
There are 148 mammals that start with the letter R, from Raccoon to Rótulo mouse. 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: Rafinesque's big-eared bat
Order: Chiroptera
Habitat: North America
Scientific name: Corynorhinus rafinesquii
Name: Raigarh flying squirrel
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Forests in central India
Scientific name: Petaurista minor
Name: Raigarh striped squirrel
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: India
Scientific name: Tamiops mcclellandii rarus
Name: Raimondi's yellow bat
Order: Chiroptera
Habitat: Central America
Scientific name: Rhogeessa iamaicensis
Name: Rainbow bat
Order: Chiroptera
Habitat: Central and South America
Scientific name: Lasiurus intermedius
Name: Ramapo split-nosed bat
Order: Chiroptera
Habitat: Central Europe
Scientific name: Vespertilio murinus
Name: Ranching deer mouse
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: North America
Scientific name: Peromyscus maniculatus
Name: Ranching's mouse
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Southern Africa
Scientific name: Rhabdomys ranchingensis
Name: Rasse
Order: Carnivora
Habitat: Tropical forests of Southeast Asia
Scientific name: Viverra rasse
Name: Rat
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Sewers, urban areas, agricultural lands, and forests
Scientific name: Rattus norvegicus
Name: Ravenel's cottontail
Order: Lagomorpha
Habitat: Southeastern US
Scientific name: Sylvilagus obscurus
Name: Realetti's golden mole
Order: Afrosoricida
Habitat: South Africa
Scientific name: Amblysomus marleyi
Name: Red deer
Order: Artiodactyla
Habitat: Forests, grasslands, and mountainous regions in Europe, Asia, and North Africa
Scientific name: Cervus elaphus
Name: Red howler monkey
Order: Primates
Habitat: Tropical rainforests in South America
Scientific name: Alouatta seniculus
Name: Red panda
Order: Carnivora
Habitat: Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests in the Himalayas
Scientific name: Ailurus fulgens
Name: Red ruffed lemur
Order: Primates
Habitat: Rainforests in northeastern Madagascar
Scientific name: Varecia rubra
Name: Red squirrel
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Coniferous and mixed forests in Europe and Asia
Scientific name: Sciurus vulgaris
Name: Red-and-white giant flying squirrel
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: East Asia
Scientific name: Petaurista alborufus
Name: Red-backed whipsnake
Order: Eulipotyphla
Habitat: Central and South America
Scientific name: Diphylla ecaudata
Name: Red-bellied short-tailed opossum
Order: Didelphimorphia
Habitat: Brazil
Scientific name: Monodelphis umbristriata
Name: Red-chinned spider monkey
Order: Primates
Habitat: Central America
Scientific name: Ateles geoffroyi
Name: Red-crested tree rat
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: South America
Scientific name: Santamartamys rufodorsalis
Name: Red-legged bandicoot
Order: Peramelemorphia
Habitat: New Guinea
Scientific name: Peroryctes raffrayana
Name: Red-pencilled tree mouse
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Southeast Asia
Scientific name: Chiromyscus chiropus
Name: Red-tailed sportive lemur
Order: Primates
Habitat: Madagascar
Scientific name: Lepilemur rufiridis
Name: Reddish bat
Order: Chiroptera
Habitat: North and South America
Scientific name: Lasiurus blossevillii
Name: Reddish-gray mouse opossum
Order: Didelphimorphia
Habitat: Brazil
Scientific name: Monodelphis paulensis
Name: Reddish-gray opossum
Order: Didelphimorphia
Habitat: South America
Scientific name: Marmosa rubra
Name: Reddish-gray vole
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Northern Eurasia
Scientific name: Clethrionomys rufocanus
Name: Reddish-tailed sportive lemur
Order: Primates
Habitat: Madagascar
Scientific name: Lepilemur ruficaudatus
Name: Redondo beach mouse
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: North America
Scientific name: Peromyscus maniculatus
Name: Reindeer
Order: Artiodactyla
Habitat: Tundra and boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere
Scientific name: Rangifer tarandus
Name: Reversible rat
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Coastal shrubland in southern Australia
Scientific name: Leporillus apicalis
Name: Rhadamanthus naked-tailed rat
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Galapagos Islands
Scientific name: Nesoryzomys swarthi
Name: Rhinoceros bandicoot
Order: Peramelemorphia
Habitat: Australia
Scientific name: Chaeropus ecaudatus
Name: Rhinoceros shrew
Order: Eulipotyphla
Habitat: Variety of habitats across Asia
Scientific name: Suncus murinus
Name: Rhizomys sinensis
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: China and Southeast Asia
Scientific name: Rhizomys sinensis
Name: Rhynchocyon chrysopygus
Order: Macroscelidea
Habitat: Coastal forests of Kenya
Scientific name: Rhynchocyon chrysopygus
Name: Ribbon bat
Order: Chiroptera
Habitat: Central and South America
Scientific name: Vampyrodes caraccioli
Name: Ribbon seal
Order: Carnivora
Habitat: Coastal areas and pack ice in the Northern Pacific Ocean
Scientific name: Histriophoca fasciata
Name: Richardson's ground squirrel
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: North America
Scientific name: Urocitellus richardsonii
Name: Richardsonius balleatus
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Western North America
Scientific name: Richardsonius balleatus
Name: Right whale
Order: Cetacea
Habitat: Temperate and subpolar waters of the Northern Hemisphere
Scientific name: Eubalaena spp.
