List of mammals of Myanmar

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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Myanmar.

Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates & cetaceans)

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Image Common name Scientific name
Authority
Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Bovidae: cattle, antelope, sheep, goats
  Gaur Bos gaurus
Smith, 1827
Forest, grassland, shrubland, & savanna VU IUCN
 
 
  Banteng Bos javanicus
d'Alton, 1823
Forest & grassland EN IUCN
 
 
  Wild water buffalo Bubalus arnee
Kerr, 1792
Wetlands, grasslands, and riparian forests EN IUCN
 
 
  Takin Budorcas taxicolor
Hodgson, 1850
Forest, shrubland, & grassland VU IUCN
 
 
  Red serow Capricornis rubidus
Blyth, 1863
Rocky areas & montane forest VU IUCN
 
 
  Mainland serow Capricornis sumatraensis
Bechstein, 1799
Forested mountain slopes VU IUCN
 
 
  Red goral Naemorhedus baileyi
Pocock, 1914
Forest and rocky areas, 2000-4500 m VU IUCN
 
 
  Chinese goral Naemorhedus griseus
A. Milne-Edwards, 1871
 
  Bharal Pseudois nayaur
Hodgson, 1833
High mountains LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Family Moschidae: musk deer
  Black musk deer Moschus fuscus
Li, 1981
Near the tree line in high mountains EN IUCN
 
 
Family Cervidae: deer
  Fea's muntjac Muntiacus feae
Kerr, 1792
Evergreen forest DD IUCN
Unknown
 
Gongshan muntjac Muntiacus gongshanensis
Ma, 1990
High mountains DD IUCN
 
 
Leaf muntjac Muntiacus putaoensis
Amato, Egan & Rabinowitz, 1999
Forest DD IUCN
 
 
  Indian muntjac Muntiacus vaginalis
Zimmermann, 1780
Wide variety of forests & scrublands LC IUCN
 
 
  Eld's deer Rucervus eldii
McClelland, 1842
Grasslands EN IUCN
 
 
  Sambar deer Rusa unicolor
Kerr, 1792
Wide variety of forest & savanna VU IUCN
 
 
Family Suidae: pigs
  Wild boar Sus scrofa
Linnaeus, 1758
Wide variety of habitats LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Family Tragulidae: mouse-deer
  Lesser mouse-deer Tragulus kanchil
Raffles, 1821
Lowland forests LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Greater mouse-deer Tragulus napu
F. Cuvier, 1822
Lowland forests LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Family Balaenopteridae: rorquals
  Common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Lacépède, 1804
Neritic & oceanic marine zones LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Anderson, 1879
Neritic & oceanic marine zones LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus
Linnaeus, 1758
Neritic & oceanic marine zones EN IUCN
 
 
  Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus
Linnaeus, 1758
Neritic & oceanic marine zones VU IUCN
 
 
  Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
Borowski, 1781
Neritic & oceanic marine zones LC IUCN
 
 
Family Phocoenidae: porpoises
  Indo-Pacific finless porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides
G. Cuvier, 1829
Coastal waters VU IUCN
 
 
Family Delphinidae: marine dolphins
  Common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Linnaeus, 1758
Neritic & oceanic marine zones LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata
J. E. Gray, 1874
Oceanic marine zone LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Gray, 1846
Oceanic marine zone LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
G. Cuvier, 1812
Oceanic marine zone LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Fraser's dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei
Fraser, 1956
Neritic & oceanic marine zones LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Irrawaddy dolphin Orcaella brevirostris
Owen in Gray, 1866
Coastal waters & rivers EN IUCN
 
 
  Orca Orcinus orca
Linnaeus, 1758
Neritic & oceanic marine zones DD IUCN
Unknown
 
  Melon-headed whale Peponocephala electra
Gray, 1846
Oceanic marine zone LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens
Owen, 1846
Neritic & oceanic marine zones NT IUCN
Unknown
 
  Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin Sousa chinensis
Osbeck, 1765
Coastal waters VU IUCN
 
 
  Pantropical spotted dolphin Stenella attenuata
Gray, 1846
Neritic & oceanic marine zones LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Meyen, 1833
Neritic & oceanic marine zones LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Spinner dolphin Stenella longirostris
Gray, 1828
Neritic & oceanic marine zones LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828
Neritic & oceanic marine zones LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Montagu, 1821
Coastal, neritic & oceanic marine zones LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin Tursiops aduncus
Ehrenberg, 1833
Neritic & oceanic marine zones NT IUCN
Unknown
 
