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. 2011 Sep 12;366(1577):2564–2576. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0020

Table 1.

Taxonomic patterns of Holocene mammal extinction and current threat, by order. thr., threatened, DD, Data Deficient [66].

order number of species
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.