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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in China. There are 495
mammal 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 or ...
species in
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
, of which thirteen are critically endangered, twenty-four are endangered, forty-seven are vulnerable, and seven are near threatened. One of the species listed for China can no longer be found in the wild. The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature: Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:


Order: 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''


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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'' **** Indian elephant, ''E. m. indicus''


Order: 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 Tupaiidae is one of two families of treeshrews, the other family being Ptilocercidae. The family contains three living genera and 19 living species. The family name derives from ''tupai'', the Malay word for treeshrew and also for squirrel which ...
(tree shrews) **Genus: '' Tupaia'' ***
Northern treeshrew The northern treeshrew (''Tupaia belangeri'') is a treeshrew species native to Southeast Asia. In 1841, the German zoologist Johann Andreas Wagner first used the specific name ''Cladobates belangeri'' for treeshrews that had been collected in Pe ...
, ''T. belangeri''


Order: 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 (lorises, bushbabies) *****Genus: '' Nycticebus'' ****** Bengal slow loris, ''N. bengalensis'' *****Genus ''Xanthonycticebus'' ****** Pygmy slow loris, ''X. pygmaeus'' *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: 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) ******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'' ******* Assam macaque, ''M. assamensis'' *******
Northern pig-tailed macaque The northern pig-tailed macaque (''Macaca leonina'') is a vulnerable species of macaque in the subfamily Cercopithecidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Traditionally, ''M. leonina'' w ...
, ''M. leonina'' *******
White-cheeked macaque The white-cheeked macaque (''Macaca leucogenys'') is a species of macaque found only in Mêdog County in southeastern Tibet and Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India. The white-cheeked macaque lives in forest habitats, from tropical forests ...
, ''M. leucogenys'' ******* Rhesus macaque, ''M. mulatta'' *******
Tibetan macaque The Tibetan macaque (''Macaca thibetana''), also known as the Chinese stump-tailed macaque or Milne-Edwards' macaque, is a macaque species found from eastern Tibet east to Guangdong and north to Shaanxi in China. It has also been reported from n ...
, ''M. thibetana'' ******Subfamily: Colobinae *******Genus: '' Semnopithecus'' ********
Nepal gray langur The Nepal gray langur (''Semnopithecus schistaceus'') is a gray langur endemic to the Himalayas in Nepal, far southwestern Tibet, northern India, northern Pakistan, Bhutan and possibly Afghanistan. It is found in forests at an elevation of . Its ...
, ''S. schistaceus'' *******Genus: '' Trachypithecus'' ********
Indochinese grey langur The Indochinese grey langur (''Trachypithecus crepusculus'') is a species of Old World monkey native to East and Southeast Asia. Taxonomy It was formerly considered conspecific with Phayre's leaf monkey (''T. phayrei''), but a 2009 study found ...
, ''T. crepusculus'' ******** Francois' langur, ''T. francoisi'' ********
Shan State langur The Shan State langur (''Trachypithecus melamera'') is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in eastern Myanmar and southwest China. It had been generally considered a subspecies In biological classification, su ...
, ''T. melamera'' ********
Bonneted langur The capped langur (''Trachypithecus pileatus'') is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is native to Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Myanmar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat ...
, ''T. pileatus'' ********
White-headed langur The white-headed langur (''Trachypithecus leucocephalus'') is a critically endangered species of langur endemic to Guangxi, China. Taxonomy It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Cat Ba langur (''T. poliocephalus''), which is now thoug ...
, ''T. leucocephalus'' *******Genus: ''
Rhinopithecus __NOTOC__ Snub-nosed monkeys are a group of Old World monkeys and make up the entirety of the genus ''Rhinopithecus''. The genus is rare and not fully researched. Some taxonomists group snub-nosed monkeys together with the genus '' Pygathrix''. ...
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Black snub-nosed monkey The black-and-white snub-nosed monkey (''Rhinopithecus bieti''), also known as the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey, is a large black and white primate that lives only in the southern Chinese province of Yunnan, where it is known to the locals as the Yun ...
, ''R. bieti'' ********
Gray snub-nosed monkey The gray snub-nosed monkey (''Rhinopithecus brelichi''), also known as Brelich's snub-nosed monkey, Guizhou snub-nosed monkey, and Guizhou golden monkey, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to China, where it is ...
, ''R. brelichi'' ********
Golden snub-nosed monkey The golden snub-nosed monkey (''Rhinopithecus roxellana'') is an Old World monkey in the subfamily Colobinae. It is endemic to a small area in temperate, mountainous forests of central and Southwest China. They inhabit these mountainous forests ...
, ''R. roxellana'' ****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: '' Hoolock'' *******
Western hoolock gibbon The western hoolock gibbon (''Hoolock hoolock'') is a primate from the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. The species is found in Assam, Mizoram, and Meghalaya in India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar west of the Chindwin River. Classification Mootnick and ...
, ''H. hoolock'' presence uncertain ******* Eastern hoolock gibbon, ''H. leuconedys'' ******* Skywalker hoolock gibbon, ''H. tianxing'' ******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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Lar gibbon The lar gibbon (''Hylobates lar''), also known as the white-handed gibbon, is an endangered primate in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. It is one of the better-known gibbons and is often kept in captivity. Taxonomy There are five subspecies of ...
, ''H. lar'' ******Genus: '' Nomascus'' ******* Black crested gibbon, ''N. concolor'' ******* Hainan black crested gibbon, ''N. hainanus'' *******
White-cheeked crested gibbon The northern white-cheeked gibbon (''Nomascus leucogenys'') is a Critically Endangered species of gibbon native to South East Asia. It is closely related to the southern white-cheeked gibbon (''Nomascus siki''), with which it was previously con ...
, ''N. leucogenys'' *******
Eastern black crested gibbon The eastern black-crested gibbon (''Nomascus nasutus''), also known as the Cao-vit black crested gibbon or the Cao-vit crested gibbon, is a species of gibbon Gibbons () are apes in the family Hylobatidae (). The family historically contained o ...
, ''N. nasutus''


Order: 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 . *Suborder: 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'' **** Indian crested porcupine, ''H. indica'' *Suborder: Sciurognathi **Family: Castoridae (beavers) ***Genus: '' Castor'' **** Eurasian beaver, ''C. fiber'' **Family: Sciuridae (squirrels) ***Subfamily: Ratufinae ****Genus: '' Ratufa'' *****
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, ...
