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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Malaysia. There are 313 mammal species in Malaysia, of which six are critically endangered, seventeen are endangered, twenty-eight are vulnerable, and one is near threatened. Every mammal in Malaysia belongs to the subclass Theria, and the infraclass Eutheria, as all are placental mammals. They are listed below by the
order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...
which they belong to. The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:


Proboscidea The Proboscidea (; , ) are a taxonomic order of afrotherian mammals containing one living family (Elephantidae) and several extinct families. First described by J. Illiger in 1811, it encompasses the elephants and their close relatives. From ...
(elephants)

The elephants comprise three living species and are the largest living land animals. *Family: Elephantidae (elephants) **Genus: '' Elephas'' *** Asian elephant, ''E. maximus''


Sirenia (manatees and dugongs)

Sirenia is an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit rivers, estuaries, coastal marine waters, swamps, and marine wetlands. All four species are endangered. *Family: Dugongidae **Genus: '' Dugong'' *** Dugong, ''D. dugon''


Scandentia (treeshrews)

The treeshrews are small mammals native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. Although called treeshrews, they are not true shrews and are not all arboreal. *Family: Tupaiidae (treeshrews) **Genus: '' Dendrogale'' *** Bornean smooth-tailed treeshrew, ''D. melanura'' **Genus: '' Tupaia'' *** Northern treeshrew, ''T. belangeri'' ***
Striped treeshrew The striped treeshrew (''Tupaia dorsalis'') is a treeshrew species within the Tupaiidae. It is endemic to Borneo and known only from a few individuals in Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan Kalimantan () is the Indonesian portion of the isla ...
, ''T. dorsalis'' ***
Common treeshrew The common treeshrew (''Tupaia glis'') is a small mammal in the treeshrew family Tupaiidae, and is native to Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. It has been listed as Least Concern by IUCN as it remains common and displays some adaptability ...
, ''T. glis'' ***
Slender treeshrew The slender treeshrew (''Tupaia gracilis'') is a treeshrew species within the Tupaiidae. It is native to Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Marit ...
, ''T. gracilis'' *** Long-footed treeshrew, ''T. longipes'' *** Pygmy treeshrew, ''T. minor'' *** Mountain treeshrew, ''T. montana'' ***
Painted treeshrew The painted treeshrew (''Tupaia picta'') is a treeshrew species of the family Tupaiidae. The first specimen was described by Oldfield Thomas and was part of a zoological collection from northern Borneo obtained by the British Museum of Natural H ...
, ''T. picta'' *** Large treeshrew, ''T. tana'' *Family: Ptilocercidae **Genus: ''
Ptilocercus ''Ptilocercus'' is a genus of treeshrew and the sole member of the family Ptilocercidae. Taxonomy Today the genus (and family) is represented by a single species, the pen-tailed treeshrew ''(Ptilocercus lowii)''. However, this genus is very anc ...
'' *** Pen-tailed treeshrew, ''P. lowii''


Dermoptera (colugos)

The two species of colugos make up the order Dermoptera. They are arboreal gliding mammals found in Southeast Asia. *Family: Cynocephalidae (flying lemurs) **Genus: '' Galeopterus'' ***
Sunda flying lemur The Sunda flying lemur (''Galeopterus variegatus''), also known as Sunda colugo, Malayan flying lemur and Malayan colugo, is a colugo species. It is native throughout Southeast Asia ranging from southern Myanmar, Thailand, southern Vietnam, Malay ...
, ''G. variegatus''


Primates

The order Primates contains humans and their closest relatives: lemurs, lorisoids,
monkey Monkey is a common name that may refer to most mammals of the infraorder Simiiformes, also known as the simians. Traditionally, all animals in the group now known as simians are counted as monkeys except the apes, which constitutes an incomple ...
s, and apes. *Suborder:
Strepsirrhini Strepsirrhini or Strepsirhini (; ) is a Order (biology), suborder of primates that includes the Lemuriformes, lemuriform primates, which consist of the lemurs of Fauna of Madagascar, Madagascar, galagos ("bushbabies") and pottos from Fauna of A ...
**Infraorder: Lemuriformes ***Superfamily: Lorisoidea ****Family: Lorisidae *****Genus: '' Nycticebus'' ****** Sunda slow loris, ''N. coucang'' *Suborder:
Haplorhini Haplorhini (), the haplorhines (Greek for "simple-nosed") or the "dry-nosed" primates, is a suborder of primates containing the tarsiers and the simians (Simiiformes or anthropoids), as sister of the Strepsirrhini ("moist-nosed"). The name is some ...
**Infraorder: Tarsiiformes ***Family:
Tarsiidae Tarsiers ( ) are haplorhine primates of the family Tarsiidae, which is itself the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes. Although the group was once more widespread, all of its species living today are found in Maritime Southeast ...
(tarsiers) ****Genus: '' Cephalopachus'' ***** Horsfield's tarsier, ''C. bancanus'' **Infraorder: Simiiformes ***Parvorder: Catarrhini ****Superfamily: Cercopithecoidea *****Family:
Cercopithecidae Old World monkey is the common English name for a family of primates known taxonomically as the Cercopithecidae (). Twenty-four genera and 138 species are recognized, making it the largest primate family. Old World monkey genera include baboons ...
(Old World monkeys) ******Subfamily: Cercopithecinae *******Genus: '' Macaca'' ********
Stump-tailed macaque The stump-tailed macaque (''Macaca arctoides''), also called the bear macaque, is a species of macaque native to South Asia and Southeast Asia. In India, it occurs south of the Brahmaputra River, in the northeastern part of the country. Its range ...
, ''M. arctoides'' ********
Crab-eating macaque The crab-eating macaque (''Macaca fascicularis''), also known as the long-tailed macaque and referred to as the cynomolgus monkey in laboratories, is a cercopithecine primate native to Southeast Asia. A species of macaque, the crab-eating macaqu ...
, ''M. fascicularis'' ******** Southern pig-tailed macaque, ''M. nemestrina'' ******Subfamily: Colobinae *******Genus: ''Nasalis'' ********
Proboscis monkey The proboscis monkey (''Nasalis larvatus'') or long-nosed monkey is an arboreal Old World monkey with an unusually large nose, a reddish-brown skin color and a long tail. It is endemic to the southeast Asian island of Borneo and is found mostly ...
, ''N. larvatus'' *******Genus: '' Presbytis'' ********
Raffles' banded langur The Raffles' banded langur (''Presbytis femoralis''), also known as the banded leaf monkey or banded surili, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to Singapore and southern Peninsular Malaysia. The species underwen ...
, ''P. femoralis'' ******** White-faced surili, ''P. frontata'' ********
Hose's langur Hose's langur (''Presbytis hosei'') is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae endemic to the island of Borneo, including Brunei, Kalimantan (Indonesia), and East Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. I ...
, ''P. hosei'' ********
Robinson's banded langur Robinson's banded langur (''Presbytis robinsoni''), also known as Robinson's banded surili, is a species of monkey in the family Cercopithecidae. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Raffles' banded langur ''Presbytis femoralis'', but g ...
, ''P. robinsoni'' ******** Maroon leaf monkey, ''P. rubicunda'' ******** Saban grizzled langur, ''P. sabana'' ********
White-thighed surili The white-thighed surili (''Presbytis siamensis'') is a species of primate from the family of old world monkeys ( Cercopithecidae). This species lives arboreal amongst the sub-montane forests. It is endemic to the Thai-Malay Peninsula, the Riau ...
, ''P. siamensis'' *******Genus: '' Trachypithecus'' ******** Dusky leaf monkey, ''T. obscurus'' ******** Silvery lutung, ''T. cristatus'' ********
Selangor silvered langur The Selangor silvered langur (''Trachypithecus selangorensis'') is a species of leaf monkey found on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It had been previously considered a form of silvery lutung. Roos and colleagues elevated this populat ...
, ''T. selangorensis'' ****Superfamily: Hominoidea *****Family:
Hylobatidae Gibbons () are apes in the family Hylobatidae (). The family historically contained one genus, but now is split into four extant genera and 20 species. Gibbons live in subtropical and tropical rainforest from eastern Bangladesh to Northeast India ...
(gibbons) ******Genus: ''
Hylobates The genus ''Hylobates'' is one of the four genera of gibbons. Its name means "forest walker", from the Greek (, "forest") and (, "one who treads"). It was once considered the only genus, but recently its subgenera (''Hoolock'' ormerly ''Bun ...
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Agile gibbon The agile gibbon (''Hylobates agilis''), also known as the black-handed gibbon, is an Old World primate in the gibbon family. It is found in Indonesia on the island of Sumatra, Malaysia, and southern Thailand. The species is listed as endangere ...
, ''H. agilis'' ******* Lar gibbon, ''H. lar'' *******
Müller's gibbon Müller's gibbon (''Hylobates muelleri''), also known as the southern grey gibbon, is a primate in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. Taxonomy Formerly, the western grey gibbon (''H. abbotti'') and eastern grey gibbon (''H. funereus'') were consi ...
, ''H. muelleri'' ******Genus: ''Symphalangus'' ******* Siamang, ''S. syndactylus'' *****Family:
Hominidae The Hominidae (), whose members are known as the great apes or hominids (), are a taxonomic family of primates that includes eight extant species in four genera: '' Pongo'' (the Bornean, Sumatran and Tapanuli orangutan); ''Gorilla'' (the ea ...
******Subfamily: Ponginae *******Genus: '' Pongo'' ********
Bornean orangutan The Bornean orangutan (''Pongo pygmaeus'') is a species of orangutan endemic to the island of Borneo. Together with the Sumatran orangutan (''Pongo abelii'') and Tapanuli orangutan (''Pongo tapanuliensis''), it belongs to the only genus of great ...
, ''P. pygmaeus''


