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Animals in India

73 mammal species are recorded in India in this dataset, 34 of them in a threatened Red List category. India sits in Asia, where 324 species are recorded in total. Every species below is listed because the range description of its IUCN Red List assessment names India.

They belong to 24 families, the best represented being Felidae (12), Bovidae (10), Muridae (9). By Red List category: 7 Critically Endangered, 8 Endangered, 19 Vulnerable, 8 Near Threatened, 29 Least Concern, 2 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 India is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 73 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
73
Threatened
34
Continent
Asia
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in India

The most threatened species in India

8 of the 34 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in India

  • Felidae 12
  • Bovidae 10
  • Muridae 9
  • Cricetidae 6
  • Cervidae 5
  • Sciuridae 5
  • Soricidae 4
  • Canidae 3

Every species recorded in India

Species 1 to 50 of 73, written profiles first.

Where to go from India

The countries in Asia that share the most species with India, 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.