List of mammals in Uruguay

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Uruguay. There are 105 mammal species in Uruguay, of which 0 are critically endangered, 3 are endangered, 4 are vulnerable, and 8 are near-threatened. [This list is derived from the IUCN Red List which lists species of mammals and includes those mammals that have recently been classified as extinct (since 1500 AD). The taxonomy and naming of the individual species is based on those used in existing Wikipedia articles as of 21 May 2007 and supplemented by the common names and taxonomy from the IUCN, Smithsonian Institute, or University of Michigan where no Wikipedia article was available.]

The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the IUCN:

Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of Near Threatened and Least Concern categories:

ubclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Cingulata (armadillos)

-----The armadillos are small mammals with a bony armored shell. There are around 20 extant species.They are native to the Americas. There are around 20 extant species.

*Family: Dasypodidae (armadillos)
**Subfamily: Dasypodinae
***Genus: Dasypus
**** Southern Long-nosed Armadillo "Dasypus hybridus" NT
**** Nine-banded Armadillo "Dasypus novemcinctus" LC
**Subfamily: Euphractinae
***Genus: Euphractus
**** Six-banded Armadillo "Euphractus sexcinctus" LC
**Subfamily: Tolypeutinae
***Genus: Cabassous
**** Greater Naked-tailed Armadillo "Cabassous tatouay" LC
***Genus: Priodontes
**** Giant Armadillo "Priodontes maximus" VU

Order: Pilosa (anteaters, sloths and tamanduas)

-----The order Pilosa is extant only in the Americas and includes the anteaters, sloths, and tamanduas.

*Suborder: Vermilingua
**Family: Myrmecophagidae (American anteaters)
***Genus: Myrmecophaga
**** Giant Anteater "Myrmecophaga tridactyla" NT
***Genus: Tamandua
**** Southern Tamandua "Tamandua tetradactyla" LC

Order: Primates

-----The order Primates contains all the species commonly related to the lemurs, monkeys, and apes, with the latter category including humans. It is divided informally into three main groupings: prosimians, monkeys of the New World, and monkeys and apes of the Old World.

*Suborder: Haplorrhini
**Infraorder: Simiiformes
***Parvorder: Platyrrhini
****Family: Atelidae
*****Subfamily: Alouattinae
******Genus: Alouatta
******* Black Howler "Alouatta caraya" LC

Order: Rodentia (rodents)

-----Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40 percent of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be keep short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara can weigh up to 45 kg (100 lb).

*Suborder: Hystricognathi
**Family: Erethizontidae (New World porcupines)
***Subfamily: Erethizontinae
****Genus: Sphiggurus
***** South American Tree Porcupine "Sphiggurus spinosus" LR/lc
**Family: Caviidae (guinea pigs)
***Subfamily: Caviinae
****Genus: Cavia
***** Brazilian Guinea Pig "Cavia aperea" LR/lc
***Subfamily: Hydrochaeridae (capybaras)
****Genus: Hydrochoerus
***** "Capybara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris" LR/lc
**Family: Ctenomyidae
***Genus: Ctenomys
**** Tiny Tucu-tuco "Ctenomys minutus" LR/lc
**** Pearson's Tuco-tuco "Ctenomys pearsoni" LR/lc
**** Collared Tuco-tuco "Ctenomys torquatus" LR/lc
**Family: Myocastoridae (coypus)
***Genus: Myocastor
**** Coypu "Myocastor coypus" LR/lc
*Suborder: Sciurognathi
**Family: Cricetidae
***Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
****Genus: Akodon
***** Azara's Grass Mouse "Akodon azarae" LR/lc
***** Cursor Grass Mouse "Akodon cursor" LR/lc
***** Kemp's Grass Mouse "Akodon kempi" LR/lc
****Genus: Bolomys
***** Dark Bolo Mouse "Bolomys obscurus" LR/lc
****Genus: Calomys
***** Small Vesper Mouse "Calomys laucha" LR/lc
****Genus: Holochilus
***** Web-footed Marsh Rat "Holochilus brasiliensis" LR/lc
***** Greater Marsh Rat "Holochilus magnus" LR/lc
****Genus: Nectomys
***** Scaly-footed Water Rat "Nectomys squamipes" LR/lc
****Genus: Oligoryzomys
***** Delta Pygmy Rice Rat "Oligoryzomys delticola" LR/lc
***** Yellow Pygmy Rice Rat "Oligoryzomys flavescens" LR/lc
****Genus: Oxymycterus
***** Long-nosed Hocicudo "Oxymycterus nasutus" LR/lc
***** Red Hocicudo "Oxymycterus rufus" LR/lc
****Genus: Reithrodon
***** Bunny Rat "Reithrodon auritus" LR/lc
****Genus: Scapteromys
***** Waterhouse's Swamp Rat "Scapteromys tumidus" LR/lc
****Genus: Wilfredomys
***** Greater Wilfred's Mouse "Wilfredomys oenax" LR/lc

Order: Chiroptera (bats)

-----The bats' most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals in the world naturally capable of flight. Bat species account for about 20% of all mammals.