, ''Ratufa bicolor'' ***Subfamily:
Sciurinae Sciurinae is a subfamily of squirrels (in the family Sciuridae), uniting the flying squirrels with certain related tree squirrels. Older sources place the flying squirrels in a separate subfamily (Pteromyinae) and unite all remaining sciurids into ...
****Tribe: Sciurini *****Genus: '' Sciurus'' ******
Red squirrel The red squirrel (''Sciurus vulgaris'') is a species of tree squirrel in the genus ''Sciurus'' common throughout Europe and Asia. The red squirrel is an arboreal, primarily herbivorous rodent. In Great Britain, Ireland, and in Italy numbers ...
, ''S. vulgaris'' ****Tribe: Pteromyini *****Genus: ''
Aeretes ''Aeretes'' is a genus of squirrels that contains a single extant species, the groove-toothed flying squirrel ''(Aeretes melanopterus)''. Two fossil species are also known from Late Pliocene Late may refer to: * LATE, an acronym which could s ...
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Groove-toothed flying squirrel The groove-toothed flying squirrel or North Chinese flying squirrel (''Aeretes melanopterus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Aeretes''. It is endemic to China, and occurs in Sichuan, Gansu, He ...
, ''Aeretes melanopterus'' *****Genus: ''
Belomys ''Belomys'' is a genus of squirrels that contains a single extant species, the hairy-footed flying squirrel ''(Belomys pearsonii)''. Fossil species include the Pleistocene '' Belomys thamkaewi'' and the Late Pliocene ''Belomys parapearsoni'', b ...
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Hairy-footed flying squirrel The hairy-footed flying squirrel (''Belomys pearsonii'') is a flying squirrel found in the mountains of the eastern Himalaya, Southeast Asia, southern China, and the island of Taiwan. It lives at elevations of above sea level. The fur is red ...
, ''Belomys pearsonii'' *****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 - '' ...
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Particolored flying squirrel The particolored flying squirrel (''Hylopetes alboniger'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical ...
, ''Hylopetes alboniger'' EN ******
Indochinese flying squirrel The Indochinese flying squirrel (''Hylopetes phayrei''), also known as Phayre's flying squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việ ...
, ''Hylopetes phayrei'' *****Genus: ''
Petaurista ''Petaurista'' is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae. They are large to very large flying squirrels found in forests and other wooded habitats in southern and eastern Asia. Like other flying squirrels, they are mostly nocturnal and able ...
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Red and white giant flying squirrel The red and white giant flying squirrel (''Petaurista alborufus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is a very large, dark rufous-red, buff and white flying squirrel found in forests at altitudes of in mainland China and in T ...
, ''Petaurista alborufus'' ******
Spotted giant flying squirrel The spotted giant flying squirrel (''Petaurista elegans''), also known as the lesser giant flying squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in hill and mountain forests at altitudes of in Southeast Asia north to centr ...
, ''Petaurista elegans'' ****** Japanese giant flying squirrel, ''Petaurista leucogenys'' ******
Bhutan giant flying squirrel The Bhutan giant flying squirrel (''Petaurista nobilis''), also known as the Gray's giant flying squirrel or noble giant flying squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. This species lives in Himalayan forests and it is one of th ...
, ''Petaurista nobilis'' ******
Red giant flying squirrel The red giant flying squirrel or common giant flying squirrel (''Petaurista petaurista'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae (squirrels). It is found in a wide variety of forest–types, plantations and more open habitats with scatter ...
, ''Petaurista petaurista'' ******
Indian giant flying squirrel The Indian giant flying squirrel (''Petaurista philippensis''), also called the large brown flying squirrel or the common giant flying squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is capable of gliding flight using a skin membrane ...
, ''Petaurista philippensis'' ******
Chinese giant flying squirrel The Chinese giant flying squirrel (''Petaurista xanthotis'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nat ...
, ''Petaurista xanthotis'' *****Genus: '' Pteromys'' ******
Siberian flying squirrel The Siberian flying squirrel (''Pteromys volans'') is an Old World flying squirrel ranging from the Baltic Sea in the west, throughout Northern Asia to the coast of the Pacific Ocean in the east. It is the only species of flying squirrel in Euro ...
, ''Pteromys volans'' *****Genus: ''
Trogopterus The complex-toothed flying squirrel (''Trogopterus xanthipes'') occurs in the southern Chinese provinces Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Yunnan. The common name refers to the teeth, which differ from those of other species of flying squirrels ...
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Complex-toothed flying squirrel The complex-toothed flying squirrel (''Trogopterus xanthipes'') occurs in the southern Chinese provinces Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Yunnan. The common name refers to the teeth, which differ from those of other species of flying squirrel ...
, ''Trogopterus xanthipes'' EN ***Subfamily: Callosciurinae ****Genus: ''
Callosciurus ''Callosciurus'' is a genus of squirrels collectively referred to as the "''beautiful squirrels''". They are found mainly in Southeast Asia, though a few species also occur in Nepal, northeastern India, Bangladesh and southern China. Several of t ...
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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'' *****
Inornate squirrel The inornate squirrel (''Callosciurus inornatus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in China, Laos, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group=" ...
, ''Callosciurus inornatus'' *****
Phayre's squirrel Phayre's squirrel (''Callosciurus phayrei'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in forests in China (Yunnan only) and Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA convent ...
, ''Callosciurus phayrei'' *****
Irrawaddy squirrel The Irrawaddy squirrel (''Callosciurus pygerythrus'') or hoary-bellied Himalayan squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. Description Irrawaddy squirrels vary in fur color, some squirrels being greyish-brown and reddish-brown, ...
, ''Callosciurus pygerythrus'' VU *****
Anderson's squirrel Anderson's squirrel (''Callosciurus quinquestriatus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in forests in China (Yunnan only) and Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's I ...
, ''Callosciurus quinquestriatus'' VU ****Genus: '' Dremomys'' *****
Orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel The orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel (''Dremomys lokriah'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Bhutan. Taxonomy The species was first described as ''Sciurus lokriah'' by ...
, ''Dremomys lokriah'' *****
Perny's long-nosed squirrel Perny's long-nosed squirrel (''Dremomys pernyi'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Northeast India , native_name_lang = mni , settlement_type = , image_skyline = , image_alt ...
, ''Dremomys pernyi'' *****
Red-hipped squirrel The red-hipped squirrel (''Dremomys pyrrhomerus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-size rodents. The squirrel family includes tree squirre ...
