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Template:Mammals by population sidebar This is a list of estimated global populations of Carnivora species. This list is not comprehensive, as not all carnivorans have had their numbers quantified.
| Common name | Binomial name | Population | Status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red wolf | Canis rufus | 20-30[1] | Template:IUCN-CR[1] | Previously extinct in the wild. Reintroduction efforts have been hampered by hybridization with coyotes (C. latrans).[1] | 175px | |
| Iriomote cat | Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis | 100–109[2] | Template:IUCN-CR[3] | A subspecies of the leopard cat living exclusively on the Japanese island of Iriomote. Population size is declining, and consists of a single subpopulation.[2] | 175px | |
| Amur leopard | Panthera pardus orientalis | 129-130[4] | Template:IUCN-CR[5] | Subspecies of leopard (P. pardus). Numbers have fluctuated in recent censuses.[5] Newest estimate of mature individuals comes from IUCN Assessment for P. pardus.[4] | 175px | |
| Saimaa ringed seal | Pusa hispida saimensis | 135-190[6] | Template:IUCN-EN[6] | Subspecies of ringed seal (P. hispida). Total population was estimated to be 320 individuals in 2015.[6] | 175px | |
| Asiatic lion | Panthera leo leo | 175[7] | Template:IUCN-EN[7] | Total population size is estimated to be 350 individuals.[7] | 175px | |
| Cozumel raccoon
(Pygmy raccoon) |
Procyon pygmaeus | 192[8] | Template:IUCN-CR[8] | Total population is estimated to be 323-955 individuals. Populations are severely affected by hurricanes.[8] | 175px | |
| Ethiopian wolf | Canis simensis | 197[9] | Template:IUCN-EN[9] | Total population is estimated to be 360-440 adults.[9] | 175px | |
| Black-footed ferret | Mustela nigripes | 206[10] | Template:IUCN-EN[10] | Value given is for number of mature adults living in self-sustaining wild populations. More than 300 individuals are currently held in captive breeding programs.[10] | 175px | |
| Malabar large-spotted civet
(Malabar civet) |
Viverra civettina | 249[11] | Template:IUCN-CR[11] | Maximum estimate; may be extinct.[11] | 175x175px | |
| Siberian tiger | Panthera tigris tigris | 265-486[12] | Template:IUCN-EN[13] | Subspecies of tiger (P. tigris). Population size and trend are available in the supplementary information available on the P. tigris assessment (estimates of tiger numbers in Russia).[12] | 175px | |
| Mediterranean monk seal | Monachus monachus | 444-600[14] | Template:IUCN-VU[14] | Values given are for mature individuals. There are three primary subpopulations:[14]
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| Persian leopard | Panthera pardus tulliana | 450-626[15] | Template:IUCN-EN[15] | Subspecies of leopard (P. pardus). Total population is estimated to be 750–1,044 individuals.[15] | 175px | |
| Giant panda | Ailuropoda melanoleuca | 500-1,000[16] | Template:IUCN-VU[16] | Total population is estimated to be 1,864 individuals.[16] | 175px | |
| Iberian lynx | Lynx pardinus | 648[17] | Template:IUCN-VU[17] | Total population is estimated to be 1,668 individuals.[17] | 175px | |
| Darwin's fox | Pseudalopex fulvipes | 659-2,499[18] | Template:IUCN-EN[18] | Minimum number of mature individuals is expected to be 489. No upper limit presented.[18] | 175px | |
| Hawaiian monk seal | Neomonachus schauinslandi | 922[19] | Template:IUCN-VU[19] | Total population is estimated to be 1,607 individuals.[19] | 175px | |
| Dhole | Cuon alpinus | 949-2,215[20] | Template:IUCN-EN[20] | Total population is estimated to be 4,500–10,500 individuals. Population estimates were calculated assuming proportion of mature individuals in population is similar to that of African wild dogs.[20] | 175px | |
| Asian golden cat | Catopuma temminckii | 1,000-12,000[21] | Template:IUCN-VU[21] | Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 7,000.[21] | 175px | |
| Chinese mountain cat | Felis bieti | 1,177-23,540[22] | Template:IUCN-VU[22] | Total population is estimated to be 2,354–47,081 individuals, though a best estimate is expected to be < 10,000 mature individuals.[22] | 175px | |
