This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Gibraltar. There are 24 mammal species in Gibraltar

Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region...

, 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 IUCN

World Conservation Union

The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources is an international organization dedicated to finding "pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges." The organization publishes the IUCN Red List, compiling information from a network of...

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EX	Extinct	No reasonable doubt that the last individual has died.
EW	Extinct in the wild	Known only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized populations well outside its previous range.
CR	Critically Endangered	The species is in imminent risk of extinction in the wild.
EN	Endangered	The species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
VU	Vulnerable	The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
NT	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.
LC	Least Concern	There are no current identifiable risks to the species.
DD	Data Deficient	There is inadequate information to make an assessment of the risks to this species.

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:

LR/cd	Lower Risk/conservation dependent	Species which were the focus of conservation programmes and may have moved into a higher risk category if that programme was discontinued.
LR/nt	Lower Risk/near threatened	Species which are close to being classified as Vulnerable but are not the subject of conservation programmes.
LR/lc	Lower Risk/least concern	Species for which there are no identifiable risks.

Order: Insectivora

Insectivora

The order Insectivora is a now-abandoned biological grouping within the class of mammals...

 (insectivores)

• Suborder: Soricomorpha
  Soricomorpha
  The order Soricomorpha is taxon within the class of mammals. In previous years it formed a significant group within the former order Insectivora...
  
  
  • Family: Soricidae (shrews)
    • Genus: Crocidura
      Crocidura
      The genus Crocidura is one of nine genus of the shrew subfamily Crocidurinae. Members of the genus are commonly called white-toothed shrews or musk shrews, although both also apply to all of the species in the subfamily. With 182 species, Crocidura contains the largest number of species of any...
      
      
      • Greater White-toothed Shrew
        Greater white-toothed shrew
        The Greater White-toothed Shrew is a small insectivorous mammal. found in Europe and North Africa, weighing about 11-14 grams...
        
         Crocidura russula ^LC

Order: Chiroptera (bats)

• Suborder: Microchiroptera
  • Family: Vespertilionidae
    • Genus: Myotis
      • Greater Mouse-Eared Bat
        Greater mouse-eared bat
        The greater mouse-eared bat, Myotis myotis, is a European species of bat in the Vespertilionidae family.-Description:It is relatively large for a member of the Myotis genus, weighing up to , making it one of the largest European bats.-Foraging:Like its relatives it eats various arthropods;...
        
         Myotis myotis ^LR/lc
    • Genus: Pipistrellus
      Pipistrellus
      Pipistrellus is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae and subfamily Vespertilioninae. The name of the genus is derived from the Italian word Pipistrello, meaning "bat"....
      
      
      • Soprano Pipistrelle
        Soprano Pipistrelle
        The Soprano Pipistrelle is a small bat that was only formally separated from the Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus in 1999....
        
         Pipistrellus pygmaeus ^LC
    • Genus: Miniopterus
      Miniopterus
      Miniopterus is a genus of bats and the only genus of the family Miniopteridae. The genus was previously placed in its own subfamily, Miniopterinae, of the vesper bat family, but is now classified in its own family....
      
      
      • Schreiber's Long-Fingered Bat Miniopterus schreibersii ^LC

• • Family: Molossidae
    • Genus: Tadarida
      Tadarida
      The genus Tadarida has ten or more species of bats divided into two subgenera, with the first of these containing seven species spread across the Old World...
      
      
      • European Free-tailed Bat
        European Free-tailed Bat
        The European Free-tailed Bat. is a species of free-tailed bat found across the Old World. An adult European Free-tailed Bat has a body length of 8.4-9.4 cm, a tail of 4.8-5.6 cm, and a wing length of 5.7-6.5 cm...
        
         Tadarida teniotis

Order: Primates (monkeys and humans)

• Family: Cercopithecidae
  • Genus: Macaca
    • Barbary macaque
      Barbary Macaque
      The Barbary Macaque , or Common macaque, is a macaque with no tail. Found in the Atlas Mountains of Algeria and Morocco with a small population, of unknown origin, in Gibraltar, the Barbary Macaque is one of the best-known Old World monkey species. Besides humans, they are the only primates that...
      
       Macaca sylvanus ^VU

• Family: Hominidae
  Hominidae
  The Hominidae or include them .), as the term is used here, form a taxonomic family, including four extant genera: chimpanzees , gorillas , humans , and orangutans ....
  
  
  • Genus: Homo
    Homo (genus)
    Homo is the genus that includes modern humans and species closely related to them. The genus is estimated to be about 2.3 to 2.4 million years old, evolving from australopithecine ancestors with the appearance of Homo habilis....
    
    
    • Human
      Human
      Humans are the only living species in the Homo genus...
      
       Homo sapiens

Order: Carnivora

Carnivora

The diverse order Carnivora |Latin]] carō "flesh", + vorāre "to devour") includes over 260 species of placental mammals. Its members are formally referred to as carnivorans, while the word "carnivore" can refer to any meat-eating animal...

