# Mammals of Somalia: all 191 species on record > Every mammal species with a record from Somalia in GBIF: 191 species, each with its family, IUCN Red List category and number of records, plus summaries by group and threat level. Source page: https://calankii.com/en/nature/mammals-of-somalia/ Last checked: 2026-11-13 Publisher: Calankii (https://calankii.com) ## In short The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an international open database that pools species records from museums, herbaria, scientists and members of the public. On 12 November 2026 it held records of 191 mammal species with Somalia as the country ([GBIF occurrence search, mammals, Somalia](https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?country=SO&taxon_key=359)). By order, the species on record are ([GBIF Backbone Taxonomy](https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei)): - Rodents (Rodentia): 45 - Bats (Chiroptera): 44 - Even-toed hoofed mammals (Artiodactyla), such as antelopes, gazelles, giraffes and wild pigs: 34 - Carnivores (Carnivora), such as lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, jackals and mongooses: 28 - Primates (Primates): 10 - Whales and dolphins (Cetacea): 7 - Shrews (Soricomorpha): 7 - Odd-toed hoofed mammals (Perissodactyla), the wild ass, zebras and rhinoceros: 4 - Hedgehogs (Erinaceomorpha): 3 - Elephant shrews or sengis (Macroscelidea): 3 - Hyraxes (Hyracoidea): 2 - Hares (Lagomorpha): 2 - Golden moles (Afrosoricida): 1, the [Somali golden mole](/en/nature/somali-golden-mole/) - Elephants (Proboscidea): 1, the African elephant ## Species under threat The IUCN Red List places these Somali-recorded mammals in a threatened category ([GBIF species API, IUCN Red List category](https://techdocs.gbif.org/en/openapi/v1/species)): - Critically Endangered: African wild ass ([Somali wild ass](/en/nature/somali-wild-ass/)) and black rhinoceros. - Endangered: African elephant, African wild dog, Grevy's zebra, East African oryx, Speke's gazelle and slender-horned gazelle. - Vulnerable: lion, leopard, cheetah, hippopotamus, sperm whale, Soemmerring's gazelle, Clark's gazelle (dibatag), beira, dorcas gazelle, Arabian gazelle and the Seychelles free-tailed bat. ## How to read this list A species is on this list when GBIF holds at least one record of it from Somalia. A record can be a museum specimen from the 1890s, a sighting shared through eBird or iNaturalist, or a specimen cited in a scientific paper. Some records are old, and a few may be misidentified, so this is a list of records, not of what lives in Somalia today. Of the 191 species, 35 have only one record. ## Red List summary - Critically Endangered (CR): 2 - Endangered (EN): 6 - Vulnerable (VU): 11 - Near Threatened (NT): 5 - Least Concern (LC): 140 - Data Deficient (DD): 13 - Not Evaluated (NE): 14 Categories are from the IUCN Red List as published through GBIF ([GBIF species API, IUCN Red List category](https://techdocs.gbif.org/en/openapi/v1/species)). ## Largest families - Muridae: 34 species - Bovidae: 30 species - Vespertilionidae: 13 species - Herpestidae: 7 species - Soricidae: 7 species - Canidae: 6 species - Felidae: 6 species - Cercopithecidae: 6 species - Delphinidae: 5 species - Hipposideridae: 5 species ## Full list (191 species) Each name links to its Calankii page where one exists, otherwise to its GBIF species page. "Records in Somalia" is the number of GBIF occurrence