List of mammals of Myanmar
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Myanmar.
Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates & cetaceans)[edit]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name (authority) | Preferred habitat | IUCN status | Range |
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| Family Bovidae: cattle, antelope, sheep, goats | |||||
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Gaur | Bos gaurus Smith, 1827 |
Forest, grassland, shrubland, & savanna | VU IUCN
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Banteng | Bos javanicus d'Alton, 1823 |
Forest & grassland | EN IUCN
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Wild water buffalo | Bubalus arnee Kerr, 1792 |
Wetlands, grasslands, and riparian forests | EN IUCN
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Takin | Budorcas taxicolor Hodgson, 1850 |
Forest, shrubland, & grassland | VU IUCN
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Red serow | Capricornis rubidus Blyth, 1863 |
Rocky areas & montane forest | VU IUCN
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Mainland serow | Capricornis sumatraensis Bechstein, 1799 |
Forested mountain slopes | VU IUCN
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Red goral | Naemorhedus baileyi Pocock, 1914 |
Forest and rocky areas, 2000-4500m | VU IUCN
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Chinese goral | Naemorhedus griseus A. Milne-Edwards, 1871 |
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Bharal | Pseudois nayaur Hodgson, 1833 |
High mountains | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Family Moschidae: musk deer | |||||
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Black Musk Deer | Moschus fuscus Li, 1981 |
Near the tree line in high mountains | EN IUCN
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| Family Cervidae: deer | |||||
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Fea's muntjac | Muntiacus feae Kerr, 1792 |
Evergreen forest | DD IUCN Unknown |
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| Gongshan muntjac | Muntiacus gongshanensis Ma, 1990 |
High mountains | DD IUCN
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| Leaf muntjac | Muntiacus putaoensis Amato, Egan & Rabinowitz, 1999 |
Forest | DD IUCN
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Indian muntjac | Muntiacus vaginalis Zimmermann, 1780 |
Wide variety of forests & scrublands | LC IUCN
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Eld's deer | Rucervus eldii McClelland, 1842 |
Grasslands | EN IUCN
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Sambar deer | Rusa unicolor Kerr, 1792 |
Wide variety of forest & savanna | VU IUCN
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| Family Suidae: pigs | |||||
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Wild boar | Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 |
Wide variety of habitats | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Family Tragulidae: mouse-deer | |||||
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Lesser mouse-deer | Tragulus kanchil Raffles, 1821 |
Lowland forests | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Greater mouse-deer | Tragulus napu F. Cuvier, 1822 |
Lowland forests | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Family Balaenopteridae: rorquals | |||||
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Common minke whale | Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 |
Neritic & oceanic marine zones | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Bryde's whale | Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1879 |
Neritic & oceanic marine zones | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Blue whale | Balaenoptera musculus Linnaeus, 1758 |
Neritic & oceanic marine zones | EN IUCN
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Fin whale | Balaenoptera physalus Linnaeus, 1758 |
Neritic & oceanic marine zones | VU IUCN
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Humpback whale | Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781 |
Neritic & oceanic marine zones | LC IUCN
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| Family Phocoenidae: porpoises | |||||
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Indo-Pacific finless porpoise | Neophocaena phocaenoides G. Cuvier, 1829 |
Coastal waters | VU IUCN
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| Family Delphinidae: marine dolphins | |||||
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Common dolphin | Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758 |
Neritic & oceanic marine zones | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Pygmy killer whale | Feresa attenuata J. E. Gray, 1874 |
Oceanic marine zone | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Short-finned pilot whale | Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846 |
Oceanic marine zone | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Risso's dolphin | Grampus griseus G. Cuvier, 1812 |
Oceanic marine zone | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Fraser's dolphin | Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser, 1956 |
Neritic & oceanic marine zones | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Irrawaddy dolphin | Orcaella brevirostris Owen in Gray, 1866 |
Coastal waters & rivers | EN IUCN
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Orca | Orcinus orca Linnaeus, 1758 |
Neritic & oceanic marine zones | DD IUCN Unknown |
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Melon-headed whale | Peponocephala electra Gray, 1846 |
Oceanic marine zone | LC IUCN Unknown |
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False killer whale | Pseudorca crassidens Owen, 1846 |
