This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Guatemala. These are the mammal species in Guatemala, of which 1 is critically endangered, 4 are endangered, 4 are vulnerable, and 3 are near-threatened. One species is considered extinct.
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:
Sirenia is an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit rivers, estuaries, coastal marine waters, swamps, and marine wetlands. All four species are endangered.
Family: Trichechidae
Genus: Trichechus
West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus VU
The armadillos are small mammals with a bony armored shell. They are native to the Americas. There are around 20 extant species.
Family: Dasypodidae (armadillos)
Subfamily: Dasypodinae
Genus: Dasypus
Nine-banded armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus LC
Subfamily: Tolypeutinae
Genus: Cabassous
Northern naked-tailed armadillo Cabassous centralis DD
The order Pilosa is extant only in the Americas and includes the anteaters, sloths, and tamanduas.
Suborder: Vermilingua
Family: Cyclopedidae
Genus: Cyclopes
Silky anteater Cyclopes didactylus LC
Family: Myrmecophagidae (American anteaters)
Genus: Myrmecophaga
Giant anteater Myrmecophaga tridactyla NT
Genus: Tamandua
Northern tamandua Tamandua mexicana LC
The order Primates contains humans and their closest relatives: lemurs, lorisoids, tarsiers, monkeys, and apes.
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Parvorder: Platyrrhini
Family: Atelidae
Subfamily: Alouattinae
Genus: Alouatta
Mantled howler Alouatta palliata LC
Guatemalan black howler Alouatta pigra EN
Subfamily: Atelinae
Genus: Ateles
Geoffroy's spider monkey Ateles geoffroyi LC
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: Hystricognathi
Family: Erethizontidae (New World porcupines)
Subfamily: Erethizontinae
Genus: Coendou
Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine Coendou mexicanus LR/lc
Family: Dasyproctidae (agoutis and pacas)
Genus: Dasyprocta
Central American agouti Dasyprocta punctata LR/lc
Family: Cuniculidae
Genus: Cuniculus
Lowland paca Cuniculus paca LC
Suborder: Sciurognathi
Family: Sciuridae (squirrels)
Subfamily: Sciurinae
Tribe: Sciurini
Genus: Sciurus
Red-bellied squirrel Sciurus aureogaster LR/lc
Deppe's squirrel Sciurus deppei LR/lc
Variegated squirrel Sciurus variegatoides LR/lc
Yucatan squirrel Sciurus yucatanensis LR/lc
Family: Geomyidae
Genus: Orthogeomys
Giant pocket gopher Orthogeomys grandis LR/lc
Hispid pocket gopher Orthogeomys hispidus LR/lc
Family: Heteromyidae
Subfamily: Heteromyinae
Genus: Heteromys
Desmarest's spiny pocket mouse Heteromys desmarestianus LR/lc
Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse Heteromys gaumeri LR/lc
Goldman's spiny pocket mouse Heteromys goldmani LR/nt
Nelson's spiny pocket mouse Heteromys nelsoni CR
Painted spiny pocket mouse Heteromys pictus LR/lc
Salvin's spiny pocket mouse Heteromys salvini LR/lc
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Microtus
Guatemalan vole Microtus guatemalensis LR/lc
Subfamily: Tylomyinae
Genus: Nyctomys
Sumichrast's vesper rat Nyctomys sumichrasti LR/lc
Genus: Otonyctomys
Hatt's vesper rat Otonyctomys hatti LR/lc
Genus: Ototylomys
Big-eared climbing rat Ototylomys phyllotis LR/lc
Genus: Tylomys
Peters's climbing rat Tylomys nudicaudus LR/lc
Subfamily: Neotominae
Genus: Baiomys
Southern pygmy mouse Baiomys musculus LR/lc
Genus: Habromys
Crested-tailed deer mouse Habromys lophurus LR/lc
Genus: Neotoma
Mexican woodrat Neotoma mexicana LR/lc
Genus: Peromyscus
Aztec mouse Peromyscus aztecus LR/lc
Big deer mouse Peromyscus grandis LR/nt
Guatemalan deer mouse Peromyscus guatemalensis LR/lc
Naked-eared deer mouse Peromyscus gymnotis LR/lc
Nimble-footed mouse Peromyscus levipes LR/lc
Maya mouse Peromyscus mayensis CR
Mexican deer mouse Peromyscus mexicanus LR/lc
Stirton's deer mouse Peromyscus stirtoni LR/lc
Yucatan deer mouse Peromyscus yucatanicus LR/lc
Genus: Reithrodontomys
Fulvous harvest mouse Reithrodontomys fulvescens LR/lc
Slender harvest mouse Reithrodontomys gracilis LR/lc
Mexican harvest mouse Reithrodontomys mexicanus LR/lc
Small-toothed harvest mouse Reithrodontomys microdon LR/nt
Sumichrast's harvest mouse Reithrodontomys sumichrasti LR/lc
Narrow-nosed harvest mouse Reithrodontomys tenuirostris LR/lc
Genus: Scotinomys
Alston's brown mouse Scotinomys teguina LR/lc
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Oligoryzomys
Fulvous pygmy rice rat Oligoryzomys fulvescens LR/lc
Genus: Oryzomys
Alfaro's rice rat Oryzomys alfaroi LR/lc
Coues' rice rat Oryzomys couesi LR/lc
Striped rice rat Oryzomys rhabdops LR/lc
Long-nosed rice rat Oryzomys rostratus LR/lc
Cloud forest rice rat Oryzomys saturatior LR/lc
Genus: Rheomys
Thomas's water mouse Rheomys thomasi LR/lc
Genus: Sigmodon
Southern cotton rat Sigmodon hirsutus LC
Toltec cotton rat Sigmodon toltecus LC
The lagomorphs comprise two families, Leporidae (hares and rabbits), and Ochotonidae (pikas). Though they can resemble rodents, and were classified as a superfamily in that order until the early 20th century, they have since been considered a separate order. They differ from rodents in a number of physical characteristics, such as having four incisors in the upper jaw rather than two.
