List of wild animals of Egypt

This is a list of the wild animal species that were reported in Egypt.

Class: Mammalia (mammals)

Aardvark

Order: Tubulidentata (aardvarks)

• Family: Orycteropodidae
  • Genus: Orycteropus
    • Aardvark (orycteropus afer)

Rock hyrax

Order: Hyracoidea (hyraxes)

• Family: Procaviidae (hyraxes)
  • Genus: Procavia
    • Rock hyrax (procavia capensis)

Dugong

Order: Sirenia (manatees and dugongs)

• Family: Dugongidae
  • Genus: Dugong
    • Dugong (dugong dugon)

Asian garden dormouse

Four-toed jerboa

Lesser Egyptian jerboa

Greater Egyptian jerboa

Middle East blind mole-rat

Cairo spiny mouse

Golden spiny mouse

North African gerbil

Lesser Egyptian gerbil

Pale gerbil

Greater Egyptian gerbil

Lesser short-tailed gerbil

Sundevall's jird

Libyan jird

Shaw's jird

Fat-tailed gerbil

Fat sand rat

Bushy-tailed jird

African grass rat

Short-tailed bandicoot rat

Order: Rodentia (rodents)

• Family: Gliridae (dormice)
  • Genus: Eliomys
    • Asian garden dormouse (eliomys melanurus)
• Family: Dipodidae (jerboas)
  • Genus: Allactaga
    • Four-toed jerboa (allactaga tetradactyla)

• • Genus: Jaculus
    • Lesser Egyptian jerboa (jaculus jaculus)
    • Greater Egyptian jerboa (jaculus orientalis)

• Family: Spalacidae
  • Genus: Nannospalax
    • Middle East blind mole-rat (nannospalax ehrenbergi)

• Family: Muridae (mice, rats, voles, gerbils, hamsters etc.)
  • Genus: Acomys
    • Cairo spiny mouse (acomys cahirinus)
    • Golden spiny mouse (acomys russatus)

• • Genus: Dipodillus
    • North African gerbil (dipodillus campestris)
    • Mackilligin's gerbil (dipodillus mackilligini)

• • Genus: Gerbillus
    • Pleasant gerbil (gerbillus amoenus)
    • Anderson's gerbil (gerbillus andersoni)
    • Flower's gerbil (gerbillus floweri)
    • Lesser Egyptian gerbil (gerbillus gerbillus)
    • Pygmy gerbil (gerbillus henleyi)
    • Pale gerbil (gerbillus perpallidus)
    • Greater Egyptian gerbil (gerbillus pyramidum)
    • Lesser short-tailed gerbil (gerbillus simoni)

• • Genus: Meriones
    • Sundevall's jird (meriones crassus)
    • Libyan jird (meriones lybicus)
    • Shaw's jird (meriones shawi)

• • Genus: Pachyuromys
    • Fat-tailed gerbil (pachyuromys duprasi)

• • Genus: Psammomys
    • Fat sand rat (psammomys obesus)

• • Genus: Sekeetamys
    • Bushy-tailed jird (sekeetamys calurus)

• • Genus: Arvicanthis
    • African grass rat (arvicanthis niloticus)

• • Genus: Nesokia
    • Short-tailed bandicoot rat (nesokia indica)

Cape hare

Order: Lagomporpha (lagomorphs)

• Family: Leporidae (rabbits, hares)
  • Genus: Lepus
    • Cape hare (lepus capensis)

Long-eared hedgehog

Desert hedgehog

Order: Erinaceomorpha (hedgehogs and gymnures)

• Family: Erinaceidae (hedgehogs)
  • Genus: Hemiechinus
    • Long-eared hedgehog (hemiechinus auritus)
  • Genus: Paraechinus
    • Desert hedgehog (paraechinus aethiopicus)

African giant shrew

Order: Soricomorpha (shrews, moles and solenodons)