*Family: Noctilionidae
**Genus: Noctilio
*** Lesser Bulldog Bat "Noctilio albiventris" LR/lc
*** Greater Bulldog Bat "Noctilio leporinus" LR/lc
*Family: Vespertilionidae
**Subfamily: Myotinae
***Genus: Myotis
**** Silver-tipped Myotis "Myotis albescens" LR/lc
**** Yellowish Myotis "Myotis levis" LR/lc
**** Riparian Myotis "Myotis riparius" LR/lc
**Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
***Genus: Eptesicus
**** Brazilian Brown Bat "Eptesicus brasiliensis" LR/lc
**** Diminutive Serotine "Eptesicus diminutus" LR/lc
***Genus: Histiotus
**** Strange Big-eared Brown Bat "Histiotus alienus" VU
**** Small Big-eared Brown Bat "Histiotus montanus" LR/lc
***Genus: Lasiurus
**** Desert red bat "Lasiurus blossevillii" LR/lc
**** Hoary bat "Lasiurus cinereus" LR/lc
**** Southern Yellow Bat "Lasiurus ega" LR/lc
*Family: Molossidae
**Genus: Eumops
*** Dwarf Bonneted Bat "Eumops bonariensis" LR/lc
**Genus: Molossops
*** Dwarf Dog-faced Bat "Molossops temminckii" LR/lc
**Genus: Molossus
*** Velvety Free-tailed Bat "Molossus molossus" LR/lc
**Genus: Nyctinomops
*** Big Free-tailed Bat "Nyctinomops macrotis" LR/lc
**Genus: Tadarida
*** Mexican Free-tailed Bat "Tadarida brasiliensis" LR/nt
*Family: Phyllostomidae
**Subfamily: Stenodermatinae
***Genus: Sturnira
**** Little Yellow-shouldered Bat "Sturnira lilium" LR/lc
***Genus: Platyrrhinus
**** White-lined Broad-nosed Bat "Platyrrhinus lineatus" LR/lc
**Subfamily: Desmodontinae
***Genus: Desmodus
**** Common Vampire Bat "Desmodus rotundus" LR/lc

Order: Cetacea (whales)

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The order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater.

*Suborder: Mysticeti
**Family: Balaenidae
***Genus: Eubalaena
**** Southern Right Whale "Eubalaena australis" LR/cd
**Family: Balaenopteridae
***Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
****Genus: Balaenoptera
***** Minke Whale "Balaenoptera acutorostrata" LR/nt
***** Sei Whale "Balaenoptera borealis" EN
***** Blue Whale "Balaenoptera musculus" EN
*Suborder: Odontoceti
**Superfamily: Platanistoidea
***Family: Pontoporiidae
****Genus: Pontoporia
***** La Plata Dolphin "Pontoporia blainvillei" DD
***Family: Phocoenidae
****Genus: Phocoena
***** Spectacled Porpoise "Phocoena dioptrica" DD
***** Burmeister's Porpoise "Phocoena spinipinnis" DD
***Family: Physeteridae
****Genus: Physeter
***** Sperm Whale "Physeter macrocephalus" VU
***Family: Kogiidae
****Genus: Kogia
***** Pygmy Sperm Whale "Kogia breviceps" LR/lc
***Family: Ziphidae
****Genus: Ziphius
***** Cuvier's Beaked Whale "Ziphius cavirostris" DD
****Genus: Berardius
***** Giant beaked whale "Berardius arnuxii" LR/cd
****Subfamily: Hyperoodontidae
*****Genus: Hyperoodon
****** Bottlenose whale "Hyperoodon planifrons" LR/cd
*****Genus: Mesoplodon
****** Blainville's Beaked Whale "Mesoplodon densirostris" DD
****** Gray's Beaked Whale "Mesoplodon grayi" DD
****** Layard's Beaked Whale "Mesoplodon layardii" DD
***Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
****Genus: Steno
***** Rough-toothed Dolphin "Steno bredanensis" DD
****Genus: Tursiops
***** Bottlenose Dolphin "Tursiops truncatus" DD
****Genus: Stenella
***** Pantropical Spotted Dolphin "Stenella attenuata" LR/cd
***** Striped Dolphin "Stenella coeruleoalba" LR/cd
***** Spinner Dolphin "Stenella longirostris" LR/cd
****Genus: Delphinus
***** Common dolphin "Delphinus capensis" LR/lc
****Genus: Lissodelphis
***** Southern Right Whale Dolphin "Lissodelphis peronii" DD
****Genus: Feresa
***** Pygmy Killer Whale "Feresa attenuata" DD
****Genus: Pseudorca
***** False Killer Whale "Pseudorca crassidens" LR/lc
****Genus: Orcinus
***** Orca "Orcinus orca" LR/cd
****Genus: Globicephala
***** Pilot whale "Globicephala melas" LR/lc