Rodentia (rodents)

Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40% of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the
capybara The capybaraAlso called capivara (in Brazil), capiguara (in Bolivia), chigüire, chigüiro, or fercho (in Colombia and Venezuela), carpincho (in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) and ronsoco (in Peru). or greater capybara (''Hydrochoerus hydro ...
can weigh up to . *Sub Hystricognathi **Family: Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) ***Genus: '' Atherurus'' **** Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine, ''A. macrourus'' ***Genus: '' Hystrix'' ****
Malayan porcupine The Malayan porcupine or Himalayan porcupine (''Hystrix brachyura'') is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. Three subspecies are extant in South and Southeast Asia. Geographical distribution The Malayan porcupine ranges from Nepal th ...
, ''H. brachyura'' **** Thick-spined porcupine, ''H. crassispinis'' ***Genus: ''
Trichys The long-tailed porcupine (''Trichys fasciculata'') is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Trichys'', and is found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Physical appearance Long-tailed porcupines’ ...
'' **** Long-tailed porcupine, ''T. fasciculata'' *Sub Sciurognathi **Family: Sciuridae (squirrels) ***Subfamily: Ratufinae ****Genus: '' Ratufa'' *****
Cream-coloured giant squirrel The cream-coloured giant squirrel or pale giant squirrel (''Ratufa affinis'') is a large tree squirrel in the genus '' Ratufa'' found in forests in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra (Indonesia), Borneo (Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia) and nearby ...
, ''R. affinis'' *****
Black giant squirrel The black giant squirrel or Malayan giant squirrel (''Ratufa bicolor'') is a large tree squirrel in the genus '' Ratufa'' native to the Indomalayan zootope. It is found in forests from northern Bangladesh, northeast India, eastern Nepal, Bhutan, ...
, ''R. bicolor'' ***Subfamily: Sciurinae ****Tribe: Sciurini *****Genus: ''
Rheithrosciurus The tufted ground squirrel or groove-toothed squirrel (''Rheithrosciurus macrotis'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is the sole species in the genus ''Rheithrosciurus''. It is found only on the island of Borneo. Confirmed elem ...
'' ******
Tufted ground squirrel The tufted ground squirrel or groove-toothed squirrel (''Rheithrosciurus macrotis'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is the sole species in the genus ''Rheithrosciurus''. It is found only on the island of Borneo. Confirmed ele ...
, ''Rheithrosciurus macrotis'' ****Tribe: Pteromyini *****Genus: '' Aeromys'' ****** Black flying squirrel, ''Aeromys tephromelas'' ****** Thomas's flying squirrel, ''Aeromys thomasi'' *****Genus: ''
Hylopetes ''Hylopetes'' is a genus of flying squirrels. There are about 10 species. Species include: *Particolored flying squirrel - ''H. alboniger'' (Hodgson, 1836) *Bartel's flying squirrel - ''H. bartelsi'' Chasen, 1939 *Hainan flying squirrel - ''H. e ...
'' ****** Grey-cheeked flying squirrel, ''Hylopetes lepidus'' ****** Red-cheeked flying squirrel, ''Hylopetes spadiceus'' *****Genus: '' Iomys'' ******
Javanese flying squirrel The Javanese flying squirrel (''Iomys horsfieldii'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and ...
, ''Iomys horsfieldi'' *****Genus: '' Petaurillus'' ****** Lesser pygmy flying squirrel, ''Petaurillus emiliae'' ******
Hose's pygmy flying squirrel The Hose's pygmy flying squirrel (''Petaurillus hosei'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It was named for zoologist Charles Hose. It is endemic to Malaysia. References Endemic fauna of Malaysia Rodents of Malaysia Pe ...
, ''Petaurillus hosei'' ******
Selangor pygmy flying squirrel The Selangor pygmy flying squirrel (''Petaurillus kinlochii'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Malaysia where it has only been found in the State of Selangor Selangor (; ), also known by its Arabic language, ...
, ''Petaurillus kinlochii'' *****Genus: '' Petaurista'' ****** Spotted giant flying squirrel, ''Petaurista elegans'' ****** Red giant flying squirrel, ''Petaurista petaurista'' *****Genus: '' Petinomys'' ****** Whiskered flying squirrel, ''Petinomys genibarbis'' ******
Temminck's flying squirrel Temminck's flying squirrel (''Petinomys setosus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thai ...
, ''Petinomys setosus'' ****** Vordermann's flying squirrel, ''Petinomys vordermanni'' *****Genus: ''
Pteromyscus The smoky flying squirrel (''Pteromyscus pulverulentus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Pteromyscus''. It is found in parts of Brunei, Indonesia, Peninsular Malaysia, and southern Thailand, bu ...
'' ****** Smoky flying squirrel, ''Pteromyscus pulverulentus'' ***Subfamily: Callosciurinae ****Genus: '' Callosciurus'' ***** Ear-spot squirrel, ''Callosciurus adamsi'' ***** Kinabalu squirrel, ''Callosciurus baluensis'' *****
Grey-bellied squirrel The grey-bellied squirrel (''Callosciurus caniceps'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in forests, plantations and gardens in Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, southern Myanmar, southern China (Yunnan) and possibly western ...
, ''Callosciurus caniceps'' *****
Pallas's squirrel Pallas's squirrel (''Callosciurus erythraeus''), also known as the red-bellied tree squirrel, is a species of squirrel native to Greater China, India, and Southeast Asia. Description Pallas's squirrel is a medium-sized tree squirrel, with ...
, ''Callosciurus erythraeus'' *****
Black-striped squirrel The black-striped squirrel (''Callosciurus nigrovittatus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found throughout Java, Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is ...
, ''Callosciurus nigrovittatus'' *****
Plantain squirrel The plantain squirrel, oriental squirrel or tricoloured squirrel (''Callosciurus notatus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand in a wide range of habitats: forests, mangroves, pa ...
, ''Callosciurus notatus'' ***** Borneo black-banded squirrel, ''Callosciurus orestes'' ***** Prevost's squirrel, ''Callosciurus prevostii'' ****Genus: '' Dremomys'' ***** Bornean mountain ground squirrel, ''Sundasciurus everetti'' ***** Asian red-cheeked squirrel, ''Dremomys rufigenis'' ****Genus: '' Exilisciurus'' ***** Least pygmy squirrel, ''Exilisciurus exilis'' ***** Tufted pygmy squirrel, ''Exilisciurus whiteheadi'' ****Genus: ''
Glyphotes The sculptor squirrel or Bornean pygmy squirrel (''Glyphotes simus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It was described by Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas in 1898. It is monotypic within the genus ''Glyphotes''. It is endemic to Mal ...
'' ***** Sculptor squirrel, ''Glyphotes simus'' ****Genus: '' Lariscus'' ***** Four-striped ground squirrel, ''Lariscus hosei'' VU ***** Three-striped ground squirrel, ''Lariscus insignis'' ****Genus: ''
Nannosciurus The black-eared squirrel (''Nannosciurus melanotis'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Nannosciurus''. This tiny squirrel is found in forests in Borneo, Sumatra and Java. Except for its striking w ...
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Black-eared squirrel The black-eared squirrel (''Nannosciurus melanotis'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Nannosciurus''. This tiny squirrel is found in forests in Borneo, Sumatra and Java. Except for its striking ...
, ''Nannosciurus melanotis'' ****Genus: ''
Rhinosciurus The shrew-faced squirrel (''Rhinosciurus laticaudatus''), also known as the long-nosed squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Rhinosciurus''. It is found in forests in Peninsular Malaysia (pos ...
'' *****
