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Animals in Taiwan

8 mammal species are recorded in Taiwan in this dataset, 1 of them in a threatened Red List category. Taiwan 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 Taiwan.

They belong to 6 families, the best represented being Muridae (2), Sciuridae (2), Bovidae (1). By Red List category: 1 Critically Endangered, 1 Near Threatened, 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 Taiwan is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 8 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
8
Threatened
1
Continent
Asia
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Taiwan

The most threatened species in Taiwan

1 of the 1 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in Taiwan

  • Muridae 2
  • Sciuridae 2
  • Bovidae 1
  • Cervidae 1
  • Hipposideridae 1
  • Manidae 1

Every species recorded in Taiwan

All 8 of them, written profiles first.

Where to go from Taiwan

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