Animals in Algeria
13 mammal species are recorded in Algeria in this dataset, 2 of them in a threatened Red List category. Algeria sits in Africa, where 267 species are recorded in total. Every species below is listed because the range description of its IUCN Red List assessment names Algeria.
They belong to 9 families, the best represented being Bovidae (2), Ctenodactylidae (2), Muridae (2). By Red List category: 1 Critically Endangered, 1 Vulnerable, 1 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 Algeria is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 13 of them have a full written profile.
- Species recorded
- 13
- Threatened
- 2
- Continent
- Africa
- Data updated
- August 9, 2026
Conservation status in Algeria
The most threatened species in Algeria
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 Algeria
- Bovidae 2
- Ctenodactylidae 2
- Muridae 2
- Mustelidae 2
- Canidae 1
- Felidae 1
- Hystricidae 1
- Sciuridae 1
Every species recorded in Algeria
All 13 of them, written profiles first.

Addax
Addax nasomaculatus
Critically Endangered
Aoudad
Ammotragus lervia
Vulnerable
Barbary Ground Squirrel
Atlantoxerus getulus
Least Concern
Cairo Spiny Mouse
Acomys cahirinus
Least Concern
Common Genet
Genetta genetta
Least Concern
Crested Porcupine
Hystrix cristata
Least Concern
Eurasian Otter
Lutra lutra
Near Threatened
Fennec Fox
Vulpes zerda
Least Concern
Honey Badger
Mellivora capensis
Least Concern
Long-tailed Field Mouse
Apodemus sylvaticus
Least Concern
North African Gundi
Ctenodactylus gundi
Least Concern
Sand Cat
Felis margarita
Least Concern
Val's Gundi
Ctenodactylus vali
Data Deficient
Where to go from Algeria
The countries in Africa that share the most species with Algeria, 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.
