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TABLE 1 in Checklist of Mammals of Syria
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- 1. General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research, Deir ez-Zor, Syria
- 2. High Institute of Marine Research, Tishreen University, Latakia, Syria
- 3. Department of Biology, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, Jordan
- 4. Museum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institute of Biodiversity Change, Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany
- 5. Slovenian Museum of Natural History, Prešernova 20, SI- 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 6. Conservation biologist, Florence, Italy
- 7. Department of Zoology, National Museum (Natural History), Václavské nám. 68, 115 79 Praha 1 & Department of Zoology, Charles
- 8. General Organization of Remote Sensing, Department of Environmental Researches and Regional Planning, Syria
- 9. Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Via A. Volta 4, 56126 Pisa, Italy
- 10. Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
Description
TABLE 1. Systematic list of mammals of Syria along with their IUCN Red List status (DD: Data Deficient; LC: Least Concern; NT: Near Threatened; VU: Vulnerable; EN: Endangered; * Introduced/Invasive species).
| No. | Order | Family | Genus (Subgenus) | Species | Subspecies | Common Name | IUCN Red list status (IUCN 2023) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hyracoidea (Hyraxes) = 1 species | Procaviidae | Procavia | P. capensis | P. c. syriaca | Rock Hyrax | LC |
| 2 | Lagomorpha (Hares) = 2 species | Lepus (Proeulagus) | L. capensis | L. c. arabicus | Cape Hare | LC | |
| 3 | Leporidae | Lepus (Eulagos) | L. europaeus | L. e. connori L. e. syriacus | European Hare | LC | |
| 4 | Hystricidae | Hystrix (Hystrix) | H. indica | H. i. mesopotamica H. i. indica | Indian Crested Porcupine | LC | |
| 5 | Echimyidae | Myocastor | M. coypus | Coypu* | LC | ||
| 6 | Dryomys | D. nitedula | D. n. phrygius | Eurasian Forest Dormouse | LC | ||
| 7 | Gliridae | Eliomys | E. melanurus | E. m. melanurus | Black-tailed Garden Dormouse | LC | |
| 8 | Sciuridae | Sciurus (Tenes) | S. anomalus | S. a. syriacus | Caucasian Squirrel | LC | |
| 9 10 | Dipodidae | Scarturus (Paralactaga) | S. aulacotis S. euphraticus | Syrian Five-toed Jerboa Euphrates Jerboa | LC LC | ||
| 11 | Rodentia (Rodents) =36 species | Jaculus (Jaculus) | J. loftusi | J. l. syrius J. l. vocator | Arabian Jerboa | LC | |
| 12 | Calomyscidae | Calomyscus | C. tsolovi | Syrian Brush-tailed Mouse | DD | ||
| 13 | Arvicola | A. persicus | A. p. hintoni | Persian Water Vole | LC | ||
| 14 | Chionomys | C. (Hypudaeus) syriacus | C. s. hermonis C. s. pontius | European Snow Vole | LC | ||
| 15 16 | Cricetidae | Microtus (Sumeriomys) | M. guentheri M. irani | M. g. philistinus | Guenther’s Vole Iranian Vole | LC VU | |
| 17 | M. socialis | Social Vole | LC | ||||
| 18 | Mesocricetus | M. auratus | Golden Hamster | EN | |||
| 19 | Nothocricetulus | N. migratorius | N. m. phaeus | Gray Dwarf Hamster | LC | ||
| 20 | Acomys (Acomys) | A. russatus | A. r. lewisi | Golden Spiny Mouse | LC | ||
| 21 | Muridae | Gerbillus | G. (Gerbillus) cheesmani | G. c. arduus | Cheesman’s Gerbil | LC | |
| 22 | G. d. palmyrae G. (Dipodillus) dasyurus G. d. leosollicitus G. d. dasyroides | Wagner’s Dipodil | LC | ||||
| 23 | Gerbillus | G. (Hendecapleura) henleyi | G. h. mariae | Pygmy Gerbil | LC | ||
| 24 | G. (Hendecapleura) mesopotamiae | Mesopotamian Gerbil | LC | ||||
| 25 | M. crassus | M. c. charon | Sundevall’s Jird | LC | |||
| 26 | M. libycus | M. l. erythrourus M. l. syrius | Libyan Jird | LC | |||