, ''Dremomys pyrrhomerus'' ***** Asian red-cheeked squirrel, ''Dremomys rufigenis'' ****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'' *****
Maritime striped squirrel The maritime striped squirrel or eastern striped squirrel (''Tamiops maritimus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in southern and eastern China (including Hainan), Taiwan, and Laos and Vietnam east of Mekong. It is di ...
, ''Tamiops maritimus'' *****
Swinhoe's striped squirrel Swinhoe's striped squirrel (''Tamiops swinhoei'') is a small species of rodent in the family Squirrel, Sciuridae. This species is found mostly in China and Southeast Asia. Their diet consists of mostly seeds, fruits, nuts and ginger nectar. Like ...
, ''Tamiops swinhoei'' ***Subfamily: Xerinae ****Tribe: Marmotini *****Genus: '' Marmota'' ****** Gray marmot, ''Marmota baibacina'' ******
Long-tailed marmot The long-tailed marmot (''Marmota caudata'') or golden marmot is a marmot species in the family Sciuridae. It occurs in mountainous regions in the central parts of Asia where it lives in open or lightly wooded habitats, often among rocks where dw ...
, ''Marmota caudata'' ******
Himalayan marmot The Himalayan marmot (''Marmota himalayana'') is a marmot species that inhabits alpine grasslands throughout the Himalayas and on the Tibetan Plateau. It is IUCN Red Listed as Least Concern because of its wide range and possibly large population. ...
, ''Marmota himalayana'' ******
Tarbagan marmot The tarbagan marmot (''Marmota sibirica'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in China (Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang), northern and western Mongolia, and Russia (southwest Siberia, Tuva, Transbaikalia). In the Mongoli ...
, ''Marmota sibirica'' *****Genus: ''
Sciurotamias ''Sciurotamias'' is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae, found in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 bi ...
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Père David's rock squirrel The Père David's rock squirrel (''Sciurotamias davidianus''), also known as the Chinese rock squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to China, where it is found widely in rocky habitats in the eastern and central ...
, ''Sciurotamias davidianus'' ******
Forrest's rock squirrel Forrest's rock squirrel (''Sciurotamias forresti'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Sichuan and Yunnan in China, where it inhabits cliffs covered in shrubby vegetation at an altitude around . Relatively little is ...
, ''Sciurotamias forresti'' VU *****Genus: ''
Spermophilus ''Spermophilus'' is a genus of ground squirrels in the Sciuridae, squirrel family. As traditionally defined the genus was very species-rich, ranging through Europe, Asia and North America, but this arrangement was found to be paraphyletic to ...
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Alashan ground squirrel The Alashan ground squirrel (''Spermophilus alashanicus'') is a species of squirrel. It is native to China and Mongolia. This squirrel lives at elevations up to 3200 meters. It lives on the steppe and in foothills and alpine Alpine may refer ...
, ''Spermophilus alashanicus'' ******
Daurian ground squirrel The Daurian ground squirrel (''Spermophilus dauricus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in China, Mongolia, and Russia. Distribution The daurian ground squirrel has a wide range in north east China, extending into Mo ...
, ''Spermophilus dauricus'' ******
Red-cheeked ground squirrel The red-cheeked ground squirrel (''Spermophilus erythrogenys'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is commonly referred to as the red-cheeked ground souslik and there are several recognized subspecies. It is found in central Asia. ...
, ''Spermophilus erythrogenys'' ******
Yellow ground squirrel The yellow ground squirrel (''Spermophilus fulvus'') is a large and sturdy ground squirrel species native to Afghanistan, China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Russia. It inhabits sandy steppes with Artemisia, glasswort and tamari ...
, ''Spermophilus fulvus'' ****** Long-tailed ground squirrel, ''Spermophilus undulatus'' *****Genus: '' Tamias'' ****** Siberian chipmunk, ''Tamias sibiricus'' **Family: Gliridae (dormice) ***Subfamily: Leithiinae ****Genus: '' Dryomys'' ***** Forest dormouse, ''Dryomys nitedula'' ****Genus: '' Chaetocauda'' *****
Chinese dormouse The Chinese dormouse or Sichuan dormouse (''Chaetocauda sichuanensis'') is a species of dormouse found in subalpine mixed forests in northern Sichuan, China, where it is known from Jiuzhaigou and Wanglang Nature Reserves. It is known only from t ...
, ''Chaetocauda sichuanensis'' EN **Family: Dipodidae (jerboas) ***Subfamily: Allactaginae ****Genus: ''
Allactaga The genus ''Allactaga'' contains the four and five-toed jerboas of Asia. They are small mammals belonging to the order of rodents. They are characteristically known as the hopping rodents of the desert and semi-arid regions. They have long hind f ...
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Balikun jerboa The Balikun jerboa (''Allactaga balikunica'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in arid areas of northwestern China and Mongolia. It eats green plants, plant roots, seeds, grasshoppers and beetles. Description The Balik ...
, ''Allactaga balikunica'' *****
Gobi jerboa The Gobi jerboa (''Allactaga bullata'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in China and Mongolia. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and temperate desert. The Gobi jerboa was discovered in 1925 by Glover Morri ...
, ''Allactaga bullata'' *****
Small five-toed jerboa The small five-toed jerboa (''Allactaga elater'') is a rodent of the family Dipodidae and genus ''Allactaga'', that has five digits. They are hopping rodents of the rocky deserts in Asia. They have been found in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, ...
, ''Allactaga elater'' *****
Mongolian five-toed jerboa The Mongolian five-toed jerboa or Siberian jerboa (''Allactaga sibirica'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркмен ...
, ''Allactaga sibirica'' ****Genus: ''
Pygeretmus ''Pygeretmus'' is a genus of rodent in the family Dipodidae Jerboas (from ar, جربوع ') are hopping desert rodents found throughout North Africa and Asia, and are members of the family Dipodidae. They tend to live in hot deserts. When ...
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Dwarf fat-tailed jerboa The dwarf fat-tailed jerboa (''Pygeretmus pumilio'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country s ...
, ''Pygeretmus pumilio'' ***Subfamily: Cardiocraniinae ****Genus: '' Cardiocranius'' ***** Five-toed pygmy jerboa, ''Cardiocranius paradoxus'' VU ****Genus: '' Salpingotus'' *****
Thick-tailed pygmy jerboa The thick-tailed pygmy jerboa (''Salpingotus crassicauda'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in China, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and temperate desert. It is threatened by h ...