| African wild dog | Lycaon pictus | 1,676[23] | Template:IUCN-EN[23] | Value given is for number of mature individuals.[23] | 175px | |
| Andean mountain cat
(Andean cat) |
Leopardus jacobita | 2,177[24] | Template:IUCN-EN[24] | Total population is estimated to be 4,354 individuals.[24] | 175px | |
| Bay cat
(Borneo bay cat) |
Catopuma badia | 2,200[25] | Template:IUCN-EN[25] | Value given is for number of mature individuals.[25] | 175px | |
| Otter civet | Cynogale bennettii | 2,490[26] | Template:IUCN-EN[26] | Value given is estimate for mature individuals. | 175px | |
| Flat-headed cat | Prionailurus planiceps | 2,499[27] | Template:IUCN-EN[27] | Value given is for number of mature individuals.[27] | 175px | |
| Spectacled bear
(Andean bear) |
Tremarctos ornatus | 2,500-10,000[28] | Template:IUCN-VU[28] | Total population is estimated to be 13,000-18,000 individuals.[28] | 175px | |
| Tiger | Panthera tigris | 2,608-3,905[29] | Template:IUCN-EN[29] | Best estimate for number of mature individuals is 3,140. Total population is estimated to be 3,726-5,578 individuals, not including cubs.[29] | 175px | |
| Fossa
(Fosa) |
Cryptoprocta ferox | 2,635-8,626[30] | Template:IUCN-VU[30] | Values given are for number of mature individuals.[30] | 175px | |
| Grandidier's mongoose
(Grandidier's vontsira) |
Galidictis grandidieri | 2,650–3,540[31] | Template:IUCN-EN[31] | Values given are estimate for total population, ca. 2006.[31] | 175px | |
| Snow leopard | Panthera uncia | 2,710-3,386[32] | Template:IUCN-VU[32] | Most recent "best guess" estimate for total population is 3,920-6,390 individuals, from 2013.[32] | 175px | |
| New Zealand sea lion | Phocarctos hookeri | 3,031[33] | Template:IUCN-EN[33] | Value given is for number of mature individuals.[33] | 175px | |
| Clouded leopard | Neofelis nebulosa | 3,700[34] | Template:IUCN-VU[34] | Total population is estimated to be 5,580 individuals.[34] | 175px | |
| Island fox | Urocyon littoralis | 4,001[35] | Template:IUCN-NT[35] | Total population is estimated to be 5,500 individuals.[35] | 175px | |
| Brown hyena
(Brown hyaena) |
Parahyaena brunnea | 4,365-10,111[36] | Template:IUCN-NT[36] | Values given are for number of mature individuals. Total population is expected to be, at minimum, 5,000-8,000 individuals, though the Botswanan population may have several thousand individuals not considered.[36] | 175px | |
| Sunda clouded leopard | Neofelis diardi | 4,500[37] | Template:IUCN-VU[37] | Value given is for number of mature individuals, with an estimated 3,800 on Borneo and 730 on Sumatra.[37] | 175x175px | |
| Striped hyena
(Striped hyaena) |
Hyaena hyaena | 5,000-9,999[38] | Template:IUCN-NT[38] | Total population is estimated to be 5,000-14,000 individuals, ca. 1998.[38] | 175px | |
| Southern tiger cat | Leopardus guttulus | 6,047[39] | Template:IUCN-VU[39] | Value given is estimate for mature individuals.[39] | 175px | |
| Giant otter | Pteronura brasiliensis | >6,450[40] | Template:IUCN-EN[40] | Value given is absolute minimum for total population. Estimates are not available for all subpopulations.[40] | 175px | |
| Australian sea lion | Neophoca cinerea | 6,500[41] | Template:IUCN-EN[41] | Total population is estimated to be 12,690 individuals.[41] | 175px | |
| Cheetah | Acinonyx jubatus | 6,517[42] | Template:IUCN-VU[42] | Total population of adults and adolescents is estimated to be 7,100 individuals.[42] | 175px | |
| West African oyan | Poiana leightoni | 6,700-10,000[43] | Template:IUCN-VU[43] | Most recent confirmed records of this species are from the 1980s.[43] | 175px | |
| Crested genet | Genetta cristata | 7,000[44] | Template:IUCN-VU[44] | Value given is estimate for mature individuals.[44] | 175px | |
| Oncilla
(Northern tiger cat) |
Leopardus tigrinus | 8,932-10,208[45] | Template:IUCN-VU[45] | Values given are for estimate number of adult individuals.[45] | 175px | |
| Sulawesi palm civet
(Sulawesi civet) |
Macrogalidia musschenbroekii | 9,000[46] | Template:IUCN-VU[46] | Value given is estimate for mature individuals.[46] | 175px | |
