Saudi Arabia

Checklist of Endemic Mammal Species

This list of mammal species found exclusively in Saudi Arabia is based on the taxonomy used in the Mammal Diversity Database (2020). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.

American Society of Mammalogists (2020) Mammal Diversity Database, Version 1.2 http://www.mammaldiversity.org, accessed 24 September 2020. An online version can be found here.

Although no endemic mammal species is recognized in the above list, the following recently extinct species was recognized by the Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World (Lynx):

Gazella arabica # (Artiodactyla - Bovidae) Large Farasan Gazelle

(# indicates a species that is considered endemic due to a different concept of species boundaries as a result of splits than is used for the animal with the same scientific name in the ASM Mammal Diversity Database)