🇮🇷Animals recorded in Iran

Which animals have been recorded in Iran? 21,392 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 216 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Armenian Gull, Green Toad, Marsh Frog.

• 21,392 records
• 1,200+ species
• 39 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Armenian Gull, Green Toad, Marsh Frog. 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 Iran

	Animal	Group	Records
	Armenian Gull Larus armenicus	Aves Laridae	2,345
	Green Toad Bufotes viridis	Amphibia Bufonidae	399
	Marsh Frog Pelophylax ridibundus	Amphibia Ranidae	314
	Brilliant Ground Agama Trapelus agilis	Squamata Agamidae	305
	Snake-eyed Lizard Ophisops elegans	Squamata Lacertidae	246
	Gray Toadhead Agama Phrynocephalus scutellatus	Squamata Agamidae	208
	Frog-eyed Gecko Teratoscincus keyserlingii	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	199
	Persian Jird Meriones persicus	Mammalia Muridae	195
	house mouse Mus musculus	Mammalia Muridae	189
	Pallid Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus pallidus	Mammalia Miniopteridae	153
	Lesser mouse-eared bat Myotis blythii	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	139
	Steppe Field Mouse Apodemus witherbyi	Mammalia Muridae	139
	Baluchistan Gerbil Gerbillus nanus	Mammalia Muridae	129
	Kuhl's pipistrelle Pipistrellus kuhlii	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	125
	Large-scaled Rock Agama Laudakia nupta	Squamata Agamidae	118
	Mouse-like Hamster Calomyscus bailwardi	Mammalia Calomyscidae	112
	Gray Dwarf Hamster Cricetulus migratorius	Mammalia Cricetidae	111
	red fox Vulpes vulpes	Mammalia Canidae	110
	Libyan Jird Meriones libycus	Mammalia Muridae	109
	Rough-tailed Gecko Cyrtopodion scabrum	Squamata Gekkonidae	109
	Muscat Mouse-tailed Bat Rhinopoma muscatellum	Mammalia Rhinopomatidae	106
	Antelope Rat Tatera indica	Mammalia Muridae	105
	Caucasian Agama Paralaudakia caucasia	Squamata Agamidae	104
	Bedriaga's Plate-tailed Gecko Teratoscincus bedriagai	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	98
	Persian Long-Tailed Desert Lizard Mesalina watsonana	Squamata Lacertidae	93
	Aralo-Caspian Racerunner Eremias persica	Squamata Lacertidae	86
	Arabian desert gecko Bunopus tuberculatus	Squamata Gekkonidae	84
	Dune Sand Gecko Stenodactylus doriae	Squamata Gekkonidae	69
	domestic sheep Ovis aries	Mammalia Bovidae	66
	Blasius's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus blasii	Mammalia Rhinolophidae	64
	Persian Spider Gecko Agamura persica	Squamata Gekkonidae	63
	Elburs Lizard Darevskia defilippii	Squamata Lacertidae	63
	Microplitis tuberculifer	Insecta Braconidae	61
	domestic goat Capra hircus	Mammalia Bovidae	61
	Duttaphrynus olivaceus	Amphibia Bufonidae	61
	greater horseshoe bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum	Mammalia Rhinolophidae	60
	Social Vole Microtus socialis	Mammalia Cricetidae	58
	Pterostichus fujitai	Insecta Carabidae	58
	Mediterranean horseshoe bat Rhinolophus euryale	Mammalia Rhinolophidae	57
	Porcellio evansi	Malacostraca Porcellionidae	57
	rufescent pika Ochotona rufescens	Mammalia Ochotonidae	53
	Common Long-eared Hedgehog Hemiechinus auritus	Mammalia Erinaceidae	53
	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Aves Passeridae	53
	Lemon-Yellow Tree Frog Hyla savignyi	Amphibia Hylidae	49
	Afghan Mole-Vole Ellobius fuscocapillus	Mammalia Cricetidae	48
	Sundevall's Jird Meriones crassus	Mammalia Muridae	47
	Secret toadhead agama Phrynocephalus mystaceus	Squamata Agamidae	47
	European hare Lepus europaeus	Mammalia Leporidae	46
	Naked-rumped Tomb Bat Taphozous nudiventris	Mammalia Emballonuridae	45
	Aphis affinis	Insecta Aphididae	45
	Anomalon cruentatum	Insecta Ichneumonidae	44
	Tristram's Jird Meriones tristrami	Mammalia Muridae	44
	Skipper frog Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis	Amphibia Dicroglossidae	43
	Short-tailed Bandicoot Rat Nesokia indica	Mammalia Muridae	43
	Caspian Green Lizard Lacerta strigata	Squamata Lacertidae	42
	Greater mouse-tailed bat Rhinopoma microphyllum	Mammalia Rhinopomatidae	40
	Kura Sportive Loach Oxynoemacheilus bergianus	— Nemacheilidae	40
	Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	39
	Small-scaled wonder gecko Teratoscincus microlepis	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	39
	estuary ragworm Hediste diversicolor	Polychaeta Nereididae	38