List of even-toed ungulates by population

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Common name Binomial name Population Status Trend Notes Image Saola Pseudoryx nghetinhensis <750 CR[1] Decrease[1] Maximum estimate. No individuals in captivity. Wild population highly dispersed, and subpopulations fragmented with numbers of mature individuals below the minimum viable population. Foremost threatened by hunting.[1] Pseudoryx nghetinhensis.PNG Pygmy hog Porcula salvania 250[2] CR[2] Decrease[2] Maximum estimate for mature individuals.[2] PorculaSalvaniaAdultWolf.jpg Bawean deer Axis kuhlii 200–500[3] CR[3] Steady[3] Estimates are for the wild population only; may reach as high as 500.[3] Bawean deer close.jpg Addax Addax nasomaculatus 30–90[4] CR[4] Decrease[4] Maximum estimate for the wild.[4] Addax at the Louisville Zoo.jpg Tamaraw Bubalus mindorensis 300[5] CR[5] Decrease[5] Bubalus mindorensis by Gregg Yan 01.jpg Togian babirusa Babyrousa togeanensis 500[6] EN[6] Decrease[6] Maximum estimate.[6] Babyrousa togeanensis.jpg Walia ibex Capra walie 500[7] EN[7] Increase[7] Walia ibex.jpg Dama gazelle Nanger dama 500[8] CR[8] Decrease[8] Maximum estimate.[8] Mhorr Gazelle Close Up.jpg Hirola Beatragus hunteri 500–2000[9] CR[9] Decrease[9] May be much lower.[9] Hunter's Hartebeest CAS 1.JPG Anhui musk deer Moschus anhuiensis 700–800[10] EN[10] Decrease[10] Most recent estimate was in 1998.[10] Przewalski’s gazelle Procapra przewalskii 700–800[11] EN[11] Increase[11] Could be underestimated.[11] The book of antelopes (1894) Gazella przewalskii.png Persian fallow deer Dama mesopotamica 715[12] EN[12] Increase[12] Previously thought to be extinct.[12] Persian Fallow Deer 1.jpg Wild Bactrian camel Camelus ferus 950[13] CR[13] Decrease[13] Wild population only.[13] Wild Bactrian camel on road east of Yarkand.jpg South Andean deer Hippocamelus bisulcus 1048–1500[14] EN[14] Decrease[14] Huemul verdadero.JPG Calamian deer Axis calamianensis 1123[15] EN[15] Decrease[15] 1994 estimate; has almost certainly decreased.[15] Axis calamianensis.jpg Abbott’s duiker Cephalophus spadix 1500[16] EN[16] Decrease[16] Maximum estimate.[16] Cuvier’s gazelle Gazella cuvieri 1750–2950[17] EN[17] unknown[17] Cuvier's gazelle - Cuviergazelle - Gazelle de Cuvier - Gazella cuvieri - 02.jpg Nilgiri tahr Nilgiritragus hylocrius 1800–2000[18] EN[18] Decrease[18] Nilgiri Tahr.jpg Pygmy hippopotamus Choeropsis liberiensis 2000–3000[19] EN[19] Decrease[19] Estimate is from 1993; numbers have probably shrunk.[19] Pygmy hippopotamus pair.jpg Mountain anoa Bubalus quarlesi 2500[20] EN[20] Decrease[20] Maximum estimate.[20] Buablus quarlesi2.jpg Rhim gazelle Gazella leptoceros 2500[21] EN[21] Decrease[21] Estimate is for mature individuals only.[21] Slender-horned gazelle (Cincinnati Zoo).jpg Visayan spotted deer Rusa alfredi 2500[22] EN[22] Decrease[22] Maximum estimate.[22] Rusa alfredi Wien.jpg Mountain nyala Tragelaphus buxtoni 2500–4000[23] EN[23] Decrease[23] 2500 is a maximum estimate from 1999, but recent work has shown numbers may be as high as 4000.[23] Tragelaphus buxtoni.jpg European bison Bison bonasus 3200[24] NT[24] Increase[24] Includes 1400 semi-domestic animals and 1800 wild. Semi-domestic numbers are likely underestimated.