Shrew-faced squirrel The shrew-faced squirrel (''Rhinosciurus laticaudatus''), also known as the long-nosed squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Rhinosciurus''. It is found in forests in Peninsular Malaysia (pos ...
, ''Rhinosciurus laticaudatus'' ****Genus: ''
Sundasciurus ''Sundasciurus'' is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It contains 20 species: *Genus ''Sundasciurus'' ** Sumatran mountain squirrel (''Sundasciurus altitudinis'') ** Brooke's squirrel (''Sundasciurus brookei'') ** Bornean mountain grou ...
'' ***** Brooke's squirrel, ''Sundasciurus brookei'' *****
Horse-tailed squirrel The horse-tailed squirrel (''Sundasciurus hippurus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found throughout the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, as well as the southern half of the Malay Peninsula, which includes the entire natio ...
, ''Sundasciurus hippurus'' *****
Jentink's squirrel Jentink's squirrel (''Sundasciurus jentinki'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is named in honor of the Dutch zoologist Fredericus Anna Jentink. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropic ...
, ''Sundasciurus jentinki'' VU *****
Low's squirrel Low's squirrel (''Sundasciurus lowii'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Borneo and nearby islets (Indonesia and Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional ...
, ''Sundasciurus lowii'' *****Robinson's squirrel, ''Sundasciurus robinsoni'' *****Upland squirrel, ''Sundasciurus tahan'' *****
Slender squirrel The slender squirrel (''Sundasciurus tenuis'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is arboreal and found in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kin ...
, ''Sundasciurus tenuis'' ****Genus: '' Tamiops'' *****
Himalayan striped squirrel The Himalayan striped squirrel (''Tamiops mcclellandii''), also known as western striped squirrel or Burmese striped squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It lives in a variety of forest from tropical to subtropical in Bhutan, ...
, ''Tamiops macclellandi'' **Family: Spalacidae ***Subfamily: Rhizomyinae ****Genus: '' Rhizomys'' *****
Hoary bamboo rat The hoary bamboo rat (''Rhizomys pruinosus'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae found in Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam), East Asia (China) and South Asia (India). Description The hoary ba ...
, ''Rhizomys pruinosus'' ***** Large bamboo rat, ''Rhizomys sumatrensis'' **Family:
Muridae The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 1,383 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. The name Muridae come ...
(mice, rats, voles, gerbils, hamsters) ***Subfamily: Murinae ****Genus: '' Berylmys'' *****
Bower's white-toothed rat Bower's white-toothed rat (''Berylmys bowersi'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae native to southeast Asia. Distribution and habitat The species is found in China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam ...
, ''Berylmys bowersi'' ****Genus: '' Chiropodomys'' ***** Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse, ''Chiropodomys gliroides'' *****
Large pencil-tailed tree mouse The large pencil-tailed tree mouse or greater pencil-tailed tree mouse (''Chiropodomys major'') is a species of arboreal rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to Borneo where it is only known from Sabah and Sarawak (Malaysia), although it ...
, ''Chiropodomys major'' ***** Grey-bellied pencil-tailed tree mouse, ''Chiropodomys muroides'' ***** Small pencil-tailed tree mouse, ''Chiropodomys pusillus'' ****Genus: '' Haeromys'' *****
Ranee mouse The ranee mouse (''Haeromys margarettae'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is restricted to the island of Borneo, in the provinces of Sarawak (Malaysia) and Sabah (Malaysia). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry fo ...
, ''Haeromys margarettae'' VU *****
Lesser ranee mouse The lesser ranee mouse (''Haeromys pusillus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found on the island of Borneo and the Palawan region (Philippines). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest A forest is a ...
, ''Haeromys pusillus'' VU ****Genus: '' Hapalomys'' ***** Marmoset rat, ''Hapalomys longicaudatus'' ****Genus: ''
Lenothrix The gray tree rat (''Lenothrix canus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae and the only species in the monotypic genus ''Lenothrix''. It is found in forests in Indonesia and Malaysia. A common species, the IUCN has rated it as being ...
'' ***** Grey tree rat, ''Lenothrix canus'' ****Genus: ''
Leopoldamys ''Leopoldamys'' is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae endemic to Southeast Asia. It contains the following species: * Sundaic mountain long-tailed giant rat (''Leopoldamys ciliatus'') * '' Leopoldamys diwangkarai'' * Edwards's long-tailed ...
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Edwards's long-tailed giant rat Edwards's long-tailed giant rat (''Leopoldamys edwardsi'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in China, India, Indonesia, Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທ ...
, ''Leopoldamys edwardsi'' ***** Long-tailed giant rat, ''Leopoldamys sabanus'' ****Genus: '' Maxomys'' *****
Mountain spiny rat The mountain spiny rat (''Maxomys alticola'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and ...
, ''Maxomys alticola'' EN ***** Small spiny rat, ''Maxomys baeodon'' DD *****
Malayan mountain spiny rat The Malayan mountain spiny rat (''Maxomys inas'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of State ...
, ''Maxomys inas'' ***** Chestnut-bellied spiny rat, ''Maxomys ochraceiventer'' ***** Rajah spiny rat, ''Maxomys rajah'' ***** Red spiny rat, ''Maxomys surifer'' ***** Whitehead's spiny rat, ''Maxomys whiteheadi'' ****Genus: ''
Mus Mus or MUS may refer to: Abbreviations * MUS, the NATO country code for Mauritius * MUS, the IATA airport code for Minami Torishima Airport * MUS, abbreviation for the Centre for Modern Urban Studies on Campus The Hague, Leiden University, Neth ...
'' ***** Ryukyu mouse, ''Mus caroli'' ****Genus: '' Niviventer'' *****
Dark-tailed tree rat The dark-tailed tree rat or Sundaic arboreal niviventer (''Niviventer cremoriventer'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found on the Malay Peninsula (Thailand, Malaysia), including some offshore islands (Myanmar: Mergui Archipe ...
, ''Niviventer cremoriventer'' ***** Chestnut white-bellied rat, ''Niviventer fulvescens'' ***** Long-tailed mountain rat, ''Niviventer rapit'' ****Genus: '' Pithecheir'' ***** Malayan tree rat, ''Pithecheir parvus'' ****Genus: '' Rattus'' ***** Brown rat, ''R. norvegicus'' introduced *****
Annandale's rat Annandale's rat (''Sundamys annandalei'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Indonesia (Sumatra), Peninsular Malaysia, and Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island cou ...
, ''Rattus annandalei'' ***** Ricefield rat, ''Rattus argentiventer'' *****
Summit rat The summit rat (''Rattus baluensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only on Mount Kinabalu and Mount Tambuyukon, Malaysia, and has been recorded at altitudes of 2,040 to 2,477 m on Mt. Tambuyukon and 2,670 to 3,426 m o ...
, ''Rattus baluensis'' EN ***** Timor rat, ''Rattus timorensis'' DD ***** Malayan field rat, ''Rattus tiomanicus'' ****Genus: ''
Sundamys ''Sundamys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae, found mostly in Indonesia and Malaysia.Camacho-Sanchez, M., Jennifer A. Leonard, Yuli Fitriana, Marie-Ka Tilak, and Pierre-Henri Fabre. 2017. "The generic status of Rattus annandalei (Bonh ...
'' ***** Mountain giant Sunda rat, ''Sundamys infraluteus'' ***** Müller's giant Sunda rat, ''Sundamys muelleri''


Eulipotyphla (shrews, moles, and hedgehogs)

