List of mammals of Greenland
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This is a list of the native wild mammal species recorded in Greenland. There are 26 mammal species native to Greenland, of which none are critically endangered, three are endangered, three are vulnerable, two are near threatened and four are data deficient.[1] Only seven of these species are fully terrestrial. Introduced species (e.g., the house mouse and brown rat) are not included.
The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature; those on the left are used here, those on the right in some other articles:
EX | EX | Extinct | No reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. |
EW | EW | Extinct in the wild | Known only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized population well outside its historic range. |
CR | CR | Critically endangered | The species is in imminent danger of extinction in the wild. |
EN | EN | Endangered | The species is facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild. |
VU | VU | Vulnerable | The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. |
NT | NT | Near threatened | The species does not qualify as being at high risk of extinction but is likely to do so in the future. |
LC | LC | Least concern | The species is not currently at risk of extinction in the wild. |
DD | DD | Data deficient | There is inadequate information to assess the risk of extinction for this species. |
NE | NE | Not evaluated | The conservation status of the species has not been studied. |