This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Cyprus. There are 17 mammal species in Cyprus, of which one is critically endangered, three are vulnerable, and one is near-threatened.
The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the IUCN:
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:
Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40 percent of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be keep short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara can weigh up to 45 kg (100 lb).
Suborder: Sciurognathi
Family: Muridae (mice, rats, voles, gerbils, hamsters, etc.)
Subfamily: Deomyinae
Genus: Acomys
Cyprus spiny mouse, Acomys nesiotes DD
Subfamily: Murinae
Genus: Mus
Cypriot mouse, Mus cypriacus LC
The order Erinaceomorpha contains a single family, Erinaceidae, which comprise the hedgehogs and gymnures. The hedgehogs are easily recognised by their spines while gymnures look more like large rats.
Family: Erinaceidae (hedgehogs)
Subfamily: Erinaceinae
Genus: Hemiechinus
Long-eared hedgehog, Hemiechinus auritus LR/lc
The "shrew-forms" are insectivorous mammals. The shrews and solenodons closely resemble mice while the moles are stout-bodied burrowers.
Family: Soricidae (shrews)
Subfamily: Crocidurinae
Genus: Crocidura
Lesser white-toothed shrew, Crocidura suaveolens LR/lc
Genus: Suncus
Etruscan shrew, Suncus etruscus LC
The bats' most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals in the world naturally capable of flight. Bat species account for about 20% of all mammals.
Family: Pteropodidae (flying foxes, Old World fruit bats)
Subfamily: Pteropodinae
Genus: Rousettus
Egyptian fruit bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus LC
Family: Vespertilionidae
Subfamily: Myotinae
Genus: Myotis
Greater mouse-eared bat, Myotis myotis LR/nt
Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
Genus: Pipistrellus
Common pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pipistrellus LC
Genus: Plecotus
Grey long-eared bat, Plecotus austriacus LR/lc
Family: Rhinolophidae
Subfamily: Rhinolophinae
Genus: Rhinolophus
Blasius's horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus blasii NT
Mediterranean horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus euryale VU
Greater horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum LR/nt
The order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater.
Species listed below also includes species being recorded in Levantine Sea except for gray whale.
Suborder: Mysticeti
Family: Balaenopteridae
Genus: Balaenoptera
Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus♠ EN
Common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata♠ LC
Subfamily: Megapterinae
Genus: Megaptera
Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae♠ LC
Suborder: Odontoceti
Family: Physeteridae
Genus: Physeter
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus♠ VU
Family: Ziphidae
Genus: Ziphius
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris♠ LC
Genus: Mesoplodon
Gervais' beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris♠ DD
Superfamily: Platanistoidea
Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
Genus: Tursiops
Common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus♠ LC
Genus: Steno
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis♠ DD (once being considered as vagrants, but later confirmed as residential)
Genus: Stenella
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba♠ DD
Genus: Sousa
Sousa chinensis♠ DD
Genus: Delphinus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis♠ LC
Genus: Grampus
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus♠ LC
Genus: Orcinus
Orca Orcinus orca♠ DD
Genus: Pseudorca
False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens♠ DD
Genus: Globicephala
Long-finned pilot whale Globicephala melas♠ DD
There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which feed primarily on meat. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition.
Suborder: Caniformia
Family: Canidae (dogs, foxes)
Genus: Vulpes
Red fox, Vulpes vulpes LC
Family: Phocidae (earless seals)
Genus: Monachus
Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus CR
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: Bovidae (cattle, antelope, sheep, goats)
Subfamily: Caprinae
Genus: Capra
Wild goat, Capra aegagrus VU
Genus: Ovis
Mouflon, Ovis orientalis VU
