There are currently about 65 species of mammals in Singapore. Since the founding of modern Singapore in 1819, over 90 species have been recorded, including large species such as tigers, leopards and sambar deer. Most of these have since become

extirpated Local extinction, also known as extirpation, refers to a species (or other taxon) of plant or animal that ceases to exist in a chosen geographic area of study, though it still exists elsewhere. Local extinctions are contrasted with global extinct ...

from Singapore largely due to rapid urban development, with occasional large mammals such as Asian elephants swimming across the

Straits of Johor The Johore Strait (also known as the Tebrau Strait, Straits of Johor, Selat Johor, Selat Tebrau, and Tebrau Reach) is an international strait in Southeast Asia, between Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia. Geography The strait separates the Ma ...

from

Johor Johor (; ), also spelled as Johore, is a state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. Johor has land borders with the Malaysian states of Pahang to the north and Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the northwest. Johor shares maritime ...

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

. Many surviving species have critically low population numbers, the most seriously endangered being the cream-coloured giant squirrel, last sighted in 1995 and now possibly extirpated. The Raffles' banded langur is also down to around 60 individuals. However, some species have been rediscovered in more remote parts of the country, such as the Malaysian porcupine which was found on

Pulau Tekong Pulau may refer to: *Pulau virus (PuV), a novel strain of Nelson Bay orthoreovirus species *Pulau River, a river of West Papua and Papua New Guinea See also *List of islands of Malaysia – "Pulau" means "island" in the Malay language *Pulao (di ...

in 2005, and the greater mousedeer on

Pulau Ubin Pulau Ubin, also simply known as Ubin, is an island situated in the north east of Singapore, to the west of Pulau Tekong. The granite quarry used to be supported by a few thousand settlers on Pulau Ubin in the 1960s, but only about 38 villagers ...

in 2009. The most commonly seen native mammals are the

long-tailed 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 macaque ...

and

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, park ...

. The largest terrestrial mammal that can still be found is the

wild boar The wild boar (''Sus scrofa''), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania. The species is ...

, which is common on the offshore islands of Pulau Ubin and Pulau Tekong, but also found on the mainland. The largest mammals in

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

, however, are marine creatures such as

dugong The dugong (; ''Dugong dugon'') is a marine mammal. It is one of four living species of the order Sirenia, which also includes three species of manatees. It is the only living representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae; its closest m ...

s and

dolphin A dolphin is an aquatic mammal within the infraorder Cetacea. Dolphin species belong to the families Delphinidae (the oceanic dolphins), Platanistidae (the Indian river dolphins), Iniidae (the New World river dolphins), Pontoporiidae (the ...

s. The

colugo Colugos () are arboreal gliding mammals that are native to Southeast Asia. Their closest evolutionary relatives are primates. There are just two living species of colugos: the Sunda flying lemur (''Galeopterus variegatus'') and the Philippine fly ...

is also doing well, but these are rarely seen due to their elusiveness and camouflage.

Order
Artiodactyla The even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla , ) are ungulates—hoofed animals—which bear weight equally on two (an even number) of their five toes: the third and fourth. The other three toes are either present, absent, vestigial, or pointing poster ...
(even-toed ungulates)

Family Suidae (pigs) *Bornean bearded pig ('' Sus barbatus'') (extirpated; no historical records but likely formerly present due to records from Johor and Riau Islands, and ability to reach islands by swimming) *Wild boar ('' Sus scrofa'') – Tuas, Jurong, Western Catchment, Lim Chu Kang, Kranji, Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Panjang, Bukit Batok, Bukit Timah, Central Catchment, Seletar, Sengkang, Punggol, Coney Island, Lorong Halus, Pasir Ris, Changi, Pulau Ubin, Pulau Tekong Family

Cervidae Deer or true deer are hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the red deer, and the fallow deer; and the Capreolinae, including the reind ...

(deer) *Sambar (''

Rusa unicolor 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 ...

'') – Bukit Brown, Central Catchment (possibly extirpated, then re-established through escapees from captivity) *Southern red muntjac ('' Muntiacus muntjak'') – Central Catchment (possibly extirpated, recent sightings may be escapees from captivity), Pulau Tekong (unverified sighting) Family

Tragulidae The asterisk ( ), from Late Latin , from Ancient Greek , ''asteriskos'', "little star", is a typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a heraldic star. Computer scientists and mathematicians often v ...

