
There are 85 mammals that start with the letter J, from Jabalí Negro to Jussara’s White-eared Opossum. Below you will find them listed alphabetically along with some general information about each. Click the toggle view buttons in the top right corner to switch between the card and the table view.
For each item you will find the following information
Order: The subclass the mammals belongs to
Habitat: The places or type of weather the mammals lives in
Scientific name: The designation that scientists use to catalog the species
Name: Jackrabbit
Order: Lagomorpha
Habitat: Arid regions of western North America
Scientific name: Lepus californicus
Name: Jaekel's Golden Mole
Order: Afrosoricida
Habitat: South African grasslands and savannas
Scientific name: Chlorotalpa jaekelii
Name: Jaguar
Order: Carnivora
Habitat: Tropical rainforests and savannas in Central and South America
Scientific name: Panthera onca
Name: Japanese Giant Flying Squirrel
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Japanese forests
Scientific name: Petaurista leucogenys
Name: Japanese House Bat
Order: Chiroptera
Habitat: Japan and East Asia
Scientific name: Pipistrellus abramus
Name: Japanese Macaque
Order: Primates
Habitat: Temperate forests in Japan
Scientific name: Macaca fuscata
Name: Japanese Serow
Order: Artiodactyla
Habitat: Mountainous forests in Japan
Scientific name: Capricornis crispus
Name: Javan Bull
Order: Artiodactyla
Habitat: Javan forests and grasslands
Scientific name: Bos javanicus
Name: Javan Deer
Order: Artiodactyla
Habitat: Tropical forests of Java and Bali
Scientific name: Rusa timorensis
Name: Javan Ferret-Badger
Order: Carnivora
Habitat: Endemic to Java
Scientific name: Melogale orientalis
Name: Javan Langur
Order: Primates
Habitat: Tropical forests of Java
Scientific name: Trachypithecus auratus
Name: Javan Leopard
Order: Carnivora
Habitat: Tropical forests
Scientific name: Prionailurus javanensis
Name: Javan Lutung
Order: Primates
Habitat: Tropical forests of Java
Scientific name: Trachypithecus pranensis
Name: Javan Mongoose
Order: Carnivora
Habitat: Tropical forests and grasslands of Java
Scientific name: Herpestes javanicus
Name: Javan Mouse-Deer
Order: Artiodactyla
Habitat: Tropical forests
Scientific name: Tragulus javanicus
Name: Javan Mouse-deer
Order: Artiodactyla
Habitat: Tropical forests of Java
Scientific name: Tragulus javanicus
Name: Javan Pipistrelle
Order: Chiroptera
Habitat: Tropical forests
Scientific name: Pipistrellus javanicus
Name: Javan Rousette
Order: Chiroptera
Habitat: Javan caves and forests
Scientific name: Rousettus amplexicaudatus
Name: Javan Rusa
Order: Artiodactyla
Habitat: Tropical forests of Java and Bali
Scientific name: Rusa timorensis
Name: Javan Tree Shrew
Order: Scandentia
Habitat: Tropical forests of Java
Scientific name: Tupaia javanica
Name: Javan Yellow Bat
Order: Chiroptera
Habitat: Tropical forests of Java
Scientific name: Scotophilus kuhli
Name: Jayezkya's Long-eared Bat
Order: Chiroptera
Habitat: Temperate forests
Scientific name: Plecotus jaeyezkyae
Name: Jebel Akhdar Shrew
Order: Eulipotyphla
Habitat: High elevation rocky areas
Scientific name: Crocidura jebelensis
Name: Jebel Marra Grass Rat
