page_title: List of mammals of Rwanda
section_title: Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Rwanda / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Eine Gruppe Flußpferde im Luangwa-Tal, Sambia. English: Pod of Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) in Luangwa Valley, Zambia Français&#160;: Groupe d'hippopotames (Hippopotamus amphibius) dans la vallée du Luangua, en Zambie
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Rwanda. There are 189 mammal species in Rwanda, of which two are critically endangered, four are endangered, eleven are vulnerable, and five 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
  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 (giraffes and okapis)
  Genus: Giraffa
  Masai giraffe,  Giraffa tippelskirchi VU
  Family: Tragulidae
  Genus: Hyemoschus
  Water chevrotain, Hyemoschus aquaticus DD
  Family: Bovidae (cattle, antelope, sheep, goats)
  Subfamily: Alcelaphinae
  Genus: Damaliscus
  Topi, Damaliscus lunatus LR/cd
  Subfamily: Antilopinae
  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
  Common eland, Tragelaphus oryx LR/cd
  Bushbuck, Tragelaphus scriptus LR/lc
  Sitatunga, Tragelaphus spekii LR/nt
  Subfamily: Cephalophinae
  Genus: Cephalophus
  Peters's duiker, Cephalophus callipygus LR/nt
  Blue duiker, Cephalophus monticola LR/lc
  Black-fronted duiker, Cephalophus nigrifrons LR/nt
  Yellow-backed duiker, Cephalophus silvicultor LR/nt
  Weyns's duiker, Cephalophus weynsi LR/nt
  Genus: Sylvicapra
  Common duiker, Sylvicapra grimmia LR/lc
  Subfamily: Hippotraginae
  Genus: Hippotragus
  Roan antelope, Hippotragus equinus LR/cd
  Subfamily: Aepycerotinae
  Genus: Aepyceros
  Impala, Aepyceros melampus LR/cd
  Subfamily: Reduncinae
  Genus: Kobus
  Waterbuck, Kobus ellipsiprymnus LR/cd
  Genus: Redunca
  Bohor reedbuck, Redunca redunca LR/cd
caption: Hippopotamus
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