This is a list of the native wild mammal species recorded in Madagascar. As of June 2014 (following the IUCN reassessment of the lemurs) there are 241 extant mammal species recognized in Madagascar, of which 22 are critically endangered, 62 are endangered, 32 are vulnerable, 9 are near threatened, 72 are of least concern and 44 are either data deficient or not evaluated. All of the critically endangered species are lemurs.[note 1]
The mammalian fauna of Madagascar is highly distinctive and largely endemic. The extant nonmarine, nonchiropteran taxa constitute (as of June 2014) 168 species, 40 genera and 9 families; of these, besides a probably introduced shrew,[note 2] endemic taxa make up all the species,[note 3] all the genera, and all but one of the families.[note 4] This endemic terrestrial fauna, consisting of lemurs, tenrecs, nesomyine rodents and euplerid carnivorans, is thought to have colonized the island from Africa via four (or five, if aye-ayes arrived separately) rafting events. The other historic terrestrial or semiterrestrial mammal group, the extinct hippopotamuses, is thought to have colonized the island possibly several times, perhaps via swimming.
Earlier in the Holocene, Madagascar had a number of megafaunal mammals: giant lemurs such as Archaeoindris which at over 200kg was comparable in mass to the largest gorillas, as well as the hippopotamuses. The island also hosted flightless elephant birds weighing up to 700kg, the largest known birds of all time.[note 5] All of these went extinct following the first appearance of humans about 2000 years ago.[8][9][note 6] Today, the largest surviving native mammals of the island, such as the indri[11] and fossa,[12] have weights only approaching 10kg. Most if not all of the 29 listed extinct species are believed to have died out in prehistoric times; none of these are known to have survived into the post-European contact period.
The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature; those on the left are used here, those in the second column in some other articles:
EX
EX
Extinct
No reasonable doubt that the last individual has died.
EW
EW
Extinct in the wild
Known only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized population well outside its historic range.
CR
CR
Critically endangered
The species is in imminent danger of extinction in the wild.
EN
EN
Endangered
The species is facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
VU
VU
Vulnerable
The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
NT
NT
Near threatened
The species does not qualify as being at high risk of extinction but is likely to do so in the future.
LC
LC
Least concern
The species is not currently at risk of extinction in the wild.
DD
DD
Data deficient
There is inadequate information to assess the risk of extinction for this species.
NE
NE
Not evaluated
The conservation status of the species has not been studied.
Order: Afrosoricida (tenrecs, otter shrews and golden moles)
The afrotherian order Afrosoricida contains the golden moles and otter shrews of sub-Saharan Africa and the tenrecs of Madagascar, families of small mammals that were traditionally part of the order Insectivora. All native tenrecs of Madagascar are believed to descend from a common ancestor that lived 29–37 million years (Ma) ago[13][14][15] after rafting from Africa,[16][17] with the split from their closest relatives, the otter shrews of equatorial Africa, dated to about 47–53 Ma ago.[13][14][15]
Afrosoricida also contains the enigmatic extinct genus Plesiorycteropus, represented by two extinct species of dog-sized, probably insectivorous mammals restricted to Madagascar. Morphological analyses have tended to place them within Afrotheria close to aardvarks (order Tubulidentata),[18] perhaps due to convergent specializations for digging.[19] Analysis of preserved collagen sequences, however, places them in Afrosoricida closest to (and possibly within) tenrecs.[20] The two species differ in size and aspects of morphology.[19] They survived until as recently as 2150 BP.[9]
Sirenia is an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit rivers, estuaries, coastal marine waters, swamps, and marine wetlands. All four species are endangered. The dugong ranges widely along coastlines from east Africa to Australasia. It and the tenrecs are Madagascar's only extant afrotherians.
The order Primates contains all the species commonly related to the lemurs, monkeys, and apes, with the latter category including humans. It is divided into four main groupings: strepsirrhines, tarsiers, monkeys of the New World, and monkeys and apes of the Old World. Strepsirrhines make up all of Madagascar's native primates species, but comprise only a quarter of those of Africa, the rest being simians. Madagascar's strepsirrhines occupy both diurnal and nocturnal niches, while all those of Asia and mainland Africa are nocturnal[21] and nearly all simians are diurnal (the only exception being neotropical Aotus, which lives where strepsirrhines are absent).[22] Madagascar's 15 genera of extant nonhuman primates compares with 6 in Central America, 20 in South America, 23 in Africa and 19 in Asia. A number of lemur species larger than any now alive, ranging in size up to that of a gorilla, are believed to have become extinct shortly after the recent arrival of humans.
