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This list of mammals of India comprises all the mammal species alive in India today. Some of them are common to the point of being considered
vermin Vermin ( colloquially varmint(s) or varmit(s)) are pests or nuisance animals that spread diseases or destroy crops or livestock. Since the term is defined in relation to human activities, which species are included vary by region and enterp ...
while others are exceedingly rare. Many species are known from just a few
zoological specimen A zoological specimen is an animal or part of an animal preserved for scientific use. Various uses are: to verify the identity of a (species), to allow study, increase public knowledge of zoology. Zoological specimens are extremely diverse. Exampl ...
s in museums collected in the 19th and 20th centuries. Many of the carnivores and larger mammals are restricted in their distribution to forests in protected areas, while others live within cities in the close proximity of humans. They range in size from the Eurasian pygmy shrew (''Sorex minutus'') to the
Asian elephant The Asian elephant (''Elephas maximus''), also known as the Asiatic elephant, is the only living species of the genus ''Elephas'' and is distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west, Nepal in the no ...
(''Elephas maximus''). They include nocturnal small mammals
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to India such as the Malabar large-spotted civet (''Viverra civettina''). While the status of many of these species is unknown, some are definitely extinct. Populations of many carnivores are threatened. The
tiger The tiger (''Panthera tigris'') is the largest living cat species and a member of the genus ''Panthera''. It is most recognisable for its dark vertical stripes on orange fur with a white underside. An apex predator, it primarily preys on ...
(''Panthera tigris''),
dhole The dhole (''Cuon alpinus''; ) is a canid native to Central, South, East and Southeast Asia. Other English names for the species include Asian wild dog, Asiatic wild dog, Indian wild dog, whistling dog, red dog, red wolf, and mountain wolf. It ...
(''Cuon alpinus''), and Malabar large-spotted civet (''Viverra civettina'') are some of the most endangered carnivore species. Two rhinoceros species are extinct within the Indian region, but the remaining species, the Indian rhinoceros (''Rhinoceros unicornis'') has its last stronghold within India.


Order: Insectivora


Family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs

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Indian long-eared hedgehog The Indian long-eared hedgehog (''Hemiechinus collaris'') is a small species of mammal native to northern India and Pakistan. It is insectivorous and nocturnal. Description The Indian long-eared hedgehog is a relatively small hedgehog (~17  ...
(''Hemiechinus collaris'') * Brandt's hedgehog (''Hemiechinus hypomelas'') *
Indian hedgehog The Indian hedgehog (''Paraechinus micropus'') is a species of hedgehog native to India and Pakistan. It mainly lives in sandy desert areas but can be found in other environments. Description The Indian hedgehog can be compared to the long-ear ...
(''Paraechinus micropus'') *
Madras hedgehog The bare-bellied hedgehog (''Paraechinus nudiventris''), also known as the Madras hedgehog, is a species of hedgehog that is endemic to dry arid regions and scrubby jungles in southeastern India. As it was believed to be rare, it was formerly ...
(''Paraechinus nudiventris'') endemic


Family Talpidae: moles

* White-tailed mole (''Parascaptor leucura'') * Himalayan mole (''Euroscaptor micrura'')


Family Soricidae: shrews


Soricinae

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Chinese mole shrew The Chinese mole shrew (''Anourosorex squamipes'') is one of four species of Asian mole shrew in the genus ''Anourosorex''. Despite the name, it is found not only in China but also in northeast India, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Like all ...
(''Anourosorex squamipes'') * Himalayan water shrew (''Chimarrogale himalayica'') * Elegant water shrew (''Nectogale elegans'') * Eurasian pygmy shrew (''Sorex minutus'') *
Kashmir pygmy shrew The Kashmir pygmy shrew (''Sorex planiceps'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in India and Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South ...
(''Sorex planiceps'') * Hodgson's brown-toothed shrew (''Soriculus caudatus'') * Long-tailed brown-toothed shrew (''Soriculus leucops'') * Long-tailed mountain shrew (''Soriculus macrurus'') *
Himalayan shrew The Himalayan shrew (''Soriculus nigrescens'') is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal, is currently the only species in the genus ''Soriculus'' within the tribe Nectogalini, although the species ''Chodsigoa'' and ''Episoriculus'', w ...
(''Soriculus nigrescens'')


Crocidurinae

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Andaman shrew The Andaman shrew or Andaman white-toothed shrew (''Crocidura andamanensis'') is a critically endangered species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to the South Andaman Island South Andaman Island is the southernmost island of ...
(''Crocidura andamanensis'') *
Asian grey shrew The Asian gray shrew (''Crocidura attenuata'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is one ...
(''Crocidura attenuata'') *
Southeast Asian shrew The Southeast Asian shrew (''Crocidura fuliginosa'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Cambodia, India, China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), official ...
(''Crocidura fuliginosa'') *
Andaman spiny shrew The Andaman spiny shrew or Andaman shrew (''Crocidura hispida'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to India. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. Sources * Insectivore Specialist Group & CBS ...
(''Crocidura hispida'') *
Horsfield's shrew Horsfield's shrew (''Crocidura horsfieldii'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae found in Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Laos, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), ...
(''Crocidura horsfieldii'') *
Jenkins's shrew Jenkins's shrew (''Crocidura jenkinsi'') is a critically endangered species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to South Andaman Island in India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. I ...
(''Crocidura jenkinsi'') *
Bicolored shrew The bicolored shrew or bicoloured white-toothed shrew (''Crocidura leucodon'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in eastern, central and southern Europe and in western Asia. It is a nocturnal species and feeds on insec ...
(''Crocidura leucodon'') *
Nicobar shrew The Nicobar shrew or Nicobar white-tailed shrew (''Crocidura nicobarica'') is a critically endangered species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Great Nicobar Island in India India, officially the Republic of India (Hin ...
(''Crocidura nicobarica'') *
Pale grey shrew The pale gray shrew (''Crocidura pergrisea'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Pakistan and is distributed in the Shigar valley and the western edge of Deosai Deosai National Park () is a high-altitude alpine ...
(''Crocidura pergrisea'') * Kashmir white-toothed shrew (''Crocidura pullata'') * Sonnerat's shrew (''Diplomesodon sonnerati'') *
Kelaart's long-clawed shrew Kelaart's long-clawed shrew (''Feroculus feroculus'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is the only species within the genus ''Feroculus''. It is endemic to Sri Lanka and southern India. Its natural habitats are subtropical or t ...
(''Feroculus feroculus'') * Day's shrew (''Suncus dayi'') (endemic) *
Etruscan shrew The Etruscan shrew (''Suncus etruscus''), also known as the Etruscan pygmy shrew or the white-toothed pygmy shrew, is the smallest known extant mammal by mass, weighing only about on average. (The bumblebee bat is regarded as the smallest mamma ...
(''Suncus etruscus'') *
Asian house shrew The Asian house shrew (''Suncus murinus'') is a shrew species native to South and Southeast Asia that has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2008 because of its large population and wide distribution. It has been introduced i ...
(''Suncus murinus'') * Anderson's shrew (''Suncus stoliczkanus'')


Order: Scandentia


Family Tupaiidae: treeshrews


Tupaiinae

* Madras treeshrew (''Anathana ellioti'') * Northern treeshrew (''Tupaia belangeri'') * Tupaia nicobarica (''Tupaia nicobarica'')