Neritic & oceanic marine zones | NT IUCN Unknown |
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Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin | Sousa chinensis Osbeck, 1765 |
Coastal waters | VU IUCN
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Pantropical spotted dolphin | Stenella attenuata Gray, 1846 |
Neritic & oceanic marine zones | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Striped dolphin | Stenella coeruleoalba Meyen, 1833 |
Neritic & oceanic marine zones | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Spinner dolphin | Stenella longirostris Gray, 1828 |
Neritic & oceanic marine zones | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Rough-toothed dolphin | Steno bredanensis G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828 |
Neritic & oceanic marine zones | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Common bottlenose dolphin | Tursiops truncatus Montagu, 1821 |
Coastal, neritic & oceanic marine zones | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin | Tursiops aduncus Ehrenberg, 1833 |
Neritic & oceanic marine zones | NT IUCN Unknown |
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| Family Physeteridae | |||||
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Sperm whale | Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 |
Neritic & oceanic marine zones | VU IUCN Unknown |
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| Family Kogiidae | |||||
| Pygmy sperm whale | Kogia breviceps Blainville, 1838 |
Oceanic marine zone | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Dwarf sperm whale | Kogia sima Owen, 1866 |
Oceanic marine zone | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Family Ziphidae | |||||
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Tropical bottlenose whale | Indopacetus pacificus Longman, 1926 |
Oceanic marine zone | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Blainville's beaked whale | Mesoplodon densirostris Blainville, 1817 |
Oceanic marine zone | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale | Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki and Kamiya, 1958 |
Oceanic marine zone | DD IUCN Unknown |
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Cuvier's beaked whale | Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823 |
Oceanic marine zone | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)[edit]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name (authority) | Preferred habitat | IUCN status | Range |
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| Family Felidae: cats | |||||
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Asian golden cat | Catopuma temminckii Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 |
Forest, savanna, shrubland, & grassland | NT IUCN
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Jungle cat | Felis chaus Schreber, 1777 |
Particularly around wetlands | LC IUCN
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Clouded leopard | Neofelis nebulosa Griffith, 1821 |
Forest & shrubland | VU IUCN
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Leopard | Panthera pardus Linnaeus, 1758 |
Wide range of habitats | VU IUCN
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Tiger | Panthera tigris Linnaeus, 1758 |
Generalists but especially forests | EN IUCN
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Marbled cat | Pardofelis marmorata Martin, 1836 |
Forest | NT IUCN
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Leopard cat | Prionailurus bengalensis Kerr, 1792 |
Forest, shrublands, & grasslands | LC IUCN
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Fishing cat | Prionailurus viverrinus Bennett, 1833 |
Marshlands & near waterbodies | VU IUCN
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| Family Viverridae | |||||
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Binturong | Arctictis binturong Raffles, 1822 |
Forest (arboreal) | VU IUCN
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Small-toothed palm civet | Arctogalidia trivirgata Gray, 1832 |
Evergreen & semi-evergreen forest | LC IUCN
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Banded palm civet | Hemigalus derbyanus Gray, 1837 |
Forest | NT IUCN
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Masked palm civet | Paguma larvata Smith, 1827 |
Mainly evergreen and semi-evergreen forest | LC IUCN
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Asian palm civet | Paradoxurus hermaphroditus Pallas, 1777 |
Wide range of forest, plantation, and urban environments | LC IUCN
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Large-spotted civet | Viverra megaspila Blyth, 1862 |
Lowland forest | EN IUCN
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Large Indian civet | Viverra zibetha Linnaeus, 1758 |
Forests & shrublands | LC IUCN
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Small Indian civet | Viverricula indica Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803 |
Wide range of forests & wetlands | LC IUCN
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| Family Prionodontidae: linsangs | |||||
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Banded linsang | Prionodon linsang Hardwicke, 1821 |
Evergreen forest | LC IUCN
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Spotted linsang | Prionodon pardicolor Hodgson, 1842 |
Forest, shrubland, and grassland | LC IUCN
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| Family Herpestidae: mongooses | |||||
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Small Indian mongoose | Urva auropunctata Hodgson, 1836 |
Forest & scrublands | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Javan mongoose | Urva javanica É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818 |
