Russia

Checklist of Endemic Mammal Species

This list of mammal species found exclusively in Russia is based on the taxonomy used in the Mammal Diversity Database (2020). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.

American Society of Mammalogists (2020) Mammal Diversity Database, Version 1.2 http://www.mammaldiversity.org, accessed 24 September 2020. An online version can be found here.

Additional species recognized more recently by the Mammal Diversity Database are listed at the bottom of the page.

X = extinct

Ovis nivicola (Artiodactyla - Bovidae) Snow Sheep

Pusa sibirica (Carnivora - Phocidae) Baikal Seal

Sorex camtschaticus (Eulipotyphla - Soricidae) Kamchatka Shrew

Sorex leucogaster (Eulipotyphla - Soricidae) Paramushir Shrew

Sorex portenkoi (Eulipotyphla - Soricidae) Portenko's Shrew

Ochotona turuchanensis (Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae) Turuchan Pika

Alexandromys evoronensis (Rodentia - Cricetidae) Evoron Vole

Alexandromys middendorffii (Rodentia - Cricetidae) Middendorff's Vole

Alexandromys mujanensis (Rodentia - Cricetidae) Muya Valley Vole

Alexandromys sachalinensis (Rodentia - Cricetidae) Sakhalin Vole

Alexandromys shantaricus (Rodentia - Cricetidae) Shantar Vole

Alticola lemminus (Rodentia - Cricetidae) Lemming Mountain Vole

Alticola olchonensis (Rodentia - Cricetidae) Lake Baikal Mountain Vole

Dicrostonyx torquatus (Rodentia - Cricetidae) Palearctic Collared Lemming

Lemmus amurensis (Rodentia - Cricetidae) Amur Brown Lemming

Lemmus paulus (Rodentia - Cricetidae) East Siberian Brown Lemming

Lemmus sibiricus (Rodentia - Cricetidae) Siberian Brown Lemming

Marmota camtschatica (Rodentia - Sciuridae) Black-capped Marmot

Marmota kastschenkoi (Rodentia - Sciuridae) Forest Steppe Marmot

Spermophilus musicus (Rodentia - Sciuridae) Caucasian Mountain Ground Squirrel

Spalax giganteus (Rodentia - Spalacidae) Giant Blind Mole-rat

Hydrodamalis gigas X (Sirenia - Dugongidae) Steller's Sea Cow

The following additional species was recognized after the version of the ASM Mammal Diversity Database listed above. These 3 species added to the 22 listed above total 25 endemic mammal species for Russia.

(# indicates a species that is considered endemic due to a different concept of species boundaries as a result of splits than is used for the animal with the same scientific name in the ASM Mammal Diversity Database Version 1.2)

Sicista cimlanica (Rodentia - Smithidae) Tsimlyansk Birch Mouse

Spermophilus suslicus # (Rodentia - Sciuridae) Speckled Ground Squirrel

Spermophilus vorontsovi (Rodentia - Sciuridae) Vorontsov's Ground Squirrel