The endemic primates of Madagascar, the lemurs, constitute a single clade and are the largest branch of strepsirrhines. It has been proposed that a common ancestor of all Madagascar's lemurs rafted across the Mozambique Channel from Africa[23][24][note 7] between 50 and 60million years ago.[16][17] However, findings of similarities in dentition between several African primate fossils and aye-ayes, the most basal of lemurs, have led to the alternate proposal that the ancestors of aye-ayes colonized Madagascar separately from other lemurs.[25]
Between 2000 and 2008, 39new lemur species were described, bringing the total number of recognized species and subspecies to 99;[26] by 2014, the number of extant species and subspecies recognized had increased to 105. Of these, the IUCN classified 24 as critically endangered, 49 as endangered, 20 as vulnerable, three as near threatened, three as of least concern and four as data deficient; two were yet to be evaluated.
Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40% of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara can weigh up to 45kg (99lb). All the native nesomyid rodents of Madagascar are believed to descend from a common ancestor that rafted over from Africa 20–24 million years ago.[16][17] There are about 39 nesomyid species in five subfamilies in Africa, compared to 27 in one subfamily extant in Madagascar. While nesomyids make up all of the native rodent species of Madagascar, they constitute less than 10% of those of Africa.
Order: Eulipotyphla (shrews, hedgehogs, moles, and solenodons)
Eulipotyphlans are insectivorous mammals. Shrews and solenodons closely resemble mice, hedgehogs carry spines, while moles are stout-bodied burrowers. There is one species of shrew on Madagascar, which is often considered to be conspecific with the widely distributed Etruscan shrew, Suncus etruscus, and likely to have been introduced to Madagascar from South or Southeast Asia by humans.[27]
Family: Soricidae (shrews)
Subfamily: Crocidurinae
Genus: Suncus
Madagascan pygmy shrew, S. madagascariensisLC
Order: Chiroptera (bats)
Main article: List of bats of Madagascar
Madagascan fruit batMadagascan flying foxManavi long-fingered batsMauritian tomb batCommerson's roundleaf bat
The bats' most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals capable of flight. Bat species account for about 20% of all mammals. Of the 46 species, 22 genera and 8 families of bats present on Madagascar, 36 species but only Myzopoda and Myzopodidae are endemic (the family was formerly present, however, on the African mainland). Paratriaenops is endemic to Madagascar plus the Seychelles.
Family: Pteropodidae (flying foxes, Old World fruit bats)
Subfamily: Pteropodinae
Genus: Eidolon
Madagascan fruit bat, Eidolon dupreanumVU
Genus: Pteropus
Madagascan flying fox, Pteropus rufusVU
Genus: Rousettus
Madagascan rousette, Rousettus madagascariensisVU
Family: Vespertilionidae
Subfamily: Myotinae
Genus: Myotis
Malagasy mouse-eared bat, Myotis goudoti LC
Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
Genus: Hypsugo
Anchieta's pipistrelle, Hypsugo anchietae LC
Genus: Neoromicia
Isalo serotine, Neoromicia malagasyensisVU
Malagasy serotine, Neoromicia matroka LC
Neoromicia robertsiDD
Genus: Pipistrellus
Dusky pipistrelle, Pipistrellus hesperidus LC
Racey's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus raceyiDD
Genus: Scotophilus
Lesser yellow bat, Scotophilus borbonicusDD
Marovaza house bat, Scotophilus marovaza LC
Robust yellow bat, Scotophilus robustus LC
Western yellow bat, Scotophilus tandrefanaDD
Family: Miniopteridae
Genus: Miniopterus
Miniopterus aelleni LC
Miniopterus brachytragos LC
Eger's long-fingered bat, Miniopterus egeri LC
Glen's long-fingered bat, Miniopterus gleni LC
Griffith's long-fingered bat, Miniopterus griffithsiDD
Miniopterus griveaudiDD
Miniopterus mahafaliensis LC
Major's long-fingered bat, Miniopterus majori LC
Manavi long-fingered bat, Miniopterus manavi LC
Peterson's long-fingered bat, Miniopterus petersoniDD
Sororcula long-fingered bat, Miniopterus sororculus LC
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Chaerephon
Chaerephon atsinanana LC
Black and red free-tailed bat, Chaerephon jobimena LC
Grandidier's free-tailed bat, Chaerephon leucogaster LC
Genus: Mops
Malagasy white-bellied free-tailed bat, Mops leucostigma LC
Midas free-tailed bat, Mops midas LC
Genus: Mormopterus
Peter's wrinkle-lipped bat, Mormopterus jugularis LC
Genus: Otomops
Madagascar free-tailed bat, Otomops madagascariensis LC
Genus: Tadarida
Madagascan large free-tailed bat, Tadarida fulminans LC
Family: Emballonuridae
Genus: Coleura
African sheath-tailed bat, Coleura afra LC
Genus: Emballonura
Peters's sheath-tailed bat, Emballonura atrata LC
Genus: Paremballonura
Western sheath-tailed bat, Paremballonura tiavato LC
Genus: Taphozous
Mauritian tomb bat, Taphozous mauritianus LC
Family: Nycteridae
Genus: Nycteris
Malagasy slit-faced bat, Nycteris madagascariensisDD
Family: Hipposideridae
Genus: Hipposideros
Hipposideros besaokaEX
Genus: Macronycteris
Commerson's roundleaf bat, Macronycteris commersoniNT
There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which feed primarily on meat. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition. The native terrestrial carnivorans of Madagascar are all euplerids, which are believed to descend from a common ancestor that rafted over from Africa 19–26 million years ago.[17] Their closest relatives are the herpestids, the African and Eurasian mongooses. Malagasy mongooses are not "true" mongooses but rather are thought to represent an example of convergent or parallel evolution. About 30% of African terrestrial carnivoran species are herpestids.
Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and cetaceans)
†H. madagascariensis skeleton with H. amphibius skull
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 noncetacean artiodactyl species, including many that are of great economic importance to humans. Madagascar's only native artiodactyls are the extinct Malagasy hippos, which are believed to have descended from ancestors that managed to cross the Mozambique Channel from Africa in the late Quaternary, perhaps by swimming.[17] Two or three hippo colonization events may have occurred. H. lemerlei is thought to be a dwarfed form of Africa's H. amphibius, while H. laloumena was larger. H. madagascariensis may be more closely related to the African pygmy hippopotamus, C. liberiensis (the generic assignment of both pygmy forms has been in flux). Skeletal features indicate that Malagasy hippos were better adapted for running than African hippos. H. lemerlei remains have been found in the rivers and lakes of western Madagascar, suggesting a semiaquatic lifestyle similar to that of H. amphibius, while many H. madagascariensis remains have found in Madagascar's forested highlands, indicating a more terrestrial lifestyle.
Family: Hippopotamidae (hippopotamuses)
Genus: Hippopotamus
Lesser Malagasy hippopotamus, H. laloumenaEX
Malagasy dwarf hippopotamus, H. lemerleiEX
Malagasy pygmy hippopotamus, H. madagascariensisEX
Order: Cetacea (whales, dolphins and porpoises)
See also: Whaling in Madagascar
Omura's whale off Nosy BeHumpback whale off Île Sainte-MarieSouthern right whale, Île Sainte-MariePygmy sperm whaleIndian Ocean humpback dolphinIndo-Pacific bottlenose dolphinPantropical spotted dolphinSpinner dolphinFraser's dolphinsMelon-headed whalesOrcas
The infraorder 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. Their closest extant relatives are the hippos, which are artiodactyls, from which cetaceans descended; cetaceans are thus also artiodactyls.
Parvorder: Mysticeti
Family: Balaenopteridae
Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
Genus: Balaenoptera
Common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata LC
Antarctic minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensisDD
Southern sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis schlegeliiEN for B. borealis
Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera edeniDD
Pygmy blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus brevicaudaDD
Southern blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus intermediaEN for B. musculus
Omura's whale, Balaenoptera omuraiDD (among the most common rorquals of north-western Madagascar[30])
Southern fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus quoyiEN for B. physalus
Main article: List of Malagasy mammal common names
Extinct megafauna
Further information: Fauna of Madagascar §Native names for extinct megafauna
See also
Fauna of Madagascar
Fauna of Madagascar#Native names for extinct megafauna
Wildlife of Madagascar
Mesozoic mammals of Madagascar
Lists of mammals by region
List of prehistoric mammals
Mammal classification
List of mammals described in the 2000s
Notes
This list is derived from the IUCN Red List, which includes extant mammal species as well as four recently extinct species known from subfossil remains. To these have been added other species believed to have died out following the arrival of humans, as well as a few species known from Holocene remains whose extinction dates are poorly constrained. The taxonomy and naming of the individual species is based on those used in existing Wikipedia articles, supplemented by the common names and taxonomy from the IUCN, Smithsonian Institution, or University of Michigan where no Wikipedia article was available.
The Madagascan pygmy shrew is also present on the Comoros[1] where it is thought to have been introduced.[2] It may also be present on Socotra.[3] Some authorities view it as conspecific with the widespread Etruscan shrew.[3]
The tailless tenrec[4] and the common brown and mongoose lemurs[5][6] are also present on the Comoros; all are thought to have been introduced there.[2]
The rodent family Nesomyidae is also present in Africa. Madagascar has nearly as many nesomyid species as Africa.
It was long suspected that, like the native mammals, ratites reached Madagascar from Africa (possibly before the splitting of the two land masses), so that the closest relatives of elephant birds would have been ostriches. A stunning finding from ancient DNA analysis, however, is that the closest extant relatives of elephant birds are actually the diminutive kiwi of New Zealand.[7]
This depletion of the megafauna is consistent with what has happened everywhere else in the world first colonized by humans in the last 100,000 years.[10]
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