This is a list of the mammal species recorded in China. There are 495

mammal Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur ...

species in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...

, of which thirteen are critically endangered, twenty-four are endangered, forty-seven are vulnerable, and seven are near threatened. One of the species listed for China can no longer be found in the wild. The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the

International Union for Conservation of Nature The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natu ...

: Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:

Order:
Sirenia The Sirenia (), commonly referred to as sea-cows or sirenians, are an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and coastal marine waters. The Sirenia currently comprise two distinct ...
(manatees and dugongs)

Sirenia is an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit rivers, estuaries, coastal marine waters, swamps, and marine wetlands. All four species are endangered. *Family:

Dugongidae Dugongidae is a family in the order of Sirenia. The family has one surviving species, the dugong (''Dugong dugon''), one recently extinct species, Steller's sea cow (''Hydrodamalis gigas''), and a number of extinct genera known from fossil reco ...

**Genus: ''

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 ...

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, ''D. dugon''

Order:
Proboscidea The Proboscidea (; , ) are a taxonomic order of afrotherian mammals containing one living family ( Elephantidae) and several extinct families. First described by J. Illiger in 1811, it encompasses the elephants and their close relatives. Fr ...
(elephants)

The elephants comprise three living species and are the largest living land animals. *Family:

Elephantidae Elephantidae is a family of large, herbivorous proboscidean mammals collectively called elephants and mammoths. These are terrestrial large mammals with a snout modified into a trunk and teeth modified into tusks. Most genera and species in the ...

(elephants) **Genus: '' Elephas'' ***

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 t ...

, ''E. maximus'' ****

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 ...

, ''E. m. indicus''

Order: Scandentia (treeshrews)

The treeshrews are small mammals native to the tropical forests of

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainland ...

. Although called treeshrews, they are not true shrews and are not all

arboreal Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees. In habitats in which trees are present, animals have evolved to move in them. Some animals may scale trees only occasionally, but others are exclusively arboreal. The habitats pose nu ...

. *Family: Tupaiidae (tree shrews) **Genus: '' Tupaia'' ***

Northern treeshrew The northern treeshrew (''Tupaia belangeri'') is a treeshrew species native to Southeast Asia. In 1841, the German zoologist Johann Andreas Wagner first used the specific name ''Cladobates belangeri'' for treeshrews that had been collected in Pe ...

, ''T. belangeri''

Order:
Primate Primates are a diverse order of mammals. They are divided into the strepsirrhines, which include the lemurs, galagos, and lorisids, and the haplorhines, which include the tarsiers and the simians ( monkeys and apes, the latter includin ...
s

The order Primates contains

human Humans (''Homo sapiens'') are the most abundant and widespread species of primate, characterized by bipedalism and exceptional cognitive skills due to a large and complex brain. This has enabled the development of advanced tools, cultu ...

s and their closest relatives:

lemur Lemurs ( ) (from Latin ''lemures'' – ghosts or spirits) are wet-nosed primates of the superfamily Lemuroidea (), divided into 8 families and consisting of 15 genera and around 100 existing species. They are endemic to the island of Madagas ...

s, lorisoids,

monkey Monkey is a common name that may refer to most mammals of the infraorder Simiiformes, also known as the simians. Traditionally, all animals in the group now known as simians are counted as monkeys except the apes, which constitutes an incomple ...

s, and apes. *Suborder:

Strepsirrhini Strepsirrhini or Strepsirhini (; ) is a suborder of primates that includes the lemuriform primates, which consist of the lemurs of Madagascar, galagos ("bushbabies") and pottos from Africa, and the lorises from India and southeast Asia. Co ...

**Infraorder: Lemuriformes ***Superfamily: Lorisoidea ****Family:

Lorisidae Lorisidae (or sometimes Loridae) is a family of strepsirrhine primates. The lorisids are all slim arboreal animals and comprise the lorises, pottos and angwantibos. Lorisids live in tropical, central Africa as well as in south and southeast As ...

(lorises, bushbabies) *****Genus: ''

Nycticebus Slow lorises are a group of several species of nocturnal strepsirrhine primates that make up the genus ''Nycticebus''. Found in Southeast Asia and bordering areas, they range from Bangladesh and Northeast India in the west to the Sulu Ar ...

'' ****** Bengal slow loris, ''N. bengalensis'' *****Genus ''Xanthonycticebus'' ******

Pygmy slow loris The pygmy slow loris (''Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus'') is a species of slow loris found east of the Mekong River in Vietnam, Laos, eastern Cambodia, and China. It occurs in a variety of forest habitats, including tropical dry forests, semi-everg ...

, ''X. pygmaeus'' *Suborder:

Haplorhini Haplorhini (), the haplorhines ( Greek for "simple-nosed") or the "dry-nosed" primates, is a suborder of primates containing the tarsiers and the simians (Simiiformes or anthropoids), as sister of the Strepsirrhini ("moist-nosed"). The name is so ...

**Infraorder:

Simiiformes The simians, anthropoids, or higher primates are an infraorder (Simiiformes ) of primates containing all animals traditionally called monkeys and apes. More precisely, they consist of the parvorders New World monkeys (Platyrrhini) and Cata ...

***Parvorder:

Catarrhini The parvorder Catarrhini , catarrhine monkeys, Old World anthropoids, or Old World monkeys, consisting of the Cercopithecoidea and apes (Hominoidea). In 1812, Geoffroy grouped those two groups together and established the name Catarrhini, "Old ...

****Superfamily:

Cercopithecoidea Old World monkey is the common English name for a family of primates known taxonomically as the Cercopithecidae (). Twenty-four genera and 138 species are recognized, making it the largest primate family. Old World monkey genera include baboons ...

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Cercopithecidae Old World monkey is the common English name for a family of primates known taxonomically as the Cercopithecidae (). Twenty-four genera and 138 species are recognized, making it the largest primate family. Old World monkey genera include baboons ...

(Old World monkeys) ******Genus: '' Macaca'' *******

Stump-tailed macaque The stump-tailed macaque (''Macaca arctoides''), also called the bear macaque, is a species of macaque native to South Asia and Southeast Asia. In India, it occurs south of the Brahmaputra River, in the northeastern part of the country. Its range ...

, ''M. arctoides'' ******* Assam macaque, ''M. assamensis'' ******* Northern pig-tailed macaque, ''M. leonina'' *******

White-cheeked macaque The white-cheeked macaque (''Macaca leucogenys'') is a species of macaque found only in Mêdog County in southeastern Tibet and Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India. The white-cheeked macaque lives in forest habitats, from tropical forests to ...

, ''M. leucogenys'' *******

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 ...

, ''M. mulatta'' *******

Tibetan macaque The Tibetan macaque (''Macaca thibetana''), also known as the Chinese stump-tailed macaque or Milne-Edwards' macaque, is a macaque species found from eastern Tibet east to Guangdong and north to Shaanxi in China. It has also been reported fr ...

, ''M. thibetana'' ******Subfamily: Colobinae *******Genus: '' Semnopithecus'' ********

Nepal gray langur The Nepal gray langur (''Semnopithecus schistaceus'') is a gray langur endemic to the Himalayas in Nepal, far southwestern Tibet, northern India, northern Pakistan, Bhutan and possibly Afghanistan. It is found in forests at an elevation of . Its ...

, ''S. schistaceus'' *******Genus: '' Trachypithecus'' ********

Indochinese grey langur The Indochinese grey langur (''Trachypithecus crepusculus'') is a species of Old World monkey native to East and Southeast Asia. Taxonomy It was formerly considered conspecific with Phayre's leaf monkey (''T. phayrei''), but a 2009 study found ...

, ''T. crepusculus'' ******** Francois' langur, ''T. francoisi'' ********

Shan State langur The Shan State langur (''Trachypithecus melamera'') is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in eastern Myanmar and southwest China. It had been generally considered a subspecies or even a synonym of Phayre's leaf monke ...

, ''T. melamera'' ********

Bonneted 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 ...

, ''T. pileatus'' ********

White-headed langur The white-headed langur (''Trachypithecus leucocephalus'') is a critically endangered species of langur endemic to Guangxi, China. Taxonomy It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Cat Ba langur (''T. poliocephalus''), which is now thou ...

, ''T. leucocephalus'' *******Genus: ''

Rhinopithecus __NOTOC__ Snub-nosed monkeys are a group of Old World monkeys and make up the entirety of the genus ''Rhinopithecus''. The genus is rare and not fully researched. Some taxonomists group snub-nosed monkeys together with the genus ''Pygathrix''. Sn ...

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Black snub-nosed monkey The black-and-white snub-nosed monkey (''Rhinopithecus bieti''), also known as the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey, is a large black and white primate that lives only in the southern Chinese province of Yunnan, where it is known to the locals as the Yun ...

, ''R. bieti'' ********

Gray snub-nosed monkey The gray snub-nosed monkey (''Rhinopithecus brelichi''), also known as Brelich's snub-nosed monkey, Guizhou snub-nosed monkey, and Guizhou golden monkey, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to China, where it is ...

, ''R. brelichi'' ********

Golden snub-nosed monkey The golden snub-nosed monkey (''Rhinopithecus roxellana'') is an Old World monkey in the subfamily Colobinae. It is endemic to a small area in temperate, mountainous forests of central and Southwest China. They inhabit these mountainous fores ...

, ''R. roxellana'' ****Superfamily:

Hominoidea Apes (collectively Hominoidea ) are a clade of Old World simians native to sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia (though they were more widespread in Africa, most of Asia, and as well as Europe in prehistory), which together with its sister g ...

*****Family:

Hylobatidae Gibbons () are apes in the family Hylobatidae (). The family historically contained one genus, but now is split into four extant genera and 20 species. Gibbons live in subtropical and tropical rainforest from eastern Bangladesh to Northeast Indi ...

(gibbons) ******Genus: '' Hoolock'' *******

Western hoolock gibbon The western hoolock gibbon (''Hoolock hoolock'') is a primate from the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. The species is found in Assam, Mizoram, and Meghalaya in India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar west of the Chindwin River. Classification Mootnick ...

, ''H. hoolock'' presence uncertain ******* Eastern hoolock gibbon, ''H. leuconedys'' ******* Skywalker hoolock gibbon, ''H. tianxing'' ******Genus: ''

Hylobates The genus ''Hylobates'' is one of the four genera of gibbons. Its name means "forest walker", from the Greek (, "forest") and (, "one who treads"). It was once considered the only genus, but recently its subgenera ('' Hoolock'' ormerly ''Bu ...

'' ******* Lar gibbon, ''H. lar'' ******Genus: '' Nomascus'' *******

Black crested gibbon The black crested gibbon (''Nomascus concolor'') is a Critically Endangered species of gibbon found in China, Laos, and northern Vietnam, with four subspecies. Taxonomy The taxonomy of the species is confused. Previously grouped in the ...

, ''N. concolor'' *******

Hainan black crested gibbon The Hainan black-crested gibbon or Hainan gibbon (''Nomascus hainanus''), is a Critically Endangered species of gibbon found only on Hainan Island, China. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the eastern black crested gibbon (''Nomascus n ...

, ''N. hainanus'' *******

White-cheeked crested gibbon The northern white-cheeked gibbon (''Nomascus leucogenys'') is a Critically Endangered species of gibbon native to South East Asia. It is closely related to the southern white-cheeked gibbon (''Nomascus siki''), with which it was previously con ...

, ''N. leucogenys'' *******

Eastern black crested gibbon The eastern black-crested gibbon (''Nomascus nasutus''), also known as the Cao-vit black crested gibbon or the Cao-vit crested gibbon, is a species of gibbon from southeast China and northern Vietnam. The term "Cao-vit" originated from the sounds ...

, ''N. nasutus''

Order:
Rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...
ia (rodents)

Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40% of mammalian species. They have two

incisor Incisors (from Latin ''incidere'', "to cut") are the front teeth present in most mammals. They are located in the premaxilla above and on the mandible below. Humans have a total of eight (two on each side, top and bottom). Opossums have 18, wher ...

s in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the

capybara The capybaraAlso called capivara (in Brazil), capiguara (in Bolivia), chigüire, chigüiro, or fercho (in Colombia and Venezuela), carpincho (in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) and ronsoco (in Peru). or greater capybara (''Hydrochoerus hydro ...

can weigh up to . *Suborder: Hystricognathi **Family: Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) ***Genus: '' Atherurus'' **** Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine, ''A. macrourus'' ***Genus: '' Hystrix'' **** Malayan porcupine, ''H. 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 ...

, ''H. indica'' *Suborder: Sciurognathi **Family: Castoridae (beavers) ***Genus: '' Castor'' ****

Eurasian beaver The Eurasian beaver (''Castor fiber'') or European beaver is a beaver species that was once widespread in Eurasia, but was hunted to near-extinction for both its fur and castoreum. At the turn of the 20th century, only about 1,200 beavers survi ...

, ''C. fiber'' **Family: Sciuridae (squirrels) ***Subfamily: Ratufinae ****Genus: '' Ratufa'' *****

Black giant squirrel The black giant squirrel or Malayan giant squirrel (''Ratufa bicolor'') is a large tree squirrel in the genus '' Ratufa'' native to the Indomalayan zootope. It is found in forests from northern Bangladesh, northeast India, eastern Nepal, Bhutan, ...

, ''Ratufa bicolor'' ***Subfamily:

Sciurinae Sciurinae is a subfamily of squirrels (in the family Sciuridae), uniting the flying squirrels with certain related tree squirrels. Older sources place the flying squirrels in a separate subfamily (Pteromyinae) and unite all remaining sciurids into ...

****Tribe: Sciurini *****Genus: ''

Sciurus The genus ''Sciurus'' contains most of the common, bushy-tailed squirrels in North America, Europe, temperate Asia, Central America and South America. Species The number of species in the genus is subject to change. In 2005, Thorington & H ...

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Red squirrel The red squirrel (''Sciurus vulgaris'') is a species of tree squirrel in the genus ''Sciurus'' common throughout Europe and Asia. The red squirrel is an arboreal, primarily herbivorous rodent. In Great Britain, Ireland, and in Italy numbe ...

, ''S. vulgaris'' ****Tribe: Pteromyini *****Genus: ''

Aeretes ''Aeretes'' is a genus of squirrels that contains a single extant species, the groove-toothed flying squirrel ''(Aeretes melanopterus)''. Two fossil species are also known from Late Pliocene Late may refer to: * LATE, an acronym which could st ...

'' ****** Groove-toothed flying squirrel, ''Aeretes melanopterus'' *****Genus: ''

Belomys ''Belomys'' is a genus of squirrels that contains a single extant species, the hairy-footed flying squirrel ''(Belomys pearsonii)''. Fossil species include the Pleistocene ''Belomys thamkaewi'' and the Late Pliocene ''Belomys parapearsoni'', bot ...