, ''Salpingotus crassicauda'' VU *****
Kozlov's pygmy jerboa Kozlov's pygmy jerboa (''Salpingotus kozlovi'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in northwestern China and southern and eastern Mongolia. Its natural habitat is temperate desert. Description Kozlov's pygmy jerboa is a ...
, ''Salpingotus kozlovi'' ***Subfamily: Dipodinae ****Genus: ''
Dipus ''Dipus'' is a genus of jerboa. Today only a single species is extant, the northern three-toed jerboa ''(Dipus sagitta)'', widespread throughout Central Asia. The genus has a fossil record that dates back to the Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the ...
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Northern three-toed jerboa The northern three-toed jerboa (''Dipus sagitta'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is the only extant species within the genus ''Dipus''. It ranges across Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, China and Mongolia. ...
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Stylodipus ''Stylodipus'' is a genus of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It contains the following species: * Andrews's three-toed jerboa (''Stylodipus andrewsi'') * Mongolian three-toed jerboa (''Stylodipus sungorus'') * Thick-tailed three-toed jerboa Th ...
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Andrews's three-toed jerboa Andrews's three-toed jerboa, or the Mongolian jerboa, (''Stylodipus andrewsi'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in China (Inner Mongolia, Gansu, and Ningxia provinces) and Mongolia. Description Andrews's three-toed je ...
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Mongolian three-toed jerboa The Mongolian three-toed jerboa (''Stylodipus sungorus'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in Mongolia and possibly China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is ...
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Thick-tailed three-toed jerboa The thick-tailed three-toed jerboa (''Stylodipus telum'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is found in China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Its typical habitat is steppe, desert and mountain grasslan ...
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Euchoreutes The long-eared jerboa (''Euchoreutes naso'') is a nocturnal mouse-like rodent with a long tail, long hind legs for jumping, and exceptionally large ears. It is distinct enough that authorities consider it to be the only member of both its genus ...
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Long-eared jerboa The long-eared jerboa (''Euchoreutes naso'') is a nocturnal mouse-like rodent with a long tail, long hind legs for jumping, and exceptionally large ears. It is distinct enough that authorities consider it to be the only member of both its genus ...
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Sicista Birch mice (genus ''Sicista'') are small jumping rodents that resemble mice with long, tufted tails and very long hind legs, allowing for remarkable leaps. They are the only extant members of the family Sminthidae. They are native to Eurasian for ...
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Long-tailed birch mouse The long-tailed birch mouse (''Sicista caudata'') is a species of birch mouse found in Northeast Asia. It has been reported from the Ussuri region of Manchuria, Sakhalin Island and Primorsky Krai in Russia, and northern North Korea. It is liste ...
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Chinese birch mouse ''Sicista concolor'', the Chinese birch mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Sminthidae Sminthidae is a family of mouse-like jumping rodents. They are represented by only one extant genus, ''Sicista'', represented by 19 species found thro ...
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Southern birch mouse The southern birch mouse (''Sicista subtilis'') is a species of birch mouse in the family Sminthidae. It is native to southern Russia, Kazakhstan, and potentially northern Mongolia and China. Taxonomy The Hungarian birch mouse (''S. trizona'' ...
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Tien Shan birch mouse The Tien Shan birch mouse (''Sicista tianshanica'') is a species of rodent in the family Sminthidae. It is found in China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Description The Tien Shan birch mouse grows to a length of about with a tail length of about ...
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Zapodinae Zapodidae, the jumping mice, is a family of mouse-like rodents in North America and China. Although mouse-like in general appearance, these rodents are distinguished by their elongated hind limbs, and, typically, by the presence of four pairs o ...
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Eozapus The Chinese jumping mouse (''Eozapus setchuanus'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Eozapus''. It is endemic to China where its natural habitat is temperate forests, steppes and meadows in mounta ...
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Chinese jumping mouse The Chinese jumping mouse (''Eozapus setchuanus'') is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Eozapus''. It is endemic to China where its natural habitat is temperate forests, steppes and meadows in mounta ...
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Typhlomys The Chinese pygmy dormouse, (''Typhlomys cinereus'') is a species of rodent of the family Platacanthomyidae found in China and Vietnam. Subspecies Musser and Carleton (2005) recognized five subspecies. While the northwest Vietnamese form '' Typh ...
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Chinese pygmy dormouse The Chinese pygmy dormouse, (''Typhlomys cinereus'') is a species of rodent of the family Platacanthomyidae found in China and Vietnam. Subspecies Musser and Carleton (2005) recognized five subspecies. While the northwest Vietnamese form '' Typ ...
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Eospalax ''Eospalax'' is a genus of rodents in the family Spalacidae. It contains these species: *Chinese zokor The Chinese zokor (''Eospalax fontanierii'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It is endemic to China, ranging from Qinghai ...
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Rothschild's zokor The Rothschild's zokor (''Eospalax rothschildi'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It is endemic to China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous ...
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Smith's zokor Smith's zokor (''Eospalax smithii'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae, endemic to China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a pop ...
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Myospalax ''Myospalax'' is a genus of rodents in the family Spalacidae. It contains these species of zokor: * False zokor, ''M. aspalax'' *Siberian zokor The Siberian zokor (''Myospalax myospalax'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It i ...
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Transbaikal zokor The Transbaikal zokor (''Myospalax psilurus'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It is found in China, Mongolia, and Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe ...
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Cannomys The lesser bamboo rat (''Cannomys badius'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Cannomys''. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand. Description Th ...
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Lesser bamboo rat The lesser bamboo rat (''Cannomys badius'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Cannomys''. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand. Description T ...
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Rhizomys ''Rhizomys'', also known as bamboo rat, is a genus of rodents in the family Spalacidae. ''Rhizomys'' are all stocky burrowers with short, naked tails, and contains the following species: * Hoary bamboo rat (''R. pruinosus'') * Chinese bamboo ...
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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 ...
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Chinese bamboo rat The Chinese bamboo rat (''Rhizomys sinensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae found in southern China, northern Myanmar, and northern Vietnam. Its habitat is bamboo thickets usually at high elevations, pine forests, and plantati ...
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Large bamboo rat The large bamboo rat, Sumatran rat, or Indomalayan rat (''Rhizomys sumatrensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae found in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is one of four species of ba ...
