List of mammals of Morocco

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Morocco.

The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:

Order: Macroscelidea (elephant shrews)
Often called sengis, the elephant shrews or jumping shrews are native to Africa. Their common English name derives from their elongated flexible snout, which is vaguely similar to the trunk of an elephant (to whom they are distantly related) and their resemblance to the true shrews.


 * Family: Macroscelididae (elephant shrews)
 * Genus: Elephantulus
 * North African elephant shrew, E. rozeti

Order: Hyracoidea (hyraxes)
The hyraxes are any of four species of fairly small, thickset, herbivorous mammals in the order Hyracoidea. About the size of a domestic cat they are well furred, with rounded bodies and a stumpy tail. They are native to Africa and the Middle East.


 * Family: Procaviidae (hyraxes)
 * Genus: Procavia
 * Cape hyrax, P. capensis

Order: Primates
The order Primates contains humans and their closest relatives: lemurs, lorisoids, tarsiers, monkeys, and apes.
 * Suborder: Haplorhini
 * Infraorder: Simiiformes
 * Parvorder: Catarrhini
 * Superfamily: Cercopithecoidea
 * Family: Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys)
 * Subfamily: Cercopithecinae
 * Genus: Macaca
 * Barbary macaque, M. sylvanus

Order: Rodentia (rodents)
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 45 kg.
 * Suborder: Hystricognathi
 * Family: Hystricidae (Old World porcupines)
 * Subfamily: Hystricinae
 * Genus: Hystrix
 * Crested porcupine, H. cristata
 * Suborder: Sciurognathi
 * Family: Sciuridae (squirrels)
 * Subfamily: Xerinae
 * Tribe: Xerini
 * Genus: Atlantoxerus
 * Barbary ground squirrel, Atlantoxerus getulus
 * Genus: Xerus
 * Striped ground squirrel, Xerus erythropus
 * Family: Dipodidae (jerboas)
 * Subfamily: Dipodinae
 * Genus: Jaculus
 * Lesser Egyptian jerboa, Jaculus jaculus
 * Greater Egyptian jerboa, Jaculus orientalis
 * Family: Gliridae (dormice)
 * Subfamily: Leithiinae
 * Genus: Eliomys
 * Maghreb garden dormouse, Eliomys munbyanus
 * Family: Muridae (mice, rats, gerbils)
 * Subfamily: Deomyinae
 * Genus: Acomys
 * Cairo spiny mouse, Acomys cahirinus
 * Chudeau's spiny mouse, Acomys chudeaui
 * Subfamily: Gerbillinae
 * Genus: Dipodillus
 * North African gerbil, Dipodillus campestris
 * Genus: Gerbillus
 * Lesser Egyptian gerbil, Gerbillus gerbillus
 * Pygmy gerbil, Gerbillus henleyi
 * Western gerbil, Gerbillus hesperinus
 * Hoogstraal's gerbil, Gerbillus hoogstraali
 * Greater short-tailed gerbil, Gerbillus maghrebi
 * Balochistan gerbil, Gerbillus nanus
 * Occidental gerbil, Gerbillus occiduus
 * Lesser short-tailed gerbil, Gerbillus simoni
 * Tarabul's gerbil, Gerbillus tarabuli
 * Genus: Meriones
 * Sundevall's jird, Meriones crassus
 * Moroccan jird, Meriones grandis
 * Libyan jird, Meriones libycus
 * Shaw's jird, Meriones shawi
 * Genus: Pachyuromys
 * Fat-tailed gerbil, Pachyuromys duprasi
 * Genus: Psammomys
 * Fat sand rat, Psammomys obesus
 * Subfamily: Murinae
 * Genus: Apodemus
 * Wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus
 * Genus: Lemniscomys
 * Barbary striped grass mouse, Lemniscomys barbarus
 * Genus: Mastomys
 * Guinea multimammate mouse, Mastomys erythroleucus
 * Genus: Mus
 * House mouse, M. musculus
 * Algerian mouse, M. spretus
 * Genus: Rattus
 * Black rat, R. rattus introduced
 * Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus introduced
 * Family: Ctenodactylidae
 * Genus: Ctenodactylus
 * Common gundi, Ctenodactylus gundi
 * Val's gundi, Ctenodactylus vali

Order: Lagomorpha (lagomorphs)
The lagomorphs comprise two families, Leporidae (hares and rabbits), and Ochotonidae (pikas). Though they can resemble rodents, and were classified as a superfamily in that order until the early 20th century, they have since been considered a separate order. They differ from rodents in a number of physical characteristics, such as having four incisors in the upper jaw rather than two.