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Hairy-footed flying squirrel The hairy-footed flying squirrel (''Belomys pearsonii'') is a flying squirrel found in the mountains of the eastern Himalaya, Southeast Asia, southern China, and the island of Taiwan. It lives at elevations of above sea level. The fur is red-b ...

, ''Belomys pearsonii'' *****Genus: ''

Hylopetes ''Hylopetes'' is a genus of flying squirrels. There are about 10 species. Species include: * Particolored flying squirrel - ''H. alboniger'' (Hodgson, 1836) * Bartel's flying squirrel - ''H. bartelsi'' Chasen, 1939 * Hainan flying squirrel - ''H ...

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Particolored flying squirrel The particolored flying squirrel (''Hylopetes alboniger'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical ...

, ''Hylopetes alboniger'' EN ******

Indochinese flying squirrel The Indochinese flying squirrel (''Hylopetes phayrei''), also known as Phayre's flying squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt ...

, ''Hylopetes phayrei'' *****Genus: ''

Petaurista ''Petaurista'' is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae. They are large to very large flying squirrels found in forests and other wooded habitats in southern and eastern Asia. Like other flying squirrels, they are mostly nocturnal and able ...

'' ****** Red and white giant flying squirrel, ''Petaurista alborufus'' ******

Spotted giant flying squirrel The spotted giant flying squirrel (''Petaurista elegans''), also known as the lesser giant flying squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in hill and mountain forests at altitudes of in Southeast Asia north to centr ...

, ''Petaurista elegans'' ****** Japanese giant flying squirrel, ''Petaurista leucogenys'' ******

Bhutan giant flying squirrel The Bhutan giant flying squirrel (''Petaurista nobilis''), also known as the Gray's giant flying squirrel or noble giant flying squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. This species lives in Himalayan forests and it is one of th ...

, ''Petaurista nobilis'' ****** Red giant flying squirrel, ''Petaurista petaurista'' ******

Indian giant flying squirrel The Indian giant flying squirrel (''Petaurista philippensis''), also called the large brown flying squirrel or the common giant flying squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is capable of gliding flight using a skin membrane ...

, ''Petaurista philippensis'' ******

Chinese giant flying squirrel The Chinese giant flying squirrel (''Petaurista xanthotis'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nati ...

, ''Petaurista xanthotis'' *****Genus: '' Pteromys'' ******

Siberian flying squirrel The Siberian flying squirrel (''Pteromys volans'') is an Old World flying squirrel ranging from the Baltic Sea in the west, throughout Northern Asia to the coast of the Pacific Ocean in the east. It is the only species of flying squirrel in Eur ...

, ''Pteromys volans'' *****Genus: ''

Trogopterus The complex-toothed flying squirrel (''Trogopterus xanthipes'') occurs in the southern Chinese provinces Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Yunnan. The common name refers to the teeth, which differ from those of other species of flying squirrels ...

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Complex-toothed flying squirrel The complex-toothed flying squirrel (''Trogopterus xanthipes'') occurs in the southern Chinese provinces Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Yunnan. The common name refers to the teeth, which differ from those of other species of flying squirrels ...

, ''Trogopterus xanthipes'' EN ***Subfamily: Callosciurinae ****Genus: ''

Callosciurus ''Callosciurus'' is a genus of squirrels collectively referred to as the "''beautiful squirrels''". They are found mainly in Southeast Asia, though a few species also occur in Nepal, northeastern India, Bangladesh and southern China. Several of t ...

'' ***** Pallas's squirrel, ''Callosciurus erythraeus'' ***** Inornate squirrel, ''Callosciurus inornatus'' *****

Phayre's squirrel Phayre's squirrel (''Callosciurus phayrei'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in forests in China (Yunnan only) and Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA convent ...

, ''Callosciurus phayrei'' *****

Irrawaddy squirrel The Irrawaddy squirrel (''Callosciurus pygerythrus'') or hoary-bellied Himalayan squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. Description Irrawaddy squirrels vary in fur color, some squirrels being greyish-brown and reddish-brown, ...

, ''Callosciurus pygerythrus'' VU *****

Anderson's squirrel Anderson's squirrel (''Callosciurus quinquestriatus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in forests in China (Yunnan only) and Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's ...

, ''Callosciurus quinquestriatus'' VU ****Genus: '' Dremomys'' *****

Orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel The orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel (''Dremomys lokriah'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Bhutan. Taxonomy The species was first described as ''Sciurus lokriah'' b ...

, ''Dremomys lokriah'' *****

Perny's long-nosed squirrel Perny's long-nosed squirrel (''Dremomys pernyi'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Northeast India , native_name_lang = mni , settlement_type = , image_skyline = , image_alt ...

, ''Dremomys pernyi'' *****

Red-hipped squirrel The red-hipped squirrel (''Dremomys pyrrhomerus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-size rodents. The squirrel family includes tree squirre ...

, ''Dremomys pyrrhomerus'' *****

Asian red-cheeked squirrel The Asian red-cheeked squirrel (''Dremomys rufigenis'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-size rodents. The squirrel family includes tree sq ...

, ''Dremomys rufigenis'' ****Genus: '' Tamiops'' *****

Himalayan striped squirrel The Himalayan striped squirrel (''Tamiops mcclellandii''), also known as western striped squirrel or Burmese striped squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It lives in a variety of forest from tropical to subtropical in Bhutan, ...

, ''Tamiops macclellandi'' ***** Maritime striped squirrel, ''Tamiops maritimus'' ***** Swinhoe's striped squirrel, ''Tamiops swinhoei'' ***Subfamily: Xerinae ****Tribe: Marmotini *****Genus: '' Marmota'' ****** Gray marmot, ''Marmota baibacina'' ******

Long-tailed marmot The long-tailed marmot (''Marmota caudata'') or golden marmot is a marmot species in the family Sciuridae. It occurs in mountainous regions in the central parts of Asia where it lives in open or lightly wooded habitats, often among rocks where dw ...

, ''Marmota caudata'' ****** Himalayan marmot, ''Marmota himalayana'' ****** Tarbagan marmot, ''Marmota sibirica'' *****Genus: '' Sciurotamias'' ******

Père David's rock squirrel The Père David's rock squirrel (''Sciurotamias davidianus''), also known as the Chinese rock squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to China, where it is found widely in rocky habitats in the eastern and central ...

, ''Sciurotamias davidianus'' ******

Forrest's rock squirrel Forrest's rock squirrel (''Sciurotamias forresti'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Sichuan and Yunnan in China, where it inhabits cliffs covered in shrubby vegetation at an altitude around . Relatively little is ...

, ''Sciurotamias forresti'' VU *****Genus: '' Spermophilus'' ******

Alashan ground squirrel The Alashan ground squirrel (''Spermophilus alashanicus'') is a species of squirrel. It is native to China and Mongolia. This squirrel lives at elevations up to 3200 meters. It lives on the steppe In physical geography, a steppe () is ...

, ''Spermophilus alashanicus'' ****** Daurian ground squirrel, ''Spermophilus dauricus'' ******

Red-cheeked ground squirrel The red-cheeked ground squirrel (''Spermophilus erythrogenys'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is commonly referred to as the red-cheeked ground souslik and there are several recognized subspecies. It is found in central Asia. ...

, ''Spermophilus erythrogenys'' ******

Yellow ground squirrel The yellow ground squirrel (''Spermophilus fulvus'') is a large and sturdy ground squirrel species native to Afghanistan, China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Russia. It inhabits sandy steppes with Artemisia, glasswort an ...

, ''Spermophilus fulvus'' ****** Long-tailed ground squirrel, ''Spermophilus undulatus'' *****Genus: ''

Tamias ''Tamias'' is a genus of chipmunks in the tribe Marmotini of the squirrel family. The genus includes a single living species, the eastern chipmunk (''Tamias striatus''). The genus name ''Tamias'' ( el, ταμίας) means "treasurer", "steward ...

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Siberian chipmunk The Siberian chipmunk (''Eutamias sibiricus''), also called common chipmunk is native to northern Asia from central Russia to China, Korea, and Hokkaidō in northern Japan. It was imported from South Korea and introduced in Europe as a pet in th ...

, ''Tamias sibiricus'' **Family: Gliridae (dormice) ***Subfamily: Leithiinae ****Genus: '' Dryomys'' ***** Forest dormouse, ''Dryomys nitedula'' ****Genus: '' Chaetocauda'' *****

Chinese dormouse The Chinese dormouse or Sichuan dormouse (''Chaetocauda sichuanensis'') is a species of dormouse found in subalpine mixed forests in northern Sichuan, China, where it is known from Jiuzhaigou and Wanglang Nature Reserves. It is known only from t ...

, ''Chaetocauda sichuanensis'' EN **Family: Dipodidae (jerboas) ***Subfamily: Allactaginae ****Genus: ''

Allactaga The genus ''Allactaga'' contains the four and five-toed jerboas of Asia. They are small mammals belonging to the order of rodents. They are characteristically known as the hopping rodents of the desert and semi-arid regions. They have long hind f ...

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Balikun jerboa The Balikun jerboa (''Allactaga balikunica'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in arid areas of northwestern China and Mongolia. It eats green plants, plant roots, seeds, grasshoppers and beetles. Description The Bali ...

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Gobi jerboa The Gobi jerboa (''Allactaga bullata'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in China and Mongolia. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and temperate desert. The Gobi jerboa was discovered in 1925 by Glover Morr ...

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Small five-toed jerboa The small five-toed jerboa (''Allactaga elater'') is a rodent of the family Dipodidae and genus ''Allactaga'', that has five digits. They are hopping rodents of the rocky deserts in Asia. They have been found in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, ...

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Mongolian five-toed jerboa The Mongolian five-toed jerboa or Siberian jerboa (''Allactaga sibirica'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркме� ...

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Pygeretmus ''Pygeretmus'' is a genus of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It contains the following species: * Lesser fat-tailed jerboa (''Pygeretmus platyurus'') * Dwarf fat-tailed jerboa (''Pygeretmus pumilio'') * Greater fat-tailed jerboa The greater ...

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Dwarf fat-tailed jerboa The dwarf fat-tailed jerboa (''Pygeretmus pumilio'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental count ...

, ''Pygeretmus pumilio'' ***Subfamily: Cardiocraniinae ****Genus: '' Cardiocranius'' ***** Five-toed pygmy jerboa, ''Cardiocranius paradoxus'' VU ****Genus: '' Salpingotus'' *****

Thick-tailed pygmy jerboa The thick-tailed pygmy jerboa (''Salpingotus crassicauda'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in China, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and temperate desert. It is threatened by ha ...

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Kozlov's pygmy jerboa Kozlov's pygmy jerboa (''Salpingotus kozlovi'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in northwestern China and southern and eastern Mongolia. Its natural habitat is temperate desert. Description Kozlov's pygmy jerboa is a ...

, ''Salpingotus kozlovi'' ***Subfamily: Dipodinae ****Genus: '' Dipus'' ***** Northern three-toed jerboa, ''Dipus sagitta'' ****Genus: ''

Stylodipus ''Stylodipus'' is a genus of rodent in the family Dipodidae Jerboas (from ar, جربوع ') are hopping desert rodents found throughout North Africa and Asia, and are members of the family Dipodidae. They tend to live in hot deserts. When ...

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Andrews's three-toed jerboa Andrews's three-toed jerboa, or the Mongolian jerboa, (''Stylodipus andrewsi'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in China (Inner Mongolia, Gansu, and Ningxia provinces) and Mongolia. Description Andrews's three-toed j ...

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Mongolian three-toed jerboa The Mongolian three-toed jerboa (''Stylodipus sungorus'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; literal translation, lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a l ...

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Thick-tailed three-toed jerboa The thick-tailed three-toed jerboa (''Stylodipus telum'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Its typical habitat is steppe, desert and mountain grassl ...

, ''Stylodipus telum'' ***Subfamily: Euchoreutinae ****Genus: ''

Euchoreutes The long-eared jerboa (''Euchoreutes naso'') is a nocturnal mouse-like rodent with a long tail, long hind legs for jumping, and exceptionally large ears. It is distinct enough that authorities consider it to be the only member of both its genus ...

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Long-eared jerboa The long-eared jerboa (''Euchoreutes naso'') is a nocturnal mouse-like rodent with a long tail, long hind legs for jumping, and exceptionally large ears. It is distinct enough that authorities consider it to be the only member of both its genus ...

, ''Euchoreutes naso'' EN ***Subfamily: Sicistinae ****Genus: ''

Sicista Birch mice (genus ''Sicista'') are small jumping rodents that resemble mice with long, tufted tails and very long hind legs, allowing for remarkable leaps. They are the only extant members of the family Sminthidae. They are native to Eurasian for ...

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Long-tailed birch mouse The long-tailed birch mouse (''Sicista caudata'') is a species of birch mouse found in Northeast Asia. It has been reported from the Ussuri region of Manchuria, Sakhalin Island and Primorsky Krai in Russia, and northern North Korea. It is list ...

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Chinese birch mouse ''Sicista concolor'', the Chinese birch mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Sminthidae Sminthidae is a family of mouse-like jumping rodents. They are represented by only one extant genus, '' Sicista'', represented by 19 species found thr ...

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Southern birch mouse The southern birch mouse (''Sicista subtilis'') is a species of birch mouse in the family Sminthidae. It is native to southern Russia, Kazakhstan, and potentially northern Mongolia and China. Taxonomy The Hungarian birch mouse (''S. trizona ...

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Chinese pygmy dormouse The Chinese pygmy dormouse, (''Typhlomys cinereus'') is a species of rodent of the family Platacanthomyidae found in China and Vietnam. Subspecies Musser and Carleton (2005) recognized five subspecies. While the northwest Vietnamese form ''Ty ...

, ''Typhlomys cinereus'' **Family: Spalacidae ***Subfamily: Myospalacinae ****Genus: '' Eospalax'' ***** Chinese zokor, ''Eospalax fontanierii'' VU *****

Rothschild's zokor The Rothschild's zokor (''Eospalax rothschildi'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae The Spalacidae, or spalacids, are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. They are native to eastern Asia, the Horn o ...

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Smith's zokor Smith's zokor (''Eospalax smithii'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae The Spalacidae, or spalacids, are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. They are native to eastern Asia, the Horn of Africa, the ...

, ''Eospalax smithii'' ****Genus: '' Myospalax'' ***** False zokor, ''Myospalax aspalax'' ***** Transbaikal zokor, ''Myospalax psilurus'' ***Subfamily: Rhizomyinae ****Genus: ''

Cannomys The lesser bamboo rat (''Cannomys badius'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Cannomys''. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand. Description Th ...

