List of mammals of Myanmar

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

Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates & cetaceans)
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, 2000-4500m 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)
Image Common name Scientific name (authority) 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)
Image Common name Scientific name (authority) 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)
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)
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)
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)
Image Common name Scientific name (authority) 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)
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)
Image Common name Scientific name (authority) 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


Order: Primates
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)
Image Common name Scientific name (authority) Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Elephantidae: elephants
Asian elephant Elephas maximus
Linnaeus, 1758		 Forest, shrubland, grassland EN IUCN

Order: Scandentia (treeshrews)
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)
Image Common name Scientific name (authority) Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Dugongidae
Dugong Dugong dugon
Müller, 1776		 Neritic & intertidal marine zones VU IUCN


See also

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