| Galápagos sea lion | Zalophus wollebaeki | 9,200-10,600[47] | Template:IUCN-EN[47] | Total population is estimated to be 14,000-16,000 (2001).[47] | 175px | |
| Hose's palm civet
(Hose's civet) |
Diplogale hosei | 9,500[48] | Template:IUCN-VU[48] | Value given is estimate for mature individuals.[48] | 175px | |
| Black-footed cat | Felis nigripes | 9,707[49] | Template:IUCN-VU[49] | Total population is estimated to be 13,867 individuals.[49] | 175px | |
| Hoary fox | Lycalopex vetulus | 9,840-19,200[50] | Template:IUCN-NT[50] | Total population is estimated to be 49,200-96,000 individuals.[50] | 175px | |
| Bourlon's genet | Genetta bourloni | 9,850[51] | Template:IUCN-VU[51] | Known from a single camera-trap photo and 29 museum specimens.[51] | ||
| Galápagos fur seal | Arctocephalus galapagoensis | 10,000[52] | Template:IUCN-EN[52] | Total population is estimated to be 15,000 individuals.[52] | 175px | |
| Aquatic genet | Genetta piscivora | 10,000[53] | Template:IUCN-NT[53] | Known from 30 specimens. No confirmed reports since the 1970s.[53] | 175px | |
| Guadalupe fur seal | Arctocephalus townsendi | 10,000[54] | Template:IUCN-LC[54] | Minimum total population is estimated to be 20,084 individuals.[54] | 175px | |
| Pale fox | Vulpes pallida | 10,000-19,999[55] | Template:IUCN-LC[55] | ?[55] | Values given are estimate of mature population, though this estimate may not be founded in empirical data.[55] | 175px |
| Sloth bear | Melursus ursinus | 10,000-20,000[56] | Template:IUCN-VU[56] | Values given are for total population; estimates are considered to be tentative.[56] | 175px | |
| Marbled cat | Pardofelis marmorata | >10,000[57] | Template:IUCN-NT[57] | Value given is for number of mature individuals, assuming population densities are not exceptionally low across range.[57] | 175x175px | |
| Sechuran fox | Lycalopex sechurae | < 15,000[58] | Template:IUCN-NT[58] | ?[58] | Value given is for number of mature individuals, but estimate is supported by very little data.[58] | 175px |
| Juan Fernández fur seal | Arctocephalus philippii | 16,000[59] | Template:IUCN-LC[59] | Value given is for number of mature individuals.[59] | 175px | |
| Maned wolf | Chrysocyon brachyurus | 23,600[60] | Template:IUCN-NT[60] | ?[60] | Total population is estimated to be 23,600 individuals.[60] | 175px |
| Leopard seal | Hydrurga leptonyx | 18,000[61] | Template:IUCN-LC[61] | ?[61] | Total population is estimated to be 35,500 (95% confidence interval: 10,900-102,600) individuals.[61] | 175px |
| Polar bear | Ursus maritimus | 22,000-31,000[62] | Template:IUCN-VU[62] | ?[62] | Values given are for total population. Best estimate for total population is 26,000 individuals.[62] | 175px |
| Lion | Panthera leo | 22,670-25,670[63] | Template:IUCN-VU[63] | Values given are estimates for number of adults and subadults.[63] | 175px | |
| Kodkod
(Guiña) |
Leopardus guigna | 26,383-101,294[64] | Template:IUCN-LC[64] | ?[64] | Values given are for number of mature individuals.[64] | 175px |
| Spotted hyena
(Spotted hyaena) |
Crocuta crocuta | 27,000–47,000[65] | Template:IUCN-LC[65] | Values given are a tentative estimate of total population.[65] | 175px | |
| Tibetan fox | Vulpes ferrilata | 37,000[66] | Template:IUCN-LC[66] | ?[66] | Value given is for total population, but is from 1989 and considered to be "very coarse and unreliable."[66] | 175px |
| Ross seal | Ommatophoca rossii | 40,000[67] | Template:IUCN-LC[67] | ?[67] | Estimates for total population are highly variable. Most recent estimate (2012) estimates 78,500 total individuals.[67] | 175px |
| Asian black bear
(Asiatic black bear) |
Ursus thibetanus | 50,000-61,000[68] | Template:IUCN-VU[68] | Values given are estimate of total population is the four countries with the largest populations (China, Japan, India, and Russia). Likely to be a considerable underestimate, given known populations across south and east Asia.[68] | 175px | |
| Baikal seal | Pusa sibirica | 54,000[69] | Template:IUCN-LC[69] | Total population is estimated to be 108,200 individuals.[69] | 175x175px | |
| Pallas's cat | Otocolobus manul | 58,000[70] | Template:IUCN-LC[70] | Total population is speculated to be 49,000–98,000 individuals.[70] | 175px | |