(mousedeer) *Lesser mousedeer (''

Tragulus kanchil The lesser mouse-deer, lesser Malay chevrotain, or kanchil (''Tragulus kanchil'') is a species of even-toed ungulate in the family Tragulidae. Distribution The lesser mouse-deer is found widely across Southeast Asia in Indochina, Myanmar (Kra I ...

'') – Central Catchment *Greater mousedeer ('' Tragulus napu'') – Pulau Ubin, Western Catchment

Order Carnivora (carnivores)

Family

Herpestidae A mongoose is a small terrestrial carnivorous mammal belonging to the family Herpestidae. This family is currently split into two subfamilies, the Herpestinae and the Mungotinae. The Herpestinae comprises 23 living species that are native to so ...

(mongooses) *Short-tailed mongoose ('' Urva brachyura'') (historical record is based on a specimen that is likely to have been an escapee) Family

Viverridae Viverridae is a family (biology), family of small to medium-sized, feliform mammals. The viverrids () comprise 33 species placed in 14 genera. This family was named and first described by John Edward Gray in 1821. Viverrids occur all over Africa, ...

(civets) *Binturong (''

Arctictis binturong The binturong (''Arctictis binturong'') (, ), also known as the bearcat, is a viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia. It is uncommon in much of its range, and has been assessed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because of a declining pop ...

'') (extirpated) *Three-striped palm civet ('' Arctogalidia trivirgata'') - Bukit Timah, Central Catchment *Otter civet ('' Cynogale bennettii'') (doubtful - based on old specimen without precise collection data) *Masked palm civet ('' Paguma larvata'') (indeterminate) - Central Catchment (possible escapee), Pulau Tekong (unverified sightings), Adam Road (roadkill in 2021) *Sumatran palm civet ('' Paradoxurus musangus'') - widespread across mainland Singapore in forests, woodlands, parks, and urban areas with trees, Pulau Ubin *Large-spotted civet ('' Viverra megaspila'') (doubtful, historical record likely based on misidentified Malay civet) *Malay civet (''

Viverra tangalunga The Malayan civet (''Viverra tangalunga''), also known as the Malay civet and Oriental civet, is a viverrid native to the Malay Peninsula and the islands of Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo, the Riau Archipelago, and the Philippines. It is listed as "L ...

'') - Central Catchment, possibly Pulau Tekong but has been confused with Large Indian civet *Large Indian civet ('' Viverra zibetha'') (indeterminate) - Jalan Bahar, possibly Pulau Tekong but has been confused with Malay civet, unverified sightings from Central Catchment *Small Indian civet ('' Viverricula indica'') (doubtful) Family

Mustelidae The Mustelidae (; from Latin ''mustela'', weasel) are a family of carnivorous mammals, including weasels, badgers, otters, ferrets, martens, minks and wolverines, among others. Mustelids () are a diverse group and form the largest family in th ...

(weasels, otters and relatives) *Small-clawed otter ('' Aonyx cinereus'') – Pulau Ubin, Pulau Tekong, sightings of lone individuals in mainland Singapore might be escapees from captivity *Smooth-coated otter (''

Lutrogale perspicillata The smooth-coated otter (''Lutrogale perspicillata'') is an otter species occurring in most of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, with a disjunct population in Iraq. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1996 and is threa ...

'') - mangroves and coasts, rivers, canals, reservoirs, and lakes in many locations on mainland Singapore, also often seen travelling overland or hunting in ornamental fish ponds, Pulau Ubin, Sentosa, St. John's Island, Pulau Semakau *Hairy-nosed otter ('' Lutra sumatrana'') (extirpated) Family Felidae (cats) *Leopard cat ('' Prionailurus bengalensis'') – Pulau Ubin, Pulau Tekong, Western Catchment, Central Catchment, Sungei Buloh *Flat-headed cat ('' Prionailurus planiceps'') (doubtful - based on single specimen from former Raffles Museum collection that has since been lost) *Sunda clouded leopard ('' Neofelis diardii'') (doubtful - based on single specimen claimed to have been killed in Changi in 1898) *Tiger ('' Panthera tigris'') (extirpated) *Leopard (''

Panthera pardus 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, an ...

'') (extirpated, unverified sightings on Pulau Tekong in 1980s) Family Canidae (dogs, wolves, and relatives) * Dhole ('' Cuon alpinus'') (extirpated) Family

Ursidae Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae. They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Nort ...

