List Of Mammals Of India - Indian Animals List

This is a list of mammals found in India. The taxonomic order is based on Wilson and Reeder (1993) and this list is largely based on Nameer (2000)

The mammals of India ranges in size from the Eurasian pygmy shrew (Sorex minutus) to the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). Many of the carnivores and larger mammals are restricted in their distribution to forests in protected areas, while others live within the cities in the close proximity of humans.

Some species are common to the point of being considered vermin while others are exceedingly rare. Many species are known from just a few specimens in museums collected in the 19th and 20th centuries. These enigmatic species include nocturnal small mammals such as the Malabar civet (Viverra megaspila). 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), fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus), Malabar large-spotted civet (Viverra civettina) and Himalayan wolf (Canis himalayensis) are some of the most endangered species of carnivore. Two species of rhinoceros are extinct within the Indian region but the remaining species has its last stronghold within India. The Asiatic cheetah has officially gone extinct in India in the 1950s.

Order: Insectivora

Family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs

Longeared desert hedgehog (Hemiechinus collaris) (Gray, 1830)
Brandt's hedgehog (Hemiechinus hypomelas)
Indian pale hedgehog Paraechinus micropus (Blyth (1846)
Madras hedgehog Paraechinus micropus nudiventris (Horsfield, 1851) (endemic)

Family Talpidae: moles

White-tailed mole Parascaptor leucura (Blyth, 1850)
Himalayan mole Euroscaptor micrura (Hodgson, 1841)

Family Soricidae: shrews

Soricinae

Mole shrew Anourosorex squamipes Milne-Edwards, 1872
Himalayan water shrew (Chimarrogale himalayica) (Gray, 1842)
Sikkim (Tibetan, elegant) water shrew Nectogale elegans Milne-Edwards, 1870
Eurasian pygmy shrew (Sorex minutus) Linnaeus, 1766
Flat-headed (Kashmir) shrew (Sorex planiceps) Miller, 1911
Asiatic shrew/Hodgson's brown-toothed shrew (Soriculus caudatus) (Horsfield, 1851)
Indian long-tailed shrew (Soriculus leucops) (Horsfield, 1851)
Small long-tailed shrew/Arboreal brown-toothed shrew (Soriculus macrurus) Blanford, 1888
Sikkim large-clawed shrew (Soriculus nigrescens) (Gray, 1842)

Crocidurinae

White-toothed Andaman shrew (Crocidura andamanensis) Miller,1902
Grey shrew (Crocidura attenuata) Milne-Edwards, 1872
Southeast Asian white-toothed shrew (Crocidura fuliginosa) (Blyth, 1856)
Horsfield's shrew (Crocidura horsfieldii) (Tomes,1856)
Andaman spiny shrew (Crocidura hispida) Thomas, 1913
Jenkin's shrew (Crocidura jenkinsi) Chakraborthy,1978
Bicoloured white-toothed shrew Crocidura leucodon (Zimmermann, 1780)
Nicobar shrew (Crocidura nicobarica) Miller, 1902
Pale grey shrew Crocidura pergrisea Miller, 1913
Kashmir white-toothed shrew Crocidura pullata Miller, 1911
Kelaart's long-clawed shrew Feroculus feroculus (Kelaart, 1850)
Musk shrew (Suncus dayi) (Dobson, 1888) (endemic)
Savi's pygmy shrew (Suncus etruscus) (Savi, 1822)
House shrew/musk shrew (Suncus murinus) (Linnaeus, 1766)
Anderson's shrew/yellowthroated shrew (Suncus stoliczkanus) (Anderson, 1877)

Order: Scandentia

Family Tupaiidae: treeshrews

Tupaiinae

Indian treeshrew (Anathana ellioti) (Waterhouse, 1850)
Northern treeshrew (Tupaia belangeri) (Wagner, 1841)
Nicobar treeshrew (Tupaia nicobarica) (Zelebor,1869)

