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Animals in Uganda

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

They belong to 16 families, the best represented being Bovidae (9), Cercopithecidae (8), Muridae (7). By Red List category: 1 Critically Endangered, 2 Endangered, 5 Vulnerable, 5 Near Threatened, 28 Least Concern, 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 Uganda is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 42 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
42
Threatened
8
Continent
Africa
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Uganda

The most threatened species in Uganda

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

The families found in Uganda

  • Bovidae 9
  • Cercopithecidae 8
  • Muridae 7
  • Soricidae 3
  • Hominidae 2
  • Manidae 2
  • Mustelidae 2
  • Anomaluridae 1

Every species recorded in Uganda

All 42 of them, written profiles first.

Where to go from Uganda

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