Animals in Iraq
7 mammal species are recorded in Iraq in this dataset, 1 of them in a threatened Red List category. Iraq 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 Iraq.
They belong to 6 families, the best represented being Bovidae (2), Calomyscidae (1), Cricetidae (1). By Red List category: 1 Vulnerable, 2 Near Threatened, 4 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 Iraq is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 7 of them have a full written profile.
- Species recorded
- 7
- Threatened
- 1
- Continent
- Asia
- Data updated
- August 9, 2026
Conservation status in Iraq
The most threatened species in Iraq
1 of the 1 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.
The families found in Iraq
- Bovidae 2
- Calomyscidae 1
- Cricetidae 1
- Dipodidae 1
- Hyaenidae 1
- Muridae 1
Every species recorded in Iraq
All 7 of them, written profiles first.
Arabian Oryx
Oryx leucoryx
Vulnerable
Cairo Spiny Mouse
Acomys cahirinus
Least Concern
Euphrates Jerboa
Scarturus euphratica
Least Concern
Grey Dwarf Hamster
Nothocricetulus migratorius
Least Concern
Mouse-like Hamster
Calomyscus bailwardi
Least Concern
Striped Hyaena
Hyaena hyaena
Near Threatened
Wild Goat
Capra aegagrus
Near Threatened
Where to go from Iraq
The countries in Asia that share the most species with Iraq, 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.