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Animals in Tanzania

61 mammal species are recorded in Tanzania in this dataset, 15 of them in a threatened Red List category. Tanzania 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 Tanzania.

They belong to 23 families, the best represented being Bovidae (15), Muridae (10), Cercopithecidae (7). By Red List category: 1 Critically Endangered, 6 Endangered, 8 Vulnerable, 5 Near Threatened, 41 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 Tanzania is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 61 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
61
Threatened
15
Continent
Africa
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Tanzania

The most threatened species in Tanzania

8 of the 15 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in Tanzania

  • Bovidae 15
  • Muridae 10
  • Cercopithecidae 7
  • Soricidae 5
  • Canidae 3
  • Felidae 2
  • Hystricidae 2
  • Molossidae 2

Every species recorded in Tanzania

Species 1 to 50 of 61, written profiles first.

Where to go from Tanzania

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