Order: Chiroptera: bats


Family Pteropodidae: fruit bats

* Lesser short-nosed fruit bat (''Cynopterus brachyotis'') *
Greater short-nosed fruit bat The greater short-nosed fruit bat (''Cynopterus sphinx''), or short-nosed Indian fruit bat, is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae found in South and Southeast Asia. Description These bats have a relatively long snout. Their upper pa ...
(''Cynopterus sphinx'') * Lesser dawn bat (''Eonycteris spelaea'') * Cave nectar bat (''Latidens salimalii'') *
Long-tongued fruit bat The long-tongued fruit bat (''Macroglossus sobrinus'') is a species of megabat. It is nectarivorous, feeding on nectar from primarily banana flowers. It is found in several countries in South and Southeast Asia. Taxonomy and etymology It was de ...
(''Macroglossus sobrinus'') * Ratanaworabhan's fruit bat (''Megaerops niphanae'') * Nicobar flying fox (''Pteropus faunulus'') *
Indian flying fox The Indian flying fox (''Pteropus medius'', formerly ''Pteropus giganteus''), also known as the greater Indian fruit bat, is a species of flying fox native to the Indian subcontinent. It is one of the largest bats in the world. It is of interest ...
(''Pteropus giganteus'') * Small flying fox (''Pteropus hypomelanus'') *
Black-eared flying fox The black-eared flying fox, species ''Pteropus melanotus'', is a bat of the family Pteropodidae (megabats). Also known as Blyth's flying fox, it is found on the Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands (India), and in Sumatra (Indonesia).Hutson, A.M ...
(''Pteropus melanotus'') *
Large flying fox The large flying fox (''Pteropus vampyrus'', formerly ''Pteropus giganteus''), also known as the greater flying fox, Malayan flying fox, Malaysian flying fox, large fruit bat, kalang, or kalong, is a southeast Asian species of megabat in the f ...
(''Pteropus vampyrus'') *
Leschenault's rousette Leschenault's rousette (''Rousettus leschenaultii'') is a species of fruit bat. The scientific name of the species was first published by Desmarest in 1820. Description Leschenault's rousette is brown to grey-brown in colour with lighter under ...
(''Rousettus leschenaulti'') * Blanford's fruit bat (''Sphaerias blanfordi'')


Family Rhinopomatidae: mouse-tailed bats

* Lesser mouse-tailed bat (''Rhinopoma hardwickii'') *
Greater mouse-tailed bat The greater mouse-tailed bat (''Rhinopoma microphyllum'') is a species of bat in the Rhinopomatidae family. Range and habitat It is found in Algeria, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiop ...
(''Rhinopoma microphyllum'')


Family Emballonuridae: sheath-tailed bats

* Long-winged tomb bat (''Taphozous longimanus'') *
Black-bearded tomb bat The black-bearded tomb bat (''Taphozous melanopogon'') is a species of sac-winged bat found in South and South East Asia. Taxonomy and etymology It was described as a new species in 1841 by Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck. The holotype ...
(''Taphozous melanopogon'') * Naked-rumped tomb bat (''Taphozous nudiventris'') * Egyptian tomb bat (''Taphozous perforatus'') * '' Taphozous saccolaimus'' * Theobald's tomb bat (''Taphozous theobaldi'')


Family Megadermatidae: false vampire bats

* Greater false vampire bat (''Megaderma lyra'') * Lesser false vampire bat (''Megaderma spasma'')


Family Rhinolophidae: horseshoe bats

* Intermediate horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus affinis'') * Andaman horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus cognatus'') *
Greater horseshoe bat The greater horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus ferrumequinum'') is an insectivorous bat of the genus '' Rhinolophus''. Its distribution covers Europe, Northern Africa, Central Asia and Eastern Asia. It is the largest of the horseshoe bats in Europe an ...
(''Rhinolophus ferrumequinum'') * Lesser horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus hipposideros'') * Blyth's horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus lepidus'') * Woolly horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus luctus'') *
Mitred horseshoe bat The mitred horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus mitratus'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is endemic to India. Little is known about the species, because it is known only from the holotype, the specimen used to describe the specie ...
(''Rhinolophus mitratus'') endemic to Bihar * Pearson's horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus pearsonii'') * Least horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus pusillus '') * Rufous horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus rouxi'') * Little Nepalese horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus subbadius'') *
Trefoil horseshoe bat The trefoil horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus trifoliatus'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. In Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the th ...
(''Rhinolophus trifoliatus'') * Dobson's horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus yunanensis'')


Family Hipposideridae: leaf-nosed bats

* East Asian tailless leaf-nosed bat (''Coelops frithii'') * Great roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros armiger'') * Dusky leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros ater'') * Ashy roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros cineraceus'') * Khajuria's leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros durgadasi'') *
Diadem leaf-nosed bat The diadem leaf-nosed bat or diadem roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros diadema'') is one of the most widespread species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is probably most closely related to ''Hipposideros demissus'' from Makira and to '' Hippo ...
(''Hipposideros diadema'') * Fulvus roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros fulvus'') *
Cantor's roundleaf bat Cantor's roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros galeritus'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. It is named after Theodore Ed ...
(''Hipposideros galeritus'') * Indian roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros lankadiva'') * Intermediate roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros larvatus'') * Pomona roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros pomona'') * Indian roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros schistaceus'') * Schneider's leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros speoris'')


Family Vespertilionidae: evening bats

* Asian barbastelle (''Barbastella leucomelas'') *
Northern bat The northern bat (''Eptesicus nilssonii'') is the most abundant species of bat in northern Eurasia occurring from England to Hokkaidō and south to northern India. Description The northern bat is dark brown or black with some gold touched at th ...
(''Eptesicus nilssoni'') endemic to Kashmir * Gobi big brown bat (''Eptesicus gobiensis'') *
Thick-eared bat The thick-eared bat (''Eptesicus pachyotis'') is a species of vesper bat native to China, India, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Sou ...
(''Eptesicus pachyotis'') *
Serotine bat The serotine bat (''Eptesicus serotinus''), also known as the common serotine bat, big brown bat, or silky bat, is a fairly large Eurasian bat with quite large ears. It has a wingspan of around and often hunts in woodland. It sometimes roosts ...
(''Eptesicus serotinus'') * Sombre bat (''Eptesicus tatei'') * Tickell's bat (''Hesperoptenus tickelli'') * Blanford's bat (''Hesperoptenus blanfordi'') *
Great evening bat The great evening bat (''Ia io'') is the largest bat in the vesper bat family (Vespertilionidae) and the only living species in the genus '' Ia''. It is common to Eastern and Southeastern Asia ( China, India, Laos, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam), ...
(''Ia io'') * Hairy-faced bat (''Myotis annectans'') * Lesser mouse-eared bat (''Myotis blythii'') *
Daubenton's bat Daubenton's bat or Daubenton's myotis (''Myotis daubentonii'') is a Eurasian bat with rather short ears. It ranges from Ireland to Japan (Hokkaido) and is considered to be increasing its numbers in many areas. This bat was first described in 18 ...
(''Myotis daubentonii'') * Hodgson's bat (''Myotis formosus'') * Lesser large-footed bat (''Myotis hasseltii'') * Horsfield's bat (''Myotis horsfieldii'') *
Kashmir cave bat The Kashmir cave bat (''Myotis longipes'') is a species of vesper bat. It is endemic to the Western Himalayas of South Asia. It is found in the Western Himalayan broadleaf forests ecoregion, within Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. ...
(''Myotis longipes'') * Burmese whiskered bat (''Myotis montivagus'') * Wall-roosting mouse-eared bat (''Myotis muricola'') *
Whiskered bat The whiskered bat (''Myotis mystacinus'') is a small European bat with long fur. Although uncommon, ''M. mystacinus'' is often found around human habitation and around water; it is similar to Brandt's bat Brandt's bat or Brandt's myotis (''M ...
(''Myotis mystacinus'') *
Peshwa bat The Peshwa (Pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, e(ː)ʃʋaː was the appointed (later becoming hereditary) prime minister of the Maratha Empire of the Indian subcontinent. Originally, the Peshwas served as subordinates to the Chhatrapati (the M ...
('' Myotis peshwa'') * Mandelli's mouse-eared bat (''Myotis sicarius'') * Himalayan whiskered bat (''Myotis siligorensis'') * Lesser noctule (''Nyctalus leisleri'') * Mountain noctule (''Nyctalus montanus'') * Common noctule (''Nyctalus noctula'') * Desert long-eared bat (''Otonycteris hemprichii'') * Dormer's bat (''Scotozous dormeri'') * Chocolate pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus affinis'') * Cadorna's pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus cadornae'') * Kelaart's pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus ceylonicus'') * Indian pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus coromandra'') * Java pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus javanicus'') * Kuhl's pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus kuhlii'') * Mount Popa pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus paterculus'') * Common pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus pipistrellus'') * Savi's pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus savii'') * Least pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus tenuis'') *
Brown long-eared bat The brown long-eared bat or common long-eared bat (''Plecotus auritus'') is a small Eurasian insectivorous bat. It has distinctive ears, long and with a distinctive fold. It is extremely similar to the much rarer grey long-eared bat which was o ...
(''Plecotus auritus'') * Grey long-eared bat (''Plecotus austriacus'') * Desert yellow bat (''Scotoecus pallidus'') * Harlequin bat (''Scotomanes ornatus'') * Greater Asiatic yellow bat (''Scotophilus heathii'') * Lesser Asiatic yellow bat (''Scotophilus kuhlii'') * Lesser bamboo bat (''Tylonycteris pachypus'') *
Parti-coloured bat The parti-coloured bat or rearmouse (''Vespertilio murinus'') is a species of vesper bat that lives in temperate Eurasia, from Western and Southern Europe, eastwards over the Caucasus and Iran into Mongolia, north-east China, Korea, Afghanistan a ...
(''Vespertilio murinus'') * Small bent-winged bat (''Miniopterus pusillus'') * Common bent-wing bat (''Miniopterus schreibersii'') * Lesser hairy-winged bat (''Harpiocephalus harpia'') * Round-eared tube-nosed bat (''Murina cyclotis'') * Peters's tube-nosed bat (''Murina grisea'') * Hutton's tube-nosed bat (''Murina huttoni'') * Greater tube-nosed bat (''Murina leucogaster'') * Scully's tube-nosed bat (''Murina tubinaris'') * Little tube-nosed bat (''Murina aurata'') * Hardwicke's woolly bat (''Kerivoula hardwickii'') * Papillose woolly bat (''Kerivoula papillosa'') * Painted bat (''Kerivoula picta'')


