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This list of mammals of India comprises all the mammal species alive in India today. Some of them are common to the point of being considered vermin while others are exceedingly rare. Many species are known from just a few zoological specimens in museums collected in the 19th and 20th centuries. Many of the carnivores and larger mammals are restricted in their distribution to forests in protected areas, while others live within cities in the close proximity of humans. They range in size from the
Eurasian pygmy shrew 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 ...
(''Sorex minutus'') to the Asian elephant (''Elephas maximus''). They include nocturnal small mammals endemic to India such as the Malabar large-spotted civet (''Viverra civettina''). While the status of many of these species is unknown, some are definitely extinct. Populations of many carnivores are threatened. The tiger (''Panthera tigris''), dhole (''Cuon alpinus''), and Malabar large-spotted civet (''Viverra civettina'') are some of the most endangered carnivore species. Two rhinoceros species are extinct within the Indian region, but the remaining species, the Indian rhinoceros (''Rhinoceros unicornis'') has its last stronghold within India.


Order: Insectivora


Family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs

* Indian long-eared hedgehog (''Hemiechinus collaris'') *
Brandt's hedgehog Brandt's hedgehog (''Paraechinus hypomelas'') is a species of desert hedgehog native to parts of the Middle East and Central Asia. Its common name derives from its having first been described by Johann Friedrich von Brandt, a director of the Zo ...
(''Hemiechinus hypomelas'') *
Indian hedgehog The Indian hedgehog (''Paraechinus micropus'') is a species of hedgehog native to India and Pakistan. It mainly lives in sandy desert areas but can be found in other environments. Description The Indian hedgehog can be compared to the long-eare ...
(''Paraechinus micropus'') * Madras hedgehog (''Paraechinus nudiventris'') endemic


Family Talpidae: moles

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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 ...
(''Parascaptor leucura'') *
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 ...
(''Euroscaptor micrura'')


Family Soricidae: shrews


Soricinae

* Chinese mole shrew (''Anourosorex squamipes'') *
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 ...
(''Chimarrogale himalayica'') *
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 ...
(''Nectogale elegans'') *
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 ...
(''Sorex minutus'') *
Kashmir pygmy shrew The Kashmir pygmy shrew (''Sorex planiceps'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in India and Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South ...
(''Sorex planiceps'') *
Hodgson's brown-toothed shrew Hodgson's brown-toothed shrew (''Episoriculus caudatus'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in China, India, and Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventio ...
(''Soriculus caudatus'') *
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 ...
(''Soriculus leucops'') *
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 ...
(''Soriculus macrurus'') *
Himalayan shrew The Himalayan shrew (''Soriculus nigrescens'') is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal, is currently the only species in the genus ''Soriculus'' within the tribe Nectogalini, although the species '' Chodsigoa'' and '' Episoriculus'' ...
(''Soriculus nigrescens'')


Crocidurinae

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Andaman shrew The Andaman shrew or Andaman white-toothed shrew (''Crocidura andamanensis'') is a critically endangered species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to the South Andaman Island of India India, officially the Republic of Ind ...
(''Crocidura andamanensis'') *
Asian grey shrew The Asian gray shrew (''Crocidura attenuata'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is one of the comm ...
(''Crocidura attenuata'') *
Southeast Asian shrew The Southeast Asian shrew (''Crocidura fuliginosa'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Cambodia, India, China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), official ...
(''Crocidura fuliginosa'') *
Andaman spiny shrew The Andaman spiny shrew or Andaman shrew (''Crocidura hispida'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-la ...
(''Crocidura hispida'') *
Horsfield's shrew Horsfield's shrew (''Crocidura horsfieldii'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae found in Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Laos, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), ...
(''Crocidura horsfieldii'') *
Jenkins's shrew Jenkins's shrew (''Crocidura jenkinsi'') is a critically endangered species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to South Andaman Island in India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. ...
(''Crocidura jenkinsi'') *
Bicolored shrew The bicolored shrew or bicoloured white-toothed shrew (''Crocidura leucodon'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in eastern, central and southern Europe and in western Asia. It is a nocturnal species and feeds on insect ...
(''Crocidura leucodon'') *
Nicobar shrew The Nicobar shrew or Nicobar white-tailed shrew (''Crocidura nicobarica'') is a critically endangered species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Great Nicobar Island in India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hi ...
(''Crocidura nicobarica'') *
Pale grey shrew The pale gray shrew (''Crocidura pergrisea'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Pakistan and is distributed in the Shigar valley The Shigar Valley ( ur, وادی شگر) is a valley in Gilgit Baltistan in north ...
(''Crocidura pergrisea'') * Kashmir white-toothed shrew (''Crocidura pullata'') * Sonnerat's shrew (''Diplomesodon sonnerati'') * Kelaart's long-clawed shrew (''Feroculus feroculus'') *
Day's shrew Day's shrew (''Suncus dayi'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to India. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat l ...
(''Suncus dayi'') (endemic) *
Etruscan shrew The Etruscan shrew (''Suncus etruscus''), also known as the Etruscan pygmy shrew or the white-toothed pygmy shrew, is the smallest known extant mammal by mass, weighing only about on average. (The bumblebee bat is regarded as the smallest mamma ...
(''Suncus etruscus'') *
Asian house shrew The Asian house shrew (''Suncus murinus'') is a shrew species native to South and Southeast Asia that has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2008 because of its large population and wide distribution. It has been introduced i ...
(''Suncus murinus'') *
Anderson's shrew Anderson's shrew (''Suncus stoliczkanus'') is a medium-sized species of shrew. It is light gray in color with yellow fur around the throat and pectoral region, comparatively large ears and a tail that measures about 50 – 70% of body length. Thi ...
(''Suncus stoliczkanus'')


Order: Scandentia


Family Tupaiidae: treeshrews


Tupaiinae

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Madras treeshrew The Madras treeshrew (''Anathana ellioti''), also known as the Indian treeshrew, is a species of treeshrew in the monotypic genus ''Anathana'' found in the hill forests of central and southern India. The genus name is derived from the Tamil name ...
(''Anathana ellioti'') *
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 ...
(''Tupaia belangeri'') * Tupaia nicobarica (''Tupaia nicobarica'')