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Jebel Marra mountain range in Sudan
Scientific name: Arvicanthis blicki
Name: Jebel Marra Shrew
Order: Eulipotyphla
Habitat: Jebel Marra mountains
Scientific name: Crocidura jebelmarra
Name: Jefferson's Ground Squirrel
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Western North America
Scientific name: Spermophilus jeffersonii
Name: Jenkinson's Mouse Lemur
Order: Primates
Habitat: Endemic to Madagascar
Scientific name: Microcebus jenkinsae
Name: Jentink's Duiker
Order: Artiodactyla
Habitat: Tropical forests of West Africa
Scientific name: Cephalophus jentinki
Name: Jentink's Flying Squirrel
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Indonesia
Scientific name: Petaurista jentinki
Name: Jerboa
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Deserts and semi-arid regions of North Africa and Central Asia
Scientific name: Dipus sagitta
Name: Jerdon's Leaf Monkey
Order: Primates
Habitat: Endemic to Southwest India
Scientific name: Trachypithecus jeudii
Name: Jewish Gazelle
Order: Artiodactyla
Habitat: Deserts and savannas
Scientific name: Gazella gazella
Name: Jiareniao
Order: Carnivora
Habitat: Tropical and subtropical forests of Southeast Asia
Scientific name: Prionodon pardicolor
Name: Jiji Striped Bat
Order: Chiroptera
Habitat: Forests of Southeast Asia
Scientific name: Hesperoptenus tibialis
Name: Jinek's Pika
Order: Lagomorpha
Habitat: High-altitude regions of Central Asia
Scientific name: Ochotona koslowi
Name: Jiro's Bat
Order: Chiroptera
Habitat: Caves and abandoned buildings in Southeast Asia
Scientific name: Rhinolophus jirostrae
Name: Joaquin Pocket Mouse
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: United States
Scientific name: Chaetodipus (Perognathus) inornatus
Name: Jocotoco Antpitta
Order: Passeriformes
Habitat: Cloud forests of Ecuador
Scientific name: Grallaria ridgelyi
Name: Johor Hairy-Nosed Otter
Order: Carnivora
Habitat: Freshwater wetlands
Scientific name: Lutra sumatrana
Name: Jolly's Bat
Order: Chiroptera
Habitat: Tropical forests of Vietnam
Scientific name: Murina jollyi
Name: José's Mouse Opossum
Order: Didelphimorphia
Habitat: Tropical forests of Colombia
Scientific name: Marmosa josae
Name: Jotabesu
Order: Primates
Habitat: Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil
Scientific name: Leontopithecus rosalia chrysomelas
Name: Jovian Squirrel
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Tropical forests of Sumatra and Java
Scientific name: Sundasciurus juvencus
Name: Joyo's Woolly Rat
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Tropical forests of Sulawesi
Scientific name: Margaretamys joyi
Name: Juei's Pipistrelle
Order: Chiroptera
Habitat: Subtropical forests of Taiwan
Scientific name: Hypsugo juiei
Name: Juliomys Rat
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Tropical forests of Brazil and Argentina
Scientific name: Juliomys
Name: Jullien's Dwarf Lemur
Order: Primates
Habitat: Tropical forests of Madagascar
Scientific name: Cheirogaleus jullierni
Name: Jumping Mouse
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Temperate grasslands and forests
Scientific name: Zapus spp.
