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Animals in Afghanistan

15 mammal species are recorded in Afghanistan in this dataset, 2 of them in a threatened Red List category. Afghanistan sits in Asia, where 324 species are recorded in total. Every species below is listed because the range description of its IUCN Red List assessment names Afghanistan.

They belong to 9 families, the best represented being Cricetidae (4), Bovidae (3), Felidae (2). By Red List category: 2 Vulnerable, 3 Near Threatened, 9 Least Concern, 1 Data Deficient.

These counts come from the text of each assessment rather than from an official country checklist, so a species whose assessment names a region without naming Afghanistan is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 15 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
15
Threatened
2
Continent
Asia
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Afghanistan

The most threatened species in Afghanistan

2 of the 2 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in Afghanistan

  • Cricetidae 4
  • Bovidae 3
  • Felidae 2
  • Calomyscidae 1
  • Cercopithecidae 1
  • Cervidae 1
  • Dipodidae 1
  • Muridae 1

Every species recorded in Afghanistan

All 15 of them, written profiles first.

Where to go from Afghanistan

The countries in Asia that share the most species with Afghanistan, by number of species recorded in both.

Species data from the IUCN Red List; countries are derived from the range description of each assessment. Last refreshed on August 9, 2026.