Family: Leporidae (rabbits, hares)
Genus: Sylvilagus
Tapeti Sylvilagus brasiliensis LR/lc
Eastern cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus LR/lc
Eulipotyphlans are insectivorous mammals. Shrews and solenodons closely resemble mice, hedgehogs carry spines, while moles are stout-bodied burrowers.
Family: Soricidae (shrews)
Subfamily: Soricinae
Tribe: Blarinini
Genus: Cryptotis
Goldman's broad-clawed shrew Cryptotis goldmani LR/lc
Goodwin's broad-clawed shrew Cryptotis goodwini LR/lc
Honduran small-eared shrew Cryptotis hondurensis VU
Blackish small-eared shrew Cryptotis nigrescens LR/lc
North American least shrew Cryptotis parva LR/lc
Tribe: Soricini
Genus: Sorex
Saussure's shrew Sorex saussurei LR/lc
Verapaz shrew Sorex veraepacis LR/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: Noctilionidae
Genus: Noctilio
Lesser bulldog bat Noctilio albiventris LR/lc
Greater bulldog bat Noctilio leporinus LR/lc
Family: Vespertilionidae
Subfamily: Myotinae
Genus: Myotis
Silver-tipped myotis Myotis albescens LR/lc
Southwestern myotis Myotis auriculus LR/lc
California myotis Myotis californicus LR/lc
Guatemalan myotis Myotis cobanensis CR
Elegant myotis Myotis elegans LR/nt
Cinnamon myotis Myotis fortidens LR/nt
Hairy-legged myotis Myotis keaysi LR/lc
Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
Genus: Eptesicus
Brazilian brown bat Eptesicus brasiliensis LR/lc
Argentine brown bat Eptesicus furinalis LR/lc
Big brown bat Eptesicus fuscus LR/lc
Genus: Lasiurus
Desert red bat Lasiurus blossevillii LR/lc
Hoary bat Lasiurus cinereus LR/lc
Southern yellow bat Lasiurus ega LR/lc
Northern yellow bat Lasiurus intermedius LR/lc
Genus: Pipistrellus
Eastern Pipistrelle Pipistrellus subflavus LR/lc
Genus: Rhogeessa
Black-winged little yellow bat Rhogeessa tumida LR/lc
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Eumops
Black bonneted bat Eumops auripendulus LR/lc
Dwarf bonneted bat Eumops bonariensis LR/lc
Wagner's bonneted bat Eumops glaucinus LR/lc
Genus: Molossus
Black mastiff bat Molossus ater LR/lc
Molossus aztecus LR/nt
Velvety free-tailed bat Molossus molossus LR/lc
Sinaloan mastiff bat Molossus sinaloae LR/lc
Genus: Nyctinomops
Broad-eared bat Nyctinomops laticaudatus LR/lc
Genus: Promops
Big crested mastiff bat Promops centralis LR/lc
Genus: Tadarida
Mexican free-tailed bat Tadarida brasiliensis LR/nt
Family: Emballonuridae
Genus: Balantiopteryx
Thomas's sac-winged bat Balantiopteryx io LR/nt
Gray sac-winged bat Balantiopteryx plicata LR/lc
Genus: Diclidurus
Northern ghost bat Diclidurus albus LR/lc
Genus: Peropteryx
Greater dog-like bat Peropteryx kappleri LR/lc
Lesser doglike bat Peropteryx macrotis LR/lc
Genus: Rhynchonycteris
Proboscis bat Rhynchonycteris naso LR/lc
Genus: Saccopteryx
Greater sac-winged bat Saccopteryx bilineata LR/lc
Lesser sac-winged bat Saccopteryx leptura LR/lc
Family: Mormoopidae
Genus: Mormoops
Ghost-faced bat Mormoops megalophylla LR/lc
Genus: Pteronotus
Big naked-backed bat Pteronotus gymnonotus LR/lc
Parnell's mustached bat Pteronotus parnellii LR/lc
Wagner's mustached bat Pteronotus personatus LR/lc
Family: Phyllostomidae
Subfamily: Phyllostominae
