List of mammals of Azerbaijan

This list shows the IUCN Red List status of mammal species occurring in Azerbaijan. One species is endangered, five are vulnerable, and 11 are near threatened. The following tags are used to highlight each species' global conservation status as assessed on the respective IUCN Red List published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:

Order: Artiodactyla

 * Family: Bovidae
 * Genus: Bison
 * European bison, B. bonasus reintroduced
 * Caucasian wisent, B. b. caucasicus
 * Genus: Capra
 * Wild goat, C. aegagrus
 * East Caucasian tur, C. cylindricornis
 * Genus: Gazella
 * Goitered gazelle, G. subgutturosa
 * Genus: Ovis
 * Mouflon, O. gmelini
 * Armenian mouflon, O. g. gmelini
 * Genus: Rupicapra
 * Chamois, R. rupicapra
 * Family: Cervidae
 * Genus: Capreolus
 * Roe deer, C. capreolus
 * Genus: Cervus
 * Red deer, C. elaphus
 * Sika deer, C. nippon introduced
 * Family: Suidae
 * Genus: Sus
 * Wild boar, S. scrofa

Order: Carnivora

 * Family: Canidae
 * Genus: Canis
 * Golden jackal, C. aureus
 * European jackal, C. a. moreoticus
 * Gray wolf, C. lupus
 * Steppe wolf, C. l. campestris
 * Genus: Vulpes
 * Red fox, V. vulpes
 * Family: Felidae
 * Genus: Felis
 * Jungle cat, F. chaus
 * European wildcat, F. silvestris
 * African wildcat, F. lybica
 * Genus: Otocolobus
 * Pallas's cat, O. manul
 * Genus: Lynx
 * Eurasian lynx, L. lynx
 * Caucasian lynx, L. l. dinniki
 * Genus: Panthera
 * Leopard, P. pardus
 * Persian leopard, P. p. tulliana
 * Family: Ursidae
 * Genus: Ursus
 * Brown bear, U. arctos
 * Family: Procyonidae
 * Genus: Procyon
 * Common raccoon, P. lotor introduced
 * Family: Hyaenidae
 * Genus: Hyaena
 * Striped hyena, H. hyaena
 * Family: Mustelidae
 * Genus: Lutra
 * European otter, L. lutra
 * Genus: Martes
 * Beech marten, M. foina
 * European pine marten, M. martes
 * Genus: Meles
 * Caucasian badger, M. canescens
 * Genus: Mustela
 * Stoat, M. erminea
 * Least weasel, M. nivalis
 * Genus: Vormela
 * Marbled polecat, V. peregusna
 * Family: Phocidae
 * Genus: Pusa
 * Caspian seal, P. caspica

Order: Chiroptera

 * Family: Vespertilionidae
 * Genus: Barbastella
 * Western barbastelle, B. barbastellus
 * Asian barbastelle, B. leucomelas
 * Genus: Eptesicus
 * Botta's serotine, E. bottae
 * Northern bat, E. nilssonii
 * Serotine bat, E. serotinus
 * Genus: Hypsugo
 * Savi's pipistrelle, H. savii
 * Genus: Miniopterus
 * Common bent-wing bat, M. schreibersii
 * Genus: Myotis
 * Bechstein's bat, M. bechsteini
 * Lesser mouse-eared bat, M. blythii
 * Geoffroy's bat, M. emarginatus
 * Whiskered bat, M. mystacinus
 * Natterer's bat, M. nattereri
 * Genus: Nyctalus
 * Lesser noctule, N. leisleri
 * Common noctule, N. noctula
 * Genus: Plecotus
 * Brown long-eared bat, P. auritus
 * Grey long-eared bat, P. austriacus
 * Genus: Pipistrellus
 * Kuhl's pipistrelle, P. kuhlii
 * Nathusius' pipistrelle, P. nathusii
 * Common pipistrelle, P. pipistrellus
 * Soprano pipistrelle, P. pygmaeus
 * Genus: Vespertilio
 * Parti-coloured bat, V. murinus
 * Family: Molossidae
 * Genus: Tadarida
 * European free-tailed bat, T. teniotis
 * Family: Rhinolophidae
 * Genus: Rhinolophus
 * Blasius's horseshoe bat, R. blasii
 * Mediterranean horseshoe bat, R. euryale
 * Greater horseshoe bat, R. ferrumequinum
 * Lesser horseshoe bat, R. hipposideros
 * Mehely's horseshoe bat, R. mehelyi