Widespread in lowlands, including anthropogenic habitats | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Crab-eating Mongoose | Urva urva Hodgson, 1836 |
Widespread | LC IUCN
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| Family Ailuridae | |||||
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Red panda | Ailurus fulgens F. Cuvier, 1825 |
Montane forests | EN IUCN
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| Family Canidae: dogs, foxes | |||||
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Dhole | Cuon alpinus Pallas, 1811 |
Forest, shrubland, & grassland | EN IUCN
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Golden jackal | Canis aureus Linnaeus, 1758 |
Wide variety, especially lowland deciduous dipterocarp forest | LC IUCN
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Wolf | Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758 |
Far north of country | LC IUCN
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Red fox | Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus, 1758 |
Wide variety of habitats | LC IUCN
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| Family Ursidae: bears | |||||
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Sun bear | Helarctos malayanus Raffles, 1821 |
Forest & shrubland | VU IUCN
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Asian black bear | Ursus thibetanus G. Cuvier, 1823 |
Forest & shrubland | VU IUCN
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| Family Mustelidae: mustelids | |||||
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Asian small-clawed otter | Aonyx cinereus Illiger, 1815 |
Wetland systems | VU IUCN
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Greater hog badger | Arctonyx collaris Cuvier, 1825 |
Mainly forest | VU IUCN
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Eurasian otter | Lutra lutra Linnaeus, 1758 |
Wide range of aquatic habitats | NT IUCN
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Hairy-nosed otter | Lutra sumatrana Gray, 1865 |
Wide range of aquatic habitats | EN IUCN
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Smooth-coated otter | Lutrogale perspicillata Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 1826 |
Wide range of aquatic habitats, including flooded ricefields | VU IUCN
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Yellow-throated marten | Martes flavigula Boddaert, 1785 |
Forests & shrublands | LC IUCN
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Chinese ferret-badger | Melogale moschata Gray, 1831 |
Forests & cropland | LC IUCN
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Burmese ferret-badger | Melogale personata I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1831 |
Forests, shrublands, & grasslands | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Yellow-bellied weasel | Mustela kathiah Hodgson, 1835 |
Rugged highlands | LC IUCN
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Siberian weasel | Mustela sibirica Pallas, 1773 |
Rocky areas in far north | LC IUCN
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Back-striped weasel | Mustela strigidorsa Gray, 1853 |
Mountainous evergreen forest | LC IUCN
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Order: Chiroptera (bats)[edit]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name (authority) | Preferred habitat | IUCN status | Range |
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| Family Pteropodidae: flying foxes, Old World fruit bats | |||||
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Lesser short-nosed fruit bat | Cynopterus brachyotis Müller, 1838 |
Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Greater short-nosed fruit bat | Cynopterus sphinx Vahl, 1797 |
Forest | LC IUCN
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Cave nectar bat | Eonycteris spelaea Dobson, 1871 |
Caves & forest | LC IUCN
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Long-tongued fruit bat | Macroglossus sobrinus K. Andersen, 1911 |
Forest | LC IUCN
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| Andersen's flying fox | Pteropus intermedius K. Andersen, 1908 |
Known from two locations in Mon State | DD IUCN Unknown |
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Small flying fox | Pteropus hypomelanus Temminck, 1853 |
Forest | NT IUCN
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Indian flying fox | Pteropus medius Temminck, 1825 |
Forest | LC IUCN
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Large flying fox | Pteropus vampyrus Linnaeus, 1758 |
Forest | NT IUCN
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Geoffroy's rousette | Rousettus amplexicaudatus É. Geoffroy, 1810 |
Caves, rocky areas, & forests | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Leschenault's rousette | Rousettus leschenaultii Desmarest, 1820 |
Caves & forests | NT IUCN
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| Blanford's fruit bat | Sphaerias blanfordi Thomas, 1891 |
Bamboo forest | LC IUCN
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| Family Vespertilionidae | |||||
| Bronze sprite | Arielulus circumdatus Temminck, 1840 |
Montane forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Oriental serotine | Eptesicus pachyomus Tomes, 1857 |
Wide variety of habitats | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Thick-eared bat | Eptesicus pachyotis Dobson, 1871 |
Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Disk-footed bat | Eudiscopus denticulus Conisbee, 1953 |
Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Common thick-thumbed bat | Glischropus tylopus Dobson, 1875 |
Forest | LC IUCN
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Lesser hairy-winged bat | Harpiocephalus harpia Temminck C. J., 1840 |
