Animals in Libya
9 mammal species are recorded in Libya in this dataset, 3 of them in a threatened Red List category. Libya 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 Libya.
They belong to 6 families, the best represented being Bovidae (3), Ctenodactylidae (2), Canidae (1). By Red List category: 1 Critically Endangered, 1 Endangered, 1 Vulnerable, 4 Least Concern, 2 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 Libya is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 9 of them have a full written profile.
- Species recorded
- 9
- Threatened
- 3
- Continent
- Africa
- Data updated
- August 9, 2026
Conservation status in Libya
The most threatened species in Libya
3 of the 3 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.
The families found in Libya
- Bovidae 3
- Ctenodactylidae 2
- Canidae 1
- Dipodidae 1
- Hystricidae 1
- Muridae 1
Every species recorded in Libya
All 9 of them, written profiles first.
Addax
Addax nasomaculatus
Critically Endangered
Aoudad
Ammotragus lervia
Vulnerable
Scimitar-horned Oryx
Oryx dammah
Endangered
Cairo Spiny Mouse
Acomys cahirinus
Least Concern
Crested Porcupine
Hystrix cristata
Least Concern
Fennec Fox
Vulpes zerda
Least Concern
Four-toed Jerboa
Allactaga tetradactyla
Data Deficient
North African Gundi
Ctenodactylus gundi
Least Concern
Val's Gundi
Ctenodactylus vali
Data Deficient
Where to go from Libya
The countries in Africa that share the most species with Libya, 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.