Order: Eulipotyphla

 * Family: Erinaceidae
 * Genus: Erinaceus
 * Southern white-breasted hedgehog, E. concolor
 * Genus: Hemiechinus
 * Long-eared hedgehog, H. auritus
 * Family: Soricidae
 * Genus: Crocidura
 * Caspian shrew, C. caspica
 * Gueldenstaedt's shrew, C. gueldenstaedti
 * Bicolored shrew, C. leucodon
 * Genus: Neomys
 * Transcaucasian water shrew, N. teres
 * Genus: Suncus
 * Etruscan shrew, S. etruscus
 * Family: Talpidae
 * Genus: Talpa
 * Levant mole, T. levantis

Order: Lagomorpha

 * Family: Leporidae
 * Genus: Lepus
 * European hare, L. europaeus
 * Genus: Oryctolagus
 * European rabbit, O. cuniculus

Order: Rodentia

 * Family: Calomyscidae
 * Genus: Calomyscus
 * Urar mouse-like hamster, C. urartensis
 * Family: Cricetidae
 * Genus: Arvicolinae
 * European water vole, A. amphibius
 * Genus: Chionomys
 * Caucasian snow vole, C. gud
 * European snow vole, C. nivalis
 * Robert's snow vole, C. roberti
 * Genus: Cricetulus
 * Grey hamster, C. migratorius
 * Genus: Ellobius
 * Transcaucasian mole vole, E. lutescens
 * Genus: Mesocricetus
 * Turkish hamster, M. brandti
 * Genus: Microtus
 * Common vole, M. arvalis
 * Daghestan pine vole, M. daghestanicus
 * Major's pine vole, M. majori
 * Schelkovnikov's pine vole, M. schelkovnikovi
 * Social vole, M. socialis
 * Family: Dipodidae
 * Genus: Allactaga
 * Small five-toed jerboa, A. elater
 * Williams' jerboa, A. williamsi
 * Family: Gliridae
 * Genus: Dryomys
 * Forest dormouse, D. nitedula
 * Genus: Glis
 * European edible dormouse, G. glis
 * Iranian edible dormouse, G. persicus
 * Family: Hystricidae
 * Genus: Hystrix
 * Indian crested porcupine, H. indica
 * Family: Muridae
 * Genus: Apodemus
 * Striped field mouse, A. agrarius
 * Caucasus field mouse, A. hyrcanicus
 * Black Sea field mouse, A. ponticus
 * Ural field mouse, A. uralensis
 * Steppe field mouse, A. witherbyi
 * Genus: Meriones
 * Libyan jird, M. libycus
 * Midday jird, M. meridianus
 * Persian jird, M. persicus
 * Tristram's jird, M. tristami
 * Vinogradov's jird, M. vinogradovi
 * Genus: Micromys
 * Eurasian harvest mouse, M. minutus
 * Genus: Mus
 * House mouse, M. musculus
 * Genus: Rattus
 * Brown rat, R. norvegicus introduced
 * Black rat, R. rattus
 * Family: Myocastoridae
 * Genus: Myocastor
 * Coypu, M. coypus introduced
 * Family: Sciuridae
 * Genus: Sciurus
 * Caucasian squirrel, S. anomalus
 * Red squirrel, S. vulgaris

Locally extinct
The following species are locally extinct in the country:
 * Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus
 * Moose, Alces alces
 * Wild horse, Equus ferus
 * Onager, Equus hemionus
 * Lion, Panthera leo
 * Tiger, Panthera tigris