Forest | LC IUCN
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| Blanford's bat | Hesperoptenus blanfordi Dobson, 1877 |
Caves & forests | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Tickell's bat | Hesperoptenus tickelli Blyth, 1851 |
Caves & forests | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Chocolate pipistrelle | Hypsugo affinis Dobson, 1871 |
Forest near humans | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Cadorna's pipistrelle | Hypsugo cadornae Thomas, 1916 |
Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Long-toothed pipistrelle | Hypsugo dolichodon Görföl et al., 2014 |
Caves & forests | DD IUCN Unknown |
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| Burma pipistrelle | Hypsugo lophurus Thomas, 1915 |
Only known from one grassland location in Tanintharyi; not reported since 1915 | DD IUCN Unknown |
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| Chinese pipistrelle | Hypsugo pulveratus Peters, 1870 |
Limestone forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Great evening bat | Ia io Thomas, 1902 |
Forest | NT IUCN
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| Flat-skulled woolly bat | Kerivoula depressa |
Evergreen forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Dark woolly bat | Kerivoula furva |
Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Hairy-faced bat | Kerivoula hardwickii Dobson, 1871 |
Evergreen forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Kachin woolly bat | Kerivoula kachinensis Bates, Struebig, Rossiter, Kingston, Sia Sein Lein Oo & Khin Mya Mya, 2004 |
Forest | LC IUCN
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Painted bat | Kerivoula picta Pallas, 1767 |
Wide variety of habitats | NT IUCN
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| Titania's woolly bat | Kerivoula titania Bates, Struebig, Hayes, Furey, Mya Mya, Thong, Tien, Son, Harrison, Francis & Csorba, 2007 |
Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Joffre's bat | Mirostrellus joffrei Thomas, 1915 |
Forest | DD IUCN Unknown |
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Round-eared tube-nosed bat | Murina cyclotis Dobson, 1871 |
Caves & forests | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Fea's tube-nosed bat | Murina feae |
Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Harrison's tube-nosed bat | Murina harrisoni Csorba & Bates 2005 |
Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Hutton's tube-nosed bat | Murina huttoni Peters, 1872 |
Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Jaintia tube-nosed bat | Murina jaintiana |
Found in the Chin Hills; much ambiguity about range & habitat | DD IUCN Unknown |
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| Large myotis | Myotis chinensis Tomes, 1857 |
Caves & forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Lesser large-footed bat | Myotis hasseltii Temminck, 1840 |
Caves & forests | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Horsfield's bat | Myotis horsfieldii Temminck, 1840 |
Caves & forest | LC IUCN
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Burmese whiskered myotis | Myotis montivagus Dobson, 1874 |
Caves & forest | DD IUCN
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Wall-roosting mouse-eared bat | Myotis muricola Gray, 1846 |
Caves & forests | LC IUCN
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| Himalayan whiskered bat | Myotis siligorensis Horsfield, 1855 |
Caves & forests | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Japanese house bat | Pipistrellus abramus Temminck, 1840 |
Wide range of habitats | LC IUCN
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| Kelaart's pipistrelle | Pipistrellus ceylonicus Kelaart, 1852 |
Caves & forest | LC IUCN
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| Indian pipistrelle | Pipistrellus coromandra Gray, 1838 |
Caves & forests | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Java pipistrelle | Pipistrellus javanicus Gray, 1838 |
Caves & forest | LC IUCN
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| Mount Popa pipistrelle | Pipistrellus paterculus Thomas, 1915 |
Caves & forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Least pipistrelle | Pipistrellus tenuis Temminck C. J., 1840 |
Forest, shrubland, & grassland | LC IUCN
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Harlequin bat | Scotomanes ornatus Blyth, 1851 |
Caves & forests | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Greater Asiatic yellow bat | Scotophilus heathii Horsfield, 1831 |
Forest & shrublands | LC IUCN
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Lesser Asiatic yellow bat | Scotophilus kuhlii Leach, 1821 |
Forest & shrublands | LC IUCN
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| Lesser bamboo bat | Tylonycteris pachypus Temminck C. J., 1840 |
Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Greater bamboo bat | Tylonycteris robustula Thomas, 1915 |
Caves & forests | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Family Rhinopomatidae: mouse-tailed bats | |||||
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Greater mouse-tailed bat | Rhinopoma microphyllum Brünnich, 1792 |
Caves & shrubland | LC IUCN
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| Family Miniopteridae | |||||
| Western bent-winged bat | Miniopterus magnater Sanborn, 1931 |
Caves & forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Small bent-winged bat | Miniopterus pusillus Dobson, 1876 |
Caves & forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Family Molossidae: free-tailed bats | |||||
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Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat | Chaerephon plicatus Buchanan, 1800 |