| Jaguar | Panthera onca | 64,000[71] | Template:IUCN-NT[71] | Value given is for total population. A single large population in Amazonia is estimated to account for 89% of total population, with 57,000 individuals.[71] | 175px | |
| Caspian seal | Pusa caspica | 68,000[72] | Template:IUCN-EN[72] | ?[72] | Value given is for mature individuals. Total population is highly uncertain.[72] | 175px |
| Eurasian lynx | Lynx lynx | >69,510[73] | Template:IUCN-LC[73] | Value given is an underestimate of total population, due to unknown populations across large portions of the species' Asian range. National/regional population estimates are available for Europe, Russia, China, and Mongolia.[73] | 175px | |
| Steller sea lion | Eumetopias jubatus | 81,327[74] | Template:IUCN-NT[74] | Total population is estimated to be 160,867 individuals. Divided by subspecies:[74]
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| New Zealand fur seal | Arctocephalus forsteri | 100,000[75] | Template:IUCN-LC[75] | Total population is estimated to be 200,000 individuals.[75] | 175px | |
| South American fur seal | Arctocephalus australis | 109,500[76] | Template:IUCN-LC[76] | Total population is estimated to be 219,000 individuals.[76] | 175px | |
| Bush dog | Speothos venaticus | 110,000[77] | Template:IUCN-NT[77] | Value given is for total population; may be an overestimate.[77] | 175x175px | |
| Northern elephant seal | Mirounga angustirostris | 110,000[78] | Template:IUCN-LC[78] | Total population is estimated to be 210,000-239,000 individuals.[78] | 175px | |
| Brown bear | Ursus arctos | 110,000[79] | Template:IUCN-LC[79] | Total population is estimated to be more than 200,000 individuals. Regional estimates exist for several areas:[79]
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| Walrus | Odobenus rosmarus | 112,500[80] | Template:IUCN-VU[80] | ?[80] | Total population is estimated to be more than 245,000-295,000 individuals, in two subspecies:[80]
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| Sea otter | Enhydra lutris | 128,902[81] | Template:IUCN-EN[81] | Value given is for total population.[81] | 175x175px | |
| Leopard | Panthera pardus | 146,768- 461,512[4] | Template:IUCN-VU[4] | Values given are estimate of total population.[4] | 175px | |
| California sea lion | Zalophus californianus | 180,000[82] | Template:IUCN-LC[82] | Total population is estimated to be 387,646 individuals.[82] | 175px | |
| Ribbon seal | Histriophoca fasciata | 183,000[83] | Template:IUCN-LC[83] | ?[83] | Total population is estimated to be approximately 365,000 individuals.[83] | 175px |
| Subantarctic fur seal | Arctocephalus tropicalis | 200,000[84] | Template:IUCN-LC[84] | Total population is estimated to be more than 400,000 individuals.[84] | 175px | |
| Grey wolf | Canis lupus | 200,000-250,000[85] | Template:IUCN-LC[85] | Values given are for total population.[85] | 175px | |
| South American sea lion | Otaria flavescens | 222,500[86] | Template:IUCN-LC[86] | Total population is estimated to be, at least, 445,000 individuals. IUCN gives binomial name as Otaria byronia.[86] | 175px | |
| Weddell seal | Leptonychotes weddellii | 300,000[87] | Template:IUCN-LC[87] | ?[87] | Species is widespread and range is difficult to cover in a survey. Total population is estimated to be between 200,000 and 1.0 million individuals.[87] | 175px |
| Arctic fox | Vulpes lagopus | 300,000-999,999[88] | Template:IUCN-LC[88] | Total population is estimated to number "several hundred thousand animals," with population fluctuating significantly with prey populations.[88] | 175px | |
| Harbor seal | Phoca vitulina | 315,000[89] | Template:IUCN-LC[89] | ?[89] | Total population is estimated to be 610,000-640,000 individuals.[89] | 175px |
| Grey seal | Halichoerus grypus | 316,000[90] | Template:IUCN-LC[90] | Total population is estimated to be 632,000 individuals.[90] | 175px | |
| Hooded seal | Cystophora cristata | 316,832[91] | Template:IUCN-EN[91] | Value given is estimated total population from two subpopulations:[91]
