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Animals in Yemen

14 animal species on file have openly licensed sighting records from Yemen, 4 of them threatened. Records include captive animals and introduced populations.

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Species recorded: 14
Threatened: 4
Groups represented: 5
Sighting records: 473

None on record
1–7
8–12
13–17
18+

species per country · small islands are not drawn at this scale

Which well-known animals are recorded in Yemen?

The most looked-up species with records here.

What kinds of animals are recorded in Yemen?

Mammals
red fox, leopard, common bottlenose dolphin
3 species
Birds
mallard, peregrine falcon, common ostrich, western barn owl
4 species
Reptiles
green turtle, veiled chameleon
2 species
Fish
ocean sunfish, whale shark, giant oceanic manta ray
3 species
Insects
honey bee, emperor dragonfly
2 species

Which threatened animals are recorded in Yemen?

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

Common name	Scientific name	Family	Status	Records here
Leopard	Panthera pardus	Felidae	Vulnerable	3
Ocean sunfish	Mola mola	Molidae	Vulnerable	1
Whale shark	Rhincodon typus	Rhincodontidae	Endangered	1
Giant oceanic manta ray	Mobula birostris	Myliobatidae	Endangered	1

All animals recorded in Yemen

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Common name	Scientific name	Family	Status	Records here
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	Anatidae	Least Concern	10
Red fox	Vulpes vulpes	Canidae	Least Concern	3
Peregrine falcon	Falco peregrinus	Falconidae	Least Concern	71
Common ostrich	Struthio camelus	Struthionidae	Least Concern	10
Leopard	Panthera pardus	Felidae	Vulnerable	3
Western barn owl	Tyto alba	Tytonidae	Least Concern	8
Honey bee	Apis mellifera	Apidae	Data Deficient	106
Green turtle	Chelonia mydas	Cheloniidae	Least Concern	18
Common bottlenose dolphin	Tursiops truncatus	Delphinidae	Least Concern	1
Ocean sunfish	Mola mola	Molidae	Vulnerable	1
Whale shark	Rhincodon typus	Rhincodontidae	Endangered	1
Emperor dragonfly	Anax imperator	Aeshnidae	Least Concern	69
Giant oceanic manta ray	Mobula birostris	Myliobatidae	Endangered	1
Veiled chameleon	Chamaeleo calyptratus	Chamaeleonidae	Least Concern	171

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