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Animals in Malaysia

47 mammal species are recorded in Malaysia in this dataset, 23 of them in a threatened Red List category. Malaysia 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 Malaysia.

They belong to 23 families, the best represented being Sciuridae (10), Felidae (5), Muridae (4). By Red List category: 3 Critically Endangered, 11 Endangered, 9 Vulnerable, 4 Near Threatened, 17 Least Concern, 3 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 Malaysia is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 47 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
47
Threatened
23
Continent
Asia
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Malaysia

The most threatened species in Malaysia

8 of the 23 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in Malaysia

  • Sciuridae 10
  • Felidae 5
  • Muridae 4
  • Molossidae 3
  • Pteropodidae 3
  • Soricidae 3
  • Hipposideridae 2
  • Hylobatidae 2

Every species recorded in Malaysia

All 47 of them, written profiles first.

Where to go from Malaysia

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