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Animals in Antarctica

9 mammal species are recorded in Antarctica in this dataset, 1 of them in a threatened Red List category. Antarctica sits in Antarctica, where 9 species are recorded in total. Every species below is listed because the range description of its IUCN Red List assessment names Antarctica.

They belong to 5 families, the best represented being Balaenopteridae (4), Phocidae (2), Delphinidae (1). By Red List category: 1 Endangered, 1 Near Threatened, 6 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 Antarctica is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 9 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
9
Threatened
1
Continent
Antarctica
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Antarctica

The most threatened species in Antarctica

1 of the 1 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in Antarctica

  • Balaenopteridae 4
  • Phocidae 2
  • Delphinidae 1
  • Otariidae 1
  • Ziphiidae 1

Every species recorded in Antarctica

All 9 of them, written profiles first.

Where to go from Antarctica

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