records with Somalia as the country, counted on 12 November 2026 ([GBIF occurrence search, Somalia](https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?country=SO)). The same rows, with Wikidata ids and more columns, are in the open data file [species-recorded-in-somalia.csv](/data/nature/species-recorded-in-somalia.csv). This list is in 2 parts: **1** · [2](/en/nature/mammals-of-somalia-2/) | Name | Scientific name | Family | Red List | Records in Somalia | |---|---|---|---|---| | [naked mole rat](/en/nature/mammals-of-somalia/) | *Heterocephalus glaber* | Bathyergidae | LC | 25 | | [hartebeest](https://www.gbif.org/species/5220185) | *Alcelaphus buselaphus* | Bovidae | LC | 39 | | [Clark's gazelle](https://www.gbif.org/species/2441128) | *Ammodorcas clarkei* | Bovidae | VU | 29 | | [domestic goat](https://www.gbif.org/species/2441056) | *Capra hircus* | Bovidae | NE | 11 | | [Natal Red Duiker](https://www.gbif.org/species/2441168) | *Cephalophus natalensis* | Bovidae | LC | 1 | | [topi](https://www.gbif.org/species/7261430) | *Damaliscus korrigum* | Bovidae | NE | 2 | | [Beira](https://www.gbif.org/species/2441197) | *Dorcatragus megalotis* | Bovidae | VU | 19 | | [Thomson's gazelle](https://www.gbif.org/species/7261427) | *Eudorcas thomsonii* | Bovidae | LC | 1 | | [Arabian gazelle](https://www.gbif.org/species/5220158) | *Gazella arabica* | Bovidae | VU | 9 | | [Dorcas gazelle](https://www.gbif.org/species/5220149) | *Gazella dorcas* | Bovidae | VU | 53 | | [Slender-horned Gazelle](https://www.gbif.org/species/5220150) | *Gazella leptoceros* | Bovidae | EN | 3 | | [Speke's Gazelle](https://www.gbif.org/species/5220157) | *Gazella spekei* | Bovidae | EN | 59 | | [waterbuck](https://www.gbif.org/species/5220160) | *Kobus ellipsiprymnus* | Bovidae | LC | 8 | | [Gerenuk](https://www.gbif.org/species/2441093) | *Litocranius walleri* | Bovidae | NT | 102 | | [Gunther's dik-dik](https://www.gbif.org/species/2441003) | *Madoqua guentheri* | Bovidae | LC | 9 | | [Kirk's dik-dik](https://www.gbif.org/species/2441001) | *Madoqua kirkii* | Bovidae | LC | 7 | | [Phillips's Dik-dik](https://www.gbif.org/species/8622468) | *Madoqua phillipsi* | Bovidae | NE | 24 | | [Piacentini's Dikdik](https://www.gbif.org/species/2441000) | *Madoqua piacentinii* | Bovidae | DD | 3 | | [Salt's Dik-dik](https://www.gbif.org/species/2441002) | *Madoqua saltiana* | Bovidae | LC | 64 | | [Grant's gazelle](https://www.gbif.org/species/7261447) | *Nanger granti* | Bovidae | LC | 3 | | [Soemmerring's gazelle](https://www.gbif.org/species/7261449) | *Nanger soemmerringii* | Bovidae | VU | 88 | | [klipspringer](https://www.gbif.org/species/2441044) | *Oreotragus oreotragus* | Bovidae | LC | 11 | | [East African oryx](https://www.gbif.org/species/5706393) | *Oryx beisa* | Bovidae | EN | 58 | | [gemsbok](https://www.gbif.org/species/5220166) | *Oryx gazella* | Bovidae | LC | 2 | | [oribi](https://www.gbif.org/species/2441135) | *Ourebia ourebi* | Bovidae | LC | 3 | | [domestic sheep](https://www.gbif.org/species/2441110) | *Ovis aries* | Bovidae | NE | 11 | | [bohor reedbuck](https://www.gbif.org/species/2441038) | *Redunca redunca* | Bovidae | LC | 1 | | [common duiker](https://www.gbif.org/species/2441187) | *Sylvicapra grimmia* | Bovidae | LC | 3 | | [lesser kudu](https://www.gbif.org/species/5220177) | *Tragelaphus imberbis* | Bovidae | NT | 42 | | [bushbuck](https://www.gbif.org/species/5220182) | *Tragelaphus