Disclosed is an absorbent article for pet animals. The article has a longitudinal direction (Y), a transverse direction (X), a body-facing surface, a non-body-facing surface and first and second ends (10a, 10b) opposed to each other in the longitudinal direction (Y). The article includes: a tail facing area (13)facing a pet animals tail(6) a first section (11) to cover one side of a pet animal s rump (8), extending from the tail facing area (13) to the first end (10a) a second section (12) to cover the other side of the pet animals rump(8), extending from the tail facing area (13) to the second end (10b) and an absorbent core (15) disposed between the first and second sections (11, 12).