Order: Chiroptera: bats


Family Pteropodidae: fruit bats

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


Family Rhinopomatidae: mouse-tailed bats

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Lesser mouse-tailed bat The lesser mouse-tailed bat (''Rhinopoma hardwickii'') is a species of microbat in the family Rhinopomatidae. Also referred to as Hardwicke's lesser mouse-tailed bat and long-tailed bat, it is named after Major General Thomas Hardwicke (1755– ...
(''Rhinopoma hardwickii'') * Greater mouse-tailed bat (''Rhinopoma microphyllum'')


Family Emballonuridae: sheath-tailed bats

* Long-winged tomb bat (''Taphozous longimanus'') * Black-bearded tomb bat (''Taphozous melanopogon'') * Naked-rumped tomb bat (''Taphozous nudiventris'') *
Egyptian tomb bat The Egyptian tomb bat (''Taphozous perforatus'') is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is a medium- to large-sized microbat with a mass of approximately . It is an aerial insectivore, foraging in open space. Based on in ...
(''Taphozous perforatus'') * '' Taphozous saccolaimus'' * Theobald's tomb bat (''Taphozous theobaldi'')


Family Megadermatidae: false vampire bats

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


Family Rhinolophidae: horseshoe bats

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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 ...
(''Rhinolophus affinis'') * Andaman horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus cognatus'') *
Greater horseshoe bat The greater horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus ferrumequinum'') is an insectivorous bat of the genus '' Rhinolophus''. Its distribution covers Europe, Northern Africa, Central Asia and Eastern Asia. It is the largest of the horseshoe bats in Europe and ...
(''Rhinolophus ferrumequinum'') * Lesser horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus hipposideros'') *
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 ...
(''Rhinolophus lepidus'') *
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 ...
(''Rhinolophus luctus'') * Mitred horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus mitratus'') endemic to Bihar * Pearson's horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus pearsonii'') *
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 '') * Rufous horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus rouxi'') * Little Nepalese horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus subbadius'') * Trefoil horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus trifoliatus'') *
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'')


Family Hipposideridae: leaf-nosed bats

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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'') *
Great roundleaf bat The great roundleaf bat, also known as the great Himalayan leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros armiger'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae found in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and China. It gives birth to two young a year. It has been ...
(''Hipposideros armiger'') *
Dusky leaf-nosed bat The dusky leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros ater'') is a bat from the genus ''Hipposideros'' whose habitat extends from India and Sri Lanka to the Philippines, New Guinea and Northern Australia. This species is counted in the '' H. bicolor'' s ...
(''Hipposideros ater'') *
Ashy roundleaf bat The ashy roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros cineraceus'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae found in Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Taxonomy and etymology It was ...
(''Hipposideros cineraceus'') *
Khajuria's leaf-nosed bat The Khajuria's leaf-nosed bat, also known as Durga Das's leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros durgadasi''), is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to India. Its natural habitat is caves. It is threatened by habitat loss. ...
(''Hipposideros durgadasi'') * Diadem leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros diadema'') *
Fulvus roundleaf bat The fulvus roundleaf bat or fulvus leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros fulvus'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Taxonomy The fulvus roundleaf ...
(''Hipposideros fulvus'') *
Cantor's roundleaf bat Cantor's roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros galeritus'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is ...
(''Hipposideros galeritus'') *
Indian roundleaf bat The Indian roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros lankadiva''), also known as the large Ceylon leaf-nosed bat or Kelaart's leaf‐nosed bat is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to the Indian subcontinent, with marginal populatio ...
(''Hipposideros lankadiva'') *
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 ...
(''Hipposideros larvatus'') *
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'') *
Indian roundleaf bat The Indian roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros lankadiva''), also known as the large Ceylon leaf-nosed bat or Kelaart's leaf‐nosed bat is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to the Indian subcontinent, with marginal populatio ...
(''Hipposideros schistaceus'') *
Schneider's leaf-nosed bat Schneider's leaf-nosed bat or Schneider's roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros speoris'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to South Asia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, caves, and urban areas. ...
(''Hipposideros speoris'')


