page_title: List of mammals of Ethiopia
section_title: Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Ethiopia / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
caption_attribution_description: Actually, it's an Eland. Taken by me.
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Ethiopia. There are 279 mammal species in Ethiopia, of which five are critically endangered, eight are endangered, twenty-seven are vulnerable, and twelve are near threatened.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
  Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:
context_section_description: 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: Phacochoerinae
  Genus: Phacochoerus
  Desert warthog, Phacochoerus aethiopicus LR/lc
  Common warthog, Phacochoerus africanus LR/lc
  Subfamily: Suinae
  Genus: Hylochoerus
  Giant forest hog, Hylochoerus meinertzhageni LR/lc
  Genus: Potamochoerus
  Bushpig, Potamochoerus larvatus LR/lc
  Family: Hippopotamidae (hippopotamuses)
  Genus: Hippopotamus
  Hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius VU
  Family: Giraffidae (giraffe, okapi)
  Genus: Giraffa
  Nubian giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis EN
  Reticulated giraffe, Giraffa reticulata VU
  Family: Bovidae (cattle, antelope, sheep, goats)
  Subfamily: Alcelaphinae
  Genus: Alcelaphus
  Hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus LR/cd
  Genus: Damaliscus
  Topi, Damaliscus lunatus LR/cd
  Subfamily: Antilopinae
  Genus: Ammodorcas
  Dibatag, Ammodorcas clarkei VU
  Genus: Dorcatragus
  Beira, Dorcatragus megalotis VU
  Genus: Gazella
  Dorcas gazelle, Gazella dorcas VU
  Grant's gazelle, Gazella granti LR/cd
  Red-fronted gazelle, Gazella rufifrons VU
  Soemmerring's gazelle, Gazella soemmerringii VU
  Speke's gazelle, Gazella spekei VU
  Thomson's gazelle, Gazella thomsonii LR/cd
  Genus: Litocranius
  Gerenuk, Litocranius walleri LR/cd
  Genus: Madoqua
  Günther's dik-dik, Madoqua guentheri LR/lc
  Salt's dik-dik, Madoqua saltiana LR/lc
  Genus: Oreotragus
  Klipspringer, Oreotragus oreotragus LR/cd
  Genus: Ourebia
  Oribi, Ourebia ourebi LR/cd
  Subfamily: Bovinae
  Genus: Syncerus
  African buffalo, Syncerus caffer LR/cd
  Genus: Tragelaphus
  Mountain nyala, Tragelaphus buxtoni EN
  Bongo, Tragelaphus eurycerus LR/nt
  Lesser kudu, Tragelaphus imberbis LR/cd
  Common eland, Tragelaphus oryx LR/cd
  Bushbuck, Tragelaphus scriptus LR/lc
  Greater kudu, Tragelaphus strepsiceros LR/cd
  Subfamily: Caprinae
  Genus: Capra
  Nubian ibex, Capra nubiana EN
  Walia ibex, Capra walie CR
  Subfamily: Cephalophinae
  Genus: Cephalophus
  Harvey's duiker, Cephalophus harveyi LR/cd
  Blue duiker, Cephalophus monticola LR/lc
  Genus: Sylvicapra
  Common duiker, Sylvicapra grimmia LR/lc
  Subfamily: Hippotraginae
  Genus: Hippotragus
  Roan antelope, Hippotragus equinus LR/cd
  Genus: Oryx
  East African oryx, Oryx beisa LR/nt
  Subfamily: Reduncinae
  Genus: Kobus
  Waterbuck, Kobus ellipsiprymnus LR/cd
  Kob, Kobus kob LR/cd
  Nile lechwe, Kobus megaceros LR/nt
  Genus: Redunca
  Mountain reedbuck, Redunca fulvorufula LC
  Bohor reedbuck, Redunca redunca LR/cd
  Family: Camelidae
  Genus: Camelus
  Dromedary, Camelus dromedarius LC
caption: Common eland
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