Family Physeteridae
  Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Linnaeus, 1758
Neritic & oceanic marine zones VU IUCN
Unknown
 
Family Kogiidae
Pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps
Blainville, 1838
Oceanic marine zone LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima
Owen, 1866
Oceanic marine zone LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Family Ziphidae
  Tropical bottlenose whale Indopacetus pacificus
Longman, 1926
Oceanic marine zone LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Blainville, 1817
Oceanic marine zone LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale Mesoplodon ginkgodens
Nishiwaki and Kamiya, 1958
Oceanic marine zone DD IUCN
Unknown
 
  Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
Cuvier, 1823
Oceanic marine zone LC IUCN
Unknown
 

Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)

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Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Felidae: cats
  Asian golden cat Catopuma temminckii
Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
Forest, savanna, shrubland, & grassland NT IUCN
 
 
  Jungle cat Felis chaus
Schreber, 1777
Particularly around wetlands LC IUCN
 
 
  Clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa
Griffith, 1821
Forest & shrubland VU IUCN
 
 
  Leopard Panthera pardus
Linnaeus, 1758
Wide range of habitats VU IUCN
 
 
  Tiger Panthera tigris
Linnaeus, 1758
Generalists but especially forests EN IUCN
 
 
  Marbled cat Pardofelis marmorata
Martin, 1836
Forest NT IUCN
 
 
  Leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis
Kerr, 1792
Forest, shrublands, & grasslands LC IUCN
 
 
  Fishing cat Prionailurus viverrinus
Bennett, 1833
Marshlands & near waterbodies VU IUCN
 
 
Family Viverridae
  Binturong Arctictis binturong
Raffles, 1822
Forest (arboreal) VU IUCN
 
 
  Small-toothed palm civet Arctogalidia trivirgata
Gray, 1832
Evergreen & semi-evergreen forest LC IUCN
 
 
  Banded palm civet Hemigalus derbyanus
Gray, 1837
Forest NT IUCN
 
 
  Masked palm civet Paguma larvata
Smith, 1827
Mainly evergreen and semi-evergreen forest LC IUCN
 
 
  Asian palm civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
Pallas, 1777
Wide range of forest, plantation, and urban environments LC IUCN
 
 
  Large-spotted civet Viverra megaspila
Blyth, 1862
Lowland forest EN IUCN
 
 
  Large Indian civet Viverra zibetha
Linnaeus, 1758
Forests & shrublands LC IUCN
 
 
  Small Indian civet Viverricula indica
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803
Wide range of forests & wetlands LC IUCN
 
 
Family Prionodontidae: linsangs
  Banded linsang Prionodon linsang
Hardwicke, 1821
Evergreen forest LC IUCN
 
 
  Spotted linsang Prionodon pardicolor
Hodgson, 1842
Forest, shrubland, and grassland LC IUCN
 
 
Family Herpestidae: mongooses
  Small Indian mongoose Urva auropunctata
Hodgson, 1836
Forest & scrublands LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Javan mongoose Urva javanica
É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818
Widespread in lowlands, including anthropogenic habitats LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Crab-eating Mongoose Urva urva
Hodgson, 1836
Widespread LC IUCN
 
 
Family Ailuridae
  Red panda Ailurus fulgens
F. Cuvier, 1825
Montane forests EN IUCN
 
 
Family Canidae: dogs, foxes
  Dhole Cuon alpinus
Pallas, 1811
Forest, shrubland, & grassland EN IUCN
 
 
  Golden jackal Canis aureus
Linnaeus, 1758
Wide variety, especially lowland deciduous dipterocarp forest LC IUCN
 
 
  Wolf Canis lupus
Linnaeus, 1758
Far north of country LC IUCN
 
 
  Red fox Vulpes vulpes
Linnaeus, 1758
Wide variety of habitats LC IUCN
 
 
Family Ursidae: bears
  Sun bear Helarctos malayanus
Raffles, 1821
Forest & shrubland VU IUCN
 
 
  Asian black bear Ursus thibetanus
G. Cuvier, 1823
Forest & shrubland VU IUCN
 
 
Family Mustelidae: mustelids
  Asian small-clawed otter Aonyx cinereus
Illiger, 1815
Wetland systems VU IUCN
 
