List of mammals of Kerala

This is a list of mammal species found in Kerala, India.

Genus: Bos

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Species: Nilgiritragus hylocrius (Nilgiri tahr / വരയാട്)
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Species: Tetracerus quadricornis (four-horned antelope / ഉല്ലമാൻ)
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Genus: Axis

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Species: Muntiacus muntjak (Indian muntjac / കേഴമാൻ)
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Genus: Rusa

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Species: Rusa unicolor (sambar deer / മ്ലാവ്)
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Family: Suidae

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Genus: Sus

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Species: Sus scrofa cristatus (Indian boar / കാട്ടുപന്നി)
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Species: Canis aureus naria (Sri Lankan jackal / കുറുനരി )
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Genus: Cuon

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Species: Cuon alpinus (dhole / ചെന്നായ)
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Species: Vulpes bengalensis (Bengal fox / കുറുക്കൻ)
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Species: Panthera tigris tigris (Bengal tiger / ബംഗാൾ കടുവ)
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Species: Prionailurus bengalensis (leopard cat / പൂച്ചപ്പുലി)
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Genus: Urva

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Species: Martes gwatkinsii (Nilgiri marten / മരനായ)
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Species: Melursus ursinus (sloth bear / തേൻകരടി)
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Species: Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Asian palm civet / മരപ്പട്ടി)
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Species: Viverricula indica (small Indian civet / പൂവെരുക്)
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Species: Balaenoptera acutorostrata (common minke whale / ചെറുതിമിംഗലം)
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Species: Delphinus capensis (long-beaked common dolphin)
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Species: Grampus griseus (Risso's dolphin)
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Species: Sousa chinensis (Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphin)
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Species: Stenella coeruleoalba (striped dolphin / വരയൻ ഡോൾഫിൻ)
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Species: Stenella longirostris (spinner dolphin)
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Species: Tursiops aduncus (Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin)
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Species: Kogia sima (dwarf sperm whale)
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Species: Neophocaena phocaenoides (finless porpoise / എലിയനേടി)
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Species: Indopacetus pacificus (tropical bottlenose whale)
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Species: Mesoplodon hotaula (Deraniyagala's beaked whale)
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Species: Taphozous longimanus (long-winged tomb bat)
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Species: Hipposideros ater (dusky leaf-nosed bat)
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Species: Megaderma lyra (greater false vampire bat)
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Species: Tadarida aegyptiaca (Egyptian free-tailed bat)
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Species: Rhinolophus beddomei (lesser woolly horseshoe bat)
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Species: Rhinolophus lepidus (Blyth's horseshoe bat)
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Species: Rhinolophus pusillus (least horseshoe bat)
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Species: Rhinolophus rouxii (rufous horseshoe bat)
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Species: Falsistrellus affinis (chocolate pipistrelle)
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Species: Harpiocephalus harpia (lesser hairy-winged bat)
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Species: Myotis horsfieldii (Horsfield's bat)
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Species: Myotis montivagus (Burmese whiskered bat)
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Species: Scotozous dormeri (Dormer's bat)
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Species: Scotophilus heathii (greater Asiatic yellow bat)
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Species: Scotophilus kuhlii (lesser Asiatic yellow bat)
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Species: Tylonycteris pachypus (lesser bamboo bat)
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Species: Suncus dayi (Etruscan shrew)
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Species: Suncus niger (Indian highland shrew)
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Species: Lepus nigricollis (Indian hare / കാട്ടുമുയൽ)
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Species: Elephas maximus indicus (Indian elephant / ഇന്ത്യൻ ആന)
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Genus: Mus

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Species: Rattus norvegicus (brown rat / തവിടൻ എലി)
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Species: Rattus ranjiniae (Kerala rat / നെല്ലെലി)
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Species: Platacanthomys lasiurus (Malabar spiny dormouse / മുള്ളെലി)
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Species: Petaurista philippensis (Indian giant flying squirrel / പാറാൻ)
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Species: Dugong dugon (dugong / കടൽപ്പശു)
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References

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  • Nameer, P. O. (2015). "A checklist of mammals of Kerala, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 7 (13): 7971–7982. doi:10.11609/JoTT.2000.7.13.7971-7982
  • Nameer, P. O. (2016). "Checklist of Marine Mammals of Kerala". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 8 (1): 8417–8420. doi:10.11609/jott.2497.8.1.8417-8420
  • Kumarran, R. P. (2012). "Cetaceans and cetacean research in India". Journal of Cetacean Research and Management. 12 (2): 159–172.