]
Rock Squirrel (Spermophilus variegatus) [Arizona]
Richardson's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii) [Alberta]
Belding's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus beldingi) [California]
Arctic Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus parryi) [Alaska]
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus) [Manitoba]
Spotted Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus spilosoma) [Colorado]
Franklin's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus franklinii) [Manitoba]
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus lateralis) [Colorado, California]
Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus) [Michigan]
Least Chipmunk (Tamias minimus) [British Columbia]
Townsend's Chipmunk (Tamias townsendii) [California]
Cliff Chipmunk (Tamias dorsalis) [Arizona]
Yellow Pine Chipmunk (Tamias amoenus) [Washington]
Merriam's Chipmunk (Tamias merriami) [California]
Uinta Chipmunk (Tamias umbrinus) [Utah]
Abert's Squirrel (Sciurus aberti) [Arizona]
Eastern Gray Squirrel
(Sciurus carolinensis) [Michigan]
Arizona Gray Squirrel (Sciurus arizonensis) [Arizona]

Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) [Michigan]
Mexican [Apache] Fox Squirrel (Sciurus nayaritensis) [Arizona]
Red-bellied Squirrel (Sciurus aureogaster) [Mexico]
Red-tailed Squirrel
(Sciurus granatensis) [Venezuela]
Red Squirrel
(Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) [Michigan]

 

FAMILY: MURIDAE (Mice, Rats, Voles, and Gerbils) - 4 species
Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) [Ohio]
Water Vole (Arvicola [amphibius] terrestris) [England]
Common Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) [Michigan]
House Mouse (Mus musculus)
[Michigan]

 

FAMILY: AGOUTIDAE (Agoutis and Pacas) - 1 species
Central American Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) [Panama]

 

FAMILY: HYDROCHOERIDAE (Capybara) - 1 species
Capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) [Venezuela]

 

FAMILY: ECHIMYIDAE (Spiny Rats) - 1 species
Nutria (Myocastor coypus) [Texas]

 

FAMILY: FELIDAE (Cats) - 2 species
African Lion (Panthera leo) [Kenya]
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) [Kenya]

 

FAMILY: HYAENIDAE (Hyenas) - 1 species
Spotted Hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) [Kenya]

 

FAMILY: CANIDAE (Dogs and Foxes) - 2 species
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) [Michigan, Japan]
Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) [Kenya]

 

FAMILY: URSIDAE (Bears) - 2 species
American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) [Arizona]
Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos) [Alaska]

 

FAMILY: OTARIIDAE (Eared Seals) - 3 species
Galapagos Fur Seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) [Galapagos]
Steller's Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus)
[Oregon]
California Sea Lion
(Zalophus californianus) [California, Galapagos]

 

FAMILY: PHOCIDAE (Earless Seals) - 2 species
Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga_angustirostris) [California]
Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)
[Alaska, Massachussetts]

 

FAMILY: MUSTELIDAE (Otters, Weasels, and Badgers) - 5 species
Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) [Ecuador]
Sea Otter
(Enhydra lutris) [Alaska]
Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis) [Michigan]
Hooded Skunk (Mephitis macroura) [Arizona]
American Mink (Mustela vison) [Michigan]

 

FAMILY: PROCYONIDAE (Raccoons) - 2 species
Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor) [Michigan]
White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica) [Panama]

 

FAMILY: SORICIDAE (Shrews) - 1 species
Least Shrew(Cryptotis parva) [Ontario]

 

FAMILY: PTEROPODIDAE (Old World Fruit Bats) - 2 species
Indian Flying Fox (Pteropus giganteus) [Nepal]
Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat (Epomorphus gambianus) [The Gambia]

 

FAMILY: EMBALLONURIDAE (Sheath-tailed Bats) - 1 species
White-lined Sac-winged Bat (Saccopteryx leptura) [Venezuela]

 

FAMILY: PHYLLOSTOMIDAE (American Leaf-nosed Bats) - 1 species
Long-tongued Bat (Glossophaga commissarisi) [Panama]

Fruit Bat sp. (Genus unknown) [Venezuela]

FAMILY: MOLOSSIDAE (Free-tailed Bats) - 1 species
Mexican Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) [New Mexico]

