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Animals in Guyana

18 mammal species are recorded in Guyana in this dataset, 3 of them in a threatened Red List category. Guyana sits in South America, where 232 species are recorded in total. Every species below is listed because the range description of its IUCN Red List assessment names Guyana.

They belong to 11 families, the best represented being Phyllostomidae (8), Atelidae (1), Bradypodidae (1). By Red List category: 1 Endangered, 2 Vulnerable, 1 Near Threatened, 14 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 Guyana is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 18 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
18
Threatened
3
Continent
South America
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Guyana

The most threatened species in Guyana

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 Guyana

  • Phyllostomidae 8
  • Atelidae 1
  • Bradypodidae 1
  • Canidae 1
  • Caviidae 1
  • Cebidae 1
  • Didelphidae 1
  • Emballonuridae 1

Every species recorded in Guyana

All 18 of them, written profiles first.

Where to go from Guyana

The countries in South America that share the most species with Guyana, 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.