Family Vespertilionidae: evening bats

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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 ...
(''Barbastella leucomelas'') *
Northern bat The northern bat (''Eptesicus nilssonii'') is the most abundant species of bat in northern Eurasia occurring from England to Hokkaidō and south to northern India. Description The northern bat is dark brown or black with some gold touched at the ...
(''Eptesicus nilssoni'') endemic to Kashmir * Gobi big brown bat (''Eptesicus gobiensis'') *
Thick-eared bat The thick-eared bat (''Eptesicus pachyotis'') is a species of vesper bat native to China, India, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Sou ...
(''Eptesicus pachyotis'') *
Serotine bat The serotine bat (''Eptesicus serotinus''), also known as the common serotine bat, big brown bat, or silky bat, is a fairly large Eurasian bat with quite large ears. It has a wingspan of around and often hunts in woodland. It sometimes roosts ...
(''Eptesicus serotinus'') * Sombre bat (''Eptesicus tatei'') *
Tickell's bat 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 ...
(''Hesperoptenus tickelli'') *
Blanford's bat Blanford's bat (''Hesperoptenus blanfordi''), also known as the least false-serotine bat, is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand, where it lives in various different fores ...
(''Hesperoptenus blanfordi'') *
Great evening bat The great evening bat (''Ia io'') is the largest bat in the vesper bat family (Vespertilionidae) and the only living species in the genus '' Ia''. It is common to Eastern and Southeastern Asia (China, India, Laos, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam), m ...
(''Ia io'') * Hairy-faced bat (''Myotis annectans'') *
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 ...
(''Myotis blythii'') *
Daubenton's bat Daubenton's bat or Daubenton's myotis (''Myotis daubentonii'') is a Eurasian bat with rather short ears. It ranges from Ireland to Japan (Hokkaido) and is considered to be increasing its numbers in many areas. This bat was first described in 181 ...
(''Myotis daubentonii'') *
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 ...
(''Myotis formosus'') * Lesser large-footed bat (''Myotis hasseltii'') *
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 ...
(''Myotis horsfieldii'') * Kashmir cave bat (''Myotis longipes'') *
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 ...
(''Myotis montivagus'') * Wall-roosting mouse-eared bat (''Myotis muricola'') * Whiskered bat (''Myotis mystacinus'') * Peshwa bat ('' Myotis peshwa'') * Mandelli's mouse-eared bat (''Myotis sicarius'') * Himalayan whiskered bat (''Myotis siligorensis'') *
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 ...
(''Nyctalus leisleri'') * Mountain noctule (''Nyctalus montanus'') * Common noctule (''Nyctalus noctula'') *
Desert long-eared bat The desert long-eared bat (''Otonycteris hemprichii'') is a species of vesper bat found in North Africa and the Middle East. Taxonomy The taxonomic classification of ''Otonycteris'' is unclear, however their chromosomes suggest that this genus i ...
(''Otonycteris hemprichii'') * Dormer's bat (''Scotozous dormeri'') *
Chocolate pipistrelle The chocolate pipistrelle (''Hypsugo affinis'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Formerly classified in the genus '' Falsistrellus'', phylogenetic evidence su ...
(''Pipistrellus affinis'') * Cadorna's pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus cadornae'') *
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 ...
(''Pipistrellus ceylonicus'') *
Indian pipistrelle The Indian pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus coromandra'') is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet ...
(''Pipistrellus coromandra'') * Java pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus javanicus'') *
Kuhl's pipistrelle Kuhl's pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus kuhlii'') is a species of vesper bat that occurs in large areas of North Africa, Southern Europe and West Asia. It lives in temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby ve ...
(''Pipistrellus kuhlii'') *
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 ...
(''Pipistrellus paterculus'') * Common pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus pipistrellus'') *
Savi's pipistrelle Savi's pipistrelle (''Hypsugo savii'' sometimes classified as ''Pipistrellus savii'') is a species of vesper bat found across North West Africa, the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. It feeds at night on flying insects. In the summer it ro ...
(''Pipistrellus savii'') *
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 ...
(''Pipistrellus tenuis'') * Brown long-eared bat (''Plecotus auritus'') * Grey long-eared bat (''Plecotus austriacus'') * Desert yellow bat (''Scotoecus pallidus'') *
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 ...
(''Scotomanes ornatus'') *
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 ...
(''Scotophilus heathii'') *
Lesser Asiatic yellow bat The lesser Asiatic yellow bat (''Scotophilus kuhlii'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China ...
(''Scotophilus kuhlii'') *
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 ...
(''Tylonycteris pachypus'') *
Parti-coloured bat The parti-coloured bat or rearmouse (''Vespertilio murinus'') is a species of vesper bat that lives in temperate Eurasia, from Western and Southern Europe, eastwards over the Caucasus and Iran into Mongolia, north-east China, Korea, Afghanistan a ...
(''Vespertilio murinus'') *
Small bent-winged bat The small bent-winged bat (''Miniopterus pusillus'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Miniopteridae. A novel version of coronavirus has been identified in this species. It can be found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India India, officia ...
(''Miniopterus pusillus'') * Common bent-wing bat (''Miniopterus schreibersii'') * Lesser hairy-winged bat (''Harpiocephalus harpia'') *
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 ...
(''Murina cyclotis'') *
Peters's tube-nosed bat Peters's tube-nosed bat (''Harpiola grisea'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae, found in the Indian Subcontinent, mainly in the Western Himalayas. They have tube-shaped nostrils (hence the name) which assist them with the ...
(''Murina grisea'') *
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'') *
Scully's tube-nosed bat Scully's tube-Nosed bat (''Murina tubinaris'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It can be found in the following countries: India, Laos, Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand, and Viet Nam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt ...
(''Murina tubinaris'') *
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'') *
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 ...
(''Kerivoula hardwickii'') *
Papillose woolly bat The papillose woolly bat (''Kerivoula papillosa'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam. Appearance The fur is typically dark brown on top, and lighter brown o ...
(''Kerivoula papillosa'') *
Painted bat The painted bat (''Kerivoula picta'') or painted wooly bat is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is also known as "butterfly bat" (''projapoti badur''), "rongin chamchika" (coloured bat) or "komola-badami chamchika" (oran ...
(''Kerivoula picta'')


Family Molossidae: free-tailed bats

* Wroughton's free-tailed bat (''Otomops wroughtoni'') * Egyptian free-tailed bat (''Tadarida aegyptiaca'') *
European free-tailed bat The European free-tailed bat (''Tadarida teniotis'', sometimes given as ''Tadarida insignis'') is a species of free-tailed bat found in the Old World. Other common names include the bulldog bat and the mastiff bat because of the presence of wrink ...
(''Tadarida teniotis'') *
Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat The wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat (''Chaerephon plicatus'') is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philip ...
(''Chaerephon plicatus'')


Order: Primates


Family Lorisidae: lorises

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Bengal slow loris The Bengal slow loris (''Nycticebus bengalensis'') or northern slow loris is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to the Indian subcontinent and Indochina. Its geographic range is larger than that of any other slow loris s ...
(''Nycticebus bengalensis'') *
Gray slender loris The gray slender loris (''Loris lydekkerianus'') is a species of primate in the family Loridae. It is native to India and Sri Lanka and inhabits subtropical and tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threa ...
(''Loris lydekkerianus'')


Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys

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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 ...
(''Macaca arctoides'') *
Assam macaque The Assam macaque (''Macaca assamensis'') or Assamese macaque is a macaque of the Old World monkey family native to South and Southeast Asia. Since 2008, it has been listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, as it is experiencing significan ...
(''Macaca assamensis'') * Nicobar long-tailed macaque (''Macaca fascicularis umbrosa'') * Rhesus macaque (''Macaca mulatta'') *
Arunachal macaque The Arunachal macaque (''Macaca munzala'') is a macaque native to Eastern Himalayas of Bhutan, China and India. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. It was scientifically described in 2005. It is a relatively large brown primate ...
(''Macaca munzala'') *
Northern pig-tailed macaque The northern pig-tailed macaque (''Macaca leonina'') is a vulnerable species of macaque in the subfamily Cercopithecidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Traditionally, ''M. leonina'' was c ...
(''Macaca leonina'') *
Bonnet macaque The bonnet macaque (''Macaca radiata''), also known as zati,Chambers English Dictionary is a species of macaque endemic to southern India. Its distribution is limited by the Indian Ocean on three sides and the Godavari and Tapti Rivers, along wi ...
(''Macaca radiata'') *
Lion-tailed macaque The lion-tailed macaque (''Macaca silenus''), also known as the wanderoo, is an Old World monkey endemic to the Western Ghats of South India. Characteristics Lion-tailed macaques are covered in black fur, and have a striking gray or silver ...
(''Macaca silenus'') * Nepal grey langur (''Semnopithecus schistaceus'') * Tarai grey langur (''Semnopithecus hector'') *
Kashmir grey langur The Kashmir gray langur (''Semnopithecus ajax'') is an Old World monkey, one of the langur species. It is a leaf-eating monkey. It has been reported from Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh in northwestern India but evidence indicates it only ...
(''Semnopithecus ajax'') * Northern plains grey langur (''Semnopithecus entellus'') * Southern plains grey langur (''Semnopithecus dussumieri'') * Black-footed grey langur (''Semnopithecus hypoleucos'') * Tufted grey langur (''Semnopithecus priam'') *
Capped langur The capped langur (''Trachypithecus pileatus'') is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is native to Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Myanmar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat ...
(''Trachypithecus pileatus'') *
Phayre's leaf monkey Phayre's leaf monkey (''Trachypithecus phayrei''), also known as Phayre's langur, is a species of lutung native to South and Southeast Asia, namely India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. Populations from further east are now thought to belong to other ...
(''Trachypithecus phayrei'') *
Nilgiri langur The Nilgiri langur (''Semnopithecus johnii'') is a langur (a type of Old World monkey) . This primate has glossy black fur on its body and golden brown fur on its head. It is similar in size and long-tailed like the gray langurs. Females have a ...
(''Trachypithecus johnii'') * Gee's golden langur (''Trachypithecus geei'')


Family Hylobatidae: lesser apes (gibbons)

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


Order: Carnivora: Carnivorans


Family Canidae: canines/dogs

* Golden jackal (''Canis aureus'') *
Indian wolf The Indian wolf (''Canis lupus pallipes'') is a subspecies of gray wolf that ranges from Southwest Asia to the Indian Subcontinent. It is intermediate in size between the Himalayan wolf and the Arabian wolf, and lacks the former's luxuriant wi ...
(''Canis lupus pallipes'') * Dhole (''Cuon alpinus'') *
Bengal fox The Bengal fox (''Vulpes bengalensis''), also known as the Indian fox, is a fox endemic to the Indian subcontinent from the Himalayan foothills and Terai of Nepal through southern India, and from southern and eastern Pakistan to eastern India and ...
(''Vulpes bengalensis'') *
Tibetan fox The Tibetan fox (''Vulpes ferrilata''), also known as the Tibetan sand fox, is a species of true fox endemic to the high Tibetan Plateau, Ladakh plateau, Nepal, China, Sikkim, and Bhutan, up to elevations of about . It is listed as Least Concern ...
(''Vulpes ferrilata'') * Red fox (''Vulpes vulpes'')


Family Felidae: cats

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


Family Viverridae: civets and palm civets

* Large Indian civet (''Viverra zibetha'') * Malabar large-spotted civet (''Viverra civettina'') * Small Indian civet (''Viverricula indica'') *
Binturong The binturong (''Arctictis binturong'') (, ), also known as the bearcat, is a viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia. It is uncommon in much of its range, and has been assessed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because of a declining popu ...
(''Arctitis binturong'') *
Asian palm civet The Asian palm civet (''Paradoxurus hermaphroditus''), also called common palm civet, toddy cat and musang, is a viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia. Since 2008, it is IUCN Red Listed as Least Concern as it accommodates to a broad range ...
(''Paradoxurus hermaphroditus'') * Masked palm civet (''Paguma larvata'') * Brown palm civet (''Paradoxurus jerdoni'') * Small-toothed palm civet (''Arctogalidia trivirgata'')


Family Prionodontidae: Asiatic linsangs

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Spotted linsang The spotted linsang (''Prionodon pardicolor'') is a linsang, a tree-dwelling carnivorous mammal, native to much of Southeast Asia. It is widely, though usually sparsely, recorded, and listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Characterist ...
(''Prionodon pardicolor'')


Family Ursidae: bears

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


Family Ailuropodidae: pandas

* Red panda, ''A. fulgens''


Family Mustelidae: mustelids

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Oriental small-clawed otter The Asian small-clawed otter (''Aonyx cinereus''), also known as the oriental small-clawed otter and the small-clawed otter, is an otter species native to South and Southeast Asia. It has short claws that do not extend beyond the pads of its web ...
(''Aonyx cinereus'') *
Greater hog badger The greater hog badger (''Arctonyx collaris'') is a very large terrestrial mustelid native to Southeast Asia. It is listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species because the global population is thought to be declining due to h ...
(''Arctonyx collaris'') *
Northern hog badger The northern hog badger (''Arctonyx albogularis'') is a species of mustelid native to South and East Asia. Taxonomy It was formerly considered a subspecies of the greater hog badger (''A. collaris'') when ''A. collaris'' was considered the onl ...
(''Arctonyx albogularis'') * Eurasian otter (''Lutra lutra'') * Hairy-nosed otter (''Lutra sumatrana'') extirpated *
Smooth-coated otter The smooth-coated otter (''Lutrogale perspicillata'') is an otter species occurring in most of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, with a disjunct population in Iraq. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1996 and is threa ...
(''Lutrogale perspicillata'') * Yellow-throated marten (''Martes flavigula'') *
Beech marten The beech marten (''Martes foina''), also known as the stone marten, house marten or white breasted marten, is a species of marten native to much of Europe and Central Asia, though it has established a feral population in North America. It is ...
(''Martes foina'') * Nilgiri marten (''Martes gwatkinsii'') *
Honey badger The honey badger (''Mellivora capensis''), also known as the ratel ( or ), is a mammal widely distributed in Africa, Southwest Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. Because of its wide range and occurrence in a variety of habitats, it is listed a ...
(''Mellivora capensis'') * Chinese ferret badger (''Melogale moschata'') * Burmese ferret badger (''Melogale personata'') * Mountain weasel (''Mustela altaica'') * Stoat (''Mustela erminea'') *
Steppe polecat The steppe polecat (''Mustela eversmanii''), also known as the white or masked polecat, is a species of mustelid native to Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List because of its wide dis ...
(''Mustela eversmanii'') presence uncertain *
Yellow-bellied weasel The yellow-bellied weasel (''Mustela kathiah'') is a species of weasel Weasels are mammals of the genus ''Mustela'' of the family Mustelidae. The genus ''Mustela'' includes the least weasels, polecats, stoats, ferrets and European mink. Mem ...
(''Mustela kathiah'') * Siberian weasel (''Mustela sibirica'') * Back-striped weasel (''Mustela strigidorsa'')