The "shrew-forms" are insectivorous mammals. The shrews and solenodons closely resemble mice while the moles are stout-bodied burrowers. The hedgehogs are easily recognised by their spines while gymnures look more like large rats. *Family:
Erinaceidae Erinaceidae is a family in the order Eulipotyphla, consisting of the hedgehogs and moonrats. Until recently, it was assigned to the order Erinaceomorpha, which has been subsumed with the paraphyletic Soricomorpha into Eulipotyphla. Eulipotyphla ...
(hedgehogs) **Subfamily: Galericinae ***Genus: '' Echinosorex'' ****
Moonrat The moonrat (''Echinosorex gymnura'') is a southeast Asian species of mammal in the family Erinaceidae (hedgehogs and gymnures). It is the only species in the genus ''Echinosorex''. The moonrat is a fairly small, primarily carnivorous animal whi ...
, ''E. gymnura'' ***Genus: '' Hylomys'' **** Bornean short-tailed gymnure, ''H. dorsalis'' **** Max's short-tailed gymnure, ''H. maxi'' **** Northern short-tailed gymnure, ''H. peguensis'' *Family: Soricidae (shrews) **Subfamily: Crocidurinae ***Genus: '' Crocidura'' **** Grey shrew, ''C. attenuata'' **** Southeast Asian shrew, ''C. fuliginosa'' ****
Malayan shrew The Malayan shrew (''Crocidura malayana'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and fe ...
, ''C. malayana'' ****
Sunda shrew The Sunda shrew (''Crocidura monticola'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae found in Indonesia and Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States an ...
, ''C. monticola'' ***Genus: '' Suncus'' ****
Black shrew The black shrew (''Suncus ater'') is a white-toothed shrew only known from Mount Kinabalu in the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. ...
, ''S. ater'' **** Etruscan shrew, ''S. etruscus'' **** Bornean pygmy shrew, ''S. hosei'' ****
Malayan pygmy shrew The Malayan pygmy shrew (''Suncus malayanus'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It can be found in Malaysia and Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country ...
, ''S. malayanus'' **** Asian house shrew, ''S. murinus'' **Subfamily: Soricinae ***Tribe: Nectogalini ****Genus: ''
Chimarrogale The Asiatic water shrews are the members of the genus ''Chimarrogale''. They are mammals in the subfamily Soricinae of the family Soricidae. They are aquatic, with some species inhabiting streams. The genus contains the following species: * Mala ...
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Malayan water shrew The Malayan water shrew (''Chimarrogale hantu''), also known as the hantu water shrew, is a red-toothed shrew recorded only from the Malaysian state of Selangor. It was listed as a critically endangered, but is now considered near threatened. It ...
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Sunda water shrew The Bornean water shrew (''Chimarrogale phaeura'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of Stat ...
, ''C. phaeura'' *Family: Talpidae (moles) **Subfamily: Talpinae ***Tribe:
Talpini Talpini is a tribe of mammals known as Old World Moles. It is a division of the subfamily Talpinae. This tribe contains the following genera and species: * Tribe Talpini ** Genus '' Euroscaptor'' *** Greater Chinese mole, ''E. grandis'' * ...
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Malaysian mole The Malaysian mole (''Euroscaptor malayanus'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to the highlands of peninsular Malaysia, making it the southernmost known species of mole. Taxonomy This species was formerly classifie ...
, ''E. malayana''


Chiroptera (bats)

