Animals in Tanzania — page 2
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 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 51 to 61 of 61, written profiles first.

Red Rock Rat
Aethomys chrysophilus
Least Concern
Red-tailed Monkey
Cercopithecus ascanius
Least Concern
Sable Antelope
Hippotragus niger
Least ConcernSide-striped Jackal
Lupulella adustus
Least Concern
Striped Hyaena
Hyaena hyaena
Near Threatened
Thomson's Gazelle
Eudorcas thomsonii
Least Concern
Topi
Damaliscus lunatus
Least Concern
Vermiculate Shrew
Crocidura xantippe
Least Concern
Vervet Monkey
Chlorocebus pygerythrus
Least Concern
Waterbuck
Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Least Concern
Wilson's Spiny Mouse
Acomys wilsoni
Least Concern
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.
