All mammals rankings list

Although there is much more to mammalwatching than listing species, it is – for many of us – a fun way to track our effort. Mammal listing is nothing more than a friendly competition. But I believe it can motivate mammalwatchers and also lead to a more interactive and lively community. So if you have a list please share it here. Any questions about what people have seen or where? Just click on their list and ask them.

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All Mammals rankings

#

Name

No. of species

List

Latest observations

1

Jon
Hall

2246

Now following the September 2024 updated taxonomy. Latest: October 204: Chinchilla and Chinchilla Rat in Chile among 5 new species there with at least another 9 in Bolivia including all the endemic Titi Monkeys, Brown Four-eyed Opossum and Bolivian River Dolphins; August 2024: Sagebrush Vole, Crater Chipmunk and Townsend's Pocket Gopher among 5 new rodents in the NW USA; Pygmy Sperm Whales and Sowerby's Beaked Whales in the Azores plus Azorean Noctules; June 2024: Bowhead Whales and Hooded Seals off of Svarlbard; May 2024 Dwarf Sperm Whales and Vaquita (!) in Baja California; April 2024: Tehuantepec Jackrabbits among 15 lifers in Chiapas & Oaxaca; March 2024: 11 lifers in Ivory Coast including Dwarf Anomalure, White-bellied Pangolin and a stunning Liberian Mongoose. Previous highlights include Giant Pangolin, Giant Armadillo, Giant Panda, Pygmy Hippo, Bactrian Camel and Western Long-beaked Echidna.

2

Martin
Royle

1502

Highlights include: White-bellied Pangolin, Kha-nyou, Lao Langur, Grey-shanked Douc, Javan Rhino, Giant Panda, Giant Armadillo, Aye-aye, Maned Rat, all Douc's, both Red Pandas, Hispanolian Solenodon, Wrinkle-faced Bat, Libyan Striped Weasel, Otter Civet, Chinese Pangolin, Hirola and Black-footed Mongoose - last updated on 13th August 2024

3

Ian
Thompson

1218

One of my aims in retirement was to start organizing my mammal life list. List so far. Memorable sightings from each continent: Antarctica - Leopard Seal, North America-Blue Whale, South America-Maned Wolf, Europe-European Mink, Africa-Giant Pangolin, Asia-Eurasian Lynx, Oceania-Western Long-beaked Echidna

4

Paul
Carter

1160

Sunda Pangolin on Phuket, Thailand

5

Stuart
Chapman

947

2024 highlights: Java: Javan gibbon; Madagascar: Ring-tailed vontsira, Aye-aye, Chile: Andean mountain cat, Marine otter, Darwin's fox; Estonia: Eurasian lynx; UAE: Arabian thar, Arabian oryx; Previous highlights include: Giant panda after two years living in Wolong Panda Reserve, my first of all eight bear spp; 30 species of cat but recent sightings of Asian Golden Cat and Marbled cat stand out; and Wolves anytime, anywhere.

6

Alex
Meyer

880

Latest observations: Mandrill, Black Colobus, Beecroft's Anomalure, Red River Hog, Striped Dolphin, Sand Cat, Libyan Striped Weasel, Fennec Fox, Azores Noctule, Grandidier's Mongoose, Indri, Silky Sifaka, Eastern Sucker-footed Bat, Fossa and Aye-aye, . Previous highlights include: Hirola, Kodkod, Ethiopian Wolf, Mountain Nyala, Gelada, Tiger, Jaguar, Blue Whale, North Atlantic Right Whale, Sei Whale, Hector's Dolphin, Meller's Mongoose, Cape Golden Mole, Monito del Monte, Raffles' Banded Langur, Thumbless Bat, Central American Silky Anteater, Banteng, Javan Gibbon, Striped Hyena, Side-striped Jackal, Olinguito, Napo Saki, Maned Sloth, Northern Muriqui, Black-faced Lion Tamarin, Giant Otter, Northern Elephant Seal, Galapagos Fur Seal, Baird's Tapir and Honduran White Bat.

7

Romain
Bocquier

810

Pilleated Gibbon Thailande, Pilot whale Tenerife

8

Mark
Tasker

719

All records visible on iGoTerra

9

Charley
Hesse

700

Banded Civet

10

Brett
Hartl

657

All-time favorites: wolverine, snorkeling w/blue whales, snow leopard. 2023 trips to Brazil for jaguar, maned wolf, giant anteater plus Borneo for marbled cat, sunda pangolin, otter-civet and more.

