Preeclampsia (PE) is a severe pregnancy syndrome with multi-organ vascular dysfunction and classical symptoms, such as, maternal hypertension, proteinuria, glomerular endotheliosis and insufficient trophoblastic invasion. Although quite bit of animal models have been established for PE study, different animal models have both advantages and disadvantages. To date, there is still no one ideal animal model for PE study. This is also the reason that the etiology of PE is still unknown, and no effective treatments are available for PE. In the light of providing references for selecting the right animal model for investigations and establishing ideal animal models, we summarized the characteristic of different animal models for PE in this review.