Family Herpestidae: mongooses

* Small Indian mongoose, (''U. auropunctata'') * Indian grey mongoose (''U. edwardsii'') * Striped-necked mongoose (''U. vitticolla'') * Crab-eating mongoose (''U. urva'') *
Ruddy mongoose The ruddy mongoose (''Urva smithii'') is a mongoose species native to hill forests in India and Sri Lanka. Description The ruddy mongoose's fur is brownish and coarse, long in hindquarters, but short in other parts of the body. Its head to body ...
(''U. smithii'') * Indian brown mongoose (''U. fusca'')


Family Hyaenidae: hyenas

* Striped hyena (''Hyaena hyaena'')


Order: Cetacea: whales, dolphins, and porpoises


Family Delphinidae

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Short-beaked common dolphin The common dolphin (''Delphinus delphis'') is the most abundant cetacean in the world, with a global population of about six million. Despite this fact and its vernacular name, the common dolphin is not thought of as the archetypal dolphin, with ...
(''Delphinus delphis'') * Short-finned pilot whale (''Globicephala macrorhynchus'') * Risso's dolphin (''Grampus griseus'') * Irrawaddy dolphin (''Orcaella brevirostris'') *
Killer whale The orca or killer whale (''Orcinus orca'') is a toothed whale belonging to the oceanic dolphin family, of which it is the largest member. It is the only extant species in the genus ''Orcinus'' and is recognizable by its black-and-white pat ...
(''Orcinus orca'') *
Melon-headed whale The melon-headed whale (''Peponocephala electra''), also known less commonly as the electra dolphin, little killer whale, or many-toothed blackfish, is a toothed whale of the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae). The common name is derived from t ...
(''Peponocephala electra'') *
False killer whale The false killer whale (''Pseudorca crassidens'') is a species of oceanic dolphin that is the only extant representative of the genus '' Pseudorca''. It is found in oceans worldwide but mainly in tropical regions. It was first described in 18 ...
(''Pseudorca crassidens'') *
Pygmy killer whale The pygmy killer whale (''Feresa attenuata'') is a poorly known and rarely seen oceanic dolphin. It is the only species in the genus ''Feresa''. It derives its common name from sharing some physical characteristics with the orca also known as t ...
(''Feresa attenuata'') *
Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin 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'') *
Spinner dolphin The spinner dolphin (''Stenella longirostris'') is a small dolphin found in off-shore tropical waters around the world. It is famous for its acrobatic displays in which it rotates around its longitudinal axis as it leaps through the air. It is a ...
(''Stenella longirostris'') *
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (''Tursiops aduncus'') is a species of bottlenose dolphin. This dolphin grows to long, and weighs up to . It lives in the waters around India, northern Australia, South China, the Red Sea, and the eastern c ...
(''Tursiops aduncus'') *
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'') *
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 The striped dolphin (''Stenella coeruleoalba'') is an extensively studied dolphin found in temperate and tropical waters of all the world's oceans. It is a member of the oceanic dolphin family, Delphinidae. Taxonomy The striped dolphin is one o ...
(''Stenella coeruleoalba'') *
Rough-toothed dolphin 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'')


Family Platanistidae: river dolphins

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Ganges river dolphin The Ganges river dolphin (''Platanista gangetica'') is a species of toothed whale classified in the family Platanistidae. It lives in the Ganges and related rivers of South Asia, namely in the countries of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. It is rel ...
(''Platanista gangetica'') * Indus river dolphin (''Platanista minor'')


Family Balaenopteridae

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


Family Balaenidae

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


Family Ziphiidae

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


Family Phocoenidae

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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. I ...
(''Neophocaena phocaenoides'')


Family Kogiidae

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


Family Physeteridae

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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 fami ...
(''Physeter macrocephalus'')


Order: Sirenia


Family Dugongidae

* Dugong (''Dugong dugon'')


Order: Proboscidea


Family Elephantidae: elephants

* Indian elephant (''Elephas maximus indicus'')


Order: Perissodactyla: odd-toed ungulates


Family Equidae: horses

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Indian wild ass The Indian wild ass (''Equus hemionus khur''), also called the Indian onager or, in the local Gujarati language, Ghudkhur and Khur, is a subspecies of the onager native to South Asia. It is currently listed as Near Threatened by IUCN. The prev ...
(''Equus hemionus khur'') *
Kiang The kiang (''Equus kiang'') is the largest of the '' Asinus'' subgenus. It is native to the Tibetan Plateau, where it inhabits montane and alpine grasslands. Its current range is restricted to the plains of the Tibetan plateau; Ladakh; and n ...
(''Equus kiang'')


Family Rhinocerotidae: rhinoceroses

* Sumatran rhinoceros, (''Dicerorhinus sumatrensis'') extirpated * Javan rhinoceros, (''Rhinoceros sondaicus'') extirpated *
Indian rhinoceros } The Indian rhinoceros (''Rhinoceros unicornis''), also called the Indian rhino, greater one-horned rhinoceros or great Indian rhinoceros, is a rhinoceros species native to the Indian subcontinent. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red Li ...
(''Rhinoceros unicornis'')


Order: Artiodactyla: even-toed ungulates


Family Suidae: pigs

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Pygmy hog The pygmy hog (''Porcula salvania'') is the rarest species of pig in the world today, and is the only species in the genus ''Porcula''. It is also the smallest species of pig in the world, with its piglets being small enough to fit in one's pock ...
(''Porcula salvania'') *
Indian boar The Indian boar (''Sus scrofa cristatus''), also known as the Andamanese pig or Moupin pig,Lydekker, R. (1900), The great and small game of India, Burma, & Tibet', London : R. Ward, pp. 258-266 is a subspecies of wild boar native to India, Nepal, ...
(''Sus scrofa cristatus'')


