Animals in Argentina — page 2
103 mammal species are recorded in Argentina in this dataset, 10 of them in a threatened Red List category. Argentina sits in South America, where 232 species are recorded in total. Every species below is listed because the range description of its IUCN Red List assessment names Argentina.
They belong to 32 families, the best represented being Cricetidae (43), Phyllostomidae (7), Chlamyphoridae (6). By Red List category: 4 Endangered, 6 Vulnerable, 8 Near Threatened, 80 Least Concern, 5 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 Argentina is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 103 of them have a full written profile.
- Species recorded
- 103
- Threatened
- 10
- Continent
- South America
- Data updated
- August 9, 2026
Conservation status in Argentina
The families found in Argentina
- Cricetidae 43
- Phyllostomidae 7
- Chlamyphoridae 6
- Felidae 5
- Cervidae 4
- Bovidae 2
- Camelidae 2
- Canidae 2
Every species recorded in Argentina
Species 51 to 100 of 103, written profiles first.

Great Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus lituratus
Least Concern
Greater Fairy Armadillo
Calyptophractus retusus
Data Deficient
Greater Naked-tailed Armadillo
Cabassous tatouay
Least Concern
Guanaco
Lama guanicoe
Least Concern
Hairy-tailed Bolo Mouse
Necromys lasiurus
Least Concern
Intelligent Grass Mouse
Akodon iniscatus
Least Concern
Jaguar
Panthera onca
Near Threatened
Jaguarundi
Herpailurus yagouaroundi
Least Concern
Jelski's Altiplano Mouse
Abrothrix jelskii
Least Concern
Kemp's Grass Mouse
Deltamys kempi
Least Concern
Killer Whale
Orcinus orca
Data Deficient
Large Hairy Armadillo
Chaetophractus villosus
Least Concern
Large Long-clawed Mouse
Chelemys megalonyx
Near Threatened
Large Vesper Mouse
Calomys callosus
Least Concern
Long-haired Akodont
Abrothrix longipilis
Least Concern
Maned Wolf
Chrysocyon brachyurus
Near Threatened
Margay
Leopardus wiedii
Near Threatened
Molina's Grass Mouse
Akodon molinae
Least Concern
Montane Guinea Pig
Cavia tschudii
Least Concern
Nine-banded Armadillo
Dasypus novemcinctus
Least Concern
North American Beaver
Castor canadensis
Least Concern
Northern Chamois
Rupicapra rupicapra
Least Concern
Ocelot
Leopardus pardalis
Least Concern
Olive Grass Mouse
Abrothrix olivaceus
Least ConcernOlrog's Pericote
Andalgalomys olrogi
Least Concern
Pallas's Squirrel
Callosciurus erythraeus
Least Concern
Pearson's Chaco Mouse
Andalgalomys pearsoni
Least Concern
Pink Fairy Armadillo
Chlamyphorus truncatus
Data DeficientPleasant Bolo Mouse
Necromys amoenus
Least Concern
Puma
Puma concolor
Least Concern
Pygmy Right Whale
Caperea marginata
Least Concern
Red Deer
Cervus elaphus
Least Concern
Rufous-bellied Bolo Mouse
Necromys lactens
Least Concern
Sage's Rock Rat
Aconaemys sagei
Data Deficient
Sanborn's Grass Mouse
Abrothrix sanborni
Near Threatened
Seba's Short-tailed Bat
Carollia perspicillata
Least Concern
Small Vesper Mouse
Calomys laucha
Least ConcernSmoky Grass Mouse
Akodon fumeus
Least Concern
South American Coati
Nasua nasua
Least Concern
South American Fur Seal
Arctocephalus australis
Least Concern
Southern Elephant Seal
Mirounga leonina
Least Concern
Southern Pericote
Loxodontomys micropus
Least Concern
Southern Right Whale
Eubalaena australis
Least Concern
Southern Tamandua
Tamandua tetradactyla
Least Concern
Spotted Paca
Cuniculus paca
Least Concern
Subantarctic Fur Seal
Arctocephalus tropicalis
Least ConcernTemchuk's Bolo Mouse
Necromys temchuki
Least ConcernVariable Grass Mouse
Akodon varius
Data Deficient
Vicuna
Vicugna vicugna
Least Concern
Water Opossum
Chironectes minimus
Least Concern
Where to go from Argentina
The countries in South America that share the most species with Argentina, 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.
