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Animals in Bhutan

21 mammal species are recorded in Bhutan in this dataset, 14 of them in a threatened Red List category. Bhutan sits in Asia, where 324 species are recorded in total. Every species below is listed because the range description of its IUCN Red List assessment names Bhutan.

They belong to 13 families, the best represented being Felidae (6), Bovidae (3), Sciuridae (2). By Red List category: 2 Critically Endangered, 6 Endangered, 6 Vulnerable, 2 Near Threatened, 5 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 Bhutan is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 21 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
21
Threatened
14
Continent
Asia
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Bhutan

The most threatened species in Bhutan

8 of the 14 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in Bhutan

  • Felidae 6
  • Bovidae 3
  • Sciuridae 2
  • Ailuridae 1
  • Canidae 1
  • Cercopithecidae 1
  • Cervidae 1
  • Cricetidae 1

Every species recorded in Bhutan

All 21 of them, written profiles first.

Where to go from Bhutan

The countries in Asia that share the most species with Bhutan, 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.