Libya
This list is a list of mammalian species recorded in Libya . The list includes regionally extinct species.
Of the 81 species listed in the table, 2 are critically endangered, 2 are endangered, 6 are vulnerable, 3 are close to threatening.
The following tags are used to highlight the conservation status of each species according to IUCN estimates:
| EX | Extinct | Extinct |
| Ew | Extinct in the wild | Extinct in the wild |
| CR | Critically endangered | Critically Endangered |
| EN | Endangered | At risk |
| Vu | Vulnerable | Vulnerable |
| NT | Near threatened | Close to threatening state |
| LC | Least concern | Minimal threat |
| DD | Data deficient | Insufficient information |
| NE | Not valued | Unexplored Species |
List
| Title | Latin name | Taxon Author | IUCN Status | Picture |
| Squad: Carnivora | ||||
| Family: Canidae | ||||
| Jackal | Canis aureus | Linnaeus, 1758 | LC | |
| Wolf | Canis lupus | Linnaeus, 1758 | LC | |
| African fox | Vulpes pallida | Cretzschmar, 1826 | DD | |
| Sand fox | Vulpes rueppellii | Schinz, 1825 | LC | |
| Common fox | Vulpes vulpes | Linnaeus, 1758 | LC | |
| Fenech | Vulpes zerda | Zimmermann, 1780 | LC | |
| Family: Felidae | ||||
| Cheetah | Acinonyx jubatus | Schreber, 1775 | Vu | |
| Caracal | Caracal caracal | Schreber, 1776 | LC | |
| Forest cat | Felis silvestris | Schreber, 1777 | LC | |
| Family: Herpestidae | ||||
| Egyptian mongoose | Herpestes ichneumon | Linnaeus, 1758 | LC | |
| Family: Hyaenidae | ||||
| Striped hyena | Hyaena hyaena | Linnaeus, 1758 | NT | |
| Family: Mustelidae | ||||
| Icctonyx libyca | Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833 | LC | ||
| Family: Phocidae | ||||
| Monk seal | Monachus monachus | Hermann, 1779 | CR | |
| Family: Viverridae | ||||
| Common genetics | Genetta genetta | Linnaeus, 1758 | LC | |
| Order: Cetartiodactyla | ||||
| Family: Balaenopteridae | ||||
| Finwal | Balaenoptera physalus | Linnaeus, 1758 | EN | |
| Family: Bovidae | ||||
| Addax | Addax nasomaculatus | de Blainville, 1816 | CR | |
| Maned ram | Ammotragus lervia | Pallas, 1777 | Vu | |
| Gazelle Dorkas | Gazella dorcas | Linnaeus, 1758 | Vu | |
| Sand gazelle | Gazella leptoceros | F. Cuvier, 1842 | EN | |
| Family: Delphinidae | ||||
| Dolphin Squirrel | Delphinus delphis | Linnaeus, 1758 | LC | |
| Common grind | Globicephala melas | Traill, 1809 | DD | |
| Big Tooth Dolphin | Steno bredanensis | Lesson 1828 | LC | |
| Bottlenose dolphin | Tursiops truncatus | Montagu, 1821 | LC | |
| Family: Physeteridae | ||||
| Sperm whale | Physeter macrocephalus | Linnaeus, 1758 | Vu | |
| Order: Chiroptera | ||||
| Family: Hipposideridae | ||||
| Common trident | Asellia tridens | É. Geoffroy, 1813 | LC | |
| Family: Molossidae | ||||
| Wide-eared folded lip | Tadarida teniotis | Rafinesque, 1814 | LC | |
| Family: Nycteridae | ||||
| Egyptian Schelord | Nycteris thebaica | É. Geoffroy, 1818 | LC | |
| Family: Pteropodidae | ||||
| Egyptian flying dog | Rosettus aegyptiacus | E. Geoffroy, 1810 | LC | |
| Family: Rhinolophidae | ||||
| Horseshoe Blasius | Rhinolophus blasii | Peters, 1866 | LC | |
| Geoffrey Horseshoe | Rhinolophus clivosus | Cretzschmar, 1828 | LC | |
| Megeli's horseshoe | Rhinolophus mehelyi | Matschie, 1901 | Vu | |
| Family: Rhinopomatidae | ||||
| Hardwick Mouse Tail | Rhinopoma hardwickii | Gray, 1831 | LC | |
| Family: Vespertilionidae | ||||
| Late leather | Eptesicus serotinus | Schreber, 1774 | LC | |
