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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Uzbekistan. There are 98 mammal species in
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...
, of which one is critically endangered, three are endangered, six are vulnerable, and four are near threatened. The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the
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Order:

Rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are na ...
ia (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 The capybaraAlso called capivara (in Brazil), capiguara (in Bolivia), chigüire, chigüiro, or fercho (in Colombia and Venezuela), carpincho (in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) and ronsoco (in Peru). or greater capybara (''Hydrochoerus hydro ...
can weigh up to . *Suborder: Sciurognathi **Family: Sciuridae (squirrels) ***Subfamily: Xerinae ****Tribe: Xerini *****Genus: ''
Spermophilopsis The long-clawed ground squirrel (''Spermophilopsis leptodactylus'') is a squirrel species native to grasslands and deserts in northeastern Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, northwestern Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. It is the only member ...
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Long-clawed ground squirrel The long-clawed ground squirrel (''Spermophilopsis leptodactylus'') is a squirrel species native to grasslands and deserts in northeastern Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, northwestern Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. It is the only membe ...
, ''S. leptodactylus'' ****Tribe: Marmotini *****Genus: '' Marmota'' ******
Long-tailed marmot The long-tailed marmot (''Marmota caudata'') or golden marmot is a marmot species in the family Sciuridae. It occurs in mountainous regions in the central parts of Asia where it lives in open or lightly wooded habitats, often among rocks where dw ...
, ''M. caudata'' ******
Menzbier's marmot The Menzbier's marmot (''Marmota menzbieri'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae from Central Asia. Its name commemorates Russian zoologist Mikhail Aleksandrovich Menzbier. Distribution and habitat It inhabits meadows and steppe at ...
, ''M. menzbieri'' *****Genus: ''
Spermophilus ''Spermophilus'' is a genus of ground squirrels in the Sciuridae, squirrel family. As traditionally defined the genus was very species-rich, ranging through Europe, Asia and North America, but this arrangement was found to be paraphyletic to ...
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Yellow ground squirrel The yellow ground squirrel (''Spermophilus fulvus'') is a large and sturdy ground squirrel species native to Afghanistan, China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Russia. It inhabits sandy steppes with Artemisia, glasswort and tamari ...
, ''Spermophilus fulvus'' ******
Little ground squirrel The little ground squirrel or little souslik, (''Spermophilus pygmaeus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found from Eastern Europe to Central Asia. Its subspecies include ''Spermophilus pygmaeus pygmaeus'', ''Spermophilus ...
, ''Spermophilus pygmaeus'' **Family: Gliridae (dormice) ***Subfamily: Leithiinae ****Genus: '' Dryomys'' ***** Forest dormouse, ''Dryomys nitedula'' **Family: Dipodidae (jerboas) ***Subfamily: Allactaginae ****Genus: ''
Allactaga The genus ''Allactaga'' contains the four and five-toed jerboas of Asia. They are small mammals belonging to the order of rodents. They are characteristically known as the hopping rodents of the desert and semi-arid regions. They have long hind f ...
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Great jerboa The great jerboa (''Allactaga major'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae Jerboas (from ar, جربوع ') are hopping desert rodents found throughout North Africa and Asia, and are members of the family Dipodidae. They tend to li ...
, ''Allactaga major'' *****
Severtzov's jerboa Severtzov's jerboa (''Allactaga severtzovi'') is an herbivorous species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбе ...
, ''Allactaga severtzovi'' *****
Vinogradov's jerboa Vinogradov's jerboa (''Allactaga vinogradovi'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан) ...
, ''Allactaga vinogradovi'' ****Genus: '' Allactodipus'' *****
Bobrinski's jerboa Bobrinski's jerboa (''Allactodipus bobrinskii'') is a species of rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upp ...
, ''Allactodipus bobrinskii'' ***Subfamily: Cardiocraniinae ****Genus: '' Salpingotus'' *****
Heptner's pygmy jerboa Heptner's pygmy jerboa (''Salpingotus heptneri'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is native to temperate deserts in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and possibly Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcont ...
, ''Salpingotus heptneri'' ***Subfamily: Dipodinae ****Genus: ''
Dipus ''Dipus'' is a genus of jerboa. Today only a single species is extant, the northern three-toed jerboa ''(Dipus sagitta)'', widespread throughout Central Asia. The genus has a fossil record that dates back to the Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the ...
