List of MAMMALIA species in Costa Rica



This is a list of MAMMALIA in Costa Rica according to the IUCN Red List.

This list was last updated 2019-09-14

 

This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.

Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.

scientific_namecommon_nametaxonidcategory
Tylomys watsoni Watson's Climbing Rat 22576 LC
Dermanura azteca Aztec Fruit-eating Bat 2123 LC
Sturnira burtonlimi 88152206 DD
Reithrodontomys musseri Small Harvest Mouse 45959367 DD
Ateles geoffroyi ssp. frontatus Black-browed Spider Monkey 2280 VU
Ateles geoffroyi ssp. ornatus Ornate Spider Monkey 2289 EN
Peromyscus mexicanus Mexican Deer Mouse 16681 LC
Cryptotis nigrescens Blackish Small-eared Shrew 41376 LC
Sturnira mordax Talamancan Yellow-shouldered Bat 20957 LC
Balantiopteryx plicata Gray Sac-winged Bat 2533 LC
Sylvilagus dicei Dice's Cottontail 21209 VU
Syntheosciurus brochus Mountain Squirrel 21260 DD
Ectophylla alba Honduran White Bat 7030 NT
Ateles geoffroyi ssp. geoffroyi Nicaraguan Spider Monkey 43901 CR
Oligoryzomys vegetus Sprightly Pygmy Rice Rat 15254 LC
Alouatta palliata ssp. palliata Golden Mantled Howler Monkey 43928 LC
Reithrodontomys brevirostris Short-nosed Harvest Mouse 19402 LC
Reithrodontomys creper Chiriqui Harvest Mouse 19405 LC
Reithrodontomys paradoxus Nicaraguan Harvest Mouse 19414 DD
Reithrodontomys rodriguezi Rodriguez's Harvest Mouse 19415 LC
Reithrodontomys sumichrasti Sumichrast's Harvest Mouse 19417 LC
Rheomys raptor Goldman's Water Mouse 19485 LC
Rheomys underwoodi Underwood's Water Mouse 19487 LC
Glossophaga leachii Gray's Long-tongued Bat 9274 LC
Orthogeomys cavator Chiriqui Pocket Gopher 15544 LC
Orthogeomys heterodus Variable Pocket Gopher 15548 LC
Cryptotis merriami Merriam's Small-eared Shrew 136398 LC
Nephelomys devius Boquete Rice Rat 15593 LC
Saimiri oerstedii Red-backed Squirrel Monkey 19836 VU
Saimiri oerstedii ssp. oerstedii Black-crowned Central American Squirrel Monkey 19840 EN
Saimiri oerstedii ssp. citrinellus Grey-crowned Central American Squirrel Monkey 19841 EN
Sciurus variegatoides Variegated Squirrel 20024 LC
Scotinomys teguina Alston's Brown Mouse 20052 LC
Scotinomys xerampelinus Chiriqui Brown Mouse 20053 LC
Orthogeomys underwoodi Underwood's Pocket Gopher 42593 LC
Cryptotis gracilis Talamancan Small Eared Shrew 5764 VU
Cryptotis orophila Central American Least Shrew 136838 DD
Rhogeessa bickhami 88151726 LC
Tanyuromys aphrastus Long-tailed Sigmodontomys 20222 DD
Heterogeomys cherriei Cherrie's Pocket Gopher 96802567 LC
Heteromys oresterus Mountain Spiny Pocket Mouse 10010 LC
Heteromys salvini Salvin's Spiny Pocket Mouse 12076 LC
Carollia subrufa Grey Short-tailed Bat 3906 LC
Bassaricyon gabbii Northern Olingo 48637946 LC

 

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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups:
  • Extinct (EX) – beyond reasonable doubt that the species is no longer extant.
  • Extinct in the wild (EW) – survives only in captivity, cultivation and/or outside native range, as presumed after exhaustive surveys.
  • Critically endangered (CR) – in a particularly and extremely critical state.
  • Endangered (EN) – very high risk of extinction in the wild, meets any of criteria A to E for Endangered.
  • Vulnerable (VU) – meets one of the 5 red list criteria and thus considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction without further human intervention.
  • Near threatened (NT) – close to being at high risk of extinction in the near future.
  • Least concern (LC) – unlikely to become extinct in the near future.
  • Data deficient (DD)
  • Not evaluated (NE)