page_title: List of mammals of Iran
section_title: Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Iran / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
context_page_description: This list shows the IUCN Red List status of the 191 mammal species occurring today in Iran. Two of them are critically endangered, six are endangered, 17 are vulnerable, and five are near threatened. Another 11 species are likely present.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' status as assessed on the respective IUCN Red List published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
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: Suinae
  Genus: Sus
  Wild boar, S. scrofa LC
  Family: Cervidae (deer)
  Subfamily: Cervinae
  Genus: Cervus
  Red deer, C. elaphus LC
  Genus: Dama
  Fallow deer, D. dama LC
  Persian fallow deer, D. d. mesopotamica
  Family: Bovidae (cattle, antelope, buffalo, sheep, goats)
  Subfamily: Antilopinae
  Genus: Gazella
  Chinkara, G. bennettii LC
  Goitered gazelle, G. subgutturosa VU
  Mountain gazelle, G. gazella VU
  Dorcas gazelle, G. dorcas VU
  Subfamily: Bovinae
  Genus: Bubalus
  Water buffalo, B. bubalis
  Subfamily: Caprinae
  Genus: Capra
  Wild goat C. aegagrus VU
  Bezoar ibex, C. a. aegagrus
  Genus: Ovis
  Urial, O. orientalis vignei VU
  Armenian mouflon, O. orientalis gmelini
caption: Chinkara
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