Name: Risso's dolphin
Order: Cetacea
Habitat: Temperate and tropical waters worldwide
Scientific name: Grampus griseus
Name: Roanoke Island marsh rabbit
Order: Lagomorpha
Habitat: United States
Scientific name: Sylvilagus palustris
Name: Rock hyrax
Order: Hyracoidea
Habitat: Rocky outcrops and mountainous areas in Africa
Scientific name: Procavia capensis
Name: Rockland rabbit
Order: Lagomorpha
Habitat: Eastern United States
Scientific name: Sylvilagus transitionalis
Name: Rodrigues flying fox
Order: Chiroptera
Habitat: Forests and woodlands on the island of Rodrigues
Scientific name: Pteropus rodricensis
Name: Roughtail cloud rat
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Philippines
Scientific name: Crateromys schadenbergi
Name: Ruchu ground squirrel
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Western North America
Scientific name: Urocitellus beldingi
Name: Ruwenzori climbing mouse
Order: Rodentia
Habitat: Central Africa
Scientific name: Dendromus kahuziensis
Name | Order | Habitat | Scientific name |
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Raccoon | Carnivora | North America | Procyon lotor |
Raccoon dog | Carnivora | East Asia | Nyctereutes procyonoides |
Radde's shrew | Eulipotyphla | Central Asia | Sorex raddei |
Radde's vole | Rodentia | Taiga and tundra | Microtus oeconomus |
Radiated finch | Rodentia | East Africa | Lophiomys imhausi |
Raduga bat | Chiroptera | Eastern Asia | Murina ussuriensis |
Rafinesque's big-eared bat | Chiroptera | North America | Corynorhinus rafinesquii |
Rafinesque's mouse | Rodentia | Mexico | Peromyscus megalops |
Rafting mouse | Rodentia | Central America | Rheomys underwoodi |
Raigarh flying squirrel | Rodentia | Forests in central India | Petaurista minor |
Raigarh striped squirrel | Rodentia | India | Tamiops mcclellandii rarus |
Raimondi's yellow bat | Chiroptera | Central America | Rhogeessa iamaicensis |
Rainbow bat | Chiroptera | Central and South America | Lasiurus intermedius |
Rainforest rat | Rodentia | Rainforests of Indonesia | Lenomys meyeri |
Rajah shrew | Eulipotyphla | Southeast Asia | Crocidura malayana |
Ralle's mouse | Rodentia | Southern Africa | Rhabdomys ralle |
Ramapo split-nosed bat | Chiroptera | Central Europe | Vespertilio murinus |
Ramsay's bat | Chiroptera | Southeast Asia | Hipposideros diadema |
Ranching deer mouse | Rodentia | North America | Peromyscus maniculatus |
Ranching's mouse | Rodentia | Southern Africa | Rhabdomys ranchingensis |
Ranee shrew | Soricomorpha | India | Crocidura raneeana |
Rangel's spiny rat | Rodentia | Brazil | Proechimys rangeli |
Ranger's mouse | Rodentia | Southern Africa | Rhabdomys ranger |
Ranging shrew | Eulipotyphla | North America | Sorex vagrans |
Rangpur rat | Rodentia | South Asia | Bandicota indica |
Ranjinimas shrew | Soricomorpha | India | Suncus ranjinimasi |
Rançana's mouse | Rodentia | Indonesia | Apodemus rancana |
Rapid River rat | Rodentia | Indonesia | Rattus rapidus |
Rappold's shrew | Eulipotyphla | Central Europe | Sorex rappoldii |
Rare shrew | Soricomorpha | Eurasia | Sorex rarus |
Rarest ground squirrel | Rodentia | Central Asia | Spermophilus rarus |
Raspail's mouse | Rodentia | Europe | Apodemus mystacinus |
Rasse | Carnivora | Tropical forests of Southeast Asia | Viverra rasse |
Rat | Rodentia | Sewers, urban areas, agricultural lands, and forests | Rattus norvegicus |
Rat-tailed mongoose | Carnivora | Africa | Ichneumia albicauda |
Rata | Cetacea | Yangtze River in China | Lipotes vexillifer |
Ratel | Carnivora | Africa and Asia | Mellivora capensis |
Rath's bat | Chiroptera | Southeast Asia | Myotis ridleyi |
Ratton's mouse | Rodentia | China | Apodemus draco |
Rattus pelurus | Rodentia | Indonesia | Rattus pelurus |
Rauschtier | Carnivora | Madagascar | Cryptoprocta ferox |
