List of wild animals of Egypt
Appearance
This is a list of the wild animal species that were reported in Egypt.
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Order: Tubulidentata (aardvarks)
- Family: Orycteropodidae
- Genus: Orycteropus
- Aardvark (orycteropus afer)
- Genus: Orycteropus
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Order: Hyracoidea (hyraxes)
- Family: Procaviidae (hyraxes)
- Genus: Procavia
- Rock hyrax (procavia capensis)
- Genus: Procavia
Order: Sirenia (manatees and dugongs)
- Family: Dugongidae
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Order: Rodentia (rodents)
- Family: Gliridae (dormice)
- Genus: Eliomys
- Asian garden dormouse (eliomys melanurus)
- Genus: Eliomys
- Family: Dipodidae (jerboas)
- Genus: Allactaga
- Four-toed jerboa (allactaga tetradactyla)
- Genus: Allactaga
- Genus: Jaculus
- Lesser Egyptian jerboa (jaculus jaculus)
- Greater Egyptian jerboa (jaculus orientalis)
- Genus: Jaculus
- Family: Spalacidae
- Genus: Nannospalax
- Middle East blind mole-rat (nannospalax ehrenbergi)
- Genus: Nannospalax
- Family: Muridae (mice, rats, voles, gerbils, hamsters etc.)
- Genus: Acomys
- Cairo spiny mouse (acomys cahirinus)
- Golden spiny mouse (acomys russatus)
- Genus: Acomys
- Genus: Dipodillus
- North African gerbil (dipodillus campestris)
- Mackilligin's gerbil (dipodillus mackilligini)
- Genus: Dipodillus
- 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: Gerbillus
- Genus: Meriones
- Sundevall's jird (meriones crassus)
- Libyan jird (meriones lybicus)
- Shaw's jird (meriones shawi)
- Genus: Meriones
- Genus: Pachyuromys
- Fat-tailed gerbil (pachyuromys duprasi)
- Genus: Pachyuromys
- Genus: Psammomys
- Fat sand rat (psammomys obesus)
- Genus: Psammomys
- Genus: Sekeetamys
- Bushy-tailed jird (sekeetamys calurus)
- Genus: Sekeetamys
- Genus: Arvicanthis
- African grass rat (arvicanthis niloticus)
- Genus: Arvicanthis
- Genus: Nesokia
- Short-tailed bandicoot rat (nesokia indica)
- Genus: Nesokia
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Order: Lagomporpha (lagomorphs)
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Order: Erinaceomorpha (hedgehogs and gymnures)
- Family: Erinaceidae (hedgehogs)
- Genus: Hemiechinus
- Long-eared hedgehog (hemiechinus auritus)
- Genus: Paraechinus
- Desert hedgehog (paraechinus aethiopicus)
- Genus: Hemiechinus
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Order: Soricomorpha (shrews, moles and solenodons)