Animals in Indonesia
93 mammal species are recorded in Indonesia in this dataset, 39 of them in a threatened Red List category. Indonesia 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 Indonesia.
They belong to 31 families, the best represented being Muridae (19), Sciuridae (10), Soricidae (8). By Red List category: 1 Extinct, 9 Critically Endangered, 15 Endangered, 15 Vulnerable, 5 Near Threatened, 41 Least Concern, 7 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 Indonesia is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 93 of them have a full written profile.
- Species recorded
- 93
- Threatened
- 39
- Continent
- Asia
- Data updated
- August 9, 2026
Conservation status in Indonesia
The most threatened species in Indonesia
8 of the 39 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

Asian Elephant
Elephas maximus
Endangered
Asian Golden Cat
Catopuma temminckii
Vulnerable
Banteng
Bos javanicus
Critically Endangered
Bawean Deer
Axis kuhlii
Critically Endangered
Binturong
Arctictis binturong
Vulnerable
Bornean Orangutan
Pongo pygmaeus
Critically Endangered
Bornean Water Shrew
Chimarrogale phaeura
Endangered
Borneo Bay Cat
Catopuma badia
Endangered
The families found in Indonesia
- Muridae 19
- Sciuridae 10
- Soricidae 8
- Felidae 6
- Molossidae 6
- Pteropodidae 6
- Bovidae 3
- Dasyuridae 3
Every species recorded in Indonesia
Species 1 to 50 of 93, written profiles first.

Asian Elephant
Elephas maximus
Endangered
Asian Golden Cat
Catopuma temminckii
Vulnerable
Banteng
Bos javanicus
Critically Endangered
Bawean Deer
Axis kuhlii
Critically Endangered
Binturong
Arctictis binturong
Vulnerable
Bornean Orangutan
Pongo pygmaeus
Critically Endangered
Bornean Water Shrew
Chimarrogale phaeura
Endangered
Borneo Bay Cat
Catopuma badia
Endangered
Dhole
Cuon alpinus
Endangered
Dugong
Dugong dugon
Vulnerable
Fishing Cat
Prionailurus viverrinus
Vulnerable
Greater Slow Loris
Nycticebus coucang
Endangered
Hairy Babirusa
Babyrousa babyrussa
VulnerableHeavenly Hill Rat
Bunomys coelestis
Endangered
Javan Rhinoceros
Rhinoceros sondaicus
Critically EndangeredKoopman's Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Chiropodomys karlkoopmani
Vulnerable
Lar Gibbon
Hylobates lar
Endangered
Large Flying-fox
Pteropus vampyrus
Endangered
Lowland Anoa
Bubalus depressicornis
Endangered
Malay Tapir
Tapirus indicus
Endangered
Mentawai Squirrel
Callosciurus melanogaster
Vulnerable
Mountain Anoa
Bubalus quarlesi
Endangered
Northern Free-tailed Bat
Mops johorensis
Vulnerable
Proboscis Monkey
Nasalis larvatus
Endangered
Sambar
Rusa unicolor
Vulnerable
Siamang
Symphalangus syndactylus
Endangered
Sulawesi Babirusa
Babyrousa celebensis
Vulnerable
Sulawesi Fruit Bat
Acerodon celebensis
Vulnerable
Sumatran Orangutan
Pongo abelii
Critically Endangered
Sumatran Rhinoceros
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis
Critically Endangered
Sun Bear
Helarctos malayanus
Vulnerable
Sunda Clouded Leopard
Neofelis diardi
Vulnerable
Sunda Fruit Bat
Acerodon mackloti
Vulnerable
Sunda Pangolin
Manis javanica
Critically Endangered
Talaud Fruit Bat
Acerodon humilis
EndangeredTambusisi Hill Rat
Bunomys prolatus
Vulnerable
Tapanuli Orangutan
Pongo tapanuliensis
Critically Endangered
Tiger
Panthera tigris
Endangered
Western Long-beaked Echidna
Zaglossus bruijnii
Critically EndangeredAndrew's Hill Rat
Bunomys andrewsi
Least Concern
Asiatic Brush-tailed Porcupine
Atherurus macrourus
Least Concern
Beccari's Shrew
Crocidura beccarii
Least Concern
Black Flying Squirrel
Aeromys tephromelas
Data Deficient
Black-capped Fruit Bat
Chironax melanocephalus
Least Concern
Black-striped Squirrel
Callosciurus nigrovittatus
Least Concern
Black-tailed Dasyure
Murexia melanura
Least Concern
Borneo Black-banded Squirrel
Callosciurus orestes
Least ConcernBroad-headed Tree Mouse
Chiruromys lamia
Least ConcernBuhler's Coryphomys
Coryphomys buehleri
Extinct
Common Hill Rat
Bunomys chrysocomus
Least Concern
Where to go from Indonesia
The countries in Asia that share the most species with Indonesia, 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.