Order: Chiroptera: bats

Family Pteropodidae: fruit bats

Malaysian fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) (Muller,1838)
Short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus sphinx) (Vahl,1797)
Lesser dawn bat (Eonycteris spelaea) (Dobson, 1871)
Salim Ali's fruit bat (Latidens salimalii) Thonglongya, 1972
Greater long-tongued fruit bat (Macroglossus sobrinus) K.Anderson, 1911
Niphan's tailless fruit bat (Megaerops niphanae) Yenbutra and Felten, 1983
Nicobar/Erabu flying fox (Pteropus faunulus) Miller,1902
Indian flying fox (Pteropus giganteus) (Brunnich, 1782)
Variable flying fox (Pteropus hypomelanus) Temminck, 1853
Christmas Island flying fox (Pteropus melanotus) Blyth, 1863
Golden-capped fruit bat (Pteropus vampyrus) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus egyptiacus) (Geoffroy, 1810) a.k.a. Egyptian rousette
Fulvous fruit bat (Rousettus leschenaulti) (Desmarest, 1820) a.k.a. Leschenault's rousette
Mountain fruit bat (Sphaerias blanfordi) (Thomas, 1891)

Family Rhinopomatidae: mouse-tailed bats

Small mouse-tailed bat (Rhinopoma hardwickii ) Gray, 1831
Mouse-tailed bat (Rhinopoma microphyllum) (Brunnich, 1782)

Family Emballonuridae: sheath-tailed bats

Long-armed sheath-tailed bat (Taphozous longimanus) Hardwicke, 1825
Black-bearded sheath-tailed bat (Taphozous melanopogon ) Temminck, 1841
Naked-rumped tomb bat (Taphozous nudiventris ) Cretzschmar, 1830
Tomb bat/Egyptian tomb bat (Taphozous perforatus ) E. Geoffroy, 1818
Sheath-tailed bat (Taphozous saccolaimus ) (Temminck, 1838)
Theobald's tomb bat (Taphozous theobaldi) Dobson, 1872

Family Megadermatidae: false vampire bats

Indian false vampire bat (Megaderma lyra) E. Geoffroy, 1810
Asian false vampire bat (Megaderma spasma) (Linnaeus, 1758)

Family Rhinolophidae: horseshoe bats

Intermediate horseshoe bat/acuminate horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus affinis) Horsfield, 1823
Kindred horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus cognatus) K. Andersen, 1906
Greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) (Schreber, 1774)
Lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) (Bechstein, 1800)
Blyth's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus lepidus) Blyth, 1844
Great Indian horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus luctus) Temminck, 1835
Mitred horseshoe bat Rhinolophus mitratus Blyth, 1844 (endemic to Bihar)
Horsfield's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus pearsonii) Horsfield, 1851
Least horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus pusillus ) Temminck, 1834
Rufous horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus rouxi) Temminck, 1835
Chestnut horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus subbadius) Blyth, 1844
Trefoil horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus trifoliatus) Temminck, 1834
Dobson's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus yunanensis) Dobson, 1872

Family Hipposideridae: leaf-nosed bats

Tailless leaf-nosed bat (Coelops frithii) Blyth, 1848
Great Himalayan leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros armiger) (Hodgson, 1835)
Dusky leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros ater) Templeton, 1848
Least round-leaf horse-shoe bat (Hipposideros cineraceus) Blyth, 1853 = Old World leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros durgadasi) Corbet and Hill (1992)
Large Malayan leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros diadema) E.Geoffroy, 1813
Fulvous leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros fulvus) Gray, 1838
Common round-leaf horse-shoe bat (Hipposideros galeritus) Cantor, 1846
Great Ceylon leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros lankadiva) Kelaart, 1850
Intermediate round-leaf bat (Hipposideros larvatus) (Horsfield, 1823)
Round-leaf bat (Hipposideros pomona) K. Andersen, 1918
Split round-leaf bat/Bellary leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros schistaceus) K. Andersen, 1918
Schneider's round-leaf bat (Hipposideros speoris) (Schneider, 1800)

