Animals in Djibouti
8 mammal species are recorded in Djibouti in this dataset, 1 of them in a threatened Red List category. Djibouti 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 Djibouti.
They belong to 5 families, the best represented being Muridae (4), Cercopithecidae (1), Equidae (1). By Red List category: 1 Endangered, 7 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 Djibouti is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 8 of them have a full written profile.
- Species recorded
- 8
- Threatened
- 1
- Continent
- Africa
- Data updated
- August 9, 2026
Conservation status in Djibouti
The most threatened species in Djibouti
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 Djibouti
- Muridae 4
- Cercopithecidae 1
- Equidae 1
- Erinaceidae 1
- Hipposideridae 1
Every species recorded in Djibouti
All 8 of them, written profiles first.

Grevy's Zebra
Equus grevyi
Endangered
Abyssinian Grass Rat
Arvicanthis abyssinicus
Least Concern
Gray Spiny Mouse
Acomys cineraceus
Least Concern
Hamadryas Baboon
Papio hamadryas
Least ConcernLouise's Spiny Mouse
Acomys louisae
Least ConcernMullah Spiny Mouse
Acomys mullah
Least Concern
Patrizi's Trident Leaf-nosed Bat
Asellia patrizii
Least Concern
Somali Hedgehog
Atelerix sclateri
Least Concern
Where to go from Djibouti
The countries in Africa that share the most species with Djibouti, 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.