Family Molossidae: free-tailed bats

* Wroughton's free-tailed bat (''Otomops wroughtoni'') *
Egyptian free-tailed bat The Egyptian free-tailed bat, also known as Egyptian guano bat or Egyptian nyctinome, (''Tadarida aegyptiaca'') is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. Description The Egyptian free-tailed bat has fine, dense fur which is greyish brown, s ...
(''Tadarida aegyptiaca'') * European free-tailed bat (''Tadarida teniotis'') *
Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat The wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat (''Chaerephon plicatus'') is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philip ...
(''Chaerephon plicatus'')


Order: Primates


Family Lorisidae: lorises

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Bengal slow loris The Bengal slow loris (''Nycticebus bengalensis'') or northern slow loris is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to the Indian subcontinent and Indochina. Its geographic range is larger than that of any other slow loris s ...
(''Nycticebus bengalensis'') * Gray slender loris (''Loris lydekkerianus'')


Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys

* Stump-tailed macaque (''Macaca arctoides'') *
Assam macaque The Assam macaque (''Macaca assamensis'') or Assamese macaque is a macaque of the Old World monkey family native to South and Southeast Asia. Since 2008, it has been listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, as it is experiencing significan ...
(''Macaca assamensis'') * Nicobar long-tailed macaque (''Macaca fascicularis umbrosa'') *
Rhesus macaque The rhesus macaque (''Macaca mulatta''), colloquially rhesus monkey, is a species of Old World monkey. There are between six and nine recognised subspecies that are split between two groups, the Chinese-derived and the Indian-derived. Generally ...
(''Macaca mulatta'') *
Arunachal macaque The Arunachal macaque (''Macaca munzala'') is a macaque native to Eastern Himalayas of Bhutan, China and India. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. It was scientifically described in 2005. It is a relatively large brown pr ...
(''Macaca munzala'') * Northern pig-tailed macaque (''Macaca leonina'') *
Bonnet macaque The bonnet macaque (''Macaca radiata''), also known as zati,Chambers English Dictionary is a species of macaque endemic to southern India. Its distribution is limited by the Indian Ocean on three sides and the Godavari and Tapti Rivers, along wit ...
(''Macaca radiata'') * Lion-tailed macaque (''Macaca silenus'') * Nepal grey langur (''Semnopithecus schistaceus'') * Tarai grey langur (''Semnopithecus hector'') * Kashmir grey langur (''Semnopithecus ajax'') *
Northern plains grey langur The northern plains gray langur (''Semnopithecus entellus''), also known as the sacred langur, Bengal sacred langur and Hanuman langur, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. Taxonomy The northern plains gray langur belongs to th ...
(''Semnopithecus entellus'') *
Southern plains grey langur Southern plains gray langur was the common name ascribed to ''Semnopithecus dussumieri'' by ''Mammal Species of the World'' (3rd edition) in 2005. Along with several other ''Semnopithecus'', it had been previously considered a subspecies of the ...
(''Semnopithecus dussumieri'') * Black-footed grey langur (''Semnopithecus hypoleucos'') * Tufted grey langur (''Semnopithecus priam'') *
Capped langur The capped langur (''Trachypithecus pileatus'') is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is native to Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Myanmar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat ...
(''Trachypithecus pileatus'') *
Phayre's leaf monkey Phayre's leaf monkey (''Trachypithecus phayrei''), also known as Phayre's langur, is a species of lutung native to South and Southeast Asia, namely India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. Populations from further east are now thought to belong to other s ...
(''Trachypithecus phayrei'') *
Nilgiri langur The Nilgiri langur (''Semnopithecus johnii'') is a langur (a type of Old World monkey) . This primate has glossy black fur on its body and golden brown fur on its head. It is similar in size and long-tailed like the gray langurs. Females have ...
(''Trachypithecus johnii'') *
Gee's golden langur Gee's golden langur (''Trachypithecus geei''), also known as simply the golden langur, is an Old World monkey found in a small region of Western Assam, India and in the neighboring foothills of the Black Mountains of Bhutan. Long considered sac ...
(''Trachypithecus geei'')


Family Hylobatidae: lesser apes (gibbons)

Earlier classified as a single species, the hoolock gibbon (''Hylobates hoolock'') has been reclassified as follows: * Western hoolock gibbon (''Hoolock hoolock'') *
Eastern hoolock gibbon The eastern hoolock gibbon (''Hoolock leuconedys'') is a primate from the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. It is one of three species of hoolock gibbon. This species is found in east of the Chindwin River, such as the Mahamyaing Wildlife Sanctuary, a ...
(''Hoolock leuconedys'')


Order: Carnivora: Carnivorans


Family Canidae: canines/dogs

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Golden jackal The golden jackal (''Canis aureus''), also called common jackal, is a wolf-like canid that is native to Southeast Europe, Southwest Asia, South Asia, and regions of Southeast Asia. The golden jackal's coat varies in color from a pale creamy ...
(''Canis aureus'') *
Indian wolf The Indian wolf (''Canis lupus pallipes'') is a subspecies of gray wolf that ranges from Southwest Asia to the Indian Subcontinent. It is intermediate in size between the Himalayan wolf and the Arabian wolf, and lacks the former's luxuriant win ...
(''Canis lupus pallipes'') *
Dhole The dhole (''Cuon alpinus''; ) is a canid native to Central, South, East and Southeast Asia. Other English names for the species include Asian wild dog, Asiatic wild dog, Indian wild dog, whistling dog, red dog, red wolf, and mountain wolf. It ...
(''Cuon alpinus'') *
Bengal fox The Bengal fox (''Vulpes bengalensis''), also known as the Indian fox, is a fox endemic to the Indian subcontinent from the Himalayan foothills and Terai of Nepal through southern India, and from southern and eastern Pakistan to eastern India an ...
(''Vulpes bengalensis'') * Tibetan fox (''Vulpes ferrilata'') * Red fox (''Vulpes vulpes'')


