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Animals in Vietnam

42 mammal species are recorded in Vietnam in this dataset, 20 of them in a threatened Red List category. Vietnam 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 Vietnam.

They belong to 16 families, the best represented being Muridae (8), Felidae (5), Bovidae (4). By Red List category: 5 Critically Endangered, 5 Endangered, 10 Vulnerable, 2 Near Threatened, 20 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 Vietnam 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
20
Continent
Asia
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Vietnam

The most threatened species in Vietnam

8 of the 20 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in Vietnam

  • Muridae 8
  • Felidae 5
  • Bovidae 4
  • Sciuridae 4
  • Cervidae 3
  • Ursidae 3
  • Canidae 2
  • Hipposideridae 2

Every species recorded in Vietnam

All 42 of them, written profiles first.

Where to go from Vietnam

The countries in Asia that share the most species with Vietnam, 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.