Checklist of Mammals of Syria Author Aidek, Ahmad E. 0009-0009-3003-4416 General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research, Deir ez-Zor, Syria ah_aidek@hotmail.com Author Ibrahim, Amir 0009-0007-7048-0352 High Institute of Marine Research, Tishreen University, Latakia, Syria ibrahimamir657@gmail.com Author Amr, Zuhair 0000-0002-4778-2308 Department of Biology, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, Jordan amrz@just.edu.jo Author Hutterer, Rainer 0000-0003-0664-6040 Museum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institute of Biodiversity Change, Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany r.hutterer@leibniz-lib.de Author Kryštufek, Boris 0000-0002-8797-1840 Slovenian Museum of Natural History, Prešernova 20, SI- 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia bkrystufek@pms-lj.si Author Serra, Gianluca 0000-0001-8979-7842 Conservation biologist, Florence, Italy ibiseremita@gmail.com Author Benda, Petr 0000-0002-1988-0250 Department of Zoology, National Museum (Natural History), Václavské nám. 68, 115 79 Praha 1 & Department of Zoology, Charles petr.benda@nm.cz Author Shkaky, Yesra 0009-0000-3514-9866 General Organization of Remote Sensing, Department of Environmental Researches and Regional Planning, Syria yesrashkaky@gmail.com Author Barbanera, Filippo 0000-0003-4225-1919 Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Via A. Volta 4, 56126 Pisa, Italy filippo.barbanera@unipi.it Author Al-Sheikhly, Omar F. 0000-0002-0816-1955 Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq alsheikhlyomar@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2025 2025-01-30 5580 1 1 130 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5580.1.1 journal article 308923 10.11646/zootaxa.5580.1.1 41444b76-12e9-4b95-8424-98e2a21fc4ff 1175-5334 14797597 8D0A37EA-8D5B-44D9-B2CC-8161D1E4AF54

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)
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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