Family Vespertilionidae: evening bats

Asian/eastern barbestelle bat (Barbastella leucomelas) (Cretzschmar, 1830)
Bobinskii's serotine Eptesicus nilssoni (endemic) (Kashmir) (Keyserling and Blasius, 1839) = Northern serotine bat (Eptesicus gobiensis) Corbet and Hill, (1992)
Dobson's bat (Eptesicus pachyotis) (Dobson, 1871)
Common serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus) (Schreber, 1774)
Tate's serotine bat (Eptesicus tatei) Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951
Tickell's bat (Hesperoptenus tickelli) (Blyth, 1851)
Blanford's bat (Hesperoptenus blanfordi)
Great evening bat (Ia io) Thomas, 1902
Hairy-faced bat (Myotis annectans) (Dobson, 1871)
Lesser mouse-eared bat (Myotis blythii) (Tomes, 1857)
Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii) (Kuhl, 1817)
Korean orange-whiskered bat (Myotis formosus) (Hodgson, 1835)
Large-footed bat (Myotis hasseltii) (Temminck, 1840)
Horsfield's myotis bat (Myotis horsfieldii) (Temminck, 1840)
Long-fingered bat (Myotis longipes) (Dobson, 1873)
Large brown myotis bat (Myotis montivagus) (Dobson, 1874)
Dark-whiskered bat (Myotis muricola) (Gray, 1846)
Whiskered bat (Myotis mystacinus) (Kuhl, 1817)
Peshwa bat (Myotis peshwa) (Thomas, 1915)
Ridley's bat (Myotis ridleyi)
Little brown bat (Myotis sicarius) Thomas, 1915
Small-toothed whiskered bat (Myotis siligorensis) (Horsfield, 1855)
Leisler's noctule/hairyarmed bat (Nyctalus leisleri) (Kuhl, 1817)
Medium-sized noctule (Nyctalus montanus) (Barrett-Hamilton, 1906)
Common noctule (Nyctalus noctula) (Schreber, 1774)
Hemprich's long-eared bat (Otonycteris hemprichii) Peters, 1859
Dormer's pipistrelle bat Pipistrellus dormeri (Dobson, 1875) =Dormer's bat (Scotozous dormeri)
Dobson's chocolate (brown) bat (Pipistrellus affinis) (Dobson, 1871)
Cadorna's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus cadornae) Thomas, 1916
Kelaart's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus ceylonicus) (Kelaart, 1852)
Indian pipistrelle (Pipistrellus coromandra) (Gray, 1838)
Himalayan pipistrelle (Pipistrellus javanicus) (Gray, 1838)
Kuhl's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus kuhlii) (Kuhl, 1817)
Thomas' pipistrelle (Pipistrellus paterculus) Thomas, 1915
Common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) (Schreber, 1774)
Savi's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus savii) (Bonaparte, 1837)
Least pipistrelle (Pipistrellus tenuis) (Temminck, 1840)
Brown longeared bat (Plecotus auritus) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Grey longeared bat (Plecotus austriacus) (J.Fischer, 1829)
Yellow desert bat (Scotoecus pallidus) (Dobson, 1876)
Harlequin bat (Scotomanes ornatus) (Dobson, 1871) (=S. emarginatus)
Common yellowbellied bat (Scotophilus heathii) (Horsfield, 1831)
Temminck's house bat/lesser house bat (Scotophilus kuhlii) Leach, 1821
Philippine bamboo bat (Tylonycteris pachypus) (Temminck, 1840)
Frosted bat/particolored bat (Vespertilio murinus) Linnaeus, 1758
Small bent-winged bat (Miniopterus pusillus) Dobson, 1876
Schreibers' long-fingered bat (Miniopterus schreibersii) (Kuhl, 1817)
Hairy-winged bat (Harpiocephalus harpia) Gray, 1842
Round-eared tube-nosed bat (Murina cyclotis) Dobson, 1872
Tube-nosed insectivorous bat (Murina grisea) Peters, 1872
Hutton's tube-nosed bat (Murina huttoni) (Peters, 1872)
Great tube-nosed bat/long-nosed goblin bat (Murina leucogaster) Milne-Edwards, 1872
Gilgit tube-nosed bat (Murina tubinaris) (Scully, 1881)
Little tube-nosed bat (Murina aurata)
Hardwicke's forest bat (Kerivoula hardwickii) (Horsfield, 1824)
Papillose woolly bat (Kerivoula papillosa) (Temminck, 1840)
Painted butterfly bat (Kerivoula picta) (Pallas, 1767)

Family Molossidae: free-tailed bats

Wroughton's free-tailed bat (Otomops wroughtoni) (Thomas, 1913)
Egyptian free-tailed bat (Tadarida aegyptiaca) (E. Geoffroy, 1818)
Wrinkled-lipped bat (Tadarida plicata) =Chaerephon plicata (Buchanan, 1800)
European free-tailed bat (Tadarida teniotis) (Rafinesque, 1814)