Family Tragulidae: chevrotains

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Indian spotted chevrotain The Indian spotted chevrotain (''Moschiola indica'') is a species of even-toed ungulate in the family Tragulidae. It is native to India and possibly Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ...
(''Moschiola indica'')


Family Moschidae

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


Family Cervidae: deer

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


Family Bovidae: bovids

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Blackbuck The blackbuck (''Antilope cervicapra''), also known as the Indian antelope, is an antelope native to India and Nepal. It inhabits grassy plains and lightly forested areas with perennial water sources. It stands up to high at the shoulder. Male ...
(''Antilope cervicapra'') * Gaur (''Bos gaurus'') *
Banteng The banteng (''Bos javanicus''; ), also known as tembadau, is a species of cattle found in Southeast Asia. The head-and-body length is between . Wild banteng are typically larger and heavier than their domesticated counterparts, but are otherw ...
(''Bos javanicus'') extirpated *
Wild yak The wild yak (''Bos mutus'') is a large, wild bovine native to the Himalayas. It is the ancestor of the domestic yak (''Bos grunniens''). Taxonomy The ancestor of the wild and domestic yak is thought to have diverged from ''Bos primigenius'' ...
(''Bos mutus'') * Indian aurochs (''Bos primigenius namadicus'') extinct * Nilgai (''Boselaphus tragocamelus'') * Wild water buffalo (''Bubalus arnee'') * Takin (''Budorcas taxicolor'') * Markhor (''Capra falconeri'') *
Siberian ibex The Siberian ibex (''Capra sibirica''), also known as the Altai ibex, Central Asia(n) ibex, Gobi ibex, Himalayan ibex, Mongolian ibex or Tian Shan ibex, is a species of ibex that lives in central Asia. It has traditionally been treated as a subsp ...
(''Capra sibirica'') * Mainland serow (''Capricornis sumatraensis'') *
Chinkara The chinkara (''Gazella bennettii''), also known as the Indian gazelle, is a gazelle species native to Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Taxonomy The following six subspecies are considered valid: * Deccan chinkara (''G. b. bennettii ...
(''Gazella bennettii'') *
Himalayan tahr The Himalayan tahr (''Hemitragus jemlahicus'') is a large even-toed ungulate native to the Himalayas in southern Tibet, northern India, western Bhutan and Nepal. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, as the population is de ...
(''Hemitragus jemlahicus'') *
Red goral The red goral (''Naemorhedus baileyi'') is a species of even-toed ungulate in the subfamily Caprinae in the family Bovidae. It is found in India, Tibet and Myanmar. Its natural habitats are seasonal mountainous areas 1,000 to 2,000 meters above s ...
(''Naemorhedus baileyi'') *
Long-tailed goral The long-tailed goral or Amur goral (''Naemorhedus caudatus'') is a species of ungulate of the family Bovidae found in the mountains of eastern and northern Asia, including Russia, China, and Korea. A population of this species exists in the Ko ...
(''Naemorhedus caudatus'') *
Himalayan goral The Himalayan goral (''Naemorhedus goral'') or the gray goral, is a bovid species native to the Himalayas. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List because the population is thought to be declining significantly due to habitat loss an ...
(''Naemorhedus goral'') * Nilgiri tahr (''Nilgiritragus hylocrius'') *
Argali The argali (''Ovis ammon''), also known as the mountain sheep, is a wild sheep that roams the highlands of western East Asia, the Himalayas, Tibet, and the Altai Mountains. Description The name 'argali' is the Mongolian word for wild sheep. It ...
(''Ovis ammon'') *
Urial The urial ( ; ''Ovis vignei''), also known as the arkars or shapo, is a wild sheep native to Central and South Asia. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Characteristics Urial males have large horns, curling outwards from the t ...
(''Ovis vignei'') * Tibetan antelope (''Pantholops hodgsoni'') * Tibetan gazelle (''Procapra picticauda'') *
Bharal The bharal (''Pseudois nayaur''), also called the blue sheep, is a caprine native to the high Himalayas. It is the only member of the genus ''Pseudois.'' It occurs in India, Bhutan, China (in Gansu, Ningxia, Sichuan, Tibet, and Inner Mongolia ...
(''Pseudois nayaur'') *
Four-horned antelope The four-horned antelope (''Tetracerus quadricornis''), or ''chousingha'', is a small antelope found in India and Nepal. Its four horns distinguish it from most other bovids, which have two horns (with a few exceptions, such as the Jacob sheep) ...
(''Tetracerus quadricornis'')


