Animals in Kenya — page 2
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 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 51 to 70 of 70, written profiles first.

Naked Mole Rat
Heterocephalus glaber
Least Concern
Neumann's Arvicanthis
Arvicanthis neumanni
Least Concern
Olive Baboon
Papio anubis
Least Concern
Percival's Spiny Mouse
Acomys percivali
Least Concern
Percival's Trident Bat
Cloeotis percivali
Least Concern
Plains Zebra
Equus quagga
Near Threatened
Red-tailed Monkey
Cercopithecus ascanius
Least Concern
Rock Hyrax
Procavia capensis
Least Concern
Sable Antelope
Hippotragus niger
Least ConcernSide-striped Jackal
Lupulella adustus
Least Concern
Striped Hyaena
Hyaena hyaena
Near Threatened
Thomson's Gazelle
Eudorcas thomsonii
Least Concern
Topi
Damaliscus lunatus
Least Concern
Vermiculate Shrew
Crocidura xantippe
Least Concern
Vervet Monkey
Chlorocebus pygerythrus
Least Concern
Waterbuck
Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Least Concern
Weyns's Duiker
Cephalophus weynsi
Least Concern
White Rhinoceros
Ceratotherium simum
Near Threatened
Wilson's Spiny Mouse
Acomys wilsoni
Least Concern
Yellow-backed Duiker
Cephalophus silvicultor
Near Threatened
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.