Family Felidae: cats

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Cheetah The cheetah (''Acinonyx jubatus'') is a large cat native to Africa and central Iran. It is the fastest land animal, estimated to be capable of running at with the fastest reliably recorded speeds being , and as such has evolved specialized ...
(''Acinonyx jubatus'') reintroduction in progress **
Southeast African cheetah The Southeast African cheetah (''Acinonyx jubatus jubatus'') is the nominate subspecies, nominate cheetah subspecies native to East Africa, East and Southern Africa. The Southern African cheetah lives mainly in the Kalahari Basin, lowland areas a ...
(''A. j. jubatus'') introduction in progress ** Asiatic cheetah (''A. j. venaticus'') extirpated *
Caracal The caracal (''Caracal caracal'') () is a medium-sized wild cat native to Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and arid areas of Pakistan and northwestern India. It is characterised by a robust build, long legs, a short face, long tufted e ...
(''Caracal caracal'') * Asian golden cat (''Catopuma temminckii'') *
Jungle cat The jungle cat (''Felis chaus''), also called reed cat, swamp cat and jungle lynx, is a medium-sized cat native to the Middle East, the Caucasus, South and Southeast Asia and southern China. It inhabits foremost wetlands like swamps, littoral ...
(''Felis chaus'') *
Asiatic wildcat The Asiatic wildcat (''Felis lybica ornata''), also known as the Asian steppe wildcat and the Indian desert cat, is an African wildcat subspecies that occurs from the eastern Caspian Sea north to Kazakhstan, into western India, western China and ...
(''Felis lybica ornata'') *
Eurasian lynx The Eurasian lynx (''Lynx lynx'') is a medium-sized wild cat widely distributed from Northern, Central and Eastern Europe to Central Asia and Siberia, the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayas. It inhabits temperate and boreal forests up to an eleva ...
(''Lynx lynx'') * Clouded leopard (''Neofelis nebulosa'') *
Pallas's cat The Pallas's cat (''Otocolobus manul'', also known as the manul, is a small wild cat with long and dense light grey fur. Its rounded ears are set low on the sides of the head. Its head-and-body length ranges from with a long bushy tail. It is ...
(''Otocolobus manul'') *
Bengal tiger The Bengal tiger is a population of the '' Panthera tigris tigris'' subspecies. It ranks among the biggest wild cats alive today. It is considered to belong to the world's charismatic megafauna. The tiger is estimated to have been present in ...
(''Panthera tigris tigris'') *
Asiatic lion The Asiatic lion is a population of '' Panthera leo leo'' that today survives in the wild only in India. Since the turn of the 20th century, its range has been restricted to Gir National Park and the surrounding areas in the Indian state of Gujar ...
(''Panthera leo leo'') *
Indian leopard The Indian leopard (''Panthera pardus fusca'') is a leopard subspecies widely distributed on the Indian subcontinent. The species ''Panthera pardus'' is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because populations have declined following habita ...
(''Panthera pardus fusca'') *
Snow leopard The snow leopard (''Panthera uncia''), also known as the ounce, is a felid in the genus '' Panthera'' native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because the global population is es ...
(''Panthera uncia'') *
Marbled cat The marbled cat (''Pardofelis marmorata'') is a small wild cat native from the eastern Himalayas to Southeast Asia, where it inhabits forests up to an elevation of . As it is present in a large range, it has been listed as Near Threatened on the ...
(''Pardofelis marmorata'') *
Leopard cat The leopard cat (''Prionailurus bengalensis'') is a small wild cat native to continental South, Southeast, and East Asia. Since 2002 it has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List as it is widely distributed although threatened by hab ...
(''Prionailurus bengalensis'') * Rusty-spotted cat (''Prionailurus rubiginosus'') *
Fishing cat The fishing cat (''Prionailurus viverrinus'') is a medium-sized wild cat of South and Southeast Asia. Since 2016, it is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Fishing cat populations are threatened by destruction of wetlands and have declin ...
(''Prionailurus viverrina'')


Family Viverridae: civets and palm civets

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Large Indian civet The large Indian civet (''Viverra zibetha'') is a viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. The global population is considered decreasing mainly because of trapping-driven declines in heavi ...
(''Viverra zibetha'') * Malabar large-spotted civet (''Viverra civettina'') *
Small Indian civet The small Indian civet (''Viverricula indica'') is a civet native to South and Southeast Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List because of its widespread distribution, widespread habitat use and healthy populations living in agr ...
(''Viverricula indica'') *
Binturong The binturong (''Arctictis binturong'') (, ), also known as the bearcat, is a viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia. It is uncommon in much of its range, and has been assessed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because of a declining pop ...
(''Arctitis binturong'') *
Asian palm civet The Asian palm civet (''Paradoxurus hermaphroditus''), also called common palm civet, toddy cat and musang, is a viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia. Since 2008, it is IUCN Red Listed as Least Concern as it accommodates to a broad rang ...
(''Paradoxurus hermaphroditus'') *
Masked palm civet The masked palm civet (''Paguma larvata''), also called the gem-faced civet, is a palm civet species native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It has been listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List since 2008 as it occurs in many p ...
(''Paguma larvata'') * Brown palm civet (''Paradoxurus jerdoni'') * Small-toothed palm civet (''Arctogalidia trivirgata'')


Family Prionodontidae: Asiatic linsangs

* Spotted linsang (''Prionodon pardicolor'')


Family Ursidae: bears

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Sun bear The sun bear (''Helarctos malayanus'') is a species in the family Ursidae (the only species in the genus ''Helarctos'') occurring in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. It is the smallest bear, standing nearly at the shoulder and weighing ...
(''Helarctos malayanus'') *
Sloth bear The sloth bear (''Melursus ursinus'') is a myrmecophagous bear species native to the Indian subcontinent. It feeds on fruits, ants and termites. It is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, mainly because of habitat loss and degradation. ...
(''Melursus ursinus'') * Himalayan brown bear (''Ursus arctos isabellinus'') *
Himalayan black bear The Himalayan black bear (''Ursus thibetanus laniger'') is a subspecies of the Asian black bear found in the Himalayas of India, Bhutan, Nepal, China, and Pakistan. Description It is distinguished from '' U. t. thibetanus'' by its longer, thicke ...
(''Ursus thibetanus laniger'')


Family Ailuropodidae: pandas

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Red panda The red panda (''Ailurus fulgens''), also known as the lesser panda, is a small mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. It has dense reddish-brown fur with a black belly and legs, white-lined ears, a mostly white muzzle ...
, ''A. fulgens''


Family Mustelidae: mustelids

* Oriental small-clawed otter (''Aonyx cinereus'') *
Greater hog badger The greater hog badger (''Arctonyx collaris'') is a very large terrestrial mustelid native to Southeast Asia. It is listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species because the global population is thought to be declining due to h ...
(''Arctonyx collaris'') *
Northern hog badger The northern hog badger (''Arctonyx albogularis'') is a species of mustelid native to South and East Asia. Taxonomy It was formerly considered a subspecies of the greater hog badger (''A. collaris'') when ''A. collaris'' was considered the on ...
(''Arctonyx albogularis'') *
Eurasian otter The Eurasian otter (''Lutra lutra''), also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is a semiaquatic mammal native to Eurasia. The most widely distributed member of the otter subfamily (Lutrinae) of th ...
(''Lutra lutra'') *
Hairy-nosed otter The hairy-nosed otter (''Lutra sumatrana'') is a semiaquatic mammal endemic to Southeast Asia and one of the rarest and least known otter species. It is threatened by loss of natural resources and poaching. Description The hairy-nosed otter has ...
(''Lutra sumatrana'') extirpated *
Smooth-coated otter The smooth-coated otter (''Lutrogale perspicillata'') is an otter species occurring in most of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, with a disjunct population in Iraq. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1996 and is threa ...
(''Lutrogale perspicillata'') *
Yellow-throated marten The yellow-throated marten (''Martes flavigula'') is a marten species native to Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List due to its wide distribution, evidently relatively stable population, occurrence in a number of protected are ...
(''Martes flavigula'') *
Beech marten The beech marten (''Martes foina''), also known as the stone marten, house marten or white breasted marten, is a species of marten native to much of Europe and Central Asia, though it has established a feral population in North America. It is li ...
(''Martes foina'') * Nilgiri marten (''Martes gwatkinsii'') *
Honey badger The honey badger (''Mellivora capensis''), also known as the ratel ( or ), is a mammal widely distributed in Africa, Southwest Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. Because of its wide range and occurrence in a variety of habitats, it is liste ...
(''Mellivora capensis'') *
Chinese ferret badger The Chinese ferret-badger (''Melogale moschata''), also known as the small-toothed ferret-badger is a member of the Mustelidae, and widely distributed in Southeast Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List and considered tolerant o ...
(''Melogale moschata'') *
Burmese ferret badger The Burmese ferret-badger (''Melogale personata''), also known as the large-toothed ferret-badger, is a mustelid native to Southeast Asia. Description The Burmese ferret-badger has a head and body length of , a tail length of and a body weight ...
(''Melogale personata'') * Mountain weasel (''Mustela altaica'') *
Stoat The stoat (''Mustela erminea''), also known as the Eurasian ermine, Beringian ermine and ermine, is a mustelid native to Eurasia and the northern portions of North America. Because of its wide circumpolar distribution, it is listed as Least Conc ...
(''Mustela erminea'') * Steppe polecat (''Mustela eversmanii'') presence uncertain *
Yellow-bellied weasel The yellow-bellied weasel (''Mustela kathiah'') is a species of weasel Weasels are mammals of the genus ''Mustela'' of the family Mustelidae. The genus ''Mustela'' includes the least weasels, polecats, stoats, ferrets and European mi ...
(''Mustela kathiah'') *
Siberian weasel The Siberian weasel or kolonok (''Mustela sibirica''), is a medium-sized weasel native to Asia, where it is widely distributed and inhabits various forest habitats and open areas. It is therefore listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Desc ...
(''Mustela sibirica'') * Back-striped weasel (''Mustela strigidorsa'')


