Animals in Equatorial Guinea
17 mammal species are recorded in Equatorial Guinea in this dataset, 6 of them in a threatened Red List category. Equatorial Guinea 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 Equatorial Guinea.
They belong to 6 families, the best represented being Cercopithecidae (8), Bovidae (4), Anomaluridae (2). By Red List category: 1 Critically Endangered, 2 Endangered, 3 Vulnerable, 4 Near Threatened, 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 Equatorial Guinea is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 17 of them have a full written profile.
- Species recorded
- 17
- Threatened
- 6
- Continent
- Africa
- Data updated
- August 9, 2026
Conservation status in Equatorial Guinea
The most threatened species in Equatorial Guinea
6 of the 6 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.
The families found in Equatorial Guinea
- Cercopithecidae 8
- Bovidae 4
- Anomaluridae 2
- Hominidae 1
- Hystricidae 1
- Lorisidae 1
Every species recorded in Equatorial Guinea
All 17 of them, written profiles first.

Black Colobus
Colobus satanas
Vulnerable
Mandrill
Mandrillus sphinx
Vulnerable
Preuss's Monkey
Allochrocebus preussi
Endangered
Red-capped Mangabey
Cercocebus torquatus
Endangered
Red-eared Monkey
Cercopithecus erythrotis
Vulnerable
Western Gorilla
Gorilla gorilla
Critically Endangered
African Brush-tailed Porcupine
Atherurus africanus
Least Concern
Bay Duiker
Cephalophus dorsalis
Near Threatened
Calabar Angwantibo
Arctocebus calabarensis
Near Threatened
De Brazza's Monkey
Cercopithecus neglectus
Least Concern
Lord Derby's Scaly-tailed Squirrel
Anomalurus derbianus
Least Concern
Moustached Monkey
Cercopithecus cephus
Least Concern
Ogilby's Duiker
Cephalophus ogilbyi
Least Concern
Pel's Flying Squirrel
Anomalurus pelii
Least Concern
Peters' Duiker
Cephalophus callipygus
Least Concern
Putty-nosed Monkey
Cercopithecus nictitans
Near Threatened
White-bellied Duiker
Cephalophus leucogaster
Near Threatened
Where to go from Equatorial Guinea
- Animals of Africa267
- Cameroon48
- Gabon29
- Democratic Republic of the Congo77
- Nigeria37
- Central African Republic25
The countries in Africa that share the most species with Equatorial Guinea, 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.