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Rhizomys ''Rhizomys'', also known as bamboo rat, is a genus of rodents in the family Spalacidae The Spalacidae, or spalacids, are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. They are native to eastern Asia, the Horn of Africa, ...

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Hoary bamboo rat The hoary bamboo rat (''Rhizomys pruinosus'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae found in Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam), East Asia ( China) and South Asia (India). Description The hoary b ...

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Chinese bamboo rat The Chinese bamboo rat (''Rhizomys sinensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae found in southern China, northern Myanmar, and northern Vietnam. Its habitat is bamboo thickets usually at high elevations, pine forests, and plantati ...

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Large bamboo rat The large bamboo rat, Sumatran rat, or Indomalayan rat (''Rhizomys sumatrensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae found in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is one of four species of b ...

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Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New World rats and mice. At almost 608 species, it is the second-largest family of mammals, and h ...

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Allocricetulus ''Allocricetulus'' is a genus of hamsters in the family Cricetidae, which are found in Asia. It contains the following species: * Mongolian hamster (''Allocricetulus curtatus'') * Eversmann's hamster Eversmann's hamster (''Allocricetulus ever ...

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Mongolian hamster The Mongolian hamster (''Allocricetulus curtatus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is one of two members of the genus ''Allocricetulus'', and is found in China and Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; literal t ...

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Cansumys The Gansu hamster (''Cansumys canus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, endemic to China. It is the only species in the genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and ...

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Gansu hamster The Gansu hamster (''Cansumys canus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, endemic to China. It is the only species in the genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and ...

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Cricetulus ''Cricetulus'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae (voles and hamsters); it has seven member species that inhabit arid or semi-arid regions in Eurasia. They tend to be more ratlike in appearance than typical hamsters, hence the com ...

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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 ...

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Chinese striped hamster The Chinese striped hamster (''Cricetulus barabensis''), also known as the striped dwarf hamster, is a species of hamster. It is distributed across Northern Asia, from southern Siberia through Mongolia and northeastern China to northern North Ko ...

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Kam dwarf hamster The Kam dwarf hamster (''Cricetulus kamensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in the mountains of western China where it inhabits grassland, shrubby marshes and steppes. Although it has a limited range, the I ...

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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 ...

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Sokolov's dwarf hamster Sokolov's dwarf hamster (''Cricetulus sokolovi'') is a species of rodent in the hamster and vole family Cricetidae. Previously listed as conspecific with Chinese striped hamster, it has been listed as a separate species since 1988. It has a dist ...

, ''Cricetulus sokolovi'' ****Genus: '' Cricetus'' *****

European hamster The European hamster (''Cricetus cricetus''), also known as the Eurasian hamster, black-bellied hamster or common hamster, is the monotypic, only species of hamster in the genus ''Cricetus''. It is native to grassland and similar habitats in a ...

, ''C. cricetus'' presence uncertain ****Genus: '' Phodopus'' ***** Campbell's dwarf hamster, ''Phodopus campbelli'' *****

Djungarian hamster The winter white dwarf hamster (''Phodopus sungorus''), also known as the Russian dwarf hamster, Djungarian hamster, striped dwarf hamster, Siberian hamster, or Siberian dwarf hamster, is one of three species of hamster in the genus '' Phodopus' ...

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Tscherskia The greater long-tailed hamster (''Tscherskia triton'') is a rodent native to Siberia, the Korean Peninsula, and China. It is the only member of the genus ''Tscherskia''. Taxonomy The genetic diversity of ''Tscherskia triton'' has a positive co ...

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Greater long-tailed hamster The greater long-tailed hamster (''Tscherskia triton'') is a rodent native to Siberia, the Korean Peninsula, and China. It is the only member of the genus ''Tscherskia''. Taxonomy The genetic diversity of ''Tscherskia triton'' has a positive co ...

, ''Tscherskia triton'' ***Subfamily: Arvicolinae ****Genus: ''

Alticola ''Alticola'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. Species *Subgenus ''Alticola'' ** White-tailed mountain vole (''Alticola albicauda'') ** Silver mountain vole (''Alticola argentatus'') ** Gobi Altai mountain vole (''Alticola ba ...

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Silver mountain vole The silver mountain vole (''Alticola argentatus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. They are distinguished by their silver-grey pelage, long vibrissae, rootless hypsodont molars and angular skull shape. Like many mammals of the Eu ...

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Stolička's mountain vole Stolička's or Stoliczka's mountain vole (''Alticola stoliczkanus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, Pakistan, India and Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Repub ...

, ''Alticola stoliczkanus'' ***** Strachey's mountain vole, ''Alticola stracheyi'' ***** Flat-headed vole, ''Alticola strelzowi'' ****Genus: ''

Arvicola The water voles are large voles in the genus ''Arvicola''. They are found in both aquatic and dry habitat through Europe and much of northern Asia. A water vole found in Western North America was historically considered a member of this genu ...

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Bank vole The bank vole (''Myodes glareolus'') is a small vole with red-brown fur and some grey patches, with a tail about half as long as its body. A rodent, it lives in woodland areas and is around in length. The bank vole is found in much of Europe an ...

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Ellobius ''Ellobius'' is a genus of rodents in the family Cricetidae. It is the only member of the tribe Ellobiusini. It contains two ('' E. lutescens'' and '' E. tancrei'') of the handful of examples of mammal species that have lost the Y chromosome. T ...

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Zaisan mole vole The Zaisan mole vole (''Ellobius tancrei''), or eastern mole vole, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in central Asia. Description The Zaisan mole vole is highly adapted to life underground. It grows to a head and body ...

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Eolagurus ''Eolagurus'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It contains the following species: * Yellow steppe lemming The yellow steppe lemming (''Eolagurus luteus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, Ka ...

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Yellow steppe lemming The yellow steppe lemming (''Eolagurus luteus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. Its natural habitat is temperate desert A desert is a barren area of landscape where little ...

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Przewalski's steppe lemming Przewalski's steppe lemming (''Eolagurus przewalskii'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China and Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; literal translation, lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" ...

, ''Eolagurus przewalskii'' ****Genus: ''

Eothenomys ''Eothenomys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It contains the following species: * Kachin red-backed vole (''Eothenomys cachinus'') * Pratt's vole (''Eothenomys chinensis'') * Southwest China vole (''Eothenomys custos'') * Père D ...

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Southwest China vole The Southwest China vole (''Eothenomys custos'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Yunnan and Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; ...

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Kolan vole The Kolan vole, Inez's red-backed vole or Inez's vole (''Caryomys inez'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in China. Two subspecies have been recognized, ''Caryomys inez inez'' from the northern part of its range ...

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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 ...

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Chaotung vole The Chaotung vole (''Eothenomys olitor'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Rep ...

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Yulungshan vole The Yulungshan vole, Yulong Chinese vole, Yulongxuen Chinese vole, or Yulongxuen red-backed vole (''Eothenomys proditor'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, endemic to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in the Sichuan–Yunnan border regio ...

, ''Eothenomys proditor'' ***** Shansei vole, ''Eothenomys shanseius'' ****Genus: '' Lagurus'' ***** Steppe lemming, ''Lagurus lagurus'' ****Genus: ''

Lasiopodomys ''Lasiopodomys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It contains the following species: * Brandt's vole Brandt's vole, (''Lasiopodomys brandtii''), also known as the steppe vole, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It i ...

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Plateau vole The plateau vole (''Lasiopodomys fuscus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in China. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae). ...

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Mandarin vole The mandarin vole (''Lasiopodomys mandarinus'') is a species of vole found in central China as well as the southern and central Korean Peninsula Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divid ...

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Microtus ''Microtus'' is a genus of voles found in North America, Europe and northern Asia. The genus name refers to the small ears of these animals. About 62 species are placed in the genus. They are stout rodents with short ears, legs and tails. They ea ...

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Reed vole The reed vole (''Alexandromys fortis'') is a species of vole. It is found in northern and central Eurasia, including northern China and the Korean Peninsula. This species is somewhat larger and longer-tailed than most other voles. Description ...

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Chinese scrub vole The Chinese scrub vole, or Irene's mountain vole, (''Neodon irene'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to mountainous parts of southern China and is very similar to the Sikkim mountain vole in appearance. The Interna ...

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Juniper vole The juniper vole (''Microtus juldaschi'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and Tajikistan. It was formerly classified in the genus '' Neodon'', but genetic evidence indicates that it is ...

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Blyth's vole Blyth's vole (''Phaiomys leucurus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Phaiomys''. It is found in mountainous regions in northern India, Nepal and China. It is a burrowing rodent and lives in ...

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Lacustrine vole The lacustrine vole (''Microtus limnophilus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China and Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; literal translation, lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a ...

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Maximowicz's vole Maximowicz's vole (''Microtus maximowiczii'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in northeastern China, Mongolia, and eastern Russia. Description Maximowicz's vole is one of the largest voles in the genus ''Microtus''. ...

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Mongolian vole The Mongolian vole (''Microtus mongolicus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, Mongolia, and Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe an ...

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Sikkim vole The Sikkim mountain vole (''Neodon sikimensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Bhutan, India, Nepal and China. Description The Sikkim mountain vole has a head-and-body length of between and a tail length of . T ...

, ''Microtus sikimensis'' ***** Social vole, ''Microtus socialis'' ****Genus: ''

Myopus The wood lemming (''Myopus schisticolor'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It belongs to the rodent subfamily Arvicolinae, so is a relative of the voles, lemmings, and muskrats. It is found in the taiga biome of China, Estonia, ...

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Duke of Bedford's vole The Duke of Bedford's vole (''Proedromys bedfordi'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in mountainous parts of central China. It is a rare species and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assesse ...

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Volemys ''Volemys'' is a small genus of rodents in the family Cricetidae. It contains the following species, both of which are endemic to China: * Szechuan vole (''Volemys millicens'') * Marie's vole Marie's vole (''Volemys musseri'') is a species of ...

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Szechuan vole The Szechuan vole (''Volemys millicens'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in northwestern Sichuan, China. It is one of two species in the genus ''Volemys'' along with Marie's vole (''Volemys musseri''). Range ...

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Marie's vole Marie's vole (''Volemys musseri'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in China. ''Volemys musseri'' is one of two species in the genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological clas ...

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Muridae The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 1,383 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. The name Muridae comes ...

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Brachiones Przewalski's gerbil or Przewalski's jird (''Brachiones przewalskii'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of liv ...

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Przewalski's gerbil Przewalski's gerbil or Przewalski's jird (''Brachiones przewalskii'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of liv ...

, ''Brachiones przewalskii'' ****Genus: '' Meriones'' ***** Cheng's jird, ''Meriones chengi'' CR *****

Libyan jird The Libyan jird (''Meriones libycus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan an ...

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Midday jird The midday jird (''Meriones meridianus''), also called midday gerbil, is a rodent species in the family Muridae and native to sandy deserts in Central and East Asia. It has been listed on the IUCN Red List as Least Concern since 2008. Descriptio ...

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Mongolian gerbil The Mongolian gerbil or Mongolian jird (''Meriones unguiculatus'') is a small rodent belonging to the subfamily Gerbillinae. Their body size is typically , with a tail, and body weight , with adult males larger than females. The animal is use ...

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Rhombomys The great gerbil (''Rhombomys opimus'') is a large rodent found throughout much of Central Asia. Description The largest of the gerbils, great gerbils have a head and body length of . Their skulls are distinctive by having two grooves in each ...

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Striped field mouse The striped field mouse (''Apodemus agrarius'') is a rodent in the family Muridae. The range of this species stretches from Eastern Europe to Eastern Asia. Synonyms Accepted synonyms include ''Apodemus albostriatus'' (Bechstein, 1801), ''Apode ...

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Chevrier's field mouse Chevrier's field mouse (''Apodemus chevrieri'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 1,383 species, including many species of mice, rat ...

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South China field mouse The South China field mouse (''Apodemus draco'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in China, India, and Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require ...

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Sichuan field mouse The Sichuan field mouse (''Apodemus latronum'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Qinghai and Sichuan provinces of China, and in India and Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: ...

, ''Apodemus latronum'' ***** Korean field mouse, ''Apodemus peninsulae'' ***** Ural field mouse, ''Apodemus uralensis'' ****Genus: '' Bandicota'' *****

Greater bandicoot rat The greater bandicoot rat or Indian bandicoot rat (''Bandicota indica'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam akistan I ...

, ''Bandicota indica'' ****Genus: '' Berylmys'' *****

Bower's white-toothed rat Bower's white-toothed rat (''Berylmys bowersi'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae native to southeast Asia. Distribution and habitat The species is found in China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam ...

, ''Berylmys bowersi'' ***** Kenneth's white-toothed rat, ''Berylmys mackenziei'' ****Genus: '' Chiropodomys'' *****

Pencil-tailed tree mouse ''Chiropodomys'' (or pencil-tailed tree mice) is a genus of Old World rats and mice native to Southeast Asia and northeast India. They are tree-dwelling, very small mice, mostly found in tropical rainforest. In total six extant species have been ...

, ''Chiropodomys gliroides'' ****Genus: '' Dacnomys'' *****

Millard's rat Millard's rat (''Dacnomys millardi'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus ''Dacnomys''. It is found in China, India, Laos, and Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Dem ...

, ''Dacnomys millardi'' ****Genus: ''

Hadromys ''Hadromys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares ...

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Manipur bush rat The Manipur bush rat (''Hadromys humei''), also known as Hume's rat or Hume's hadromys, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in northeastern India, and is listed as endangered. Range and habitat The species is endemic to nort ...

, ''Hadromys humei'' ****Genus: '' Hapalomys'' *****

Delacour's marmoset rat Delacour's marmoset rat (''Hapalomys delacouri''), also known as the lesser marmoset rat, is an arboreal species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in China, Laos, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is montane subtropical or tropical dry ...

, ''Hapalomys delacouri'' ****Genus: ''

Leopoldamys ''Leopoldamys'' is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae endemic to Southeast Asia. It contains the following species: * Sundaic mountain long-tailed giant rat (''Leopoldamys ciliatus'') * '' Leopoldamys diwangkarai'' * Edwards's long-tailed ...

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Edwards's long-tailed giant rat Edwards's long-tailed giant rat (''Leopoldamys edwardsi'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), offici ...

, ''Leopoldamys edwardsi'' ****Genus: ''

Micromys ''Micromys'' is a genus of small rodents in the subfamily Murinae. The genus contains two living species: the widespread Eurasian harvest mouse (''Micromys minutus'') of much of Europe and Asia; and the more restricted Indochinese harvest mouse ...