, ''Rhizomys sumatrensis'' **Family: Cricetidae ***Subfamily: Cricetinae ****Genus: ''
Allocricetulus ''Allocricetulus'' is a genus of hamsters in the family Cricetidae, which are found in Asia. It contains the following species: * Mongolian hamster The Mongolian hamster (''Allocricetulus curtatus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricet ...
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Mongolian hamster The Mongolian hamster (''Allocricetulus curtatus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is one of two members of the genus ''Allocricetulus'', and is found in China and Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "M ...
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Cansumys The Gansu hamster (''Cansumys canus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, endemic to China. It is the only species in the genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, ...
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Gansu hamster The Gansu hamster (''Cansumys canus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, endemic to China. It is the Monotypic taxon, only species in the genus ''Cansumys''. References

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Cricetulus ''Cricetulus'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae (voles and hamsters); it has seven member species that inhabit arid or semi-arid regions in Eurasia. They tend to be more ratlike in appearance than typical hamsters, hence the commo ...
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European hamster The European hamster (''Cricetus cricetus''), also known as the Eurasian hamster, black-bellied hamster or common hamster, is the only species of hamster in the genus ''Cricetus''. It is native to grassland and similar habitats in a large part ...
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Tscherskia The greater long-tailed hamster (''Tscherskia triton'') is a rodent native to Siberia, the Korean Peninsula, and China. It is the only member of the genus ''Tscherskia''. Taxonomy The genetic diversity of ''Tscherskia triton'' has a positive c ...
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Greater long-tailed hamster The greater long-tailed hamster (''Tscherskia triton'') is a rodent native to Siberia, the Korean Peninsula, and China. It is the Monotypic taxon, only member of the genus ''Tscherskia''. Taxonomy The genetic diversity of ''Tscherskia triton'' h ...
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Alticola ''Alticola'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. Species *Subgenus ''Alticola'' ** White-tailed mountain vole (''Alticola albicauda'') ** Silver mountain vole (''Alticola argentatus'') ** Gobi Altai mountain vole (''Alticola ba ...
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Silver mountain vole The silver mountain vole (''Alticola argentatus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. They are distinguished by their silver-grey pelage, long vibrissae, rootless hypsodont molars and angular skull shape. Like many mammals of the E ...
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Gobi Altai mountain vole The Gobi Altai mountain vole (''Alticola barakshin'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It can be found in China, Mongolia, and the Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental coun ...
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Royle's mountain vole Royle's mountain vole (''Alticola roylei'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, Nepal, Pakistan and India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the sevent ...
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Stolička's mountain vole Stolička's or Stoliczka's mountain vole (''Alticola stoliczkanus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, Pakistan, India and Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Fede ...
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Flat-headed vole The flat-headed vole (''Alticola strelzowi'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental co ...
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Arvicola The water voles are large voles in the genus ''Arvicola''. They are found in both aquatic and dry habitat through Europe and much of northern Asia. A water vole found in Western North America was historically considered a member of this genus ...
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Tien Shan red-backed vole The Tien Shan red-backed vole (''Myodes centralis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China and Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzs ...
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Bank vole The bank vole (''Myodes glareolus'') is a small vole with red-brown fur and some grey patches, with a tail about half as long as its body. A rodent, it lives in woodland areas and is around in length. The bank vole is found in much of Europe an ...
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Ellobius ''Ellobius'' is a genus of rodents in the family Cricetidae. It is the only member of the tribe Ellobiusini. It contains two ('' E. lutescens'' and '' E. tancrei'') of the handful of examples of mammal species that have lost the Y chromosome. Th ...
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Zaisan mole vole The Zaisan mole vole (''Ellobius tancrei''), or eastern mole vole, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in central Asia. Description The Zaisan mole vole is highly adapted to life underground. It grows to a head and body ...
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Eolagurus ''Eolagurus'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New World rats and mice. At almost 608 ...
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Yellow steppe lemming The yellow steppe lemming (''Eolagurus luteus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. Its natural habitat is temperate desert A desert is a barren area of landscape where little ...
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Przewalski's steppe lemming Przewalski's steppe lemming (''Eolagurus przewalskii'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China and Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked ...
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Eothenomys ''Eothenomys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It contains the following species: * Kachin red-backed vole (''Eothenomys cachinus'') * Pratt's vole (''Eothenomys chinensis'') * Southwest China vole (''Eothenomys custos'') * Père D ...
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Ganzu vole The Ganzu vole, Eva's red-backed vole, Eva's vole, Gansu vole, or Taozhou vole (''Caryomys eva'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in mountain forests in China. The IUCN has assessed it as being of "least concern". D ...
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Chaotung vole The Chaotung vole (''Eothenomys olitor'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of C ...
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Yulungshan vole The Yulungshan vole, Yulong Chinese vole, Yulongxuen Chinese vole, or Yulongxuen red-backed vole (''Eothenomys proditor'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, endemic to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in the Sichuan–Yunnan border regi ...
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Shansei vole The Shansei vole (''Myodes shanseius'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in north-central China where its habitat is forests. Taxonomy The Shansei vole was first described in 1908 as ''Myodes shanseius'' by the ...
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Lasiopodomys ''Lasiopodomys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New World rats and mice. At alm ...
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Brandt's vole Brandt's vole, (''Lasiopodomys brandtii''), also known as the steppe vole, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is native to shrublands and grasslands in Russia, Mongolia and northern China. Characteristics Brandt's vole is about ...
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Plateau vole The plateau vole (''Lasiopodomys fuscus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in China. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae). ...
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Mandarin vole The mandarin vole (''Lasiopodomys mandarinus'') is a species of vole found in central China as well as the southern and central Korean Peninsula. An adult mandarin vole is typically of about 115 millimeters in length, in addition to about 28&nbs ...
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Narrow-headed vole The narrow-headed vole (''Microtus gregalis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. Ranging over northern and central Asia and also into Alaska, it is the only species in the subgenus ''Stenocranius''. Description The narrow-headed ...
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Chinese scrub vole The Chinese scrub vole, or Irene's mountain vole, (''Neodon irene'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to mountainous parts of southern China and is very similar to the Sikkim mountain vole in appearance. The Interna ...
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Juniper vole The juniper vole (''Microtus juldaschi'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and Tajikistan. It was formerly classified in the genus ''Neodon'', but genetic evidence indicates that it is c ...
