page_title: List of mammals of Chad
section_title: Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Chad / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)
caption_attribution_description: עברית: צולם בגן הזואולוגי באוניברסיטת תל אביב. .פנק English: Taken in the Garden for Zoologic Research, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Chad. There are 136 mammal species in Chad, of which four are critically endangered, two are endangered, eight are vulnerable, and two are near threatened. One of the species listed for Chad can no longer be found in the wild.
  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: 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 (cats)
  Subfamily: Felinae
  Genus: Acinonyx
  Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus, Northwest African cheetah, A. j. hecki CR
  Genus: Caracal
  Caracal, Caracal caracal LC
  Genus: Felis
  Sand cat, Felis margarita NT
  African wildcat, Felis lybica LC
  Genus: Leptailurus
  Serval, Leptailurus serval LC
  Subfamily: Pantherinae
  Genus: Panthera
  Lion, Panthera leo, West African lion, P. l. leo CR
  Leopard, Panthera pardus NT
  Family: Viverridae
  Subfamily: Viverrinae
  Genus: Genetta
  Common genet, Genetta genetta LC
  Rusty-spotted genet, Genetta maculata LC
  Family: Herpestidae (mongooses)
  Genus: Herpestes
  Egyptian mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon LC
  Genus: Mungos
  Banded mongoose, Mungos mungo LC
  Family: Hyaenidae (hyaenas)
  Genus: Crocuta
  Spotted hyena, Crocuta crocuta LC
  Genus: Hyaena
  Striped hyena, Hyaena hyaena NTt
  Suborder: Caniformia
  Family: Canidae (dogs, foxes)
  Genus: Vulpes
  Pale fox, Vulpes pallida LC
  Rüppell's fox, Vulpes rueppelli LC
  Fennec, Vulpes zerda LC
  Genus: Lycaon
  African wild dog, Lycaon pictus EN
  Family: Mustelidae (mustelids)
  Genus: Ictonyx
  Saharan striped polecat, Ictonyx libyca LC
  Striped polecat, Ictonyx striatus LC
  Genus: Mellivora
  Honey badger, Mellivora capensis LC
  Genus: Lutra
  Speckle-throated otter, Lutra maculicollis LC
  Genus: Aonyx
  African clawless otter, Aonyx capensis LC
caption: Fennec
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