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Animals in Panama

33 mammal species are recorded in Panama in this dataset, 6 of them in a threatened Red List category. Panama 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 Panama.

They belong to 16 families, the best represented being Phyllostomidae (11), Procyonidae (3), Bradypodidae (2). By Red List category: 1 Critically Endangered, 3 Endangered, 2 Vulnerable, 2 Near Threatened, 25 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 Panama 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
6
Continent
North America
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Panama

The most threatened species in Panama

6 of the 6 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in Panama

  • Phyllostomidae 11
  • Procyonidae 3
  • Bradypodidae 2
  • Canidae 2
  • Didelphidae 2
  • Felidae 2
  • Soricidae 2
  • Aotidae 1

Every species recorded in Panama

All 33 of them, written profiles first.

Where to go from Panama

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