Animals in Liberia
21 mammal species are recorded in Liberia in this dataset, 8 of them in a threatened Red List category. Liberia 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 Liberia.
They belong to 8 families, the best represented being Bovidae (6), Cercopithecidae (4), Anomaluridae (3). By Red List category: 7 Endangered, 1 Vulnerable, 4 Near Threatened, 8 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 Liberia is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 21 of them have a full written profile.
- Species recorded
- 21
- Threatened
- 8
- Continent
- Africa
- Data updated
- August 9, 2026
Conservation status in Liberia
The most threatened species in Liberia
8 of the 8 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

Diana Monkey
Cercopithecus diana
Endangered
Giant Ground Pangolin
Smutsia gigantea
Endangered
Jentink's Duiker
Cephalophus jentinki
Endangered
King Colobus
Colobus polykomos
Endangered
Pygmy Hippopotamus
Choeropsis liberiensis
Endangered
White-bellied Pangolin
Phataginus tricuspis
Endangered
White-naped Mangabey
Cercocebus lunulatus
Endangered
Zebra Duiker
Cephalophus zebra
Vulnerable
The families found in Liberia
- Bovidae 6
- Cercopithecidae 4
- Anomaluridae 3
- Soricidae 3
- Manidae 2
- Hippopotamidae 1
- Hystricidae 1
- Muridae 1
Every species recorded in Liberia
All 21 of them, written profiles first.

Diana Monkey
Cercopithecus diana
Endangered
Giant Ground Pangolin
Smutsia gigantea
Endangered
Jentink's Duiker
Cephalophus jentinki
Endangered
King Colobus
Colobus polykomos
Endangered
Pygmy Hippopotamus
Choeropsis liberiensis
Endangered
White-bellied Pangolin
Phataginus tricuspis
Endangered
White-naped Mangabey
Cercocebus lunulatus
Endangered
Zebra Duiker
Cephalophus zebra
Vulnerable
African Brush-tailed Porcupine
Atherurus africanus
Least Concern
African Wading Rat
Colomys goslingi
Least Concern
Bay Duiker
Cephalophus dorsalis
Near Threatened
Black Duiker
Cephalophus niger
Least Concern
Dwarf Scaly-tailed Squirrel
Anomalurus pusillus
Least Concern
Greenwood's Shrew
Crocidura greenwoodi
Least Concern
Lord Derby's Scaly-tailed Squirrel
Anomalurus derbianus
Least Concern
Maxwell's Duiker
Philantomba maxwellii
Least Concern
Nimba Shrew
Crocidura nimbae
Near Threatened
Pel's Flying Squirrel
Anomalurus pelii
Least Concern
Spot-nosed Monkey
Cercopithecus petaurista
Near Threatened
Ultimate Shrew
Crocidura ultima
Data Deficient
Yellow-backed Duiker
Cephalophus silvicultor
Near Threatened
Where to go from Liberia
The countries in Africa that share the most species with Liberia, 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.
