There are 49 mammals that start with the letter P, from Pacarana to Pygmy Sperm Whale. 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: Pacarana
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Tropical forests of South America
Scientific name: Dinomys branickii
Name: Painted Bat
Order: Chiroptera
Habitat: Tropical forests
Scientific name: Kerivoula picta
Name: Painted Ringtail
Order: Diprotodontia
Habitat: Temperate and tropical forests
Scientific name: Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Name: Painted Shrew
Order: Eulipotyphla
Habitat: Meadows and forests
Scientific name: Sorex ornatus
Name: Palawan Bear Cat
Order: Carnivora
Habitat: Tropical forests
Scientific name: Arctictis binturong palawanensis
Name: Palawan Bearded Pig
Order: Artiodactyla
Habitat: Forests of the Philippines
Scientific name: Sus barbatus ahoenobarbus
Name: Palawan Forest Shrew
Order: Eulipotyphla
Habitat: Tropical forests
Scientific name: Crocidura palawanensis
Name: Palawan Fruit Bat
Order: Chiroptera
Habitat: Tropical forests
Scientific name: Acerodon leucotis
Name: Palawan Horse-Tailed Shrew
Order: Eulipotyphla
Habitat: Tropical forests
Scientific name: Suncus ater
Name: Palawan Moonrat
Order: Eulipotyphla
Habitat: Tropical forests
Scientific name: Echinosorex gymnura palawanensis
Name: Palawan Pangolin
Order: Pholidota
Habitat: Forests of the Philippines
Scientific name: Manis culionensis
Name: Palawan Small-Toothed Shrew
Order: Eulipotyphla
Habitat: Tropical forests
Scientific name: Crocidura palawanensis
Name: Palawan Stink Badger
Order: Carnivora
Habitat: Forests of the Philippines
Scientific name: Mydaus marchei
Name: Palawan Tufted Ground Squirrel
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Tropical forests
Scientific name: Rheithrosciurus macrotis
Name: Pallas's Cat
Order: Carnivora
Habitat: Central Asia
Scientific name: Otocolobus manul
Name: Pallas's Pika
Order: Lagomorpha
Habitat: Alpine and arctic regions of Central Asia
Scientific name: Ochotona pallasi
Name: Pallas's Sunfish
Order: Actinopterygii
Habitat: Marine
Scientific name: Molus molus
Name: Panamanian Night Monkey
Order: Primates
Habitat: Central America
Scientific name: Aotus zonalis
Name: Panamanian Porcupine
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Tropical forests
Scientific name: Coendou rothschildi
Name: Panda
Order: Carnivora
Habitat: Temperate forests in China
Scientific name: Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Name: Pangolin
Order: Pholidota
Habitat: Tropical regions of Africa and Asia
Scientific name: Manis spp.
Name: Patagonian Hog-nosed Skunk
Order: Carnivora
Habitat: Grasslands and scrublands of Argentina and Chile
Scientific name: Conepatus humboldtii
Name: Patagonian Mara
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Patagonian grasslands and shrublands
Scientific name: Dolichotis patagonum
Name: Peccary
Order: Artiodactyla
Habitat: Southwest United States to South America
Scientific name: Tayassu spp.
Name: Pennant's Red Panda
Order: Carnivora
Habitat: Temperate forests of southwestern China
Scientific name: Ailurus fulgens styani
Name: Philippine Binturong
Order: Carnivora
Habitat: Forests of the Philippines
Scientific name: Arctictis binturong
Name: Philippine Colugo
Order: Dermoptera
Habitat: Forests of the Philippines
Scientific name: Cynocephalus volans
Name: Philippine Forest Mouse
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Philippines
Scientific name: Apomys musculus
Name: Philippine Mouse
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Philippines
Scientific name: Apomys datae
Name: Philippine Mouse Deer
Order: Artiodactyla
Habitat: Forests of the Philippines
Scientific name: Tragulus nigricans
Name: Pig
Order: Artiodactyla
Habitat: Worldwide
Scientific name: Sus scrofa
Name: Pig-Footed Bandicoot
Order: Peramelemorphia
Habitat: Australia
Scientific name: Chaeropus ecaudatus
Name: Pika
Order: Lagomorpha
Habitat: Asia and North America
Scientific name: Ochotona
Name: Pilot Whale
Order: Cetacea
Habitat: Temperate and tropical oceans
Scientific name: Globicephala spp.
Name: Pinyon Mouse
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: North America
Scientific name: Peromyscus truei
Name: Plains Harvest Mouse
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: North America
Scientific name: Reithrodontomys montanus
Name: Platypus
Order: Monotremata
Habitat: Eastern Australia
Scientific name: Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Name: Polar Bear
Order: Carnivora
Habitat: Arctic regions
Scientific name: Ursus maritimus
Name: Polecat
Order: Carnivora
Habitat: Europe and Asia
Scientific name: Mustela putorius
Name: Porcupine
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: North and South America
Scientific name: Erethizontidae spp.
Name: Porcupine Mouse
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Central America
Scientific name: Tylomys
Name: Porpoise
Order: Cetacea
Habitat: Coastal regions of the Northern Hemisphere
Scientific name: Phocoena spp.
