Animals in Maldives
One mammal species is recorded in Maldives in this dataset, and it is in a threatened Red List category. Maldives 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 Maldives.
It belongs to the family Balaenopteridae. By Red List category: 1 Endangered.
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 Maldives is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. It has a full written profile.
- Species recorded
- 1
- Threatened
- 1
- Continent
- Asia
- Data updated
- August 9, 2026
Conservation status in Maldives
The most threatened species in Maldives
1 of the 1 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.
The families found in Maldives
- Balaenopteridae 1
Every species recorded in Maldives
All 1 of them, written profiles first.
Where to go from Maldives
The countries in Asia that share the most species with Maldives, 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.