(bears) *Sun bear (''

Helarctos malayanus The sun bear (''Helarctos malayanus'') is a species in the family Ursidae (the only species in the genus ''Helarctos'') occurring in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. It is the smallest bear, standing nearly at the shoulder and weighing ...

'') (extirpated; unverified sightings on Pulau Tekong in 1980s)

Order Cetacea (cetaceans)

Family

Delphinidae Oceanic dolphins or Delphinidae are a widely distributed family of dolphins that live in the sea. Close to forty extant species are recognised. They include several big species whose common names contain "whale" rather than "dolphin", such as the ...

(marine dolphins) *Long-beaked common dolphin (''

Delphinus capensis 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 ...

'') *Irrawaddy dolphin (''

Orcaella brevirostris The Irrawaddy dolphin (''Orcaella brevirostris'') is a euryhaline species of oceanic dolphin found in scattered subpopulations near sea coasts and in estuaries and rivers in parts of the Bay of Bengal and Southeast Asia. It closely resembles th ...

'') – Singapore Strait *False killer whale ('' Pseudorca crassidens'') (vagrant) – Tuas *Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin ('' Sousa chinensis'') – Straits of Johor, Singapore Strait *Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin ('' Tursiops aduncus'') – Singapore Strait Family

Phocoenidae 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 ...

(porpoises) *Finless porpoise ('' Neophocaena phocaenoides'') – Singapore Strait Family Physeteridae (sperm whale) *Sperm whale (''

Physeter macrocephalus ''Physeter'' is a genus of toothed whales. There is only one living species in this genus: the sperm whale (''Physeter macrocephalus''). Some extremely poorly known fossil species have also been assigned to the same genus including ''Physeter an ...

'') (lone carcass in 2015) – Singapore Strait

Order
Chiroptera Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most bir ...
(bats)

Family Pteropodidae (Old World fruit bats) *Lesser dog-faced fruit bat ( ''Cynopterus brachyotis'') - common and widespread *Cave nectar bat ('' Eonycteris spelaea'') - common and widespread *Common long-tongued fruit bat (''

Macroglossus minimus 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 ...

'') - Sungei Buloh, Pulau Ubin, Pulau Tekong *Dusky fruit bat ('' Penthetor lucasi'') – Bukit Timah *Malayan flying fox (''

Pteropus vampyrus The large flying fox (''Pteropus vampyrus'', formerly ''Pteropus giganteus''), also known as the greater flying fox, Malayan flying fox, Malaysian flying fox, large fruit bat, kalang, or kalong, is a southeast Asian species of megabat in the fam ...

'') (visitor, former resident) - Central Catchment *Geoffroy's rousette ('' Rousettus amplexicaudatus'') (indeterminate, possibly extirpated) Family

Emballonuridae Emballonuridae is a family of microbats, many of which are referred to as sac-winged or sheath-tailed bats. They are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions around the world. The earliest fossil records are from the Eocene. Descr ...

(sheath-tailed bats) *Lesser sheath-tailed bat ('' Emballonura monticola'') – Bukit Timah, Pulau Ubin *Pouched tomb bat (''

Saccolaimus saccolaimus The naked-rumped pouched bat (''Saccolaimus saccolaimus''), also known as the pouched tomb bat, is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. Taxonomy Described in 1838 by Coenraad Temminck. the author assigned the species to a n ...

'') *Long-winged tomb bat ('' Taphozous longimanus'') – Pulau Ubin *Black-bearded tomb bat ('' Taphozous melanopogon'') Family Nycteridae (hollow-faced bats) *Southeast Asian hollow-faced bat ('' Nycteris tragata'') – Central Catchment Family

Megadermatidae Megadermatidae, or false vampire bats, are a family of bats found from central Africa, eastwards through southern Asia, and into Australia. They are relatively large bats, ranging from 6.5 cm to 14 cm in head-body length. They have la ...

(false vampires) *Lesser false vampire ('' Megaderma spasma'') – Pulau Ubin, Pulau Tekong Family Rhinolophidae (horseshoe bats) *Glossy horseshoe bat ('' Rhinolophus lepidus'') – Bukit Timah, Central Catchment *Woolly horseshoe bat ('' Rhinolophus luctus'') - Central Catchment, Changi *Lesser woolly horseshoe bat (''

Rhinolophus sedulus The lesser woolly horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus sedulus'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constituti ...

