Animals in Switzerland
6 mammal species are recorded in Switzerland in this dataset, none of them currently in a threatened Red List category. Switzerland sits in Europe, where 124 species are recorded in total. Every species below is listed because the range description of its IUCN Red List assessment names Switzerland.
They belong to 3 families, the best represented being Muridae (3), Bovidae (2), Sciuridae (1). By Red List category: 6 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 Switzerland is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 6 of them have a full written profile.
- Species recorded
- 6
- Threatened
- 0
- Continent
- Europe
- Data updated
- August 9, 2026
Conservation status in Switzerland
The families found in Switzerland
- Muridae 3
- Bovidae 2
- Sciuridae 1
Every species recorded in Switzerland
All 6 of them, written profiles first.
Where to go from Switzerland
The countries in Europe that share the most species with Switzerland, 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.