page_title: List of mammals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
section_title: Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Of the mammal species in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, two are critically endangered, six are endangered, twenty-one are vulnerable, and thirty-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
  Red river hog, Potamochoerus porcus LR/lc
  Family: Hippopotamidae (hippopotamuses)
  Genus: Hippopotamus
  Hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius VU
  Family: Tragulidae
  Genus: Hyemoschus
  Water chevrotain, Hyemoschus aquaticus DD
  Family: Giraffidae (giraffe, okapi)
  Genus: Giraffa
  Kordofan giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis antiquorum EN
  Nubian giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis EN
  Masai giraffe, Giraffa tippelskirchi VU
  Genus: Okapia
  Okapi, Okapia johnstoni LR/nt
  Family: Bovidae (cattle, antelope, sheep, goats)
  Subfamily: Alcelaphinae
  Genus: Alcelaphus
  Hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus LR/cd
  Lichtenstein's hartebeest, Alcelaphus lichtensteinii LR/cd
  Genus: Damaliscus
  Topi, Damaliscus lunatus LR/cd
  Subfamily: Antilopinae
  Genus: Neotragus
  Bates's pygmy antelope, Neotragus batesi LR/nt
  Genus: Oreotragus
  Klipspringer, Oreotragus oreotragus LR/cd
  Genus: Ourebia
  Oribi, Ourebia ourebi LR/cd
  Genus: Raphicerus
  Sharpe's grysbok, Raphicerus sharpei LR/cd
  Subfamily: Bovinae
  Genus: Syncerus
  African buffalo, Syncerus caffer LR/cd
  Genus: Tragelaphus
  Giant Eland, Tragelaphus derbianus LR/nt
  Bongo, Tragelaphus eurycerus LR/nt
  Common eland, Tragelaphus oryx LR/cd
  Bushbuck, Tragelaphus scriptus LR/lc
  Sitatunga, Tragelaphus spekii LR/nt
  Greater kudu, Tragelaphus strepsiceros LR/cd
  Subfamily: Cephalophinae
  Genus: Cephalophus
  Peters's duiker, Cephalophus callipygus LR/nt
  Bay duiker, Cephalophus dorsalis LR/nt
  White-bellied duiker, Cephalophus leucogaster LR/nt
  Blue duiker, Cephalophus monticola LR/lc
  Black-fronted duiker, Cephalophus nigrifrons LR/nt
  Red-flanked duiker, Cephalophus rufilatus LR/cd
  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
  Sable antelope, Hippotragus niger LR/cd
  Subfamily: Aepycerotinae
  Genus: Aepyceros
  Impala, Aepyceros melampus LR/cd
  Subfamily: Reduncinae
  Genus: Kobus
  Waterbuck, Kobus ellipsiprymnus LR/cd
  Kob, Kobus kob LR/cd
  Lechwe, Kobus leche LR/cd
  Puku, Kobus vardonii LR/cd
  Genus: Redunca
  Southern reedbuck, Redunca arundinum LR/cd
  Bohor reedbuck, Redunca redunca LR/cd
caption: Hartebeest
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