Animals in Ethiopia — page 2
53 mammal species are recorded in Ethiopia in this dataset, 8 of them in a threatened Red List category. Ethiopia 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 Ethiopia.
They belong to 17 families, the best represented being Muridae (15), Bovidae (8), Cercopithecidae (6). By Red List category: 4 Endangered, 4 Vulnerable, 7 Near Threatened, 37 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 Ethiopia is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 53 of them have a full written profile.
- Species recorded
- 53
- Threatened
- 8
- Continent
- Africa
- Data updated
- August 9, 2026
Conservation status in Ethiopia
The families found in Ethiopia
- Muridae 15
- Bovidae 8
- Cercopithecidae 6
- Soricidae 6
- Canidae 3
- Equidae 2
- Felidae 2
- Hyaenidae 2
Every species recorded in Ethiopia
Species 51 to 53 of 53, written profiles first.
Where to go from Ethiopia
The countries in Africa that share the most species with Ethiopia, 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.