List of mammals of Laos

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

Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates & cetaceans) edit

Image Common name Scientific name (authority) Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
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
 
Family Moschidae: musk deer
  Dwarf musk deer Moschus berezovskii
Flerov, 1929
Montane forests EN IUCN
 
 
Family Cervidae: deer
  Eld's deer Rucervus eldii
McClelland, 1842
Grasslands EN IUCN
 
 
  Sambar deer Rusa unicolor
Kerr, 1792
Wide variety of forest & savanna VU IUCN
 
 
Roosevelt's muntjac Muntiacus rooseveltorum
Osgood, 1932
Forest DD IUCN
 
 
Truong Son muntjac Muntiacus truongsonensis
Giao, Tuoc, Dung, Wikramanayake, Amato, Arctander & Mackinnon, 1997
High-elevation forest DD IUCN
 
 
  Indian muntjac Muntiacus vaginalis
Zimmermann, 1780
Wide variety of forests & scrublands LC IUCN
 
 
Giant muntjac Muntiacus vuquangensis
Tuoc, Dung, Dawson, Arctander and Mackinnon, 1994
Unclear CR IUCN
 
 
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
 
 
 
Kouprey Bos sauveli
Urbain, 1937
Previously seen in dipterocarp forests with grasslands. No confirmations since 1970; possibly extinct. CR, possibly EX

 

 
  Mainland serow Capricornis sumatraensis
Bechstein, 1799
Forested mountain slopes VU IUCN
 
 
  Chinese goral Naemorhedus griseus
A. Milne-Edwards, 1871
 
  Saola Pseudoryx nghetinhensis
Dung, Giao, Chinh, Tuoc, Arctander, & MacKinnon, 1993
Evergreen forest CR IUCN
 
 
Family Delphinidae: marine dolphins
  Irrawaddy dolphin Orcaella brevirostris
Owen in Gray, 1866
Coastal waters & rivers EN IUCN
 
 


Order: Carnivora (carnivorans) edit

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
 
 
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
 
 
  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
 
 
  Owston's palm civet Chrotogale owstoni
Thomas, 1912
Wide range of forests & wetlands EN IUCN
 
 
Family Prionodontidae: linsangs
  Spotted linsang Prionodon pardicolor
Hodgson, 1842
Forest, shrubland, and grassland LC IUCN
 
 
Family Herpestidae: mongooses
  Crab-eating Mongoose Urva urva
Hodgson, 1836
Widespread LC IUCN
 
 
  Javan mongoose Urva javanica
É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818
Widespread in lowlands, including anthropogenic habitats LC IUCN
Unknown
 
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
 
 
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
  Yellow-throated marten Martes flavigula
Boddaert, 1785
Forests & shrublands LC IUCN
 
 
  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
 
 
  Greater hog badger Arctonyx collaris
Cuvier, 1825
Mainly forest VU IUCN
 
 
  Burmese ferret-badger Melogale personata
I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1831
Forests, shrublands, & grasslands LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  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
 
 
  Asian small-clawed otter Aonyx cinereus
Illiger, 1815
Wetland systems VU IUCN
 
 
  Chinese ferret-badger Melogale moschata
Gray, 1831
Forest and croplands LC IUCN
 
 


Order: Chiroptera (bats) edit

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
 
 
Ratanaworabhan's fruit bat Megaerops niphanae
Yenbutra & Felten, 1983
Forest LC 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
Eastern barbastelle Barbastella darjelingensis
Hodgson, 1855
Caves & forest LC IUCN
 
 
Oriental serotine Eptesicus pachyomus
Tomes, 1857
Wide variety of habitats LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Serotine bat Eptesicus serotinus
Schreber, 1774
Wide variety of habitats LC IUCN
 
 
Disk-footed bat Eudiscopus denticulus
Conisbee, 1953
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Indochinese thick-thumbed bat Glischropus bucephalus
Csorba, 2011
Bamboo forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  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
 
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
 
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
 
Indochinese woolly bat Kerivoula dongduongana
Caves & 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
 
