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Animals in Venezuela

58 mammal species are recorded in Venezuela in this dataset, 10 of them in a threatened Red List category. Venezuela sits in South America, where 232 species are recorded in total. Every species below is listed because the range description of its IUCN Red List assessment names Venezuela.

They belong to 22 families, the best represented being Phyllostomidae (23), Cricetidae (4), Canidae (3). By Red List category: 1 Critically Endangered, 2 Endangered, 7 Vulnerable, 3 Near Threatened, 45 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 Venezuela is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 58 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
58
Threatened
10
Continent
South America
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Venezuela

The most threatened species in Venezuela

8 of the 10 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in Venezuela

  • Phyllostomidae 23
  • Cricetidae 4
  • Canidae 3
  • Aotidae 2
  • Atelidae 2
  • Bradypodidae 2
  • Chlamyphoridae 2
  • Cuniculidae 2

Every species recorded in Venezuela

Species 1 to 50 of 58, written profiles first.

Where to go from Venezuela

The countries in South America that share the most species with Venezuela, 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.