Animals in Colombia — page 2
75 mammal species are recorded in Colombia in this dataset, 18 of them in a threatened Red List category. Colombia sits in South America, where 232 species are recorded in total. Every species below is listed because the range description of its IUCN Red List assessment names Colombia.
They belong to 24 families, the best represented being Phyllostomidae (26), Cricetidae (8), Cebidae (4). By Red List category: 8 Endangered, 10 Vulnerable, 4 Near Threatened, 52 Least Concern, 1 Data Deficient.
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 Colombia is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 75 of them have a full written profile.
- Species recorded
- 75
- Threatened
- 18
- Continent
- South America
- Data updated
- August 9, 2026
Conservation status in Colombia
The families found in Colombia
- Phyllostomidae 26
- Cricetidae 8
- Cebidae 4
- Atelidae 3
- Canidae 3
- Didelphidae 3
- Emballonuridae 3
- Tapiridae 3
Every species recorded in Colombia
Species 51 to 75 of 75, written profiles first.

Juruá Red Howler Monkey
Alouatta juara
Least Concern
Kinkajou
Potos flavus
Least Concern
Large Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus amplus
Least Concern
Lesser Long-tailed Bat
Choeroniscus minor
Least Concern
Linné's Two-toed Sloth
Choloepus didactylus
Least ConcernLittle Big-eyed Bat
Chiroderma trinitatum
Least Concern
Little White-shouldered Bat
Ametrida centurio
Least Concern
Luis Manuel's Tailless Bat
Anoura luismanueli
Least Concern
Margay
Leopardus wiedii
Near Threatened
Mountain Paca
Cuniculus taczanowskii
Near ThreatenedNorthern Grass Mouse
Necromys urichi
Least Concern
Northern Naked-tailed Armadillo
Cabassous centralis
Least Concern
Ocelot
Leopardus pardalis
Least ConcernOlive Montane Mouse
Aepeomys lugens
Least Concern
Red Bald-headed Uakari
Cacajao rubicundus
Least Concern
Salvin's Big-eyed Bat
Chiroderma salvini
Least Concern
Seba's Short-tailed Bat
Carollia perspicillata
Least Concern
Shaggy Bat
Centronycteris maximiliani
Least Concern
Silky Short-tailed Bat
Carollia brevicauda
Least Concern
South American Coati
Nasua nasua
Least Concern
Spotted Paca
Cuniculus paca
Least Concern
Toltec Fruit-eating Bat
Dermanura tolteca
Least Concern
Velvety Fruit-eating Bat
Enchisthenes hartii
Least Concern
Woolly False Vampire Bat
Chrotopterus auritus
Least ConcernWrinkle-faced Bat
Centurio senex
Least Concern
Where to go from Colombia
The countries in South America that share the most species with Colombia, 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.
