Mammals Per Country

Nearly a quarter of Earth’s mammal species are on the edge of extinction!

Ranging from tiny bats to enormous whales, mammals hold vital roles in nature. They maintain the equilibrium of natural systems as apex and meso-predators. The number and safety of mammals vary significantly around the world, facing multiple dangers like habitat loss, climate change, pollution, and illegal or over hunting.

Understanding the distribution and conservation status of mammals in different regions is crucial for devising effective strategies to preserve their populations and the ecological services they provide, which are vital for the planet’s biodiversity and human well-being.

The table below shows the number of known mammal species in different countries, how many of them are Threatened with extinction, and how many are Endemic species (unique to one single country).

The table is sorted from the highest diversity to the lowest:

#	Country	Species	Threatened	% Threatened	Endemic	% Endemic
1	Indonesia	789	191	24.2%	295	37.4%
2	Brazil	779	80	10.3%	256	32.9%
3	Congo	739	15	2.0%	5	0.7%
4	China	722	73	10.1%	202	28.0%
5	Mexico	580	96	16.6%	212	36.6%
6	Peru	573	53	9.2%	87	15.2%
7	Colombia	531	58	10.9%	67	12.6%
8	DR Congo	507	32	6.3%	47	9.3%
9	United States	476	40	8.4%	104	21.8%
10	Niger	452	13	2.9%	0	0.0%
11	Ecuador	445	47	10.6%	60	13.5%
12	Sudan	444	16	3.6%	8	1.8%
13	India	438	93	21.2%	60	13.7%
14	Bolivia	416	21	5.0%	32	7.7%
15	Kenya	410	30	7.3%	23	5.6%
16	Venezuela	409	35	8.6%	34	8.3%
17	Argentina	407	38	9.3%	96	23.6%
18	Tanzania	405	41	10.1%	45	11.1%
19	Australia	387	63	16.3%	289	74.7%
20	Cameroon	370	46	12.4%	22	5.9%
21	Uganda	367	31	8.4%	3	0.8%
22	Malaysia	358	71	19.8%	34	9.5%
23	Vietnam	357	56	15.7%	30	8.4%
24	Myanmar	354	49	13.8%	9	2.5%
25	Thailand	345	59	17.1%	6	1.7%
26	Angola	333	18	5.4%	14	4.2%
27	Russia	325	34	10.5%	23	7.1%
28	South Africa	322	30	9.3%	40	12.4%
29	Ethiopia	316	34	10.8%	57	18.0%
30	Nigeria	315	31	9.8%	6	1.9%
31	Papua New Guinea	295	41	13.9%	92	31.2%
32	Ivory Coast	278	31	11.2%	2	70.0%
33	Ghana	275	21	7.6%	1	0.4%
34	Mozambique	265	17	6.4%	4	1.5%
35	Central Af. Rep.	261	16	6.1%	2	0.8%
35	Laos	261	45	17.2%	5	1.9%
37	Zambia	260	13	5.0%	7	2.7%
38	Panama	258	17	6.6%	19	7.4%
39	Madagascar	257	121	47.1%	217	84.4%
40	Costa Rica	256	11	4.3%	7	2.7%
40	Guyana	256	11	4.3%	0	0.0%
42	Guinea	254	30	11.8%	3	1.2%
43	South Sudan	244	14	5.7%	3	1.2%
44	Guatemala	243	15	6.2%	17	7.0%
45	Honduras	237	8	3.4%	9	3.8%
46	Philippines	236	38	16.1%	147	62.3%
47	Suriname	231	9	3.9%	2	0.9%
48	Canada	222	18	8.1%	7	3.2%
49	Nicaragua	219	7	3.2%	3	1.4%
50	Namibia	217	15	6.9%	3	1.4%
51	Iran	215	18	8.4%	9	4.2%