Name: Prevost's Squirrel
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Southeast Asia
Scientific name: Callosciurus prevostii
Name: Pribilof Island Shrew
Order: Soricomorpha
Habitat: Alaska
Scientific name: Sorex pribilofensis
Name: Proboscis Monkey
Order: Primates
Habitat: Mangrove swamps of Borneo
Scientific name: Nasalis larvatus
Name: Pronghorn
Order: Artiodactyla
Habitat: Western North America
Scientific name: Antilocapra americana
Name: Pygmy Hippopotamus
Order: Artiodactyla
Habitat: West Africa
Scientific name: Choeropsis liberiensis
Name: Pygmy Marmoset
Order: Primates
Habitat: Amazon basin of South America
Scientific name: Cebuella pygmaea
Name: Pygmy Sperm Whale
Order: Cetacea
Habitat: Tropical and temperate oceans worldwide
Scientific name: Kogia breviceps
| Name | Order | Habitat | Scientific name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacarana | Rodentia | Tropical forests of South America | Dinomys branickii |
| Painted Bat | Chiroptera | Tropical forests | Kerivoula picta |
| Painted Ringtail | Diprotodontia | Temperate and tropical forests | Pseudocheirus peregrinus |
| Painted Shrew | Eulipotyphla | Meadows and forests | Sorex ornatus |
| Palawan Bear Cat | Carnivora | Tropical forests | Arctictis binturong palawanensis |
| Palawan Bearded Pig | Artiodactyla | Forests of the Philippines | Sus barbatus ahoenobarbus |
| Palawan Forest Shrew | Eulipotyphla | Tropical forests | Crocidura palawanensis |
| Palawan Fruit Bat | Chiroptera | Tropical forests | Acerodon leucotis |
| Palawan Horse-Tailed Shrew | Eulipotyphla | Tropical forests | Suncus ater |
| Palawan Moonrat | Eulipotyphla | Tropical forests | Echinosorex gymnura palawanensis |
| Palawan Pangolin | Pholidota | Forests of the Philippines | Manis culionensis |
| Palawan Small-Toothed Shrew | Eulipotyphla | Tropical forests | Crocidura palawanensis |
| Palawan Stink Badger | Carnivora | Forests of the Philippines | Mydaus marchei |
| Palawan Tufted Ground Squirrel | Rodentia | Tropical forests | Rheithrosciurus macrotis |
| Pallas's Cat | Carnivora | Central Asia | Otocolobus manul |
| Pallas's Pika | Lagomorpha | Alpine and arctic regions of Central Asia | Ochotona pallasi |
| Pallas's Sunfish | Actinopterygii | Marine | Molus molus |
| Panamanian Night Monkey | Primates | Central America | Aotus zonalis |
| Panamanian Porcupine | Rodentia | Tropical forests | Coendou rothschildi |
| Panda | Carnivora | Temperate forests in China | Ailuropoda melanoleuca |
| Pangolin | Pholidota | Tropical regions of Africa and Asia | Manis spp. |
| Patagonian Hog-nosed Skunk | Carnivora | Grasslands and scrublands of Argentina and Chile | Conepatus humboldtii |
| Patagonian Mara | Rodentia | Patagonian grasslands and shrublands | Dolichotis patagonum |
| Peccary | Artiodactyla | Southwest United States to South America | Tayassu spp. |
| Pennant's Red Panda | Carnivora | Temperate forests of southwestern China | Ailurus fulgens styani |
| Philippine Binturong | Carnivora | Forests of the Philippines | Arctictis binturong |
| Philippine Colugo | Dermoptera | Forests of the Philippines | Cynocephalus volans |
| Philippine Forest Mouse | Rodentia | Philippines | Apomys musculus |
| Philippine Mouse | Rodentia | Philippines | Apomys datae |
| Philippine Mouse Deer | Artiodactyla | Forests of the Philippines | Tragulus nigricans |
| Pig | Artiodactyla | Worldwide | Sus scrofa |
| Pig-Footed Bandicoot | Peramelemorphia | Australia | Chaeropus ecaudatus |
| Pika | Lagomorpha | Asia and North America | Ochotona |
| Pilot Whale | Cetacea | Temperate and tropical oceans | Globicephala spp. |
| Pinyon Mouse | Rodentia | North America | Peromyscus truei |
| Plains Harvest Mouse | Rodentia | North America | Reithrodontomys montanus |
| Platypus | Monotremata | Eastern Australia | Ornithorhynchus anatinus |
| Polar Bear | Carnivora | Arctic regions | Ursus maritimus |
| Polecat | Carnivora | Europe and Asia | Mustela putorius |
| Porcupine | Rodentia | North and South America | Erethizontidae spp. |
| Porcupine Mouse | Rodentia | Central America | Tylomys |
| Porpoise | Cetacea | Coastal regions of the Northern Hemisphere | Phocoena spp. |
| Prevost's Squirrel | Rodentia | Southeast Asia | Callosciurus prevostii |
| Pribilof Island Shrew | Soricomorpha | Alaska | Sorex pribilofensis |
| Proboscis Monkey | Primates | Mangrove swamps of Borneo | Nasalis larvatus |
| Pronghorn | Artiodactyla | Western North America | Antilocapra americana |
| Pygmy Hippopotamus | Artiodactyla | West Africa | Choeropsis liberiensis |
| Pygmy Marmoset | Primates | Amazon basin of South America | Cebuella pygmaea |
| Pygmy Sperm Whale | Cetacea | Tropical and temperate oceans worldwide | Kogia breviceps |