🇪🇬Animals recorded in Egypt

Which animals have been recorded in Egypt? 32,468 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 11592253 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Armenian Gull, Ocellated Bronze Skink, Lesser Egyptian Gerbil.

• 32,468 records
• 1,200+ species
• 52 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Armenian Gull, Ocellated Bronze Skink, Lesser Egyptian Gerbil. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Egypt

	Animal	Group	Records
	Armenian Gull Larus armenicus	Aves Laridae	1,779
	Ocellated Bronze Skink Chalcides ocellatus	Squamata Scincidae	1,633
	Lesser Egyptian Gerbil Gerbillus gerbillus	Mammalia Muridae	947
	Northeast African Spiny Mouse Acomys cahirinus	Mammalia Muridae	731
	Greater Egyptian Gerbil Gerbillus pyramidum	Mammalia Muridae	517
	African Common Toad Sclerophrys regularis	Amphibia Bufonidae	497
	African Five-lined Skink Trachylepis quinquetaeniata	Squamata Scincidae	479
	Bosc's Fringe-toed lizard Acanthodactylus boskianus	Squamata Lacertidae	479
	house mouse Mus musculus	Mammalia Muridae	467
	Kuhl's pipistrelle Pipistrellus kuhlii	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	416
	lesser Egyptian jerboa Jaculus jaculus	Mammalia Dipodidae	373
	Fat Sand Rat Psammomys obesus	Mammalia Muridae	365
	Sundevall's Jird Meriones crassus	Mammalia Muridae	324
	Geoffroy's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus clivosus	Mammalia Rhinolophidae	264
	Wedge-snouted Skink Chalcides sepsoides	Squamata Scincidae	254
	Egyptian Slit-faced Bat Nycteris thebaica	Mammalia Nycteridae	246
	Anderson's Gerbil Gerbillus andersoni	Mammalia Muridae	236
	Mehely's horseshoe bat Rhinolophus mehelyi	Mammalia Rhinolophidae	234
	red fox Vulpes vulpes	Mammalia Canidae	232
	Sandfish Skink Scincus scincus	Squamata Scincidae	224
	Moorish Gecko Tarentola mauritanica	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	216
	Large North African Gerbil Dipodillus campestris	Mammalia Muridae	209
	Arabian Mouse-tailed Bat Rhinopoma cystops	Mammalia Rhinopomatidae	204
	Broad-banded Ridged Frog Ptychadena mascareniensis	Amphibia Ptychadenidae	203
	Common Long-eared Hedgehog Hemiechinus auritus	Mammalia Erinaceidae	200
	Pale Gerbil Gerbillus perpallidus	Mammalia Muridae	199
	Trident leaf-nosed bat Asellia tridens	Mammalia Hipposideridae	197
	Plague Flea Xenopsylla cheopis	Insecta Pulicidae	196
	Roughtail Rock Agama Stellagama stellio	Squamata Agamidae	172
	Greater Egyptian Jerboa Jaculus orientalis	Mammalia Dipodidae	164
	Libyan Jird Meriones libycus	Mammalia Muridae	163
	Egyptian Tomb Bat Taphozous perforatus	Mammalia Emballonuridae	153
	black rat Rattus rattus	Mammalia Muridae	144
	sand fox Vulpes rueppellii	Mammalia Canidae	136
	African Arvicanthis Arvicanthis niloticus	Mammalia Muridae	135
	cape hare Lepus capensis	Mammalia Leporidae	134
	Green Toad Bufotes viridis	Amphibia Bufonidae	130
	fennec fox Vulpes zerda	Mammalia Canidae	127
	African giant shrew Crocidura olivieri	Mammalia Soricidae	117
	Egyptian Fringe-fingered Lizard Acanthodactylus pardalis	Squamata Lacertidae	117
	Eastern Spiny Mouse Acomys dimidiatus	Mammalia Muridae	114
	Pleasant Gerbil Gerbillus amoenus	Mammalia Muridae	106
	Desert Long-eared Bat Otonycteris hemprichii	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	104
	Egyptian rousette Rousettus aegyptiacus	Mammalia Pteropodidae	104
	Fan-fingered gecko Ptyodactylus guttatus	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	99
	Nidua Fringe-fingered Lizard Acanthodactylus scutellatus	Squamata Lacertidae	97
	European chameleon Chamaeleo chamaeleon	Squamata Chamaeleonidae	95
	Daisy parrotfish Chlorurus sordidus	— Scaridae	94
	Wagner's Dipodil Dipodillus dasyurus	Mammalia Muridae	91
	Olivier's Sand Lizard Mesalina olivieri	Squamata Lacertidae	87
	Hissing Sand Snake Psammophis sibilans	Squamata Psammophiidae	86
	Ringed Wall Gecko Tarentola annularis	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	83
	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Aves Passeridae	75
	African Green Toad Bufotes boulengeri	Amphibia Bufonidae	74
	Bushy-tailed Jird Sekeetamys calurus	Mammalia Muridae	74
	Sahara Sand Viper Cerastes vipera	Squamata Viperidae	72
	Melanagromyza cunctans	Insecta Agromyzidae	71
	Klunzinger's Wrasse Thalassoma rueppellii	— Labridae	70
	Twoband anemonefish Amphiprion bicinctus	— Pomacentridae	70
	Short-tailed Bandicoot Rat Nesokia indica	Mammalia Muridae	69