'' ***** Harvest mouse, ''Micromys minutus'' ****Genus: ''

Mus Mus or MUS may refer to: Abbreviations * MUS, the NATO country code for Mauritius * MUS, the IATA airport code for Minami Torishima Airport * MUS, abbreviation for the Centre for Modern Urban Studies on Campus The Hague, Leiden University, Net ...

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Ryukyu mouse The Ryukyu mouse ('Mus caroli'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socia ...

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Cook's mouse Cook's mouse (''Mus cookii'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 1,383 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils foun ...

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Gairdner's shrewmouse Gairdner's shrewmouse (''Mus pahari'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., grou ...

, ''Mus pahari'' ****Genus: ''

Nesokia ''Nesokia'' is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to West Asia and Central Asia known as the short-tailed bandicoot rats. Species Genus ''Nesokia'' - short-tailed bandicoot rats: * Short-tailed bandicoot rat (''Nesokia indica'') ...

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Short-tailed bandicoot rat The short-tailed bandicoot rat (''Nesokia indica'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. Other common names include short-tailed mole-rat, Indian bandicoot, bandicoot-rat, flat-tooth rat and short-tailed nesokia. Characteristics The sho ...

, ''Nesokia indica'' LC ****Genus: ''

Niviventer ''Niviventer'' is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Southeast Asia. It contains the following species: * Anderson's white-bellied rat, ''Niviventer andersoni'' * Brahma white-bellied rat, ''Niviventer brahma'' * '' Niviventer b ...

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Anderson's white-bellied rat Anderson's white-bellied rat (''Niviventer andersoni'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to China and known from Yunnan, Sichuan, and Shaanxi provinces. Its range might extend to northern Guizhou. It inhabits montane fo ...

, ''Niviventer andersoni'' *****

Chinese white-bellied rat The Chinese white-bellied rat (''Niviventer confucianus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is widely spread in China and also occurs in northern Myanmar, northwest Thailand, and northwest Vietnam. It might also occur in northern ...

, ''Niviventer confucianus'' *****

Smoke-bellied rat The smoke-bellied rat (''Niviventer eha'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ� ...

, ''Niviventer eha'' *****

Large white-bellied rat The large white-bellied rat (''Niviventer excelsior''), also known as the Sichuan niviventer, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in southwestern China. It occurs in Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve of Sichuan, southw ...

, ''Niviventer excelsior'' *****

Chestnut white-bellied rat The chestnut white-bellied rat (''Niviventer fulvescens'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is a small rodent with a distinct bright chestnut upper-coat and a white under-coat. The colour of the upper-coat is variable from very br ...

, ''Niviventer fulvescens'' ****Genus: ''

Rattus ''Rattus'' is a genus of muroid rodents, all typically called rats. However, the term rat can also be applied to rodent species outside of this genus. Species and description The best-known ''Rattus'' species are the black rat (''R. rattus'') ...

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Lesser ricefield rat The lesser ricefield rat (''Rattus losea'') is a rodent in the family Muridae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1871. It is found in China, Laos, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ) ...

, ''Rattus losea'' ***** 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 ...

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Sikkim rat The Sikkim rat (''Rattus andamanensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the So ...

, ''Rattus sikkimensis'' VU ***** Tanezumi rat, ''Rattus tanezumi'' ***** Turkestan rat, ''Rattus turkestanicus'' ****Genus: ''

Vandeleuria ''Vandeleuria'' is a small genus of rodent from Asia with only three species. It is the only member of the tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide us ...

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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 gen ...

, ''Vandeleuria oleracea'' ****Genus: ''

Vernaya ''Vernaya'' is a genus of rodent in the subfamily Murinae from southern China and northern Burma. It contains a single extant species, the red climbing mouse (''Vernaya fulva''), and several extinct species, all described by Zheng in 1993, name ...

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Red climbing mouse The red climbing mouse (''Vernaya fulva''), also known as Vernay's climbing mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is named after explorer and antiques dealer, Arthur Vernay, who sponsored the expedition during which the animal w ...

, ''Vernaya fulva'' VU

Order: Lagomorpha (lagomorphs)

The lagomorphs comprise two families,

Leporidae Leporidae is the family of rabbits and hares, containing over 60 species of extant mammals in all. The Latin word ''Leporidae'' means "those that resemble ''lepus''" (hare). Together with the pikas, the Leporidae constitute the mammalian order ...

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hare Hares and jackrabbits are mammals belonging to the genus ''Lepus''. They are herbivores, and live solitarily or in pairs. They nest in slight depressions called forms, and their young are able to fend for themselves shortly after birth. The g ...

s and

rabbit Rabbits, also known as bunnies or bunny rabbits, are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also contains the hares) of the order Lagomorpha (which also contains the pikas). ''Oryctolagus cuniculus'' includes the European rabbit sp ...

s), and Ochotonidae ( pikas). Though they can resemble

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...

s, and were classified as a

superfamily SUPERFAMILY is a database and search platform of structural and functional annotation for all proteins and genomes. It classifies amino acid sequences into known structural domains, especially into SCOP superfamilies. Domains are functional, str ...

in that order until the early 20th century, they have since been considered a separate order. They differ from rodents in a number of physical characteristics, such as having four incisors in the upper jaw rather than two. *Family: Ochotonidae (pikas) **Genus: '' Ochotona'' ***

Alpine pika The alpine pika (''Ochotona alpina'') is a species of small mammal in the pika family, Ochotonidae. The summer pelage of different subspecies varies drastically but, in general, it is dark or cinnamon brown, turning to grey with a yellowish tin ...

, ''Ochotona alpina'' ***

Helan Shan pika The Helan Shan pika or silver pika (''Ochotona argentata'') is a species of mammal in the pika family, Ochotonidae. It is endemic to China where it is found in a small region of the Helan Mountains. It is listed as "Endangered" in the IUCN Red L ...

, ''Ochotona argentata'' CR *** Gansu pika, ''Ochotona cansus'' ***

Black-lipped pika The plateau pika (''Ochotona curzoniae''), also known as the black-lipped pika, is a species of mammal in the pika family, Ochotonidae. It is a small diurnal and non-hibernating mammal weighing about 140 g when fully grown. The animals are ...

, ''Ochotona curzoniae'' *** Daurian pika, ''Ochotona dauurica'' *** Chinese red pika, ''Ochotona erythrotis'' *** Forrest's pika, ''Ochotona forresti'' ***

Gaoligong pika The Gaoligong pika (''Ochotona gaoligongensis'') is a species of mammal in the family Ochotonidae. It is endemic to China. Many of the general physical characteristics of the pika species, are shared by Gaoligong pikas. However, the Gaoligong pi ...

, ''Ochotona gaoligongensis'' DD *** Glover's pika, ''Ochotona gloveri'' ***

Himalayan pika The Himalayan pika (''Ochotona himalayana'') is a species of small mammal in the pika family (''Ochotonidae''). It is found at high altitudes in remote areas of Ladakh, Uttarakhand and possibly also in Nepal &Tibet. The IUCN has listed this speci ...

, ''Ochotona himalayana'' *** '' Ochotona huanglongensis'' *** Northern pika, ''Ochotona hyperborea'' *** Ili pika, ''Ochotona iliensis'' VU *** Koslov's pika, ''Ochotona koslowi'' EN ***

Ladak pika The Ladak pika (''Ochotona ladacensis''), also known as the Ladakh pika, is a species of mammal in the family Ochotonidae found in China, India, and Pakistan. Prior to identification as a separate species, specimens were thought to be of the ...

, ''Ochotona ladacensis'' *** Large-eared pika, ''Ochotona macrotis'' *** Muli pika, ''Ochotona muliensis'' DD *** Nubra pika, ''Ochotona nubrica'' ***

Pallas's pika Pallas's pika (''Ochotona pallasi''), also known as the Mongolian pika, is a species of small mammals in the pika family, Ochotonidae. It is found mainly in the mountains of western Mongolia. Description Pallas's pika can range from anywhere b ...

, ''Ochotona pallasi'' *** Royle's pika, ''Ochotona roylei'' *** Turkestan red pika, ''Ochotona rutila'' ***

Moupin pika The Moupin pika (''Ochotona thibetana''), also known as Ribetischer Pika, Moupin-Pika, Pika del Tibet, and Manipuri pika,Molur, S., Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B., Walker, S., Nameer, P. O., & Ravikumar, L. (2005)Status of south Asian non-vo ...

, ''Ochotona thibetana'' ***

Thomas's pika Thomas's pika (''Ochotona thomasi''), also known as the Thomas-pika, is a species of small mammal in the pika family, Ochotonidae. The fur on its upper body is reddish brown in summer, and mouse grey in winter. It is a generalist herbivore threa ...

, ''Ochotona thomasi'' *Family:

(rabbits, hares) **Genus: '' Lepus'' ***

Yunnan hare The Yunnan hare (''Lepus comus'') is a medium-sized species of mammal in the family Leporidae. It has soft, flat, and long dorsal pelage which is grayish brown or dark gray in color, and whitish ventral pelage. It was considered endemic to Chin ...

, ''L. comus'' ***

Korean hare The Korean hare (''Lepus coreanus'') is a species of hare native to the Korean Peninsula and adjoining parts of northeastern China. The Korean hare inhabits diverse habitats within its range, from remote mountain forests to cultivated land. Fur ...

, ''L. coreanus'' ***

Hainan hare The Hainan hare (''Lepus hainanus'') is a hare endemic to Hainan Island, China. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1870. Description The Hainan hare is small; its body length is less than and weighs only . Its head is small ...

, ''L. hainanus'' *** Manchurian hare, ''L. mandshuricus'' ***

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 ...

, ''L. oiostolus'' ***

Chinese hare The Chinese hare (''Lepus sinensis'') is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae. It is found in China, Taiwan and Vietnam. Taxonomy The Chinese hare was first described by John Edward Gray in 1832. The Korean hare (''Lepus coreanus'') was ...

, ''L. sinensis'' *** Desert hare, ''L. tibetanus'' ***

Mountain hare The mountain hare (''Lepus timidus''), also known as blue hare, tundra hare, variable hare, white hare, snow hare, alpine hare, and Irish hare, is a Palearctic hare that is largely adapted to polar and mountainous habitats. Evolution The mount ...

, ''L. timidus'' ***

Tolai hare The tolai hare (''Lepus tolai'') is a species of hare native to Central Asia, Mongolia, and Northern and Central China. It inhabits semi-desert, steppes, rocky habitats, and forest meadows. It is relatively common, even in areas with heavy huma ...

, ''L. tolai'' ***

Yarkand hare The Yarkand hare (''Lepus yarkandensis'') is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae. It has soft, straight, sandy brown dorsal pelage which has grayish-black stripes, and completely white ventral pelage. Endemic to China, the Yarkand hare ...

, ''L. yarkandensis''

Order:
Erinaceomorpha Erinaceidae is a family in the order Eulipotyphla, consisting of the hedgehogs and moonrats. Until recently, it was assigned to the order Erinaceomorpha, which has been subsumed with the paraphyletic Soricomorpha into Eulipotyphla. Eulipotyphla ...
(hedgehogs and gymnures)

The order Erinaceomorpha contains a single family, Erinaceidae, which comprise the

hedgehog A hedgehog is a spiny mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae, in the eulipotyphlan family Erinaceidae. There are seventeen species of hedgehog in five genera found throughout parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, and in New Zealand by introductio ...

s and

gymnure Gymnures, also called hairy hedgehogs or moonrats, are mammals belonging to the subfamily Galericinae, in the family Erinaceidae and the order Eulipotyphla. Gymnures resemble rats but are not closely related as they are not rodents; they are ...

s. The hedgehogs are easily recognised by their spines while gymnures look more like large rats. *Family:

Erinaceidae Erinaceidae is a family in the order Eulipotyphla, consisting of the hedgehogs and moonrats. Until recently, it was assigned to the order Erinaceomorpha, which has been subsumed with the paraphyletic Soricomorpha into Eulipotyphla. Eulipotyph ...

(hedgehogs) **Subfamily:

Erinaceinae A hedgehog is a spiny mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae, in the eulipotyphlan family Erinaceidae. There are seventeen species of hedgehog in five genera found throughout parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, and in New Zealand by introduc ...

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Erinaceus ''Erinaceus'' is a genus of hedgehog from the family of Erinaceidae. There are four main species of ''Erinaceus''. The range is all across Europe, throughout the Middle East, parts of Russia, and extending to northern China and Korea. The Europ ...

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Hemiechinus ''Hemiechinus'' is a genus of hedgehogs. It contains two species, found in Central and South Asia. Species * Long-eared hedgehog (''Hemiechinus auritus'') * Indian long-eared hedgehog (''Hemiechinus collaris'') References Mammal ge ...

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Mesechinus ''Mesechinus'' is a genus of hedgehogs. It contains four species from East Asia: * Daurian hedgehog (''Mesechinus dauuricus'') * Hugh's hedgehog (''Mesechinus hughi'') * Gaoligong forest hedgehog (''Mesechinus wangi'') * Small-toothed fores ...

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Galericinae Gymnures, also called hairy hedgehogs or moonrats, are mammals belonging to the subfamily Galericinae, in the family Erinaceidae and the order Eulipotyphla. Gymnures resemble rats but are not closely related as they are not rodents; they are i ...

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Hylomys ''Hylomys'' is a small genus of the family Erinaceidae. ''Hylomys'' species, like all species in the subfamily Galericinae, are known as gymnures or moonrats. Their closest relatives include the fossil '' Lantanotherium'' and '' Thaiagymnura'' ...

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Hainan gymnure The Hainan gymnure (''Neohylomys hainanensis'') or Hainan moonrat is a species of mammal in the family Erinaceidae. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It was thought to be endemic to the island of Hainan, China where ...

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Shrew gymnure The shrew gymnure, or shrew hedgehog (''Neotetracus sinensis''), is a species of mammal in the family Erinaceidae and is the only extant species in the genus Neotetracus. It is found in China, Myanmar, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( ...

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Short-tailed gymnure The short-tailed gymnure (''Hylomys suillus'') is a small mammal from the family of the Erinaceidae. The scientific name of the species is first published by Salomon Müller in 1840. Description The upperparts of the short-tailed gymnure are ...

, ''Hylomys suillus'' LR/lc

Order:
Soricomorpha Soricomorpha (from Greek "shrew-form") is a formerly used taxon within the class of mammals. In the past it formed a significant group within the former order Insectivora. However, Insectivora was shown to be polyphyletic and various new orders ...
(shrews, moles, and solenodons)

The "shrew-forms" are insectivorous mammals. Shrews and

solenodon Solenodons (from el, τέλειος , 'channel' or 'pipe' and el, ὀδούς , 'tooth') are venomous, nocturnal, burrowing, insectivorous mammals belonging to the family Solenodontidae . The two living solenodon species are the Cuban solen ...

s closely resemble mice, while moles are stout-bodied burrowers. *Family: Soricidae (shrews) **Subfamily: Crocidurinae ***Genus: '' Crocidura'' ****

Asian gray 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 of the com ...