| 27 | Meriones (Pallasiomys) | M. tristrami | M. t. bodenheimeri M. t. kariateni M. t. lycaon | Tristram’s Jird | LC | ||
| 28 | Rodentia (Rodents) =36 species | Muridae | M. vinogradovi | Vinogradov’s Jird | LC | ||
| 29 | Psammomys | P. obesus | P. o. terraesanctae | Fat Sand Rat | LC | ||
| 30 | Tatera | T. indica | T. i. taeniurus | Indian Gerbil | LC | ||
| 31 | A. flavicollis | A. f. pohlei | Yellow-necked Field Mouse | LC | |||
| 32 | Apodemus (Sylvaemus) | A. mystacinus | Eastern Broad-toothed Field Mouse | LC | |||
| 33 | A. witherbyi | Steppe Field Mouse | LC | ||||
| 34 | M. macedonicus | Macedonian Mouse | LC | ||||
| 35 | Mus (Mus) | M. musculus | M. m. domesticus M. m. praetextus | House Mouse | LC | ||
| 36 | Nesokia | N. indica | N. i. bacheri N. i. myosura | Short-tailed Nesokia | LC | ||
| 37 38 | Rattus | R. norvegicus R. rattus | R. n. norvegicus R. r. rattus | Brown Rat* Roof Rat* | LC LC | ||
| 39 | Spalacidae | Nannospalax (Nannospalax) | N. ehrenbergi | Middle East Blind Mole Rat | DD | ||
| 40 | Erinaceus | E. concolor | E. c. concolor | Southern White-Breasted Hedgehog | LC | ||
| 41 | Erinaceidae | Hemiechinus | H. auritus | H. a. syraicus H. a. calligoni | Common Long-eared Hedgehog | LC | |
| 42 | Paraechinus | P. aethiopicus | P. a. ludlowi | Desert Hedgehog | LC | ||
| 43 | Eulipotyphla (Hedgehogs and Shrews) = 8 species | C. katinka | Katinka’s White-toothed Shrew | DD | |||
| 44 45 | Soricidae | Crocidura | C. leucodon C. gueldenstaedtii | C. l. judaica C. g. monacha | Bicolored Shrew Güldenstädt’s White-toothed Shrew | LC LC | |
| 46 | Suncus | S. etruscus | S. e. etruscus | Etruscan Shrew | LC | ||
| 47 | Talpidae | Talpa | T. davidiana | Père David’s Mole | DD | ||
| 48 | Pteropodidae | Rousettus | R. aegyptiacus | R. a. aegyptiacus | Egyptian Rousette | LC | |
| 49 | Hipposideridae | Asellia | A. tridens | A. t. murraiana | Geoffroy’s Trident Leaf-nosed Bat | LC | |
| 50 | R. blasii | R. b. blasii | Blasius’s Horseshoe Bat | LC | |||
| 51 | R. euryale | Mediterranean Horseshoe Bat | NT | ||||
| 52 | Rhinolophidae | Rhinolophus | R. ferrumequinum | R. f. ferrumequinum | Greater Horseshoe Bat | LC | |
| 53 54 55 56 | Chiroptera (Bats) = 27 species | Rhinopomatidae | Rhinopoma | R. hipposideros R. mehelyi R. cystops R. microphyllum | R. h. minimus R. m. judaicus R. c. arabium R. m. microphyllum | Lesser Horseshoe Bat Mehely’s Horseshoe Bat Arabian Mouse-tailed Bat Greater Mouse-tailed Bat | LC VU LC LC |
| 57 | Emballonuridae | Taphozous | T. nudiventris | T. n. magnus | Naked-rumped Tomb Bat | LC | |
| 58 | Miniopteridae | Miniopterus | M. schreibersii | Schreibers’s Long-fingered Bat | VU | ||
| 59 | Molossidae | Tadarida | T. teniotis | European Free-tailed Bat | LC | ||
| 60 61 | Vespertilionidae | Myotis | M. blythii M. capaccinii | M. b. omari | Lesser Myotis Long-fingered Myotis | LC VU | |
| 62 | M. emarginatus | M. e. emarginatus | Geoffroy’s Myotis | LC | |||
| 63 64 | Myotis | M. hoveli M. myotis | M. m. macrocephalicus | Hovel’s Myotis Greater Myotis | DD LC | ||
| 65 | M. mystacinus | Common Whiskered Myotis | LC | ||||
| 66 | E. anatolicus | Anatolian Serotine | LC | ||||
| 67 | Chiroptera (Bats) = 27 | Eptesicus | E. bottae | E. b. hingstoni | Botta’s Serotine | LC | |
| 68 | species | Vespertilionidae | E. serotinus | E. s. mirza | Eurasian Serotine | LC | |
| 69 | Nyctalus | N. noctula | N. n. lebanoticus | Common Noctule | LC | ||
| 70 71 | Pipistrellus | P. kuhlii P. pipistrellus | P. k. lepidus | Kuhl’s Pipistrelle Common Pipistrelle | LC LC | ||
| 72 | Otonycteris | O. hemprichii | O. h. hemprichii | Desert Long-eared Bat | LC | ||
| 73 | Plecotus | P. macrobullaris | P. m. macrobullaris | Alpine Long-eared Bat | LC | ||