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Blyth's vole Blyth's vole (''Phaiomys leucurus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Phaiomys''. It is found in mountainous regions in northern India, Nepal and China. It is a burrowing rodent and lives in ...
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Lacustrine vole The lacustrine vole (''Microtus limnophilus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China and Mongolia. References

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Maximowicz's vole Maximowicz's vole (''Microtus maximowiczii'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in northeastern China, Mongolia, and eastern Russia. Description Maximowicz's vole is one of the largest voles in the genus ''Microtus''. ...
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Mongolian vole The Mongolian vole (''Microtus mongolicus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, Mongolia, and Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental ...
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Sikkim vole The Sikkim mountain vole (''Neodon sikimensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Bhutan, India, Nepal and China. Description The Sikkim mountain vole has a head-and-body length of between and a tail length of . ...
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Social vole The social vole (''Microtus socialis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Syria, Turkey, and Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is ...
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Myopus The wood lemming (''Myopus schisticolor'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It belongs to the rodent subfamily Arvicolinae, so is a relative of the voles, lemmings, and muskrats. It is found in the taiga biome of China, Estonia, F ...
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Wood lemming The wood lemming (''Myopus schisticolor'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It belongs to the rodent subfamily Arvicolinae, so is a relative of the voles, lemmings, and muskrats. It is found in the taiga biome of China, Estonia, F ...
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Proedromys ''Proedromys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae from China. It is part of the tribe Arvicolini within the subfamily Arvicolinae, which contains the voles, lemming A lemming is a small rodent, usually found in or near the Arctic in ...
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Duke of Bedford's vole The Duke of Bedford's vole (''Proedromys bedfordi'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in mountainous parts of central China. It is a rare species and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assesse ...
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Volemys ''Volemys'' is a small genus of rodents in the family Cricetidae. It contains the following species, both of which are endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, ...
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Clarke's vole Clarke's vole ('Microtus clarkei'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, wi ...
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Szechuan vole The Szechuan vole (''Volemys millicens'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in northwestern Sichuan, China. It is one of two species in the genus ''Volemys'' along with Marie's vole (''Volemys musseri''). Range ...
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Marie's vole Marie's vole (''Volemys musseri'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in China. ''Volemys musseri'' is one of two species in the genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological cla ...
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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 ...
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Brachiones Przewalski's gerbil or Przewalski's jird (''Brachiones przewalskii'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of ...
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Przewalski's gerbil Przewalski's gerbil or Przewalski's jird (''Brachiones przewalskii'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of ...
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Libyan jird The Libyan jird (''Meriones libycus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan an ...
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Midday jird The midday jird (''Meriones meridianus''), also called midday gerbil, is a rodent species in the family Muridae and native to sandy deserts in Central and East Asia. It has been listed on the IUCN Red List as Least Concern since 2008. Descript ...
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Tamarisk jird The tamarisk jird or tamarisk gerbil (''Meriones tamariscinus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. It prefers habitats with grass or shrub c ...
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Mongolian gerbil The Mongolian gerbil or Mongolian jird (''Meriones unguiculatus'') is a small rodent belonging to the subfamily Gerbillinae. Their body size is typically , with a tail, and body weight , with adult males larger than females. The animal is us ...
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Rhombomys The great gerbil (''Rhombomys opimus'') is a large rodent found throughout much of Central Asia. Description The largest of the gerbils, great gerbils have a head and body length of . Their skulls are distinctive by having two grooves in each i ...
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Striped field mouse The striped field mouse (''Apodemus agrarius'') is a rodent in the family Muridae. The range of this species stretches from Eastern Europe to Eastern Asia. Synonyms Accepted synonyms include ''Apodemus albostriatus'' (Bechstein, 1801), ''Apode ...
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Chevrier's field mouse Chevrier's field mouse (''Apodemus chevrieri'') is a species of 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 upp ...
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South China field mouse The South China field mouse (''Apodemus draco'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in China, India, and Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require ...
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Sichuan field mouse The Sichuan field mouse (''Apodemus latronum'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Qinghai and Sichuan provinces of China, and in India and Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: W ...
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Korean field mouse The Korean field mouse (''Apodemus peninsulae''), also known as the Korean wood mouse, is a species of mouse. It is distributed across Northeastern Asia, including the Russian Far East, northern China, the Korean Peninsula, Sakhalin, and Hokkaidō ...
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Ural field mouse The Ural field mouse (''Apodemus uralensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is also known as the pygmy field mouse. It is found in Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgi ...
, ''Apodemus uralensis'' ****Genus: '' Bandicota'' *****
Greater bandicoot rat The greater bandicoot rat or Indian bandicoot rat (''Bandicota indica'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam akist ...
, ''Bandicota indica'' ****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 ...
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Kenneth's white-toothed rat Kenneth's white-toothed rat (''Berylmys mackenziei'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in China, India, Myanmar, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, ...
, ''Berylmys mackenziei'' ****Genus: '' Chiropodomys'' *****
Pencil-tailed tree mouse ''Chiropodomys'' (or pencil-tailed tree mice) is a genus of Old World rats and mice native to Southeast Asia and northeast India. They are tree-dwelling, very small mice, mostly found in tropical rainforest. In total six extant species have been ...
, ''Chiropodomys gliroides'' ****Genus: ''
Dacnomys Millard's rat (''Dacnomys millardi'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus ''Dacnomys''. It is found in China, India, Laos, and Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Demo ...
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Millard's rat Millard's rat (''Dacnomys millardi'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus ''Dacnomys''. It is found in China, India, Laos, and Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Demo ...
, ''Dacnomys millardi'' ****Genus: ''
Hadromys ''Hadromys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which sha ...
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Manipur bush rat The Manipur bush rat (''Hadromys humei''), also known as Hume's rat or Hume's hadromys, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in northeastern India, and is listed as endangered. Range and habitat The species is endemic to nort ...
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Hapalomys ''Hapalomys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Southeast Asia. It is the only member of the tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldw ...
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Delacour's marmoset rat Delacour's marmoset rat (''Hapalomys delacouri''), also known as the lesser marmoset rat, is an arboreal species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in China, Laos, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is montane subtropical or tropical ...
, ''Hapalomys delacouri'' ****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-taile ...
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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, Malaysia, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), offi ...