Order: Carnivora (carnivores)

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The carnivores include over 260 species, the majority of which eat meat as their primary dietary item. Carnivores have a characteristic skull shape and dentition.

*Suborder: Feliformia
**Family: Felidae (cats)
***Subfamily: Felinae
****Genus: Leopardus
***** Ocelot "Leopardus pardalis" LC
***** Margay "Leopardus wiedii" LC
****Genus: Oncifelis
***** Chilean Pampa Cat "Oncifelis colocolo" NT
***** Geoffroy's Cat "Oncifelis geoffroyi" NT
****Genus: Puma
***** Jaguarundi "Puma yaguarondi" LC
***** Cougar "Puma concolor" NT
***Subfamily: Pantherinae
****Genus: Panthera
***** Jaguar "Panthera onca" NT
*Suborder: Caniformia
**Family: Canidae (dogs, foxes)
***Genus: Lycalopex
**** Pampas Fox "Lycalopex gymnocercus" LC
***Genus: Cerdocyon
**** Crab-eating Fox "Cerdocyon thous" LC
***Genus: Chrysocyon
**** Maned Wolf "Chrysocyon brachyurus" NT
**Family: Procyonidae (raccoons)
***Genus: Procyon
**** Crab-eating Raccoon "Procyon cancrivorus" LR/lc
***Genus: Nasua
**** South American Coati "Nasua nasua" LR/lc
**Family: Mustelidae (mustelids)
***Genus: Lontra
**** Neotropical River Otter "Lontra longicaudis" DD
***Genus: Pteronura
**** Giant Otter "Pteronura brasiliensis" EN
**Family: Otariidae (eared seals, sealions)
***Genus: Arctocephalus
**** South American Fur Seal "Arctocephalus australis" LR/lc
***Genus: Otaria
**** South American Sea Lion "Otaria flavescens" LR/lc
**Family: Phocidae (earless seals)
***Genus: Leptonychotes
**** Weddell Seal "Leptonychotes weddellii" LR/lc
***Genus: Lobodon
**** Crabeater Seal "Lobodon carcinophaga" LR/lc
***Genus: Mirounga
**** Southern Elephant Seal "Mirounga leonina" LR/lc
**Family: Mephitidae
***Genus: Conepatus
**** Molina's Hog-nosed Skunk "Conepatus chinga" LR/lc

Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)

-----The even-toed ungulates are ungulates whose weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in perissodactyls. There are about 220 artiodactyl species, including many that are of great economic importance to humans.

*Family: Tayassuidae (peccaries)
**Genus: Tayassu
*** Collared Peccary "Tayassu tajacu" LR/lc
*** White-lipped Peccary "Tayassu pecari" LR/lc
*Family: Cervidae (deer)
**Subfamily: Capreolinae
***Genus: Blastocerus
**** Marsh deer "Blastocerus dichotomus" VU
***Genus: Mazama
**** Gray Brocket "Mazama gouazoupira" DD
***Genus: Ozotoceros
**** Pampas deer "Ozotoceros bezoarticus" NT

Infraclass: Metatheria

Order: Didelphimorphia (common opossums)

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Didelphimorphia is the order of common opossums of the Western Hemisphere. Opossums probably diverged from the basic South American marsupials in the late Cretaceous or early Paleocene.They are small to medium-sized marsupials, about the size of a large house cat, with a long snout and prehensile tail.

*Family: Didelphidae (American opossums)
**Subfamily: Didelphinae
***Genus: Didelphis
**** White-eared Opossum "Didelphis albiventris" LR/lc
***Genus: Gracilinanus
**** Agile Gracile Opossum "Gracilinanus agilis" LR/nt
***Genus: Lutreolina
**** Lutrine Opossum "Lutreolina crassicaudata" LR/lc
***Genus: Monodelphis
**** Yellow-sided Opossum "Monodelphis dimidiata" LR/nt

Notes

References

*cite web
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ee also

*List of chordate orders
*List of regional mammals lists
*List of prehistoric mammals
*Mammal classification
*New mammal species