Population: Predatory mammals
Estimation of the population of predatory mammals. The list is not complete due to the lack of detailed data for many species.
Carnivorans by population
| Common name | Binomial name | Population | Status | Notes |
| Iberian lynx | Lynx pardinus | 300 | EN | According to European Union LIFE Nature conservation projects estimates population size tripled from 52 mature individuals in 2002 to 156 in 2012. |
| Iriomote cat | Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis | 100 – 109 | CR | A subspecies of the leopard cat living exclusively on the Japanese island of Iriomote. Population size is declining, and consists of a single subpopulation. |
| Red wolf | Canis rufus | 300 | CR | Maximum estimate. No more than 50 mature individuals. Previously extinct in the wild. |
| Malabar large-spotted civet | Viverra civettina | 250 | CR | Maximum estimate. Previously considered possibly extinct. |
| Darwin’s fox | Pseudalopex fulvipes | 250 | CR | Maximum estimate for mature individuals. |
| Cozumel raccoon | Procyon pygmaeus | 323 – 955 | CR | Mature individuals number less than 250. Populations can be severely affected by hurricanes. |
| Saimaa ringed seal | Pusa hispida saimensis | 310 | CR | The most endangered pinniped. |
| Mediterranean monk seal | Monachus monachus | 350 – 450 | EN | The second most endangered pinniped. |
| Ethiopian wolf | Canis simensis | 500 | EN | One of the world’s rarest canids, and Africa’s most endangered carnivore. |
| Hawaiian monk seal | Monachus schauinslandi | 935 | EN | Numbered 1448 in 1983. The rate of decrease appears to be rising. |
| Marine otter | Lontra felina | 1,000 | EN | Maximum estimate from 1991; numbers have probably fallen. |
| Giant otter | Pteronura brasiliensis | 1,000 – 5,000 | EN | |
| Black-footed ferret | Mustela nigripes | 1,300 | EN | Maximum estimate. 1,000 wild and 300 domestic. Almost became extinct in the 1980s. |
| Island fox | Urocyon littoralis | 1,500 | CR | Maximum estimate in 2002. Numbers had declined from 6,000 in 1994 and appear to be continuing the trend, so present numbers are likely much lower. |
| Giant panda | Ailuropoda melanoleuca | 1,800 | VU | Maximum estimate for mature individuals. |
| Bay cat | Pardofelis badia | 2,500 | EN | Maximum estimate. |
| Dhole | Cuon alpinus | 2,500 | EN | Maximum estimate for mature individuals. |
| Fossa | Cryptoprocta ferox | 2,500 | VU | Maximum estimate. |
| Andean mountain cat | Leopardus jacobita | 2,500 | EN | Maximum estimate. |
| Grandidier’s mongoose | Galidictis grandidieri | 2,650 – 3,540 | EN | |
| Tiger | Panthera tigris | 3,890 | EN | |
| Snow leopard | Panthera uncia | 7,000 | EN | |
| Brown hyena | Hyaena brunnea | 8,000 | NT | |
| Striped hyena | Hyaena hyaena | 14,000 | NT | |
| African wild dog | Lycaon pictus | 6,600 | EN | |
| Cheetah | Acinonyx jubatus | 7,500 | VU | Estimate is for mature individuals only. Number may reach as high as 10,000. |
| Eurasian lynx | Lynx lynx | 8,000 | LC | |
| Sunda clouded leopard | Neofelis diardi | 10,000 | VU | Maximum estimate. |
| Marbled cat | Pardofelis marmorata | 10,000 | VU | Maximum estimate. |
| Rusty-spotted cat | Prionailurus rubiginosus | 10,000 | VU | |
| Clouded leopard | Neofelis nebulosa | 10,000 | VU | Maximum estimate for mature individuals. |
| Red panda | Ailurus fulgens | 10,000 | VU | |
| African golden cat | Caracal aurata | 10,000 | NT | Minimum estimate for mature individuals. |
| Kodkod | Leopardus guigna | 10,000 | VU | Maximum estimate. |
| Chinese mountain cat | F. silvestris bieti | 10,000 | VU | Maximum estimate for mature individuals. |
| Galápagos fur seal | Arctocephalus galapagoensis | 10 000 – 15 000 | EN | Down from 30 – 40 000 in 1978. |
| New Zealand sea lion | Phocarctos hookeri | 11,855 | EN | |