 * Family: Leporidae (rabbits, hares)
 * Genus: Lepus
 * Cape hare, L. capensis
 * African savanna hare, L. victoriae
 * Genus: Oryctolagus
 * European rabbit, O. cuniculus

Order: Erinaceomorpha (hedgehogs and gymnures)
The order Erinaceomorpha contains a single family, Erinaceidae, which comprise the hedgehogs and gymnures. The hedgehogs are easily recognised by their spines while gymnures look more like large rats.


 * Family: Erinaceidae (hedgehogs)
 * Subfamily: Erinaceinae
 * Genus: Atelerix
 * North African hedgehog, A. algirus
 * Genus: Paraechinus
 * Desert hedgehog, P. aethiopicus

Order: Soricomorpha (shrews, moles, and solenodons)
The "shrew-forms" are insectivorous mammals. The shrews and solenodons closely resemble mice while the moles are stout bodied burrowers.
 * Family: Soricidae (shrews)
 * Subfamily: Crocidurinae
 * Genus: Crocidura
 * Mauritanian shrew, C. lusitania
 * Greater white-toothed shrew, C. russula
 * Saharan shrew, C. tarfayensis
 * Lesser white-toothed shrew, C. suaveolens
 * Savanna path shrew, C. viaria
 * Whitaker's shrew, C. whitakeri
 * Genus: Suncus
 * Etruscan shrew, S. etruscus

Order: Chiroptera (bats)
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.
 * Family: Vespertilionidae
 * Subfamily: Myotinae
 * Genus: Myotis
 * Long-fingered bat, M. capaccinii
 * Geoffroy's bat, M. emarginatus
 * Whiskered bat, M. mystacinus
 * Zenati myotis, M. zenatius
 * Felten's myotis, M. punicus
 * Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
 * Genus: Barbastella
 * Western barbastelle, B. barbastellus
 * Genus: Eptesicus
 * Serotine bat, E. serotinus
 * Genus: Hypsugo
 * Savi's pipistrelle, H. savii
 * Genus: Nyctalus
 * Greater noctule bat, N. lasiopterus
 * Lesser noctule, N. leisleri
 * Genus: Otonycteris
 * Desert long-eared bat, O. hemprichii
 * Genus: Pipistrellus
 * Egyptian pipistrelle, P. deserti
 * Kuhl's pipistrelle, P. kuhlii
 * Common pipistrelle, P. pipistrellus
 * Rüppell's pipistrelle, P. rueppelli
 * Genus: Plecotus
 * Mediterranean long-eared bat, P. kolombatovici
 * Subfamily: Miniopterinae
 * Genus: Miniopterus
 * Common bent-wing bat, M. schreibersii
 * Family: Rhinopomatidae
 * Genus: Rhinopoma
 * Egyptian mouse-tailed bat, R. cystops
 * Lesser mouse-tailed bat, R. hardwickei
 * Greater mouse-tailed bat, R. microphyllum
 * Family: Molossidae
 * Genus: Tadarida
 * Egyptian free-tailed bat, T. aegyptiaca
 * European free-tailed bat, T. teniotis
 * Family: Emballonuridae
 * Genus: Taphozous
 * Naked-rumped tomb bat, T. nudiventris
 * Family: Nycteridae
 * Genus: Nycteris
 * Egyptian slit-faced bat, N. thebaica
 * Family: Rhinolophidae
 * Subfamily: Rhinolophinae
 * Genus: Rhinolophus
 * Blasius's horseshoe bat, R. blasii
 * Mediterranean horseshoe bat, R. euryale
 * Greater horseshoe bat, R. ferrumequinum
 * Mehely's horseshoe bat, R. mehelyi
 * Subfamily: Hipposiderinae
 * Genus: Asellia
 * Trident leaf-nosed bat, A. tridens
 * Genus: Hipposideros
 * Sundevall's roundleaf bat, H. caffer

