Animals in Italy
11 mammal species are recorded in Italy in this dataset, none of them currently in a threatened Red List category. Italy sits in Europe, where 124 species are recorded in total. Every species below is listed because the range description of its IUCN Red List assessment names Italy.
They belong to 6 families, the best represented being Sciuridae (3), Bovidae (2), Canidae (2). By Red List category: 1 Near Threatened, 10 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 Italy is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 11 of them have a full written profile.
- Species recorded
- 11
- Threatened
- 0
- Continent
- Europe
- Data updated
- August 9, 2026
Conservation status in Italy
The families found in Italy
- Sciuridae 3
- Bovidae 2
- Canidae 2
- Muridae 2
- Erinaceidae 1
- Hystricidae 1
Every species recorded in Italy
All 11 of them, written profiles first.
Alpine Field Mouse
Apodemus alpicola
Least Concern
Alpine Ibex
Capra ibex
Least Concern
Alpine Marmot
Marmota marmota
Least Concern
Crested Porcupine
Hystrix cristata
Least Concern
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
Least Concern
Golden Jackal
Canis aureus
Least Concern
Grey Wolf
Canis lupus
Least Concern
Long-tailed Field Mouse
Apodemus sylvaticus
Least Concern
Northern Chamois
Rupicapra rupicapra
Least Concern
Variable Squirrel
Callosciurus finlaysonii
Least Concern
Western European Hedgehog
Erinaceus europaeus
Near Threatened
Where to go from Italy
The countries in Europe that share the most species with Italy, 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.