 
  Greater hog badger Arctonyx collaris
Cuvier, 1825
Mainly forest VU IUCN
 
 
  Eurasian otter Lutra lutra
Linnaeus, 1758
Wide range of aquatic habitats NT IUCN
 
 
  Hairy-nosed otter Lutra sumatrana
Gray, 1865
Wide range of aquatic habitats EN IUCN
 
 
  Smooth-coated otter Lutrogale perspicillata
Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 1826
Wide range of aquatic habitats, including flooded ricefields VU IUCN
 
 
  Yellow-throated marten Martes flavigula
Boddaert, 1785
Forests & shrublands LC IUCN
 
 
  Chinese ferret-badger Melogale moschata
Gray, 1831
Forests & cropland LC IUCN
 
 
  Burmese ferret-badger Melogale personata
I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1831
Forests, shrublands, & grasslands LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Yellow-bellied weasel Mustela kathiah
Hodgson, 1835
Rugged highlands LC IUCN
 
 
  Siberian weasel Mustela sibirica
Pallas, 1773
Rocky areas in far north LC IUCN
 
 
  Back-striped weasel Mustela strigidorsa
Gray, 1853
Mountainous evergreen forest LC IUCN
 
 

Order: Chiroptera (bats)

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Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Pteropodidae: flying foxes, Old World fruit bats
  Lesser short-nosed fruit bat Cynopterus brachyotis
Müller, 1838
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Greater short-nosed fruit bat Cynopterus sphinx
Vahl, 1797
Forest LC IUCN
 
 
  Cave nectar bat Eonycteris spelaea
Dobson, 1871
Caves & forest LC IUCN
 
 
  Long-tongued fruit bat Macroglossus sobrinus
K. Andersen, 1911
Forest LC IUCN
 
 
Andersen's flying fox Pteropus intermedius
K. Andersen, 1908
Known from two locations in Mon State DD IUCN
Unknown
 
  Small flying fox Pteropus hypomelanus
Temminck, 1853
Forest NT IUCN
 
 
  Indian flying fox Pteropus medius
Temminck, 1825
Forest LC IUCN
 
 
  Large flying fox Pteropus vampyrus
Linnaeus, 1758
Forest NT IUCN
 
 
  Geoffroy's rousette Rousettus amplexicaudatus
É. Geoffroy, 1810
Caves, rocky areas, & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Leschenault's rousette Rousettus leschenaultii
Desmarest, 1820
Caves & forests NT IUCN
 
 
Blanford's fruit bat Sphaerias blanfordi
Thomas, 1891
Bamboo forest LC IUCN
 
 
Family Vespertilionidae
Bronze sprite Arielulus circumdatus
Temminck, 1840
Montane forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Oriental serotine Eptesicus pachyomus
Tomes, 1857
Wide variety of habitats LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Thick-eared bat Eptesicus pachyotis
Dobson, 1871
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Disk-footed bat Eudiscopus denticulus
Conisbee, 1953
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Common thick-thumbed bat Glischropus tylopus
Dobson, 1875
Forest LC IUCN
 
 
  Lesser hairy-winged bat Harpiocephalus harpia
Temminck C. J., 1840
Forest LC IUCN
 
 
Blanford's bat Hesperoptenus blanfordi
Dobson, 1877
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Tickell's bat Hesperoptenus tickelli
Blyth, 1851
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Chocolate pipistrelle Hypsugo affinis
Dobson, 1871
Forest near humans LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Cadorna's pipistrelle Hypsugo cadornae
Thomas, 1916
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Long-toothed pipistrelle Hypsugo dolichodon
Görföl et al., 2014
Caves & forests DD IUCN
Unknown
 
Burma pipistrelle Hypsugo lophurus
Thomas, 1915
Only known from one grassland location in Tanintharyi; not reported since 1915 DD IUCN
Unknown
 
Chinese pipistrelle Hypsugo pulveratus
Peters, 1870
Limestone forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Great evening bat Ia io
Thomas, 1902
Forest NT IUCN
 
 
Flat-skulled woolly bat Kerivoula depressa
Evergreen forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Dark woolly bat Kerivoula furva
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Hairy-faced bat Kerivoula hardwickii
Dobson, 1871
Evergreen forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Kachin woolly bat Kerivoula kachinensis
Bates, Struebig, Rossiter, Kingston, Sia Sein Lein Oo & Khin Mya Mya, 2004
Forest LC IUCN
 