Order: Primates

Family Lorisidae: lorises

Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) (LacÃ©pÃ¨de, 1800)
Slender loris ("Loris lydekkerianus") (Ã‰. Geoffroy, 1796)

Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys

Stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides) (I. Geoffroy, 1831)
Assamese macaque (Macaca assamensis) (Mâ€™Clelland, 1840)
Nicobar long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis umbrosa)
Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) (Zimmermann, 1780)
Arunachal macaque (Macaca munzala) Sinha et al., 2004
Northern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina) (Blyth, 1863)
Bonnet macaque (Macaca radiata) (endemic) (E.Geoffroy, 1812)
Lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) (endemic) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common langurs (Semnopithecus spp.)
Nepal grey langur (Semnopithecus schistaceus)
Kashmir grey langur (Semnopithecus ajax)
Tarai grey langur (Semnopithecus hector)
Northern plains grey langur (Semnopithecus entellus) (Dufresne, 1797)
Black-footed grey langur (Semnopithecus hypoleucos)
Southern plains grey langur (Semnopithecus dussumieri)
Tufted grey langur (Semnopithecus priam)
Golden langur (Trachypithecus geei) Khajuria, 1956
Nilgiri langur (Trachypithecus johnii) (endemic) (J. Fischer, 1829)
Capped langur (Trachypithecus pileatus) (Blyth, 1843)
Phayre's leaf monkey (Trachypithecus phayrei) (Blyth, 1847)

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 (Harlan, 1834)
Eastern hoolock gibbon, Hoolock leuconedys (Groves, 1967)

Order: Carnivora: Carnivorans

Family Canidae: canines/dogs

Indian wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) (Sykes, 1831)
Himalayan wolf (Canis himalayensis)
Tibetan wolf (Canis lupus chanco) Gray, 1863
Indian jackal (Canis aureus indicus) (Hodgson, 1833)
Ussuri dhole (Cuon alpinus alpinus) (Pallas, 1811)
Indian fox (Vulpes bengalensis) (Shaw, 1800)
Blanford's fox (Vulpes cana) (Blanford, 1877)
Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tibetan sand fox (Vulpes ferrilata) (Hodgson, 1842)

Family Ursidae: bears

Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus) (Raffles, 1821)
Himalayan black bear (Ursus thibetanus laniger) (Pocock, 1932)
Himalayan brown bear (Ursus arctos isabellinus) (Horsfield, 1826
Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) (Shaw, 1791)

Family Ailuropodidae: pandas

Red panda (Ailurus fulgens) Cuvier, 1825

Family Mustelidae: Mustelids

Himalayan yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula) (Boddaert, 1785)
Beech marten (Martes foina) (Erxleben, 1777)
Nilgiri marten (Martes gwatkinsii) Horsfield, 1851
Pale weasel Mustela altaica Pallas, 1811
Yellow-bellied weasel (Mustela kathiah) Hodgson, 1835
Himalayan weasel (Mustela sibirica)
Ermine/stoat Mustela erminea ferghanae Linnaeus, 1758
Tibetan polecat Mustela putorius larvatus Linnaeus, 1758
Striped-backed weasel (Mustela strigidorsa) Gray, 1855
Ratel (Mellivora capensis) (Schreber, 1776)
Hog badger (Arctonyx collaris) Cuvier, 1825
Chinese ferret badger (Melogale moschata) (Gray, 1831)
Burmese ferret badger (Melogale personata) Geoffroy, 1831
Oriental small-clawed otter (Amblonyx cinereus) Illiger, 1815
Common otter (Lutra lutra) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Smooth Indian otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1826)

Family Viverridae: civets

Binturong (Arctitis binturong albifrons) (Raffles, 1821)
Small-toothed palm civet (Arctogalidia trivirgata) (Gray, 1832)
Himalayan palm civet (Paguma larvata) (Hamilton Smith, 1827)
Toddy cat (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) (Pallas, 1777)
Brown palm civet (Paradoxurus jerdoni) Blanford, 1885
Spotted linsang (Prionodon pardicolor) Hodgson, 1842
Malabar large-spotted civet (Viverra civettina) Blyth, 1862
Malabar civet (Viverra megaspila)
Large Indian civet (Viverra zibetha) Linnaeus, 1758
Small Indian civet (Viverricula indica) (Desmarest, 1804)