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Northern three-toed jerboa The northern three-toed jerboa (''Dipus sagitta'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is the only extant species within the genus ''Dipus''. It ranges across Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, China and Mongolia. ...
, ''Dipus sagitta'' ****Genus: ''
Eremodipus Lichtenstein's jerboa (''Eremodipus lichtensteini'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Eremodipus''. It is found in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, ita ...
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Lichtenstein's jerboa Lichtenstein's jerboa (''Eremodipus lichtensteini'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Eremodipus''. It is found in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, ita ...
, ''Eremodipus lichtensteini'' ****Genus: ''
Jaculus The jaculus (or iaculus, pl. ''jaculi'', meaning "thrown" in Latin) is a small mythical serpent or dragon. It can be shown with wings and sometimes has front legs. It is also sometimes known as the javelin snake. In Greek mythology It was said t ...
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Turkmen jerboa Blanford's jerboa (''Jaculus blanfordi'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is native to Central Asia and is found in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. Taxonomy Blanford's jerboa was first described in 1 ...
, ''Jaculus turcmenicus'' ****Genus: ''
Paradipus The comb-toed jerboa (''Paradipus ctenodactylus'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Paradipus''. It is found in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic ...
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Comb-toed jerboa The comb-toed jerboa (''Paradipus ctenodactylus'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Paradipus''. It is found in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic ...
, ''Paradipus ctenodactylus'' ****Genus: ''
Stylodipus ''Stylodipus'' is a genus of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It contains the following species: * Andrews's three-toed jerboa (''Stylodipus andrewsi'') * Mongolian three-toed jerboa (''Stylodipus sungorus'') * Thick-tailed three-toed jerboa Th ...
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Thick-tailed three-toed jerboa The thick-tailed three-toed jerboa (''Stylodipus telum'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Its typical habitat is steppe, desert and mountain grasslan ...
, ''Stylodipus telum'' **Family: Cricetidae ***Subfamily: Arvicolinae ****Genus: ''
Blanfordimys ''Blanfordimys'' is a subgenus of voles in the family ''Microtus''. It was formerly considered a distinct genus, but taxonomic studies group it within the ''Microtus'' radiation. It contains the following species: * Afghan vole The Afghan vol ...
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Afghan vole The Afghan vole (''Microtus afghanus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in south-central Asia. Characteristics The Afghan vole has a small, stocky body, a blunt, rounded muzzle and rounded ears. The colour varies ac ...
, ''Blanfordimys afghanus'' ****Genus: ''
Ellobius ''Ellobius'' is a genus of rodents in the family Cricetidae. It is the only member of the tribe Ellobiusini. It contains two ('' E. lutescens'' and '' E. tancrei'') of the handful of examples of mammal species that have lost the Y chromosome. Th ...
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Zaisan mole vole The Zaisan mole vole (''Ellobius tancrei''), or eastern mole vole, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in central Asia. Description The Zaisan mole vole is highly adapted to life underground. It grows to a head and body ...
, ''Ellobius tancrei'' **Family:
Muridae The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 1,383 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. The name Muridae come ...
(mice, rats, voles, gerbils, hamsters) ***Subfamily:
Gerbillinae Gerbillinae is one of the subfamilies of the rodent family Muridae and includes the gerbils, jirds, and sand rats. Once known as desert rats, the subfamily includes about 110 species of African, Indian, and Asian rodents, including sand rats and ...
****Genus: '' Meriones'' *****
Libyan jird The Libyan jird (''Meriones libycus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan an ...
, ''Meriones libycus'' LC *****
Midday jird The midday jird (''Meriones meridianus''), also called midday gerbil, is a rodent species in the family Muridae and native to sandy deserts in Central and East Asia. It has been listed on the IUCN Red List as Least Concern since 2008. Descript ...
, ''Meriones meridianus'' ***** Tamarisk jird, ''Meriones tamariscinus'' ***Subfamily: Murinae ****Genus: ''
Nesokia ''Nesokia'' is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to West Asia and Central Asia known as the short-tailed bandicoot rats. Species Genus ''Nesokia'' - short-tailed bandicoot rats: * Short-tailed bandicoot rat (''Nesokia indica'') G ...
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Short-tailed bandicoot rat The short-tailed bandicoot rat (''Nesokia indica'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. Other common names include short-tailed mole-rat, Indian bandicoot, bandicoot-rat, flat-tooth rat and short-tailed nesokia. Characteristics The sh ...
, ''Nesokia indica'' LC