Name: Jungle Cat
Order: Carnivora
Habitat: Tropical and subtropical forests of Asia
Scientific name: Felis chaus
Name: Jungle Marmot
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: High elevation areas of Asia
Scientific name: Marmota himalayana
Name: Jungles Cat
Order: Carnivora
Habitat: Tropical and temperate forests of Asia
Scientific name: Prionailurus bengalensis
Name: Juraventis
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Temperate forests of Central Europe
Scientific name: Juraventis sussreini
Name: Juruena Marmoset
Order: Primates
Habitat: Tropical forests of Brazil
Scientific name: Callithrix juruenae
Name | Order | Habitat | Scientific name |
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Jabalí Negro | Artiodactyla | Philippine rainforests | Sus cebifrons |
Jackrabbit | Lagomorpha | Arid regions of western North America | Lepus californicus |
Jaekel's Golden Mole | Afrosoricida | South African grasslands and savannas | Chlorotalpa jaekelii |
Jaguar | Carnivora | Tropical rainforests and savannas in Central and South America | Panthera onca |
Jamaican Bat | Chiroptera | Jamaica | Chilonatalus tumidifrons |
Jamaican Hutia | Rodentia | Jamaica | Geocapromys brownii |
Jamaican Pika | Lagomorpha | Jamaica | Cliostomys collinus |
Japanese Black Bear | Carnivora | Japan | Ursus thibetanus japonicus |
Japanese Dormouse | Rodentia | Japan | Glirulus japonicus |
Japanese Giant Flying Squirrel | Rodentia | Japanese forests | Petaurista leucogenys |
Japanese Hare | Lagomorpha | Japan | Lepus brachyurus |
Japanese House Bat | Chiroptera | Japan and East Asia | Pipistrellus abramus |
Japanese Macaque | Primates | Temperate forests in Japan | Macaca fuscata |
Japanese Serow | Artiodactyla | Mountainous forests in Japan | Capricornis crispus |
Japanese Shrew Mole | Soricomorpha | Japan | Urotrichus talpoides |
Javan Bull | Artiodactyla | Javan forests and grasslands | Bos javanicus |
Javan Deer | Artiodactyla | Tropical forests of Java and Bali | Rusa timorensis |
Javan Ferret-Badger | Carnivora | Endemic to Java | Melogale orientalis |
Javan Gibbon | Primates | Javan rainforests | Hylobates moloch |
Javan Langur | Primates | Tropical forests of Java | Trachypithecus auratus |
Javan Leopard | Carnivora | Tropical forests | Prionailurus javanensis |
Javan Lutung | Primates | Tropical forests of Java | Trachypithecus pranensis |
Javan Mongoose | Carnivora | Tropical forests and grasslands of Java | Herpestes javanicus |
Javan Mouse | Rodentia | Endemic to Java | Mus vulcani |
Javan Mouse-Deer | Artiodactyla | Tropical forests | Tragulus javanicus |
Javan Mouse-deer | Artiodactyla | Tropical forests of Java | Tragulus javanicus |
Javan Pig | Artiodactyla | Tropical forests of Java | Sus verrucosus |
Javan Pipistrelle | Chiroptera | Tropical forests | Pipistrellus javanicus |
Javan Rousette | Chiroptera | Javan caves and forests | Rousettus amplexicaudatus |
Javan Rusa | Artiodactyla | Tropical forests of Java and Bali | Rusa timorensis |
Javan Rusa Deer | Artiodactyla | Tropical forests | Rusa timorensis |
Javan Spiny Rat | Rodentia | Tropical forests | Maxomys bartelsii |
Javan Tree Shrew | Scandentia | Tropical forests of Java | Tupaia javanica |
Javan Warty Pig | Artiodactyla | Tropical forests | Sus verrucosus |
Javan Weasel | Carnivora | Tropical forests | Mustela lutreolina |
Javan Yellow Bat | Chiroptera | Tropical forests of Java | Scotophilus kuhli |
Javanese Slow Loris | Primates | Javan forests | Nycticebus javanicus |
Javanese Tarsier | Primates | Indonesia | Tarsius bancanus |
Jayezkya's Long-eared Bat | Chiroptera | Temperate forests | Plecotus jaeyezkyae |