11

Philip
Precey

651

as of April 2024. most recent: Amami Rabbit, Ryukyu Spiny Rat, Ryukyu Flying Fox, Japanese Weasel (Japan, April 2024), Chuuk Flying Fox, Pygmy Sperm Whale, False Killer Whale, Omura's Whale, Rough-toothed Dolphin (Western Pacific Odyssey, March/April 2024), Lyle's Flying Fox

12

Pieter
de Groot Boersma

626

Latest new species: Jatna's Tarsier. Highlights: 56 species of lemurs in the summer of 2023, Blue Whale, Marbled Cat, , Mediterranean Monk Seal, Wolf, Wisent, Dugong, Siamang, Fin Whale, Bowhead Whale, Southern Right Whale, Killer Whale, Tiger, Lion, Leopard, Cougar, Jaguar, Maned Wolf, Giant Anteater, Mountain Tapir, Andean Bear, Brown Bear, American Black Bear, Sloth Bear, Black Rhinoceros, 47 species of kangaroo-like marsupials during a year in Australia, Numbat, Platypus, Tasmanian Devil, Bornean and Sumatran Orangutan, Pyrenean Desman and a Walrus in the Netherlands.

13

Cathy
Pasterczyk

616

Black Agouti, Andean White-eared Opossum and Marañón White-fronted Capuchin

14

Pieter
de Groot Boersma

593

Latest new species: Eurasian Particoloured Bat. Highlights: 56 species of lemurs in the summer of 2023, Mediterranean Monk Seal, Wolf, Wisent, Dugong, Siamang, Fin Whale, Bowhead Whale, Southern Right Whale, Killer Whale, Tiger, Lion, Leopard, Cougar, Jaguar, Maned Wolf, Giant Anteater, Mountain Tapir, Andean Bear, Brown Bear, American Black Bear, Sloth Bear, Black Rhinoceros, 47 species of kangaroo-like marsupials during a year in Australia, Numbat, Platypus, Tasmanian Devil, Bornean Orangutan, Pyrenean Desman and a Walrus in the Netherlands.

15

Marcel
Holyoak

580

Mountain Hare, Cairngorm, Scotland 6/22, Greater One-horned Rhino, Western Hoolock, NE India 4/22. All observations are on on Igoterra.

16

Samuel
Marlin

572

Last noticeable observation: long-tailed pangolin in Ghana / Highlights: swimming with humpback whales in Tonga, mountain gorillas in Uganda, Pumas in Chile, giant panda in Sichuan

17

Andreas
Jonsson

553

The last mammal seen until today: Alpine Chamois (Subspecies Tatra Chamois) - Slovakia. Other highlights: All my 35 felines. Ethiopian wolf, Spectacled bear, African wild dog, Mountain gorilla, Chimpanzee, Fossa, Maned wolf.

18

Jan
Ebr

548

Using iNaturalist taxonomy, including IDs to genus or with multiple possibilities. Rarest species (least observed on iNat): Woolly Dormouse, Mountain Mole Vole, King Jird, Dark-tailed Tree Rat, Myotis hoveli, Southeast Asian Shrew, Common Rufous-nosed Rat, Emin's Gerbil, Benin Tree Hyrax

19

Nick
Cox

417

Sept 2023 - 30 lifers in Peruvian Amazon, including 10 primates, both otters and both dolphins;

20

Samuel
Riley

372

Drill Monkey, Flightless Anomalure, nCentral African Oyan, Florida Panther (Puma), Wolverine, Polar Bear, Narwhal, Arnoux’s Beaked Whale, Northern Right-Whale Dolphin, Hectors Dolphin, Monjon, Spectacled Hare Wallaby, Lumholtz Tree Kangaroo, Tasmanian Devil, Rakali, Bengal Tiger, Fishing Cat, Sunda Leopard Cat, Striped Hyena, Bornean Banded Civet, Vanikoro Flying Fox, Solomons Flying Fox, Leopard Seal, Common Spotted Cuscus, Bushpig, Red Slender Loris, Bornean Slow Loris, Aardvark, Eastern Gorilla, Chimpanzee, Bornean Orangutan, Western Pygmy Marmoset, Beecroft’s Anomalure, Neotropical and Giant River Otters, Tibetan Wolf, Dhole, Island Fox

21

Jonas
Livet

366

Update 07/2024: 366 species seen in the wild, total 1,086 species seen including the ones in captive settings

22

Cory
Cravatta

350

Spent my entire 2023 summer in Katmai National Park, Alaska. Highlights include daily Brown Bears in addition to wolves, canada lynx, north american porcupines, northern red backed vole, and ermine.

23

Koen
Betjes

320

Latest: Flat-headed Cat, Banded Civet and Javan Ferret Badger. Highlights: Mandrills, Bonobo, Giant Pangolin, Aardvark, Marbled Cat, Black-bellied Pangolin and Giant Otter Shrew.

24

Daan
Drukker

307

Of which 5 only in non-native range (Eastern gray squirrel, Algerian hedgehog, Musk ox, Raccoon, Musk rat) Heard-onlies: Malayan Porcupine and Fire-footed Rope Squirrel

25

Petter
Bohman

220

Ear spotted Squirrel, Sepilok, Boreno

26

Ronald
de Mol

208

Most recent: Formosan Serow, Formosan Woolly Horseshoe Bat, Taiwan Giant Flying Squirrel, Eastern Tur and Greater Horseshoe Bat. Highlights: Sun Bear, Sloth Bear, Mainland Serow, Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Amazon River Dolphin.