Order: Lagomorpha (lagomorphs)

---- The lagomorphs comprise two families, Leporidae with
hare Hares and jackrabbits are mammals belonging to the genus ''Lepus''. They are herbivores, and live solitarily or in pairs. They nest in slight depressions called forms, and their young are able to fend for themselves shortly after birth. The ge ...
s and
rabbit Rabbits, also known as bunnies or bunny rabbits, are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also contains the hares) of the order Lagomorpha (which also contains the pikas). ''Oryctolagus cuniculus'' includes the European rabbit speci ...
s, and Ochotonidae with pikas. Though they can resemble
rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are na ...
s, and were classified as a
superfamily SUPERFAMILY is a database and search platform of structural and functional annotation for all proteins and genomes. It classifies amino acid sequences into known structural domains, especially into SCOP superfamilies. Domains are functional, str ...
in that order until the early 20th century, they have since been considered a separate order. *Family: Leporidae **Genus: '' Lepus'' ***
Tolai hare The tolai hare (''Lepus tolai'') is a species of hare native to Central Asia, Mongolia, and Northern and Central China. It inhabits semi-desert, steppes, rocky habitats, and forest meadows. It is relatively common, even in areas with heavy hu ...
, ''L. tolai'' *Family: Ochotonidae **Genus: ''
Ochotona A pika ( or ; archaically spelled pica) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal found in Asia and North America. With short limbs, very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative, the rabbit, but ...
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Turkestan red pika The Turkestani red pika (''Ochotona rutila'') is a species of mammal in the family Ochotonidae. The summer fur at its back is bright rufous and the ventral fur is white or ochraceous. The winter dorsal fur is pale brown and the ventral fur is ...
, ''O. rutila''


Order:

Erinaceomorpha Erinaceidae is a family in the order Eulipotyphla, consisting of the hedgehogs and moonrats. Until recently, it was assigned to the order Erinaceomorpha, which has been subsumed with the paraphyletic Soricomorpha into Eulipotyphla. Eulipotyphla ...
(hedgehogs and gymnures)

---- The order Erinaceomorpha contains a single family, Erinaceidae, which comprise the hedgehogs and
gymnure Gymnures, also called hairy hedgehogs or moonrats, are mammals belonging to the subfamily Galericinae, in the family Erinaceidae and the order Eulipotyphla. Gymnures resemble rats but are not closely related as they are not rodents; they are ...
s. The hedgehogs are easily recognised by their spines while gymnures look more like large rats. *Family:
Erinaceidae Erinaceidae is a family in the order Eulipotyphla, consisting of the hedgehogs and moonrats. Until recently, it was assigned to the order Erinaceomorpha, which has been subsumed with the paraphyletic Soricomorpha into Eulipotyphla. Eulipotyphla ...
(hedgehogs) **Subfamily: Erinaceinae ***Genus: '' Hemiechinus'' ****
Long-eared hedgehog The long-eared hedgehog (''Hemiechinus auritus'') is a species of hedgehog native to Central Asian countries and some countries of the Middle East. The long-eared hedgehog lives in burrows that it either makes or finds and is distinguished by its ...
, ''H. auritus'' ***Genus: '' Paraechinus'' ****
Brandt's hedgehog Brandt's hedgehog (''Paraechinus hypomelas'') is a species of desert hedgehog native to parts of the Middle East and Central Asia. Its common name derives from its having first been described by Johann Friedrich von Brandt, a director of the Zoo ...
, ''P. hypomelas''