The bats' most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals capable of flight. Bat species account for about 20% of all mammals. *Family: Pteropodidae (flying foxes, Old World fruit bats) **Subfamily: Pteropodinae ***Genus: ''
Aethalops ''Aethalops'' (Meaning: sooty bat) is a genus of megabats in the family Pteropodidae. It contains two species: * Borneo fruit bat, ''A. aequalis'' * Pygmy fruit bat, ''A. alecto'' Taxonomy ''Aethalops'' was described as a new genus in 1923 by Br ...
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Pygmy fruit bat The pygmy fruit bat (''Aethalops alecto''), also known as the grey fruit bat, is a species of megabat. Distribution Three specimens were collected in April 1995 from Bario highlands in Sarawak. ''A. alecto'' is confined to montane forest above 1 ...
, ''Aethalops alecto'' ***Genus: '' Balionycteris'' ****
Spotted-winged fruit bat The spotted-winged fruit bat, (''Balionycteris maculata'') is the smallest megabat in the world, and the only species in the genus ''Balionycteris''. It inhabits forests in Indonesia and Malaysia. Description Spotted-winged fruit bats are unusu ...
, ''Balionycteris maculata'' ***Genus: ''
Chironax The black-capped fruit bat (''Chironax melanocephalus'') is a species of megabat in the monotypic genus ''Chironax''. Distribution Seven specimens of ''C. melanocephalus'' were collected from the lowland forest at Kubah and Lambir, and beach fo ...
'' **** Black-capped fruit bat, ''Chironax melanocephalus'' ***Genus: '' Cynopterus'' ****
Lesser short-nosed fruit bat The lesser short-nosed fruit bat (''Cynopterus brachyotis'') is a species of megabat within the family Pteropodidae. It is a small bat that lives in South Asia and Southeast Asia. It weighs between , and measures . It occurs in many types of habit ...
, ''C. brachyotis'' ****
Horsfield's fruit bat Horsfield's fruit bat (''Cynopterus horsfieldii'') is a species of megabat native to South East Asia. It is named for Thomas Horsfield, an American naturalist who presented the type specimen to the British Museum. Description Horsfield's fruit ba ...
, ''Cynopterus horsfieldi'' **** Greater short-nosed fruit bat, ''Cynopterus sphinx'' ***Genus: ''
Dyacopterus ''Dyacopterus'' is a genus of megabats from south-east Asia. It contains three species, namely: * Dayak fruit bat, ''Dyacopterus spadiceus''
'' **** Dayak fruit bat, ''Dyacopterus spadiceus'' ***Genus: '' Megaerops'' **** Tailless fruit bat, ''Megaerops ecaudatus'' **** White-collared fruit bat, ''Megaerops wetmorei'' ***Genus: '' Penthetor'' **** Dusky fruit bat, ''Penthetor lucasi'' ***Genus: '' Pteropus'' ****
Small flying fox The small flying fox, island flying fox or variable flying fox (''Pteropus hypomelanus'') is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Maldives, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, the ...
, ''Pteropus hypomelanus'' **** Large flying fox, ''Pteropus vampyrus'' ***Genus: '' Rousettus'' **** Bare-backed rousette, ''Rousettus spinalatus'' VU **Subfamily: Macroglossinae ***Genus: ''
Eonycteris ''Eonycteris'' ("dawn bat") is a genus of megabats found in Asia. They are the only members of the tribe Eonycterini. Species within this genus are: * Greater nectar bat, ''Eonycteris major'' *Cave nectar bat The cave nectar bat, dawn bat, co ...
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Greater dawn bat The greater nectar bat or greater dawn bat (''Eonycteris major'') is a species of megabat within the genus ''Eonycteris''. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Its range is limited and includes Luzon to Maripipi in th ...
, ''Eonycteris major'' **** Lesser dawn bat, ''Eonycteris spelaea'' ***Genus: ''
Macroglossus ''Macroglossus'' (nectar bat) is a genus of megabats (family Pteropodidae) found in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. It has two species: * Long-tongued nectar bat, ''Macroglossus minimus'' *Long-tongued fruit bat The long-tongued fruit bat (''M ...
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Long-tongued nectar bat The long-tongued nectar bat (''Macroglossus minimus''), also known as the northern blossom bat, honey nectar bat, least blossom-bat, dagger-toothed long-nosed fruit bat, and lesser long-tongued fruit bat, is a species of megabat. ''M. minimus'' is ...
, ''Macroglossus minimus'' **** Long-tongued fruit bat, ''Macroglossus sobrinus'' *Family: Vespertilionidae **Subfamily: Kerivoulinae ***Genus: '' Kerivoula'' ****
Flores woolly bat The Flores woolly bat (''Kerivoula flora'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. Distribution It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia. The distribution of this species is believed in Borneo, Bali, the Lesser Sunda Islands, ...
, ''Kerivoula flora'' **** Hardwicke's woolly bat, ''Kerivoula hardwickii'' **** Small woolly bat, ''Kerivoula intermedia'' ****
Least woolly bat The least woolly bat (''Kerivoula minuta'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Malaysia and Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a count ...
, ''Kerivoula minuta'' **** Papillose woolly bat, ''Kerivoula papillosa'' **** Clear-winged woolly bat, ''Kerivoula pellucida'' **** Painted bat, ''Kerivoula picta'' **** Whitehead's woolly bat, ''Kerivoula whiteheadi'' ***Genus: '' Phoniscus'' ****
Groove-toothed bat The groove-toothed bat (''Phoniscus atrox'') is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae, the vesper bats. It is native to Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. It is an uncommon species that depends on forests for survival, and it is threat ...
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Peters's trumpet-eared bat Peters' trumpet-eared bat (''Phoniscus jagorii'') is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae, the vesper bats. It is native to Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. It was named by Peters for Fedor Jagor.Beolens, Watkin ...
, ''Phoniscus jagorii'' **Subfamily: Myotinae ***Genus: '' Myotis'' ****
Large-footed bat The large-footed bat, large-footed mouse-eared bat, or large-footed myotis (''Myotis adversus'') is a species of vesper bat (family Vespertilionidae). It can be found in the following countries: Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea ...
, ''Myotis adversus'' ****
Hodgson's bat Hodgson's bat (''Myotis formosus''), also called the copper-winged bat or black-and-orange myotis, is a species of vesper bat in the genus ''Myotis'', the mouse-eared bats. Favouring mountain forests, it is found throughout Central, Southeast, an ...
, ''M. formosus'' **** Gomantong myotis, ''Myotis gomantongensis'' DD ****
Lesser large-footed bat The lesser large-footed bat (''Myotis hasseltii'') is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the So ...
, ''Myotis hasseltii'' **** Horsfield's bat, ''Myotis horsfieldii'' **** Pallid large-footed myotis, ''Myotis macrotarsus'' ****
Burmese whiskered bat The Burmese whiskered myotis or Burmese whiskered bat (''Myotis montivagus'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found in China, India, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam. Taxonomy It was previously thought to have a wider range across Asia, ranging we ...
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Whiskered myotis The wall-roosting mouse-eared bat, or Nepalese whiskered myotis (''Myotis muricola'') is a species of vesper bat whose type locality is Nepal. Taxonomic notes ''Myotis muricola'' was previously classified as a subspecies of ''Myotis mystacinus ...
, ''Myotis muricola'' **** Whiskered bat, ''M. mystacinus'' **** Ridley's bat, ''Myotis ridleyi'' ****
Himalayan whiskered bat The Himalayan whiskered bat (''Myotis siligorensis'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officia ...
, ''Myotis siligorensis'' **Subfamily:
Vespertilioninae The Vespertilioninae are a subfamily of vesper bats from the family Vespertilionidae. Classification Subfamily Vespertilioninae *Tribe Antrozoini **Genus '' Antrozous'' *** Pallid bat, ''Antrozous pallidus'' **Genus ''Bauerus'' ***Van Gelder ...
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Arielulus ''Arielulus'' is a genus of vesper bat Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most di ...
'' **** Coppery pipistrelle, ''Arielulus cuprosus'' VU **** Social pipistrelle, ''Arielulus societatis'' DD ***Genus: ''
Falsistrellus ''Falsistrellus'' is a genus of vespertilionid family of bats, small predatory flying mammals. They are known from Australia. The poorly researched species have been variously placed by authors, and revised again by studies of their distinct char ...
'' **** Peters's pipistrelle, ''Falsistrellus petersi'' ***Genus: '' Glischropus'' **** Common thick-thumbed bat, ''Glischropus tylopus'' ***Genus: ''
Hesperoptenus Hesperoptenus is a genus of bats within the Vespertilionidae or Vespertilionidae, vesper bat family. The species within this genus are: *Blanford's bat (''Hesperoptenus blanfordi'') *False serotine bat (''Hesperoptenus doriae'') *Gaskell's fals ...
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Blanford's bat Blanford's bat (''Hesperoptenus blanfordi''), also known as the least false-serotine bat, is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand, where it lives in various different forest ...
, ''Hesperoptenus blanfordi'' ****
False serotine bat The false serotine bat (''Hesperoptenus doriae'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found only in Malaysia. Description With very dark brown or black curly fur and a blunt nose, the false serotine bat has a sheep-like head and face. The ears ar ...
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Large false serotine The large false serotine (''Hesperoptenus tomesi'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found only in Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal te ...
, ''Hesperoptenus tomesi'' ***Genus: '' Hypsugo'' ****
Brown pipistrelle The brown pipistrelle (''Hypsugo imbricatus'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy ...
, ''Hypsugo imbricatus'' **** Red-brown pipistrelle, ''Hypsugo kitcheneri'' ****
Big-eared pipistrelle The big-eared pipistrelle (''Hypsugo macrotis'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It can be found in Indonesia and Malaysia. It forages over mud flats over Peninsula Malaysia but its roosting activities are unknown. Its ...
, ''Hypsugo macrotis'' ***Genus: '' Nyctalus'' **** Common noctule, ''N. noctula'' ***Genus: '' Philetor'' ****
Rohu's bat Rohu's bat (''Philetor brachypterus'') is a species of vesper bat. It is the only species in the genus ''Philetor''. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipi ...
, ''Philetor brachypterus'' ***Genus: '' Pipistrellus'' ****
Kelaart's pipistrelle ''Kelaart's pipistrelle'' (''Pipistrellus ceylonicus'') is a species of vesper bat found in southern and south-eastern Asia from Pakistan to Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oce ...
, ''Pipistrellus ceylonicus'' ****
Java pipistrelle The Java pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus javanicus'') is a species of pipistrelle bat found in South and Southeast Asia, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippin ...
, ''Pipistrellus javanicus'' **** Narrow-winged pipistrelle, ''Pipistrellus stenopterus'' ***Genus: '' Scotophilus'' **** Lesser Asiatic yellow bat, ''Scotophilus kuhlii'' ***Genus: '' Tylonycteris'' **** Lesser bamboo bat, ''Tylonycteris pachypus'' **** Greater bamboo bat, ''Tylonycteris robustula'' **Subfamily: Murininae ***Genus: ''
Harpiocephalus The lesser hairy-winged bat (''Harpiocephalus harpia'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It can be found in India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a cou ...
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Greater hairy-winged bat The lesser hairy-winged bat (''Harpiocephalus harpia'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It can be found in India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a cou ...
, ''Harpiocephalus mordax'' ***Genus: '' Murina'' **** Bronze tube-nosed bat, ''Murina aenea'' ****
Round-eared tube-nosed bat The round-eared tube-nosed bat (''Murina cyclotis''), is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper ...