, ''Crocidura attenuata'' **** Southeast Asian shrew, ''Crocidura fuliginosa'' ****

Gmelin's white-toothed shrew Gmelin's white-toothed shrew (''Crocidura gmelini'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Afghanistan, China, Iran, and Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=non ...

, ''Crocidura gmelini'' **** Gueldenstaedt's shrew, ''Crocidura gueldenstaedtii'' **** Horsfield's shrew, ''Crocidura horsfieldii'' ****

Ussuri white-toothed shrew The Ussuri white-toothed shrew (''Crocidura lasiura'') is a species of musk shrew found on the mainland Northeast Asia Northeast Asia or Northeastern Asia is a geographical subregion of Asia; its northeastern landmass and islands are bounded ...

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Asian lesser white-toothed shrew The Asian lesser white-toothed shrew (''Crocidura shantungensis'') is a species of mammal Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in female ...

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Siberian shrew The Siberian shrew (''Crocidura sibirica') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Russia, and possibly China and Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a la ...

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Lesser white-toothed shrew The lesser white-toothed shrew (''Crocidura suaveolens'') is a tiny shrew with a widespread distribution in Africa, Asia and Europe. Its preferred habitat is scrub and gardens and it feeds on insects, arachnids, worms, gastropods, newts and sm ...

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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'' LC **** Asian house shrew, ''S. murinus'' **Subfamily: Soricinae ***Tribe: Anourosoricini ****Genus: ''

Anourosorex Asian mole shrews (''Anourosorex'') are a genus of shrews that resemble moles, from China, Taiwan, India, and Indochina. They are the only known genus of the Anourosoricini tribe of red-toothed shrews. The four known species are:

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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 ...

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Blarinellini ''Blarinella'' is a small genus of shrews in the subfamily Soricinae of the family Soricidae. It contains the following three species: *Indochinese short-tailed shrew (''Blarinella griselda'') *Asiatic short-tailed shrew (''Blarinella quadrat ...

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Blarinella ''Blarinella'' is a small genus of shrews in the subfamily Soricinae of the family Soricidae. It contains the following three species: *Indochinese short-tailed shrew (''Blarinella griselda'') *Asiatic short-tailed shrew (''Blarinella quadrat ...

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Nectogalini Nectogalini is a tribe of Old World water shrews within the family Soricidae. As of late 2007, it consisted of six extant genera and 25 species, with some of the latter being further divided into subspecies. Adaptation to semiaquatic life Memb ...

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Chimarrogale The Asiatic water shrews are the members of the genus ''Chimarrogale''. They are mammals in the subfamily Soricinae The red-toothed shrews of the subfamily Soricinae are one of three living subfamilies of shrews, along with Crocidurinae (whit ...

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Himalayan water shrew The Himalayan water shrew (''Chimarrogale himalayica'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in China, India, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Soci ...

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Chinese water shrew The Chinese water shrew (''Chimarrogale styani'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in China and Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indica ...

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Nectogale The elegant water shrew (''Nectogale elegans'') is a species of mammal in the subfamily Soricinae of the family Soricidae. It is the only species within the genus ''Nectogale''. It lives in Sikkim and China China, officially the People ...

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Elegant water shrew The elegant water shrew (''Nectogale elegans'') is a species of mammal in the subfamily Soricinae of the family Soricidae. It is the only species within the genus ''Nectogale''. It lives in Sikkim and China China, officially the People ...

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Neomys The genus ''Neomys'' is a group of three Eurasian water shrews from the subfamily Soricinae of the family Soricidae. These shrews are found in most of Europe and parts of northern Asia, as well as Turkey and Iran. Its member species are: * Eur ...

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Episoriculus ''Episoriculus'' is a genus of shrew in the red-toothed shrew subfamily. Its common is brown-toothed shrew. It has been described as a subgenus to '' Soriculus'' in the past. The genus occurs at a number of locations in Asia, including Nepal and ...

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Hodgsons's brown-toothed shrew Hodgson's brown-toothed shrew (''Episoriculus caudatus'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in China, India, and Myanmar. References Hodgson's brown-toothed shrew Hodgson's brown-toothed shrew (''Episoriculus ...

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Long-tailed brown-toothed shrew The long-tailed brown-toothed shrew (''Episoriculus leucops'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist R ...

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Long-tailed mountain shrew The long-tailed mountain shrew (''Episoriculus macrurus'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in China, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of ...

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Chodsigoa ''Chodsigoa'' is a genus of shrews in the tribe Nectogalini. Species There are currently ten species classified under the genus ''Chodsigoa'': * Van Sung's shrew (''Chodsigoa caovansunga'') (Lunde, Musser and Son, 2003) *''? Chodsigoa hoffma ...

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De Winton's shrew The De Winton's shrew (''Chodsigoa hypsibius'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country o ...

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Lamulate shrew The lamulate shrew (''Chodsigoa lamula'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or oth ...

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Lowe's shrew The Lowe's shrew (''Chodsigoa parca'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in China, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group=" ...

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Salenski's shrew Salenski's shrew (''Chodsigoa salenskii'') is a red-toothed shrew found only in northern Sichuan, China, where it is known from Wolong National Nature Reserve Wolong National Nature Reserve (), also known as Wolong Special Administrative Regi ...

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Smith's shrew The Smith's shrew (''Chodsigoa smithii'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or othe ...

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Soriculus ''Soriculus'' is a genus of shrew native to Asia. The Himalayan shrew ''(Soriculus nigrescens)'' is the only extant member of the genus, though other species were once included here and there are also several fossil species included here. Taxonom ...

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Sorex The genus ''Sorex'' includes many of the common shrews of Eurasia and North America, and contains at least 142 known species and subspecies. Members of this genus, known as long-tailed shrews, are the only members of the tribe Soricini of the su ...

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Tien Shan shrew The Tien Shan shrew (''Sorex asper'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in China and Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia an ...

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Laxmann's shrew Laxmann's shrew (''Sorex caecutiens''), or the masked shrew, is a species of shrew. Its range extends from northern Scandinavia and the Baltic to the Sea of Japan, including Hokkaidō, Sakhalin, and the Korean Peninsula. It favours mountain fore ...

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Gansu shrew The Gansu shrew (''Sorex cansulus'') is a red-toothed shrew found only in a small part of Gansu province and other adjacent areas of China. With its very limited range, it is sensitive to habitat loss and is listed as a "vulnerable species" in t ...

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Siberian large-toothed shrew The Siberian large-toothed shrew (''Sorex daphaenodon'') is a species of shrew. An adult Siberian large-toothed shrew has a weight of and a body length of , with a tail of . This species is found across Northeast Asia, from Mongolia through nort ...

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Chinese highland shrew The Chinese highland shrew (''Sorex excelsus'') is a species of shrew in the family Soricidae. It is found in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries a ...

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Slender shrew The slender shrew (''Sorex gracillimus'') is a species of shrew. An adult slender shrew has a weight of and a body length of , with a tail of ; this makes it one of the smaller shrews found in its range. It is distributed across northeastern Nort ...

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Kozlov's shrew Kozlov's shrew (''Sorex kozlovi'') is a red-toothed shrew found only at the Mekong River, Tibet, China. It is listed as a data deficient A data deficient (DD) species is one which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservat ...

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Eurasian least shrew The Eurasian least shrew (''Sorex minutissimus''), also called the lesser pygmy shrew, is the second-smallest mammal by mass after the Etruscan shrew. Appearance The Eurasian least shrew weighs only and has a body less than long, with a ta ...

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Eurasian pygmy shrew The Eurasian pygmy shrew (''Sorex minutus''), often known simply as the pygmy shrew, is a widespread shrew of the northern Palearctic. Description It measures about in length, not including the tail, and has an average weight of .The hair on t ...

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Ussuri shrew The Ussuri shrew (''Sorex mirabilis''), also known as the giant shrew, is a species of shrew found in Northeast Asia. An adult Ussuri shrew has a total length including the tail of . It is found in valleys and on the forested slopes of mountains ...

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Chinese shrew The Chinese shrew or dusky shrew (''Sorex sinalis'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to China, where it occurs in Gansu, Sichuan (including Jiuzhaigou), and Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see § Name) ...

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Tibetan shrew The Tibetan shrew (''Sorex thibetanus'') is a species of mammal Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding ...

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Scalopini The Scalopini are a tribe of moles belonging to the family Talpidae. They include all the New World moles apart from the strikingly distinctive star-nosed mole. As the similarity of the names implies, they are the standard form of the Scalopina ...

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Scapanulus The Gansu mole (''Scapanulus oweni'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae endemic to central China, where it occurs in Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, and Qinghai. It is the only species in the genus ''Scapanulus''. Along with the Medog m ...

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Scaptonychini The long-tailed mole (''Scaptonyx fusicauda'') is a species of mole in the family Talpidae. It is found in China, Vietnam and Myanmar. Taxonomy The species is the only species in the genus ''Scaptonyx'' and the tribe Scaptonychini. At least tw ...

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Talpini Talpini is a tribe of mammals known as Old World Moles. It is a division of the subfamily Talpinae. This tribe contains the following genera and species: * Tribe Talpini ** Genus ''Euroscaptor'' *** Greater Chinese mole, ''E. grandis'' *** ...

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Euroscaptor ''Euroscaptor'' is a genus of mammal in the family Talpidae. Members are found in China and South & Southeast Asia. It contains the following species as of October 2021: * Greater Chinese mole (''Euroscaptor grandis'') * Kloss's mole (''Eurosc ...

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Greater Chinese mole The greater Chinese mole (''Euroscaptor grandis'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is found in China and potentially Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions re ...

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Long-nosed mole The long-nosed mole (''Euroscaptor longirostris'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to China, where it has a widespread distribution. Orlov's mole (''E. orlovi'') and Kuznetsov's mole (''E. kuznetsovi''), both of wh ...

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Himalayan mole The Himalayan mole (''Euroscaptor micrurus'') or short-tailed mole is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. Taxonomy The Malaysian mole (''E. malayanus'') of peninsular Malaysia was sometimes (erroneously) considered to be a population ...

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Mogera ''Mogera'' is a genus of mammals in the family Talpidae The family Talpidae () includes the moles (some of whom are called shrew moles and desmans) who are small insectivorous mammals of the order Eulipotyphla. Talpids are all digging ani ...

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Insular mole The insular mole (''Mogera insularis'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is restricted to Hainan Island and Taiwan, where it is also known as the Formosan blind mole. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1863. ...

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Large mole The Ussuri mole or large mole (''Mogera robusta''), is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae, formerlly treated as a subspecies of the Japanese mole. It is found in China, North Korea, South Korea, and Russia and lives in a long burrow, s ...

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Parascaptor The white-tailed mole (''Parascaptor leucura'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, and Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventio ...

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White-tailed mole The white-tailed mole (''Parascaptor leucura'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, and Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventio ...

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Scaptochirus The short-faced mole (''Scaptochirus moschatus'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is the only species within the genus ''Scaptochirus''. It is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geog ...

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Short-faced mole The short-faced mole (''Scaptochirus moschatus'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is the only species within the genus ''Scaptochirus''. It is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geog ...

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Uropsilus The shrew moles or shrew-like moles (''Uropsilus'') are shrew-like members of the mole family of mammals endemic to the forested, high-alpine region bordering China, Myanmar, and Vietnam. They possess a long snout, a long slender tail, external ...

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Anderson's shrew mole The Anderson's shrew mole (''Uropsilus andersoni'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to China. Its species name In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-nam ...

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Gracile shrew mole The gracile shrew mole (''Uropsilus gracilis'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to China; populations known from Myanmar likely represent other species (see below). The black-backed shrew mole (''U. atronates'') an ...

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Inquisitive shrew mole The inquisitive shrew mole (''Uropsilus investigator'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is only known from Yunnan province of China, although its range is thought to extend over the border into Myanmar. A 2018 phylogenetic stu ...

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Chinese shrew mole The Chinese shrew mole (''Uropsilus soricipes'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to China, Sichuan Province Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan ...

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Order: Chiroptera (bats)

The bats' most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals capable of flight. Bat species account for about 20% of all mammals. *Family: Pteropodidae (flying foxes, Old World fruit bats) **Subfamily: Pteropodinae ***Genus: ''

Cynopterus ''Cynopterus'' (Latin meaning: ״flying dog״) is a genus of megabats. The cynopterine section is represented by 11 genera,Andersen K. 1912. Catalogue of the chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Second edition, British Museum of N ...

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Lesser short-nosed fruit bat The lesser short-nosed fruit bat (''Cynopterus brachyotis'') is a species of megabat within the family Pteropodidae. It is a small bat that lives in South Asia and Southeast Asia. It weighs between , and measures . It occurs in many types of habi ...

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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 p ...

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Pteropus ''Pteropus'' (suborder Yinpterochiroptera) is a genus of megabats which are among the largest bats in the world. They are commonly known as fruit bats or flying foxes, among other colloquial names. They live in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Aust ...

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Sphaerias Blanford's fruit bat (''Sphaerias blanfordi'') is a mountain species of megabat. It is found in several countries in South and Southeast Asia. Taxonomy Blanford's fruit bat was described as a new species in 1891 by English zoologist Oldfield T ...

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Blanford's fruit bat Blanford's fruit bat (''Sphaerias blanfordi'') is a mountain species of megabat. It is found in several countries in South and Southeast Asia. Taxonomy Blanford's fruit bat was described as a new species in 1891 by English zoologist Oldfield T ...

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Eonycteris ''Eonycteris'' ("dawn bat") is a genus of megabat Megabats constitute the family Pteropodidae of the order Chiroptera (bats). They are also called fruit bats, Old World fruit bats, or—especially the genera '' Acerodon'' and ''Pteropu ...

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Vespertilionidae Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most diverse and widely distributed of bat famili ...

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Kerivoula ''Kerivoula'' is a genus of vesper bat Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most div ...

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Hardwicke's woolly bat Hardwicke's woolly bat (''Kerivoula hardwickii'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. Geographic range It is found in Bangladesh, China, India (Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and West ...

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Szechwan myotis The Szechwan myotis (''Myotis altarium'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found in China and Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at th ...

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Lesser mouse-eared bat The lesser mouse-eared bat or lesser mouse-eared myotis (''Myotis blythii'') is a species of insectivorous bat in the family Vespertilionidae. Distribution Lesser mouse-eared bats can be found in the following countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Au ...

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Fringed long-footed myotis The fringed long-footed myotis (''Myotis fimbriatus'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative R ...