[24] Wisent.jpg Chacoan peccary Catagonus wagneri 3200[25] EN[25] Decrease[25] Estimate was made in 2002; wide-scale deforestation of their habitat began in 2003.[25] Catagonus wagneri 1 - Phoenix Zoo.jpg Wild water buffalo Bubalus arnee 3400[26] EN Decrease Flickr - Rainbirder - Bull Water Buffalo.jpg Jentink’s duiker Cephalophus jentinki 3500[27] EN[27] Decrease[27] Maximum estimate; may be less than 2000.[27] The book of antelopes (1894) Cephalophus jentinki.png Barasingha Rucervus duvaucelii 3500–5100[28] VU[28] Decrease[28] The barasingha.jpg Nile lechwe Kobus megaceros 4291[29] EN[29] Decrease[29] Kobus megaceros-male.jpg Small red brocket Mazama bororo 4500[30] VU[30] Decrease[30] Maximum estimate.[30] Arabian tahr Arabitragus jayakari 5000[31] EN[31] Decrease[31] Maximum estimate.[31] Stuffed Arabian Tahr.jpg West Caucasian tur Capra caucasica 5000–6000[32] EN[32] Decrease[32] Kozorožec kavkazský.jpg Barbary sheep Ammotragus lervia 5000–10000[33] LC[33] Steady[33] Ammotragus lervia right zoo.JPG Beira Dorcatragus megalotis 7000[34] VU[34] Decrease[34] Arabian Oryx Oryx leucoryx 7000–8000[35] VU[35] Steady[35] 6000–7000 in captivity and c. 1000 in the wild.[35] Tempul 009.jpg Hairy-fronted muntjac Muntiacus crinifrons 7000–8500[36] VU[36] Decrease[36] Most recent estimate was in 1998.[36] 2011 Muntjak-4.jpg Banteng Bos javanicus 8000[37] EN[37] Decrease[37] Maximum estimate; may be fewer than 5000. Numbers do not include the non-purebred domestic variety.[37] Bos javanicus javanicus.jpg Markhor Capra falconeri 9700[38] NT[38] Increase[38] Estimate includes approximately 900 animals assumed to live in areas for which data is unavailable.[38] Turkomen Markhor4.jpg Nubian ibex Capra nubiana 10000[39] VU[39] Decrease[39] Maximum estimate.[39] Nubian Ibex in Negev.JPG Southern pudú Pudu puda 10000[40] NT[40] Decrease[40] Maximum estimate.[40] Pudu pudu AB.jpg Red goral Naemorhedus baileyi 10000[41] VU[41] Decrease[41] Maximum estimate for mature individuals.[41] Naemorhedus baileyi - Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology - DSC02442.JPG Four-horned antelope Tetracerus quadricornis 10000[42] LC[42] Decrease[42] Vierhornantilope.jpg Javan rusa Rusa timorensis 10000[43] VU[43] Decrease[43] Maximum estimate for mature individuals.[22] Rusa Deer (C. Timorensis).jpg Taruca Hippocamelus antisensis 12000–17000[44] VU[44] Decrease[44] Huemul.jpg Gaur Bos gaurus 13000–30000[45] VU[45] Decrease[45] Bandipur 2.jpg Soemmerring’s gazelle Nanger soemmerringii 14000[46] VU[46] Decrease[46] Soemmerring's Gazelle, St. Louis Zoo.jpg Mountain gazelle Gazella gazella 15000[47] VU[47] Decrease[47] Maximum estimate.[47] PikiWiki Israel 14396 Deer resting.JPG Wild yak Bos mutus 15000[48] VU[48] Decrease[48] Estimate is from 1995.[48] Київський зоопарк Яки.jpg Giant eland Tragelaphus derbianus 15000–20000[49] LC[49] Decrease[49] Taurotragus derbianus gigas.jpg Black wildebeest Connochaetes gnou 18000[50] LC[50] Increase[50] Minimum estimate (11000 wild and 7000 semi-domesticated).