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Animals in Greenland

12 mammal species are recorded in Greenland in this dataset, 3 of them in a threatened Red List category. Greenland 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 Greenland.

They belong to 10 families, the best represented being Monodontidae (2), Phocidae (2), Balaenidae (1). By Red List category: 3 Vulnerable, 1 Near Threatened, 8 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 Greenland is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 12 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
12
Threatened
3
Continent
North America
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Greenland

The most threatened species in Greenland

3 of the 3 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in Greenland

  • Monodontidae 2
  • Phocidae 2
  • Balaenidae 1
  • Balaenopteridae 1
  • Bovidae 1
  • Canidae 1
  • Leporidae 1
  • Mustelidae 1

Every species recorded in Greenland

All 12 of them, written profiles first.

Where to go from Greenland

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