Family Herpestidae: mongooses

Common mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii) (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818)
Brown mongoose (Herpestes fuscus) Gray, 1837
Small Indian mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818)
Ruddy mongoose (Herpestes smithii) Gray, 1837
Crab-eating mongoose (Herpestes urva) (Hodgson, 1836)
Striped-necked mongoose (Herpestes vitticollis) Bennett, 1835
Indian marsh mongoose (Herpestes palustris) (endemic)

Family Hyaenidae: hyenas

Striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) (Linnaeus, 1758)

Family Felidae: felines/cats

Indian / Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) (Griffith, 1821)
Asian golden cat (Catopuma temminckii) (Vigors and Horsfield, 1827)
Asiatic caracal (Caracal caracal schmitzi) (Matschie, 1912)
Turkestan lynx (Lynx lynx isabellinus) (Blyth, 1847)
Asiatic wildcat (Felis silvestris ornata)
Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica) (Meyer, 1826)
Indian leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) (Meyer, 1794)
Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) (Schreber, 1775)
Marbled cat (Pardofelis marmorata) (Martin, 1837)
clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) (Griffith, 1821)
Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) Prater (1971)
Rusty spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus) (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1831)
Fishing cat (Felis viverrina) (Bennett, 1833)
Jungle cat (Felis chaus) Schreber, 1777
Pallas cat (Felis manul) (Pallas, 1776)

Order: Cetacea: whales, dolphins, and porpoises

Family Delphinidae

Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) Linnaeus, 1758
Pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) Gray, 1846
Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) (G.Cuvier, 1812)
Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) (Gray, 1866)
Orca (Orcinus orca) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Melon-headed whale (Peponocephala electra) (Gray, 1846)
False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) (Owen, 1846)
Pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata Gray, 1875
Humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) (Osbeck, 1765)
Spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) (Gray, 1828)
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus Ehrenberg, 1833)
Fraserâ€™s dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser, 1957
Pantropical spotted (bridled) dolphin Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846)
Striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833)
Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis (Lesson, 1828)

Family Platanistidae: river dolphins

Gangetic dolphin (Platanista gangetica)
Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica)
Indus river dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor)

Family Balaenoptridae

Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) LacÃ©pÃ¨de, 1804
Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) (Lesson, 1828)
Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) (Anderson, 1879)
Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) (Borowski, 1781)

Family Balaenidae

Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) (Desmoulins, 1822) (evidence unclear)

Family Ziphiidae

Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) (Blainville, 1817)
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville, 1817)
Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki and Kamiya, 1958

Family Phocoenidae

Pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) (Blainville, 1838)
Dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) (Owen, 1866)
Finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) (G. Cuvier, 1829)
Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Linnaeus, 1758

Order: Sirenia

Family Dugongidae

Dugong (Dugong dugon) (Muller, 1776)

Order: Proboscidea

Family Elephantidae: elephants

Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus)

Order: Perissodactyla: odd-toed ungulates

Family Equidae: horses

Kiang (Equus kiang) Moorcroft, 1841
Indian wild ass (Equus hemionus khur) Corbet and Hill (1992) (=Equus onager Boddaert, 1785)

Family Rhinocerotidae: rhinoceroses

Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)
Northern Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis lasiotis)
Indian Sunda rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis) (extinct within India)

Order: Artiodactyla: even-toed ungulates

Family Suidae: pigs

Pygmy hog (Porcula salvania) (Hodgson, 1847) Earlier Sus salvanius (Hodgson, 1847)
Indian boar (Sus scrofa cristatus) Wagner, 1839

Family Tragulidae: chevrotains

Indian spotted chevrotain (Moschiola indica) Gray, 1852 (The old name of Moschiola meminna is now used for the Sri Lankan species.)