| Juan Fernández fur seal | Arctocephalus philippii | 12,000 | NT | Estimate is from the early 1990s; numbers appear to be increasing. |
| Australian sea lion | Neophoca cinerea | 13,790 | EN | |
| Sechuran fox | Lycalopex sechurae | 15,000 | NT | Maximum estimate for mature individuals. |
| Guadalupe fur seal | Arctocephalus townsendi | 15,000 – 17,000 | NT | Numbered 200 – 500 in the 1950s. |
| Sloth bear | Melursus ursinus | 20,000 | VU | Maximum estimate. |
| Polar bear | Ursus maritimus | 25,000 | VU | |
| Galápagos sea lion | Zalophus wollebaeki | 20,000 – 40,000 | EN | |
| Maned wolf | Chrysocyon brachyurus | 23,600 | NT | |
| Spotted hyena | Crocuta crocuta | 27 000 – 47 000 | LC | Tentative estimate. |
| Lion | Panthera leo | 35,000 | VU | Comprises several subspecies in Africa and Asia. The former has higher population and most subspecies: a recent study has given a global range of 29,000 – 47,000. The Asiatic species numbers an estimated 650. |
| Leopard | Panthera pardus | 75,000 | NT | |
| Baikal seal | Pusa sibirica | 80,000 – 100,000 | LC | |
| Sea otter | Enhydra lutris | 106,822 | EN | |
| Bush dog | Speothos venaticus | 110,000 | NT | Considered an overestimate. |
| Caspian seal | Pusa caspica | 111,000 | EN | Once numbered over 1,000,000. |
| Ross seal | Ommatophoca rossii | 130,000 | LC | |
| Steller sea lion | Eumetopias jubatus | 143,000 | NT | Divided into two subspecies: Western Steller (78,000) and Loughlin’s Steller (65,000). |
| Northern elephant seal | Mirounga angustirostris | 171,000 | LC | Numbered 113,000 in 1991. |
| New Zealand fur seal | Arctocephalus forsteri | 200,000 | LC | |
| Brown bear | Ursus arctos | 200,000 | LC | Minimum estimate. Russia has the largest number of brown bears, believed to exceed 100,000, while estimates in the U.S. are around 33,000 (most in Alaska), Canada 25,000, and Europe (excluding Russia) 14,000. |
| South American sea lion | Otaria flavescens | 250,000 | LC | Minimum estimate. |
| South American fur seal | Arctocephalus australis | 250,000 – 300,000 | LC | |
| Grey wolf | 300,000 | LC | ||
| Leopard seal | Hydrurga leptonyx | 300,000 | LC | |
| Subantarctic fur seal | Arctocephalus tropicalis | 310,000 | LC | Estimate is from 1987; almost certainly an underestimate. |
| Harbor seal | Phoca vitulina | 350,000 – 500,000 | LC | |
| California sea lion | Zalophus californianus | 355,000 | LC | |
| Grey seal | Halichoerus grypus | 400,000 | LC | |
| Weddell seal | Leptonychotes weddellii | 500,000 | LC | Minimum estimate. |
| Southern elephant seal | Mirounga leonina | 500,000 | LC | Latest global estimates are from the mid-1990s. |
| Hooded seal | Cystophora cristata | 662,000 | VU | 592,000 in the Northwest Atlantic and 70,000 in the Northeast. The latter population has declined 85-90% in the past 60 years for unknown reasons. |
| American black bear | Ursus americanus | 950,000 | LC | Numbers are believed to be twice that of all other bears combined. |
| Northern fur seal | Callorhinus ursinus | 1,100,000 | VU | |
| Brown fur seal | Arctocephalus pusillus | 2,092,000 | LC | Divided into two subspecies: Cape (2,000,000) and Australian (92,000). |
| Harp seal | Pagophilus groenlandicus | 8,000,000 | LC | Maximum estimate. |
| Crabeater seal | Lobodon carcinophaga | > 8,000,000 | LC | Estimates are highly uncertain due to their widespread distribution on the pack ice surrounding Antarctica. |
| Red fox | Vulpes vulpes | Unknown | LC | Estimates are uncertain because a coordinated worldwide census has never been conducted. |
| Cat (domestic) | Felis catus | 600,000,000 | Domesticated | 2007 estimate |
| Dog (domestic) | C. lupus familiaris | 900,000,000 | Domesticated |
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