27

Saurabh
Sawant

191

Leopards and Tigers at Rajasthan, India

28

Bennett
Gardner

186

Latest Observations: Heck's, Gorontalo, and Celebes Crested Macaques, Sulawesi Bear Cuscus, & Gursky's Spectral Tasier Previous Highlights: Sun Bear, Western Tarsier, Sunda Slow Loris, Bornean Orangutan, Siamang, Black Snub-nosed Monkey, Painted Wolf, Lion, White Rhinoceros, Blue Whale

29

Chris
Dryburgh

185

Latest finds; Nyala, Angolan Free-tailed Bat and Single-striped Grass Mouse, South Africa June 2023. Previous highlights; Eastern Quoll, Southern Bettong, Tasmania 2013. White-beaked Dolphin, Harbour Porpoise, Iceland 2016. Arabian Oryx, Sand Gazelle, UAE 2016.

30

Clement
Fontaine

180

Sloth bear, jungle cat along with indian leopard, tiger, dhole, gaur etc in central india

31

Forest
Jarvis

179

Highlights: Spectral Tarsier (the proper ones on Selayar), Southern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat, Aardwolf, Ethiopian Wolf, Javanese Flying Squirrel

32

Peter
Bayly

173

Latest Observations: Argentine Grey Fox and Guanaco in Chile. Highlight: Black-footed Cat in South Africa.

33

William
Lewis

172

Latest - 60+ new species in East Africa in July, plus a couple more in Colorado in September 2024. Highlights include Red Wolf, Rough-toothed Dolphin, and Melanistic Leopard.

34

Warren
Gilson

151

Latest (Oct 2024) : The African classics (Lion, Leopard, Cheetah, African Savannah Elephant, Hippopotamus, White Rhinoceros, Southern Giraffe, Warthog ... and the Dwarf Mongoose!

35

Jack
Simidian

145

Serval (Leptailurus serval). Yellow baboon (Papio Cynocephalus). Slender mongoose (Herpestes sanguineus). Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus). Topi (Damaliscus lunatus)

36

Kyle
Smith

140

Latest addition was Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) in Ohio on 2024-04-08

37

Moses
Swanson-Mwamasika

134

Latest lifers. Chasing a White rhino at night, Acacia rat, Southern reedbuck, and a Mutable sun squirrel . A reidentification of a genet seen from Common to Large-spotted. Previous higlights include Bison, Red wolf, Slender Mongoose, African wild dog, etc.

38

Bruno
Kovacs Gomez

129

Latest: Harbour Porpoise (11/11/24 Criccieth, Wales) Reeve's Muntjac (27/08/24 Aston Eyot, Oxford, England)

39

Jack
Oldham

128

Poland May 2024: Eurasian Bison, European Elk, Eurasian Beaver, Pine Martin

40

Salvador
Cases

121

Latest lifer: greater horseshoe bat (in an Albanian bunker, August 2024)
Highlights: orangutan, humpback whale, platypus,...

41

Ryan
Douglas

117

August 2024: Southern Right Whale, Short-beaked Echidna, Grey-headed Flying Fox, Koala, Bare-nosed Wombat

42

Scott
Brockman

115

Highlights: Serval, African Wild Dog, Indri

43

Felix
Hesse

105

Highlights - Blue Whale in Sri Lanka, Leopard in South Africa, African Wild Dos in Namibia.

44

Jackson
Frost

78

Highlights: Sperm Whale, Cuvier's Beaked Whale, Hector's Dolphin

45

Imam
Taufiqurrahman

62

Kiskendo Cave, Yogyakarta, Java, 7th Oct 2023. Canut’s Horsesshoe-bat

46

Patrick
Giumelli

62

2024 highlights: Himalayan grey langur, dusky langur, banded langur, gaur, banteng. Previous highlights: Asian elephant, dingo, eastern quoll, platypus, greater glider, American bison

47

Jacob
Zinn

54

List is based on iNaturalist pictures/observations. Highlights include Barbary macaques in March 2023, mountain gorillas, colobus monkeys, common hippos, forest and savanna elephants, warthogs and De Brazza's monkey in June 2023, 11 lemurs including a hibernating dwarf lemur, many hours observing Milne-Edwards' Sifaka, 5 other Malagasy mammals including Ring-tailed Vontsira, Lowland Streaked Tenrec, and endemic rodents in June-Aug 2024

48

Max
Cornejo Rodriguez

50

Highlights include: amazon river dolphin, platypus, greater bilby, shark bay bandicoot and bolivian red howler monkey.

49

James
Chabin

45

List of all mammals across life so far

50

Daksh
N

45

Small Indian Mongoose

51

28

Humpback whale was a thrill!

52

Daniel
Sibaja

24

Galictis vittata, Ateles geoffroyi, Leopardus pardalis, Bassariscus sumichrasti and others.

53

Adam
Middleton

24

Highlights: Watching a De Brazza's Monkey in a garden in Kenya, photographing Egyptian Fruit Bats in Kitum Cave.