| Sharp-eyed night | Myotis blythii | Tomes, 1857 | LC | |
| Myotis punicus | Felten, Spitzenberger, and Storch, 1977 | NT | ||
| Giant evening party | Nyctalus lasiopterus | Schreber, 1780 | NT | |
| Little party | Nyctalus leisleri | Kuhl, 1817 | LC | |
| White-bellied arrow | Otonycteris hemprichii | Peters, 1859 | LC | |
| Desert bat | Pipistrellus deserti | Thomas, 1902 | LC | |
| Pipistrellus hanaki | Hulva & Benda, 2004 | DD | ||
| Mediterranean bat | Pipiprellus kuhlii | Khul, 1817 | LC | |
| Bat dwarf | Pipistrellus pipistrellus | Schreber, 1774 | LC | |
| Ruffel's Bat | Pipiprellus rueppellii | Fischer, 1829 | LC | |
| Plecotus christii | Gray, 1838 | DD | ||
| Ushan mediterranean | Plecotus kolombatovici | Dulic, 1980 | LC | |
| Order: Eulipotyphla | ||||
| Family: Erinaceidae | ||||
| Algerian hedgehog | Atelerix algirus | Lereboullet, 1842 | LC | |
| Eared hedgehog | Hemiechinus auritus | Gmelin, 1770 | LC | |
| Ethiopian hedgehog | Paraechinus aethiopicus | Ehrenberg, 1832 | LC | |
| Family: Soricidae | ||||
| Alexandria Shrew | Crocidura aleksandrisi | Vesmanis, 1977 | LC | |
| Dwarf Tooth | Suncus etruscus | Savi, 1822 | LC | |
| Order: Hyracoidea | ||||
| Family: Procaviidae | ||||
| Cape Daman | Procavia capensis | Pallas, 1766 | LC | |
| Order: Lagomorpha | ||||
| Family: Leporidae | ||||
| Cape Hare | Lepus capensis | Linnaeus, 1758 | LC | |
| Order: Macroscelidea | ||||
| Family: Macroscelididae | ||||
| North African Springbok | Elephantulus rozeti | Duvernoy, 1833 | LC | |
| Squad: Rodentia | ||||
| Family: Cricetidae | ||||
| Gunther Vole | Microtus guentheri | Danford & Alston, 1880 | LC | |
| Family: Ctenodactylidae | ||||
| Gundi | Ctenodactylus gundi | Rothmann, 1776 | LC | |
| Desert gundi | Ctenodactylus vali | Thomas, 1902 | DD | |
| Family: Dipodidae | ||||
| Four-toed jerboa | Allactaga tetradactyla | Lichtenstein, 1823 | Vu | |
| Egyptian jerboa | Jaculus jaculus | Linnaeus, 1758 | LC | |
| Eastern jerboa | Jaculus orientalis | Erxleben, 1777 | LC | |
| Family: Gliridae | ||||
| Black-tailed dormouse | Eliomys melanurus | Wagner, 1839 | LC | |
| Maghreb dormouse | Eliomys munbyanus | Pomel, 1856 | LC | |
| Family: Hystricidae | ||||
| Crested porcupine | Hystrix cristata | Linnaeus, 1758 | LC | |
| Family: Muridae | ||||
| Cairo mouse | Acomys cahirinus | É. Geoffroy, 1803 | LC | |
| Gerbillus amoenus | de Winton, 1902 | LC | ||
| Anderson's gerbil | Gerbillus andersoni | de Winton, 1902 | LC | |
| Gerbillus campestris | Loche, 1867 | LC | ||
| Dwarf gerbil | Gerbillus gerbillus | Olivier, 1801 | LC | |
| Grobben gerbil | Gerbillus grobbeni | Klaptocz, 1909 | DD | |
| Arabian pygmy gerbil | Gerbillus henleyi | de Winton, 1903 | LC | |
| Gerbil Latasta | Gerbillus latastei | Thomas & Trouessart, 1903 | LC | |
| Gerbillus simoni | Lataste, 1881 | LC | ||
| Libyan gerbil | Gerbillus tarabuli | Thomas, 1902 | LC | |
| Sundewall gerbil | Meriones crassus | Sundevall, 1842 | LC | |
| Red-tailed gerbil | Meriones libycus | Lichtenstein, 1823 | LC | |
| African gerbil | Meriones shawi | Duvernoy, 1842 | LC | |
| House mouse | Mus musculus | Linnaeus, 1758 | LC | |
| Algerian mouse | Mus spretus | Lataste, 1883 | LC | |
| Fat-tailed gerbil | Pachyuromys duprasi | Lataste, 1880 | LC | |
| Daytime gerbil | Psammomys obesus | Cretzschmar, 1828 | LC | |
| Pale gerbil | Psammomys vexillaris | Thomas, 1925 | DD | |
| Family: Spalacidae | ||||
| Spalax ehrenbergi | Nehring, 1898 | DD | ||