scriptus* | Bovidae | LC | 1 | | [greater kudu](https://www.gbif.org/species/5220183) | *Tragelaphus strepsiceros* | Bovidae | LC | 33 | | [Arabian Camel](https://www.gbif.org/species/9055455) | *Camelus dromedarius* | Camelidae | NE | 5 | | [golden jackal](https://www.gbif.org/species/5219219) | *Canis aureus* | Canidae | LC | 4 | | [African Golden Wolf](https://www.gbif.org/species/8702600) | *Canis lupaster* | Canidae | LC | 8 | | [black-backed jackal](https://www.gbif.org/species/5219216) | *Canis mesomelas* | Canidae | LC | 10 | | [African wild dog](https://www.gbif.org/species/5219317) | *Lycaon pictus* | Canidae | EN | 5 | | [bat-eared fox](https://www.gbif.org/species/2434349) | *Otocyon megalotis* | Canidae | LC | 4 | | [sand fox](https://www.gbif.org/species/5219297) | *Vulpes rueppellii* | Canidae | LC | 1 | | [blue monkey](https://www.gbif.org/species/5219578) | *Cercopithecus mitis* | Cercopithecidae | LC | 10 | | [vervet monkey](https://www.gbif.org/species/2436566) | *Chlorocebus aethiops* | Cercopithecidae | LC | 3 | | [vervet monkey](https://www.gbif.org/species/7262034) | *Chlorocebus pygerythrus* | Cercopithecidae | LC | 3 | | [mantled guereza](https://www.gbif.org/species/5963045) | *Colobus guereza* | Cercopithecidae | LC | 3 | | [yellow baboon](https://www.gbif.org/species/7262027) | *Papio cynocephalus* | Cercopithecidae | LC | 11 | | [Hamadryas baboon](https://www.gbif.org/species/5219586) | *Papio hamadryas* | Cercopithecidae | LC | 27 | | [Somali Golden Mole](/en/nature/somali-golden-mole/) | *Calcochloris tytonis* | Chrysochloridae | DD | 3 | | [Crested Rat](https://www.gbif.org/species/5219729) | *Lophiomys imhausi* | Cricetidae | LC | 2 | | [Speke's gundi](https://www.gbif.org/species/2439825) | *Pectinator spekei* | Ctenodactylidae | LC | 22 | | [short-beaked common dolphin](https://www.gbif.org/species/8324617) | *Delphinus delphis* | Delphinidae | LC | 19 | | [Risso's dolphin](https://www.gbif.org/species/5220027) | *Grampus griseus* | Delphinidae | LC | 1 | | [pantropical spotted dolphin](https://www.gbif.org/species/5220050) | *Stenella attenuata* | Delphinidae | LC | 1 | | [Spinner Dolphin](https://www.gbif.org/species/5220060) | *Stenella longirostris* | Delphinidae | LC | 5 | | [common bottlenose dolphin](https://www.gbif.org/species/2440447) | *Tursiops truncatus* | Delphinidae | LC | 1 | | [lesser Egyptian jerboa](https://www.gbif.org/species/5219895) | *Jaculus jaculus* | Dipodidae | LC | 2 | | [African elephant](https://www.gbif.org/species/2435350) | *Loxodonta africana* | Elephantidae | EN | 1 | | [African Sheath-tailed Bat](https://www.gbif.org/species/2433088) | *Coleura afra* | Emballonuridae | LC | 218 | | [Mauritian Tomb Bat](https://www.gbif.org/species/5218741) | *Taphozous mauritianus* | Emballonuridae | LC | 7 | | [Naked-rumped Tomb Bat](https://www.gbif.org/species/5218737) | *Taphozous nudiventris* | Emballonuridae | LC | 2 | | [African wild ass](https://www.gbif.org/species/5787168) | *Equus africanus* | Equidae | CR | 11 | | [donkey](https://www.gbif.org/species/2440891) | *Equus asinus* | Equidae | NE | 3 | | [Grevy's zebra](https://www.gbif.org/species/2440894) | *Equus grevyi* | Equidae | EN | 8 | | [Four-toed Hedgehog](https://www.gbif.org/species/2437140) | *Atelerix albiventris* | Erinaceidae | LC | 3 | | [North African Hedgehog](https://www.gbif.org/species/2437136) | *Atelerix