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Animals in Rwanda

18 mammal species are recorded in Rwanda in this dataset, 4 of them in a threatened Red List category. Rwanda sits in Africa, where 267 species are recorded in total. Every species below is listed because the range description of its IUCN Red List assessment names Rwanda.

They belong to 9 families, the best represented being Cercopithecidae (6), Bovidae (3), Muridae (2). By Red List category: 1 Critically Endangered, 3 Vulnerable, 3 Near Threatened, 11 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 Rwanda 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
Africa
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Rwanda

The most threatened species in Rwanda

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 Rwanda

  • Cercopithecidae 6
  • Bovidae 3
  • Muridae 2
  • Soricidae 2
  • Anomaluridae 1
  • Herpestidae 1
  • Hominidae 1
  • Mustelidae 1

Every species recorded in Rwanda

All 18 of them, written profiles first.

Where to go from Rwanda

The countries in Africa that share the most species with Rwanda, 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.