Family Herpestidae: mongooses

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Small Indian mongoose The small Indian mongoose (''Urva auropunctata'') is a mongoose species native to Iraq and northern South Asia; it has also been introduced to many regions of the world, such as several Caribbean and Pacific islands. Taxonomy ''Mangusta auropu ...
, (''U. auropunctata'') * Indian grey mongoose (''U. edwardsii'') * Striped-necked mongoose (''U. vitticolla'') *
Crab-eating mongoose The crab-eating mongoose (''Urva urva'') is a mongoose species ranging from the northeastern Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia to southern China and Taiwan. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Taxonomy ''Gulo urva'' was th ...
(''U. urva'') * Ruddy mongoose (''U. smithii'') * Indian brown mongoose (''U. fusca'')


Family Hyaenidae: hyenas

* Striped hyena (''Hyaena hyaena'')


Order: Cetacea: whales, dolphins, and porpoises


Family Delphinidae

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Short-beaked common dolphin The common dolphin (''Delphinus delphis'') is the most abundant cetacean in the world, with a global population of about six million. Despite this fact and its vernacular name, the common dolphin is not thought of as the archetypal dolphin, with ...
(''Delphinus delphis'') *
Short-finned pilot whale The short-finned pilot whale (''Globicephala macrorhynchus'') is one of the two species of cetaceans in the genus '' Globicephala'', which it shares with the long-finned pilot whale (''G. melas''). It is part of the oceanic dolphin family (Del ...
(''Globicephala macrorhynchus'') *
Risso's dolphin Risso's dolphin (''Grampus griseus'') is a dolphin, the only species of the genus ''Grampus''. Some of the closest related species to these dolphins include: pilot whales (''Globicephala'' spp.), pygmy killer whales (''Feresa attenuata''), melon ...
(''Grampus griseus'') *
Irrawaddy dolphin The Irrawaddy dolphin (''Orcaella brevirostris'') is a euryhaline species of oceanic dolphin found in scattered subpopulations near sea coasts and in estuaries and rivers in parts of the Bay of Bengal and Southeast Asia. It closely resembles the ...
(''Orcaella brevirostris'') *
Killer whale The orca or killer whale (''Orcinus orca'') is a toothed whale belonging to the oceanic dolphin family, of which it is the largest member. It is the only extant species in the genus ''Orcinus'' and is recognizable by its black-and-white ...
(''Orcinus orca'') *
Melon-headed whale The melon-headed whale (''Peponocephala electra''), also known less commonly as the electra dolphin, little killer whale, or many-toothed blackfish, is a toothed whale of the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae). The common name is derived fro ...
(''Peponocephala electra'') *
False killer whale The false killer whale (''Pseudorca crassidens'') is a species of oceanic dolphin that is the only extant representative of the genus '' Pseudorca''. It is found in oceans worldwide but mainly in tropical regions. It was first described in 184 ...
(''Pseudorca crassidens'') *
Pygmy killer whale The pygmy killer whale (''Feresa attenuata'') is a poorly known and rarely seen oceanic dolphin. It is the only species in the genus ''Feresa''. It derives its common name from sharing some physical characteristics with the orca also known as t ...
(''Feresa attenuata'') * Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (''Sousa chinensis'') *
Spinner dolphin The spinner dolphin (''Stenella longirostris'') is a small dolphin found in off-shore tropical waters around the world. It is famous for its acrobatic displays in which it rotates around its longitudinal axis as it leaps through the air. It is a ...
(''Stenella longirostris'') *
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (''Tursiops aduncus'') is a species of bottlenose dolphin. This dolphin grows to long, and weighs up to . It lives in the waters around India, northern Australia, South China, the Red Sea, and the eastern ...
(''Tursiops aduncus'') * Fraser's dolphin (''Lagenodelphis hosei'') * Pantropical spotted dolphin (''Stenella attenuata'') *
Striped dolphin The striped dolphin (''Stenella coeruleoalba'') is an extensively studied dolphin found in temperate and tropical waters of all the world's oceans. It is a member of the oceanic dolphin family, Delphinidae. Taxonomy The striped dolphin is one o ...
(''Stenella coeruleoalba'') * Rough-toothed dolphin (''Steno bredanensis'')


Family Platanistidae: river dolphins

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Ganges river dolphin The Ganges river dolphin (''Platanista gangetica'') is a species of toothed whale classified in the family Platanistidae. It lives in the Ganges and related rivers of South Asia, namely in the countries of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. It is rel ...
(''Platanista gangetica'') *
Indus river dolphin The Indus river dolphin (''Platanista minor''), also known as the ''bhulan'' in Urdu and Sindhi, is a species of toothed whale in the family Platanistidae. It is endemic to the Indus River Basin of Pakistan and northwestern India. This dolphin ...
(''Platanista minor'')


Family Balaenopteridae

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Common minke whale The common minke whale or northern minke whale (''Balaenoptera acutorostrata'') is a species of minke whale within the suborder of baleen whales. It is the smallest species of the rorquals and the second smallest species of baleen whale. Althoug ...
(''Balaenoptera acutorostrata'') * Sei whale (''Balaenoptera borealis'') * Bryde's whale (''Balaenoptera edeni'') *
Blue whale The blue whale (''Balaenoptera musculus'') is a marine mammal and a baleen whale. Reaching a maximum confirmed length of and weighing up to , it is the largest animal known to have ever existed. The blue whale's long and slender body can ...
(''Balaenoptera musculus'') *
Fin whale The fin whale (''Balaenoptera physalus''), also known as finback whale or common rorqual and formerly known as herring whale or razorback whale, is a cetacean belonging to the parvorder of baleen whales. It is the second-longest species of ce ...
(''Balaenoptera physalus'') *
Humpback whale The humpback whale (''Megaptera novaeangliae'') is a species of baleen whale. It is a rorqual (a member of the family Balaenopteridae) and is the only species in the genus ''Megaptera''. Adults range in length from and weigh up to . The hu ...
(''Megaptera novaeangliae'')


Family Balaenidae

* Southern right whale (''Eubalaena australis'') evidence unclear


Family Ziphiidae

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Cuvier's beaked whale The Cuvier's beaked whale, goose-beaked whale, or ziphius (''Ziphius cavirostris'') is the most widely distributed of all beaked whales in the family Ziphiidae. It is smaller than most baleen whales yet large among beaked whales. Cuvier's beaked ...
(''Ziphius cavirostris'') * Blainville's beaked whale (''Mesoplodon densirostris'') * Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (''Mesoplodon ginkgodens'')


Family Phocoenidae

* Finless porpoise (''Neophocaena phocaenoides'')