'') (indeterminate, possibly extirpated) *Lesser brown horseshoe bat ('' Rhinolophus stheno'') (indeterminate, possibly extirpated) *Trefoil horseshoe bat ('' Rhinolophus trifoliatus'') – Central Catchment, Pulau Tekong Family

Hipposideridae 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 ...

(Old World leaf-nosed bats) *Bicolored roundleaf bat (''

Hipposideros bicolor 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 f ...

'') – Bukit Timah *Fawn roundleaf bat ('' Hipposideros cervinus'') (indeterminate, possibly extirpated) *Ashy roundleaf bat (''

Hipposideros cineraceus 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 ...

'') – Pulau Ubin *Ridley's roundleaf bat ('' Hipposideros ridleyi'') (indeterminate, possibly extirpated) Family

Vespertilionidae 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 diverse and widely distributed of bat famili ...

(evening bats) *Big-eared pipistrelle ('' Hypsugo macrotis'') – Pulau Ubin *Hardwicke's woolly bat (''

Kerivoula hardwickii Hardwicke's woolly bat (''Kerivoula hardwickii'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. Geographic range It is found in Bangladesh, China, India (Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and West ...

'') – Central Catchment, Pulau Tekong *Brown tube-nosed bat ('' Murina suilla'') – Pulau Tekong *Lesser large-footed myotis ('' Myotis hasseltii'') *Horsfield's large-footed myotis ('' Myotis horsfieldii'') – Central Catchment *Whiskered myotis ('' Myotis muricola'') - widespread *Singapore whiskered bat ('' Myotis oreias'') – endemic to Singapore, possibly globally extinct, but might not actually exist *Javan pipistrelle ('' Pipistrellus javanicus'') – widespread, recent records from Ayer Rajah, Paya Lebar, Punggol, Upper Thomson, Kent Ridge *Narrow-winged pipistrelle ('' Pipistrellus stenopterus'') – Singapore Botanic Gardens, Holland Village, Rochester Park, most recent record from Bukit Timah *Asiatic lesser yellow bat (''

Scotophilus kuhlii The lesser Asiatic yellow bat (''Scotophilus kuhlii'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China ...

'') - common and widespread *Lesser bamboo bat (''

Tylonycteris pachypus The lesser bamboo bat or lesser flat-headed bat (''Tylonycteris pachypus'') is one of the smallest species of vesper bat, and is native to Southeast Asia. Description The bat, the size of a bumble bee, is among the smallest mammals on earth, me ...

'') – Bukit Timah *Greater bamboo bat ('' Tylonycteris robustula'') - widespread Family Molossidae (free-tailed bats) *Naked bulldog bat ('' Cheiromeles torquatus'') – Bukit Timah, Central Catchment, Sembawang *Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat ('' Chaerephon plicatus'') (indeterminate, possibly extirpated)

Order Dermoptera (colugo)

Family Cynocephalidae (colugo) *Malayan colugo or Malayan flying lemur ('' Galeopterus variegatus'') – Bukit Timah, Bukit Batok, Central Catchment, Bukit Brown, Gallop Road, Portsdown, Changi

Order
Eulipotyphla Eulipotyphla (, which means "truly fat and blind") is an order of mammals suggested by molecular methods of phylogenetic reconstruction, which includes the laurasiatherian members of the now-invalid polyphyletic order Lipotyphla, but not the ...
(
insectivores A robber fly eating a hoverfly An insectivore is a carnivorous animal or plant that eats insects. An alternative term is entomophage, which can also refer to the human practice of eating insects. The first vertebrate insectivores were ...
)

Family Soricidae (shrews) *House shrew (''

Suncus murinus The Asian house shrew (''Suncus murinus'') is a shrew species native to South and Southeast Asia that has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2008 because of its large population and wide distribution. It has been introduced i ...

'') – urban *Malayan shrew ('' Crocidura malayana'') – Bukit Timah, Central Catchment Family Erinaceidae (hedgehogs and gymnures) *Moonrat ('' Echinosorex gymnura'') (doubtful - based on single specimen from former Raffles Museum collection that has since been lost)

Order Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)

Family Tapiridae (tapirs) *Malayan tapir ('' Tapirus indicus'') (visitor) – Pulau Ubin, Changi

Order
Pholidota Pangolins, sometimes known as scaly anteaters, are mammals of the order Pholidota (, from Ancient Greek ϕολιδωτός – "clad in scales"). The one extant family, the Manidae, has three genera: ''Manis'', ''Phataginus'', and ''Smutsia'' ...
(pangolins)

Family Manidae (pangolins) *Sunda pangolin ('' Manis javanica'') – Bukit Timah, Bukit Batok, Bukit Panjang, Central Catchment, Pulau Ubin, Pulau Tekong, Western Catchment, Labrador, may wander into built-up areas

Order Primates (primates)

Family

Lorisidae Lorisidae (or sometimes Loridae) is a family of strepsirrhine primates. The lorisids are all slim arboreal animals and comprise the lorises, pottos and angwantibos. Lorisids live in tropical, central Africa as well as in south and southeast As ...