Caves, rocky areas, savanna & forests | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Family Emballonuridae | |||||
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Lesser sheath-tailed bat | Emballonura monticola Temminck, 1838 |
Caves & forest | LC IUCN
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Naked-rumped pouched bat | Saccolaimus saccolaimus Temminck, 1838 |
Caves, forest, & savanna | LC IUCN
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Long-winged tomb bat | Taphozous longimanus Hardwicke, 1825 |
Caves, rocky areas, savanna & forests | LC IUCN
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Black-bearded tomb bat | Taphozous melanopogon Temminck, 1841 |
Caves, rocky areas, shrubland & forests | LC IUCN
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Naked-rumped tomb bat | Taphozous nudiventris Cretzschmar, 1830 |
Forests & arid regions | LC IUCN
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Theobald's tomb bat | Taphozous theobaldi Dobson, 1872 |
Caves & forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Family Nycteridae: slit-faced bats | |||||
| Malayan slit-faced bat | Nycteris tragata K. Andersen, 1912 |
Caves & forest | NT IUCN
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| Family Megadermatidae: false vampire bats | |||||
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Greater false vampire bat | Lyroderma lyra E. Geoffroy, 1810 |
Caves, rocky areas & forests | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Lesser false vampire bat | Megaderma spasma Linnaeus, 1758 |
Caves, rocky areas & forests | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Family Rhinolophidae: horseshoe bats | |||||
| Acuminate horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus acuminatus Peters, 1871 |
Caves & forests | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Intermediate horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus affinis Horsfield, 1823 |
Caves & forests | LC IUCN
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| Croslet horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus coelophyllus Peters, 1867 |
Caves & forests | LC IUCN
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Blyth's horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus lepidus Blyth, 1844 |
Caves & forests | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Great woolly horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus luctus Temminck, 1835 |
Caves, rocky areas, & forests | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Big-eared horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus macrotis Blyth, 1844 |
Caves & forest | LC IUCN
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| Malayan horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus malayanus Bonhote, 1903 |
Caves & forests | LC IUCN
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| Marshall's horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus marshalli Thonglongya, 1973 |
Caves & forests | LC IUCN
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| Indo-Chinese Lesser Brown Horseshoe Bat | Rhinolophus microglobosus Csorba and Jenkins, 1998 |
Caves & forests | LC IUCN
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Pearson's horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus pearsonii Horsfield, 1851 |
Caves & forests | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Least horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus pusillus Temminck, 1834 |
Caves & forests | LC IUCN
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| Shamel's horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus shameli Tate, 1943 |
Caves & forests | LC IUCN
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| Shortridge's horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus shortridgei K. Andersen, 1918 |
Forest | DD IUCN Unknown |
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Chinese rufous horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus sinicus K. Andersen, 1905 |
Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Little Nepalese horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus subbadius Blyth, 1844 |
Caves & forests | LC IUCN
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| Thomas's horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus thomasi K. Andersen, 1905 |
Caves & forests | LC IUCN Unknown |
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Trefoil horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus trifoliatus Temminck, 1834 |
Forest | NT IUCN
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| Dobson's horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus yunanensis Dobson, 1872 |
Caves & forests | LC IUCN Unknown |
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| Family Hipposideridae: Old World leaf-nosed bats | |||||
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Stoliczka's trident bat | Aselliscus stoliczkanus Dobson, 1871 |
Caves & forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
|
|
East Asian tailless leaf-nosed bat | Coelops frithii Blyth, 1848 |
Caves & forest | NT IUCN
|
|
| House-dwelling leaf-nosed bat | Hipposideros einnaythu Douangboubpha, Bumrungsri, Satasook, Soisook, Bu, Aul, Harrison, Pearch, Thomas and Bates, 2011 |
Unknown | DD IUCN Unknown |
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Great roundleaf bat | Hipposideros armiger Hodgson, 1835 |
Caves & forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
|
|
Dusky leaf-nosed bat | Hipposideros ater Templeton, 1848 |
Forest around limestone | LC IUCN Unknown |
|
| Ashy roundleaf bat | Hipposideros cineraceus Blyth, 1853 |
Caves & forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
| |