 (carnivores)

• • Family: Canidae
    Canidae
    Canidae is the biological family of carnivorous and omnivorous mammals that includes wolves, foxes, jackals, coyotes, and domestic dogs. A member of this family is called a canid . The Canidae family is divided into two tribes: Canini and Vulpini...
    
     (dogs and foxes)
    • Genus: Vulpes
      Vulpes
      Vulpes is a genus of the Canidae family. Its members are referred to as 'true foxes', although there are species in other genera whose common names include the word 'fox'....
      
      
      • Red Fox
        Red Fox
        The red fox is the largest of the true foxes, as well as being the most geographically spread member of the Carnivora, being distributed across the entire northern hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to North Africa, Central America, and the steppes of Asia...
        
         Vulpes vulpes ^LC

• • Family: Felidae
    Felidae
    Felidae is the biological family of the cats; a member of this family is called a felid. Felids are the strictest carnivores of the thirteen terrestrial families in the order Carnivora, although the three families of marine mammals comprising the superfamily pinnipedia are as carnivorous as the...
    
     (cats)
    • Genus: Felis
      Felis
      Felis is a genus of cats in the family Felidae, including the familiar domestic cat and its closest wild relatives. The wild species are distributed widely across Europe, southern and central Asia, and Africa; the domestic cat has been introduced worldwide.Members of the genus Felis are all small...
      
      
      • Species: Felis silvestris
        • Feral Cat
          Cat
          The cat , also known as the domestic cat or housecat to distinguish it from other felids and felines, is a small, usually furry, domesticated, carnivorous mammal that is valued by humans for its companionship and for its ability to hunt vermin and household pests...
          
           Felis silvestris catus

• Suborder: Pinnipeda (seals)
  • Family: Phocidae
    • Genus: Monachus
      Monachus
      Monachus is a genus containing the monk seals, a group of three Pinniped species. They are the only earless seals which are found in tropical climates...
      
      
      • Mediterranean Monk Seal
        Mediterranean Monk Seal
        The Mediterranean monk seal is a pinniped belonging to the Phocidae family. At some 450-510 remaining individuals, it is believed to be the world's second-rarest pinniped , and one of the most endangered mammals in the world.It is present in parts of the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic...
        
         Monachus monachus ^CR

Order: Cetacea

Cetacea

The order Cetacea includes the marine mammals commonly known as whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Cetus is Latin and is used in biological names to mean "whale"; its original meaning, "large sea animal", was more general. It comes from Ancient Greek , meaning "whale" or "any huge fish or sea...

 (dolphins and whales)

• • Family: Delphinidae
    • Genus: Delphinus
      • Common Dolphin
        Common dolphin
        The common dolphin is the name given to two species of dolphin making up the genus Delphinus.Prior to the mid-1990s, most taxonomists only recognised one species in this genus, the common dolphin Delphinus delphis...
        
         Delphinus Delphis ^LR/lc
    • Genus: Globicephala
      • Long-finned Pilot Whale
        Long-finned Pilot Whale
        The long-finned pilot whale is one of the two species of cetacean in the genus Globicephala. It belongs to the oceanic dolphin family , though its behavior is closer to that of the larger whales.-Description:...
        
         Globicephala melas ^LR/lc
    • Genus: Grampus
      • Risso's Dolphin
        Risso's Dolphin
        Risso's dolphin is the only species of dolphin in the genus Grampus.-Taxonomy:Risso's dolphin is named after Antoine Risso, whose description formed the basis of the first public description of the animal, by Georges Cuvier, in 1812...
        
         Grampus griseus ^DD
    • Genus: Orcinus
      • Orca
        Orca
        The killer whale , commonly referred to as the orca, and less commonly as the blackfish, is a toothed whale belonging to the oceanic dolphin family. Killer whales are found in all oceans, from the frigid Arctic and Antarctic regions to tropical seas...
        
         Orcinus orca ^LR/cd
    • Genus: Stenella
      Stenella
      Stenella is a genus of aquatic mammals in Delphinidae, the family informally known as the oceanic dolphins.Currently five species are recognised in this genus:*Pantropical Spotted Dolphin, S. attenuata*Atlantic Spotted Dolphin, S. frontalis...
      
      
      • Striped Dolphin
        Striped Dolphin
        The Striped Dolphin is an extensively studied dolphin that is found in temperate and tropical waters of all the world's oceans.-Taxonomy:...
        
         Stenella coeruleoalba ^LR/cd
    • Genus: Tursiops
      • Bottlenose Dolphin
        Bottlenose Dolphin
        Bottlenose dolphins, the genus Tursiops, are the most common and well-known members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphins. Recent molecular studies show the genus contains two species, the common bottlenose dolphin and the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin , instead of one...
        