 
  Papillose woolly bat Kerivoula papillosa
Temminck, 1840
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
 
Annam tube-nosed bat Murina annamitica
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Round-eared tube-nosed bat Murina cyclotis
Dobson, 1871
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Elery's tube-nosed bat Murina eleryi
Furey, Thong, Bates & Csorba, 2009
Forest LC IUCN
 
 
Fea's tube-nosed bat Murina feae
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Fiona’s Tube-nosed Bat Murina fionae
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
 
  Walston's tube-nosed bat Murina walstoni
Furey, Csorba & Son, 2011
Forest DD IUCN
Unknown
 
Annam tube-nosed bat Myotis annamitica
Kruskop & Tsytsulina, 2001
Small river valleys DD IUCN
Unknown
Anna Tess's myotis Myotis annatessae
Kruskop & Borisenko, 2013
Forest DD IUCN
Unknown
 
Hairy-faced bat Myotis annectans
Dobson, 1871
Evergreen forest LC 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
 
 
Indochinese mouse-eared bat Myotis indochinensis
Son, 2013
Forest DD IUCN
Unknown
 
  Burmese whiskered myotis Myotis montivagus
Dobson, 1874
Caves & forest DD IUCN
 
 
  Wall-roosting mouse-eared bat Myotis muricola
Gray, 1846
Caves & forests LC IUCN
 
 
Rickett's big-footed bat Myotis pilosus
Peters, 1869
Forest & wetlands VU IUCN
 
 
Thick-thumbed myotis Myotis rosseti
Oey, 1951
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Reddish-black myotis Myotis rufoniger
Tomes, 1858
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Himalayan whiskered bat Myotis siligorensis
Horsfield, 1855
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Peters's trumpet-eared bat Phoniscus jagorii
Peters, 1866
Forest & wetlands 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
 
 
Collared sprite Thainycteris aureocollaris
Kock & Storch, 1996
Montane evergreen forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Greater bamboo bat Tylonycteris robustula
Thomas, 1915
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
 
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
 
La Touche's free-tailed bat Tadarida latouchei
Thomas, 1920
Caves & forest EN IUCN
 
 
Family Emballonuridae
  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
 
 
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
 
 
  Bornean horseshoe bat Rhinolophus borneensis
Peters, 1861
Caves, rocky areas, & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Croslet horseshoe bat Rhinolophus coelophyllus
Peters, 1867
Caves & forests LC IUCN
 
 
Convex horseshoe bat Rhinolophus convexus
Csorba, 1997
Caves & forests DD 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
 
 
Bourret's horseshoe bat Rhinolophus paradoxolophus
Bourret, 1951
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
 
 
Thai horseshoe bat Rhinolophus siamensis
Gyldenstolpe, 1917
Caves & evergreen forests LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Thomas's horseshoe bat Rhinolophus thomasi
K. Andersen, 1905
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
 
 
  Great roundleaf bat Hipposideros armiger
Hodgson, 1835
Caves & forest 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
 
  Phou Khao Khouay leaf-nosed bat Hipposideros khaokhouayensis
Guillén-Servent & Francis, 2006
Evergreen forest VU IUCN
 
 
  Intermediate roundleaf bat Hipposideros larvatus
Horsfield, 1823
Caves & forests LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Shield-faced roundleaf bat Hipposideros lylei
Thomas, 1913
Caves & forest LC IUCN
 
 
Laotian roundleaf bat Hipposideros rotalis
Francis, Kock & Habersetzer, 1999
Dry forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Shield-nosed leaf-nosed bat Hipposideros scutinares
Robinson, Jenkins, Francis & Fulford, 2003
Caves & forest VU IUCN
 
 

Order: Eulipotyphla (Hedgehogs, shrews, moles and relatives) edit

Image Common name Scientific name (authority) Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs
Northern short-tailed gymnure Hylomys peguensis
Blyth, 1859
Forest & shrubland
Long-eared gymnure Otohylomys megalotis
Jenkins & M. F. Robinson, 2002
Karst landscapes DD IUCN
Unknown
 