Order: Pholidota: pangolins


Family Manidae: pangolins

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


Order: Rodentia


Family Sciuridae: squirrels

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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'') * Namdapha flying squirrel (''Biswamoyopterus biswasi'') * Pallas's squirrel (''Callosciurus erythraeus'') *
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'') *
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'') *
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'') * Western woolly flying squirrel (''Eupetaurus cinereus'') * Tibetan woolly flying squirrel (''Eupetaurus tibetensis'') Jackson, Helgen, Q. Li & Jiang, 2021 *
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'') *
Afghan flying squirrel The Afghan flying squirrel (''Eoglaucomys fimbriatus baberi'') is a subspecies of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Afghanistan. Biology The Afghan flying squirrel is not considered to be threatened to become an endangered species ...
(''Hylopetes baberi'') * Kashmir flying squirrel (''Hylopetes fimbriatus'') * Layard's palm squirrel (''Funambulus layardi'') * Indian palm squirrel (''Funambulus palmarum'') * Jungle palm squirrel (''Funambulus tristriatus'') endemic * Northern palm squirrel (''Funambulus pennantii'') * Nilgiri striped squirrel (''Funambulus sublineatus'') *
Himalayan marmot The Himalayan marmot (''Marmota himalayana'') is a marmot species that inhabits alpine grasslands throughout the Himalayas and on the Tibetan Plateau. It is IUCN Red Listed as Least Concern because of its wide range and possibly large population. ...
(''Marmota himalayana'') *
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'') *
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'') *
Hodgson's giant flying squirrel Hodgson's giant flying squirrel (''Petaurista magnificus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. This large flying squirrel lives in Himalayan forests in Asia. Like other flying squirrels, it is nocturnal and able to glide (not actu ...
(''Petaurista magnificus'') *
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 The red giant flying squirrel or common giant flying squirrel (''Petaurista petaurista'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae (squirrels). It is found in a wide variety of forest–types, plantations and more open habitats with scatter ...
(''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'') * Mechuka giant flying squirrel (''Petaurista mechukaensis'') *
Mishmi Hills giant flying squirrel The Mishmi giant flying squirrel (''Petaurista mishmiensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. First described in 2009 from East Himalayan forests at altitudes of in the Mishmi Hills of northeastern Arunachal Pradesh in India (it ...
(''Petaurista mishmiensis'') * Mebo giant flying squirrel, ''Petaurista siangensis'' * Travancore flying squirrel (''Petinomys fuscocapillus'') *
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 gigantea'') *
Indian giant squirrel The Indian giant squirrel or Malabar giant squirrel (''Ratufa indica'') is a large multi-coloured tree squirrel species endemic to forests and woodlands in India. It is a diurnal, arboreal, and mainly herbivorous squirrel. Distribution and hab ...
or Malabar giant (''Ratufa indica'') *
Grizzled giant squirrel The grizzled giant squirrel (''Ratufa macroura'') is a large tree squirrel in the genus '' Ratufa'' found in the highlands of the Central and Uva provinces of Sri Lanka, and in patches of riparian forest along the Kaveri River and in the hill ...
(''Ratufa macroura'') *
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 mcclellandii'')


Family Muridae: Old World rats, mice

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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 ...
(''Apodemus draco'') *
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'') * Kashmir field mouse (''Apodemus rusiges'') *
Wood mouse The wood mouse (''Apodemus sylvaticus'') is a murid rodent native to Europe and northwestern Africa. It is closely related to the yellow-necked mouse (''Apodemus flavicollis'') but differs in that it has no band of yellow fur around the neck, h ...
(''Apodemus sylvaticus'') *
Ward's field mouse Ward's field mouse (''Apodemus pallipes'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, India, Iran, Nepal, and Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakista ...
(''Apodemus wardi'') *
Lesser bandicoot rat The lesser bandicoot rat, Sindhi rice rat, bengal rat or Indian mole-rat (''Bandicota bengalensis'') is a giant rat of Southern Asia, not related to the true bandicoots which are marsupials. They can be up to 40 cm long (including the tail), ...
(''Bandicota bengalensis'') *
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'') *
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'') * Manipur white-toothed rat (''Berylmys manipulus'') * Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse (''Chiropodomys gliroides'') * Blanford's rat (''Cremnomys blanfordi'') *
Cutch rat The Cutch rat or Cutch rock-rat (''Cremnomys cutchicus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in India, where it is widely distributed in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, and Rajasthan. R ...
(''Cremnomys cutchicus'') * Elvira rat (''Cremnomys elvira'') known only from Kurumbapatti, Salem *
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'') *
Crump's mouse Crump's mouse (''Diomys crumpi'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus ''Diomys'', and is found in northern India (recorded in Bihar and Manipur), southern Nepal (recorded in the Central Terai), and no ...
(''Diomys crumpi'') *
Edwards's long-tailed giant rat 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'') * Sand-colored soft-furred rat (''Millardia gleadowi'') * Kondana soft-furred rat (''Millardia kondana'') * Soft-furred rat or metad (''Millardia meltada'') *
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'') * Little Indian field mouse (''Mus booduga'') * Fawn-colored mouse (''Mus cervicolor'') *
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 ...
(''Mus cookii'') * Earth-colored mouse (''Mus terricolor'') * Servant mouse (''Mus famulus'') endemic to the Western Ghats *
House mouse The house mouse (''Mus musculus'') is a small mammal of the order Rodentia, characteristically having a pointed snout, large rounded ears, and a long and almost hairless tail. It is one of the most abundant species of the genus '' Mus''. Although ...
(''Mus musculus'') *
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'') *
Phillips's mouse Phillips's mouse (''Mus phillipsi'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in India. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and hot deserts. It is thre ...
(''Mus phillipsi'') *
Flat-haired mouse The flat-haired mouse (''Mus platythrix'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in India, where it is widely distributed throughout South India South India, also known as Dakshina Bharata or Peninsular India, cons ...
(''Mus platythrix'') endemic *
Rock-loving mouse The rock-loving mouse (''Mus saxicola''), also known as the brown spiny mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in India, Nepal, and Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , ...
(''Mus saxicola'') *
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'') * Brahma white-bellied rat (''Niviventer brahma'') *
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'') *
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'') *
Lang Bian white-bellied rat The Lang Bian white-bellied rat (''Niviventer langbianis'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republ ...
(''Niviventer langbianis'') * White-bellied rat (''Niviventer niviventer'') *
Tenasserim white-bellied rat The Tenasserim white-bellied rat (''Niviventer tenaster'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is named after the Tenasserim Hills and is found above 1,000 m in forested limestone mountainous areas. Its distribution includes India, M ...
(''Niviventer tenaster'') * Nonsense rat (''Rattus burrus'') Nicobars *
Polynesian rat The Polynesian rat, Pacific rat or little rat (''Rattus exulans''), known to the Māori as ''kiore'', is the third most widespread species of rat in the world behind the brown rat and black rat. The Polynesian rat originated in Southeast Asia, a ...
(''Rattus exulans'') * Himalayan field rat (''Rattus nitidus'') *
Brown rat The brown rat (''Rattus norvegicus''), also known as the common rat, street rat, sewer rat, wharf rat, Hanover rat, Norway rat, Norwegian rat and Parisian rat, is a widespread species of common rat. One of the largest muroids, it is a brown or ...
(''Rattus norvegicus'') * Palm rat (''Rattus palmarum'') * Kerala rat (''Rattus ranjiniae'') Western Ghats *
Black rat The black rat (''Rattus rattus''), also known as the roof rat, ship rat, or house rat, is a common long-tailed rodent of the stereotypical rat genus ''Rattus'', in the subfamily Murinae. It likely originated in the Indian subcontinent, but is n ...
(''Rattus rattus'') *
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 andamanensis'') * Andaman rat (''Rattus stoicus'') * Malayan field rat (''Rattus tiomanicus'') * Turkestan rat (''Rattus turkestanicus'') *
Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse The Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse (''Vandeleuria oleracea'') is a species of rodent found in South and Southeast Asia. It is known as ගස් මීයා by Sinhalese people. It is known to spread the ''Ixodes ''Ixodes'' is a gen ...
(''Vandeleuria oleracea'') *
Nilgiri long-tailed tree mouse Nilgiri vandeleuria (''Vandeleuria nilagirica''), also known as the Nilgiri long-tailed tree mouse and the Indian long-tailed tree mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. There has been some dispute as to whether this specimen is a ...
(''Vandeleuria nilagirica'') * Indian desert jird (''Meriones hurrianae'') *
Eurasian harvest mouse The harvest mouse (''Micromys minutus'') is a small rodent native to Europe and Asia. It is typically found in fields of cereal crops, such as wheat and oats, in reed beds and in other tall ground vegetation, such as long grass and hedgerows. It ...
(''Micromys minutus'') *
Tibetan dwarf hamster The Tibetan dwarf hamster (''Cricetulus alticola'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found not only in Tibet and China, but also in India and Nepal in mountainous regions at altitudes of up to about . Description The Tibet ...
(''Cricetulus alticola'') * Grey dwarf hamster (''Cricetulus migratorius'') *
Indian gerbil The Indian gerbil (''Tatera indica'') also known as antelope rat, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in southern Asia from Syria to Bangladesh. It is the only species in the genus ''Tatera''. Members of the genus ''Gerb ...
(''Tatera indica'') * Indian hairy-footed gerbil (''Gerbillus gleadowi'') *
Balochistan gerbil The Balochistan gerbil or dwarf gerbil (''Gerbillus nanus''), is distributed mainly from Morocco across north Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, the Middle East, and western Asia. This is a common species with a wide distribution which faces no obvio ...
(''Gerbillus nanus'') * Indian bush rat (''Golunda ellioti'') * Malabar spiny dormouse (''Platacanthomys lasiurus'') *
White-tailed mountain vole The white-tailed mountain vole (''Alticola albicauda'') is a species of vole in the family Cricetidae. It is found in India and Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in ...
(''Alticola albicauda'') * Central Kashmir vole (''Alticola montosa'') * Royle's mountain vole (''Alticola roylei'') *
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'') *
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 ...
(''Alticola argentatus'') *
Père David's vole Père David's vole (''Eothenomys melanogaster'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, Myanmar, Taiwan, and Thailand. This species is a member of the ''melanogaster'' group, one of the two main groups of ''Eotheno ...
(''Eothenomys melanogaster'') * Murree vole (''Hyperacrius wynnei'') *
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 ...
(''Microtus leucurus'') *
True's vole True's vole (''Hyperacrius fertilis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in India and Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It ...
(''Hyperacrius fertilis'') * Sikkim mountain vole (''Microtus sikimensis'') *
Lesser bamboo rat 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 T ...
(''Cannomys badius'') *
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 ...
(''Rhizomys pruinosus'')