algirus* | Erinaceidae | LC | 2 | | [Somali Hedgehog](/en/nature/somali-hedgehog/) | *Atelerix sclateri* | Erinaceidae | LC | 5 | | [cheetah](https://www.gbif.org/species/2435270) | *Acinonyx jubatus* | Felidae | VU | 15 | | [caracal](https://www.gbif.org/species/2435010) | *Caracal caracal* | Felidae | LC | 1 | | [cat](https://www.gbif.org/species/2435035) | *Felis catus* | Felidae | NE | 1 | | [wildcat](https://www.gbif.org/species/7964291) | *Felis silvestris* | Felidae | LC | 4 | | [lion](https://www.gbif.org/species/5219404) | *Panthera leo* | Felidae | VU | 7 | | [leopard](https://www.gbif.org/species/5219436) | *Panthera pardus* | Felidae | VU | 16 | | [Somali Bushbaby](/en/nature/somali-bushbaby/) | *Galago gallarum* | Galagidae | LC | 3 | | [Senegal bushbaby](https://www.gbif.org/species/9198359) | *Galago senegalensis* | Galagidae | LC | 5 | | [Brown Greater Galago](https://www.gbif.org/species/8978926) | *Otolemur crassicaudatus* | Galagidae | LC | 2 | | [Garnett's Greater Galago](https://www.gbif.org/species/2436511) | *Otolemur garnettii* | Galagidae | LC | 1 | | [Reticulated Giraffe](https://www.gbif.org/species/8888736) | *Giraffa reticulata* | Giraffidae | NE | 1 | | [Kellen's African Dormouse](https://www.gbif.org/species/5219905) | *Graphiurus kelleni* | Gliridae | LC | 5 | | [Lorrain Dormouse](https://www.gbif.org/species/5219910) | *Graphiurus lorraineus* | Gliridae | LC | 2 | | [marsh mongoose](https://www.gbif.org/species/2434188) | *Atilax paludinosus* | Herpestidae | LC | 1 | | [slender mongoose](https://www.gbif.org/species/5219098) | *Galerella sanguinea* | Herpestidae | LC | 2 | | [Ethiopian dwarf mongoose](https://www.gbif.org/species/2434159) | *Helogale hirtula* | Herpestidae | LC | 1 | | [common dwarf mongoose](https://www.gbif.org/species/2434165) | *Helogale parvula* | Herpestidae | LC | 6 | | [Egyptian mongoose](https://www.gbif.org/species/2434255) | *Herpestes ichneumon* | Herpestidae | LC | 6 | | [white-tailed mongoose](https://www.gbif.org/species/2434150) | *Ichneumia albicauda* | Herpestidae | LC | 14 | | [banded mongoose](https://www.gbif.org/species/5219080) | *Mungos mungo* | Herpestidae | LC | 4 | | [hippo](https://www.gbif.org/species/2441247) | *Hippopotamus amphibius* | Hippopotamidae | VU | 1 | | [Trident leaf-nosed bat](https://www.gbif.org/species/2432602) | *Asellia tridens* | Hipposideridae | LC | 7 | | [Sundevall's Roundleaf Bat](https://www.gbif.org/species/5218575) | *Hipposideros caffer* | Hipposideridae | LC | 15 | | [Noack's Roundleaf Bat](https://www.gbif.org/species/5218556) | *Hipposideros ruber* | Hipposideridae | LC | 1 | | [Commerson's Leaf-nosed Bat](https://www.gbif.org/species/10810698) | *Macronycteris commersonii* | Hipposideridae | NT | 18 | | [Striped Leaf-nosed Bat](https://www.gbif.org/species/10838777) | *Macronycteris vittatus* | Hipposideridae | NT | 1 | | [spotted hyaena](https://www.gbif.org/species/5218781) | *Crocuta crocuta* | Hyaenidae | LC | 8 | | [Hyaena dubbah](https://www.gbif.org/species/11219111) | *Hyaena dubbah* | Hyaenidae | NE | 3 | | [striped hyaena](https://www.gbif.org/species/5218777) | *Hyaena hyaena* | Hyaenidae | NT | 4 | | [aardwolf](https://www.gbif.org/species/2433502) | *Proteles cristata* | Hyaenidae | LC | 2 | | [tropical bottlenose whale](https://www.gbif.org/species/2440391) | *Indopacetus pacificus* | Hyperoodontidae | LC | 3 | | [crested porcupine](https://www.gbif.org/species/5219888) | *Hystrix