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Hutton's tube-nosed bat Hutton's tube-nosed bat (''Murina huttoni'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It can be found in the following countries: Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Viet Nam. It lives w ...
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Gilded tube-nosed bat The gilded tube-nosed bat (''Murina rozendaali'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. Distribution This species is native to South-East Asia. In particular, it inhabits Borneo and minor pockets of Peninsula Malaysia and so ...
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Brown tube-nosed bat The brown tube-nosed bat (''Murina suilla'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It can be found in the following countries: Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilip ...
, ''Murina suilla'' **Subfamily:
Miniopterinae ''Miniopterus'', known as the bent-winged or long winged bats, is the sole genus of the family Miniopteridae. They are small flying insectivorous mammals, micro-bats of the order Chiroptera, with wings over twice the length of the body. The ge ...
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Western bent-winged bat The western bent-winged bat (''Miniopterus magnater'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Miniopteridae. It can be found in the following countries: China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Timor-Leste, ...
, ''Miniopterus magnater'' **** Intermediate long-fingered bat, ''Miniopterus medius'' ****
Small bent-winged bat The small bent-winged bat (''Miniopterus pusillus'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Miniopteridae. A novel version of coronavirus has been identified in this species. It can be found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Laos ...
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Common bent-wing bat The common bent-wing bat (''Miniopterus schreibersii''), also known as the Schreibers's long-fingered bat or Schreibers's bat, is a species of insectivorous bat. They appear to have dispersed from a subtropical origin and distributed throughout ...
, ''M. schreibersii'' *Family: Molossidae **Genus: '' Chaerephon'' ***
Northern free-tailed bat The northern free-tailed bat (''Mops johorensis'') is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia. Taxonomy and etymology It was described as a new species in 1873 by Irish zoologist George Edward Dobson. D ...
, ''Chaerephon johorensis'' *** Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat, ''Chaerephon plicata'' **Genus: ''
Cheiromeles ''Cheiromeles'' is a genus of bats in the family Molossidae, the free-tailed bats. The genus was erected and described by Thomas Horsfield, who developed the name from the Greek word ''cheir'' ("hand"), a reference to the hand-like hindfoot, whi ...
'' *** Hairless bat, ''Cheiromeles torquatus'' **Genus: '' Mops'' ***
Malayan free-tailed bat The Malayan free-tailed bat (''Mops mops'') is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of St ...
, ''Mops mops'' *Family: Emballonuridae **Genus: '' Emballonura'' *** Small Asian sheath-tailed bat, ''Emballonura alecto'' ***
Lesser sheath-tailed bat The lesser sheath-tailed bat (''Emballonura monticola'') is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in the Malay Peninsula (including Myanmar and Thailand), Borneo, and many other parts of the Indonesian Archipelago ...
, ''Emballonura monticola'' **Genus: '' Saccolaimus'' *** Naked-rumped pouched bat, ''Saccolaimus saccolaimus'' **Genus: '' Taphozous'' *** Long-winged tomb bat, ''Taphozous longimanus'' *** Black-bearded tomb bat, ''Taphozous melanopogon'' *Family: Nycteridae **Genus: ''
Nycteris ''Nycteris'' comprises a genus of bats commonly called slit-faced or hollow-faced bats. They are grouped in the family Nycteridae. The bats are found in East Malaysia, Indonesia, and many parts of Africa. Description They are small bats, from i ...
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Malayan slit-faced bat The Malayan slit-faced bat (''Nycteris tragata'') is a species of slit-faced bat that lives in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating ...
, ''Nycteris tragata'' *Family: Megadermatidae **Genus: '' Megaderma'' ***
Greater false vampire bat The greater false vampire bat (''Lyroderma lyra'') is a species of bat in the family Megadermatidae, the false vampire bats. It is native to Asia. It is also known as the Indian false vampire bat or greater false-vampire Description This sp ...
, ''Megaderma lyra'' *** Lesser false vampire bat, ''Megaderma spasma'' *Family: Rhinolophidae **Subfamily: Rhinolophinae ***Genus: '' Rhinolophus'' **** Acuminate horseshoe bat, ''Rhinolophus acuminatus'' ****
Intermediate horseshoe bat The intermediate horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus affinis'') is a bat species of the family Rhinolophidae (“nose crest”) that is very widespread throughout much of the Indian subcontinent, southern and central China and Southeast Asia. It is li ...
, ''Rhinolophus affinis'' **** Arcuate horseshoe bat, ''Rhinolophus arcuatus'' **** Bornean horseshoe bat, ''Rhinolophus borneensis'' **** Croslet horseshoe bat, ''Rhinolophus coelophyllus'' **** Convex horseshoe bat, ''Rhinolophus convexus'' **** Creagh's horseshoe bat, ''Rhinolophus creaghi'' ****
Blyth's horseshoe bat Blyth's horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus lepidus'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found across southern Asia from Afghanistan to Vietnam. The species can be identified from its pointed, bifid sella. Taxonomy Blyth's horsesho ...
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Woolly horseshoe bat The great woolly horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus luctus'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is endemic to Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the ...
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Big-eared horseshoe bat The big-eared horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus macrotis'') is a bat species within the Rhinolophidae native to Asia. Taxonomy The big-eared horseshoe bat was described as a new species in 1844 by English zoologist Edward Blyth. The holotype had b ...
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Malayan horseshoe bat The Malayan horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus malayanus'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA co ...
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Marshall's horseshoe bat Marshall's horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus marshalli'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Viet ...
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Smaller horseshoe bat The smaller horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus megaphyllus'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in Australia and Papua New Guinea. Taxonomy A species was first described by John Edward Gray in 1834, using a specimen pr ...
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Pearson's horseshoe bat Pearson's horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus pearsonii'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam. The species is named after John Thomas P ...
, ''Rhinolophus pearsoni'' **** Large-eared horseshoe bat, ''Rhinolophus philippinensis'' **** Least horseshoe bat, ''Rhinolophus pusillus'' **** Lesser woolly horseshoe bat, ''Rhinolophus sedulus'' ****
Shamel's horseshoe bat Shamel's horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus shameli'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. The eponym for the species name "''shameli''" was American mammalogist H. Harol ...
, ''Rhinolophus shameli'' **** Lesser brown horseshoe bat, ''Rhinolophus stheno'' **** Trefoil horseshoe bat, ''Rhinolophus trifoliatus'' **Subfamily:
Hipposiderinae The Hipposideridae are a family of bats commonly known as the Old World leaf-nosed bats. While it has often been seen as a subfamily, Hipposiderinae, of the family Rhinolophidae, it is now more generally classified as its own family.Simmons, 20 ...
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Aselliscus ''Aselliscus'' is a genus of bat in the family Hipposideridae. , it contains the following species: * Stoliczka's trident bat Stoliczka's trident bat (''Aselliscus stoliczkanus'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found ...
'' **** Stoliczka's trident bat, ''Aselliscus stoliczkanus'' ***Genus: '' Coelops'' **** East Asian tailless leaf-nosed bat, ''Coelops frithii'' **** Malayan tailless leaf-nosed bat, ''Coelops robinsoni'' ***Genus: '' Hipposideros'' ****
Great roundleaf bat The great roundleaf bat, also known as the great Himalayan leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros armiger'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae found in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and China. It gives birth to two young a year. It has bee ...
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Dusky roundleaf bat The dusky leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros ater'') is a bat from the genus ''Hipposideros'' whose habitat extends from India and Sri Lanka to the Philippines, New Guinea and Northern Australia. This species is counted in the '' H. bicolor'' species ...
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Bicolored roundleaf bat The bicolored roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros bicolor'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae found in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Timor-Leste. This bat inhabits caves, rock crevices and tunnels among lowland for ...
, ''Hipposideros bicolor'' **** Fawn leaf-nosed bat, ''Hipposideros cervinus'' ****
Ashy roundleaf bat The ashy roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros cineraceus'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae found in Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Taxonomy and etymology It was ...
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Cox's roundleaf bat Cox's roundleaf bat or Cox's leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros coxi'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to Borneo. All confirmed records are from Sarawak (Malaysia), but it might also occur in Kalimantan Kalimant ...
, ''Hipposideros coxi'' VU **** Diadem roundleaf bat, ''Hipposideros diadema'' **** Borneo roundleaf bat, ''Hipposideros doriae'' DD ****
Dayak roundleaf bat The Dayak roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros dyacorum''), also known as the least roundleaf bat, is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to Indonesia and Malaysia. Taxonomy The Dayak roundleaf bat was described as a new speci ...
, ''Hipposideros dyacorum'' **** Cantor's roundleaf bat, ''Hipposideros galeritus'' **** Intermediate roundleaf bat, ''Hipposideros larvatus'' **** Large Asian roundleaf bat, ''Hipposideros lekaguli'' ****
Shield-faced roundleaf bat The shield-faced roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros lylei'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Sociali ...
, ''Hipposideros lylei'' ****
Malayan roundleaf bat The Malayan roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros nequam'') is a horseshoe bat found only in Malaysia. It is listed as a data deficient species. Taxonomy It was described as a new species in 1918 by Danish mammalogist Knud Andersen. The holotype had ...
, ''Hipposideros nequam'' ****
Pomona roundleaf bat The Pomona roundleaf bat, Pomona leaf-nosed bat, or Andersen's leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros pomona'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae that is endemic to India. Taxonomy It was described as a new species in 1918 by Danish mam ...
, ''Hipposideros pomona'' ****
Pratt's roundleaf bat Pratt's roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros pratti'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in China, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Taxonomy and etymology It was described as a new species in 1891 by British zoolog ...
, ''Hipposideros pratti'' **** Ridley's leaf-nosed bat, ''Hipposideros ridleyi'' VU


