Table 1.
Taxonomic patterns of Holocene mammal extinction and current threat, by order. thr., threatened, DD, Data Deficient [66].
order | number of species |
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total | extinct | thr. | DD | % extinct | χ2extinct | % thr. | χ2threat | |
Afrosoricida | 52 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 31.9 | 0.9 |
Artiodactyla | 253 | 20 | 92 | 24 | 7.9 | 7.0** | 44.0 | 30.4*** |
Bibymalagasia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 24.1*** | ||
Carnivora | 288 | 6 | 68 | 25 | 2.1 | 3.0§ | 26.5 | 0.3 |
Cetacea | 84 | 0 | 13 | 44 | 0.0 | 2.8§ | 32.5 | 1.0 |
Chiroptera | 1128 | 23 | 168 | 197 | 2.0 | 13.8*** | 18.5 | 19.5*** |
Cingulata | 21 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 22.2 | 0.0 |
Dasyuromorphia | 72 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 16.4 | 2.2 |
Dermoptera | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Didelphimorphia | 87 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 9.9 | 7.6** |
Diprotodontia | 148 | 11 | 41 | 4 | 7.4 | 2.7 | 30.8 | 1.1 |
Erinaceomorpha | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 13.0 | 1.0 |
Hyracoidea | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Lagomorpha | 93 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 20.5 | 0.6 |
Macroscelidea | 15 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 0.1 |
Microbiotheria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Monotremata | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 1.8 |
Notoryctemorphia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Paucituberculata | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 |
Peramelemorphia | 23 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 21.7 | 12.9*** | 37.5 | 0.0 |
Perissodactyla | 18 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 81.2 | 22.4*** |
Pholidota | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 |
Pilosa | 23 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 56.5 | 138.9*** | 20.0 | 2.3 |
Primates | 399 | 23 | 182 | 45 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 55.0 | 139.8*** |
Proboscidea | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 40.0 | 8.0** | 50.0 | 0.0 |
Rodentia | 2344 | 115 | 347 | 403 | 4.9 | 1.7 | 19.0 | 43.4*** |
Scandentia | 20 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 11.8 | 0.9 |
Sirenia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.0 | 0.4 | 100.0 | 5.7* |
Soricomorpha | 431 | 13 | 78 | 81 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 23.1 | 0.7 |
Tubulidentata | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *0.01 < p < 0.05, §0.05 < p < 0.1.