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Animals in South Sudan

11 mammal species are recorded in South Sudan in this dataset, 2 of them in a threatened Red List category. South Sudan 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 South Sudan.

They belong to 7 families, the best represented being Bovidae (4), Cercopithecidae (2), Bathyergidae (1). By Red List category: 2 Vulnerable, 2 Near Threatened, 7 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 South Sudan is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 11 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
11
Threatened
2
Continent
Africa
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in South Sudan

The most threatened species in South Sudan

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 South Sudan

  • Bovidae 4
  • Cercopithecidae 2
  • Bathyergidae 1
  • Equidae 1
  • Felidae 1
  • Manidae 1
  • Muridae 1

Every species recorded in South Sudan

All 11 of them, written profiles first.

Where to go from South Sudan

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