List of even-toed ungulates by population

Mammals by population
Lists Even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla) Carnivorans (Carnivora) Cetaceans (Cetacea) Bats (Chiroptera) Odd-toed ungulates (Perissodactyla) Primates (Primates)
Key Conservation status   Extinct in the wild (EW)   Critically Endangered (CR)   Endangered (EN)   Vulnerable (VU)   Near Threatened (NT)   Least Concern (LC)   Data Deficient (DD)
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This is a list of even-toed ungulate species by estimated global population. This list is not comprehensive, as not all ungulates have had their numbers quantified.

Common name	Binomial name	Population	Status	Trend	Notes	Image
Saola	Pseudoryx nghetinhensis	<750	CR		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.
Pygmy hog	Porcula salvania	250	CR		Maximum estimate for mature individuals.
Bawean deer	Axis kuhlii	200–500	CR		Estimates are for the wild population only; may reach as high as 500.
Addax	Addax nasomaculatus	30–90	CR		Maximum estimate for the wild.
Tamaraw	Bubalus mindorensis	300	CR
Togian babirusa	Babyrousa togeanensis	500	EN		Maximum estimate.
Walia ibex	Capra walie	500	EN
Dama gazelle	Nanger dama	500	CR		Maximum estimate.
Hirola	Beatragus hunteri	500–2000	CR		May be much lower.
Anhui musk deer	Moschus anhuiensis	700–800	EN		Most recent estimate was in 1998.
Przewalski's gazelle	Procapra przewalskii	700–800	EN		Could be underestimated.
Persian fallow deer	Dama mesopotamica	715	EN		Previously thought to be extinct.
Wild Bactrian camel	Camelus ferus	950	CR		Wild population only.
South Andean deer	Hippocamelus bisulcus	1048–1500	EN
Calamian deer	Axis calamianensis	1123	EN		1994 estimate; has almost certainly decreased.
Abbott's duiker	Cephalophus spadix	1500	EN		Maximum estimate.
Cuvier's gazelle	Gazella cuvieri	1750–2950	EN	unknown
Nilgiri tahr	Nilgiritragus hylocrius	1800–2000	EN
Pygmy hippopotamus	Choeropsis liberiensis	2000–3000	EN		Estimate is from 1993; numbers have probably shrunk.
Mountain anoa	Bubalus quarlesi	2500	EN		Maximum estimate.
Rhim gazelle	Gazella leptoceros	2500	EN		Estimate is for mature individuals only.
Visayan spotted deer	Rusa alfredi	2500	EN		Maximum estimate.
Mountain nyala	Tragelaphus buxtoni	2500–4000	EN		2500 is a maximum estimate from 1999, but recent work has shown numbers may be as high as 4000.
European bison	Bison bonasus	3200	NT		Includes 1400 semi-domestic animals and 1800 wild. Semi-domestic numbers are likely underestimated.
Chacoan peccary	Catagonus wagneri	3200	EN		Estimate was made in 2002; wide-scale deforestation of their habitat began in 2003.
Wild water buffalo	Bubalus arnee	3400	EN
Jentink's duiker	Cephalophus jentinki	3500	EN		Maximum estimate; may be less than 2000.
Barasingha	Rucervus duvaucelii	3500–5100	VU
Nile lechwe	Kobus megaceros	4291	EN
Small red brocket	Mazama bororo	4500	VU		Maximum estimate.
Arabian tahr	Arabitragus jayakari	5000	EN		Maximum estimate.
West Caucasian tur	Capra caucasica	5000–6000	EN
Barbary sheep	Ammotragus lervia	5000–10000	LC
Beira	Dorcatragus megalotis	7000	VU
Arabian Oryx	Oryx leucoryx	7000–8000	VU		6000–7000 in captivity and c. 1000 in the wild.
Hairy-fronted muntjac	Muntiacus crinifrons	7000–8500	VU		Most recent estimate was in 1998.
Banteng	Bos javanicus	8000	EN		Maximum estimate; may be fewer than 5000. Numbers do not include the non-purebred domestic variety.
