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Animals in El Salvador

14 mammal species are recorded in El Salvador in this dataset, 2 of them in a threatened Red List category. El Salvador sits in North America, where 155 species are recorded in total. Every species below is listed because the range description of its IUCN Red List assessment names El Salvador.

They belong to 8 families, the best represented being Phyllostomidae (7), Atelidae (1), Chlamyphoridae (1). By Red List category: 2 Endangered, 1 Near Threatened, 10 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 El Salvador is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 14 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
14
Threatened
2
Continent
North America
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in El Salvador

The most threatened species in El Salvador

2 of the 2 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in El Salvador

  • Phyllostomidae 7
  • Atelidae 1
  • Chlamyphoridae 1
  • Cricetidae 1
  • Cuniculidae 1
  • Emballonuridae 1
  • Procyonidae 1
  • Tapiridae 1

Every species recorded in El Salvador

All 14 of them, written profiles first.

Where to go from El Salvador

The countries in North America that share the most species with El Salvador, 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.