It is important to know that there are 4 categories to classify the decline and risk of disappearance of species, which are: E (probably extinct in the wild), P (endangered), A (threatened) and PR (subject to special protection).

Animals endemic to Mexico

According to official Mexican government data, there are currently 535 endangered species in Mexico and 912 threatened species.

We have made two small lists representative of the situation due to the large number of species; firstly, one listing endangered species in Mexico:

1. False woolly vampire
2. Sandbox mouse
3. Golden Tlacuahe
4. Gray
5. Southern flying squirrel
6. Yaguarundi
7. Yellow-throated long-eared bats
8. Sword-nosed bat
9. Southern shrew
10. Northern elephant seal
11. Northern desert shrew
12. Topo pata ancha
13. Arizona squirrel
14. Gray squirrel
15. Dark shrew

And a second list of endangered species in Mexico:

1. Dragoncito del Cerro Baúl
2. Tecolote Oyamelero sureño
3. Tecolote Oyamelero Oyamelero sTiro listadoureño
4. Parrot yellow nape
5. Tortuga casco suave espinosa
6. Thin Wolf of Guadalupe
7. Scarlet macaw
8. Rough neck lizard alicante
9. Lone Eagle
10. Ajolote de Xochimilco
11. Tortuga carey
12. Cross-banded rattlesnake
13. Green Tortuga
14. Chihuahua Sandpiper Lizard
15. Four-bog tortoise

Within this large number of species, perhaps the most representative or the ones that the general population has heard the most about are the salamanders, the jaguar, the Mexican wolf, the black bear, the vaquita, the scarlet macaw, the tapir or the cozumel raccoon.

Animales extintos en México

1. Atlantic sturgeon
2. Corona rufa
3. Carpintero imperical
4. Guadalupe Island Caracca
5. Ratón de abazones de Baja California
6. Guadalupe breast carpenter
7. Trumpeter swan
8. Potosi Puppy
9. San Quentin kangaroo rat
10. Migratory pigeon
11. Small willow flycatcher
12. Elegant tent
13. Mexican Pinxon from San Benito Island
14. Chamizal Tent
15. Caraca Comecacao

Thanks to the data that can be found on the Mexican government’s biodiversity page, it has been possible to learn that there are currently 48 species believed to be extinct in Mexico. We have left a short list of 15 species, but the complete list can be found at the following link.

Mammals in danger of extinction

1. Saraguato de manto
2. Black howler monkey
3. Berrendo
4. Lobo fino de Guadalupe
5. Central American spider monkey
6. American Bison
7. Bare-tailed armadillo
8. American Beaver
9. Aquatic Tlacuahe
10. Hormiguero enano
11. Black-tailed plains dog
12. Mexican llanero dog
13. Old man of the bush
14. North American porcupine
15. Ballena franca
16. Ocelote
17. Tigrillo
18. Tehuantepec Hare
19. California metorito
20. Meadow pipit
21. Banana bat
22. Flat-headed bat
23. Fishing bat
24. Jaguar
25. Guardian Angel Island Mouse
26. Vaquita Marina
27. Mapache de cozumel
28. Teporingo
29. Oriental mouse
30. Topo pata ancha
31. Arizona shrew
32. Rabbit of the Marías Islands
33. Omiltemi Rabbit
34. Central American Tapir
35. Caribbean manatee
36. American black bear
37. Falso vampiro
38. Tuza michoacana