Family Moschidae

Musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster) (Hodgson, 1839))
Black musk deer (Moschus fuscus) Li, 1981

Family Cervidae: deer

Cheetal/spotted deer (Axis axis) (Erxleben, 1777)
Hog deer (Axis porcinus) (Zimmermann, 1780)
Barasingha/swamp deer (Cervus duvauceli) G. Cuvier, 1823
Thamin, sangai or Manipur brow-antlered deer (Cervus eldii) McClelland, 1842
Sambar (Cervus unicolor) Kerr, 1792
Hangul (Cervus affinis hanglu) Linnaeus, 1758
Barking deer/munjtac (Muntiacus muntjak) (Zimmermann, 1780)
Leaf Muntjac (Muntiacus putaoensis)
Black muntjac (Muntiacus crinifrons)

Family Bovidae: bovids

Wild yak (Bos mutus) Przewalski, 1883
Gaur (Bos gaurus) Smith, 1827
Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) (Pallas, 1766)
Wild buffalo (Bubalus arnee) Kerr, 1792
Chinkara (Gazella bennettii) (Sykes, 1831)
Four-horned antelope/chausingha (Tetracerus quadricornis) (Blainville, 1816)
Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chiru or Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsoni) (Abel, 1826)
Tibetan gazelle/Goa (Procapra picticauda) Hodgson, 1846
Mishmi takin (Budorcas taxicolor taxicolor) Hodgson, 1850
Bhutan takin (Budorcas taxicolor whitei) Lydekker, 1907
Sindh ibex (Capra aegagrus blythi) Hume, 1875
Markhor (Capra falconeri) (Wagner, 1839)
Nilgiri tahr (endemic) Nilgiritragus hylocrius (Ogilby, 1838) (formerly considered close to the Himalayan tahr and treated as Hemitragus hylocrius)
Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus) (H. Smith, 1826)
Serow (Naemorhedus sumatraensis) Corbet and Hill,1992 =Capricornis sumatraensis (Bechstein, 1799)
Bharal (Pseudois nayaur nayayr) (Hodgson, 1833)
Marco Polo sheep (Ovis ammon polii)
Nayan or great Tibetan sheep (Ovis ammon hodgsonii) (Linnaeus, 1766)
Urial/shapu (Ovis orientalis vignei) Gmelin, 1774
Red goral (Naemorhedus baileyi) Pocock, 1914
Chinese goral (Naemorhedus caudatus)
Grey goral (Naemorhedus goral) (Hardwicke, 1825)

Order: Pholidota: pangolins

Family Manidae: pangolins

Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) Gray, 1827
Malayan pangolin (Manis javanica)
Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) Linnaeus, 1758

Order: Rodentia

Family Sciuridae: squirrels

Red-bellied tree squirrel (Callosciurus erythraeus) (Pallas, 1779)
Hoary-bellied Himalayan squirrel (Callosciurus pygerythrus) (I. Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 1831)
Orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel (Dremomys lokriah) (Hodgson, 1863)
Pernyi's squirrel (Dremomys pernyi) (Milne-Edwards, 1867)
Red-cheeked squirrel (Dremomys rufigenis) (Blanford, 1878)

(Included but taxonomy dependent - Layard's palm squirrel (Funambulus layardi) (Blyth, 1849))

Three-striped palm squirrel (Funambulus palmarum) (Linnaeus, 1766)
Jungle striped squirrel Funambulus tristriatus (Waterhouse, 1837) (endemic)
Five-striped palm squirrel (Funambulus pennantii) Wroughton, 1905
Dusky-striped squirrel (Funambulus sublineatus) (Waterhouse, 1838)
Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana) (Hodgson, 1841) = bobak marmot (Marmota bobak himalayana) Prater (1971)
Golden marmot (Marmota caudata) (Geoffroy, 1844)
Malayan giant squirrel (Ratufa bicolor gigantea) (Sparrman, 1778)
Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) (Erxleben, 1777)
Grizzled giant squirrel (Ratufa macroura) (Pennant, 1769)
Himalayan striped squirrel (Tamiops mcclellandii) (Horsfield, 1840)

