List of wild animals of Egypt

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Order: Tubulidentata (aardvarks)

• Family: Orycteropodidae
  • Genus: Orycteropus
    • Aardvark

Order: Hyracoidea (hyraxes)

• Family: Procaviidae (hyraxes)
  • Genus: Procavia
    • Rock hyrax

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)^[1]
  • Genus: Jaculus
    • Lesser Egyptian jerboa (Jaculus jaculus) ^[1]
    • Greater Egyptian jerboa (Jaculus orientalis) ^[1]
• Family: Spalacidae
  • Genus: Nannospalax
    • Middle East blind mole-rat Nannospalax ehrenbergi ^[2]
• Family: Muridae (mice, rats, voles, gerbils, hamsters etc.)
  • Genus: Acomys
    • Cairo spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus) ^[3]
    • Golden spiny mouse (Acomys russatus)
  • Genus: Dipodillus
    • North African gerbil Dipodillus campestris
    • Mackilligin's gerbil (Dipodillus mackilligini)
  • Genus: Gerbillus
    • Pleasant gerbil Gerbillus amoenus ^[4]
    • Anderson's gerbil Gerbillus andersoni^[4]
    • 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)