Animals in Burkina Faso
3 mammal species are recorded in Burkina Faso in this dataset, 1 of them in a threatened Red List category. Burkina Faso 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 Burkina Faso.
They belong to 2 families, the best represented being Bovidae (2), Cercopithecidae (1). By Red List category: 1 Endangered, 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 Burkina Faso is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 3 of them have a full written profile.
- Species recorded
- 3
- Threatened
- 1
- Continent
- Africa
- Data updated
- August 9, 2026
Conservation status in Burkina Faso
The most threatened species in Burkina Faso
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 Burkina Faso
- Bovidae 2
- Cercopithecidae 1
Every species recorded in Burkina Faso
All 3 of them, written profiles first.
Where to go from Burkina Faso
The countries in Africa that share the most species with Burkina Faso, 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.