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Animals in Mexico

79 mammal species are recorded in Mexico in this dataset, 9 of them in a threatened Red List category. Mexico sits in North America, where 155 species are recorded in total. Every species below is listed because the range description of its IUCN Red List assessment names Mexico.

They belong to 36 families, the best represented being Phyllostomidae (14), Heteromyidae (12), Felidae (6). By Red List category: 1 Critically Endangered, 3 Endangered, 5 Vulnerable, 6 Near Threatened, 64 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 Mexico is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 79 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
79
Threatened
9
Continent
North America
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Mexico

The most threatened species in Mexico

8 of the 9 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in Mexico

  • Phyllostomidae 14
  • Heteromyidae 12
  • Felidae 6
  • Bovidae 3
  • Didelphidae 3
  • Atelidae 2
  • Canidae 2
  • Cervidae 2

Every species recorded in Mexico

Species 1 to 50 of 79, written profiles first.

Where to go from Mexico

The countries in North America that share the most species with Mexico, 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.