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Hodgson's bat Hodgson's bat (''Myotis formosus''), also called the copper-winged bat or black-and-orange myotis, is a species of vesper bat in the genus ''Myotis'', the mouse-eared bats. Favouring mountain forests, it is found throughout Central, Southeast, and ...

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Fraternal myotis The fraternal myotis (''Myotis frater'') is a species of vesper bat native to East Asia. Taxonomy The long-tailed myotis (''M. longicaudatus'') was split as a distinct species by a 2015 study based on molecular evidence. This has also been ...

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Horsfield's bat Horsfield's bat (''Myotis horsfieldii'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found in China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Repu ...

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Burmese whiskered bat The Burmese whiskered myotis or Burmese whiskered bat (''Myotis montivagus'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found in China, India, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam. Taxonomy It was previously thought to have a wider range across Asia, ranging w ...

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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 (''Myotis brandtii''), from which it ...

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Large-footed bat The large-footed bat, large-footed mouse-eared bat, or large-footed myotis (''Myotis adversus'') is a species of vesper bat (family Vespertilionidae). It can be found in the following countries: Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea ...

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Rickett's big-footed bat Rickett's big-footed bat (''Myotis pilosus'') is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in southern and eastern China, Vietnam, and Laos. This species has often been called ''Myotis ricketti'', but the older ''M. pilosus'' has priority. The er ...

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Arielulus ''Arielulus'' is a genus of vesper bat Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most div ...

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Black-gilded pipistrelle The bronze sprite (''Arielulus circumdatus''), also known as the black-gilded pipistrelle, is a species of vesper bat found in China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Taxonomy The bronze sprite was described as a new species in 1840 by Dutch zoologi ...

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Barbastella ''Barbastella'' is a genus of vespertilionid bats. There are seven extant species in this genus and one only known from fossil remains. Species The genus consists of the following species: * '' Barbastella barbastellus'' – western barbastell ...

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Western barbastelle The western barbastelle (''Barbastella barbastellus''), also known as the barbastelle or barbastelle bat, is a European bat in the genus ''Barbastella''. This species is found from Portugal to Azerbaijan and from Sweden to Canary Islands, where ...

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Beijing barbastelle The Beijing barbastelle (''Barbastella beijingensis''), also known as the Beijing wide-eared bat, is a species of vesper bat endemic to Beijing Municipality, China.Asian barbastelle The eastern barbastelle or Asian barbastelle (''Barbastella darjelingensis'') is a species of vesper bat found throughout much of Asia, from Afghanistan to Taiwan. Taxonomy It was described by Brian Houghton Hodgson in 1855, and was previously ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Falsistrellus ''Falsistrellus'' is a genus of vespertilionid family of bats, small predatory flying mammals. They are known from Australia. The poorly researched species have been variously placed by authors, and revised again by studies of their distinct char ...

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Hesperoptenus Hesperoptenus is a genus of bats within the Vespertilionidae or vesper bat family. The species within this genus are: * Blanford's bat (''Hesperoptenus blanfordi'') * False serotine bat (''Hesperoptenus doriae'') * Gaskell's false serotine (''H ...

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Tickell's bat Tickell's bat (''Hesperoptenus tickelli'') is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in Bangladesh Bhutan, Cambodia, possibly China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and offi ...

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Chinese pipistrelle The Chinese pipistrelle (''Hypsugo pulveratus'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in China, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of ...

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Nyctalus ''Nyctalus'' is a genus of vespertilionid bats commonly known as the noctule bats. They are distributed in the temperate and subtropical areas of Europe, Asia and North Africa. There are eight species within this genus: * Birdlike noctule, ''Ny ...

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Lesser noctule The lesser noctule, Leisler's bat or the Irish bat (''Nyctalus leisleri''), is a species of insectivorous bat belonging to the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. The species was named to honour the naturalist Johann Philipp Achilles Leisler ...

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Common noctule The common noctule (''Nyctalus noctula'') is a species of insectivorous bat common throughout Europe, Asia, and North Africa. Description The common noctule's short fur is dark brown after moulting in June (males) or July/August (females); late ...

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Pipistrellus ''Pipistrellus'' is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae and subfamily Vespertilioninae. The name of the genus is derived from the Italian word , meaning "bat" (from Latin "bird of evening, bat"). The size of the genus has been con ...

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Kelaart's pipistrelle ''Kelaart's pipistrelle'' (''Pipistrellus ceylonicus'') is a species of vesper bat found in southern and south-eastern Asia from Pakistan to Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Ocea ...

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Mount Popa pipistrelle The Mount Popa pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus paterculus'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found in China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., gro ...

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Common pipistrelle The common pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus pipistrellus'') is a small pipistrelle microbat whose very large range extends across most of Europe, North Africa, South Asia, and may extend into Korea. It is one of the most common bat species in the ...

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Least pipistrelle The least pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus tenuis'') is a species of vesper bat. Distribution The bat is native to South Asia, Southeast Asia, Maritime Southeast Asia, Malesia, and southwestern Oceania. It has been recorded from sea level to in el ...

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Plecotus ''Plecotus'' is a genus of vesper bat, commonly called long-eared bats. They are found throughout Eurasia and northern Africa. Many species in the genus have only been described and recognized in recent years. Species Genus ''Plecotus'' � ...

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Scotomanes The harlequin bat (''Scotomanes ornatus'') is a species of bat Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of tru ...

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Harlequin bat The harlequin bat (''Scotomanes ornatus'') is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simpl ...

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Scotophilus ''Scotophilus'' is a genus of vesper bat, vespertilionid bats commonly called yellow bats. They are found in southern Asia and Africa. They are the only members of the Tribe (biology), tribe Scotophilini. Species * East African yellow bat, ' ...

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Greater Asiatic yellow bat The greater Asiatic yellow bat (''Scotophilus heathii'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. Like ...

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Tylonycteris The bamboo bats are genus of vesper bats Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most ...

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Lesser bamboo bat The lesser bamboo bat or lesser flat-headed bat (''Tylonycteris pachypus'') is one of the smallest species of vesper bat, and is native to Southeast Asia. Description The bat, the size of a bumble bee, is among the smallest mammals on earth, me ...

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Greater bamboo bat The greater bamboo bat (''Tylonycteris robustula'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. It has two subspe ...

, ''Tylonycteris robustula'' ***Genus: '' Vespertilio'' ****

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 ...

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Asian parti-colored bat The Asian parti-colored bat (''Vespertilio sinensis'') is a species of parti-coloured bat. An adult Asian parti-colored bat has a body length of , a tail of , and a wing length of . Asian parti-colored bats are distributed across East Asia, fr ...

, ''Vespertilio superans'' **Subfamily: Murininae ***Genus: ''

Murina ''Murina'' is a genus of vesper bats. They are found throughout temperate and tropical regions of Asia. Taxonomy Species list based on American Society of Mammalogists and ITIS The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is an Ame ...

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Little tube-nosed bat The little tube-nosed bat (''Murina aurata'') is a species of bat. An adult little tube-nosed bat has a body length of 4.0-4.6 cm, a tail length of 2.8-3.6 cm, and a wing length of 3.0-3.3 cm. The species is found across South an ...

, ''Murina aurata'' ****

Round-eared tube-nosed bat The round-eared tube-nosed bat (''Murina cyclotis''), is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper ...

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Dusky tube-nosed bat The dusky tube-nosed bat (''Murina fusca'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, ...

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Hutton's tube-nosed bat Hutton's tube-nosed bat (''Murina huttoni'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It can be found in the following countries: Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Viet Nam. It lives ...

, ''Murina huttoni'' ****

Greater tube-nosed bat The greater tube-nosed bat (''Murina leucogaster'') is a species of bat. An adult greater tube-nosed bat has a body length of 4.2-5.7 cm, a tail length of 3.6-4.1 cm, and a wing length of 3.7-4.4 cm. The species is found in India ...

, ''Murina leucogaster'' **Subfamily:

Miniopterinae ''Miniopterus'', known as the bent-winged or long winged bats, is the sole genus of the family Miniopteridae. They are small flying insectivorous mammals, micro-bats of the order Chiroptera, with wings over twice the length of the body. The genus ...

***Genus: '' Miniopterus'' ****

Western bent-winged bat The western bent-winged bat (''Miniopterus magnater'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Miniopteridae. It can be found in the following countries: China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Timor-Leste ...

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Intermediate long-fingered bat The intermediate long-fingered bat (''Miniopterus medius'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Miniopteridae. It can be found in Indonesia (Jawa, Kalimantan, Sulawesi), Malaysia, and Thailand and possibly also in Papua New Guinea and th ...

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Common bent-wing bat The common bent-wing bat (''Miniopterus schreibersii''), also known as the Schreibers's long-fingered bat or Schreibers's bat, is a species of insectivorous bat. They appear to have dispersed from a subtropical origin and distributed throughout ...

, ''M. schreibersii'' *Family: Molossidae **Genus: '' Chaerephon'' *** Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat, ''Chaerephon plicata'' **Genus: '' Tadarida'' ***

La Touche's free-tailed bat The La Touche's free-tailed bat (''Tadarida latouchei'') is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in China, Japan, and Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a ...

, ''Tadarida latouchei'' DD *** European free-tailed bat, ''Tadarida teniotis'' *Family: Emballonuridae **Genus: '' Taphozous'' *** Black-bearded tomb bat, ''Taphozous melanopogon'' *Family:

Megadermatidae Megadermatidae, or false vampire bats, are a family of bats found from central Africa, eastwards through southern Asia, and into Australia. They are relatively large bats, ranging from 6.5 cm to 14 cm in head-body length. They have la ...

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Megaderma ''Megaderma'' is a genus of bat in the family Megadermatidae. It contains two living species: * Lesser false vampire bat (''Megaderma spasma'') * Greater false vampire bat (''Megaderma lyra'') ''Megaderma lyra'' has a larger wingspan than ''M ...

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Greater false vampire bat The greater false vampire bat (''Lyroderma lyra'') is a species of bat in the family Megadermatidae, the false vampire bats. It is native to Asia. It is also known as the Indian false vampire bat or greater false-vampire Description This speci ...

, ''Megaderma lyra'' *Family: Rhinolophidae **Subfamily: Rhinolophinae ***Genus: '' Rhinolophus'' ****

Intermediate horseshoe bat The intermediate horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus affinis'') is a bat species of the family Rhinolophidae (“nose crest”) that is very widespread throughout much of the Indian subcontinent, southern and central China and Southeast Asia. It is li ...

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Little Japanese horseshoe bat The little Japanese horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus cornutus'') is a species of bat Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mamm ...

, ''Rhinolophus cornutus'' **** Greater horseshoe bat, ''R. ferrumequinum'' ****

Blyth's horseshoe bat Blyth's horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus lepidus'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found across southern Asia from Afghanistan to Vietnam. The species can be identified from its pointed, bifid sella. Taxonomy Blyth's horsesho ...

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Woolly horseshoe bat The great woolly horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus luctus'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is endemic to Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the ...

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Big-eared horseshoe bat The big-eared horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus macrotis'') is a bat species within the Rhinolophidae native to Asia. Taxonomy The big-eared horseshoe bat was described as a new species in 1844 by English zoologist Edward Blyth. The holotype had be ...

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Osgood's horseshoe bat Osgood's horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus osgoodi'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is endemic to China. Its name refers to Wilfred Hudson Osgood Wilfred Hudson Osgood (December 8, 1875 – June 20, 1947) was an American zoolo ...

, ''Rhinolophus osgoodi'' DD **** Pearson's horseshoe bat, ''Rhinolophus pearsoni'' ****

Least horseshoe bat The least horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus pusillus'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt ...

, ''Rhinolophus pusillus'' **** King horseshoe bat, ''Rhinolophus rex'' VU ****

Rufous horseshoe bat The rufous horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus rouxii'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. It has been identified as a vector of severe acute respiratory syndr ...

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Chinese rufous horseshoe bat The Chinese rufous horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus sinicus'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Vietnam. The species is most easily confused with '' R. affinis'', from which it is bes ...

, ''Rhinolophus sinicus'' **** Thomas's horseshoe bat, ''Rhinolophus thomasi'' ****

Dobson's horseshoe bat Dobson's horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus yunanensis'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in China, India, Myanmar, and Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailan ...

, ''Rhinolophus yunanensis'' **Subfamily:

Hipposiderinae The Hipposideridae are a family of bats commonly known as the Old World leaf-nosed bats. While it has often been seen as a subfamily, Hipposiderinae, of the family Rhinolophidae, it is now more generally classified as its own family.Simmons, 200 ...

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Aselliscus ''Aselliscus'' is a genus of bat in the family Hipposideridae. , it contains the following species: * Stoliczka's trident bat (''Aselliscus stoliczkanus'') * Temminck's trident bat Temminck's trident bat (''Aselliscus tricuspidatus'') is a sp ...

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Coelops ''Coelops'' is a genus of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It contains the following species: * East Asian tailless leaf-nosed bat (''Coelops frithii'') * Malayan tailless leaf-nosed bat The Malayan tailless leaf-nosed bat (''Coelops robinson ...

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East Asian tailless leaf-nosed bat The East Asian tailless leaf-nosed bat or tail-less leaf-nosed bat (''Coelops frithii'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a ...

, ''Coelops frithii'' ***Genus: '' Hipposideros'' **** Great roundleaf bat, ''Hipposideros armiger'' ****

Intermediate roundleaf bat The intermediate roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros larvatus'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Na ...

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Pomona roundleaf bat The Pomona roundleaf bat, Pomona leaf-nosed bat, or Andersen's leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros pomona'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae that is endemic to India. Taxonomy It was described as a new species in 1918 by Danish mam ...

, ''Hipposideros pomona'' **** Pratt's roundleaf bat, ''Hipposideros pratti''

Order: Pholidota (pangolins)

The order Pholidota comprises the eight species of pangolin. Pangolins are anteaters and have the powerful claws, elongated snout and long tongue seen in the other unrelated

anteater Anteater is a common name for the four extant mammal species of the suborder Vermilingua (meaning "worm tongue") commonly known for eating ants and termites. The individual species have other names in English and other languages. Together wit ...

species. *Family:

Manidae Manidae is the only extant family of pangolins from superfamily Manoidea. This family comprises three genera ('' Manis'' from subfamily Maninae, ''Phataginus'' from subfamily Phatagininae, and '' Smutsia'' from subfamily Smutsiinae), as well a ...

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Manis ''Manis'' is a genus of South Asian and East Asian pangolins, the Asiatic pangolins, from subfamily Maninae, within family Manidae. Etymology Carl Linnaeus (1758) invented the Neo-Latin generic name ''Manis'' apparently as a feminine singul ...

