Animals in Western Sahara
4 mammal species are recorded in Western Sahara in this dataset, 3 of them in a threatened Red List category. Western Sahara 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 Western Sahara.
They belong to 3 families, the best represented being Bovidae (2), Canidae (1), Phocidae (1). By Red List category: 1 Critically Endangered, 1 Endangered, 1 Vulnerable, 1 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 Western Sahara is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 4 of them have a full written profile.
- Species recorded
- 4
- Threatened
- 3
- Continent
- Africa
- Data updated
- August 9, 2026
Conservation status in Western Sahara
The most threatened species in Western Sahara
3 of the 3 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.
The families found in Western Sahara
- Bovidae 2
- Canidae 1
- Phocidae 1
Every species recorded in Western Sahara
All 4 of them, written profiles first.
Where to go from Western Sahara
The countries in Africa that share the most species with Western Sahara, 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.