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Animals in Sri Lanka

12 mammal species are recorded in Sri Lanka in this dataset, 9 of them in a threatened Red List category. Sri Lanka sits in Asia, where 324 species are recorded in total. Every species below is listed because the range description of its IUCN Red List assessment names Sri Lanka.

They belong to 10 families, the best represented being Cervidae (2), Muridae (2), Balaenopteridae (1). By Red List category: 4 Endangered, 5 Vulnerable, 3 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 Sri Lanka is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 12 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
12
Threatened
9
Continent
Asia
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Sri Lanka

The most threatened species in Sri Lanka

8 of the 9 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in Sri Lanka

  • Cervidae 2
  • Muridae 2
  • Balaenopteridae 1
  • Dugongidae 1
  • Elephantidae 1
  • Felidae 1
  • Manidae 1
  • Physeteridae 1

Every species recorded in Sri Lanka

All 12 of them, written profiles first.

Where to go from Sri Lanka

The countries in Asia that share the most species with Sri Lanka, 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.