52	Liberia	212	24	11.3%	0	0.0%
52	Zimbabwe	212	10	4.7%	1	0.5%
54	Rwanda	211	24	11.4%	1	0.5%
55	Malawi	210	10	4.8%	3	1.4%
56	Sierra Leone	204	22	10.8%	0	0.0%
57	Benin	203	13	6.4%	0	0.0%
57	Cambodia	203	39	19.2%	1	0.5%
59	Gabon	202	18	8.9%	3	1.5%
59	Pakistan	202	25	12.4%	3	1.5%
61	Togo	201	13	6.5%	1	0.5%
62	Nepal	196	29	14.8%	2	1.0%
63	Senegal	194	19	9.8%	0	0.0%
64	Equatorial Guinea	187	23	12.3%	3	1.6%
64	Somalia	187	16	8.6%	9	4.8%
66	Brunei	183	33	18.0%	0	0.0%
67	Paraguay	180	10	5.6%	1	0.6%
68	Burundi	175	14	8.0%	1	0.6%
68	Kazakhstan	175	16	9.1%	4	2.3%
70	Turkey	173	19	11.0%	8	4.6%
71	Botswana	172	11	6.4%	0	0.0%
72	Chile	160	19	11.9%	15	9.4%
72	El Salvador	160	6	3.8%	0	0.0%
74	Mali	159	14	8.8%	1	0.6%
75	Belize	156	10	6.4%	0	0.0%
76	Japan	154	29	18.8%	46	29.9%
77	Bangladesh	152	37	24.3%	0	0.0%
78	Chad	150	16	10.7%	0	0.0%
79	Mongolia	148	11	7.4%	3	2.0%
80	Guinea-Bissau	143	14	9.8%	0	0.0%
81	Bhutan	142	25	17.6%	0	0.0%
82	Burkina Faso	140	9	6.4%	0	0.0%
83	France	139	9	6.5%	1	0.7%
84	Eswatini	138	9	6.5%	0	0.0%
85	Gambia	136	10	7.4%	0	0.0%
86	Afghanistan	135	11	8.1%	1	0.7%
87	Georgia	132	9	6.8%	0	0.0%
87	Morocco	132	18	13.6%	4	3.0%
89	Spain	130	17	13.1%	3	2.3%
90	Italy	128	8	6.3%	4	3.1%
90	Uruguay	128	10	7.8%	3	2.3%
92	Eritrea	126	15	11.9%	0	0.0%
93	Trinidad and Tobago	125	2	1.6%	1	0.8%
94	Sri Lanka	121	30	24.8%	18	14.9%
95	Mauritania	118	18	15.3%	2	1.7%
96	Greece	117	10	8.5%	2	1.7%
97	Israel	116	15	12.9%	0	0.0%
98	Egypt	114	18	15.8%	5	4.4%
99	Azerbaijan	112	8	7.1%	0	0.0%
99	North Korea	112	10	8.9%	0	0.0%
99	Ukraine	112	11	9.8%	3	2.7%
102	Algeria	109	14	12.8%	1	0.9%
103	Germany	107	5	4.7%	0	0.0%
103	Taiwan	107	0	0.0%	19	17.8%
103	Turkmenistan	107	10	9.3%	0	0.0%
106	Syria	105	14	13.3%	1	1.0%
107	Croatia	104	9	8.7%	0	0.0%
108	Portugal	103	13	12.6%	1	1.0%
108	Romania	103	9	8.7%	2	1.9%
110	Djibouti	102	11	10.8%	0	0.0%
111	Iraq	100	13	13.0%	0	0.0%
112	Uzbekistan	99	10	10.1%	0	0.0%
113	Armenia	98	9	9.2%	2	2.0%
113	Bulgaria	98	8	8.2%	1	1.0%
115	Bosnia and Herz.	96	4	4.2%	0	0.0%
115	Dominica	96	3	3.1%	1	1.0%
115	Saudi Arabia	96	11	11.5%	1	1.0%
118	Albania	94	3	3.2%	0	0.0%
118	Jordan	94	13	13.8%	0	0.0%
120	Poland	92	4	4.3%	1	1.1%
120	South Korea	92	12	13.0%	0	0.0%
122	Austria	91	3	3.3%	0	0.0%
122	Serbia	91	6	6.6%	0	0.0%
122	Singapore	91	14	15.4%	1	1.1%
122	Yemen	91	11	12.1%	4	4.4%
126	Slovenia	90	6	6.7%	0	0.0%
127	Kyrgyztan	89	5	5.6%	1	1.1%
128	Tunisia	88	14	15.9%	1	1.1%
129	Libya	87	10	11.5%	2	2.3%
129	Montenegro	87	6	6.9%	0	0.0%
129	Oman	87	10	11.5%	1	1.1%
129	Slovakia	87	4	4.6%	0	0.0%
133	Switzerland	86	3	3.5%	0	0.0%
134	Hungary	85	3	3.5%	0	0.0%
134	United Kingdom	85	5	5.9%	0	0.0%
136	Tajikistan	84	7	8.3%	0	0.0%
