page_title: List of mammals of Ivory Coast
section_title: Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Ivory Coast / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)
caption_attribution_description: Panthera pardus pardus, Serengeti, Tanzania English: African Leopard in Serengeti, Tanzania.
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Ivory Coast. Of the mammal species in Ivory Coast, one is critically endangered, ten are endangered, fourteen are vulnerable, and seventeen 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: 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: Caracal
  Caracal, Caracal caracal LC
  African golden cat, Caracal aurata VU
  Genus: Leptailurus
  Serval, Leptailurus serval LC
  Subfamily: Pantherinae
  Genus: Panthera
  Lion, Panthera leo VU
  Leopard, Panthera pardus LC
  Family: Viverridae
  Subfamily: Viverrinae
  Genus: Civettictis
  African civet, Civettictis civetta LC
  Genus: Genetta
  Johnston's genet, Genetta johnstoni LC
  Rusty-spotted genet, Genetta maculata LC
  Haussa genet, Genetta thierryi LR/lc
  Genus: Poiana
  Leighton's linsang, Poiana leightoni VU
  Family: Nandiniidae
  Genus: Nandinia
  African palm civet, Nandinia binotata LC
  Family: Herpestidae (mongooses)
  Genus: Atilax
  Marsh mongoose, Atilax paludinosus LC
  Genus: Crossarchus
  Common kusimanse, Crossarchus obscurus LC
  Genus: Galerella
  Slender mongoose, Galerella sanguinea LC
  Genus: Herpestes
  Egyptian mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon LC
  Genus: Ichneumia
  White-tailed mongoose, Ichneumia albicauda LC
  Genus: Liberiictis
  Liberian mongoose, Liberiictis kuhni EN
  Genus: Mungos
  Gambian mongoose, Mungos gambianus LC
  Family: Hyaenidae (hyaenas)
  Genus: Crocuta
  Spotted hyena, Crocuta crocuta LC
  Suborder: Caniformia
  Family: Canidae (dogs, foxes)
  Genus: Lycaon
  African wild dog, Lycaon pictus EN
  Family: Mustelidae (mustelids)
  Genus: Ictonyx
  Striped polecat, Ictonyx striatus LC
  Genus: Mellivora
  Ratel, Mellivora capensis LC
  Genus: Lutra
  Speckle-throated otter, Lutra maculicollis LC
  Genus: Aonyx
  African clawless otter, Aonyx capensis LC
caption: Leopard
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