Family Pteromyidae: flying squirrels

Hairy-footed flying squirrel (Belomys pearsonii) (Gray, 1842) (=Trogopterus pearsonii)
Namdapha flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus biswasi) Saha, 1981
Kashmir woolly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus cinereus) Thomas, 1888
Particoloured flying squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger) (Hodgson, 1836)
Kashmir flying squirrel (Hylopetes baberi) (Blyth, 1847)
Small Kashmir flying squirrel Hylopetes fimbriatus (Gray, 1837)
Grey-headed flying squirrel (Petaurista elegans) (Muller, 1840)
Hodgson's flying squirrel (Petaurista magnificus) (Hodgson, 1836)
Noble giant flying squirrel (Petaurista nobilis) (Gray, 1842)
Giant red flying squirrel (Petaurista petaurista) (Pallas, 1766)
Large brown flying squirrel (Petaurista philippensis) (Elliot, 1839)
Mechuka giant flying squirrel (Petaurista mechukaensis) (Choudhury, 2007)
Mishmi Hills giant flying squirrel (Petaurista mishmiensis) Choudhury, 2009
Small Travancore flying squirrel (Petinomys fuscocapillus) (Jerdon, 1847)

Family Muridae: Old World rats, mice

Korean field mouse (Apodemus draco) (Barrett-Hamilton, 1900) = long-tailed field mouse (Apodemus orestes)
Korean field mouse (Apodemus latronum) (Corbet and Hill, 1992)
Kashmir wood mouse Apodemus rusiges Miller, 1913
Wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Wroughton's wood mouse Apodemus wardi (Wroughton, 1908)
Indian mole rat (Bandicota bengalensis) (Gray and Hardwicke, 1833)
Bandicoot rat (Bandicota indica) (Bechstein, 1800)
Bower's rat (Berylmys bowersi) (Anderson, 1879)
Kenneth's white-toothed rat (Berylmys mackenziei) (Thomas, 1916)
Manipur white-toothed rat (Berylmys manipulus) (Thomas, 1916)
Pencil-tailed tree mouse (Chiropodomys gliroides) (Blyth, 1856)
Blanford's rat (Cremnomys blanfordi) (Thomas, 1881)
Cutch rock rat (Cremnomys cutchicus) Wroughton, 1912
Elvira rat (Cremnomys elvira) (Ellerman, 1946) (Known only from Kurumbapatti, Salem)
Large-toothed giant rat/Millard's rat (Dacnomys millardi) Thomas, 1916
Manipur mouse (Diomys crumpi) Thomas, 1917
Edward's giant rat (Leopoldamys edwardsi) (Thomas, 1882)
Murray's soft-furred rat (Millardia gleadowi) (Murray, 1886)
Asian soft-furred rat (Millardia kondana) Mishra and Dhanda, 1975
Soft-furred field rat or metad (Millardia meltada) (Gray, 1837)
Manipur bush rat (Hadromys humei) (Thomas, 1886)
Indian field mouse (Mus booduga) (Gray, 1837)
Fawn-coloured mouse (Mus cervicolor)
Cook's mouse (Mus cookii) Ryley, 1914
House/rice-field mouse (Mus dunni) (=Mus terricolor Blyth, 1851)
Servant mouse/shrew mouse (Mus famulus) Bonhote, 1898 (endemic to the Western Ghats)
House mouse (Mus musculus) Linnaeus, 1758
Shrew mouse (Mus pahari) Thomas, 1916
Spiny mouse (Mus phillipsi) Wroughton, 1912
Spiny field mouse (Mus platythrix) Bennett, 1832 (endemic)
Grey spiny mouse (Mus saxicola) Elliot, 1839
Short-tailed mole (Nesokia indica) (Gray and Hardwicke, 1830)
Brahma white-bellied rat (Niviventer brahma) (Thomas, 1914)
Smoke-bellied rat (Niviventer eha) (Wroughton, 1916)
Chestnut white-bellied rat (Niviventer fulvescens) (Gray, 1847)
Lang Bian white-bellied rat (Niviventer langbianis) (Robinson and Kloss, 1922)
White-bellied rat (Niviventer niviventer) (Hodgson, 1836)
Tenasserim white-bellied rat (Niviventer tenaster) (Thomas, 1916)
Miller's rat Rattus burrus (Miller, 1902) (Nicobars)
Polynesian/ Pacific rat (Rattus exulans)
Himalayan rat (Rattus nitidus) (Hodgson, 1845)
Brown rat/Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) (Berkenhout, 1769)
Palm rat (Rattus palmarum) (Zelebor, 1869) (Nicobars)
Kerala rat (Rattus ranjiniae) Agarwal and Ghosal, 1969 (Western Ghats)
Common house rat (Rattus rattus) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sikkim rat Rattus sikkimensis Hinton, 1919 = Sikkim rat (Rattus remotus) (Corbet and Hill, 1992)
Andaman rat (Rattus stoicus) (Miller, 1902)
Malayan wood rat/Malayan field rat (Rattus tiomanicus) (Miller, 1900)
Turkestan rat (Rattus turkestanicus) (Satunin, 1903)
Long-tailed tree mouse (Vandeleuria oleracea) (Bennett, 1832) = Indian long-tailed tree mouse (Vandeleuria nilagirica)
Indian desert jird (Meriones hurrianae) Jerdon, 1867
Eurasian harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) (Pallas, 1771)
Ladakh hamster Cricetulus alticola Thomas, 1917
Armenian hamster (Cricetulus migratorius) (Pallas, 1773)
Indian gerbil (Tatera indica) (Hardwicke, 1807)
Indian hairy-footed gerbil (Gerbillus gleadowi) Murray, 1886
Baluchistan gerbil (Gerbillus nanus) Blanford, 1875
Indian bush rat (Golunda ellioti) Gray, 1837
Malabar spiny dormouse (Platacanthomys lasiurus) Blyth, 1859
White-tailed mountain vole Alticola albicauda (True, 1894)
Kashmir mountain vole Alticola montosa (True, 1894)
Royle's mountain vole Alticola roylei (Gray, 1842)
Alticola stoliczkanus (Blanford, 1875)
Silvery mountain vole Alticola argentatus (Severtzov, 1879)
Thomas's mountain vole Alticola stracheyi (Thomas, 1880)
Pere David's vole (Eothenomys melanogaster) (Milne-Edwards, 1871)
Murree vole/Punjab vole (Hyperacrius wynnei) (Blanford, 1881)
Blyth's vole Microtus leucurus (Blyth, 1863)
True's vole Hyperacrius fertilis (True, 1894)
Sikkim vole Microtus sikimensis (Hodgson, 1849)
Bay bamboo rat (Cannomys badius) (Hodgson, 1841)
Hoary bamboo rat (Rhizomys pruinosus) Blyth, 1851