Markhor	Capra falconeri	9700	NT		Estimate includes approximately 900 animals assumed to live in areas for which data is unavailable.
Nubian ibex	Capra nubiana	10000	VU		Maximum estimate.
Southern pudú	Pudu puda	10000	NT		Maximum estimate.
Red goral	Naemorhedus baileyi	10000	VU		Maximum estimate for mature individuals.
Four-horned antelope	Tetracerus quadricornis	10000	LC
Javan rusa	Rusa timorensis	10000	VU		Maximum estimate for mature individuals.
Taruca	Hippocamelus antisensis	12000–17000	VU
Gaur	Bos gaurus	13000–30000	VU
Soemmerring's gazelle	Nanger soemmerringii	14000	VU
Mountain gazelle	Gazella gazella	15000	VU		Maximum estimate.
Wild yak	Bos mutus	15000	VU		Estimate is from 1995.
Giant eland	Tragelaphus derbianus	15000–20000	LC
Black wildebeest	Connochaetes gnou	18000	LC		Minimum estimate (11000 wild and 7000 semi-domesticated).
Grey rhebok	Pelea capreolus	18000	LC
Harvey's duiker	Cephalophus harveyi	20000	LC		Numbers may be overestimated.
Pampas deer	Ozotoceros bezoarticus	20000–80000	NT
Red-fronted gazelle	Eudorcas rufifrons	25000	VU
Zebra duiker	Cephalophus zebra	28000	VU		Could be overestimated; may be less than 15000.
Bongo	Tragelaphus eurycerus	28000	NT		Two subspecies: Mountain (75–140) and Lowland (28000).
Alpine ibex	Capra ibex	30000	LC		Was as low as 100 individuals in the 1800s.
Silver Dik-dik	Madoqua piacentinii	30000	DD		Possibly overestimated.
Nyala	Tragelaphus angasii	32000	LC
Ogilby's duiker	Cephalophus ogilbyi	35000	LC
Okapi	Okapia johnstoni	35000–50000	EN
Mountain reedbuck	Redunca fulvorufula	36000	LC		Minimum estimate, divided into three subspecies: Southern (33000), Chanler's (2900), and Western (450).
Red forest duiker	Cephalophus natalensis	42000	LC		Numbers may be underestimated.
Klipspringer	Oreotragus oreotragus	42000	LC		Estimate is considered conservative.
Blackbuck	Antilope cervicapra	50000	NT		Numbers have increased from 20000–24000 in the 1970s.
Spanish ibex	Capra pyrenaica	50000	LC		Numbered only c. 7900 in the early 1990s.
Royal antelope	Neotragus pygmaeus	62000	LC		Possibly underestimated.
East African oryx	Oryx beisa	67000	NT		Divided into two subspecies: Beisa (50000) and Fringe-eared (17000).
Southern reedbuck	Redunca arundinum	73000	LC
Sable antelope	Hippotragus niger	75000	LC
Roan antelope	Hippotragus equinus	76000	LC
Mountain goat	Oreamnos americanus	80000–119000	LC
Gerenuk	Litocranius walleri	95000	NT
Sharpe's Grysbok	Raphicerus sharpei	95000	LC		Difficult to study due to the animal's nocturnal nature; numbers may be underestimated.
Japanese serow	Capricornis crispus	100000	LC
Black duiker	Cephalophus niger	100000	LC
Bohor reedbuck	Redunca redunca	101000	LC		Probably underestimated.
Dall sheep	Ovis dalli	111500–116500	LC		Consists of approximately 41500 sheep in Canada and between 70000 and 75000 animals in the United States.
Hippopotamus	Hippopotamus amphibius	115000–130000	VU		Population was estimated to be between 125000 and 148000 in a 2008 assessment.
Lesser kudu	Tragelaphus imberbis	118000	NT		Minimum estimate.
Goitered gazelle	Gazella subgutturosa	120000–140000	VU
Puku	Kobus vardonii	130000	NT
Muskox	Ovibos moschatus	135000	LC		Estimate includes 75400 animals in the Northwest Territories, 45300 in Nunavut, 3714 in Alaska, and between 9500 and 12500 in Greenland.