Order:

Soricomorpha Soricomorpha (from Greek "shrew-form") is a formerly used taxon within the class of mammals. In the past it formed a significant group within the former order Insectivora. However, Insectivora was shown to be polyphyletic and various new orders w ...
(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'' **** Gueldenstaedt's shrew, ''C. gueldenstaedtii'' ****
Lesser white-toothed shrew The lesser white-toothed shrew (''Crocidura suaveolens'') is a tiny shrew with a widespread distribution in Africa, Asia and Europe. Its preferred habitat is scrub and gardens and it feeds on insects, arachnids, worms, gastropods, newts and sm ...
, ''C. suaveolens'' ***Genus: ''
Diplomesodon ''Diplomesodon'' is a genus of shrew that contains a single extant species, the piebald shrew ''(Diplomesodon pulchellum)''. Taxonomy An extinct species named '' Diplomesodon fossorius'' is known from the Early Pleistocene of South Africa, ver ...
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Piebald shrew The piebald shrew (''Diplomesodon pulchellum'') is a shrew found in the Turan Lowland east of the Caspian Sea in Iran, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. It grows to to in length, and usually hunts for insects and lizards at night. It is the only ex ...
, ''D. pulchellum'' **Subfamily: Soricinae ***Tribe: Soricini ****Genus: '' Sorex'' *****
Eurasian pygmy shrew The Eurasian pygmy shrew (''Sorex minutus''), often known simply as the pygmy shrew, is a widespread shrew of the northern Palearctic. Description It measures about in length, not including the tail, and has an average weight of .The hair on t ...
, ''S. minutus''


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 Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most diverse and widely distributed of bat familie ...
**Subfamily:
Myotinae Myotinae is a subfamily of vesper bats. It contains three genera: ''Eudiscopus'', '' Myotis'', and ''Submyotodon''. Before the description of ''Submyotodon'' and analysis of its phylogenetics, as well as a phylogenetic analysis of ''Eudiscopus'', ...
***Genus: ''
Myotis The mouse-eared bats or myotises are a diverse and widespread genus (''Myotis'') of bats within the family Vespertilionidae. The noun "''myotis''" itself is a New Latin construction, from the Greek "''muós'' (meaning "mouse") and "''oûs''" (mea ...
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Long-fingered bat The long-fingered bat (''Myotis capaccinii'') is a carnivorous species of vesper bat. It is native to coastal areas around the Mediterranean Sea, as well as a few patches of land in western Iran. Due to the fact that its population is in decline ...
, ''M. capaccinii'' ****
Geoffroy's bat Geoffroy's bat (''Myotis emarginatus'') is a species of vesper bat. Description ''M. emarginatus'' is a medium-sized bat with long and woolly fur. The dorsal side of the torso is rust-brown to fox-red and the ventral side is a poorly delineat ...
, ''M. emarginatus'' ****
Fraternal myotis The fraternal myotis (''Myotis frater'') is a species of vesper bat native to East Asia. Taxonomy The long-tailed myotis (''M. longicaudatus'') was split as a distinct species by a 2015 study based on molecular evidence. This has also been fo ...
, ''M. frater'' **** Bokhara whiskered bat, ''M. bucharensis'' **Subfamily:
Vespertilioninae The Vespertilioninae are a subfamily of vesper bats from the family Vespertilionidae. Classification Subfamily Vespertilioninae *Tribe Antrozoini **Genus '' Antrozous'' *** Pallid bat, ''Antrozous pallidus'' **Genus '' Bauerus'' *** Van Geld ...
***Genus: '' Eptesicus'' ****
Bobrinski's serotine Bobrinski's serotine (''Eptesicus bobrinskoi'') is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in Iran and Kazakhstan. Taxonomy Bobrinski's serotine was described as a new species in 1935 by Alexander Petrovitch Kuzyakin (also spelled Kuzjakin). Th ...
, ''E. bobrinskoi'' ****
Botta's serotine Botta's serotine (''Eptesicus bottae'') is a species of vesper bat, one of 25 in the genus ''Eptesicus''. It is found in rocky areas and temperate desert. Taxonomy and etymology It was described as a new species in 1869 by German naturalist Wilh ...
, ''E. bottae'' ****
Serotine The serotine bat (''Eptesicus serotinus''), also known as the common serotine bat, big brown bat, or silky bat, is a fairly large Eurasian bat with quite large ears. It has a wingspan of around and often hunts in woodland. It sometimes roosts ...
, ''E. serotinus'' ***Genus: '' Nyctalus'' ****
Greater noctule bat The greater noctule bat (''Nyctalus lasiopterus'') is a rare carnivorous bat found in Europe, West Asia, and North Africa. It is the largest and least studied bat in Europe with a wingspan of up to and is one of the few bat species to feed on pa ...
, ''N. lasiopterus'' ****
Lesser noctule The lesser noctule, Leisler's bat or the Irish bat (''Nyctalus leisleri''), is a species of insectivorous bat belonging to the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. The species was named to honour the naturalist Johann Philipp Achilles Leisler ...
, ''N. leisleri'' *Family: Rhinolophidae **Subfamily: Rhinolophinae ***Genus: '' Rhinolophus'' **** Bokhara horseshoe bat, ''R. bocharicus'' **** Greater horseshoe bat, ''R. ferrumequinum'' **** Lesser horseshoe bat, ''R. hipposideros''


