List of wild animals of Egypt

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

Class: Mammalia (mammals)


Order: Tubulidentata (aardvarks)


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



Order: Hyracoidea (hyraxes)


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



Order: Sirenia (manatees and dugongs)


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



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)



Order: Lagomporpha (lagomorphs)
 * Family: Leporidae (rabbits, hares)
 * Genus: Lepus
 * Cape hare (lepus capensis)



Order: Erinaceomorpha (hedgehogs and gymnures)


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



Order: Soricomorpha (shrews, moles and solenodons)