Common eland	Tragelaphus oryx	136000	LC
Yellow-backed duiker	Cephalophus silvicultor	160000	LC
Saiga Antelope	Saiga tatarica	165000	CR		Numbers stood at 1250000 in the mid-1970s.
Red-flanked duiker	Cephalophus rufilatus	170000	LC
Sitatunga	Tragelaphus spekii	170000	LC		Yet-to-be-published research suggests the population has been overestimated.
Weyns's duiker	Cephalophus weynsi	188000	LC
Waterbuck	Kobus ellipsiprymnus	200000	LC		About 95000 of the Defassa subspecies and 105000 of the Common.
Lechwe	Kobus leche	212000	LC		Combined numbers of three subspecies: Red (98000), Kafue (78000), and Black (36000).
Bates's pygmy antelope	Neotragus batesi	219000	LC
Water chevrotain	Hyemoschus aquaticus	278000	LC
White-bellied duiker	Cephalophus leucogaster	287000	LC
Black-fronted duiker	Cephalophus nigrifrons	300000	LC
Vicuña	Vicugna vicugna	347273	LC
Grant's gazelle	Nanger granti	350000	LC
Hartebeest	Alcelaphus buselaphus	362000	LC
Suni	Nesotragus moschatus	365000	LC
Gemsbok	Oryx gazella	373000	LC
Peters's duiker	Cephalophus callipygus	382000	LC
Mongolian gazelle	Procapra gutturosa	400000	LC	Unknown	Estimate has dropped from 2700000 since 1998.
Greater kudu	Tragelaphus strepsiceros	482000	LC
Salt's dik-dik	Madoqua saltiana	485600	LC
Günther's dik-dik	Madoqua guentheri	511000	LC
American bison	Bison bison	530000	NT		Includes 500000 semi-domestic animals and 30000 wild (19000 plains bison and 11000 wood bison).
Guanaco	Lama guanicoe	535750–589750	LC
Thomson's gazelle	Eudorcas thomsonii	550000	NT
Steenbok	Raphicerus campestris	600000	LC		Considered an underestimate.
Pronghorn	Antilocapra americana	700000	LC		Numbered over 35000000 in the early 1800s and as little as 20000 in the early 1920s.
Bay duiker	Cephalophus dorsalis	725000	LC
Oribi	Ourebia ourebi	750000	LC
African buffalo	Syncerus caffer	890000	LC		Considered conservative. Divided into four subspecies: West African Savanna (27000), Central African Savanna (133000), Southern Savanna (670000), and Forest (60000).
Kirk's dik-dik	Madoqua kirkii	971000	LC
Siberian roe deer	Capreolus pygargus	1000000	NT		About 500000 were hunted annually in Russia in the 1800s.
Bushbuck	Tragelaphus scriptus	1340000	LC		Estimate is considered conservative.
Moose	Alces alces	1500000	LC
Blue wildebeest	Connochaetes taurinus	1550000	LC
Common duiker	Sylvicapra grimmia	1660000	LC		Considered extremely conservative; yet-to-be-published research shows it may number as high as 10000000.
Impala	Aepyceros melampus	2000000	LC
Springbok	Antidorcas marsupialis	2000000–2500000	LC
Maxwell's duiker	Philantomba maxwellii	2137000	LC		Quite possibly underestimated.
Blue duiker	Philantomba monticola	7000000	LC		Estimate is considered conservative.
White-tailed deer	Odocoileus virginianus	11500000	LC		Estimated population in the United States and Canada only, with estimate of 11000000 in the US considered a minimum.
Water buffalo	Bubalus bubalis	172000000	Domesticated		incl. 3200000 Carabao in the Philippines
Domestic goat	Capra hircus	850000000	Domesticated
Cattle	Bos taurus	1500000000	Domesticated
Domestic pig	Sus domesticus	1000000000	Domesticated
Domestic sheep	Ovis aries	1000000000	Domesticated

See also

• Lists of mammals by population
• Lists of organisms by population