| 74 | Hypsugo | H. savii | H. s. caucasicus | Savi’s Pipistrelle | LC | ||
| 75 | Martes | M. foina | M. f. syriaca | Stone Marten | LC | ||
| 76 | Mustelidae (Otters, Martens, Badgers, Weasels, Polecats) | Vormela | V. peregusna | V. p. syriaca | Marbled Polecat | VU | |
| 77 | Lutra | L. lutra | L. l. seistanica | Eurasian Otter | NT | ||
| 78 | Meles | M. canescens | M. c. canescens | Caucasian Badger | LC | ||
| 79 | Mellivora | M. capensis | M. c. wilsoni | Honey Badger | LC | ||
| 80 | Mustela | M. nivalis | M. n. boccamela | Least Weasel | LC | ||
| 81 | Phocidae (Earless Seals) | Monachus | M. monachus | Mediterranean Monk Seal | EN | ||
| 82 | Carnivora = 20 species | Ursidae (Bears) | Ursus | U. arctos | U. a. syriacus | Brown Bear | VU |
| 83 | C. aureus | C. a. syriacus | Golden Jackal | LC | |||
| 84 | Canidae (Jackals, | Canis | C. lupus | C. l. pallipes C. l. arabs | Gray Wolf | LC | |
| 85 | Wolves, and Foxes) | V. rueppellii | V. r. sabaea | Rüppell’s Fox | LC | ||
| 86 | Vulpes | V. vulpes | V. v. arabica V. v. flavescens V. v. palaestina | Red Fox | LC | ||
| 87 | Caracal | C. caracal | C. c. aharonii C. c. schmitzi | Caracal | LC | ||
| 88 89 90 | Carnivora = 20 species | Felidae (Cats) | Felis | F. chaus F. lybica F. silvestris | F. c. furax F. l. tristrami F. s. caucasica | Jungle Cat African Wildcat European Wildcat | LC LC LC |
| 91 | F. margarita | F. m. harrisoni | Sand Cat | LC | |||
| 92 93 | Herpestidae (Mongooses) | Herpestes Urva | H. ichneumon U. auropunctata | H. i. ichneumon U. a. pallipes | Egyptian Mongoose Small Indian Mongoose | LC LC | |
| 94 | Hyaenidae (Hyenas) | Hyaena | H. hyaena | H. h. syriaca | Striped Hyena | NT | |
| 95 | G. dorcas | G. d. dorcas | Dorcas Gazelle | VU | |||
| 96 97 98 99 | Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates) = 7 species | Bovidae (Gazelles and Ibexes) | Gazella Capra | G. gazella G. marica G. subgutturosa C. nubiana | G. g. gazella G. s. subgutturosa | Mountain Gazelle Sand Gazelle Goitered Gazelle Nubian Ibex | EN VU VU VU |
| 100 | Cervidae (Deer) | Capreolus | C. capreolus | Western Roe Deer | LC | ||
| 101 | Suidae (Wild Boars) | Sus | S. scrofa | S. s. attila S. s. libycus | Eurasian Wild Pig | LC | |
| 102 103 | Balaenopteridae | Balaenoptera | B. acutorostrata B. physalus | B. a. acutorostrata B. p. physalus | Common Minke Whale Fin Whale | LC VU | |
| 104 | Megaptera | M. novaeangliae | M. n. novaeangliae | Humpback Whale | LC | ||
| 105 106 107 | Infraorder Cetacea (Whales and Dolphins) = 9 species | Delphinidae | Delphinus Grampus Stenella | D. delphis G. griseus S. coeruleoalba | Common Dolphin Risso’s Dolphin Striped Dolphin | LC LC LC | |
| 108 | Tursiops | T. truncatus | T.t. truncates | Common Bottlenose Dolphin | LC | ||
| 109 | Physeteridae | Physeter | P. macrocephalus | Sperm Whale | VU | ||
| 110 | Ziphiidae | Ziphius | Z. cavirostris | Cuvier’s Beaked Whale | LC | ||
| Total | 7 | 36 | 73 | 110 | 96 | ||
| Status | DD: 5; LC: 87; NT: 3; VU: 12; EN: 3 | ||||||
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Notes
Published as part of Aidek, Ahmad E., Ibrahim, Amir, Amr, Zuhair, Hutterer, Rainer, Kryštufek, Boris, Serra, Gianluca, Benda, Petr, Shkaky, Yesra, Barbanera, Filippo & Al-Sheikhly, Omar F., 2025, Checklist of Mammals of Syria, pp. 6-10 in Zootaxa 5580 (1) on page 6, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5580.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14797597
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References
- IUCN (2023). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022 - 2. Available at https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Accessed on 5 / 11 / 2023).