Pholidota (pangolins)

The order Pholidota comprises the eight species of pangolin. Pangolins are anteaters and have the powerful claws, elongated snout and long tongue seen in the other unrelated
anteater Anteater is a common name for the four extant mammal species of the suborder Vermilingua (meaning "worm tongue") commonly known for eating ants and termites. The individual species have other names in English and other languages. Together with ...
species. *Family:
Manidae Manidae is the only extant family of pangolins from superfamily Manoidea. This family comprises three genera ('' Manis'' from subfamily Maninae, ''Phataginus'' from subfamily Phatagininae, and ''Smutsia'' from subfamily Smutsiinae), as well as ex ...
**Genus: ''
Manis ''Manis'' is a genus of South Asian and East Asian pangolins, the Asiatic pangolins, from subfamily Maninae, within family Manidae. Etymology Carl Linnaeus (1758) invented the Neo-Latin generic name ''Manis'' apparently as a feminine singular ...
'' *** Sunda pangolin, ''M. javanica''


Cetacea Cetacea (; , ) is an infraorder of aquatic mammals that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Key characteristics are their fully aquatic lifestyle, streamlined body shape, often large size and exclusively carnivorous diet. They propel them ...
(whales)

The order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins and
porpoise Porpoises are a group of fully aquatic marine mammals, all of which are classified under the family Phocoenidae, parvorder Odontoceti (toothed whales). Although similar in appearance to dolphins, they are more closely related to narwhals an ...
s. They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater. *Sub
Mysticeti Baleen whales (systematic name Mysticeti), also known as whalebone whales, are a parvorder of carnivorous marine mammals of the infraorder Cetacea (whales, dolphins and porpoises) which use keratinaceous baleen plates (or "whalebone") in their ...
**Family:
Balaenopteridae Rorquals () are the largest group of baleen whales, which comprise the family Balaenopteridae, containing ten extant species in three genera. They include the largest animal that has ever lived, the blue whale, which can reach , and the fin wha ...
***Subfamily:
Balaenopterinae Rorquals () are the largest clade, group of baleen whales, which comprise the family (biology), family Balaenopteridae, containing ten extant taxon, extant species in three genus, genera. They include the largest animal that has ever lived, the b ...
****Genus: '' Balaenoptera'' ***** Common minke whale, ''B. acutorostrata'' ***** Antarctic minke whale, ''Balaenoptera bonaerensis'' DD *****
Sei whale The sei whale ( , ; ''Balaenoptera borealis'') is a baleen whale, the third-largest rorqual after the blue whale and the fin whale. It inhabits most oceans and adjoining seas, and prefers deep offshore waters. It avoids polar and tropical ...
, ''Balaenoptera borealis'' EN *****
Bryde's whale Bryde's whale ( Brooder's), or the Bryde's whale complex, putatively comprises three species of rorqual and maybe four. The "complex" means the number and classification remains unclear because of a lack of definitive information and research ...
, ''Balaenoptera edeni'' DD ***** Blue whale, ''Balaenoptera musculus'' EN ***** Omura's whale, ''Balaenoptera omurai'' DD ***** Fin whale, ''Balaenoptera physalus'' EN ***Subfamily:
Megapterinae The humpback whale (''Megaptera novaeangliae'') is a species of baleen whale. It is a rorqual (a member of the family Balaenopteridae) and is the monotypic taxon, only species in the genus ''Megaptera''. Adults range in length from and weigh u ...
****Genus: '' Megaptera'' ***** Humpback whale, ''M. novaeangliae'' LC *Sub
Odontoceti The toothed whales (also called odontocetes, systematic name Odontoceti) are a parvorder of cetaceans that includes dolphins, porpoises, and all other whales possessing teeth, such as the beaked whales and sperm whales. Seventy-three species of ...
**Superfamily: Platanistoidea ***Family: Phocoenidae ****Genus: '' Neophocaena'' ***** Finless porpoise, ''Neophocaena phocaenoides'' DD ***Family: Physeteridae ****Genus: '' Physeter'' *****
Sperm whale The sperm whale or cachalot (''Physeter macrocephalus'') is the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator. It is the only living member of the genus ''Physeter'' and one of three extant species in the sperm whale famil ...
, ''Physeter macrocephalus'' VU ***Family:
Kogiidae Kogiidae is a family comprising at least two extant species of Cetacea, the Pygmy sperm whale, pygmy (''Kogia breviceps)'' and dwarf sperm whale, dwarf (''K. sima)'' sperm whales. As their common names suggest, they somewhat resemble sperm whales ...
****Genus: ''
Kogia ''Kogia'' is a genus of toothed whales within the superfamily Physeteroidea comprising two extant and two extinct species from the Neogene * Pygmy sperm whale, ''Kogia breviceps'' * Dwarf sperm whale, ''Kogia sima'' *†''Kogia pusilla ''K ...
'' ***** Pygmy sperm whale, ''K. breviceps'' ***** Dwarf sperm whale, ''Kogia sima'' ***Family:
Ziphidae Beaked whales (systematic name Ziphiidae) are a family of cetaceans noted as being one of the least known groups of mammals because of their deep-sea habitat and apparent low abundance. Only three or four of the 24 species are reasonably well-k ...
****Subfamily: Hyperoodontinae *****Genus: '' Mesoplodon'' ******
Blainville's beaked whale Blainville's beaked whale (''Mesoplodon densirostris''), or the dense-beaked whale, is believed to be the widest ranging mesoplodont whale. The French zoologist Henri de Blainville first described the species in 1817 from a small piece of jaw ...
, ''Mesoplodon densirostris'' DD ******
Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale The ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (''Mesoplodon ginkgodens'') is a poorly known species of whale even for a beaked whale, and was named for the unusual shape of its dual teeth. It is a fairly typical-looking species, but is notable for the males no ...
, ''Mesoplodon ginkgodens'' DD *****Genus: '' Ziphius'' ****** Cuvier's beaked whale, ''Ziphius cavirostris'' DD ***Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins) ****Genus: '' Steno'' ***** Rough-toothed dolphin, ''Steno bredanensis'' DD ****Genus: '' Sousa'' ***** Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphin, ''Sousa chinensis'' DD ****Genus: ''
Tursiops Bottlenose dolphins are aquatic mammals in the genus ''Tursiops.'' They are common, cosmopolitan members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphins. Molecular studies show the genus definitively contains two species: the common ...
'' ***** Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, ''Tursiops aduncus'' DD ***** Common bottlenose dolphin, ''Tursiops truncatus'' DD ****Genus: '' Delphinus'' *****
Long-beaked common dolphin The common dolphin (''Delphinus delphis'') is the most abundant cetacean in the world, with a global population of about six million. Despite this fact and its vernacular name, the common dolphin is not thought of as the archetypal dolphin, with ...
, ''Delphinus capensis'' DD ****Genus: '' Grampus'' ***** Risso's dolphin, ''Grampus griseus'' DD ****Genus: '' Peponocephala'' ***** Melon-headed whale, ''Peponocephala electra'' ****Genus: '' Feresa'' ***** Pygmy killer whale, ''Feresa attenuata'' DD ****Genus: '' Globicephala'' ***** Short-finned pilot whale, ''Globicephala macrorhynchus'' DD ****Genus: '' Lagenodelphis'' ***** Fraser's dolphin, ''Lagenodelphis hosei'' DD ****Genus: '' Orcaella'' ***** Irrawaddy dolphin, ''O. brevirostris'' ****Genus: '' Orcinus'' ***** Orca, ''O. orca'' ****Genus: '' Pseudorca'' ***** False killer whale, ''Pseudorca crassidens'' DD ****Genus: ''
Stenella ''Stenella'' is a genus of marine mammals in Delphinidae, the family informally known as the oceanic dolphins. Species Currently, five species are recognised in this genus: The common name for species in this genus is the "spotted dolphins" o ...
'' ***** Pantropical spotted dolphin, ''Stenella attenuata'' ***** Spinner dolphin, ''Stenella longirostris'' ***** Striped dolphin, ''Stenella coeruleoalba'' LC


Carnivora Carnivora is a Clade, monophyletic order of Placentalia, placental mammals consisting of the most recent common ancestor of all felidae, cat-like and canidae, dog-like animals, and all descendants of that ancestor. Members of this group are f ...
(carnivorans)

