Animals in Jordan
9 mammal species are recorded in Jordan in this dataset, 2 of them in a threatened Red List category. Jordan 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 Jordan.
They belong to 6 families, the best represented being Muridae (3), Bovidae (2), Cricetidae (1). By Red List category: 2 Vulnerable, 1 Near Threatened, 6 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 Jordan is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 9 of them have a full written profile.
- Species recorded
- 9
- Threatened
- 2
- Continent
- Asia
- Data updated
- August 9, 2026
Conservation status in Jordan
The most threatened species in Jordan
2 of the 2 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.
The families found in Jordan
- Muridae 3
- Bovidae 2
- Cricetidae 1
- Dipodidae 1
- Hyaenidae 1
- Procaviidae 1
Every species recorded in Jordan
All 9 of them, written profiles first.

Arabian Oryx
Oryx leucoryx
Vulnerable
Nubian Ibex
Capra nubiana
Vulnerable
Cairo Spiny Mouse
Acomys cahirinus
Least Concern
Eastern Broad-toothed Field Mouse
Apodemus mystacinus
Least Concern
Euphrates Jerboa
Scarturus euphratica
Least Concern
European Snow Vole
Chionomys syriacus
Least Concern
Golden Spiny Mouse
Acomys russatus
Least Concern
Rock Hyrax
Procavia capensis
Least Concern
Striped Hyaena
Hyaena hyaena
Near Threatened
Where to go from Jordan
The countries in Asia that share the most species with Jordan, 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.
