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Animals in Botswana

35 mammal species are recorded in Botswana in this dataset, 9 of them in a threatened Red List category. Botswana 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 Botswana.

They belong to 17 families, the best represented being Bovidae (12), Felidae (3), Muridae (3). By Red List category: 1 Critically Endangered, 2 Endangered, 6 Vulnerable, 5 Near Threatened, 21 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 Botswana is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 35 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
35
Threatened
9
Continent
Africa
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Botswana

The most threatened species in Botswana

8 of the 9 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in Botswana

  • Bovidae 12
  • Felidae 3
  • Muridae 3
  • Canidae 2
  • Cercopithecidae 2
  • Rhinocerotidae 2
  • Bathyergidae 1
  • Elephantidae 1

Every species recorded in Botswana

All 35 of them, written profiles first.

Where to go from Botswana

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