137	Norway	83	8	9.6%	0	0.0%
138	Belgium	82	2	2.4%	0	0.0%
138	North Macedonia	82	6	7.3%	0	0.0%
140	Lesotho	81	4	4.9%	0	0.0%
141	Lebanon	80	10	12.5%	0	0.0%
141	Netherlands	80	3	3.8%	0	0.0%
141	Sweden	80	1	1.3%	0	0.0%
144	Solomon Islands	79	19	24.1%	19	24.1%
145	Czech Republic	78	3	3.8%	0	0.0%
146	Kosovo	75	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
147	Moldova	74	4	5.4%	0	0.0%
148	Belarus	72	4	5.6%	0	0.0%
149	Denmark	71	2	2.8%	0	0.0%
150	Latvia	68	1	1.5%	0	0.0%
151	Cuba	66	10	15.2%	0	0.0%
152	Liechtenstein	65	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
152	Lithuania	65	2	3.1%	0	0.0%
152	East Timor	65	5	7.7%	1	1.5%
155	Estonia	64	1	1.6%	0	0.0%
155	Finland	64	2	3.1%	0	0.0%
157	Luxembourg	60	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
158	Dominican Republic	59	7	11.9%	0	0.0%
159	United Arab Emirates	58	8	13.8%	0	0.0%
160	Haiti	56	4	7.1%	7	12.5%
161	Ireland	53	5	9.4%	0	0.0%
162	Jamaica	49	7	14.3%	0	0.0%
162	New Zealand	49	9	18.4%	4	8.2%
164	Samoa	47	2	4.3%	2	4.3%
165	Kuwait	42	7	16.7%	0	0.0%
166	Cyprus	41	6	14.6%	1	2.4%
166	Grenada	41	3	7.3%	1	2.4%
166	Puerto Rico	41	2	4.9%	1	2.4%
169	Bahamas	40	5	12.5%	1	2.5%
170	New Caledonia	37	9	24.3%	6	16.2%
170	Qatar	37	4	10.8%	0	0.0%
172	Comoros	36	5	13.9%	4	11.1%
172	St. Vincent & Grenadines	36	2	5.6%	2	5.6%
174	Andorra	34	2	5.9%	0	0.0%
174	Antigua and Barbuda	34	2	5.9%	0	0.0%
174	Saint Lucia	34	2	5.9%	1	2.9%
177	Barbados	33	3	9.1%	0	0.0%
177	Vanuatu	33	8	24.2%	2	6.1%
179	Aruba	32	2	6.3%	0	0.2%
179	Cabo Verde	32	4	12.5%	0	0.0%
179	Cayman Islands	32	1	3.1%	19	59.4%
179	St. Kitts and Nevis	32	2	6.3%	0	0.0%
183	Iceland	31	6	19.4%	0	0.0%
183	Seychelles	31	6	19.4%	3	9.7%
183	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	31	1	3.2%	0	0.0%
186	British Virgin Islands	30	1	3.3%	0	0.0%
187	Bermuda	29	4	13.8%	0	0.0%
187	Fiji	29	7	24.1%	1	3.4%
189	Mauritius	28	7	25.0%	2	7.1%
189	Turks and Caicos	28	2	7.1%	0	0.0%
191	Maldives	26	2	7.7%	0	0.0%
192	Bahrain	25	3	12.0%	0	0.0%
193	Malta	24	2	8.3%	0	0.0%
193	Micronesia	24	5	20.8%	3	12.5%
193	Palau	24	4	16.7%	2	8.3%
196	Guam	23	3	13.0%	1	4.3%
196	Nort. Mariana Is.	23	3	13.0%	0	0.0%
198	Kiribati	22	2	9.1%	0	0.0%
198	Tonga	22	2	9.1%	0	0.0%
200	American Samoa	21	1	4.8%	0	0.0%
200	French Polynesia	21	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
200	Nauru	21	2	9.5%	0	0.0%
200	Tuvalu	21	2	9.5%	0	0.0%
204	Marshall Islands	20	1	5.0%	0	0.0%

Data taken from ASM Mammal Diversity Database, April 2024.
Different sources provide varying data as biological taxonomy frequently changes with new species discoveries and reclassifications of organisms.

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