Animals in Venezuela — page 2
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 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 51 to 58 of 58, written profiles first.

Silky Short-tailed Bat
Carollia brevicauda
Least Concern
South American Coati
Nasua nasua
Least Concern
Southern Tamandua
Tamandua tetradactyla
Least Concern
Spotted Paca
Cuniculus paca
Least Concern
Toltec Fruit-eating Bat
Dermanura tolteca
Least Concern
Velvety Fruit-eating Bat
Enchisthenes hartii
Least Concern
Woolly False Vampire Bat
Chrotopterus auritus
Least ConcernWrinkle-faced Bat
Centurio senex
Least Concern
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.