, ''Leopoldamys edwardsi'' ****Genus: ''
Micromys ''Micromys'' is a genus of small rodents in the subfamily Murinae. The genus contains two living species: the widespread Eurasian harvest mouse (''Micromys minutus'') of much of Europe and Asia; and the more restricted Indochinese harvest mouse ...
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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 ...
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Ryukyu mouse The Ryukyu mouse ('Mus caroli'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the So ...
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Cook's mouse Cook's mouse (''Mus cookii'') is a species of 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. ...
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Gairdner's shrewmouse Gairdner's shrewmouse (''Mus pahari'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group ...
, ''Mus pahari'' ****Genus: ''
Nesokia ''Nesokia'' is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to West Asia and Central Asia known as the short-tailed bandicoot rats. Species Genus ''Nesokia'' - short-tailed bandicoot rats: * Short-tailed bandicoot rat (''Nesokia indica'') G ...
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Short-tailed bandicoot rat The short-tailed bandicoot rat (''Nesokia indica'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. Other common names include short-tailed mole-rat, Indian bandicoot, bandicoot-rat, flat-tooth rat and short-tailed nesokia. Characteristics The sh ...
, ''Nesokia indica'' LC ****Genus: ''
Niviventer ''Niviventer'' is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Southeast Asia. It contains the following species: * Anderson's white-bellied rat, ''Niviventer andersoni'' * Brahma white-bellied rat, ''Niviventer brahma'' * '' Niviventer ...
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Anderson's white-bellied rat Anderson's white-bellied rat (''Niviventer andersoni'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to China and known from Yunnan, Sichuan, and Shaanxi provinces. Its range might extend to northern Guizhou. It inhabits montane f ...
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Chinese white-bellied rat The Chinese white-bellied rat (''Niviventer confucianus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is widely spread in China and also occurs in northern Myanmar, northwest Thailand, and northwest Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( ...
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Smoke-bellied rat The smoke-bellied rat (''Niviventer eha'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of N ...
, ''Niviventer eha'' *****
Large white-bellied rat The large white-bellied rat (''Niviventer excelsior''), also known as the Sichuan niviventer, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in southwestern China. It occurs in Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve of Sichuan, south ...
, ''Niviventer excelsior'' *****
Chestnut white-bellied rat The chestnut white-bellied rat (''Niviventer fulvescens'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is a small rodent with a distinct bright chestnut upper-coat and a white under-coat. The colour of the upper-coat is variable from very b ...
, ''Niviventer fulvescens'' ****Genus: '' Rattus'' *****
Lesser ricefield rat The lesser ricefield rat (''Rattus losea'') is a rodent in the family Muridae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1871. It is found in China, Laos, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam ...
, ''Rattus losea'' *****
Himalayan field rat The Himalayan field rat (''Rattus nitidus''), sometimes known as the white-footed Indo-Chinese rat, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It has a wide range, being found in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Laos, Thai ...
, ''Rattus nitidus'' ***** Brown rat, ''Rattus norvegicus'' *****
Sikkim rat The Sikkim rat (''Rattus andamanensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the ...
, ''Rattus sikkimensis'' VU ***** Tanezumi rat, ''Rattus tanezumi'' *****
Turkestan rat The Turkestan rat (''Rattus pyctoris'') is a species of rodent in the 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 g ...
, ''Rattus turkestanicus'' ****Genus: '' Vandeleuria'' ***** Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse, ''Vandeleuria oleracea'' ****Genus: ''
Vernaya ''Vernaya'' is a genus of rodent in the subfamily Murinae from southern China and northern Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English a ...
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Red climbing mouse The red climbing mouse (''Vernaya fulva''), also known as Vernay's climbing mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is named after explorer and antiques dealer, Arthur Vernay, who sponsored the expedition during which the animal ...
, ''Vernaya fulva'' VU


Order: Lagomorpha (lagomorphs)

The lagomorphs comprise two families, Leporidae (
hare Hares and jackrabbits are mammals belonging to the genus ''Lepus''. They are herbivores, and live solitarily or in pairs. They nest in slight depressions called forms, and their young are able to fend for themselves shortly after birth. The ge ...
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rabbit Rabbits, also known as bunnies or bunny rabbits, are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also contains the hares) of the order Lagomorpha (which also contains the pikas). ''Oryctolagus cuniculus'' includes the European rabbit speci ...
s), and Ochotonidae ( pikas). Though they can resemble rodents, and were classified as a
superfamily SUPERFAMILY is a database and search platform of structural and functional annotation for all proteins and genomes. It classifies amino acid sequences into known structural domains, especially into SCOP superfamilies. Domains are functional, str ...
in that order until the early 20th century, they have since been considered a separate order. They differ from rodents in a number of physical characteristics, such as having four incisors in the upper jaw rather than two. *Family: Ochotonidae (pikas) **Genus: ''
Ochotona A pika ( or ; archaically spelled pica) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal found in Asia and North America. With short limbs, very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative, the rabbit, but ...
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Alpine pika The alpine pika (''Ochotona alpina'') is a species of small mammal in the pika family, Ochotonidae. The summer pelage of different subspecies varies drastically but, in general, it is dark or cinnamon brown, turning to grey with a yellowish tin ...
, ''Ochotona alpina'' ***
Helan Shan pika The Helan Shan pika or silver pika (''Ochotona argentata'') is a species of mammal in the pika family, Ochotonidae. It is endemic to China where it is found in a small region of the Helan Mountains. It is listed as "Endangered" in the IUCN Red L ...
, ''Ochotona argentata'' CR ***
Gansu pika The Gansu pika (''Ochotona cansus'') or gray pika is a species of mammal in the pika family, Ochotonidae. It is endemic to China. References External links

* Pikas Mammals of China Endemic fauna of China Mammals described in 1907 Taxa ...
, ''Ochotona cansus'' ***
Black-lipped pika The plateau pika (''Ochotona curzoniae''), also known as the black-lipped pika, is a species of mammal in the pika family, Ochotonidae. It is a small diurnal and non-hibernating mammal weighing about 140 g when fully grown. The animals ar ...
, ''Ochotona curzoniae'' *** Daurian pika, ''Ochotona dauurica'' ***
Chinese red pika The Chinese red pika (''Ochotona erythrotis'') is a species of mammal in the family Ochotonidae. Typical of a pika it has short limbs, a small tail and round ears. Specific to the Chinese red pika has distinctive red color in its pelt. The Chi ...
