Endangered Species Search by Area Selection
Find out if there are any endangered species in your state, your country, island, etc. Browse endangered species listings according to area on our planet using the selection box below.
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Note/Disclaimer: This list is made possible through a database keyword search/filtering process which may not be 100% accurate. Therefore, all endangered species of Lesotho may not be listed here. For a complete list of endangered species in Africa, browse the Africa endangered species list.
Endangered species found in Lesotho:
This list combines species from several endangered species lists. Using the total at the bottom of this page as an official count of endangered species of the world is not recommended. For more information on what creatures are listed on this site, please visit our About Us page.
| Species Name | Scientific Name | Group | Range | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Aloeides dentatis | Aloeides dentatis | Insects | Lesotho, South Africa |
| 2. | Black Harrier | Circus maurus | Birds | Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland |
| 3. | Blue Bustard | Eupodotis caerulescens | Birds | Lesotho, South Africa |
| 4. | Blue Crane | Grus paradisea | Birds | Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe |
| 5. | Brown Hyena | Parahyaena brunnea | Mammals | Southern Africa |
| 6. | Cape Vulture | Gyps coprotheres | Birds | Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| 7. | Denham's Bustard | Neotis denhami | Birds | Africa |
| 8. | Egyptian Vulture
 |
Neophron percnopterus | Birds | Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East |
| 9. | Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Birds | Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic |
| 10. | Eurasian Peregrine Falcon
|
Falco peregrinus peregrinus | Birds | Eurasia south to Africa and Mideast |
| 11. | Largemouth Yellowfish | Labeobarbus kimberleyensis | Fishes | Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa |
| 12. | Leopard
|
Panthera pardus | Mammals | Africa, Asia, Middle East |
| 13. | Lepidochrysops oosthuizeni | Lepidochrysops oosthuizeni | Insects | Lesotho, South Africa |
| 14. | Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | Birds | Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Oceanic |
| 15. | Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | Birds | Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
| 16. | Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | Birds | Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe |
| 17. | Maloti Minnow | Pseudobarbus quathlambae | Fishes | Lesotho |
| 18. | Southern Bald Ibis | Geronticus calvus | Birds | Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland |
| 19. | Straw-coloured Fruit Bat | Eidolon helvum | Mammals | Africa, Asia, Middle East |
| 20. | Wattled Crane | Grus carunculatus | Birds | Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Ethiopia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| 21. | White-tailed Mouse | Mystromys albicaudatus | Mammals | Lesotho, South Africa |
| 22. | Yellow-breasted Pipit | Anthus chloris | Birds | Lesotho, South Africa |
