Countries with the most mammal species

Total number of mammal species, by country

Note, this data was last updated December 26, 2023 using data from The Mammal Diversity Database of the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM)

Rank	Country / region	Mammal species count	Global share
1	Indonesia	777	12.14%
2	Brazil	776	12.13%
3	China	710	11.09%
4	Mexico	582	9.09%
5	Peru	567	8.86%
6	Colombia	525	8.20%
7	Congo (DRC)	508	7.94%
8	United States (USA)	444	6.94%
9	Ecuador	441	6.89%
10	India	436	6.81%
11	Kenya	410	6.41%
11	Bolivia	410	6.41%
13	Venezuela	407	6.36%
13	Argentina	407	6.36%
15	Tanzania	404	6.31%
16	Australia	381	5.95%
17	Cameroon	370	5.78%
18	Uganda	367	5.73%
19	Vietnam	355	5.55%
19	Malaysia	355	5.55%
21	Myanmar	353	5.52%
22	Thailand	344	5.38%
23	Angola	333	5.20%
24	South Africa	323	5.05%
25	Ethiopia	316	4.94%
26	Nigeria	315	4.92%
27	Papua New Guinea	291	4.55%
28	Cote d'lvoire (Ivory Coast)	278	4.34%
29	Ghana	275	4.30%
30	Guinea	267	4.17%
31	Mozambique	266	4.16%
32	Laos	261	4.08%
32	Central African Republic	261	4.08%
34	Zambia	260	4.06%
35	Panama	257	4.02%
35	Madagascar	257	4.02%
37	Guyana	256	4.00%
38	Costa Rica	252	3.94%
39	South Sudan	244	3.81%
40	Guatemala	243	3.80%
41	Honduras	238	3.72%
42	Philippines	234	3.66%
43	Congo	232	3.63%
44	Suriname	231	3.61%
45	Canada	222	3.47%
46	Nicaragua	220	3.44%
47	French Guiana	219	3.42%
48	Namibia	217	3.39%
49	Iran	214	3.34%
50	Liberia	212	3.31%
50	Zimbabwe	212	3.31%
52	Rwanda	211	3.30%
53	Malawi	210	3.28%
54	Sierra Leone	204	3.19%
55	Benin	203	3.17%
55	Cambodia	203	3.17%
57	Gabon	202	3.16%
57	Pakistan	202	3.16%
59	Togo	201	3.14%
60	Sudan	200	3.13%
61	Nepal	196	3.06%
62	Senegal	194	3.03%
63	Equatorial Guinea	187	2.92%
63	Somalia	187	2.92%
65	Brunei	183	2.86%
66	Paraguay	180	2.81%
67	Burundi	175	2.73%
68	Kazakhstan	174	2.72%
69	Botswana	172	2.69%
70	Turkey	170	2.66%
71	El Salvador	160	2.50%
72	Chile	159	2.48%
72	Mali	159	2.48%
74	Belize	155	2.42%
75	Japan	153	2.39%
76	Bangladesh	152	2.38%
77	Chad	150	2.34%
78	Mongolia	148	2.31%
79	Guinea-Bissau	143	2.23%
80	Bhutan	141	2.20%
81	Burkina Faso	140	2.19%
82	Eswatini (Swaziland)	138	2.16%
82	France	138	2.16%
84	Gambia	136	2.13%
84	Niger	136	2.13%
86	Afghanistan	135	2.11%
87	Spain	130	2.03%
87	Morocco	130	2.03%
89	Uruguay	128	2.00%
90	Italy	127	1.98%
91	Eritrea	126	1.97%
92	Trinidad and Tobago	125	1.95%
93	Sri Lanka	121	1.89%
94	Mauritania	117	1.83%
95	Israel	116	1.81%
96	Greece	115	1.80%
97	Egypt	114	1.78%
98	Azerbaijan	112	1.75%
98	North Korea	112	1.75%
98	Ukraine	112	1.75%
100	Georgia	111	1.73%
	Algeria	109	1.70%
	Taiwan	107	1.67%
	Germany	107	1.67%
	Turkmenistan	107	1.67%
	Syria	105	1.64%
	Portugal	103	1.61%
	Djibouti	102	1.59%
	Croatia	102	1.59%
	Romania	102	1.59%
	Iraq	100	1.56%
	Uzbekistan	99	1.55%
	Armenia	98	1.53%
	Bulgaria	96	1.50%
	Saudi Arabia	96	1.50%