Genus: Chrotopterus
Big-eared wooly bat Chrotopterus auritus LR/lc
Genus: Lampronycteris
Yellow-throated big-eared bat Lampronycteris brachyotis LR/lc
Genus: Lonchorhina
Tomes's sword-nosed bat Lonchorhina aurita LR/lc
Genus: Lophostoma
Pygmy round-eared bat Lophostoma brasiliense LR/lc
Davis's round-eared bat Lophostoma evotis LR/nt
Genus: Macrophyllum
Long-legged bat Macrophyllum macrophyllum LR/lc
Genus: Macrotus
Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat Macrotus waterhousii LR/lc
Genus: Micronycteris
Schmidts's big-eared bat Micronycteris schmidtorum LR/lc
Genus: Mimon
Striped hairy-nosed bat Mimon crenulatum LR/lc
Genus: Phylloderma
Pale-faced bat Phylloderma stenops LR/lc
Genus: Phyllostomus
Pale spear-nosed bat Phyllostomus discolor LR/lc
Greater spear-nosed bat Phyllostomus hastatus LR/lc
Genus: Tonatia
Stripe-headed round-eared bat Tonatia saurophila LR/lc
Genus: Trinycteris
Niceforo's big-eared bat Trinycteris nicefori LR/lc
Genus: Vampyrum
Spectral bat Vampyrum spectrum LR/nt
Subfamily: Glossophaginae
Genus: Anoura
Geoffroy's tailless bat Anoura geoffroyi LR/lc
Genus: Choeroniscus
Godman's long-tailed bat Choeroniscus godmani LR/nt
Genus: Choeronycteris
Mexican Long-tongued Bat Choeronycteris mexicana LR/nt
Genus: Glossophaga
Commissaris's long-tongued bat Glossophaga commissarisi LR/lc
Gray long-tongued bat Glossophaga leachii LR/lc
Pallas's long-tongued bat Glossophaga soricina LR/lc
Genus: Hylonycteris
Underwood's long-tongued bat Hylonycteris underwoodi LR/nt
Genus: Leptonycteris
Southern long-nosed bat Leptonycteris curasoae VU
Greater long-nosed bat Leptonycteris nivalis EN
Genus: Lichonycteris
Dark long-tongued bat Lichonycteris obscura LR/lc
Subfamily: Carolliinae
Genus: Carollia
Silky short-tailed bat Carollia brevicauda LR/lc
Seba's short-tailed bat Carollia perspicillata LR/lc
Gray short-tailed bat Carollia subrufa LR/lc
Subfamily: Stenodermatinae
Genus: Artibeus
Aztec fruit-eating bat Artibeus aztecus LR/lc
Jamaican fruit bat Artibeus jamaicensis LR/lc
Great fruit-eating bat Artibeus lituratus LR/lc
Pygmy fruit-eating bat Artibeus phaeotis LR/lc
Toltec fruit-eating bat Artibeus toltecus LR/lc
Genus: Centurio
Wrinkle-faced bat Centurio senex LR/lc
Genus: Chiroderma
Salvin's big-eyed bat Chiroderma salvini LR/lc
Genus: Enchisthenes
Velvety fruit-eating bat Enchisthenes hartii LR/lc
Genus: Sturnira
Little yellow-shouldered bat Sturnira lilium LR/lc
Highland yellow-shouldered bat Sturnira ludovici LR/lc
Genus: Uroderma
Tent-making bat Uroderma bilobatum LR/lc
Genus: Vampyressa
Southern little yellow-eared bat Vampyressa pusilla LR/lc
Genus: Vampyrodes
Great stripe-faced bat Vampyrodes caraccioli LR/lc
Genus: Platyrrhinus
Heller's broad-nosed bat Platyrrhinus helleri LR/lc
Subfamily: Desmodontinae
Genus: Desmodus
Common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus LR/lc
Genus: Diaemus
White-winged vampire bat Diaemus youngi LR/lc
Genus: Diphylla
Hairy-legged vampire bat Diphylla ecaudata LR/nt
Family: Thyropteridae
Genus: Thyroptera
Spix's disk-winged bat Thyroptera tricolor LR/lc
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.