(lorises) *Sunda slow loris (''

Nycticebus coucang The Sunda slow loris (''Nycticebus coucang'') or greater slow loris is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to Indonesia, West Malaysia, southern Thailand and Singapore. It measures from head to tail and weighs between . ...

'') – Bukit Timah, Central Catchment, Pulau Tekong Family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys) *Long-tailed macaque (''

Macaca fascicularis 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 macaque ...

'') – Bukit Timah, Central Catchment, Sungei Buloh, Western Catchment, Bukit Batok, Woodlands Waterfront, Admiralty Park, Punggol, Coney Island, Pulau Ubin, Pulau Tekong, Sentosa, Sisters Islands, lone individuals and small groups occasionally seen in parks and urban areas elsewhere in Singapore *Southern pig-tailed macaque ('' Macaca nemestrina'') (doubtful, historical records in Singapore are likely to be based on escapees from captivity) Tengeh Reservoir (individual seen in 2020) *Raffles' banded langur ('' Presbytis femoralis'') – around 60 left in Central Catchment, Upper Thomson *Dusky langur ('' Trachypithecus obscurus'') - Central Catchment (colonisation in 2019 with the appearance of a trio which likely originated from Johor), Kent Ridge (likely escapee in 2008)

Order Proboscidea (elephants)

Family

Elephantidae Elephantidae is a family of large, herbivorous proboscidean mammals collectively called elephants and mammoths. These are terrestrial large mammals with a snout modified into a trunk and teeth modified into tusks. Most genera and species in the ...

(elephants) *Asian elephant (''

Elephas maximus ''Elephas'' is one of two surviving genera in the family of elephants, Elephantidae, with one surviving species, the Asian elephant, ''Elephas maximus''. Several extinct species have been identified as belonging to the genus, extending back t ...

'') (visitor) – Pulau Tekong (1990), Pulau Ubin (1991)

Order
Rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...
ia (rodents)

Family Muridae (mice and rats) *Asian house mouse (''

Mus musculus 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, Net ...

'') – urban *Norway rat (''

Rattus norvegicus ''Rattus'' is a genus of muroid rodents, all typically called rats. However, the term rat can also be applied to rodent species outside of this genus. Species and description The best-known ''Rattus'' species are the black rat (''R. rattus'') ...

'') (introduced) – urban *Asian house rat ('' Rattus tanezumi'') – urban, forest edge *Polynesian rat (''

Rattus exulans The Polynesian rat, Pacific rat or little rat (''Rattus exulans''), known to the Māori as ''kiore'', is the third most widespread species of rat in the world behind the brown rat and black rat. The Polynesian rat originated in Southeast Asia, a ...

'') - urban, forest edge *Malaysian wood rat ('' Rattus tiomanicus'') *Brown spiny rat (''

Maxomys rajah The Rajah spiny rat (''Maxomys rajah'') also known as the brown spiny rat is endemic to Thailand and Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and adjacent islands (Payne'' et al.'', 1985). Distribution and ecology Corbet and Hill (1992) mention that ''Maxomys ...

'') – Central Catchment *Red spiny rat (''

Maxomys surifer The red spiny rat (''Maxomys surifer'') is a rodent species in the family Muridae that inhabits forests in Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and on Java, Borneo and Sumatra islands. In China, it has been recorded only in Yunnan ...

'') (extirpated) – formerly recorded in Bukit Timah *Annandale's rat ('' Sundamys annandalei'') – Bukit Timah, Central Catchment, Pulau Ubin Family

Spalacidae The Spalacidae, or spalacids, are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. They are native to eastern Asia, the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, and southeastern Europe. It includes the blind mole-rats, bamboo rats, m ...

(mole-rats) *Large bamboo rat ('' Rhizomys sumatrensis'') (doubtful, historical records are likely escapees) Family

Sciuridae Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-size rodents. The squirrel family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels (including chipmunks and prairie dogs, among others), and flying squirrels. Squ ...