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Diadem leaf-nosed bat | Hipposideros diadema É. Geoffroy, 1813 |
Caves, savanna, & forests | LC IUCN
|
|
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Cantor's roundleaf bat | Hipposideros galeritus Cantor, 1846 |
Caves & forests | LC IUCN Unknown |
|
| Grand roundleaf bat | Hipposideros grandis G.M. Allen, 1936 |
Unknown | LC IUCN Unknown |
| |
|
Indian roundleaf bat | Hipposideros lankadiva Kelaart, 1850 |
Caves & forests | LC IUCN Unknown |
|
|
Intermediate roundleaf bat | Hipposideros larvatus Horsfield, 1823 |
Caves & forests | LC IUCN Unknown |
|
| Shield-faced roundleaf bat | Hipposideros lylei Thomas, 1913 |
Caves & forest | LC IUCN
|
| |
| Family Craseonycteridae | |||||
|
Kitti's hog-nosed bat | Craseonycteris thonglongyai Hill, 1974 |
Karst near rivers; world's smallest bat | NT IUCN
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|
Order: Dermoptera (colugos)[edit]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name (authority) | Preferred habitat | IUCN status | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Cynocephalidae: flying lemurs | |||||
|
Sunda flying lemur | Galeopterus variegatus Audebert, 1799 |
Forest | LC IUCN
|
|
Order: Eulipotyphla (Hedgehogs, shrews, moles and relatives)[edit]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name (authority) | Preferred habitat | IUCN status | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs | |||||
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Moonrat | Echinosorex gymnura Raffles, 1822 |
Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
|
| Northern short-tailed gymnure | Hylomys peguensis Blyth, 1859 |
Forest & shrubland | |||
|
Shrew gymnure | Neotetracus sinensis Trouessart, 1909 |
Montane forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
|
| Family Soricidae: shrews | |||||
| Chinese mole shrew | Anourosorex squamipes Milne-Edwards, 1872 |
Montane forests | LC IUCN Unknown |
| |
| Burmese short-tailed shrew | Blarinella wardi Thomas, 1915 |
Montane forests | LC IUCN Unknown |
| |
| Himalayan water shrew | Chimarrogale himalayica Gray, 1842 |
Evergreen forests | LC IUCN Unknown |
| |
| Chinese water shrew | Chimarrogale styani de Winton, 1899 |
Montane environments | LC IUCN Unknown |
| |
| Lowe's shrew | Chodsigoa parca G. M. Allen, 1923 |
Montane forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
| |
| Asian gray shrew | Crocidura attenuata Milne-Edwards, 1872 |
Forest, shrubland, & grassland | LC IUCN Unknown |
| |
| Cranbrook's shrew | Crocidura cranbrooki |
Forest | DD IUCN Unknown |
| |
| Southeast Asian shrew | Crocidura fuliginosa Blyth, 1856 |
Forest, shrublands, grasslands & rocky areas | LC IUCN
|
| |
| Indochinese shrew | Crocidura indochinensis (Robinson and Kloss, 1922 |
Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
| |
|
Voracious shrew | Crocidura vorax Allen, 1923 |
Wide variety of habitats | LC IUCN Unknown |
|
| Hodgson's brown-toothed shrew | Episoriculus caudatus Horsfield, 1851 |
Montane forest & grassland | LC IUCN Unknown |
| |
| Long-tailed brown-toothed shrew | Episoriculus leucops Horsfield, 1855 |
Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
| |
| Long-tailed mountain shrew | Episoriculus macrurus Blanford, 1888 |
Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
| |
| Elegant water shrew | Nectogale elegans Milne-Edwards, 1870 |
Aquatic environments | LC IUCN Unknown |
| |
| Lesser striped shrew | Sorex bedfordiae Thomas, 1911 |
Montane forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
| |
| Himalayan shrew | Soriculus nigrescens Gray, 1842 |
Montane forest & rocky areas | LC IUCN Unknown |
| |
|
Etruscan shrew | Suncus etruscus Savi, 1822 |
Wide range of habitat | LC IUCN Unknown |
|
|
Asian house shrew | Suncus murinus Linnaeus, 1766 |
Widespread | LC IUCN
|
|
| Family Talpidae: moles | |||||
| Kloss's mole | Euroscaptor klossi Thomas, 1929 |
Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
| |
|
White-tailed mole | Parascaptor leucura Blyth, 1850 |
Montane forest & scrub-grassland | LC IUCN Unknown |
|
|
Long-tailed mole | Scaptonyx fusicauda Milne-Edwards, 1872 |
Montane forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
|
| Gracile shrew mole | Uropsilus gracilis Thomas, 1911 |
Montane forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
| |
Order: Lagomorpha (lagomorphs)[edit]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name (authority) | Preferred habitat | IUCN status | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Leporidae: rabbits, hares | |||||
|
Yunnan hare | Lepus peguensis Allen, 1927 |
Grassland | LC IUCN
|
|
|
Burmese hare | Lepus peguensis Thomas, 1923 |
Grasslands, shrublands, savanna, & forest | LC IUCN
|
|
| Forrest's pika | Ochotona forresti Blyth, 1855 |
Mountainous forest & shrubland | LC IUCN Unknown |
| |
| Moupin pika | Ochotona thibetana Milne-Edwards, 1871 |
Mountainous forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
| |
Order: Rodentia (rodents)[edit]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name (authority) | Preferred habitat | IUCN status | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Hystricidae: Old World porcupines | |||||
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Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine | Atherurus macrourus Linnaeus, 1758 |
Montane forest | LC IUCN
|
|
|
Malayan porcupine | Hystrix brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 |
Forest, shrubland, & grassland | LC IUCN
|
|
| Family Sciuridae: squirrels | |||||
|
Hairy-footed flying squirrel | Belomys pearsonii Gray, 1842 |
Dry deciduous forest | DD IUCN Unknown |
|
|
Grey-bellied squirrel | Callosciurus caniceps Gray, 1842 |
Forest & plantations | LC IUCN
|
|
|
Pallas's squirrel | Callosciurus erythraeus Pallas, 1779 |