There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which feed primarily on meat. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition. * Feliformia **Family:
Felidae Felidae () is the family of mammals in the order Carnivora colloquially referred to as cats, and constitutes a clade. A member of this family is also called a felid (). The term "cat" refers both to felids in general and specifically to the ...
(cats) ***Subfamily: Felinae ****Genus: ''
Catopuma ''Catopuma'' is a genus of felid containing two small wild cat species, the Asian golden cat (''C. temminckii'') and the bay cat (''C. badia''). Together with the genus ''Pardofelis'' it forms the bay cat lineage of felines. Both are typically ...
'' ***** Bay cat, ''C. badia'' *****
Asian golden cat The Asian golden cat (''Catopuma temminckii'') is a medium-sized wild cat native to the northeastern Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and China. It has been listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List since 2008, and is threatened by poach ...
, ''C. temminckii'' ****Genus: ''
Pardofelis ''Pardofelis'' is a genus of the cat family Felidae. This genus is defined as including one species native to Southeast Asia: the marbled cat. Two other species, formerly classified to this genus, now belong to the genus '' Catopuma''. The word ...
'' ***** Marbled cat, ''P. marmorata'' ****Genus: '' Prionailurus'' ***** Leopard cat, ''P. bengalensis'' ***** Flat-headed cat, ''P. planiceps'' ***Subfamily: Pantherinae ****Genus: ''
Neofelis ''Neofelis'' is a genus comprising two extant cat species in Southeast Asia: the clouded leopard (''Neofelis nebulosa'') of mainland Asia, and the Sunda clouded leopard (''Neofelis diardi'') of Sumatra and Borneo The scientific name ''Neofelis' ...
'' ***** Sunda clouded leopard, ''N. diardi'' *****
Clouded leopard The clouded leopard (''Neofelis nebulosa''), also called the mainland clouded leopard, is a wild cat inhabiting dense forests from the foothills of the Himalayas through mainland Southeast Asia into South China. In the early 19th century, a cl ...
, ''N. nebulosa'' ****Genus: ''
Panthera ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family (biology), family Felidae that was named and described by Lorenz Oken in 1816 who placed all the spotted cats in this group. Reginald Innes Pocock revised the classification of this genus in 1916 as co ...
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Leopard The leopard (''Panthera pardus'') is one of the five extant species in the genus '' Panthera'', a member of the cat family, Felidae. It occurs in a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa, in some parts of Western and Central Asia, Southern Russia, a ...
, ''P. pardus'' ****** Indochinese leopard, ''P. p. delacouri'' ***** Tiger, ''P. tigris'' ****** Malayan tiger, ''P. t. tigris'' **Family: Viverridae (civets, mongooses, etc.) ***Subfamily: Paradoxurinae ****Genus: '' Arctictis'' ***** Binturong, ''A. binturong'' ****Genus: '' Arctogalidia'' ***** Small-toothed palm civet, ''A. trivirgata'' ****Genus: '' Paguma'' ***** Masked palm civet, ''P. larvata'' ****Genus: '' Paradoxurus'' ***** Asian palm civet, ''P. hermaphroditus'' ***Subfamily: Hemigalinae ****Genus: '' Cynogale'' ***** Otter civet, ''C. bennettii'' ****Genus: '' Diplogale'' ***** Hose's palm civet, ''D. hosei'' ****Genus: '' Hemigalus'' *****
Banded palm civet The banded palm civet (''Hemigalus derbyanus''), also called banded civet, is a viverrid native to Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia, peninsular Thailand and the Sunda Islands of Sipura, Sumatra and Borneo. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN R ...
, ''H. derbyanus'' ***Subfamily: Prionodontinae ****Genus: '' Prionodon'' ***** Banded linsang, ''P. linsang'' ***Subfamily: Viverrinae ****Genus: '' Viverra'' ***** Large-spotted civet, ''V. megaspila'' ***** Malayan civet, ''V. tangalunga'' ***** Large Indian civet, ''V. zibetha'' ****Genus: '' Viverricula'' ***** Small Indian civet, ''V. indica'' **Family: Herpestidae (mongooses) ***Genus: '' Urva'' ****
Short-tailed mongoose The short-tailed mongoose (''Urva brachyura'') is a mongoose species native to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo. It inhabits evergreen forest and rural gardens from sea level to an elevation of . It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN ...
, ''U. brachyura'' **** Javan mongoose, ''U. javanica'' **** Collared mongoose, ''U. semitorquata'' **** Crab-eating mongoose, ''U. urva'' *
Caniformia Caniformia is a suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of "dog-like" carnivorans. They include dogs (wolves, foxes, etc.), bears, raccoons, and mustelids. The Pinnipedia (seals, walruses and sea lions) are also assigned to this group. ...
**Family:
Canidae Canidae (; from Latin, ''canis'', "dog") is a biological family of dog-like carnivorans, colloquially referred to as dogs, and constitutes a clade. A member of this family is also called a canid (). There are three subfamilies found within th ...
(dogs, foxes) ***Genus: '' Cuon'' **** Dhole, ''C. alpinus'' **Family: Ursidae (bears) ***Genus: '' Helarctos'' **** Sun bear, ''H. malayanus'' **Family: Mustelidae (mustelids) ***Genus: '' Aonyx'' ****
Asian small-clawed otter The Asian small-clawed otter (''Aonyx cinereus''), also known as the oriental small-clawed otter and the small-clawed otter, is an otter species native to South and Southeast Asia. It has short claws that do not extend beyond the pads of its web ...
, ''A. cinereus'' ***Genus: '' Lutra'' **** Hairy-nosed otter, ''L. sumatrana'' ***Genus: '' Lutrogale'' **** Smooth-coated otter, ''L. perspicillata'' ***Genus: '' Martes'' **** Yellow-throated marten, ''M. flavigula'' ***Genus: '' Melogale'' **** Bornean ferret-badger, ''M. everetti'' ***Genus: '' Mustela'' ****
Malayan weasel The Malayan weasel (''Mustela nudipes'') or Malay weasel is a weasel species native to the Malay Peninsula and the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Description The Malayan weasel is reddish-bro ...
, ''M. nudipes'' ***Genus: '' Mydaus'' **** Sunda stink badger, ''M. javanensis''


Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)

The odd-toed ungulates are browsing and grazing mammals. They are usually large to very large, and have relatively simple stomachs and a large middle toe. *Family: Tapiridae (tapirs) **Genus: '' Acrocodia'' *** Malayan tapir, ''A. indica''


Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)

The even-toed ungulates are ungulates whose weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in perissodactyls. There are about 220 artiodactyl species, including many that are of great economic importance to humans. *Family: Tragulidae **Genus: '' Tragulus'' *** Lesser mouse deer, ''T. javanicus'' *** Napu, ''T. napu'' *Family: Cervidae (deer) **Subfamily: Cervinae ***Genus: '' Rusa'' ****
Sambar deer The sambar (''Rusa unicolor'') is a large deer native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia that is listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List since 2008. Populations have declined substantially due to severe hunting, local ins ...
, ''R. unicolor'' **Subfamily:
Muntiacinae Muntiacini is a tribe of deer, containing two genera: * ''Elaphodus'' * '' Muntiacus'' Muntiacini was considered to be a subfamily, Muntiacinae, but is now considered a tribe in Cervinae The Cervinae or the Old World deer, are a subfamily ...
***Genus: '' Muntiacus'' **** Bornean yellow muntjac, ''M. atherodes'' **** Indian muntjac, ''M. muntjak'' *Family: Bovidae (cattle, antelope, sheep, goats) **Subfamily: Bovinae ***Genus: '' Bos'' **** Gaur, ''B. gaurus'' ****
Banteng The banteng (''Bos javanicus''; ), also known as tembadau, is a species of cattle found in Southeast Asia. The head-and-body length is between . Wild banteng are typically larger and heavier than their domesticated counterparts, but are otherw ...
, ''B. javanicus'' **Subfamily: Caprinae ***Genus: '' Capricornis'' **** Mainland serow, ''C. sumatraensis'' *Family:
Suidae Suidae is a family of artiodactyl mammals which are commonly called pigs, hogs or swine. In addition to numerous fossil species, 18 extant species are currently recognized (or 19 counting domestic pigs and wild boars separately), classified into ...
(pigs) **Subfamily: Suinae ***Genus: ''
Sus Sus or SUS may refer to: Places * Sus, Lachin, a village * Sus, Pune, India, a neighborhood *Sus, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France, a commune *Susch, Graubünden, Switzerland, a municipality formerly called Süs People * Martin Sus (footballer ...
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Bornean bearded pig The Bornean bearded pig (''Sus barbatus''), also known as the Sunda bearded pig or simply bearded pig, is a species in the pig genus, '' Sus''. It can be recognized by its prominent beard. It also sometimes has tassels on its tail. It is found ...
, ''S. barbatus'' **** Wild boar, ''S. scrofa''


Extirpated

The following species are locally extinct in the country: * Wild water buffalo, ''Bubalus arnee'' * Sumatran rhinoceros, ''Dicerorhinus sumatrensis'' * Javan rhinoceros, ''Rhinoceros sondaicus''


See also

*
List of chordate orders This article contains a list of all of the classes and orders that are located in the Phylum Chordata. Subphylum Cephalochordata Class Leptocardii: Lancelets * Order Amphioxiformes Family Pikaiidae † * Genus Pikaia † Olfactores (unr ...
*
Lists of mammals by region Lists of mammals by region cover mammals found in different parts of the world. They are organized by continent, region, and country, and in some places by sub-national region. Most are full species lists, while those for Australia and the Caribbea ...
* Mammal classification


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:List of mammals Of Malaysia . Mammals Malaysia Malaysia Malaysia