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Animals in Laos

36 mammal species are recorded in Laos in this dataset, 18 of them in a threatened Red List category. Laos 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 Laos.

They belong to 16 families, the best represented being Muridae (7), Bovidae (4), Felidae (4). By Red List category: 5 Critically Endangered, 6 Endangered, 7 Vulnerable, 1 Near Threatened, 17 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 Laos is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 36 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
36
Threatened
18
Continent
Asia
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Laos

The most threatened species in Laos

8 of the 18 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in Laos

  • Muridae 7
  • Bovidae 4
  • Felidae 4
  • Sciuridae 4
  • Cervidae 2
  • Manidae 2
  • Molossidae 2
  • Ursidae 2

Every species recorded in Laos

All 36 of them, written profiles first.

Where to go from Laos

The countries in Asia that share the most species with Laos, 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.