List of wild animals of Egypt

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Order: Tubulidentata (aardvarks)

• Family: Orycteropodidae
• Genus: Orycteropus
• Aardvark

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Order: Hyracoidea (hyraxes)

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

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Order: Sirenia (manatees and dugongs)

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

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Order: Rodentia (rodents)

• Family: Gliridae (dormice)
• Genus: Eliomys
• Asian garden dormouse Eliomys melanurus
• Family: Dipodidae (jerboas)
• Genus: Allactaga
• Four-toed jerboa (Allactaga tetradactyla){{cite journal | last=Shahin | first=Adel A. Basyouny | last2=Ata | first2=Abdel Twab M. | title=A comparative study on the karyotype and meiosis of the jerboasAllactagaandJaculus(Rodentia: Dipodidae) in Egypt | journal=Zoology in the Middle East | publisher=Informa UK Limited | volume=22 | issue=1 | year=2001 | issn=0939-7140 | doi=10.1080/09397140.2001.10637844 | pages=5–16}}

• Genus: Jaculus
• Lesser Egyptian jerboa (Jaculus jaculus)
• Greater Egyptian jerboa (Jaculus orientalis)

• Family: Spalacidae
• Genus: Nannospalax
• Middle East blind mole-rat Nannospalax ehrenbergi {{cite journal | last=Shahin | first=Adel A. Basyouny | last2=Mohamed | first2=Amira M. Metwally | last3=El Shatter | first3=Abd El-Reheem A. | title=Genetic Differentiation and Relationship between Two Karyotype Forms of Nannospalax ehrenbergi (Rodentia: Spalacidae) in Egypt | journal=Pakistan Journal of Zoology | publisher=ResearchersLinks Ltd | volume=50 | issue=5 | year=2018 | issn=0030-9923 | doi=10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.5.1671.1680 | doi-access=free | page=}}

• Family: Muridae (mice, rats, voles, gerbils, hamsters etc.)
• Genus: Acomys
• Cairo spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus) {{cite journal |last1=Younes |first1=Mahmoud |title=The Nile Delta and Valley as An Ecological Barrier for Desert Mammals: With Special Reference To The Cairo Spiny Mouse, Acomys cahirinus |journal=Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, B. Zoology |date=3 January 2024 |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=1–17 |doi=10.21608/EAJBSZ.2024.333659 |url=https://journals.ekb.eg/article_333659.html|doi-access=free }}
• Golden spiny mouse (Acomys russatus)

• Genus: Dipodillus
• North African gerbil Dipodillus campestris
• Mackilligin's gerbil (Dipodillus mackilligini)

• Genus: Gerbillus
• Pleasant gerbil Gerbillus amoenus {{cite journal | last=Younes | first=Mahmoud | last2=Khalifa | first2=Mahmoud | last3=Ghazy | first3=Ahmed | title=MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF GERBILLUS ANDERSONI, G. CAMPESTRIS AND G. AMOENUS FROM EGYPT | journal=Al-Azhar Bulletin of Science | publisher=Al-Azhar University | volume=27 | issue=1 | date=2016-06-01 | issn=1110-2535 | doi=10.21608/absb.2016.24338 | doi-access=free | pages=9–16}}
• 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)

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Order: Lagomporpha (lagomorphs)

• Family: Leporidae (rabbits, hares)
• Genus: Lepus
• Cape hare (lepus capensis)

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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

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Order: Soricomorpha (shrews, moles and solenodons)

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