[50] Black Wildebeest.jpg Grey rhebok Pelea capreolus 18000[51] LC[51] Steady[51] Vaal Rhebok.jpg Harvey’s duiker Cephalophus harveyi 20000[52] LC[52] Decrease[52] Numbers may be overestimated.[52] The book of antelopes (1894) Cephalophus harveyi.png Pampas deer Ozotoceros bezoarticus 20000–80000[53] NT[53] Decrease[53] Venado de las pampas.jpg Red-fronted gazelle Eudorcas rufifrons 25000[54] VU[54] Decrease[54] Gazella rufifrons AB.jpg Zebra duiker Cephalophus zebra 28000[55] VU[55] Decrease[55] Could be overestimated; may be less than 15000.[55] Cephalophus zebra.jpg Bongo Tragelaphus eurycerus 28000[56] NT[56] Decrease[56] Two subspecies: Mountain (75–140) and Lowland (28000).[56] Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaciPCCA20071227-8374B.jpg Alpine ibex Capra ibex 30000[57] LC[57] Increase[57] Was as low as 100 individuals in the 1800s.[57] Bouquetin adulte couché.jpg Silver Dik-dik Madoqua piacentinii 30000[58] DD[58] Decrease[58] Possibly overestimated.[58] Nyala Tragelaphus angasii 32000[59] LC[59] Steady[59] Tragelaphus angasii nbii safari h00351.jpg Ogilby’s duiker Cephalophus ogilbyi 35000[60] LC[60] Decrease[60] The book of antelopes (1894) Cephalophus ogilbyi.png Okapi Okapia johnstoni 35000–50000[61] EN[61] Decrease[61] Okapi001.jpg Mountain reedbuck Redunca fulvorufula 36000[62] LC[62] Steady[62] Minimum estimate, divided into three subspecies: Southern (33000), Chanler’s (2900), and Western (450).[62] Bergriedbock 2007-08-16 201.jpg Red forest duiker Cephalophus natalensis 42000[63] LC[63] Decrease[63] Numbers may be underestimated.[63] Natal-Rotducker Zoo Landau.JPG Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus 42000[64] LC[64] Steady[64] Estimate is considered conservative.[64] Klipspringer 5.jpg Blackbuck Antilope cervicapra 50000[65] NT[65] Steady[65] Numbers have increased from 20000–24000 in the 1970s.[65] Black Buck.jpg Spanish ibex Capra pyrenaica 50000[66] LC[66] Increase[66] Numbered only c. 7900 in the early 1990s.[66] Capra pyrenaica.jpg Royal antelope Neotragus pygmaeus 62000[67] LC[67] Decrease[67] Possibly underestimated.[67] Royal antelope.jpg East African oryx Oryx beisa 67000[68] NT[68] Decrease[68] Divided into two subspecies: Beisa (50000) and Fringe-eared (17000).[68] Oryx beisa 1.jpg Southern reedbuck Redunca arundinum 73000[69] LC[69] Steady[69] Common Reedbuck (Redunca arundinum), Kruger National Park.jpg Sable antelope Hippotragus niger 75000[70] LC[70] Steady[70] Sable bull.jpg Roan antelope Hippotragus equinus 76000[71] LC[71] Decrease[71] Roan Antelope, Kafue National Park, Zambia, Nov 2011.jpg Mountain goat Oreamnos americanus 80000–119000[72] LC[72] Steady[72] Mountain Goat USFWS.jpg Gerenuk Litocranius walleri 95000[73] NT[73] Decrease[73] Male and female Gerenuk.jpg Sharpe’s Grysbok Raphicerus sharpei 95000[74] LC[74] Steady[74] Difficult to study due to the animal’s nocturnal nature; numbers may be underestimated.[74] Sharpe's Grysbok.jpg Japanese serow Capricornis crispus 100000[75] LC[75] Increase[75] Lightmatter japanese serows.jpg Black duiker Cephalophus niger 100000[76] LC[76] Decrease[76] Black Duiker.jpg Bohor reedbuck Redunca redunca 101000[77] LC[77] Decrease[77] Probably underestimated.