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Animals in Peru

87 mammal species are recorded in Peru in this dataset, 16 of them in a threatened Red List category. Peru sits in South America, where 232 species are recorded in total. Every species below is listed because the range description of its IUCN Red List assessment names Peru.

They belong to 28 families, the best represented being Cricetidae (27), Phyllostomidae (19), Pitheciidae (4). By Red List category: 2 Critically Endangered, 7 Endangered, 7 Vulnerable, 6 Near Threatened, 64 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 Peru is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 87 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
87
Threatened
16
Continent
South America
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Peru

The most threatened species in Peru

8 of the 16 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in Peru

  • Cricetidae 27
  • Phyllostomidae 19
  • Pitheciidae 4
  • Cebidae 3
  • Didelphidae 3
  • Atelidae 2
  • Camelidae 2
  • Canidae 2

Every species recorded in Peru

Species 1 to 50 of 87, written profiles first.

Where to go from Peru

The countries in South America that share the most species with Peru, 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.