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	94	1.47%
	Jordan	94	1.47%
	Albania	92	1.44%
	South Korea	92	1.44%
	Poland	92	1.44%
	Singapore	91	1.42%
	Austria	91	1.42%
	Yemen	91	1.42%
	Slovenia	90	1.41%
	Kyrgyzstan	89	1.39%
	Serbia	88	1.38%
	Tunisia	88	1.38%
	Montenegro	87	1.36%
	Slovakia	87	1.36%
	Oman	87	1.36%
	Libya	87	1.36%
	Switzerland	86	1.34%
	United Kingdom	85	1.33%
	Hungary	84	1.31%
	Tajikistan	84	1.31%
	Norway	83	1.30%
	North Macedonia	82	1.28%
	Belgium	82	1.28%
	Lesotho	81	1.27%
	Lebanon	80	1.25%
	Netherlands	80	1.25%
	Sweden	80	1.25%
	Solomon Islands	79	1.23%
	Czech Republic	78	1.22%
	Moldova	74	1.16%
	Belarus	72	1.13%
	Denmark	71	1.11%
	Latvia	68	1.06%
	Cuba	65	1.02%
	Lithuania	65	1.02%
	Liechtenstein	65	1.02%
	East Timor (Timor-Leste)	64	1.00%
	Finland	64	1.00%
	Estonia	64	1.00%
	Luxembourg	60	0.94%
	Dominican Republic	59	0.92%
	United Arab Emirates	58	0.91%
	Haiti	56	0.88%
	Hong Kong	55	0.86%
	Ireland	53	0.83%
	Jamaica	49	0.77%
	New Zealand	49	0.77%
	Kuwait	42	0.66%
	Puerto Rico	41	0.64%
	Cyprus	41	0.64%
	Grenada	41	0.64%
	Bahamas	40	0.63%
	Dominica	37	0.58%
	New Caledonia	37	0.58%
	Qatar	37	0.58%
	Guadeloupe	37	0.58%
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	36	0.56%
	Comoros	36	0.56%
	Greenland	35	0.55%
	Saint Lucia	34	0.53%
	Antigua and Barbuda	34	0.53%
	Martinique	33	0.52%
	Barbados	33	0.52%
	Vanuatu	33	0.52%
	Falkland Island (Malvinas)	33	0.52%
	Aruba	32	0.50%
	Cayman Islands	32	0.50%
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	32	0.50%
	Cape Verde	32	0.50%
	São Tomé and Príncipe	32	0.50%
	Seychelles	31	0.48%
	Virgin Islands, U.S.	31	0.48%
	Montserrat	31	0.48%
	Iceland	31	0.48%
	Saint Helena	30	0.47%
	Fiji	29	0.45%
	Bermuda	29	0.45%
	Mauritius	28	0.44%
	Turks and Caicos Islands	28	0.44%
	Anguilla	28	0.44%
	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	27	0.42%
	Maldives	26	0.41%
	Samoa	26	0.41%
	Mayotte	26	0.41%
	Bahrain	25	0.39%
	Reunion	25	0.39%
	Palau	24	0.38%
	Micronesia	24	0.38%
	Malta	24	0.38%
	Northern Mariana Islands	23	0.36%
	Guam	23	0.36%
	Cook Islands	23	0.36%
	Tonga	22	0.34%
	Kiribati	22	0.34%
	Antarctica	22	0.34%
	French Polynesia	21	0.33%
	American Samoa	21	0.33%
	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	21	0.33%
	Niue	21	0.33%
	Tuvalu	21	0.33%
	Cocos (Keeling) Island	21	0.33%
	Nauru	21	0.33%
	Marshall Islands	20	0.31%
	Pitcairn	20	0.31%
	Christmas Island	18	0.28%
	Norfolk Island	13	0.20%
	Tokelau	13	0.20%

Source: Plant data is from the World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-WCMC), 2004. Species Data. Fish: Fishbase; Birds: Birdlife International; Amphibians: AmphibiaWeb; Mammals: The Mammal Diversity Database of the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) and the IUCN; Reptiles: the Reptile Database.

Total number of mammal species, by country

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