Animals in Chad
10 mammal species are recorded in Chad in this dataset, 4 of them in a threatened Red List category. Chad 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 Chad.
They belong to 4 families, the best represented being Bovidae (6), Muridae (2), Canidae (1). By Red List category: 1 Critically Endangered, 1 Endangered, 2 Vulnerable, 6 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 Chad is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 10 of them have a full written profile.
- Species recorded
- 10
- Threatened
- 4
- Continent
- Africa
- Data updated
- August 9, 2026
Conservation status in Chad
The most threatened species in Chad
4 of the 4 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.
The families found in Chad
- Bovidae 6
- Muridae 2
- Canidae 1
- Giraffidae 1
Every species recorded in Chad
All 10 of them, written profiles first.

Addax
Addax nasomaculatus
Critically Endangered
Aoudad
Ammotragus lervia
Vulnerable
Giraffe
Giraffa camelopardalis
Vulnerable
Scimitar-horned Oryx
Oryx dammah
Endangered
African Grass Rat
Arvicanthis niloticus
Least Concern
Cairo Spiny Mouse
Acomys cahirinus
Least Concern
Fennec Fox
Vulpes zerda
Least Concern
Greater Kudu
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Least Concern
Hartebeest
Alcelaphus buselaphus
Least Concern
Red-flanked Duiker
Cephalophus rufilatus
Least Concern
Where to go from Chad
The countries in Africa that share the most species with Chad, 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.