'' *** Sunda pangolin, ''M. javanica'' ***

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 ...

, ''M. pentadactyla''

Order:
Cetacea Cetacea (; , ) is an infraorder of aquatic mammals that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Key characteristics are their fully aquatic lifestyle, streamlined body shape, often large size and exclusively carnivorous diet. They propel th ...
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The order Cetacea includes

whale Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals. As an informal and colloquial grouping, they correspond to large members of the infraorder Cetacea, i.e. all cetaceans apart from dolphins and ...

dolphin A dolphin is an aquatic mammal within the infraorder Cetacea. Dolphin species belong to the families Delphinidae (the oceanic dolphins), Platanistidae (the Indian river dolphins), Iniidae (the New World river dolphins), Pontoporiidae (the b ...

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porpoise Porpoises are a group of fully aquatic marine mammals, all of which are classified under the family Phocoenidae, parvorder Odontoceti (toothed whales). Although similar in appearance to dolphins, they are more closely related to narwhals a ...

s. They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater. *Suborder:

Mysticeti Baleen whales ( systematic name Mysticeti), also known as whalebone whales, are a parvorder of carnivorous marine mammals of the infraorder Cetacea (whales, dolphins and porpoises) which use keratinaceous baleen plates (or "whalebone") in the ...

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Balaenidae Balaenidae () is a family of whales of the parvorder Mysticeti that contains two living genera: the right whales (genus '' Eubalaena''), and in a separate genus, the closely related bowhead whale (genus '' Balaena''). Evolutionary history Bal ...

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North Pacific right whale The North Pacific right whale (''Eubalaena japonica'') is a very large, thickset baleen whale species that is extremely rare and endangered. The Northeast Pacific population, which summers in the southeastern Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska, may ...

, ''Eubalaena japonica'' CR **Family:

Eschrichtiidae Eschrichtiidae or the gray whales is a family of baleen whale (Parvorder Mysticeti) with a single extant species, the gray whale (''Eschrichtius robustus''), as well as three described fossil genera: '' Archaeschrichtius'' and '' Eschrichtioides' ...

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Eschrichtius ''Eschrichtius'' is a genus of baleen whale containing two species: the gray whale The gray whale (''Eschrichtius robustus''), also known as the grey whale,Britannica Micro.: v. IV, p. 693. gray back whale, Pacific gray whale, Korean gray wha ...

'' **** Western gray whale, ''Eschrichtius robustus'' CR **Family:

Balaenopteridae Rorquals () are the largest group of baleen whales, which comprise the family Balaenopteridae, containing ten extant species in three genera. They include the largest animal that has ever lived, the blue whale, which can reach , and the fin wha ...

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Megapterinae 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 humpb ...

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Megaptera 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 humpb ...

'' ***** Northern humpback whale, ''Megaptera novaeangliae'' VU ***Subfamily:

Balaenopterinae Rorquals () are the largest group of baleen whales, which comprise the family Balaenopteridae, containing ten extant species in three genera. They include the largest animal that has ever lived, the blue whale, which can reach , and the fin whale ...

****Genus: ''

Balaenoptera ''Balaenoptera'' () is a genus of rorquals containing eight extant species. ''Balaenoptera'' comprises all but two of the extant species in its family (the humpback whale and gray whale); the genus is currently polyphyletic, with the two afore ...

'' ***** Common minke whale, ''Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata'' ***** Omura's whale, ''Balaenoptera omurai'' DD *****

Bryde's whale Bryde's whale ( Brooder's), or the Bryde's whale complex, putatively comprises three species of rorqual and maybe four. The "complex" means the number and classification remains unclear because of a lack of definitive information and research. ...

, ''Balaenoptera brydei'' DD ***** Eden's whale, ''Balaenoptera edeni'' DD *****

Indo-Pacific Bryde's whale The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth. In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...

DD ***** Northern sei whale, ''Balaenoptera borealis borealis'' EN *****

Northern fin whale The northern fin whale (''Balaenoptera physalus physalus'') is a subspecies of fin whale that lives in the North Atlantic Ocean and North Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It ...

, ''Balaenoptera physalus physalus'' EN ***** Northern blue whale, ''Balaenoptera musculus musculus'' EN *Suborder:

Odontoceti The toothed whales (also called odontocetes, systematic name Odontoceti) are a parvorder of cetaceans that includes dolphins, porpoises, and all other whales possessing teeth, such as the beaked whales and sperm whales. Seventy-three species ...

**Superfamily: Platanistoidea ***Family:

Lipotidae Lipotidae is a family of river dolphins containing the possibly extinct baiji of China and the fossil genus ''Parapontoporia'' from the Late Miocene and Pliocene of the Pacific coast of North America. The genus '' Prolipotes'', which is based ...

****Genus: '' Lipotes'' *****

Baiji The baiji (; IPA: ; ''Lipotes vexillifer'', ''Lipotes'' meaning "left behind" and ''vexillifer'' "flag bearer") is a possibly extinct species of freshwater dolphin native to the Yangtze river system in China. It is thought to be the first dolph ...

, ''Lipotes vexillifer'' CR ***Family: Phocoenidae ****Genus: ''

Neophocaena ''Neophocaena'' is a genus of porpoise native to the Indian and Pacific oceans, as well as the freshwater habitats of the Yangtze River basin in China. They are commonly known as finless porpoises. Genetic studies indicate that ''Neophocaena'' i ...

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Finless porpoise ''Neophocaena'' is a genus of porpoise native to the Indian and Pacific oceans, as well as the freshwater habitats of the Yangtze River basin in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. ...

, ''Neophocaena phocaenoides phocaenoides'' VU ***** Yangtze River finless porpoise, ''Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaorientalis'' CR *****

Sunameri The East Asian finless porpoise (''Neophocaena sunameri'') is a species of porpoise native to the East China Sea, Yellow Sea, and the seas around Japan. The Yangtze finless porpoise (''N. asiaeorientalis'') was formerly considered a subspecies, ...

, ''Neophocaena phocaenoides sunameri'' VU ****Genus: '' Phocoena'' ***** Harbour porpoise, ''Phocoena phocoena'' VU ****Genus: ''

Phocoenoides Dall's porpoise (''Phocoenoides dalli'') is a species of porpoise endemic to the North Pacific. It is the largest of porpoises and the only member of the genus ''Phocoenoides''. The species is named after American naturalist W. H. Dall. Taxono ...

'' ***** Dall's porpoise, ''Phocoenoides dalli'' ***Family: Physeteridae ****Genus: ''

Physeter ''Physeter'' is a genus of toothed whales. There is only one living species in this genus: the sperm whale (''Physeter macrocephalus''). Some extremely poorly known fossil species have also been assigned to the same genus including ''Physeter ant ...

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Sperm whale The sperm whale or cachalot (''Physeter macrocephalus'') is the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator. It is the only living member of the genus ''Physeter'' and one of three extant species in the sperm whale famil ...

, ''Physeter macrocephalus'' VU ***Family:

Kogiidae Kogiidae is a family comprising at least two extant species of Cetacea, the pygmy (''Kogia breviceps)'' and dwarf (''K. sima)'' sperm whales. As their common names suggest, they somewhat resemble sperm whales, with squared heads and small lowe ...

****Genus: '' Kogia'' *****

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, ''Kogia sima'' ***Family:

Ziphidae Beaked whales (systematic name Ziphiidae) are a family of cetaceans noted as being one of the least known groups of mammals because of their deep-sea habitat and apparent low abundance. Only three or four of the 24 species are reasonably well-kn ...

****Genus: '' Ziphius'' *****

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'' DD ****Subfamily:

Hyperoodontinae Beaked whales (systematic name Ziphiidae) are a family of cetaceans noted as being one of the least known groups of mammals because of their deep-sea habitat and apparent low abundance. Only three or four of the 24 species are reasonably well-kn ...

*****Genus: '' Mesoplodon'' ******

Blainville's beaked whale Blainville's beaked whale (''Mesoplodon densirostris''), or the dense-beaked whale, is believed to be the widest ranging mesoplodont whale. The French zoologist Henri de Blainville first described the species in 1817 from a small piece of jaw � ...

, ''Mesoplodon densirostris'' DD ******

Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale The ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (''Mesoplodon ginkgodens'') is a poorly known species of whale even for a beaked whale, and was named for the unusual shape of its dual teeth. It is a fairly typical-looking species, but is notable for the males ...

, ''Mesoplodon ginkgodens'' DD ***Family:

Delphinidae Oceanic dolphins or Delphinidae are a widely distributed family of dolphins that live in the sea. Close to forty extant species are recognised. They include several big species whose common names contain "whale" rather than "dolphin", such as the ...

(marine dolphins) ****Genus: '' Steno'' *****

Rough-toothed dolphin The rough-toothed dolphin (''Steno bredanensis'') is a species of dolphin that can be found in deep warm and tropical waters around the world. The species was first described by Georges Cuvier in 1823. The genus name ''Steno'', of which this spe ...

, ''Steno bredanensis'' DD ****Genus: '' Sousa'' *****

Chinese white dolphin The Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (''Sousa chinensis'') is a species of humpback dolphin inhabiting coastal waters of the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans. This species is often referred to as the Chinese white dolphin in mainland Chi ...

, ''Sousa chinensis'' DD ****Genus: ''

Tursiops Bottlenose dolphins are aquatic mammals in the genus ''Tursiops.'' They are common, cosmopolitan members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphins. Molecular studies show the genus definitively contains two species: the commo ...

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Common bottlenose dolphin The common bottlenose dolphin or Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (''Tursiops truncatus'') is a wide-ranging marine mammal of the family Delphinidae. The common bottlenose dolphin is a very familiar dolphin due to the wide exposure it gets in captiv ...

, ''Tursiops truncatus'' DD *****

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'' DD ****Genus: ''

Stenella ''Stenella'' is a genus of marine mammals in Delphinidae, the family informally known as the oceanic dolphins. Species Currently, five species are recognised in this genus: The common name for species in this genus is the "spotted dolphins" o ...

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Pantropical spotted dolphin The pantropical spotted dolphin (''Stenella attenuata'') is a species of dolphin found in all the world's temperate and tropical oceans. The species was beginning to come under threat due to the killing of millions of individuals in tuna purse s ...

, ''Stenella attenuata'' ***** Striped dolphin, ''Stenella coeruleoalba'' ***** Spinner dolphin, ''Stenella longirostris'' ****Genus: ''

Delphinus Delphinus (Pronounced or ) is a small constellation in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere, close to the celestial equator. Its name is the Latin version for the Greek word for dolphin (). It is one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2n ...

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Long-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 capensis'' DD ****Genus: '' Lagenodelphis'' *****

Fraser's dolphin Fraser's dolphin or the Sarawak dolphin (''Lagenodelphis hosei'') is a cetacean in the family Delphinidae found in deep waters in the Pacific Ocean and to a lesser extent in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. Taxonomy ''Lagenodelphis hosei'' is sp ...

, ''Lagenodelphis hosei'' DD ****Genus: '' Sagmatias'' ***** Pacific white-sided dolphin, ''Sagmatias obliquidens'' ****Genus: '' Grampus'' *****

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'' DD ****Genus: '' Feresa'' ***** Pygmy killer whale, ''Feresa attenuata'' DD ****Genus: '' Peponocephala'' ***** Melon-headed whale, ''Peponocephala electra'' ****Genus: '' Pseudorca'' ***** False killer whale, ''Pseudorca crassidens'' ****Genus: '' Globicephala'' *****

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'' ****Genus: ''

Orcinus ''Orcinus'' is a genus of Delphinidae, the family of carnivorous marine mammals known as dolphins. It includes the largest delphinid species, '' Orcinus orca'', known as the orca or killer whale. Two extinct species are recognised, ''Orcinus pa ...

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Orca 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''

Order:
Carnivora Carnivora is a Clade, monophyletic order of Placentalia, placental mammals consisting of the most recent common ancestor of all felidae, cat-like and canidae, dog-like animals, and all descendants of that ancestor. Members of this group are f ...
(carnivorans)

Carnivorans include over 260 species, the majority of which primarily eat meat. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition. *Suborder:

Feliformia Feliformia is a suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of "cat-like" carnivorans, including cats (large and small), hyenas, mongooses, viverrids, and related taxa. Feliformia stands in contrast to the other suborder of Carnivora, Canifor ...

**Family:

Felidae Felidae () is the family of mammals in the order Carnivora colloquially referred to as cats, and constitutes a clade. A member of this family is also called a felid (). The term "cat" refers both to felids in general and specifically to the dom ...

(cats) ***Subfamily:

Felinae The Felinae are a subfamily of the family Felidae. This subfamily comprises the small cats having a bony hyoid, because of which they are able to purr but not roar. Other authors have proposed an alternative definition for this subfamily: a ...

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Catopuma ''Catopuma'' is a genus of felid containing two small wild cat species, the Asian golden cat (''C. temminckii'') and the bay cat (''C. badia''). Together with the genus ''Pardofelis'' it forms the bay cat lineage of felines. Both are typically r ...

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Asian golden cat The Asian golden cat (''Catopuma temminckii'') is a medium-sized wild cat native to the northeastern Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and China. It has been listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List since 2008, and is threatened by poac ...

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Lynx A lynx is a type of wild cat. Lynx may also refer to: Astronomy * Lynx (constellation) * Lynx (Chinese astronomy) * Lynx X-ray Observatory, a NASA-funded mission concept for a next-generation X-ray space observatory Places Canada * Lynx, ...

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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 ...

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Turkestan lynx The Turkestan lynx (''Lynx lynx isabellinus'') is a subspecies of Eurasian lynx native to Central Asia. It is also known as Central Asian lynx, Tibetan lynx or Himalayan lynx. It is widespread from Central Asia, continental South Asia to China ...

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Otocolobus 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 ...

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Pardofelis ''Pardofelis'' is a genus of the cat family Felidae. This genus is defined as including one species native to Southeast Asia: the marbled cat. Two other species, formerly classified to this genus, now belong to the genus '' Catopuma''. The word ...

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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 ...

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Pantherinae Pantherinae is a subfamily within the family Felidae Felidae () is the family of mammals in the order Carnivora colloquially referred to as cats, and constitutes a clade. A member of this family is also called a felid (). The term "cat" ref ...

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Neofelis ''Neofelis'' is a genus comprising two extant cat species in Southeast Asia: the clouded leopard (''Neofelis nebulosa'') of mainland Asia, and the Sunda clouded leopard (''Neofelis diardi'') of Sumatra and Borneo The scientific name ''Neofel ...

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Clouded leopard The clouded leopard (''Neofelis nebulosa''), also called the mainland clouded leopard, is a wild cat inhabiting dense forests from the foothills of the Himalayas through mainland Southeast Asia into South China. In the early 19th century, a ...

