Animal life is also very varied. Among domestic species are horses, mules and cows, all of them of a great use to man.

Among wild animal characteristic of the region are vizcachas, weasels, wildcats, mulitas and quirquinchos (types of armadillos), foxes, skunks, lizards, iguanas, turtles, frogs, snakes of several kinds, rabbits, pumas and, in the high regions, guanacos.

Among birds are: owls, carrion hawks, hawks, teros, parrots, benteveos, baker birds and a great many others.

Rivers and dams are inhabited by: atherine, catfish, shad, trout, dorado, tararira, etc.

Such is the abundance of Tucumán fauna that it attracts the interest of hunters and fishermen, these two activities being very widespread sports.