Family Kogiidae

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Pygmy sperm whale The pygmy sperm whale (''Kogia breviceps'') is one of two extant species in the family Kogiidae in the sperm whale superfamily. They are not often sighted at sea, and most of what is known about them comes from the examination of stranded speci ...
(''Kogia breviceps'') *
Dwarf sperm whale The dwarf sperm whale (''Kogia sima'') is a sperm whale that inhabits temperate and tropical oceans worldwide, in particular continental shelves and slopes. It was first described by biologist Richard Owen in 1866, based on illustrations by n ...
(''Kogia sima'')


Family Physeteridae

* Sperm whale (''Physeter macrocephalus'')


Order: Sirenia


Family Dugongidae

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Dugong The dugong (; ''Dugong dugon'') is a marine mammal. It is one of four living species of the order Sirenia, which also includes three species of manatees. It is the only living representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae; its closest m ...
(''Dugong dugon'')


Order: Proboscidea


Family Elephantidae: elephants

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Indian elephant The Indian elephant (''Elephas maximus indicus'') is one of four extant recognised subspecies of the Asian elephant and native to mainland Asia. Since 1986, the Asian elephant has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List as the wild pop ...
(''Elephas maximus indicus'')


Order: Perissodactyla: odd-toed ungulates


Family Equidae: horses

* Indian wild ass (''Equus hemionus khur'') *
Kiang The kiang (''Equus kiang'') is the largest of the '' Asinus'' subgenus. It is native to the Tibetan Plateau, where it inhabits montane and alpine grasslands. Its current range is restricted to the plains of the Tibetan plateau; Ladakh; and nort ...
(''Equus kiang'')


Family Rhinocerotidae: rhinoceroses

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Sumatran rhinoceros The Sumatran rhinoceros (''Dicerorhinus sumatrensis''), also known as the Sumatran rhino, hairy rhinoceros or Asian two-horned rhinoceros, is a rare member of the family Rhinocerotidae and one of five extant species of rhinoceros. It is the o ...
, (''Dicerorhinus sumatrensis'') extirpated *
Javan rhinoceros The Javan rhinoceros (''Rhinoceros sondaicus''), also known as the Javan rhino, Sunda rhinoceros or lesser one-horned rhinoceros, is a very rare member of the family Rhinocerotidae and one of five extant rhinoceroses. It belongs to the same ge ...
, (''Rhinoceros sondaicus'') extirpated *
Indian rhinoceros } The Indian rhinoceros (''Rhinoceros unicornis''), also called the Indian rhino, greater one-horned rhinoceros or great Indian rhinoceros, is a rhinoceros species native to the Indian subcontinent. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red Li ...
(''Rhinoceros unicornis'')


Order: Artiodactyla: even-toed ungulates


Family Suidae: pigs

* Pygmy hog (''Porcula salvania'') * Indian boar (''Sus scrofa cristatus'')


Family Tragulidae: chevrotains

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Indian spotted chevrotain The Indian spotted chevrotain (''Moschiola indica'') is a species of even-toed ungulate in the family Tragulidae. It is native to India and possibly Nepal. It lives in rainforests and is nocturnal. It has a body length of with a long tail lengt ...
(''Moschiola indica'')


Family Moschidae

* Alpine musk deer (''Moschus chrysogaster'') * Black musk deer (''Moschus fuscus'')


Family Cervidae: deer

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Chital The chital or cheetal (''Axis axis''; ), also known as the spotted deer, chital deer, and axis deer, is a deer species native to the Indian subcontinent. It was first described and given a binomial name by German naturalist Johann Christian Po ...
(''Axis axis'') * Indian hog deer (''Axis porcinus'') *
Central Asian red deer The Central Asian red deer (''Cervus hanglu''), also known as the Tarim red deer is a deer species native to Central Asia, where it used to be widely distributed, but is scattered today with small population units in several countries. It has bee ...
(''Cervus hanglu'') ** Kashmir stag (''C. h. hanglu'') *
Indian muntjac The Indian muntjac or the common muntjac (''Muntiacus muntjak''), also called the southern red muntjac and barking deer, is a deer species native to South and Southeast Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. In popular local l ...
(''Muntiacus muntjak'') * Leaf muntjac (''Muntiacus putaoensis'') *
Barasingha The barasingha (''Rucervus duvaucelii''), also known as the swamp deer, is a deer species distributed in the Indian subcontinent. Populations in northern and central India are fragmented, and two isolated populations occur in southwestern Nepal. ...
(''Rucervus duvaucelii'') *
Eld's deer Eld's deer (''Rucervus eldii'' or ''Panolia eldii''Pitraa, Fickela, Meijaard, Groves (2004). ''Evolution and phylogeny of old world deer.'' Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33: 880–895.), also known as the thamin or brow-antlered deer, is ...
(''Rucervus eldii'') * Sambar deer (''Rusa unicolor'')


Family Bovidae: bovids

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Blackbuck The blackbuck (''Antilope cervicapra''), also known as the Indian antelope, is an antelope native to India and Nepal. It inhabits grassy plains and lightly forested areas with perennial water sources. It stands up to high at the shoulder. Ma ...
(''Antilope cervicapra'') *
Gaur The gaur (''Bos gaurus''; ), also known as the Indian bison, is a bovine native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, and has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1986. The global population was estimated at a maximum of 21,000 m ...
(''Bos gaurus'') * Banteng (''Bos javanicus'') extirpated * Wild yak (''Bos mutus'') * Indian aurochs (''Bos primigenius namadicus'') extinct *
Nilgai The nilgai (''Boselaphus tragocamelus'') (, literally meaning "blue cow") is the largest Asian antelope and is ubiquitous across the northern Indian subcontinent. It is the sole member of the genus ''Boselaphus'' and was described by Peter S ...
(''Boselaphus tragocamelus'') *
Wild water buffalo The wild water buffalo (''Bubalus arnee''), also called Asian buffalo, Asiatic buffalo and wild buffalo, is a large Bovinae, bovine native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It has been listed as ''Endangered species, Endangered'' i ...
(''Bubalus arnee'') *
Takin The takin (''Budorcas taxicolor''; ), also called cattle chamois or gnu goat, is a large species of ungulate of the subfamily Caprinae found in the eastern Himalayas. It includes four subspecies: the Mishmi takin (''B. t. taxicolor''), the g ...
(''Budorcas taxicolor'') *
Markhor The markhor (''Capra falconeri'') is a large ''Capra'' species native to Central Asia, the Karakoram, and the Himalayas. It is listed on the IUCN Red List as Near Threatened since 2015. The markhor is the national animal of Pakistan, where i ...
(''Capra falconeri'') *
Siberian ibex The Siberian ibex (''Capra sibirica''), also known as the Altai ibex, Central Asia(n) ibex, Gobi ibex, Himalayan ibex, Mongolian ibex or Tian Shan ibex, is a species of ibex that lives in central Asia. It has traditionally been treated as a subs ...
(''Capra sibirica'') *
Mainland serow The mainland serow (''Capricornis sumatraensis'') is a serow species native to the Himalayas, Southeast Asia and China. The mainland serow is related closely to the red serow, Himalayan serow, Sumatran serow, and the Chinese serow (''C. milneed ...
(''Capricornis sumatraensis'') * Chinkara (''Gazella bennettii'') *
Himalayan tahr The Himalayan tahr (''Hemitragus jemlahicus'') is a large even-toed ungulate native to the Himalayas in southern Tibet, northern India, western Bhutan and Nepal. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, as the population is declini ...
(''Hemitragus jemlahicus'') * Red goral (''Naemorhedus baileyi'') *
Long-tailed goral The long-tailed goral or Amur goral (''Naemorhedus caudatus'') is a species of ungulate of the family Bovidae found in the mountains of eastern and northern Asia, including Russia, China, and Korea. A population of this species exists in the Kore ...
(''Naemorhedus caudatus'') *
Himalayan goral The Himalayan goral (''Naemorhedus goral'') or the gray goral, is a bovid species native to the Himalayas. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List because the population is thought to be declining significantly due to habitat loss an ...
(''Naemorhedus goral'') *
Nilgiri tahr The Nilgiri tahr (''Nilgiritragus hylocrius'') is an ungulate that is endemic to the Nilgiri Hills and the southern portion of the Western and Eastern Ghats in the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in southern India. It is the state animal of Tami ...
(''Nilgiritragus hylocrius'') *
Argali The argali (''Ovis ammon''), also known as the mountain sheep, is a wild sheep that roams the highlands of western East Asia, the Himalayas, Tibet, and the Altai Mountains. Description The name 'argali' is the Mongolian word for wild sheep. It ...
(''Ovis ammon'') *
Urial The urial ( ; ''Ovis vignei''), also known as the arkars or shapo, is a wild sheep native to Central and South Asia. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Characteristics Urial males have large horns, curling outwards from the to ...
(''Ovis vignei'') *
Tibetan antelope The Tibetan antelope or chiru (''Pantholops hodgsonii'') (, pronounced ; ) is a medium-sized bovid native to the northeastern Tibetan plateau. Most of the population live within the Chinese border, while some scatter across India and Bhutan in ...
(''Pantholops hodgsoni'') * Tibetan gazelle (''Procapra picticauda'') *
Bharal The bharal (''Pseudois nayaur''), also called the blue sheep, is a caprine native to the high Himalayas. It is the only member of the genus ''Pseudois.'' It occurs in India, Bhutan, China (in Gansu, Ningxia, Sichuan, Tibet, and Inner Mongolia), ...
(''Pseudois nayaur'') *
Four-horned antelope The four-horned antelope (''Tetracerus quadricornis''), or ''chousingha'', is a small antelope found in India and Nepal. Its four horns distinguish it from most other bovids, which have two horns (with a few exceptions, such as the Jacob sheep) ...
(''Tetracerus quadricornis'')