Family Hystricidae: Old World porcupines

* Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine (''Atherurus macrourus'') *
Malayan porcupine The Malayan porcupine or Himalayan porcupine (''Hystrix brachyura'') is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. Three subspecies are extant in South and Southeast Asia. Geographical distribution The Malayan porcupine ranges from Nepal th ...
(''Hystrix brachyura'') *
Indian crested porcupine The Indian crested porcupine (''Hystrix indica'') is a Hystricomorpha, 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, Hys ...
(''Hystrix indica'')


Order: Lagomorpha: hares, rabbits, pikas


Family Leporidae: hares and rabbits

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Hispid hare The hispid hare (''Caprolagus hispidus''), also called Assam rabbit and bristly rabbit, is a leporid native to South Asia, whose historic range extended along the southern foothills of the Himalayas. Today, its habitat is highly fragmented with ...
(''Caprolagus hispidus'') *
Cape hare The Cape hare (''Lepus capensis''), also called the brown hare and the desert hare, is a hare native to Africa and Arabia extending into India. Taxonomy The Cape hare was one of the many mammal species originally described by Carl Linnaeus in ...
(''Lepus capensis'') *
Indian hare The Indian hare (''Lepus nigricollis''), also known as the black-naped hare, is a common species of hare native to the Indian subcontinent, and Java. Introductions It has been introduced to Madagascar, Comoro Islands, Andaman Islands, Irian Jay ...
(''Lepus nigricollis'') *
Woolly hare The woolly hare (''Lepus oiostolus'') is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae. It is found in western and central China, northern India, and Nepal, where its typical habitat is montane grassland. It has a wide range and is present in some ...
(''Lepus oiostolus'') *
Desert hare The desert hare (''Lepus tibetanus'') is a species of hare found in Central Asia, Northwest China, and the western Indian subcontinent. Little is known about this species except that it inhabits grassland and scrub areas of desert and semi-desert ...
(''Lepus tibetanus'')


Family Ochotonidae: pikas

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Plateau 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'') * Forrest's pika (''Ochotona forresti'') *
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 The large-eared pika (''Ochotona macrotis'') is a species of small mammal in the family Ochotonidae. It is found in mountainous regions of Afghanistan, Tibet, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Pakistan and Tajikistan where it nests ...
(''Ochotona macrotis'') *
Nubra pika The Nubra pika (''Ochotona nubrica'') is a species of mammal of the pika family, Ochotonidae. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), ...
(''Ochotona nubrica'') *
Royle's pika Royle's pika (''Ochotona roylei''), also called the Himalayan mouse hare or hui shutu, is a species of pika. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Description The most common pika species in the Himalayas, it has a length of ...
(''Ochotona roylei'') *
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'')


See also

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Fauna of India India is the world's 8th most biodiverse region with a 0.46 BioD score on diversity index, 102,718 species of fauna and 23.39% of the nation's geographical area under forest and tree cover in 2020. India encompasses a wide range ...
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Lists of mammals by region Lists of mammals by region cover mammals found in different parts of the world. They are organized by continent, region, and country, and in some places by sub-national region. Most are full species lists, while those for Australia and the Caribbea ...
* List of mammals of Kerala


References


Other references

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


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