[77] Bohor Reedbuck, male, Serengeti.jpg Dall sheep Ovis dalli 111500–116500[78] LC[78] Steady[78] Consists of approximately 41500 sheep in Canada and between 70000 and 75000 animals in the United States.[78] 2005 04 27 1582 Dall Sheep.jpg Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius 115000–130000[79] VU[79] Steady[79] Population was estimated to be between 125000 and 148000 in a 2008 assessment.[79] Hippopotamus - 04.jpg Lesser kudu Tragelaphus imberbis 118000[80] NT[80] Decrease[80] Minimum estimate.[80] Lesser Kudu Female.jpg Goitered gazelle Gazella subgutturosa 120000–140000[81] VU[81] Decrease[81] Sir Bani Yas -Sandgasell.JPG Puku Kobus vardonii 130000[82] NT[82] Decrease[82] Kobus vardonii (male).jpg Muskox Ovibos moschatus 135000[83] LC[83] Steady[83] Estimate includes 75400 animals in the Northwest Territories, 45300 in Nunavut, 3714 in Alaska, and between 9500 and 12500 in Greenland.[83] Ovibos moschatus qtl3.jpg Common eland Tragelaphus oryx 136000[84] LC[84] Steady[84] Common eland mara.jpg Yellow-backed duiker Cephalophus silvicultor 160000[85] LC[85] Decrease[85] Cephalophus sylvicultor sylvicultor2.jpg Saiga Antelope Saiga tatarica 165000[86] CR[86] Decrease[86] Numbers stood at 1250000 in the mid-1970s.[86] Mongolia Saiga tatarica.jpg Red-flanked duiker Cephalophus rufilatus 170000[87] LC[87] Decrease[87] Redflankedduiker.jpg Sitatunga Tragelaphus spekii 170000[88] LC[88] Decrease[88] Yet-to-be-published research suggests the population has been overestimated.[88] Tragelaphus spekei Weibchen.jpg Weyns’s duiker Cephalophus weynsi 188000[89] LC[89] Decrease[89] Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus 200000[90] LC[90] Decrease[90] About 95000 of the Defassa subspecies and 105000 of the Common.[90] Water buck at an english wildlifepark arp.jpg Lechwe Kobus leche 212000[91] LC[91] Steady[91] Combined numbers of three subspecies: Red (98000), Kafue (78000), and Black (36000).[91] Lechwe antelopes Berlin.jpg Bates’s pygmy antelope Neotragus batesi 219000[92] LC[92] Steady[92] Neotragus batesi Goodchild.jpg Water chevrotain Hyemoschus aquaticus 278000[93] LC[93] Decrease[93] Em - Hyemoschus aquaticus.jpg White-bellied duiker Cephalophus leucogaster 287000[94] LC[94] Decrease[94] Black-fronted duiker Cephalophus nigrifrons 300000[95] LC[95] Decrease[95] Cephalophe a front noir.jpg Vicuña Vicugna vicugna 347273[96] LC[96] Increase[96] Vikunja-IMG 7052.JPG Grant’s gazelle Nanger granti 350000[97] LC[97] Decrease[97] Ngorongoro Grant-Gazelle.jpg Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus 362000[98] LC[98] Decrease[98] Kongoni.jpg Suni Nesotragus moschatus 365000[99] LC[99] Steady[99] Suni 1.jpg Gemsbok Oryx gazella 373000[100] LC[100] Steady[100] Spiessbock-Etosha-01.jpg Peters’s duiker Cephalophus callipygus 382000[101] LC[101] Decrease[101] Peters Duiker (Cephalophus callipygus) from behind, Campo Maan National Park.jpg Mongolian gazelle Procapra gutturosa 400000[102] LC[102] Unknown[102] Estimate has dropped from 2700000 since 1998.