Suborder: Mysticeti
Family: Balaenopteridae (baleen whales)
Genus: Balaenoptera
Common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera brydei
Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus
Genus: Megaptera
Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
Suborder: Odontoceti
Superfamily: Platanistoidea
Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
Genus: Delphinus
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis DD
Genus: Feresa
Pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata DD
Genus: Globicephala
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhyncus DD
Genus: Lagenodelphis
Fraser's dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei DD
Genus: Grampus
Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus DD
Genus: Orcinus
Killer whale Orcinus orca DD
Genus: Peponocephala
Melon-headed whale Peponocephala electra DD
Genus: Pseudorca
False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens DD
Genus: Sotalia
Guiana dolphin Sotalia guianensis DD
Genus: Stenella
Pantropical spotted dolphin Stenella attenuata DD
Clymene dolphin Stenella clymene DD
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba DD
Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis DD
Spinner dolphin Stenella longirostris DD
Genus: Steno
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis DD
Genus: Tursiops
Common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Family: Physeteridae (sperm whales)
Genus: Physeter
Sperm whale Physeter catodon (DD)
Family: Kogiidae (dwarf sperm whales)
Genus: Kogia
Pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps (DD)
Dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima (DD)
Superfamily Ziphioidea
Family: Ziphidae (beaked whales)
Genus: Mesoplodon
Gervais' beaked whale Mesoplodon europaeus (DD)
Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale Mesoplodon ginkgodens (DD)
Pygmy beaked whale Mesoplodon peruvianus (DD)
Genus: Ziphius
Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris (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: Feliformia
Family: Felidae (cats)
Subfamily: Felinae
Genus: Leopardus
Ocelot Leopardus pardalis LC
Margay Leopardus wiedii LC
Genus: Puma
Cougar Puma concolor NT
Jaguarundi Puma yagouaroundi LC
Subfamily: Pantherinae
Genus: Panthera
Jaguar Panthera onca NT
Suborder: Caniformia
Family: Canidae (dogs, foxes)
Genus: Urocyon
Gray fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus LC
Genus: Canis
Coyote Canis latrans LC
Family: Procyonidae (raccoons)
Genus: Bassariscus
Cacomistle Bassariscus sumichrasti LR/nt
Genus: Procyon
Common raccoon Procyon lotor LR/lc
Genus: Nasua
White-nosed coati Nasua narica LR/lc
Genus: Potos
Kinkajou Potos flavus LR/lc
Family: Mustelidae (mustelids)
Genus: Mustela
Long-tailed weasel Mustela frenata LR/lc
Genus: Eira
Tayra Eira barbara LR/lc
Genus: Galictis
Greater grison Galictis vittata LR/lc
Genus: Lontra
Neotropical river otter Lontra longicaudis DD
Family: Mephitidae
Genus: Spilogale
Eastern spotted skunk Spilogale putorius LR/lc
Genus: Mephitis
Hooded skunk Mephitis macroura LR/lc
Genus: Conepatus
American hog-nosed skunk Conepatus leuconotus LR/lc
Suborder: Pinnipedia
Family: Phocidae (earless seals)
Genus: Monachus
Caribbean monk seal Monachus tropicalis EX
The odd-toed ungulates are browsing and grazing mammals. They are usually large to very large, and have relatively simple stomachs and a large middle toe.
Family: Tapiridae (tapirs)
Genus: Tapirus
Baird's tapir Tapirus bairdii EN
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: Tayassuidae (peccaries)
Genus: Pecari
Collared peccary Pecari tajacu LC
Genus: Tayassu
White-lipped peccary Tayassu pecari NT
Family: Cervidae (deer)
Subfamily: Capreolinae
Genus: Mazama
Red brocket Mazama americana DD
Genus: Odocoileus
White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus LR/lc
Didelphimorphia is the order of common opossums of the Western Hemisphere. Opossums probably diverged from the basic South American marsupials in the late Cretaceous or early Paleocene.They are small to medium-sized marsupials, about the size of a large house cat, with a long snout and prehensile tail.
Family: Didelphidae (American opossums)
Subfamily: Caluromyinae
Genus: Caluromys
Derby's woolly opossum Caluromys derbianus VU
Subfamily: Didelphinae
Genus: Chironectes
Water opossum Chironectes minimus LR/nt
Genus: Didelphis
Common opossum Didelphis marsupialis LR/lc
Virginia opossum Didelphis virginiana LR/lc
Genus: Marmosa
Alston's mouse opossum Marmosa alstoni LR/nt
Mexican mouse opossum Marmosa mexicana LR/lc
Genus: Philander
Gray four-eyed opossum Philander opossum LR/lc
