Animals in Angola
27 mammal species are recorded in Angola in this dataset, 5 of them in a threatened Red List category. Angola 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 Angola.
They belong to 14 families, the best represented being Bovidae (7), Cercopithecidae (3), Muridae (3). By Red List category: 1 Critically Endangered, 4 Vulnerable, 2 Near Threatened, 19 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 Angola is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 27 of them have a full written profile.
- Species recorded
- 27
- Threatened
- 5
- Continent
- Africa
- Data updated
- August 9, 2026
Conservation status in Angola
The most threatened species in Angola
5 of the 5 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.
The families found in Angola
- Bovidae 7
- Cercopithecidae 3
- Muridae 3
- Bathyergidae 2
- Molossidae 2
- Soricidae 2
- Canidae 1
- Equidae 1
Every species recorded in Angola
All 27 of them, written profiles first.

African Manatee
Trichechus senegalensis
Vulnerable
Angolan Colobus
Colobus angolensis
Vulnerable
Lemara Shrew
Crocidura lanosa
Vulnerable
Mountain Zebra
Equus zebra
Vulnerable
Western Gorilla
Gorilla gorilla
Critically Endangered
Ansorge's Free-tailed Bat
Mops ansorgei
Least Concern
Black-backed Jackal
Lupulella mesomelas
Least Concern
Blue Duiker
Philantomba monticola
Least Concern
Blue Monkey
Cercopithecus mitis
Least ConcernBocage's Mole-Rat
Fukomys bocagei
Least ConcernBocage's Rock Rat
Aethomys bocagei
Least Concern
Brown Hyaena
Parahyaena brunnea
Near Threatened
Chacma Baboon
Papio ursinus
Least Concern
Common Eland
Tragelaphus oryx
Least Concern
Common Wildebeest
Connochaetes taurinus
Least Concern
Congo Clawless Otter
Aonyx congicus
Near Threatened
Gemsbok
Oryx gazella
Least Concern
Heather Shrew
Crocidura erica
Data Deficient
Impala
Aepyceros melampus
Least Concern
Large Wrinkle-lipped Bat
Mops major
Least ConcernMechow's Mole Rat
Fukomys mechowii
Least Concern
Meerkat
Suricata suricatta
Least Concern
Namaqua Rock Rat
Micaelamys namaquensis
Least Concern
Sable Antelope
Hippotragus niger
Least Concern
Southern African Hedgehog
Atelerix frontalis
Least Concern
Springbok
Antidorcas marsupialis
Least ConcernThomas's Rock Rat
Aethomys thomasi
Least Concern
Where to go from Angola
The countries in Africa that share the most species with Angola, 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.