[102] Procapra gutturosa - Bertuch.jpg Greater kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros 482000[103] LC[103] Steady[103] Greater kudu face.jpg Salt’s dik-dik Madoqua saltiana 485600[104] LC[104] Steady[104] Рыжебрюхий дикдик 1.jpg Günther’s dik-dik Madoqua guentheri 511000[105] LC[105] Steady[105] Guenther's Dik-Dik.jpg American bison Bison bison 530000[106] NT[106] Steady[106] Includes 500000 semi-domestic animals and 30000 wild (19000 plains bison and 11000 wood bison).[106] American bison k5680-1.jpg Guanaco Lama guanicoe 535750–589750[107] LC[107] Steady[107] Guanako TDP.jpg Thomson’s gazelle Eudorcas thomsonii 550000[108] NT[108] Decrease[108] Serengeti Thomson-Gazelle1.jpg Steenbok Raphicerus campestris 600000[109] LC[40] Steady[109] Considered an underestimate.[109] 2012-Steenbok-female.jpg Pronghorn Antilocapra americana 700000[110] LC[110] Steady[110] Numbered over 35000000 in the early 1800s and as little as 20000 in the early 1920s.[110] Pronghorn-855.jpg Bay duiker Cephalophus dorsalis 725000[111] LC[111] Decrease[111] Cephalophus dorsalis.JPG Oribi Ourebia ourebi 750000[112] LC[112] Decrease[112] Ourebia ourebi cropped.jpg African buffalo Syncerus caffer 890000[113] LC[113] Decrease[113] Considered conservative. Divided into four subspecies: West African Savanna (27000), Central African Savanna (133000), Southern Savanna (670000), and Forest (60000).[113] Serengeti Bueffel1.jpg Kirk’s dik-dik Madoqua kirkii 971000[114] LC[114] Steady[114] Damara-dik-dik.jpg Siberian roe deer Capreolus pygargus 1000000[115] NT[115] Decrease[115] About 500000 were hunted annually in Russia in the 1800s.[115] Paozikun530.jpg Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus 1340000[116] LC[116] Steady[116] Estimate is considered conservative.[116] Bushbuck1.jpg Moose Alces alces 1500000[117] LC[117] Increase[117] Elgportraet han (Alces alces).jpg Blue wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus 1550000[118] LC[118] Steady[118] Blue Wildebeest, Ngorongoro.jpg Common duiker Sylvicapra grimmia 1660000[119] LC[119] Steady[119] Considered extremely conservative; yet-to-be-published research shows it may number as high as 10000000.[119] Common duiker kenya.jpg Impala Aepyceros melampus 2000000[120] LC[120] Steady[120] Impala mutualim with birds wide.jpg Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis 2000000–2500000[121] LC[121] Increase[121] Saut de gazelle Springbok.jpg Maxwell’s duiker Philantomba maxwellii 2137000[122] LC[122] Decrease[122] Quite possibly underestimated.[122] Stavenn Cephalophus maxwellii.jpg Blue duiker Philantomba monticola 7000000[123] LC[123] Steady[123] Estimate is considered conservative.[123] Blauducker.jpg White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus 11500000[124] LC[124] Steady[124] Estimated population in the United States and Canada only, with estimate of 11000000 in the US considered a minimum.[124] White-tailed deer.jpg Water buffalo Bubalus bubalis 172000000[125] Domesticated incl. 3200000 Carabao in the Philippines Murrah buffalo.JPG Domestic goat Capra hircus 850000000[126] Domesticated Domestic goat kid in capeweed.jpg Cattle Bos taurus 1500000000[127] Domesticated Braunvieh.jpg Domestic pig Sus domesticus 1000000000[128] Domesticated Sow with piglet.jpg Domestic sheep Ovis aries 1000000000[128] Domesticated Ovis orientalis aries 'Skudde' (aka).jpg