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Animals in Réunion

15 animal species on file have openly licensed sighting records from Réunion, 5 of them threatened. Records include captive animals and introduced populations.

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Species recorded
15
Threatened
5
Groups represented
6
Sighting records
28,532
Fiji: 11 speciesTanzania: 21 speciesW. Sahara: 8 speciesCanada: 38 speciesUnited States of America: 61 speciesKazakhstan: 13 speciesUzbekistan: 10 speciesPapua New Guinea: 11 speciesIndonesia: 26 speciesArgentina: 22 speciesChile: 18 speciesDem. Rep. Congo: 21 speciesSomalia: 13 speciesKenya: 20 speciesSudan: 21 speciesChad: 12 speciesHaiti: 9 speciesDominican Rep.: 10 speciesRussia: 32 speciesBahamas: 12 speciesFalkland Is.: 5 speciesNorway: 26 speciesGreenland: 14 speciesFr. S. Antarctic Lands: 15 speciesTimor-Leste: 5 speciesSouth Africa: 35 speciesLesotho: 6 speciesMexico: 28 speciesUruguay: 13 speciesBrazil: 31 speciesBolivia: 9 speciesPeru: 17 speciesColombia: 19 speciesPanama: 18 speciesCosta Rica: 19 speciesNicaragua: 13 speciesHonduras: 12 speciesEl Salvador: 12 speciesGuatemala: 13 speciesBelize: 16 speciesVenezuela: 15 speciesGuyana: 8 speciesSuriname: 12 speciesFrance: 45 speciesEcuador: 18 speciesPuerto Rico: 13 speciesJamaica: 10 speciesCuba: 14 speciesZimbabwe: 14 speciesBotswana: 12 speciesNamibia: 33 speciesSenegal: 21 speciesMali: 11 speciesMauritania: 7 speciesBenin: 17 speciesNiger: 9 speciesNigeria: 21 speciesCameroon: 14 speciesTogo: 7 speciesGhana: 14 speciesCôte d'Ivoire: 17 speciesGuinea: 11 speciesGuinea-Bissau: 8 speciesLiberia: 12 speciesSierra Leone: 12 speciesBurkina Faso: 6 speciesCentral African Rep.: 12 speciesCongo: 10 speciesGabon: 11 speciesEq. Guinea: 13 speciesZambia: 12 speciesMalawi: 12 speciesMozambique: 15 specieseSwatini: 8 speciesAngola: 14 speciesBurundi: 8 speciesIsrael: 26 speciesLebanon: 16 speciesMadagascar: 14 speciesPalestine: 11 speciesGambia: 9 speciesTunisia: 14 speciesAlgeria: 19 speciesJordan: 13 speciesUnited Arab Emirates: 13 speciesQatar: 9 speciesKuwait: 10 speciesIraq: 13 speciesOman: 16 speciesVanuatu: 8 speciesCambodia: 8 speciesThailand: 22 speciesLaos: 8 speciesMyanmar: 13 speciesVietnam: 19 speciesNorth Korea: 4 speciesSouth Korea: 15 speciesMongolia: 12 speciesIndia: 33 speciesBangladesh: 12 speciesBhutan: 9 speciesNepal: 12 speciesPakistan: 16 speciesAfghanistan: 11 speciesTajikistan: 9 speciesKyrgyzstan: 9 speciesTurkmenistan: 7 speciesIran: 20 speciesSyria: 15 speciesArmenia: 13 speciesSweden: 36 speciesBelarus: 15 speciesUkraine: 24 speciesPoland: 25 speciesAustria: 22 speciesHungary: 18 speciesMoldova: 14 speciesRomania: 18 speciesLithuania: 18 speciesLatvia: 18 speciesEstonia: 23 speciesGermany: 51 speciesBulgaria: 20 speciesGreece: 21 speciesTurkey: 23 speciesAlbania: 15 speciesCroatia: 20 speciesSwitzerland: 20 speciesLuxembourg: 19 speciesBelgium: 32 speciesNetherlands: 42 speciesPortugal: 32 speciesSpain: 36 speciesIreland: 26 speciesNew Caledonia: 17 speciesSolomon Is.: 8 speciesNew Zealand: 23 speciesAustralia: 36 speciesSri Lanka: 12 speciesChina: 24 speciesTaiwan: 18 speciesItaly: 28 speciesDenmark: 40 speciesUnited Kingdom: 43 speciesIceland: 16 speciesAzerbaijan: 10 speciesGeorgia: 16 speciesPhilippines: 20 speciesMalaysia: 17 speciesBrunei: 5 speciesSlovenia: 18 speciesFinland: 28 speciesSlovakia: 17 speciesCzechia: 24 speciesEritrea: 7 speciesJapan: 49 speciesParaguay: 7 speciesYemen: 14 speciesSaudi Arabia: 16 speciesCyprus: 13 speciesMorocco: 23 speciesEgypt: 23 speciesLibya: 9 speciesEthiopia: 12 speciesDjibouti: 6 speciesUganda: 14 speciesRwanda: 11 speciesBosnia and Herz.: 13 speciesMacedonia: 14 speciesSerbia: 16 speciesMontenegro: 17 speciesTrinidad and Tobago: 11 speciesS. Sudan: 10 species
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species per country · small islands are not drawn at this scale