Order:

Carnivora Carnivora is a Clade, monophyletic order of Placentalia, placental mammals consisting of the most recent common ancestor of all felidae, cat-like and canidae, dog-like animals, and all descendants of that ancestor. Members of this group are f ...
(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 Felidae () is the family of mammals in the order Carnivora colloquially referred to as cats, and constitutes a clade. A member of this family is also called a felid (). The term "cat" refers both to felids in general and specifically to the ...
(cats) ***Subfamily:
Felinae The Felinae are a subfamily of the family Felidae. This subfamily comprises the small cats having a bony hyoid, because of which they are able to purr but not roar. Other authors have proposed an alternative definition for this subfamily: as c ...
****Genus: ''
Caracal The caracal (''Caracal caracal'') () is a medium-sized wild cat native to Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and arid areas of Pakistan and northwestern India. It is characterised by a robust build, long legs, a short face, long tufted e ...
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Caracal The caracal (''Caracal caracal'') () is a medium-sized wild cat native to Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and arid areas of Pakistan and northwestern India. It is characterised by a robust build, long legs, a short face, long tufted e ...
, ''C. caracal'' ****Genus: '' Felis'' ***** Jungle cat, ''F. chaus'' ***** African wildcat, ''F. lybica'' ****** Asiatic wildcat, ''F. l. ornata'' ***** Sand cat, ''F. margarita'' ****Genus: ''
Lynx A lynx is a type of wild cat. Lynx may also refer to: Astronomy * Lynx (constellation) * Lynx (Chinese astronomy) * Lynx X-ray Observatory, a NASA-funded mission concept for a next-generation X-ray space observatory Places Canada * Lynx, Ontar ...
'' ***** Eurasian lynx, ''L. lynx'' ****Genus: ''
Otocolobus The Pallas's cat (''Otocolobus manul'', also known as the manul, is a small wild cat with long and dense light grey fur. Its rounded ears are set low on the sides of the head. Its head-and-body length ranges from with a long bushy tail. It is ...
'' ***** Pallas's cat, ''O. manul'' ***Subfamily: Pantherinae ****Genus: ''
Panthera ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family (biology), family Felidae that was named and described by Lorenz Oken in 1816 who placed all the spotted cats in this group. Reginald Innes Pocock revised the classification of this genus in 1916 as co ...
'' ***** Snow leopard, ''P. uncia'' **Family: Hyaenidae (hyaenas) ***Genus: '' Hyaena'' **** Striped hyena, ''H. hyaena'' *Suborder:
Caniformia Caniformia is a suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of "dog-like" carnivorans. They include dogs (wolves, foxes, etc.), bears, raccoons, and mustelids. The Pinnipedia (seals, walruses and sea lions) are also assigned to this group. ...
**Family:
Canidae Canidae (; from Latin, ''canis'', "dog") is a biological family of dog-like carnivorans, colloquially referred to as dogs, and constitutes a clade. A member of this family is also called a canid (). There are three subfamilies found within th ...
(dogs, foxes) ***Genus: '' Canis'' **** Golden jackal, ''C. aureus'' ****
Gray wolf The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly ...
, ''C. lupus'' ***Genus: ''
