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Animals in Norway

17 mammal species are recorded in Norway in this dataset, 3 of them in a threatened Red List category. Norway sits in Europe, where 124 species are recorded in total. Every species below is listed because the range description of its IUCN Red List assessment names Norway.

They belong to 13 families, the best represented being Balaenopteridae (2), Cervidae (2), Monodontidae (2). By Red List category: 3 Vulnerable, 1 Near Threatened, 12 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 Norway is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 17 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
17
Threatened
3
Continent
Europe
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Norway

The most threatened species in Norway

3 of the 3 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in Norway

  • Balaenopteridae 2
  • Cervidae 2
  • Monodontidae 2
  • Phocidae 2
  • Balaenidae 1
  • Bovidae 1
  • Canidae 1
  • Delphinidae 1

Every species recorded in Norway

All 17 of them, written profiles first.

Where to go from Norway

The countries in Europe that share the most species with Norway, 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.