Family Soricidae: shrews
Southeast Asian shrew Crocidura fuliginosa
Blyth, 1856
Forest, shrublands, grasslands & rocky areas LC IUCN
 
 
Himalayan water shrew Chimarrogale himalayica
Gray, 1842
Evergreen forests LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Etruscan shrew Suncus etruscus
Savi, 1822
Wide range of habitat LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Taiwanese gray shrew Crocidura tanakae
Kuroda, 1938
Forest & grassland LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Asian gray shrew Crocidura attenuata
Milne-Edwards, 1872
Forest, shrubland, & grassland LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Indochinese shrew Crocidura indochinensis
(Robinson and Kloss, 1922
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Asian house shrew Suncus murinus
Linnaeus, 1766
Widespread LC IUCN
 
 
Hill's shrew Crocidura hilliana
Jenkins & Smith, 1995
Wide range of lowland habitat DD IUCN
Unknown
 
  Voracious shrew Crocidura vorax
Allen, 1923
Wide variety of habitats LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Chinese mole shrew Anourosorex squamipes
Milne-Edwards, 1872
Montane forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Family Talpidae: moles
Kloss's mole Euroscaptor klossi
Thomas, 1929
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Long-tailed mole Scaptonyx fusicauda
Milne-Edwards, 1872
Montane forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 

Order: Lagomorpha (lagomorphs) edit

Image Common name Scientific name (authority) Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Leporidae: rabbits, hares
  Burmese hare Lepus peguensis
Blyth, 1855
Grasslands, shrublands, savanna, & forest LC IUCN
 
 
Annamite striped rabbit Nesolagus timminsi
Averianov, Abramov, & Tikhonov, 2000
Evergreen forest EN IUCN
 
 


Order: Pholidota (pangolins) edit

Image Common name Scientific name (authority) Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Manidae
  Sunda pangolin Manis javanica
Desmarest, 1822
Forest & shrubland CR IUCN
 
 
  Chinese pangolin Manis pentadactyla
Linnaeus, 1758
Forest, grassland, & shrubland CR IUCN
 
 


Order: Primates edit

Image Common name Scientific name (authority) Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Lorisidae: lorises, bushbabies
  Bengal slow loris Nycticebus bengalensis
Lacépède, 1800
Forest EN IUCN
 
 
  Pygmy slow loris Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus
Bonhote, 1907
Forest EN IUCN
 
 
Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys
  Stump-tailed macaque Macaca arctoides
I. Geoffroy, 1831
Forest VU 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
 
 
  Assam macaque Macaca assamensis
McClelland, 1840
Forest NT IUCN
 
 
  Rhesus macaque Macaca mulatta
Zimmermann, 1780
Widespread, including around humans LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  Indochinese grey langur Trachypithecus crepusculus
Elliot, 1909
Forest & limestone karst EN IUCN
 
 
  Germain's langur Trachypithecus germaini
Milne-Edwards, 1876
Forest & rocky areas EN IUCN
 
 
Laotian langur Trachypithecus laotum
Thomas, 1911
Forest & rocky areas EN IUCN
 
 
  Red-shanked douc Pygathrix nemaeus
Linnaeus, 1771
Forest CR IUCN
 
 
Hatinh langur Trachypithecus hatinhensis
Dao, 1970
Limestone forest EN IUCN
 
 
Family Hylobatidae: gibbons
  Lar gibbon Hylobates lar
Linnaeus, 1771
Evergreen & semi-evergreen forest EN IUCN
 
 
  Pileated gibbon Hylobates pileatus
Gray, 1861
Forest EN IUCN
 
 
Northern buffed-cheeked gibbon Nomascus annamensis
Thinh et al., 2010
Forest EN IUCN
 
 
Black crested gibbon Nomascus concolor
Harlan, 1826
Forest CR IUCN
 
 
  Yellow-cheeked gibbon Nomascus gabriellae
Thomas, 1909
Forest EN IUCN
 
 
  Northern white-cheeked gibbon Nomascus leucogenys
Ogilby, 1840
Evergreen & semi-evergreen forest CR IUCN
 