Which well-known animals are recorded in Réunion?

The most looked-up species with records here.

LC, Least Concern
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Anatidae

LC, Least Concern
Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Red fox

Vulpes vulpes

Canidae

DD, Data Deficient
Honey bee (Apis mellifera)

Honey bee

Apis mellifera

Apidae

What kinds of animals are recorded in Réunion?

  1. Mammals

    red fox, grey wolf, common bottlenose dolphin

    3 species

  2. Birds

    mallard, wandering albatross

    2 species

  3. Reptiles

    green turtle

    1 species

  4. Fish

    great white shark, ocean sunfish, whale shark, giant oceanic manta ray

    4 species

  5. Insects

    honey bee, monarch butterfly, seven-spot ladybird, emperor dragonfly

    4 species

  6. Molluscs

    giant squid

    1 species

Which threatened animals are recorded in Réunion?

Species listed as Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. The category is global, not specific to Réunion.

Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusRecords here
Great white sharkCarcharodon carchariasLamnidaeVulnerable6
Ocean sunfishMola molaMolidaeVulnerable3
Whale sharkRhincodon typusRhincodontidaeEndangered3
Wandering albatrossDiomedea exulansDiomedeidaeVulnerable7
Giant oceanic manta rayMobula birostrisMyliobatidaeEndangered6

All animals recorded in Réunion

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Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusRecords here
MallardAnas platyrhynchosAnatidaeLeast Concern83
Red foxVulpes vulpesCanidaeLeast Concern1
Grey wolfCanis lupusCanidaeLeast Concern83
Honey beeApis melliferaApidaeData Deficient42
Great white sharkCarcharodon carchariasLamnidaeVulnerable6
Green turtleChelonia mydasCheloniidaeLeast Concern27,884
Monarch butterflyDanaus plexippusNymphalidaeLeast Concern12
Seven-spot ladybirdCoccinella septempunctataCoccinellidaeNot recorded12
Common bottlenose dolphinTursiops truncatusDelphinidaeLeast Concern313
Ocean sunfishMola molaMolidaeVulnerable3
Whale sharkRhincodon typusRhincodontidaeEndangered3
Emperor dragonflyAnax imperatorAeshnidaeLeast Concern72
Wandering albatrossDiomedea exulansDiomedeidaeVulnerable7
Giant oceanic manta rayMobula birostrisMyliobatidaeEndangered6
Giant squidArchiteuthis duxArchiteuthidaeLeast Concern5

Method: a species is listed if GBIF holds at least one CC0 or CC BY occurrence record for it in Réunion. Zoo animals, escapes and introduced populations are included, and native species nobody has recorded are missing. See the methodology.