Order: Pholidota: pangolins


Family Manidae: pangolins

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Indian pangolin The Indian pangolin (''Manis crassicaudata''), also called thick-tailed pangolin and scaly anteater is a pangolin native to the Indian subcontinent. Like other pangolins, it has large, overlapping scales on its body which act as armour. The colou ...
(''Manis crassicaudata'') *
Chinese pangolin The Chinese pangolin (''Manis pentadactyla'') is a pangolin native to the northern Indian subcontinent, northern parts of Southeast Asia and southern China. It has been listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2014, as the ...
(''Manis pentadactyla'')


Order: Rodentia


Family Sciuridae: squirrels

* Hairy-footed flying squirrel (''Belomys pearsonii'') * Namdapha flying squirrel (''Biswamoyopterus biswasi'') * Pallas's squirrel (''Callosciurus erythraeus'') * Irrawaddy squirrel (''Callosciurus pygerythrus'') * Orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel (''Dremomys lokriah'') * Perny's long-nosed squirrel (''Dremomys pernyi'') * Asian red-cheeked squirrel (''Dremomys rufigenis'') * Western woolly flying squirrel (''Eupetaurus cinereus'') * Tibetan woolly flying squirrel (''Eupetaurus tibetensis'') Jackson, Helgen, Q. Li & Jiang, 2021 * Particolored flying squirrel (''Hylopetes alboniger'') * Afghan flying squirrel (''Hylopetes baberi'') * Kashmir flying squirrel (''Hylopetes fimbriatus'') * Layard's palm squirrel (''Funambulus layardi'') * Indian palm squirrel (''Funambulus palmarum'') * Jungle palm squirrel (''Funambulus tristriatus'') endemic * Northern palm squirrel (''Funambulus pennantii'') *
Nilgiri striped squirrel The Nilgiri striped squirrel (''Funambulus sublineatus'') is a Threatened species, threatened species of rodent, a small squirrel (Sciuridae) from rainforests in the southern Western Ghats, including the Nilgiri Mountains, Nilgiris, in Peninsula ...
(''Funambulus sublineatus'') * Himalayan marmot (''Marmota himalayana'') * Long-tailed marmot (''Marmota caudata'') * Spotted giant flying squirrel (''Petaurista elegans'') * Hodgson's giant flying squirrel (''Petaurista magnificus'') * Bhutan giant flying squirrel (''Petaurista nobilis'') * Red giant flying squirrel (''Petaurista petaurista'') * Indian giant flying squirrel (''Petaurista philippensis'') * Mechuka giant flying squirrel (''Petaurista mechukaensis'') *
Mishmi Hills giant flying squirrel The Mishmi giant flying squirrel (''Petaurista mishmiensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. First described in 2009 from East Himalayan forests at altitudes of in the Mishmi Hills of northeastern Arunachal Pradesh in India ( ...
(''Petaurista mishmiensis'') * Mebo giant flying squirrel, ''Petaurista siangensis'' * Travancore flying squirrel (''Petinomys fuscocapillus'') * Black giant squirrel (''Ratufa bicolor gigantea'') *
Indian giant squirrel The Indian giant squirrel or Malabar giant squirrel (''Ratufa indica'') is a large multi-coloured tree squirrel species endemic to forests and woodlands in India. It is a diurnal, arboreal, and mainly herbivorous squirrel. Distribution and ...
or Malabar giant (''Ratufa indica'') *
Grizzled giant squirrel The grizzled giant squirrel (''Ratufa macroura'') is a large tree squirrel in the genus '' Ratufa'' found in the highlands of the Central and Uva provinces of Sri Lanka, and in patches of riparian forest along the Kaveri River and in the hill f ...
(''Ratufa macroura'') * Himalayan striped squirrel (''Tamiops mcclellandii'')