 
  Painted bat Kerivoula picta
Pallas, 1767
Wide variety of habitats NT IUCN
 
 
Titania's woolly bat Kerivoula titania
Bates, Struebig, Hayes, Furey, Mya Mya, Thong, Tien, Son, Harrison, Francis & Csorba, 2007
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Joffre's bat Mirostrellus joffrei
Thomas, 1915
Forest DD IUCN
Unknown
 
  Round-eared tube-nosed bat Murina cyclotis
Dobson, 1871
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Fea's tube-nosed bat Murina feae
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Harrison's tube-nosed bat Murina harrisoni
Csorba & Bates 2005
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Hutton's tube-nosed bat Murina huttoni
Peters, 1872
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Jaintia tube-nosed bat Murina jaintiana
Found in the Chin Hills; much ambiguity about range & habitat DD IUCN
Unknown
Large myotis Myotis chinensis
Tomes, 1857
Caves & forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Lesser large-footed bat Myotis hasseltii
Temminck, 1840
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Horsfield's bat Myotis horsfieldii
Temminck, 1840
Caves & forest LC IUCN
 
 
  Burmese whiskered myotis Myotis montivagus
Dobson, 1874
Caves & forest DD IUCN
 
 
  Wall-roosting mouse-eared bat Myotis muricola
Gray, 1846
Caves & forests LC IUCN
 
 
Himalayan whiskered bat Myotis siligorensis
Horsfield, 1855
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Japanese house bat Pipistrellus abramus
Temminck, 1840
Wide range of habitats LC IUCN
 
 
Kelaart's pipistrelle Pipistrellus ceylonicus
Kelaart, 1852
Caves & forest LC IUCN
 
 
Indian pipistrelle Pipistrellus coromandra
Gray, 1838
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Java pipistrelle Pipistrellus javanicus
Gray, 1838
Caves & forest LC IUCN
 
 
Mount Popa pipistrelle Pipistrellus paterculus
Thomas, 1915
Caves & forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Least pipistrelle Pipistrellus tenuis
Temminck C. J., 1840
Forest, shrubland, & grassland LC IUCN
 
  Harlequin bat Scotomanes ornatus
Blyth, 1851
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Greater Asiatic yellow bat Scotophilus heathii
Horsfield, 1831
Forest & shrublands LC IUCN
 
 
  Lesser Asiatic yellow bat Scotophilus kuhlii
Leach, 1821
Forest & shrublands LC IUCN
 
 
Lesser bamboo bat Tylonycteris pachypus
Temminck C. J., 1840
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Greater bamboo bat Tylonycteris robustula
Thomas, 1915
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Family Rhinopomatidae: mouse-tailed bats
  Greater mouse-tailed bat Rhinopoma microphyllum
Brünnich, 1792
Caves & shrubland LC IUCN
 
 
Family Miniopteridae
Western bent-winged bat Miniopterus magnater
Sanborn, 1931
Caves & forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Small bent-winged bat Miniopterus pusillus
Dobson, 1876
Caves & forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Family Molossidae: free-tailed bats
  Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat Chaerephon plicatus
Buchanan, 1800
Caves, rocky areas, savanna & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Family Emballonuridae
  Lesser sheath-tailed bat Emballonura monticola
Temminck, 1838
Caves & forest LC IUCN
 
 
  Naked-rumped pouched bat Saccolaimus saccolaimus
Temminck, 1838
Caves, forest, & savanna LC IUCN
 
 
  Long-winged tomb bat Taphozous longimanus
Hardwicke, 1825
Caves, rocky areas, savanna & forests LC IUCN
 
 
  Black-bearded tomb bat Taphozous melanopogon
Temminck, 1841
Caves, rocky areas, shrubland & forests LC IUCN
 
 
  Naked-rumped tomb bat Taphozous nudiventris
Cretzschmar, 1830
Forests & arid regions LC IUCN
 
 
  Theobald's tomb bat Taphozous theobaldi
Dobson, 1872
Caves & forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Family Nycteridae: slit-faced bats
Malayan slit-faced bat Nycteris tragata
K. Andersen, 1912
Caves & forest NT IUCN
 