 

FAMILY: VESPERTILIONIDAE (Vesper Bats) - 5 species
Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis) [Ontario]
Silver-haired Bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) [Michigan, in captivity]
Western Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus hesperus) [New Mexico]
Eastern Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus)
[Missouri]
Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus) [Michigan]

 

FAMILY: CERCOPITHECIDAE (Old World Monkeys) - 7 species
Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fasicularis) [Indonesia]
Silvered Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus cristatus) [Indonesia]
Guereza Colobus (Colobus guereza) [Kenya]
Western Red Colobus (Piliocolobus badius temminckii) [The Gambia]
Patas Monkey (Erythrocebus patas) [The Gambia]

Olive Baboon (Papio anubis) [Kenya]
Green (Callithrix) Monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops sebaeus) [The Gambia]

 

FAMILY: CALLITRICHIDAE (Tamarins and Marmosets) - 1 species
Silvery Marmoset (Callithrix argentata melanura) [Brazil]

 

FAMILY ATELIDAE (New World Monkeys) - 5 species
White-throated Capuchin Monkey (Cebus capucinus) [Costa Rica]
Central American Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) [Mexico]
Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata) [Panama]
Red Howler Monkey (Alouatta seniculus) [Venezuela]
Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta caraya) [Brazil]

 

FAMILY: BALAENOPTERIDAE (Baleen Whales) - 2 species
Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) [Massachussetts, Alaska]
Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) [Massachussetts]

 

FAMILY: DELPHINIDAE (Marine Dolphins) - 1 species
Killer Whale [Orca] (Orcinus orca) [Alaska]

 

FAMILY: MONODONTIDAE (Single-toothed Whales) - 1 species
Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) [Manitoba]

 

FAMILY: SUIDAE (Pigs) - 1 species
Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) [Kenya]

 

FAMILY: TAYASSUIDAE (Peccaries) - 1 species
Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu) [Texas]

 

FAMILY: HIPPOPOTAMIDAE (Hippopotamuses) - 1 species
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) [Kenya]

 

FAMILY: ANTILOCAPRIDAE (Pronghorn) - 1 species
Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) [Arizona]

 

FAMILY: CERVIDAE (Deer) - 8 species
Red Brocket Deer (Mazama americana) [Brazil]
American Elk (Cervus elaphus)
[California, Colorado]
Timor Deer (Cervus timoriensis) [Indonesia]
Marsh Deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) [Brazil]
Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) [Arizona]
White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) [Michigan]
Moose
(Alces alces) [Alaska]
Barren Ground Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) [Alaska]

 

FAMILY: GIRAFFIDAE (Giraffes) - 1 species
Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) [Kenya]

 

FAMILY: BOVIDAE (Cattle, Antelope, Sheep and Goats) - 14 species
Buffalo (Bison bison) [South Dakota, Kansas]
African Buffalo
(Syncerus caffer) [Kenya]
Coke's Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus) [Kenya]
Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) [Kenya]
Topi (Damaliscus lunatus) [Kenya]
Kirk's Dikdik (Madoqua kirkii) [Kenya]
Bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus) [Kenya]
[Defassa] Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa) [Kenya]

Thompson's Gazelle (Gazella rufifrons) [Kenya]
Impala (Aepyceros melampus) [Kenya]
Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri) [Kenya]
Beisa Oryx (Oryx beisa) [Kenya]
Mountain Goat
(Oreamnos americanus) [Alaska, Colorado]
Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) [California]

 

FAMILY: EQUIDAE (Horses) - 2 species
Common Zebra (Equus quagga) [Kenya]
Grevy's Zebra (Equus grevyi) [Kenya]

 

FAMILY: RHINOCEROTIDAE (Rhinoceroses) - 2 species
Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) [Nepal]
Black Rhinoceros
(Diceros bicornis) [Kenya]

 

FAMILY: PROCAVIIDAE (Hyraxes) - 2 species
Black-necked Rock Hyrax (Procavia johnstoni) [Kenya]
Southern Tree Hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus) [Kenya]

 

FAMILY: ELEPHANTIDAE (Elephants) - 1 species
African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) [Kenya]

 

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