Vulpes '' Vulpes '' is a genus of the sub-family Caninae. The members of this genus are colloquially referred to as true foxes, meaning they form a proper clade. The word "fox" occurs in the common names of all species of the genus, but also appears ...
'' **** Corsac fox, ''V. corsac'' ****
Red fox The red fox (''Vulpes vulpes'') is the largest of the true foxes and one of the most widely distributed members of the Order (biology), order Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere including most of North America, Europe ...
, ''V. vulpes'' **Family: Ursidae (bears) ***Genus: ''
Ursus Ursus is Latin for bear. It may also refer to: Animals * ''Ursus'' (mammal), a genus of bears People * Ursus of Aosta, 6th-century evangelist * Ursus of Auxerre, 6th-century bishop * Ursus of Solothurn, 3rd-century martyr * Ursus (''praefectus ...
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Brown bear The brown bear (''Ursus arctos'') is a large bear species found across Eurasia and North America. In North America, the populations of brown bears are called grizzly bears, while the subspecies that inhabits the Kodiak Islands of Alaska is kno ...
, ''U. arctos'' **Family: Mustelidae (mustelids) ***Genus: '' Lutra'' **** Eurasian otter, ''L. lutra'' ***Genus: '' Meles'' **** Asian badger, ''M. leucurus'' ***Genus: '' Mustela'' **** Stoat, ''M. erminea'' ****
Steppe polecat The steppe polecat (''Mustela eversmanii''), also known as the white or masked polecat, is a species of mustelid native to Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List because of its wide distrib ...
, ''M. eversmannii'' ****
Least weasel The least weasel (''Mustela nivalis''), little weasel, common weasel, or simply weasel is the smallest member of the genus '' Mustela,'' family Mustelidae and order Carnivora. It is native to Eurasia, North America and North Africa, and has bee ...
, ''M. nivalis'' ***Genus: ''
Vormela ''Vormela'' is a genus of mustelid which contains the marbled polecat ''(Vormela peregusna)'', and at least one extinct species. The oldest record of the genus dates to the Villafranchian of Bulgaria, where fossils of '' Vormela petenyii'' have b ...
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Marbled polecat The marbled polecat (''Vormela peregusna'') is a small mammal belonging to the monotypic genus ''Vormela'' within the mustelid subfamily Ictonychinae. ''Vormela'' is from the German word , which means "little worm". The specific name ''peregusn ...
, ''V. peregusna''


Order: Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)

---- The odd-toed ungulates are browsing and
grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to roam around and consume wild vegetations in order to convert the otherwise indigestible (by human gut) cellulose within grass and other ...
mammals. They are usually large to very large, and have relatively simple stomachs and a large middle toe. *Family: Equidae (horses etc.) **Genus: ''
Equus Equus may refer to: * ''Equus'' (genus), a genus of animals including horses, donkeys and zebras * ''Equus'' (play), a play by Peter Shaffer * ''Equus'' (film), a film adaptation of the Peter Shaffer play * Equus (comics), a comic book characte ...
'' *** Onager, ''E. hemionus'' ****
Turkmenian kulan The Turkmenian kulan (''Equus hemionus kulan''), also called Transcaspian wild ass, Turkmenistani onager or simply the ', is a subspecies of onager (Asiatic wild ass) native to Central Asia. It was declared Endangered in 2016. The species's popu ...
, ''E. h. kulan''


Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)

---- The even-toed ungulates are
ungulate Ungulates ( ) are members of the diverse clade Ungulata which primarily consists of large mammals with hooves. These include odd-toed ungulates such as horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs; and even-toed ungulates such as cattle, pigs, giraffes, cam ...
s 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: Cervidae (deer) **Subfamily:
Cervinae The Cervinae or the Old World deer, are a subfamily of deer. Alternatively, they are known as the plesiometacarpal deer, due to their ankle structure being different from the telemetacarpal deer of the Capreolinae. Classification and species The ...
***Genus: '' Cervus'' ****
Central Asian red deer The Central Asian red deer (''Cervus hanglu''), also known as the Tarim red deer is a deer species native to Central Asia, where it used to be widely distributed, but is scattered today with small population units in several countries. It has bee ...
''C. hanglu'' *****
Bactrian deer The Bactrian deer (''Cervus hanglu bactrianus''), also called the Bukhara deer, Bokhara deer, or Bactrian wapiti, is a lowland subspecies of Central Asian red deer native to Central Asia. It is similar in ecology to the related Yarkand deer (''C ...
, ''C. h. bactrianus'' *Family: Bovidae (cattle, antelope, sheep, goats) **Subfamily:
Antilopinae The Antilopines are even-toed ungulates belonging to the subfamily Antilopinae of the family Bovidae. The members of tribe Antilopini include the gazelles, blackbucks, springboks, gerenuks, dibatags, and Central Asian gazelles, are often referre ...
***Genus: '' Gazella'' **** Goitered gazelle, ''G. subgutturosa'' ***Genus: '' Saiga'' ****
Saiga antelope The saiga antelope (, ''Saiga tatarica''), or saiga, is a critically endangered antelope which during antiquity inhabited a vast area of the Eurasian steppe spanning the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains in the northwest and Caucasus in ...
, ''S. tatarica'' **Subfamily: Caprinae ***Genus: ''
Capra Capra may refer to: * ''Capra'' (genus), comprising the goats * Capra (goat dance), a Romanian custom * Capra (titular see), a titular see in the Catholic Church * Capra (car), a pick-up brand from the Iranian Bahman Group People * Buzz Capra (bo ...
'' **** Markhor, ''C. falconeri'' **** Siberian ibex, ''C. sibirica'' ***Genus: ''
Ovis ''Ovis'' is a genus of mammals, part of the Caprinae subfamily of the ruminant family Bovidae. Its seven highly sociable species are known as sheep or ovines. Domestic sheep are members of the genus, and are thought to be descended from the wil ...
'' **** Argali, ''O. ammon'' **** Urial, ''O. vignei''


Locally extinct

The following species are locally extinct in Uzbekistan: * Cheetah, ''Acinonyx jubatus'' * Dhole, ''Cuon alpinus'' *
Leopard The leopard (''Panthera pardus'') is one of the five extant species in the genus '' Panthera'', a member of the cat family, Felidae. It occurs in a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa, in some parts of Western and Central Asia, Southern Russia, a ...
, ''Panthera pardus'' *
Tiger The tiger (''Panthera tigris'') is the largest living cat species and a member of the genus '' Panthera''. It is most recognisable for its dark vertical stripes on orange fur with a white underside. An apex predator, it primarily preys on u ...
, ''Panthera tigris''


References


See also

*
List of chordate orders This article contains a list of all of the classes and orders that are located in the Phylum Chordata. Subphylum Cephalochordata Class Leptocardii: Lancelets * Order Amphioxiformes Family Pikaiidae † * Genus Pikaia † Olfactores (unr ...
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Lists of mammals by region Lists of mammals by region cover mammals found in different parts of the world. They are organized by continent, region, and country, and in some places by sub-national region. Most are full species lists, while those for Australia and the Caribbe ...
* Mammal classification {{DEFAULTSORT:List of mammals of Uzbekistan . Mammals Uzbek
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...