         Tursiops truncatus ^DD

• • Family: Physeteridae
    • Genus: Physeter
      • Sperm Whale
        Sperm Whale
        The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter...
        
         Physeter macrocephalus ^VU

• • Family: Ziphidae
    • Genus: Ziphius
      • Cuvier's Beaked Whale
        Cuvier's Beaked Whale
        Cuvier's beaked whale is the most widely distributed of all the beaked whales. It is the only member of the genus Ziphius. Another common name for the species is goose-beaked whale because its head is said to be shaped like the beak of a goose. Georges Cuvier first described it in 1823 from part...
        
         Ziphius cavirostris ^DD

• • Family: Balaenopteridae
    • Genus: Balaenoptera
      Balaenoptera
      Balaenoptera is a genus of Balaenopteridae, the Rorqual whales, and contains eight species. The species Balaenoptera omurai was published in 2003...
      
      
      • Minke Whale
        Minke Whale
        Minke whale , or lesser rorqual, is a name given to two species of marine mammal belonging to a clade within the suborder of baleen whales. The minke whale was given its official designation by Lacepède in 1804, who described a dwarf form of Balænoptera acuto-rostrata...
        
         Balaenoptera acutorostrata ^NT

• Suborder: Mysticeti
  • Family: Balaenoptiidae
    • Genus: Balaenoptera
      Balaenoptera
      Balaenoptera is a genus of Balaenopteridae, the Rorqual whales, and contains eight species. The species Balaenoptera omurai was published in 2003...
      
      
      • Fin Whale
        Fin Whale
        The fin whale , also called the finback whale, razorback, or common rorqual, is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales. It is the second longest whale and the sixth largest living animal after the blue whale, bowhead whale, and right whales, growing to nearly 27 metres long...
        
         Balaenoptera physalus ^EN

• • Family: Balaenopteridae
    • Genus: Megaptera
      • Humpback Whale
        Humpback Whale
        The humpback whale is a species of baleen whale. One of the larger rorqual species, adults range in length from and weigh approximately . The humpback has a distinctive body shape, with unusually long pectoral fins and a knobbly head. It is an acrobatic animal, often breaching and slapping the...
        
         Megaptera novaeangliae ^VU

Order: Rodent

Rodent

Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....

ia (rodents)

• Family: Muridae
  Muridae
  Muridae is the largest family of mammals. It contains over 600 species found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. They have been introduced worldwide. The group includes true mice and rats, gerbils, and relatives....
  
   (rats and mice)
  • Genus: Rattus
    • Black Rat
      Black Rat
      The black rat is a common long-tailed rodent of the genus Rattus in the subfamily Murinae . The species originated in tropical Asia and spread through the Near East in Roman times before reaching Europe by the 1st century and spreading with Europeans across the world.-Taxonomy:The black rat was...
      
       Rattus rattus ^LR/lc
    • Brown Rat
      Brown Rat
      The brown rat, common rat, sewer rat, Hanover rat, Norway rat, Brown Norway rat, Norwegian rat, or wharf rat is one of the best known and most common rats....
      
       Rattus norvegicus ^LR/lc

• • Genus: Mus
    • House Mouse
      House mouse
      The house mouse is a small rodent, a mouse, one of the most numerous species of the genus Mus.As a wild animal the house mouse mainly lives associated with humans, causing damage to crops and stored food....
      
       Mus musculus ^LR/lc

Order: Lagomorpha

Lagomorpha

The lagomorphs are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two living families, the Leporidae , and the Ochotonidae...

 (rabbits and hares)

• Family: Leporidae
  Leporidae
  Leporids are the approximately 50 species of rabbits and hares which form the family Leporidae. The leporids, together with the pikas, constitute the mammalian order Lagomorpha. Leporids differ from pikas in having short furry tails, and elongated ears and hind legs...
  
  
  • Genus: Oryctolagus
    • European Rabbit
      European Rabbit
      The European Rabbit or Common Rabbit is a species of rabbit native to south west Europe and north west Africa . It has been widely introduced elsewhere often with devastating effects on local biodiversity...
      
       Oryctolagus cuniculus ^LR/lc

See also

• Gibraltar Barbary Macaques
  Gibraltar Barbary Macaques
  The Barbary Macaque population in Gibraltar is the only one in the whole of the European continent, and, unlike that of North Africa, it is thriving. At present there are some 300 animals in five troupes occupying the area of the Upper Rock, though occasional forays into the town may result in...
  
  
• List of birds of Gibraltar
• List of chordate orders
• List of regional mammals lists
• Mammal classification
  Mammal classification
  Mammalia is a class of animal within the Phylum Chordata. Mammal classification has been through several iterations since Carolus Linnaeus initially defined the class. Many earlier ideas have been completely abandoned by modern taxonomists, among these are the idea that bats are related to birds...
  
  
• New mammal species