cristata* | Hystricidae | LC | 6 | | [cape hare](https://www.gbif.org/species/2436736) | *Lepus capensis* | Leporidae | LC | 5 | | [Abyssinian Hare](https://www.gbif.org/species/2436719) | *Lepus habessinicus* | Leporidae | LC | 4 | | [Somali elephant shrew](https://www.gbif.org/species/2440845) | *Elephantulus revoili* | Macroscelididae | DD | 11 | | [Somali Elephant-shrew](https://www.gbif.org/species/11483515) | *Elephantulus revoulii* | Macroscelididae | NE | 1 | | [Rufous elephant shrew](https://www.gbif.org/species/2440848) | *Elephantulus rufescens* | Macroscelididae | LC | 3 | | [Heart-nosed Bat](https://www.gbif.org/species/2433356) | *Cardioderma cor* | Megadermatidae | LC | 32 | | [Yellow-winged Bat](https://www.gbif.org/species/2433354) | *Lavia frons* | Megadermatidae | LC | 13 | | [African Long-fingered Bat](https://www.gbif.org/species/4266204) | *Miniopterus africanus* | Miniopteridae | DD | 2 | | [Greater Long-fingered Bat](https://www.gbif.org/species/2432507) | *Miniopterus inflatus* | Miniopteridae | LC | 2 | | [Little Free-tailed Bat](https://www.gbif.org/species/5707216) | *Chaerephon pumilus* | Molossidae | LC | 21 | | [Seychelles Free-tailed Bat](https://www.gbif.org/species/5787333) | *Chaerephon pusillus* | Molossidae | VU | 1 | | [Angolan free-tailed bat](https://www.gbif.org/species/2433075) | *Mops condylurus* | Molossidae | LC | 59 | | [Midas Free-tailed Bat](https://www.gbif.org/species/2433076) | *Mops midas* | Molossidae | LC | 13 | | [Eastern Spiny Mouse](https://www.gbif.org/species/4264830) | *Acomys dimidiatus* | Muridae | LC | 7 | | [Fiery Spiny Mouse](https://www.gbif.org/species/2438263) | *Acomys ignitus* | Muridae | LC | 16 | | [Louise's Spiny Mouse](https://www.gbif.org/species/2438260) | *Acomys louisae* | Muridae | LC | 47 | | [Mullah Spiny Mouse](https://www.gbif.org/species/2438256) | *Acomys mullah* | Muridae | LC | 7 | | [Cape Spiny Mouse](https://www.gbif.org/species/2438258) | *Acomys subspinosus* | Muridae | LC | 1 | | [Wilson's Spiny mouse](https://www.gbif.org/species/2438262) | *Acomys wilsoni* | Muridae | LC | 120 | | [Ammodile](https://www.gbif.org/species/2438331) | *Ammodillus imbellis* | Muridae | DD | 13 | | [Large Japanese Field Mouse](https://www.gbif.org/species/5219745) | *Apodemus speciosus* | Muridae | LC | 1 | | [Neumann's Arvicanthis](https://www.gbif.org/species/2438917) | *Arvicanthis neumanni* | Muridae | LC | 35 | | [African Arvicanthis](https://www.gbif.org/species/9733997) | *Arvicanthis niloticus* | Muridae | LC | 6 | | [Somalian Dipodil](https://www.gbif.org/species/4264984) | *Dipodillus somalicus* | Muridae | DD | 36 | | [Black-tailed Gerbil](https://www.gbif.org/species/4264945) | *Gerbilliscus nigricaudus* | Muridae | LC | 1 | | [Phillip's Gerbil](https://www.gbif.org/species/4264941) | *Gerbilliscus phillipsi* | Muridae | LC | 13 | | [Fringe-tailed Gerbil](https://www.gbif.org/species/4264947) | *Gerbilliscus robustus* | Muridae | LC | 30 | | [Berbera Gerbil](https://www.gbif.org/species/2437783) | *Gerbillus acticola* | Muridae | DD | 15 | | [Brockman's Gerbil](https://www.gbif.org/species/2437790) | *Gerbillus brockmani* | Muridae | DD | 5 | | [Dunn's Gerbil](https://www.gbif.org/species/2437824) | *Gerbillus dunni* | Muridae | LC | 7 | | [Least Gerbil](https://www.gbif.org/species/2437822) | *Gerbillus pusillus* | Muridae | LC | 11 | | [Waters's