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Panthera ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae that was named and described by Lorenz Oken in 1816 who placed all the spotted cats in this group. Reginald Innes Pocock revised the classification of this genus in 1916 as comprising the tig ...

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Leopard The leopard (''Panthera pardus'') is one of the five extant species in the genus '' Panthera'', a member of the cat family, Felidae. It occurs in a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa, in some parts of Western and Central Asia, Southern Russia, ...

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Tiger The tiger (''Panthera tigris'') is the largest living Felidae, 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 pr ...

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Siberian tiger The Siberian tiger or Amur tiger is a population of the tiger subspecies '' Panthera tigris tigris'' native to the Russian Far East, Northeast China and possibly North Korea. It once ranged throughout the Korean Peninsula, but currently inh ...

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South China tiger The South China tiger is a population of the '' Panthera tigris tigris'' subspecies that is native to southern China. The population mainly inhabited the Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan and Jiangxi provinces. It has been listed as Critically Enda ...

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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 ...

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Viverridae Viverridae is a family (biology), family of small to medium-sized, feliform mammals. The viverrids () comprise 33 species placed in 14 genera. This family was named and first described by John Edward Gray in 1821. Viverrids occur all over Africa, ...

***Subfamily: Paradoxurinae ****Genus: ''Arctictis'' *****Binturong, ''A. binturong'' ****Genus: ''Arctogalidia'' *****Small-toothed palm civet, ''A. trivirgata'' ****Genus: ''Paguma'' *****Masked palm civet, ''P. larvata'' ****Genus: ''Paradoxurus'' *****Asian palm civet, ''P. hermaphroditus'' ***Subfamily: Hemigalinae ****Genus: ''Chrotogale'' *****Owston's palm civet, ''Chrotogale owstoni'' ***Subfamily: Prionodontinae ****Genus: ''Prionodon'' *****Spotted linsang, ''P. pardicolor'' ***Subfamily: Viverrinae ****Genus: ''Viverra'' *****Large-spotted civet, ''V. megaspila'' *****Malayan civet, ''V. tangalunga'' *****Large Indian civet, ''V. zibetha'' ****Genus: ''Viverricula'' *****Small Indian civet, ''V. indica'' **Family: Herpestidae (mongooses) ***Genus: ''Urva (genus), Urva'' ****Small Indian mongoose, ''U. auropunctata'' presence uncertain ****Javan mongoose, ''U. javanica'' ****Crab-eating mongoose, ''U. urva'' *Suborder: Caniformia **Family: Ailuridae (red panda) ***Genus: ''Ailurus'' ****Red panda#Taxonomy, Himalayan red panda, ''A. fulgens'' ****Red panda#Taxonomy, Chinese red panda, ''A. styani'' **Family: Canidae (dogs, foxes) ***Genus: ''Canis'' ****Gray wolf, ''C. lupus'' ***** Himalayan wolf, ''C. l. chanco'' ***** Mongolian wolf, ''C. l. chanco'' ***Genus: ''Cuon'' ****Dhole, ''C. alpinus'' ***** Ussuri dhole, ''C. a. alpinus'' ***** Tien Shan dhole, ''C. a. hesperius'' ***Genus: ''Nyctereutes'' ****Raccoon dog, ''N. procyonoides'' ***Genus: ''Vulpes'' ****Corsac fox, ''V. corsac'' ****Tibetan fox, ''V. ferrilata'' ****Red fox, ''V. vulpes'' **Family: Ursidae (bears) ***Genus: ''Ailuropoda'' ****Giant panda, ''A. melanoleuca'' ***Genus: ''Helarctos'' ****Sun bear, ''H. malayanus'' presence uncertain ***Genus: ''Ursus (biology), Ursus'' ****Brown bear, ''U. arctos'' ***** Eurasian brown bear, ''U. a. arctos'' ***** Himalayan brown bear, ''U. a. isabellinus'' ***** Ussuri brown bear, ''U. a. lasiotus'' ***** Tibetan blue bear, ''U. a. pruinosus'' **** Asiatic black bear, ''U. thibetanus'' *****Himalayan black bear, ''U. t. laniger'' *****Indochinese black bear, ''U. t. mupinensis'' *****Tibetan black bear, ''U. t. thibetanus'' *****Ussuri black bear, ''U. t. ussuricus'' **Family: Mustelidae (mustelids) ***Genus: ''Aonyx'' ****Asian small-clawed otter, ''A. cinereus'' ***Genus: ''Arctonyx'' ****Greater hog badger, ''A. collaris'' , presence uncertain ****Northern hog badger, ''A. albogularis'' ***Genus: ''Gulo'' ****Wolverine, ''G. gulo'' ***Genus: ''Lutra'' ****European otter, ''L. lutra'' ***Genus: ''Lutrogale'' ****Smooth-coated otter, ''L. perspicillata'' ***Genus: ''Martes'' ****Yellow-throated marten, ''M. flavigula'' ****Beech marten, ''M. foina'' ****Sable, ''M. zibellina'' ***Genus: ''Meles (genus), Meles'' ****Asian badger, ''M. leucurus'' ***Genus: ''Melogale'' ****Chinese ferret badger, ''M. moschata'' ***Genus: ''Mustela'' ****Sichuan weasel, ''M. aistoodonnivalis'' ****Mountain weasel, ''M. altaica'' ****Stoat, ''M. erminea'' ****Steppe polecat, ''M. eversmannii'' ****Yellow-bellied weasel, ''M. kathiah'' ****Least weasel, ''M. nivalis'' ****Siberian weasel, ''M. sibirica'' ****Back-striped weasel, ''M. strigidorsa'' ***Genus: ''Vormela'' ****Marbled polecat, ''V. peregusna'' **Family: Eared seal, Otariidae (eared seals) ***Genus: ''Callorhinus'' ****Northern fur seal, ''C. ursinus'' vagrant ***Genus: ''Eumetopias'' ****Steller sea lion, ''E. jubatus'' vagrant **Family: Phocidae (earless seals) ***Genus: ''Erignathus'' **** Bearded seal, ''E. barbatus'' ***Genus: ''Phoca'' **** Spotted seal, ''P. largha'' ***Genus: ''Pusa'' **** Ringed seal, ''P. hispida'' vagrant

Order: Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)

The odd-toed ungulates are browsing and grazing mammals. They are usually large to very large, and have relatively simple stomachs and a large middle toe. *Family: Equidae (horses etc.) **Genus: ''Equus (genus), Equus'' *** Wild horse, ''E. ferus'' **** Przewalski's horse, ''E. f. przewalskii'' reintroduced *** Onager, ''E. hemionus'' **** Mongolian wild ass, ''E. h. hemionus'' **** Turkmenian kulan, ''E. h. kulan'' *** Kiang, ''E. kiang'' **** Eastern kiang, ''E. k. holdereri'' **** Western kiang, ''E. k. kiang'' **** Southern kiang, ''E. k. polyodon'' *Family: Rhinoceros, Rhinocerotidae (rhinos) **Genus: ''Dicerorhinus'' *** Sumatran rhinoceros, ''D. sumatrensis'' extirpated **Genus: ''Rhinoceros'' *** Javan rhinoceros, ''R. sondaicus'' extirpated *** Indian rhinoceros, ''R. unicornis'' possibly extirpated

Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)

The even-toed ungulates are ungulates whose weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in perissodactyls. There are about 220 artiodactyl species, including many that are of great economic importance to humans. *Family: Bovidae (cattle, antelope, sheep, goats) **Subfamily: Antilopinae ***Genus: ''Gazella'' ****Goitered gazelle, ''G. subgutturosa'' ***Genus: ''Pantholops'' **** Tibetan antelope, ''P. hodgsonii'' ***Genus: ''Procapra'' **** Mongolian gazelle, ''P. gutturosa'' **** Goa (antelope), Goa, ''P. picticaudata'' **** Przewalski's gazelle, ''P. przewalskii'' ***Genus: ''Saiga'' **** Saiga antelope, ''S. tatarica'' extirpated **Subfamily: Bovinae ***Genus: ''Bos'' ****Gaur, ''B. gaurus'' ****Banteng, ''B. javanicus'' presence uncertain ****Wild yak, ''B. mutus'' **Subfamily: Caprinae ***Genus: ''Budorcas'' ****Takin, ''B. taxicolor'' ***Genus: ''Capra (genus), Capra'' **** Siberian ibex, ''C. sibrica'' ***Genus: ''Capricornis'' ****Mainland serow, ''C. sumatraensis'' ***Genus: ''Hemitragus'' ****Himalayan tahr, ''H. jemlahicus'' ***Genus: ''Naemorhedus'' ****Red goral, ''N. baileyi'' ****Long-tailed goral, ''N. caudatus'' ****Himalayan goral, ''N. goral'' ****Chinese goral, ''N. griseus'' ***Genus: ''Ovis'' ****Argali, ''O. ammon'' ***Genus: ''Pseudois'' ****Bharal, ''P. nayaur'' *Family: Camelidae (camels, llamas) **Genus: ''Camelus'' *** Wild Bactrian camel, ''C. ferus'' *Family: Cervidae (deer) **Subfamily: Cervinae ***Genus: ''Axis (genus), Axis'' ****Indian hog deer, ''A. porcinus'' possibly extirpated ***Genus: ''Cervus'' **** Thorold's deer, ''C. albirostris'' **** Wapiti, ''C. canadensis'' ***** Kansu red deer, ''C. c. kanzuensis'' ***** Sichuan deer, ''C. c. macnelli'' ***** Tibetan red deer, ''C. c. wallichi'' ***** Manchurian wapiti, ''C. c. xanthopygus'' ****Red deer, ''C. elaphus'' ****Central Asian red deer ''C. hanglu'' *****Yarkand deer, ''C. h. yarkandensis'' **** Sika deer, ''C. nippon'' ***Genus: ''Elaphurus'' **** Père David's deer, ''E. davidianus'' ***Genus: ''Rucervus'' ****Eld's deer, ''R. eldii'' ***Genus: ''Rusa (genus), Rusa'' **** Sambar deer, ''R. unicolor'' **Subfamily: Hydropotinae ***Genus: ''Hydropotes'' **** Water deer, ''H. inermis'' **Subfamily: Muntiacinae ***Genus: ''Elaphodus'' **** Tufted deer, ''E. cephalophus'' ***Genus: ''Muntiacus'' **** Hairy-fronted muntjac, ''M. crinifrons'' **** Fea's muntjac, ''M. feae'' **** Gongshan muntjac, ''M. gongshanensis'' **** Indian muntjac, ''M. muntjak'' **** Reeves's muntjac, ''M. reevesi'' **Subfamily: Capreolinae ***Genus: ''Alces'' **** Moose, ''A. alces'' ***Genus: ''Capreolus'' **** Siberian roe deer, ''C. pygargus'' ***Genus: ''Rangifer (genus), Rangifer'' **** Reindeer, ''R. tarandus'' *Family: Moschidae **Genus: ''Musk deer, Moschus'' *** Dwarf musk deer, ''M. berezovskii'' ***Alpine musk deer, ''M. chrysogaster'' ***Black musk deer, ''M. fuscus'' *** Siberian musk deer, ''M. moschiferus'' *Family Suidae **Genus: ''Pig, Sus'' *** Wild boar, ''S. scrofa'' *Family: Tragulidae **Genus: ''Tragulus'' *** Lesser mouse deer, ''T. kanchil''

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:List of mammals of China Mammals of China, * Lists of biota of China, Mammals Lists of mammals of Asia, China Lists of mammals by country, China

Order: Sirenia The Sirenia (), commonly referred to as sea-cows or sirenians, are an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and coastal marine waters. The Sirenia currently comprise two distinct ... (manatees and dugongs)

Order: Proboscidea The Proboscidea (; , ) are a taxonomic order of afrotherian mammals containing one living family ( Elephantidae) and several extinct families. First described by J. Illiger in 1811, it encompasses the elephants and their close relatives. Fr ... (elephants)

Order: Scandentia (treeshrews)

Order: Primate Primates are a diverse order of mammals. They are divided into the strepsirrhines, which include the lemurs, galagos, and lorisids, and the haplorhines, which include the tarsiers and the simians ( monkeys and apes, the latter includin ...s

Order: Rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...ia (rodents)

Order: Lagomorpha (lagomorphs)

Order: Erinaceomorpha Erinaceidae is a family in the order Eulipotyphla, consisting of the hedgehogs and moonrats. Until recently, it was assigned to the order Erinaceomorpha, which has been subsumed with the paraphyletic Soricomorpha into Eulipotyphla. Eulipotyphla ... (hedgehogs and gymnures)

Order: Chiroptera (bats)

Order: Pholidota (pangolins)

Order: Cetacea Cetacea (; , ) is an infraorder of aquatic mammals that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Key characteristics are their fully aquatic lifestyle, streamlined body shape, often large size and exclusively carnivorous diet. They propel th ... (whales)

Order: Carnivora Carnivora is a Clade, monophyletic order of Placentalia, placental mammals consisting of the most recent common ancestor of all felidae, cat-like and canidae, dog-like animals, and all descendants of that ancestor. Members of this group are f ... (carnivorans)

Order: Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)

Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)

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Order:
Sirenia The Sirenia (), commonly referred to as sea-cows or sirenians, are an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and coastal marine waters. The Sirenia currently comprise two distinct ...
(manatees and dugongs)

Order:
Proboscidea The Proboscidea (; , ) are a taxonomic order of afrotherian mammals containing one living family ( Elephantidae) and several extinct families. First described by J. Illiger in 1811, it encompasses the elephants and their close relatives. Fr ...
(elephants)

Order:
Primate Primates are a diverse order of mammals. They are divided into the strepsirrhines, which include the lemurs, galagos, and lorisids, and the haplorhines, which include the tarsiers and the simians ( monkeys and apes, the latter includin ...
s

Order:
Rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...
ia (rodents)

Order:
Erinaceomorpha Erinaceidae is a family in the order Eulipotyphla, consisting of the hedgehogs and moonrats. Until recently, it was assigned to the order Erinaceomorpha, which has been subsumed with the paraphyletic Soricomorpha into Eulipotyphla. Eulipotyphla ...
(hedgehogs and gymnures)

Order:
Cetacea Cetacea (; , ) is an infraorder of aquatic mammals that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Key characteristics are their fully aquatic lifestyle, streamlined body shape, often large size and exclusively carnivorous diet. They propel th ...
(whales)

Order:
Carnivora Carnivora is a Clade, monophyletic order of Placentalia, placental mammals consisting of the most recent common ancestor of all felidae, cat-like and canidae, dog-like animals, and all descendants of that ancestor. Members of this group are f ...
(carnivorans)