Animals in Eswatini
5 mammal species are recorded in Eswatini in this dataset, 1 of them in a threatened Red List category. Eswatini 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 Eswatini.
They belong to 3 families, the best represented being Bovidae (3), Chrysochloridae (1), Mustelidae (1). By Red List category: 1 Vulnerable, 1 Near Threatened, 3 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 Eswatini is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 5 of them have a full written profile.
- Species recorded
- 5
- Threatened
- 1
- Continent
- Africa
- Data updated
- August 9, 2026
Conservation status in Eswatini
The most threatened species in Eswatini
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 Eswatini
- Bovidae 3
- Chrysochloridae 1
- Mustelidae 1
Every species recorded in Eswatini
All 5 of them, written profiles first.
Where to go from Eswatini
The countries in Africa that share the most species with Eswatini, 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.