Gerbil](https://www.gbif.org/species/2437818) | *Gerbillus watersi* | Muridae | LC | 3 | | [Gray-headed Grammomys](https://www.gbif.org/species/2439203) | *Grammomys caniceps* | Muridae | DD | 9 | | [Barbary Lemniscomys](https://www.gbif.org/species/2438207) | *Lemniscomys barbarus* | Muridae | LC | 4 | | [Reddish-white Mastomys](https://www.gbif.org/species/2438912) | *Mastomys erythroleucus* | Muridae | LC | 9 | | [Hubert's Mastomys](https://www.gbif.org/species/4264823) | *Mastomys huberti* | Muridae | LC | 13 | | [Coucha Rat](https://www.gbif.org/species/2438911) | *Mastomys natalensis* | Muridae | LC | 55 | | [Somali Pygmy Gerbil](https://www.gbif.org/species/2437725) | *Microdillus peeli* | Muridae | DD | 21 | | [Southern African Pygmy Mouse](https://www.gbif.org/species/2438796) | *Mus minutoides* | Muridae | LC | 2 | | [Temminck's mouse](https://www.gbif.org/species/2438786) | *Mus musculoides* | Muridae | LC | 2 | | [house mouse](https://www.gbif.org/species/7429082) | *Mus musculus* | Muridae | LC | 11 | | [Delicate Mouse](https://www.gbif.org/species/2438782) | *Mus tenellus* | Muridae | LC | 2 | | [Brockman's Myomyscus](https://www.gbif.org/species/4264892) | *Myomyscus brockmani* | Muridae | LC | 21 | | [black rat](https://www.gbif.org/species/2439270) | *Rattus rattus* | Muridae | LC | 25 | | [Emin's Tateril](https://www.gbif.org/species/2439216) | *Taterillus emini* | Muridae | LC | 8 | | [Harrington's Gerbil](https://www.gbif.org/species/2439218) | *Taterillus harringtoni* | Muridae | LC | 1 | | [Acacia Thallomys](https://www.gbif.org/species/2437942) | *Thallomys paedulcus* | Muridae | LC | 6 | | [honey badger](https://www.gbif.org/species/2433695) | *Mellivora capensis* | Mustelidae | LC | 2 | | [East African Pouched Mouse](https://www.gbif.org/species/2438949) | *Saccostomus mearnsi* | Nesomyidae | LC | 29 | | [Hairy Slit-faced Bat](https://www.gbif.org/species/5218608) | *Nycteris hispida* | Nycteridae | LC | 17 | | [Large-eared Slit-faced Bat](https://www.gbif.org/species/5218609) | *Nycteris macrotis* | Nycteridae | LC | 3 | | [Parisi's Slit-faced Bat](https://www.gbif.org/species/7261939) | *Nycteris parisii* | Nycteridae | DD | 3 | | [Egyptian Slit-faced Bat](https://www.gbif.org/species/5218614) | *Nycteris thebaica* | Nycteridae | LC | 17 | | [Wood's Slit-faced Bat](https://www.gbif.org/species/5218615) | *Nycteris woodi* | Nycteridae | LC | 1 | | [sperm whale](https://www.gbif.org/species/8123917) | *Physeter macrocephalus* | Physeteridae | VU | 50 | | [rock hyrax](https://www.gbif.org/species/2437073) | *Heterohyrax brucei* | Procaviidae | LC | 7 | | [Cape hyrax](https://www.gbif.org/species/5219598) | *Procavia capensis* | Procaviidae | LC | 10 | | [Ethiopian Epauletted Fruit Bat](https://www.gbif.org/species/2432791) | *Epomophorus labiatus* | Pteropodidae | LC | 3 | | [Minor Epauletted Fruit Bat](https://www.gbif.org/species/4265716) | *Epomophorus minor* | Pteropodidae | LC | 195 | This list is in 2 parts: **1** · [2](/en/nature/mammals-of-somalia-2/) ## Sources - [GBIF occurrence search, country Somalia](https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?country=SO) - [GBIF Backbone Taxonomy](https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei) - [IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](https://www.iucnredlist.org/) --- I want to help with this: email hello@calankii.com. 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