Family Hystricidae: Old World porcupines

Bush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus macrourus assamensis ) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Malayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura) Linnaeus, 1758
Indian porcupine (Hystrix indica) Kerr, 1792

Order: Lagomorpha: hares, rabbits, pikas

Family Leporidae: hares and rabbits

Hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus) (Pearson, 1839)
Cape hare (Lepus capensis) Linnaeus, 1758
Indian hare/blacknaped hare (Lepus nigricollis) F. Cuvier, 1823
Wooly hare (Lepus oiostolus) Hodgson, 1840

Family Ochotonidae: pikas

Nubra pika (Ochotona nubrica) Thomas, 1922
Black-lipped pika Ochotona curzoniae (Hodgson, 1858)
Forrest's pika Ochotona forresti Thomas, 1923
Ladakh pika Ochotona ladacensis (Gunther, 1875)
Large-eared pika Ochotona macrotis (Gunther, 1875)
Himalayan mouse-hare / Royle's pika Ochotona roylei (Ogilby, 1839)
Mountain pika Ochotona thibetana (Milne-Edwards, 1871)

References

Other references

Corbet G B, Hill J E. 1992. The mammals of the Indomalayan region: a systematic review. Oxford University Press.
Ellerman JR & T.C.S. Morrison-Scott. C. S. Morrison-Scott. 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)
Talmale, S.S. & Pradhan, M.S. (2009). A Checklist of Valid Indian Bat Species (Chiroptera: Mammalia) (PDF). Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, PIN 411044. Retrieved 6 March 2015.Â CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link)
Nameer, P.O. (2000) Checklist of Indian Mammals. Kerala Forest Department and Kerala Agricultural University. 90+xxv pp.[2]

External links

A sortable list of all mammals of India and their taxonomic status on Biodiversity of India database. This list is based on data obtained from the Jeev Sampada (IBIN) database. Taxonomy was created based on Catalogue of Life 2010 checklist.
http://www.cbsg.org/reports/reports/exec_sum/mammals_of_india_camp.pdf

Sabtu, 04 Maret 2017