Ravenel's cottontail | Lagomorpha | Southeastern US | Sylvilagus obscurus |
Razorback mole | Soricomorpha | North America | Parascalops breweri |
Razorback musk deer | Artiodactyla | Asia | Moschus leucogaster |
Razorback susu | Cetacea | Southeast Asia | Orcaella brevirostris |
Realetti's golden mole | Afrosoricida | South Africa | Amblysomus marleyi |
Red deer | Artiodactyla | Forests, grasslands, and mountainous regions in Europe, Asia, and North Africa | Cervus elaphus |
Red howler monkey | Primates | Tropical rainforests in South America | Alouatta seniculus |
Red panda | Carnivora | Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests in the Himalayas | Ailurus fulgens |
Red ruffed lemur | Primates | Rainforests in northeastern Madagascar | Varecia rubra |
Red squirrel | Rodentia | Coniferous and mixed forests in Europe and Asia | Sciurus vulgaris |
Red-and-white giant flying squirrel | Rodentia | East Asia | Petaurista alborufus |
Red-backed vole | Rodentia | North America | Myodes gapperi |
Red-backed whipsnake | Eulipotyphla | Central and South America | Diphylla ecaudata |
Red-bellied lemur | Primates | Madagascar | Eulemur rubriventer |
Red-bellied short-tailed opossum | Didelphimorphia | Brazil | Monodelphis umbristriata |
Red-billed streamcreeper | Eulipotyphla | Asia | Nectogale elegans |
Red-chinned spider monkey | Primates | Central America | Ateles geoffroyi |
Red-crested tree rat | Rodentia | South America | Santamartamys rufodorsalis |
Red-footed falcon | Falconiformes | Eurasia | Falco vespertinus |
Red-footed mouse | Rodentia | Central America | Peromyscus nudipes |
Red-fronted gazelle | Artiodactyla | Africa | Eudorcas rufifrons |
Red-haired mouse | Rodentia | Southeast Asia | Apodemys mystacinus |
Red-legged bandicoot | Peramelemorphia | New Guinea | Peroryctes raffrayana |
Red-legged coney | Rodentia | Bahamas | Geocapromys ingrahami |
Red-pencilled tree mouse | Rodentia | Southeast Asia | Chiromyscus chiropus |
Red-tailed sportive lemur | Primates | Madagascar | Lepilemur rufiridis |
Reddish bat | Chiroptera | North and South America | Lasiurus blossevillii |
Reddish-gray mouse opossum | Didelphimorphia | Brazil | Monodelphis paulensis |
Reddish-gray opossum | Didelphimorphia | South America | Marmosa rubra |
Reddish-gray vole | Rodentia | Northern Eurasia | Clethrionomys rufocanus |
Reddish-tailed sportive lemur | Primates | Madagascar | Lepilemur ruficaudatus |
Redondo beach mouse | Rodentia | North America | Peromyscus maniculatus |
Reed's mouse | Rodentia | North America | Peromyscus truei |
Reedbok | Artiodactyla | Africa | Redunca |
Reeve's muntjac | Artiodactyla | China and Taiwan | Muntiacus reevesi |
Reeves' muntjac | Artiodactyla | China | Muntiacus reevesi |
Regal horned lizard | Squamata | North America | Phrynosoma solare |
Regal rat | Rodentia | Indonesia | Lenothrix canus |
Regent's rat | Rodentia | Indonesia | Lenomys meyeri |
Reig's marmoset | Primates | Brazil | Callithrix reigi |
Reig's opossum | Didelphimorphia | South America | Monodelphis reigi |
Reindeer | Artiodactyla | Tundra and boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere | Rangifer tarandus |
Reinwald's shrew | Soricomorpha | Africa | Crocidura ruwenzorii |
Reklaw's shrew | Eulipotyphla | North America | Sorex reklawei |
Relict pika | Lagomorpha | China | Ochotona syrinx |
Remy's mouse | Rodentia | Spain | Apodemus reyesi |
Retic cat | Carnivora | Southeast Asia | Prionailurus rubiginosus |
Reversible rat | Rodentia | Coastal shrubland in southern Australia | Leporillus apicalis |
Rhabdomys | Rodentia | Africa | Rhabdomys |
Rhabdomys pumilio | Rodentia | Southern Africa | Rhabdomys pumilio |
Rhadamanthus naked-tailed rat | Rodentia | Galapagos Islands | Nesoryzomys swarthi |
Rhim gazelle | Artiodactyla | North Africa | Gazella leptoceros |
Rhinoceros bandicoot | Peramelemorphia | Australia | Chaeropus ecaudatus |