Order: Cetacea (whales)
The order 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.
 * Suborder: Mysticeti
 * Family: Balaenidae (right whales)
 * Genus: Eubalaena
 * North Atlantic right whale, E. glacialis
 * Family: Balaenopteridae (rorquals)
 * Genus: Balaenoptera
 * Northern minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata
 * Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis
 * Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera edeni
 * Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
 * Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
 * Genus: Megaptera
 * Humpback whale, Megaptera novaengliae
 * Suborder: Odontoceti
 * Family: Delphinidae (pilot whales and dolphins)
 * Genus: Delphinus
 * Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis
 * Genus: Globicephala
 * Short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus
 * Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas
 * Genus: Grampus
 * Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus
 * Genus: Lagenodelphis
 * Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei
 * Genus: Orcinus
 * Orca, Orcinus orca
 * Genus: Pseudorca
 * False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens
 * Genus: Feresa
 * Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata
 * Genus: Stenella
 * Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba
 * Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
 * Genus: Steno
 * Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis
 * Genus: Tursiops
 * Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
 * Family: Kogiidae (small sperm whales)
 * Genus: Kogia
 * Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps
 * Dwarf sperm whale, Kogia sima
 * Family: Phocoenidae (porpoises)
 * Genus: Phocoena
 * Harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
 * Family: Physeteridae (sperm whales)
 * Genus: Physeter
 * Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus
 * Family: Ziphiidae (beaked whales)
 * Genus: Hyperoodon
 * Northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus
 * Genus: Mesoplodon
 * Sowerby's beaked whale, Mesoplodon bidens
 * Blainville's beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris
 * Gervais' beaked whale, Mesoplodon europaeus
 * True's beaked whale, Mesoplodon mirus
 * Genus: Ziphius
 * Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris

Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)
There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which feed primarily on meat. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition.
 * Suborder: Feliformia
 * Family: Felidae (cats)
 * Subfamily: Felinae
 * Genus: Caracal
 * Caracal, C. caracal
 * Genus: Felis
 * African wildcat, F. lybica
 * Sand cat, F. margarita presence uncertain
 * Genus: Leptailurus
 * Serval, L. serval
 * Subfamily: Pantherinae
 * Genus: Panthera
 * Leopard, P. pardus
 * African leopard, Panthera pardus pardus
 * Family: Viverridae
 * Subfamily: Viverrinae
 * Genus: Genetta
 * Common genet, G. genetta
 * Family: Herpestidae (mongooses)
 * Genus: Herpestes
 * Egyptian mongoose, H. ichneumon
 * Family: Hyaenidae (hyaenas)
 * Genus: Hyaena
 * Striped hyena, H. hyaena
 * Suborder: Caniformia
 * Family: Canidae (dogs, foxes)
 * Genus: Canis
 * African golden wolf, C. lupaster
 * Genus: Vulpes
 * Rüppell's fox, V. rueppellii
 * Red fox, V. vulpes
 * Fennec fox, V. zerda
 * Family: Mustelidae (mustelids)
 * Genus: Ictonyx
 * Saharan striped polecat, Ictonyx libyca
 * Genus: Lutra
 * European otter, L. lutra
 * Genus: Mellivora
 * Honey badger, M. capensis
 * Genus: Mustela
 * Least weasel, M. nivalis
 * European polecat, M. putorius
 * Family: Phocidae (earless seals)
 * Genus: Monachus
 * Mediterranean monk seal, M. monachus presence uncertain

Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
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 artiodactyl species, including many that are of great economic importance to humans.
 * Family: Suidae (pigs)
 * Subfamily: Suinae
 * Genus: Sus
 * Wild boar, S. scrofa
 * North African boar, S. s. algira
 * Family: Cervidae (deer)
 * Subfamily: Cervinae
 * Genus: Cervus
 * Red deer, C. elaphus
 * Barbary stag, C. e. barbarus
 * Family: Bovidae (cattle, antelope, sheep, goats)
 * Subfamily: Antilopinae
 * Genus: Gazella
 * Cuvier's gazelle, G. cuvieri
 * Dorcas gazelle, G. dorcas
 * Genus: Nanger
 * Dama gazelle, N. dama possibly extirpated
 * Subfamily: Caprinae
 * Genus: Ammotragus
 * Barbary sheep, A. lervia
 * Subfamily: Hippotraginae
 * Genus: Oryx
 * Scimitar oryx, O. dammah vagrant

Locally extinct

 * Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus
 * Addax, Addax nasomaculatus
 * Aurochs, Bos primigenius
 * Hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus
 * North African elephant, Loxodonta africana pharaohensis
 * Lion, Panthera leo
 * Brown bear, Ursus arctos