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Animals in New Zealand

21 mammal species are recorded in New Zealand in this dataset, 5 of them in a threatened Red List category. New Zealand sits in Oceania, where 81 species are recorded in total. Every species below is listed because the range description of its IUCN Red List assessment names New Zealand.

They belong to 13 families, the best represented being Cervidae (5), Delphinidae (3), Balaenopteridae (2). By Red List category: 1 Critically Endangered, 2 Endangered, 2 Vulnerable, 2 Near Threatened, 13 Least Concern, 1 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 New Zealand is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 21 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
21
Threatened
5
Continent
Oceania
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in New Zealand

The most threatened species in New Zealand

5 of the 5 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in New Zealand

  • Cervidae 5
  • Delphinidae 3
  • Balaenopteridae 2
  • Leporidae 2
  • Balaenidae 1
  • Bovidae 1
  • Erinaceidae 1
  • Mustelidae 1

Every species recorded in New Zealand

All 21 of them, written profiles first.

Where to go from New Zealand

The countries in Oceania that share the most species with New Zealand, 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.