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Animals in Somalia

27 mammal species are recorded in Somalia in this dataset, 2 of them in a threatened Red List category. Somalia 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 Somalia.

They belong to 12 families, the best represented being Muridae (11), Bovidae (4), Cercopithecidae (2). By Red List category: 1 Endangered, 1 Vulnerable, 3 Near Threatened, 20 Least Concern, 2 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 Somalia is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 27 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
27
Threatened
2
Continent
Africa
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Somalia

The most threatened species in Somalia

2 of the 2 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in Somalia

  • Muridae 11
  • Bovidae 4
  • Cercopithecidae 2
  • Hyaenidae 2
  • Canidae 1
  • Chrysochloridae 1
  • Emballonuridae 1
  • Equidae 1

Every species recorded in Somalia

All 27 of them, written profiles first.

Where to go from Somalia

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