List of mammals of Hong Kong

Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories: The order Primates contains humans and their closest relatives: lemurs, lorisoids, monkeys, and apes.

They have two incisors in the upper as well as in the lower jaw which grow continuously and must be kept worn down by gnawing.

The bats' most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals capable of flight.

They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater.

The order Artiodactyla in Hong Kong are mainly herbivore which feed only on plant material, except wild boar.