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Animals in Malawi

19 mammal species are recorded in Malawi in this dataset, 4 of them in a threatened Red List category. Malawi 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 Malawi.

They belong to 11 families, the best represented being Bovidae (6), Cercopithecidae (2), Molossidae (2). By Red List category: 1 Critically Endangered, 1 Endangered, 2 Vulnerable, 15 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 Malawi is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 19 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
19
Threatened
4
Continent
Africa
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Malawi

The most threatened species in Malawi

4 of the 4 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in Malawi

  • Bovidae 6
  • Cercopithecidae 2
  • Molossidae 2
  • Muridae 2
  • Anomaluridae 1
  • Erinaceidae 1
  • Hipposideridae 1
  • Manidae 1

Every species recorded in Malawi

All 19 of them, written profiles first.

Where to go from Malawi

The countries in Africa that share the most species with Malawi, 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.