(squirrels) *Finlayson's or variable squirrel ('' Callosciurus finlaysonii'') (introduced) – Bidadari, Woodleigh *Plantain squirrel (''

Callosciurus notatus 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 ...

'') – widespread and common on mainland, Sentosa, Pulau Tekong, Pulau Ubin, Pulau Semakau *Prevost's squirrel ('' Callosciurus prevostii'') (doubtful) *Three-striped ground squirrel ('' Lariscus insignis'') (extirpated) *Slender squirrel ('' Sundasciurus tenuis'') – Bukit Timah, Bukit Batok, Central Catchment, Singapore Botanic Gardens *Cream-coloured giant squirrel ('' Ratufa affinis'') (likely extirpated) – formerly recorded in Bukit Timah, Central Catchment *Shrew-faced ground squirrel ('' Rhinosciurus laticaudatus'') – Bukit Timah, Central Catchment *Red-cheeked flying squirrel ('' Hylopetes spadiceus'') – Bukit Timah, Central Catchment *Horsfield's flying squirrel ('' Iomys horsfieldii'') – Bukit Batok, Bukit Timah, Central Catchment *Red giant flying squirrel ('' Petaurista petaurista'') (likely extirpated) Family Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) *Malayan porcupine ('' Hystrix brachyura'') – Pulau Tekong, Pulau Ubin, Bukit Timah, Central Catchment, Western Catchment

Order Scandentia (treeshrews)

Family Tupaiidae (treeshrews) *Common treeshrew (''

Tupaia glis 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 to ong ...

'') – Bukit Timah, Central Catchment, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Portsdown, Bidadari, Bedok, Bukit Batok, Jurong Hill, Kent Ridge, Sungei Buloh, Western Catchment, Pulau Ubin

Order
Sirenia The Sirenia (), commonly referred to as sea-cows or sirenians, are an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and coastal marine waters. The Sirenia currently comprise two distinct ...
(sea cows)

Family

Dugongidae Dugongidae is a family in the order of Sirenia. The family has one surviving species, the dugong (''Dugong dugon''), one recently extinct species, Steller's sea cow (''Hydrodamalis gigas''), and a number of extinct genera known from fossil r ...

(dugong) *Dugong ('' Dugong dugon'') – Straits of Johor, Singapore Strait Note: "extirpated" means

locally extinct Local extinction, also known as extirpation, refers to a species (or other taxon) of plant or animal that ceases to exist in a chosen geographic area of study, though it still exists elsewhere. Local extinctions are contrasted with global extinct ...

in Singapore.

References

{{Asia topic, List of mammals of .

Mammals Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur o ...

Singapore

Order Artiodactyla The even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla , ) are ungulates—hoofed animals—which bear weight equally on two (an even number) of their five toes: the third and fourth. The other three toes are either present, absent, vestigial, or pointing poster ... (even-toed ungulates)

Order Carnivora (carnivores)

Order Cetacea (cetaceans)

Order Chiroptera Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most bir ... (bats)

Order Dermoptera (colugo)

Order Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)

Order Pholidota Pangolins, sometimes known as scaly anteaters, are mammals of the order Pholidota (, from Ancient Greek ϕολιδωτός – "clad in scales"). The one extant family, the Manidae, has three genera: ''Manis'', ''Phataginus'', and ''Smutsia'' ... (pangolins)

Order Primates (primates)

Order Proboscidea (elephants)

Order Rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...ia (rodents)

Order Scandentia (treeshrews)

Order Sirenia The Sirenia (), commonly referred to as sea-cows or sirenians, are an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and coastal marine waters. The Sirenia currently comprise two distinct ... (sea cows)

See also

References

Order
Artiodactyla The even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla , ) are ungulates—hoofed animals—which bear weight equally on two (an even number) of their five toes: the third and fourth. The other three toes are either present, absent, vestigial, or pointing poster ...
(even-toed ungulates)

Order
Chiroptera Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most bir ...
(bats)

Order
Pholidota Pangolins, sometimes known as scaly anteaters, are mammals of the order Pholidota (, from Ancient Greek ϕολιδωτός – "clad in scales"). The one extant family, the Manidae, has three genera: ''Manis'', ''Phataginus'', and ''Smutsia'' ...
(pangolins)

Order
Rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...
ia (rodents)

Order
Sirenia The Sirenia (), commonly referred to as sea-cows or sirenians, are an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and coastal marine waters. The Sirenia currently comprise two distinct ...
(sea cows)