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Animals in Benin

8 mammal species are recorded in Benin in this dataset, 3 of them in a threatened Red List category. Benin 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 Benin.

They belong to 4 families, the best represented being Cercopithecidae (4), Soricidae (2), Bovidae (1). By Red List category: 1 Critically Endangered, 2 Endangered, 3 Near Threatened, 2 Least Concern.

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 Benin is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 8 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
8
Threatened
3
Continent
Africa
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Benin

The most threatened species in Benin

3 of the 3 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in Benin

  • Cercopithecidae 4
  • Soricidae 2
  • Bovidae 1
  • Manidae 1

Every species recorded in Benin

All 8 of them, written profiles first.

Where to go from Benin

The countries in Africa that share the most species with Benin, 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.