Animals in Timor-Leste
3 mammal species are recorded in Timor-Leste in this dataset, 1 of them in a threatened Red List category. Timor-Leste 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 Timor-Leste.
They belong to 3 families, the best represented being Muridae (1), Pteropodidae (1), Soricidae (1). By Red List category: 1 Extinct, 1 Endangered, 1 Data Deficient.
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 Timor-Leste is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 3 of them have a full written profile.
- Species recorded
- 3
- Threatened
- 1
- Continent
- Asia
- Data updated
- August 9, 2026
Conservation status in Timor-Leste
The most threatened species in Timor-Leste
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 Timor-Leste
- Muridae 1
- Pteropodidae 1
- Soricidae 1
Every species recorded in Timor-Leste
All 3 of them, written profiles first.
Where to go from Timor-Leste
The countries in Asia that share the most species with Timor-Leste, 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.