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Animals in Gabon

29 mammal species are recorded in Gabon in this dataset, 9 of them in a threatened Red List category. Gabon 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 Gabon.

They belong to 12 families, the best represented being Bovidae (7), Cercopithecidae (7), Anomaluridae (3). By Red List category: 2 Critically Endangered, 4 Endangered, 3 Vulnerable, 8 Near Threatened, 12 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 Gabon is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 29 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
29
Threatened
9
Continent
Africa
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Gabon

The most threatened species in Gabon

8 of the 9 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in Gabon

  • Bovidae 7
  • Cercopithecidae 7
  • Anomaluridae 3
  • Hominidae 2
  • Lorisidae 2
  • Manidae 2
  • Elephantidae 1
  • Hystricidae 1

Every species recorded in Gabon

All 29 of them, written profiles first.

Where to go from Gabon

The countries in Africa that share the most species with Gabon, 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.