Montane forest & scrubland | LC IUCN
|
|
|
Finlayson's squirrel | Callosciurus finlaysonii Horsfield, 1823 |
Forest, shrubland, & inland wetlands | LC IUCN
|
|
|
Phayre's squirrel | Callosciurus phayrei Blyth, 1855 |
Rainforest | LC IUCN Unknown |
|
|
Irrawaddy squirrel | Callosciurus pygerythrus I. Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 1832 |
Evergreen & semievergreen forest | LC IUCN
|
|
|
Anderson's squirrel | Callosciurus quinquestriatus Anderson, 1871 |
Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
|
|
Orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel | Dremomys lokriah Hodgson, 1836 |
Forest | LC IUCN
|
|
|
Perny's long-nosed squirrel | Dremomys pernyi Milne-Edwards, 1867 |
Forest | LC IUCN
|
|
|
Asian red-cheeked squirrel | Dremomys rufigenis Blanford, 1878 |
Forest & shrubland | LC IUCN
|
|
|
Particolored flying squirrel | Hylopetes alboniger Hodgson, 1836 |
Forest & shrubland | LC IUCN
|
|
| Indochinese flying squirrel | Hylopetes phayrei Blyth, 1859 |
Lower montane & mixed deciduous forests | LC IUCN
|
| |
| Red-cheeked flying squirrel | Hylopetes spadiceus Blyth, 1859 |
Forest & scrubland | LC IUCN Unknown |
| |
|
Berdmore's ground squirrel | Menetes berdmorei Blyth, 1849 |
Forest, shrubland, & grassland | LC IUCN
|
|
|
Spotted giant flying squirrel | Petaurista elegans Müller, 1840 |
Montane forest | LC IUCN
|
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Red giant flying squirrel | Petaurista petaurista Pallas, 1766 |
Forest | LC IUCN
|
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Indian giant flying squirrel | Petaurista philippensis Elliot, 1839 |
Forest | LC IUCN
|
|
| Temminck's flying squirrel | Petinomys setosus Temminck, 1844 |
Forest | VU IUCN
|
| |
|
Black giant squirrel | Ratufa bicolor Sparrman, 1778 |
Forest | NT IUCN
|
|
|
Himalayan striped squirrel | Tamiops mcclellandii Horsfield, 1840 |
Forest, shrubland, grassland, & inland wetlands | LC IUCN
|
|
|
Swinhoe's striped squirrel | Tamiops swinhoei Milne-Edwards, 1874 |
Wide variety of habitats | LC IUCN
|
|
| Family Spalacidae | |||||
|
Lesser bamboo rat | Cannomys badius Hodgson, 1841 |
Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
|
|
Hoary bamboo rat | Rhizomys pruinosus Blyth, 1851 |
Gorest & grassland | LC IUCN
|
|
|
Chinese bamboo rat | Rhizomys sinensis J. E. Gray, 1831 |
Montane forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
|
|
Large bamboo rat | Rhizomys sumatrensis Raffles, 1821 |
Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
|
| Family Cricetidae | |||||
| Kachin red-backed vole | Eothenomys cachinus Thomas, 1921 |
Montane forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
| |
|
Père David's vole | Eothenomys melanogaster Milne-Edwards, 1871 |
Forest, shrubland, & grassland | LC IUCN
|
|
| Clarke's vole | Microtus clarkei Hinton, 1923 |
Forest & alpine meadow | LC IUCN
|
| |
| Forrest's mountain vole | Neodon forresti Hinton, 1923 |
Alpine meadow | DD IUCN Unknown |
| |
| Family Muridae: (mice, rats, gerbils) | |||||
|
Striped field mouse | Apodemus agrarius Pallas, 1771 |
Wide range of habitats | LC IUCN
|
|
|
|
South China field mouse | Apodemus draco Barrett-Hamilton, 1900 |
Forest heath | LC IUCN
|
|
| Sichuan field mouse | Apodemus latronum Thomas, 1911 |
Alpine forest & meadow | LC IUCN Unknown |
| |
|
Lesser bandicoot rat | Bandicota bengalensis Gray, 1835 |
Primarily cropland | LC IUCN
|
|
|
Greater bandicoot rat | Bandicota indica Bechstein, 1800 |
Primarily cropland & cities | LC IUCN
|
|
| Savile's bandicoot rat | Bandicota savilei Thomas, 1916 |
Primarily cropland | LC IUCN
|
| |
| Small white-toothed rat | Berylmys berdmorei Blyth, 1851 |
Forest | LC IUCN
|
| |
|
Bower's white-toothed rat | Berylmys bowersi Anderson, 1879 |
Wide variety of habitats | LC IUCN
|
|
| Kenneth's white-toothed rat | Berylmys mackenziei Thomas, 1916 |
Montane forest | DD IUCN Unknown |
| |
| Manipur white-toothed rat | Berylmys manipulus Thomas, 1916 |
Forest, shrubland, & grassland | DD IUCN Unknown |
| |
| Fea's tree rat | Chiromyscus chiropus Thomas, 1891 |
Deciduous & evergreen forest | LC IUCN
|
| |
| Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse | Chiropodomys gliroides Blyth, 1856 |
Forest | LC IUCN
|
| |
| Crump's mouse | Diomys crumpi Thomas, 1917 |
Forest | DD IUCN Unknown |
| |
| Marmoset rat | Hapalomys longicaudatus Blyth, 1859 |
Evergreen lowland forest | EN IUCN
|
| |
| Edwards's long-tailed giant rat | Leopoldamys edwardsi Thomas, 1882 |
Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
| |
|
Red spiny rat | Maxomys surifer Miller, 1900 |
Forest | LC IUCN
|
|
| Miss Ryley's soft-furred rat | Millardia kathleenae Thomas, 1914 |
Scrubland | LC IUCN
|
| |
| Little Indian field mouse | Mus booduga Gray, 1837 |
Scrubland & cropland | LC IUCN
|
| |
| Ryukyu mouse | Mus caroli Bonhote, 1902 |
Shrubland & grassland | LC IUCN
|
| |
| Fawn-colored mouse | Mus cervicolor Hodgson, 1845 |
Forest, shrubland, & grassland | LC IUCN
|
| |
| Cook's mouse | Mus cookii Ryley, 1914 |
Forest | LC IUCN
|
| |
|
House mouse | Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758 |
Introduced; commensal with humans | LC IUCN
|
|
|
Gairdner's shrewmouse | Mus pahari Thomas, 1916 |
Forest | LC IUCN
|
|
| Shortridge's mouse | Mus shortridgei Thomas, 1914 |
Grassland & shrubland | LC IUCN
|
| |
| Brahma white-bellied rat | Niviventer brahma Thomas, 1914 |
Montane forest | LC IUCN
|
| |
| Chinese white-bellied rat | Niviventer confucianus Milne-Edwards, 1871 |
Forest and croplands | LC IUCN
|
| |
| Dark-tailed tree rat | Niviventer cremoriventer Miller, 1900 |
Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
| |
| Smoke-bellied rat | Niviventer eha Wroughton, 1916 |
Montane forest & shrubland | LC IUCN
|
| |
