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Animals in Kenya

70 mammal species are recorded in Kenya in this dataset, 14 of them in a threatened Red List category. Kenya sits in Africa, where 267 species are recorded in total. Every species below is listed because the range description of its IUCN Red List assessment names Kenya.

They belong to 25 families, the best represented being Bovidae (17), Muridae (10), Cercopithecidae (8). By Red List category: 2 Critically Endangered, 5 Endangered, 7 Vulnerable, 9 Near Threatened, 46 Least Concern, 1 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 Kenya is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 70 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
70
Threatened
14
Continent
Africa
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Kenya

The most threatened species in Kenya

8 of the 14 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in Kenya

  • Bovidae 17
  • Muridae 10
  • Cercopithecidae 8
  • Soricidae 7
  • Canidae 3
  • Equidae 2
  • Felidae 2
  • Hystricidae 2

Every species recorded in Kenya

Species 1 to 50 of 70, written profiles first.

Where to go from Kenya

The countries in Africa that share the most species with Kenya, 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.