 
  Southern white-cheeked gibbon Nomascus siki
Delacour, 1951
Evergreen forest CR IUCN
 
 


Order: Proboscidea (elephants) edit

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: Rodentia (rodents) edit

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
 
Laotian giant flying squirrel Biswamoyopterus laoensis
Sanamxay, Douangboubpha, Bumrungsri, Xayavong, Xayaphet, Satasook & Bates 2013
Forest; known from a single specimen 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
 
 
  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
 
 
  Black giant squirrel Ratufa bicolor
Sparrman, 1778
Forest NT IUCN
 
 
  Maritime striped squirrel Tamiops maritimus
Bonhote, 1900
Forest LC IUCN
 
 
  Himalayan striped squirrel Tamiops mcclellandii
Horsfield, 1840
Forest, shrubland, grassland, & inland wetlands LC IUCN
 
 
  Cambodian striped squirrel Tamiops rodolphii
Milne-Edwards, 1867
Forest & shrubland 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 Diatomyidae
  Laotian rock rat Laonastes aenigmamus
Jenkins, Kilpatrick, Robinson & Timmins, 2005
Limestone forest LC IUCN
 
 
Family Muridae: (mice, rats, gerbils)
  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
 
 
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
 
 
Millard's rat Dacnomys millardi
Thomas, 1916
Forest DD IUCN
Unknown
 
  Delacour's marmoset rat Hapalomys delacouri
Thomas, 1927
Forest NT IUCN
 
 
Edwards's long-tailed giant rat Leopoldamys edwardsi
Thomas, 1882
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Neill's long-tailed giant rat Leopoldamys neilli
Marshall, 1976
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
 
Long-tailed giant rat Leopoldamys sabanus
Thomas, 1887
Forest LC IUCN
 
 
Mo's spiny rat Maxomys moi
Robinson & Kloss, 1922
Forest & shrubland LC IUCN
 
 
  Red spiny rat Maxomys surifer
Miller, 1900
Forest 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
Wide variety of habitat LC IUCN
 
 
Sheath-tailed mouse Mus fragilicauda
Auffray et al. 2003
Grassland; only known from two locations LC IUCN
Unknown
 
  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
 
 
Chinese white-bellied rat Niviventer confucianus
Milne-Edwards, 1871
Forest and croplands LC IUCN
 
 
  Chestnut white-bellied rat Niviventer fulvescens
Gray, 1847
Forest 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
 
 
  Ricefield rat Rattus argentiventer
Robinson & Kloss, 1916
Grassland LC IUCN
 
 
  Polynesian rat Rattus exulans
Peale, 1848
Widespread LC IUCN
 
 
Lesser ricefield rat Rattus losea
R. Swinhoe, 1871
Grassland & 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
 
 
  Paulina’s limestone rat Saxatilomys paulinae
Musser et al., 2005
Limestone forest DD IUCN
Unknown
 
  Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse Vandeleuria oleracea
Bennett, 1832
Forest, shrublands, & grasslands LC IUCN
 
 

Order: Scandentia (treeshrews) edit

Image Common name Scientific name (authority) Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Tupaiidae: treeshrews
  Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew Dendrogale murina
Schlegel & S. Müller, 1843
Forest LC IUCN
 
 
  Northern treeshrew Tupaia belangeri
Wagner, 1841
Forest & shrubland LC IUCN
 
 

Locally extinct edit

The following species are locally extinct in the country:

See also edit


References edit

  1. ^ Timmins, R.J.; Duckworth, J.W.; Samba Kumar, N.; Anwarul Islam, M.; Baral, H.S.; Long, B. & Maxwell, A. (2015). "Axis porcinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T41784A22157664.
  2. ^ Kaul, R.; Williams, A.C.; rithe, k.; Steinmetz, R. & Mishra, R. (2019). "Bubalus arnee". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T3129A46364616.
  3. ^ Ellis, S. & Talukdar, B. (2020). "Dicerorhinus sumatrensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T6553A18493355.
  4. ^ Ellis, S. & Talukdar, B. (2020). "Rhinoceros sondaicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T19495A18493900.


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