Rhinoceros shrew | Eulipotyphla | Variety of habitats across Asia | Suncus murinus |
Rhizomys sinensis | Rodentia | China and Southeast Asia | Rhizomys sinensis |
Rhoode's meerkat | Carnivora | Africa | Suricata suricatta |
Rhopalophthalmus rat | Rodentia | Thailand | Diplothrix legatus |
Rhynchocyon chrysopygus | Macroscelidea | Coastal forests of Kenya | Rhynchocyon chrysopygus |
Ribbon bat | Chiroptera | Central and South America | Vampyrodes caraccioli |
Ribbon seal | Carnivora | Coastal areas and pack ice in the Northern Pacific Ocean | Histriophoca fasciata |
Ribbon-faced bat | Chiroptera | Southeast Asia | Phoniscus jagorii |
Rice's whale | Cetacea | Pacific Ocean | Balaenoptera ricei |
Richards' gerbil | Rodentia | Middle East | Gerbillus dasyurus |
Richardson's ground squirrel | Rodentia | North America | Urocitellus richardsonii |
Richardsonius balleatus | Rodentia | Western North America | Richardsonius balleatus |
Rickett's big-footed bat | Chiroptera | Asia | Hesperoptenus tickelli |
Riedesel's shrew | Soricomorpha | Philippines | Crocidura riedselii |
Riffler's bat | Chiroptera | Africa | Pipistrellus riffelsii |
Riga shrew | Soricomorpha | Eastern Europe | Sorex rigensis |
Right whale | Cetacea | Temperate and subpolar waters of the Northern Hemisphere | Eubalaena spp. |
Rimbipie shrew | Eulipotyphla | Africa | Crocidura flavescens |
Rinca rat | Rodentia | Rinca Island | Rattus lugens |
Ringtailed mongoose | Carnivora | Madagascar | Galidia elegans |
Ringus rat | Rodentia | Philippines | Abditomys latidens |
Rinjani rat | Rodentia | Indonesia | Sundamys infraluteus |
Risso's dolphin | Cetacea | Temperate and tropical waters worldwide | Grampus griseus |
River otter | Carnivora | North America | Lontra canadensis |
River shrew | Soricomorpha | Asia | Nectogale elegans |
Riverine rabbit | Lagomorpha | South Africa | Bunolagus monticularis |
Roan antelope | Artiodactyla | Africa | Hippotragus equinus |
Roan gazelle | Artiodactyla | West Africa | Gazella rufifrons |
Roanoke Island marsh rabbit | Lagomorpha | United States | Sylvilagus palustris |
Roberts' gazelle | Artiodactyla | Tanzania | Eudorcas robertsi |
Rock hyrax | Hyracoidea | Rocky outcrops and mountainous areas in Africa | Procavia capensis |
Rockland rabbit | Lagomorpha | Eastern United States | Sylvilagus transitionalis |
Rodrigues flying fox | Chiroptera | Forests and woodlands on the island of Rodrigues | Pteropus rodricensis |
Rodriguéz's deer mouse | Rodentia | Mexico | Peromyscus rodriguezi |
Romb-eared bat | Chiroptera | Southeast Asia | Hesperoptenus tickelli |
Romero's brockett | Artiodactyla | Mexico | Mazama romeroii |
Rorcual común | Cetacea | Global | Balaenoptera physalus |
Rorqual | Cetacea | Oceans worldwide | Balaenopteridae |
Rory's woodmouse | Rodentia | Cyprus | Apodemus royi |
Ross seal | Carnivora | Antarctica | Ommatophoca rossii |
Rough-faced shrew | Eulipotyphla | North America | Sorex sclateri |
Rough-toothed porpoise | Cetacea | Global | Steno bredanensis |
Roughtail cloud rat | Rodentia | Philippines | Crateromys schadenbergi |
Roughtail gecko | Squamata | Southeast Asia | Cyrtodactylus |
Roul-roul | Galliformes | Southeast Asia | Rollulus rouloul |
Roundear bat | Chiroptera | Europe and Asia | Nyctalus noctula |
Royal antelope | Artiodactyla | West Africa | Neotragus pygmaeus |
Royle's mountain vole | Rodentia | Central Asia | Alticola roylei |
Ruchu ground squirrel | Rodentia | Western North America | Urocitellus beldingi |
Ruppell's fox | Carnivora | North Africa | Vulpes rueppellii |
Ruwenzori climbing mouse | Rodentia | Central Africa | Dendromus kahuziensis |
Ryder's bat | Chiroptera | North America | Myotis ryderi |
Râu Câu rat | Rodentia | Vietnam | Abditomys latidens |
Rótulo mouse | Rodentia | South America | Chinchillula sahamae |