🇵🇰Animals recorded in Pakistan

Which animals have been recorded in Pakistan? 10,297 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 212 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Bagous vicinus, oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata.

• 10,297 records
• 1,200+ species
• 39 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Bagous vicinus, oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata. 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 Pakistan

	Animal	Group	Records
	Bagous vicinus	Insecta Curculionidae	257
	oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis	Insecta Tephritidae	231
	Bactrocera zonata	Insecta Tephritidae	87
	Skipper frog Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis	Amphibia Dicroglossidae	84
	Asian house shrew Suncus murinus	Mammalia Soricidae	80
	wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus	Mammalia Muridae	55
	red fox Vulpes vulpes	Mammalia Canidae	53
	Blow Fly Lucilia sericata	Insecta Calliphoridae	53
	Ladak Pika Ochotona ladacensis	Mammalia Ochotonidae	51
	Minor Snake-eyed Skink Ablepharus grayanus	Squamata Scincidae	49
	house mouse Mus musculus	Mammalia Muridae	46
	Anapausis kashmirica	Insecta Scatopsidae	42
	Silver Mountain Vole Alticola argentatus	Mammalia Cricetidae	42
	Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus	Aves Paridae	42
	Smallspotted grunt Pomadasys commersonnii	— Haemulidae	38
	Himalayan Field Mouse Apodemus pallipes	Mammalia Muridae	36
	Coromandel Pipistrelle Pipistrellus coromandra	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	32
	Concertina fish Drepane longimana	— Drepaneidae	32
	Adelgid Pineus boerneri	Insecta Adelgidae	31
	Baluchi mouse-like hamster Calomyscus baluchi	Mammalia Calomyscidae	29
	Persia Sand Gecko Microgecko persicus	Squamata Gekkonidae	27
	Indian Fringe-fingered Lizard Acanthodactylus cantoris	Squamata Lacertidae	26
	Eastern Sand Swimmer Ophiomorus raithmai	Squamata Scincidae	25
	Silver grunt Pomadasys argenteus	— Haemulidae	24
	King soldier bream Argyrops spinifer	— Sparidae	24
	Rock Bunting Emberiza cia	Aves Emberizidae	24
	yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti	Insecta Culicidae	23
	Antelope Rat Tatera indica	Mammalia Muridae	23
	Jarbua terapon Terapon jarbua	— Terapontidae	23
	Mountain weasel Mustela altaica	Mammalia Mustelidae	23
	Streaked Laughingthrush Trochalopteron lineatum	Aves Leiothrichidae	23
	Barramundi Lates calcarifer	— Latidae	22
	White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis	Aves Pycnonotidae	22
	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Aves Passeridae	22
	milkfish Lactarius lactarius	— Lactariidae	22
	Common House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus	Squamata Gekkonidae	22
	congo sea catfish Cathorops fuerthii	— Ariidae	21
	Largehead hairtail Trichiurus lepturus	— Trichiuridae	21
	Croaker Otolithes ruber	— Sciaenidae	21
	Silver sillago Sillago sihama	— Sillaginidae	20
	Whitefin wolf-herring Chirocentrus nudus	— Chirocentridae	20
	sixfinger threadfish Polydactylus sextarius	— Polynemidae	20
	Coal Tit Periparus ater	Aves Paridae	20
	Red-Sided Skink Trachylepis homalocephala	Squamata Scincidae	20
	Duttaphrynus stomaticus	Amphibia Bufonidae	20
	Onthophagus ramosellus	Insecta Scarabaeidae	19
	Miltochrista undulosa	Insecta Erebidae	19
	Gibelion catla	— Cyprinidae	19
	Saddle grunt Pomadasys maculatus	— Haemulidae	19
	Bearded Jewfish Johnius amblycephalus	— Sciaenidae	19
	Himalayan Rat Rattus pyctoris	Mammalia Muridae	19
	Brown Roofed Turtle Pangshura smithii	Testudines Geoemydidae	19
	Blow fly Chrysomya megacephala	Insecta Calliphoridae	19
	Sind River Mud Snake Mintonophis pakistanicus	Squamata Homalopsidae	19
	Short-tailed Bandicoot Rat Nesokia indica	Mammalia Muridae	18
	Kashmir Flying Squirrel Eoglaucomys fimbriatus	Mammalia Sciuridae	18
	Variable agama Calotes versicolor	Squamata Agamidae	18
	Eastern Fringe-toed Gecko Crossobamon orientalis	Squamata Gekkonidae	17
	Lesser Tiger Toothed Croaker Otolithes cuvieri	— Sciaenidae	17
	Dusky Shrew Crocidura pullata	Mammalia Soricidae	17