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Animals in Nepal

33 mammal species are recorded in Nepal in this dataset, 17 of them in a threatened Red List category. Nepal 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 Nepal.

They belong to 16 families, the best represented being Felidae (7), Bovidae (4), Muridae (4). By Red List category: 1 Critically Endangered, 7 Endangered, 9 Vulnerable, 2 Near Threatened, 14 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 Nepal is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 33 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
33
Threatened
17
Continent
Asia
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Nepal

The most threatened species in Nepal

8 of the 17 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in Nepal

  • Felidae 7
  • Bovidae 4
  • Muridae 4
  • Cervidae 3
  • Cricetidae 2
  • Manidae 2
  • Sciuridae 2
  • Ailuridae 1

Every species recorded in Nepal

All 33 of them, written profiles first.

Where to go from Nepal

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