Family Muridae: Old World rats, mice

* South China field mouse (''Apodemus draco'') * Sichuan field mouse (''Apodemus latronum'') * Kashmir field mouse (''Apodemus rusiges'') *
Wood mouse The wood mouse (''Apodemus sylvaticus'') is a murid rodent native to Europe and northwestern Africa. It is closely related to the yellow-necked mouse (''Apodemus flavicollis'') but differs in that it has no band of yellow fur around the neck, ha ...
(''Apodemus sylvaticus'') * Ward's field mouse (''Apodemus wardi'') * Lesser bandicoot rat (''Bandicota bengalensis'') * Greater bandicoot rat (''Bandicota indica'') * Bower's white-toothed rat (''Berylmys bowersi'') * Kenneth's white-toothed rat (''Berylmys mackenziei'') *
Manipur white-toothed rat The Manipur white-toothed rat (''Berylmys manipulus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. The Manipur white-toothed rat is found in northeastern India, northern and central Myanmar, and Yunnan province of China (west of the Salween R ...
(''Berylmys manipulus'') *
Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse The Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse or simply pencil-tailed tree mouse (''Chiropodomys gliroides'') is a species of arboreal rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in northeastern India, southern China (including Hainan), Myanmar, Thailan ...
(''Chiropodomys gliroides'') * Blanford's rat (''Cremnomys blanfordi'') * Cutch rat (''Cremnomys cutchicus'') * Elvira rat (''Cremnomys elvira'') known only from Kurumbapatti, Salem * Millard's rat (''Dacnomys millardi'') *
Crump's mouse Crump's mouse (''Diomys crumpi'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus ''Diomys'', and is found in northern India (recorded in Bihar and Manipur), southern Nepal (recorded in the Central Terai), and no ...
(''Diomys crumpi'') * Edwards's long-tailed giant rat (''Leopoldamys edwardsi'') * Sand-colored soft-furred rat (''Millardia gleadowi'') * Kondana soft-furred rat (''Millardia kondana'') * Soft-furred rat or metad (''Millardia meltada'') * Manipur bush rat (''Hadromys humei'') * Little Indian field mouse (''Mus booduga'') *
Fawn-colored mouse The fawn-colored mouse (''Mus cervicolor'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Cambodia, India, and possibly Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), offici ...
(''Mus cervicolor'') * Cook's mouse (''Mus cookii'') * Earth-colored mouse (''Mus terricolor'') * Servant mouse (''Mus famulus'') endemic to the Western Ghats * House mouse (''Mus musculus'') * Gairdner's shrewmouse (''Mus pahari'') * Phillips's mouse (''Mus phillipsi'') * Flat-haired mouse (''Mus platythrix'') endemic * Rock-loving mouse (''Mus saxicola'') * Short-tailed bandicoot rat (''Nesokia indica'') * Brahma white-bellied rat (''Niviventer brahma'') * Smoke-bellied rat (''Niviventer eha'') * Chestnut white-bellied rat (''Niviventer fulvescens'') * Lang Bian white-bellied rat (''Niviventer langbianis'') * White-bellied rat (''Niviventer niviventer'') * Tenasserim white-bellied rat (''Niviventer tenaster'') *
Nonsense rat The nonsense rat, Nicobar Archipelago rat, or Miller's Nicobar rat (''Rattus burrus'') is endemic to the Nicobar Islands in India. It lives on Great Nicobar, Little Nicobar, and Trinket islands. On Car Nicobar Island, ''Rattus palmarum'' and ''Ra ...
(''Rattus burrus'') Nicobars *
Polynesian rat The Polynesian rat, Pacific rat or little rat (''Rattus exulans''), known to the Māori as ''kiore'', is the third most widespread species of rat in the world behind the brown rat and black rat. The Polynesian rat originated in Southeast Asia, ...
(''Rattus exulans'') * Himalayan field rat (''Rattus nitidus'') *
Brown rat The brown rat (''Rattus norvegicus''), also known as the common rat, street rat, sewer rat, wharf rat, Hanover rat, Norway rat, Norwegian rat and Parisian rat, is a widespread species of common rat. One of the largest muroids, it is a brown o ...
(''Rattus norvegicus'') * Palm rat (''Rattus palmarum'') *
Kerala rat The Kerala rat or Ranjini’s field rat, (''Rattus ranjiniae'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found only in Kerala, India. In Kerala, it is known only from fragmented locations in Alappuzha, Thrissur, and Thiruvananthapuram. Its na ...
(''Rattus ranjiniae'') Western Ghats * Black rat (''Rattus rattus'') * Sikkim rat (''Rattus andamanensis'') * Andaman rat (''Rattus stoicus'') *
Malayan field rat The Malayan field rat, Malaysian field rat or Malaysian wood rat, (''Rattus tiomanicus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is nocturnal and mainly arboreal and is found in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. It is a ...
(''Rattus tiomanicus'') * Turkestan rat (''Rattus turkestanicus'') *
Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse The Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse (''Vandeleuria oleracea'') is a species of rodent found in South and Southeast Asia. It is known as ගස් මීයා by Sinhalese people. It is known to spread the ''Ixodes ''Ixodes'' is a ge ...
(''Vandeleuria oleracea'') *
Nilgiri long-tailed tree mouse Nilgiri vandeleuria (''Vandeleuria nilagirica''), also known as the Nilgiri long-tailed tree mouse and the Indian long-tailed tree mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. There has been some dispute as to whether this specimen is ...
(''Vandeleuria nilagirica'') * Indian desert jird (''Meriones hurrianae'') * Eurasian harvest mouse (''Micromys minutus'') *
Tibetan dwarf hamster The Tibetan dwarf hamster (''Cricetulus alticola'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found not only in Tibet and China, but also in India and Nepal in mountainous regions at altitudes of up to about . Description The Tibet ...
(''Cricetulus alticola'') *
Grey dwarf hamster The grey dwarf hamster, grey hamster or migratory hamster (''Cricetulus migratorius'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. Its range extends from Eastern Europe through the Middle East, Russia and Central Asia to Mongolia and western ...
(''Cricetulus migratorius'') *
Indian gerbil The Indian gerbil (''Tatera indica'') also known as antelope rat, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in southern Asia from Syria to Bangladesh. It is the only species in the genus ''Tatera''. Members of the genus ''Gerb ...
(''Tatera indica'') *
Indian hairy-footed gerbil The Indian hairy-footed gerbil (''Gerbillus gleadowi'') is a species of rodent found mainly in Pakistan and northwestern India. They inhabit dry, sandy, and rocky country with sparse vegetation. Their burrows are often closed with sand. They fee ...
(''Gerbillus gleadowi'') * Balochistan gerbil (''Gerbillus nanus'') *
Indian bush rat The Indian bush rat (''Golunda ellioti'') is a rodent species in the family Muridae. It is the only extant member of the genus '' Golunda'', and is the only extant member of the tribe Arvicanthini found outside of Africa. The species is widely ...
(''Golunda ellioti'') * Malabar spiny dormouse (''Platacanthomys lasiurus'') * White-tailed mountain vole (''Alticola albicauda'') * Central Kashmir vole (''Alticola montosa'') * Royle's mountain vole (''Alticola roylei'') * Stolička's mountain vole (''Alticola stoliczkanus'') * Silver mountain vole (''Alticola argentatus'') *
Père David's vole Père David's vole (''Eothenomys melanogaster'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, Myanmar, Taiwan, and Thailand. This species is a member of the ''melanogaster'' group, one of the two main groups of ''Eotheno ...
(''Eothenomys melanogaster'') *
Murree vole The Murree vole (''Hyperacrius wynnei'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to the Himalayas in Pakistan and India. It was named by William Thomas Blanford after its collector, geologist Arthur Beavor Wynne. Distribu ...
(''Hyperacrius wynnei'') * Blyth's vole (''Microtus leucurus'') * True's vole (''Hyperacrius fertilis'') * Sikkim mountain vole (''Microtus sikimensis'') * Lesser bamboo rat (''Cannomys badius'') * Hoary bamboo rat (''Rhizomys pruinosus'')


Family Hystricidae: Old World porcupines

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Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine The Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine (''Atherurus macrourus'') is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. It is found in China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Taxonomy The synonyms of this species are ''At ...
(''Atherurus macrourus'') * Malayan porcupine (''Hystrix brachyura'') *
Indian crested porcupine The Indian crested porcupine (''Hystrix indica'') is a hystricomorph rodent species native to southern Asia and the Middle East. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. It belongs to the Old World porcupine family, Hystricidae. De ...
(''Hystrix indica'')


Order: Lagomorpha: hares, rabbits, pikas


Family Leporidae: hares and rabbits

* Hispid hare (''Caprolagus hispidus'') *
Cape hare The Cape hare (''Lepus capensis''), also called the brown hare and the desert hare, is a hare native to Africa and Arabia extending into India. Taxonomy The Cape hare was one of the many mammal species originally described by Carl Linnaeus ...
(''Lepus capensis'') *
Indian hare The Indian hare (''Lepus nigricollis''), also known as the black-naped hare, is a common species of hare native to the Indian subcontinent, and Java. Introductions It has been introduced to Madagascar, Comoro Islands, Andaman Islands, Irian Jay ...
(''Lepus nigricollis'') *
Woolly hare The woolly hare (''Lepus oiostolus'') is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae. It is found in western and central China, northern India, and Nepal, where its typical habitat is montane grassland. It has a wide range and is present in some ...
(''Lepus oiostolus'') * Desert hare (''Lepus tibetanus'')


Family Ochotonidae: pikas

* Plateau pika (''Ochotona curzoniae'') * Forrest's pika (''Ochotona forresti'') * Ladak pika (''Ochotona ladacensis'') *
Large-eared pika The large-eared pika (''Ochotona macrotis'') is a species of small mammal in the family Ochotonidae. It is found in mountainous regions of Afghanistan, Tibet, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Pakistan and Tajikistan where it nests ...
(''Ochotona macrotis'') * Nubra pika (''Ochotona nubrica'') * Royle's pika (''Ochotona roylei'') * Moupin pika (''Ochotona thibetana'')


See also

* Fauna of India * Lists of mammals by region *
List of mammals of Kerala This is a list of mammal species found in Kerala, India. Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Genus: ''Bos'' = Species: ''Bos gaurus'' (gaur / :ml:കാട്ടുപോത്ത്, കാട്ടുപോത്ത്) = File:Indian Gaur ...


References


Other references

* Corbet, G. B. & Hill, J. E. (1992). ''The Mammals of the Indomalayan Region: A Systematic Review''. Oxford University Press. * Ellerman, J. R. & Morrison-Scott, T. C. S. (1951)
''Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946''
Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London * Prater, S. H. (1971). ''The Book of Indian Animals''. Oxford University Press. (Third edition 1997) * * Nameer, P. O. (2000)
"Checklist of Indian Mammals"
Kerala Forest Department and Kerala Agricultural University. 90+xxv pp.


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