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Animals in Nicaragua

23 mammal species are recorded in Nicaragua in this dataset, 2 of them in a threatened Red List category. Nicaragua 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 Nicaragua.

They belong to 12 families, the best represented being Phyllostomidae (11), Procyonidae (2), Atelidae (1). By Red List category: 2 Endangered, 2 Near Threatened, 19 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 Nicaragua is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 23 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
23
Threatened
2
Continent
North America
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Nicaragua

The most threatened species in Nicaragua

2 of the 2 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in Nicaragua

  • Phyllostomidae 11
  • Procyonidae 2
  • Atelidae 1
  • Chlamyphoridae 1
  • Cricetidae 1
  • Cuniculidae 1
  • Didelphidae 1
  • Emballonuridae 1

Every species recorded in Nicaragua

All 23 of them, written profiles first.

Where to go from Nicaragua

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