🇲🇦Animals recorded in Morocco

Which animals have been recorded in Morocco? 442,493 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 359 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Lesser Black-backed Gull, Eurasian Marsh-Harrier, Montagu's Harrier.

• 442,493 records
• 1,200+ species
• 44 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Lesser Black-backed Gull, Eurasian Marsh-Harrier, Montagu's Harrier. 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 Morocco

	Animal	Group	Records
	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Aves Laridae	406,933
	Eurasian Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus	Aves Accipitridae	11,382
	Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	Aves Accipitridae	5,745
	wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus	Mammalia Muridae	759
	Western Mediterranean Mouse Mus spretus	Mammalia Muridae	476
	Moroccan Jird Meriones grandis	Mammalia Muridae	454
	Libyan Jird Meriones libycus	Mammalia Muridae	357
	greater mouse-eared bat Myotis myotis	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	296
	North african elephant shrew Elephantulus rozeti	Mammalia Macroscelididae	226
	Sahara Frog Pelophylax saharicus	Amphibia Ranidae	210
	lesser Egyptian jerboa Jaculus jaculus	Mammalia Dipodidae	193
	Schreibers's Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus schreibersii	Mammalia Miniopteridae	160
	Stripeless Tree Frog Hyla meridionalis	Amphibia Hylidae	157
	Barbary ground squirrel Atlantoxerus getulus	Mammalia Sciuridae	156
	Hedgehog Flea Archaeopsylla erinacei	Insecta Pulicidae	153
	Greater Egyptian Jerboa Jaculus orientalis	Mammalia Dipodidae	135
	Kuhl's pipistrelle Pipistrellus kuhlii	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	126
	house mouse Mus musculus	Mammalia Muridae	114
	Large North African Gerbil Dipodillus campestris	Mammalia Muridae	110
	Berber Toad Sclerophrys mauritanica	Amphibia Bufonidae	105
	Moroccan Gerbil Gerbillus hesperinus	Mammalia Muridae	85
	Moorish Gecko Tarentola mauritanica	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	84
	Mediterranean pond turtle Mauremys leprosa	Testudines Geoemydidae	81
	House Bunting Emberiza sahari	Aves Emberizidae	79
	Andreansky's Lizard Atlantolacerta andreanskyi	Squamata Lacertidae	77
	White Stork Ciconia ciconia	Aves Ciconiidae	73
	European Eel Anguilla anguilla	— Anguillidae	73
	Bibron's Agama Agama impalearis	Squamata Agamidae	73
	Barbary Lemniscomys Lemniscomys barbarus	Mammalia Muridae	72
	Iberian ribbed newt Pleurodeles waltl	Amphibia Salamandridae	71
	Lesser mouse-tailed bat Rhinopoma hardwickii	Mammalia Rhinopomatidae	70
	Mehely's horseshoe bat Rhinolophus mehelyi	Mammalia Rhinolophidae	68
	Painted frog Discoglossus pictus	Amphibia Alytidae	67
	Mediterranean horseshoe bat Rhinolophus euryale	Mammalia Rhinolophidae	64
	Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus	Aves Pycnonotidae	64
	Sténodactyle commun Stenodactylus sthenodactylus	Squamata Gekkonidae	62
	Moroccan spadefoot toad Pelobates varaldii	Amphibia Pelobatidae	61
	Andalusian wall lizard Podarcis vaucheri	Squamata Lacertidae	61
	Maghreb Garden Dormouse Eliomys munbyanus	Mammalia Gliridae	61
	Holocnemus reini	Arachnida Pholcidae	58
	Fat Sand Rat Psammomys obesus	Mammalia Muridae	56
	Algerian psammodromus Psammodromus algirus	Squamata Lacertidae	53
	Bosc's Fringe-toed lizard Acanthodactylus boskianus	Squamata Lacertidae	53
	Fat-tailed Gerbil Pachyuromys duprasi	Mammalia Muridae	52
	Trident leaf-nosed bat Asellia tridens	Mammalia Hipposideridae	50
	Viperine Snake Natrix maura	Squamata Colubridae	50
	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Aves Passeridae	46
	Atlas Day Gecko Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	46
	Marsh Frog Pelophylax ridibundus	Amphibia Ranidae	45
	Atlas Gundi Ctenodactylus gundi	Mammalia Ctenodactylidae	45
	Green Toad Bufotes viridis	Amphibia Bufonidae	44
	Fringe-fingered Lizard Acanthodactylus erythrurus	Squamata Lacertidae	43
	Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis	Aves Laridae	42
	Tangier Worm Lizard Blanus tingitanus	Squamata Blanidae	41
	Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto	Aves Columbidae	39
	Amegilla velocissima	Insecta Apidae	38
	Barbary macaque Macaca sylvanus	Mammalia Cercopithecidae	38
	Northeast African Spiny Mouse Acomys cahirinus	Mammalia Muridae	38
	Grey Long-eared Bat Plecotus austriacus	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	38
	Shaw's Jird Meriones shawi	Mammalia Muridae	36