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 animal's 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 animal's 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).
