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List of mammals that perform mass migrations

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Blue wildebeest on migration in Kenya, 2017

Mass migrations take place, or used to take place, by the following mammals:[1]

Africa:

North America:

North America and Eurasia:

Eurasia:

Of these migrations, those of the springbok, black wildebeest, blesbok, scimitar-horned oryx, and kulan have ceased.[2]

References

  1. ^ Grant Harris; et al. (Apr 2009). "Global decline in aggregated migrations of large terrestrial mammals" (PDF). Endangered Species Research. 7: 55–76. doi:10.3354/esr00173.
  2. ^ Penny van Oosterzee (December 9, 2017). "Wildebeest no more: The death of Africa's great migrations". New Scientist. Cites Harris et al. See figure.
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