| Lang Bian white-bellied rat | Niviventer langbianis Robinson & Kloss, 1922 |
Evergreen forest | LC IUCN
|
| |
| Tenasserim white-bellied rat | Niviventer tenaster Thomas, 1916 |
Montane forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
| |
| Sikkim rat | Rattus andamanensis Blyth, 1860 |
Forest | LC IUCN
|
| |
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Polynesian rat | Rattus exulans Peale, 1848 |
Widespread | LC IUCN
|
|
| Himalayan field rat | Rattus nitidus (Hodgson, 1845) |
Introduced; forest and cropland | LC IUCN
|
| |
|
Brown rat | Rattus norvegicus Berkenhout, 1769 |
Introduced; Widespread in the presence of humans | LC IUCN
|
|
|
Black rat | Rattus rattus Linnaeus, 1758 |
Introduced; commensal with humans | LC IUCN
|
|
| Tanezumi rat | Rattus tanezumi Temminck, 1844 |
Forest, shrublands, & grasslands | LC IUCN
|
| |
| Müller's giant Sunda rat | Sundamys muelleri (Jentink, 1879) |
Forest | LC IUCN
|
| |
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Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse | Vandeleuria oleracea Bennett, 1832 |
Forest, shrublands, & grasslands | LC IUCN
|
|
| Red climbing mouse | Vernaya fulva G.M. Allen, 1927 |
Montane forest | LC IUCN Unknown |
| |
Order: Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)[edit]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name (authority) | Preferred habitat | IUCN status | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Dugongidae | |||||
|
Malayan tapir | Tapirus indicus Desmarest, 1819 |
Tropical moist forests | EN IUCN
|
|
Order: Pholidota (pangolins)[edit]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name (authority) | Preferred habitat | IUCN status | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Manidae | |||||
|
Sunda pangolin | Manis javanica Desmarest, 1822 |
Forest & shrubland | CR IUCN
|
|
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Chinese pangolin | Manis pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758 |
Forest, grassland, & shrubland | CR IUCN
|
|
Order: Primates[edit]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name (authority) | Preferred habitat | IUCN status | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Lorisidae: lorises, bushbabies | |||||
|
Bengal slow loris | Nycticebus bengalensis Lacépède, 1800 |
Forest | EN IUCN
|
|
| Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys | |||||
|
Stump-tailed macaque | Macaca arctoides I. Geoffroy, 1831 |
Forest | VU IUCN
|
|
|
Assam macaque | Macaca assamensis McClelland, 1840 |
Forest | NT IUCN
|
|
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Crab-eating macaque | Macaca fascicularis Raffles, 1821 |
Forest, wetlands, & intertidal marine zone | EN IUCN
|
|
|
Northern pig-tailed macaque | Macaca leonina Blyth, 1863 |
Forest | VU IUCN
|
|
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Rhesus macaque | Macaca mulatta Zimmermann, 1780 |
Widespread, including around humans | LC IUCN Unknown |
|
|
Robinson's banded langur | Presbytis robinsoni Thomas, 1910 |
Lowland rainforest | NT IUCN
|
|
|
Myanmar snub-nosed monkey | Rhinopithecus strykeri Geissmann et al., 2010 |
Montane forest | CR IUCN
|
|
| Tenasserim lutung | Trachypithecus barbei Blyth, 1847 |
Evergreen forest | VU IUCN
|
| |
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Indochinese grey langur | Trachypithecus crepusculus Elliot, 1909 |
Forest & limestone karst | EN IUCN
|
|
| Shan State langur | Trachypithecus melamera Elliot, 1909 |
Described in 2020; not yet assessed by IUCN | |||
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Dusky leaf monkey | Trachypithecus obscurus Reid, 1837 |
Forest & around humans | EN IUCN
|
|
|
Phayre's leaf monkey | Trachypithecus phayrei Blyth, 1847 |
Forest | EN IUCN
|
|
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Capped langur | Trachypithecus pileatus Blyth, 1847 |
Forest | VU IUCN
|
|
| Popa langur | Trachypithecus popa Roos et al., 2020 |
Forest | CR IUCN
|
| |
|
Shortridge's langur | Trachypithecus shortridgei Shortridge's Langur area.png |
Evergreen & semi-evergreen forest | EN IUCN
|
|
| Family Hylobatidae: gibbons | |||||
|
Western hoolock gibbon | Hoolock hoolock Harlan, 1834 |
Forest | EN IUCN
|
|
|
Eastern hoolock gibbon | Hoolock leuconedys Groves, 1967 |
Forest | VU IUCN
|
|
| Skywalker hoolock gibbon | Hoolock tianxing Fan et al., 2017 |
Forest | EN IUCN
|
| |
|
Lar gibbon | Hylobates lar Linnaeus, 1771 |
Evergreen & semi-evergreen forest | EN IUCN
|
|
| Family Hominidae: great apes | |||||
|
Human | Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 |
Widespread | LC
|
|
Order: Proboscidea (elephants)[edit]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name (authority) | Preferred habitat | IUCN status | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Elephantidae: elephants | |||||
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Asian elephant | Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758 |
Forest, shrubland, grassland | EN IUCN
|
|
Order: Scandentia (treeshrews)[edit]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name (authority) | Preferred habitat | IUCN status | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Tupaiidae: treeshrews | |||||
|
Northern treeshrew | Tupaia belangeri Wagner, 1841 |
Forest & shrubland | LC IUCN
|
|
Order: Sirenia (manatees and dugongs)[edit]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name (authority) | Preferred habitat | IUCN status | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Dugongidae | |||||
|
Dugong | Dugong dugon Müller, 1776 |
Neritic & intertidal marine zones | VU IUCN
|
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- "Animal Diversity Web". University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 1995–2006. Retrieved 22 May 2007.