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| Spotted seal | Phoca largha | 320,000[92] | Template:IUCN-LC[92] | ?[92] | Total population has not been well quantified, but may be between 400,000-640,000 individuals.[92] | 175px |
| Southern elephant seal | Mirounga leonina | 325,000[93] | Template:IUCN-LC[93] | Total population is estimated to be 650,000 individuals, ca. mid 1990s.[93] | 175px | |
| Northern fur seal | Callorhinus ursinus | 650,000[94] | Template:IUCN-VU[94] | Total population is estimated to be 1.29 million individuals.[94] | 175px | |
| Antarctic fur seal | Arctocephalus gazella | 700,000-1,000,000[95] | Template:IUCN-LC[95] | Values given are for mature individuals.[95] | 175px | |
| American black bear | Ursus americanus | 850,000–950,000[96] | Template:IUCN-LC[96] | Values given are for total population.[96] | 175px | |
| Brown fur seal
(Afro-Australian fur seal) |
Arctocephalus pusillus | 1,060,000[97] | Template:IUCN-LC[97] | Divided into two subspecies: Cape (A. p. pusillus) and Australian (A. p. doriferus).[97] | 175px | |
| Ringed seal | Pusa hispida | 1,500,000[98] | Template:IUCN-LC[98] | ?[98] | Value given is for mature individuals. Mature populations for subspecies are estimated to be:[98]
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| Bobcat | Lynx rufus | 2,352,276 - 3,571,681[99] | Template:IUCN-LC[99] | Values given are total population for species range in the United States. Population is certainly much larger, considering sizeable population also exist in Canada and Mexico.[99] | 175px | |
| Crabeater seal | Lobodon carcinophaga | 4,000,000[100] | Template:IUCN-LC[100] | ?[100] | Value given is for number of mature individuals. Most recent estimate of total population (1980s - 1990s) yielded an estimate of 9.5 million individuals.[100] | 175px |
| Harp seal | Pagophilus groenlandicus | 7,000,000[101] | Template:IUCN-NT[101] | Value given is for total population.[101] | 175x175px | |
| Cat (domestic) | Felis catus | 600,000,000[102] | Domesticated | 2007 estimate | 175px | |
| Dog (domestic) | Canis familiaris | 900,000,000[103] | Domesticated | 175x175px |
| Common name | Binomial name | Population | Status | Trend | Notes | Image |
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| Red panda | Ailurus fulgens | unknown[104] | Template:IUCN-EN[104] | Four different attempts have been made in the 21st century to estimate population for this species, but results are highly divergent and do not account for total range.[104] | 175px | |
| Marine otter | Lontra felina | unknown[105] | Template:IUCN-EN[105] | Difficulty in accurately surveying this species has led to IUCN not giving a population estimate in its most recent assessment. However, Peruvian subpopulation is estimated to be 800-2,000 total individuals.[105] | 175px | |
| African golden cat | Caracal aurata | unknown[106] | Template:IUCN-VU[106] | 175px | ||
| Bearded seal | Erignathus barbatus | unknown[107] | Template:IUCN-NT[107] | ?[107] | Total population is estimated to be roughly 400,000–500,000 individuals in the Pacific Arctic, but not enough is known to make robust estimates across the rest of its range.[107] | 175px |
| Rusty-spotted cat | Prionailurus rubiginosus | unknown[108] | Template:IUCN-NT[108] | Not enough data exist to estimate almost anything about this species.[108] | 175px | |
| Cougar
(Puma) |
Puma concolor | unknown[109] | Template:IUCN-LC[109] | Estimates exist for some parts of the species' range, though the largest subpopulation in South America has not been quantified:[109]
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| American badger | Taxidea taxus | unknown[110] | Template:IUCN-LC[110] | Total population in the United States has been estimated to be "several hundred thousand," and population in Canada was estimated to be 17,700-43,900 individuals in 2002. Mexican population is unknown.[110] | 175px | |
| Red fox | Vulpes vulpes | unknown[111] | Template:IUCN-LC[111] | Global population is unknown.[111]
Population on Great Britain is estimated to be 357,000.[112] |
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