 
Family Megadermatidae: false vampire bats
  Greater false vampire bat Lyroderma lyra
E. Geoffroy, 1810
Caves, rocky areas & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Lesser false vampire bat Megaderma spasma
Linnaeus, 1758
Caves, rocky areas & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Family Rhinolophidae: horseshoe bats
Acuminate horseshoe bat Rhinolophus acuminatus
Peters, 1871
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Intermediate horseshoe bat Rhinolophus affinis
Horsfield, 1823
Caves & forests LC IUCN
 
 
Croslet horseshoe bat Rhinolophus coelophyllus
Peters, 1867
Caves & forests LC IUCN
 
 
  Blyth's horseshoe bat Rhinolophus lepidus
Blyth, 1844
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Great woolly horseshoe bat Rhinolophus luctus
Temminck, 1835
Caves, rocky areas, & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Big-eared horseshoe bat Rhinolophus macrotis
Blyth, 1844
Caves & forest LC IUCN
 
 
Malayan horseshoe bat Rhinolophus malayanus
Bonhote, 1903
Caves & forests LC IUCN
 
 
Marshall's horseshoe bat Rhinolophus marshalli
Thonglongya, 1973
Caves & forests LC IUCN
 
 
Indo-Chinese lesser brown horseshoe bat Rhinolophus microglobosus
Csorba and Jenkins, 1998
Caves & forests LC IUCN
 
 
  Pearson's horseshoe bat Rhinolophus pearsonii
Horsfield, 1851
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Least horseshoe bat Rhinolophus pusillus
Temminck, 1834
Caves & forests LC IUCN
 
 
Shamel's horseshoe bat Rhinolophus shameli
Tate, 1943
Caves & forests LC IUCN
 
 
Shortridge's horseshoe bat Rhinolophus shortridgei
K. Andersen, 1918
Forest DD IUCN
Unknown
 
  Chinese rufous horseshoe bat Rhinolophus sinicus
K. Andersen, 1905
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Little Nepalese horseshoe bat Rhinolophus subbadius
Blyth, 1844
Caves & forests LC IUCN
 
 
Thomas's horseshoe bat Rhinolophus thomasi
K. Andersen, 1905
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Trefoil horseshoe bat Rhinolophus trifoliatus
Temminck, 1834
Forest NT IUCN
 
 
Dobson's horseshoe bat Rhinolophus yunanensis
Dobson, 1872
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Family Hipposideridae: Old World leaf-nosed bats
  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
 
  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
 
  Diadem leaf-nosed bat Hipposideros diadema
É. Geoffroy, 1813
Caves, savanna, & forests LC IUCN
 
 
  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
 
 

Order: Dermoptera (colugos)

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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)

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Image Common name Scientific name
Authority
Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs
  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)

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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)

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Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Hystricidae: Old World porcupines
  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
 
 
  Red giant flying squirrel Petaurista petaurista
Pallas, 1766
Forest LC IUCN
 
 
  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
 
 
  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
 
 
  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)

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Family Dugongidae
  Malayan tapir Tapirus indicus
Desmarest, 1819
Tropical moist forests EN IUCN
 
 


Order: Pholidota (pangolins)

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Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Manidae
  Sunda pangolin Manis javanica
Desmarest, 1822
Forest & shrubland CR IUCN
 
 
  Chinese pangolin Manis pentadactyla
Linnaeus, 1758
Forest, grassland, & shrubland CR IUCN
 
 
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
 
 
  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
 
 
  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
 
 
  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
  Dusky leaf monkey Trachypithecus obscurus
Reid, 1837
Forest & around humans EN IUCN
 
 
  Phayre's leaf monkey Trachypithecus phayrei
Blyth, 1847
Forest EN IUCN
 
 
  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)

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Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Elephantidae: elephants
  Asian elephant Elephas maximus
Linnaeus, 1758
Forest, shrubland, grassland EN IUCN
 
 

Order: Scandentia (treeshrews)

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Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Tupaiidae: treeshrews
  Northern treeshrew Tupaia belangeri
Wagner, 1841
Forest & shrubland LC IUCN
 
 

Order: Sirenia (manatees and dugongs)

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Authority
Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Dugongidae
  Dugong Dugong dugon
Müller, 1776
Neritic & intertidal marine zones VU IUCN
 
 

See also

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References

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  • "Animal Diversity Web". University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 1995–2006. Retrieved 22 May 2007.