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Animals in Iran

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

They belong to 13 families, the best represented being Calomyscidae (6), Felidae (4), Dipodidae (3). By Red List category: 3 Vulnerable, 5 Near Threatened, 15 Least Concern, 3 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 Iran is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 26 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
26
Threatened
3
Continent
Asia
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Iran

The most threatened species in Iran

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 Iran

  • Calomyscidae 6
  • Felidae 4
  • Dipodidae 3
  • Bovidae 2
  • Cricetidae 2
  • Muridae 2
  • Canidae 1
  • Equidae 1

Every species recorded in Iran

All 26 of them, written profiles first.

Where to go from Iran

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