Animals in Lesotho
5 mammal species are recorded in Lesotho in this dataset, none of them currently in a threatened Red List category. Lesotho 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 Lesotho.
They belong to 5 families, the best represented being Bovidae (1), Chrysochloridae (1), Muridae (1). By Red List category: 1 Near Threatened, 4 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 Lesotho is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 5 of them have a full written profile.
- Species recorded
- 5
- Threatened
- 0
- Continent
- Africa
- Data updated
- August 9, 2026
Conservation status in Lesotho
The families found in Lesotho
- Bovidae 1
- Chrysochloridae 1
- Muridae 1
- Mustelidae 1
- Soricidae 1
Every species recorded in Lesotho
All 5 of them, written profiles first.
Where to go from Lesotho
The countries in Africa that share the most species with Lesotho, 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.