Jebel Akhdar Shrew | Eulipotyphla | High elevation rocky areas | Crocidura jebelensis |
Jebel Marra Grass Rat | Rodentia | Jebel Marra mountain range in Sudan | Arvicanthis blicki |
Jebel Marra Shrew | Eulipotyphla | Jebel Marra mountains | Crocidura jebelmarra |
Jefferson's Ground Squirrel | Rodentia | Western North America | Spermophilus jeffersonii |
Jeffery's Mouse | Rodentia | Arid Australia | Pseudomys gouldii |
Jenkinson's Mouse Lemur | Primates | Endemic to Madagascar | Microcebus jenkinsae |
Jentink's Duiker | Artiodactyla | Tropical forests of West Africa | Cephalophus jentinki |
Jentink's Flying Squirrel | Rodentia | Indonesia | Petaurista jentinki |
Jerboa | Rodentia | Deserts and semi-arid regions of North Africa and Central Asia | Dipus sagitta |
Jerdon's Leaf Monkey | Primates | Endemic to Southwest India | Trachypithecus jeudii |
Jersey Bank Vole | Rodentia | Jersey | Myodes (Clethrionomys) Herzog |
Jersey Cow | Artiodactyla | Temperate regions of Europe | Bos taurus |
Jesup's Vole | Rodentia | Northeast China | Microtus jessirae |
Jetlaag's Mouse | Rodentia | Grasslands of India | Mus jalatagi |
Jewish Gazelle | Artiodactyla | Deserts and savannas | Gazella gazella |
Jiang's Jerboa | Rodentia | China | Euchoreutes naso |
Jiareniao | Carnivora | Tropical and subtropical forests of Southeast Asia | Prionodon pardicolor |
Jiji Striped Bat | Chiroptera | Forests of Southeast Asia | Hesperoptenus tibialis |
Jilin Otter | Carnivora | Northeast China | Lutra lutra |
Jinek's Pika | Lagomorpha | High-altitude regions of Central Asia | Ochotona koslowi |
Jining Pika | Lagomorpha | Central China | Ochotona jiningensis |
Jirds | Rodentia | North Africa and Asia | Meriones spp. |
Jiro's Bat | Chiroptera | Caves and abandoned buildings in Southeast Asia | Rhinolophus jirostrae |
Jiroft Rat | Rodentia | Southeast Iran | Apodemus jolensis |
Jivaro Stink Badger | Carnivora | South America | Conepatus chinga |
Jo River Rat | Rodentia | Eastern Sudan | Acomys johannis |
Joaquin Pocket Mouse | Rodentia | United States | Chaetodipus (Perognathus) inornatus |
Jocotoco Antpitta | Passeriformes | Cloud forests of Ecuador | Grallaria ridgelyi |
Johor Hairy-Nosed Otter | Carnivora | Freshwater wetlands | Lutra sumatrana |
Jolly's Bat | Chiroptera | Tropical forests of Vietnam | Murina jollyi |
Jolly's Myotis | Chiroptera | Tropical forests | Myotis jollyae |
José's Mouse Opossum | Didelphimorphia | Tropical forests of Colombia | Marmosa josae |
Jotabesu | Primates | Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil | Leontopithecus rosalia chrysomelas |
Jovian Squirrel | Rodentia | Tropical forests of Sumatra and Java | Sundasciurus juvencus |
Joyo's Woolly Rat | Rodentia | Tropical forests of Sulawesi | Margaretamys joyi |
Juei's Pipistrelle | Chiroptera | Subtropical forests of Taiwan | Hypsugo juiei |
Juliomys Rat | Rodentia | Tropical forests of Brazil and Argentina | Juliomys |
Jullien's Dwarf Lemur | Primates | Tropical forests of Madagascar | Cheirogaleus jullierni |
Jumping Mouse | Rodentia | Temperate grasslands and forests | Zapus spp. |
Junggar Pika | Lagomorpha | Northwest China | Ochotona jungdaris |
Jungle Cat | Carnivora | Tropical and subtropical forests of Asia | Felis chaus |
Jungle Marmot | Rodentia | High elevation areas of Asia | Marmota himalayana |
Jungles Cat | Carnivora | Tropical and temperate forests of Asia | Prionailurus bengalensis |
Juraventis | Rodentia | Temperate forests of Central Europe | Juraventis sussreini |
Juruena Marmoset | Primates | Tropical forests of Brazil | Callithrix juruenae |
Jussara's White-eared Opossum | Didelphimorphia | Tropical forests of Brazil | Didelphis jusssarae |