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Animals in Papua New Guinea

18 mammal species are recorded in Papua New Guinea in this dataset, 4 of them in a threatened Red List category. Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea.

They belong to 9 families, the best represented being Muridae (6), Dasyuridae (3), Hipposideridae (2). By Red List category: 1 Critically Endangered, 1 Endangered, 2 Vulnerable, 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 Papua New Guinea is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 18 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
18
Threatened
4
Continent
Oceania
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Papua New Guinea

The most threatened species in Papua New Guinea

4 of the 4 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in Papua New Guinea

  • Muridae 6
  • Dasyuridae 3
  • Hipposideridae 2
  • Molossidae 2
  • Burramyidae 1
  • Pteropodidae 1
  • Soricidae 1
  • Tachyglossidae 1

Every species recorded in Papua New Guinea

All 18 of them, written profiles first.

Where to go from Papua New Guinea

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