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Forrest's pika The Forrest's pika (''Ochotona forresti'') is a species of mammal in the pika family, Ochotonidae. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, and Myanmar. The summer dorsal pelage and ventral pelage are dark rufous or blackish brown, and the winter d ...
, ''Ochotona forresti'' *** Gaoligong pika, ''Ochotona gaoligongensis'' DD *** Glover's pika, ''Ochotona gloveri'' ***
Himalayan pika The Himalayan pika (''Ochotona himalayana'') is a species of small mammal in the pika family (''Ochotonidae''). It is found at high altitudes in remote areas of Ladakh, Uttarakhand and possibly also in Nepal &Tibet. The IUCN has listed this spe ...
, ''Ochotona himalayana'' *** ''
Ochotona huanglongensis A pika ( or ; archaically spelled pica) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal found in Asia and North America. With short limbs, very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative, the rabbit, but wi ...
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Northern pika The northern pika (''Ochotona hyperborea'') is a species of pika found across mountainous regions of northern Asia, from the Ural Mountains to northern Japan and south through Mongolia, Manchuria and northern Korea. An adult northern pika has a b ...
, ''Ochotona hyperborea'' *** Ili pika, ''Ochotona iliensis'' VU ***
Koslov's pika Koslov's pika or Kozlov's pika (''Ochotona koslowi'') is a species of mammal in the family Ochotonidae. It is endemic to China. Its natural habitat is tundra. It is threatened by habitat loss. Kozlov's pika are herbivores, they are known as "eco ...
, ''Ochotona koslowi'' EN ***
Ladak pika The Ladak pika (''Ochotona ladacensis''), also known as the Ladakh pika, is a species of mammal in the family Ochotonidae found in China, India, and Pakistan. Prior to identification as a separate species, specimens were thought to be of the ...
, ''Ochotona ladacensis'' *** Large-eared pika, ''Ochotona macrotis'' ***
Muli pika The Muli pika (''Ochotona muliensis'') is a species of mammal in the family Ochotonidae. It is endemic to China. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is a rarely found, one of the six pika species ...
, ''Ochotona muliensis'' DD ***
Nubra pika The Nubra pika (''Ochotona nubrica'') is a species of mammal of the pika family, Ochotonidae. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), ...
, ''Ochotona nubrica'' ***
Pallas's pika Pallas's pika (''Ochotona pallasi''), also known as the Mongolian pika, is a species of small mammals in the pika family, Ochotonidae. It is found mainly in the mountains of western Mongolia. Description Pallas's pika can range from anywhere be ...
, ''Ochotona pallasi'' ***
Royle's pika Royle's pika (''Ochotona roylei''), also called the Himalayan mouse hare or hui shutu, is a species of pika. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Description The most common pika species in the Himalayas, it has a length of ...
, ''Ochotona roylei'' *** Turkestan red pika, ''Ochotona rutila'' ***
Moupin pika The Moupin pika (''Ochotona thibetana''), also known as Ribetischer Pika, Moupin-Pika, Pika del Tibet, and Manipuri pika,Molur, S., Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B., Walker, S., Nameer, P. O., & Ravikumar, L. (2005)Status of south Asian non-vol ...
, ''Ochotona thibetana'' ***
Thomas's pika Thomas's pika (''Ochotona thomasi''), also known as the Thomas-pika, is a species of small mammal in the pika family, Ochotonidae. The fur on its upper body is reddish brown in summer, and mouse grey in winter. It is a generalist herbivore thr ...
, ''Ochotona thomasi'' *Family: Leporidae (rabbits, hares) **Genus: '' Lepus'' ***
Yunnan hare The Yunnan hare (''Lepus comus'') is a medium-sized species of mammal in the family Leporidae. It has soft, flat, and long dorsal Fur, pelage which is grayish brown or dark gray in color, and whitish ventral pelage. It was considered endemic to ...
, ''L. comus'' ***
Korean hare The Korean hare (''Lepus coreanus'') is a species of hare native to the Korean Peninsula and adjoining parts of northeastern China. The Korean hare inhabits diverse habitats within its range, from remote mountain forests to cultivated land. Fur ...
, ''L. coreanus'' ***
Hainan hare The Hainan hare (''Lepus hainanus'') is a hare endemic to Hainan Island, China. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1870. Description The Hainan hare is small; its body length is less than and weighs only . Its head is small ...
, ''L. hainanus'' ***
Manchurian hare The Manchurian hare (''Lepus mandshuricus'') is a species of hare found in northeastern China and Russia, the Amur River basin, and the higher mountains of northern North Korea. It lives in forests and the IUCN has assessed its conservation statu ...
, ''L. mandshuricus'' *** Woolly hare, ''L. oiostolus'' ***
Chinese hare The Chinese hare (''Lepus sinensis'') is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae. It is found in China, Taiwan and Vietnam. Taxonomy The Chinese hare was first described by John Edward Gray in 1832. The Korean hare (''Lepus coreanus'') was ...
, ''L. sinensis'' ***
Desert hare The desert hare (''Lepus tibetanus'') is a species of hare found in Central Asia, Northwest China, and the western Indian subcontinent. Little is known about this species except that it inhabits grassland and scrub areas of desert and semi-desert ...
, ''L. tibetanus'' ***
Mountain hare The mountain hare (''Lepus timidus''), also known as blue hare, tundra hare, variable hare, white hare, snow hare, alpine hare, and Irish hare, is a Palearctic hare that is largely adapted to polar and mountainous habitats. Evolution The mountai ...
, ''L. timidus'' ***
Tolai hare The tolai hare (''Lepus tolai'') is a species of hare native to Central Asia, Mongolia, and Northern and Central China. It inhabits semi-desert, steppes, rocky habitats, and forest meadows. It is relatively common, even in areas with heavy hu ...
, ''L. tolai'' ***
Yarkand hare The Yarkand hare (''Lepus yarkandensis'') is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae. It has soft, straight, sandy brown dorsal Fur, pelage which has grayish-black stripes, and completely white ventral pelage. Endemic to China, the Yarkand h ...
, ''L. yarkandensis''


Order:

Erinaceomorpha 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 and gymnures)

The order Erinaceomorpha contains a single family, Erinaceidae, which comprise the hedgehogs and
gymnure Gymnures, also called hairy hedgehogs or moonrats, are mammals belonging to the subfamily Galericinae, in the family Erinaceidae and the order Eulipotyphla. Gymnures resemble rats but are not closely related as they are not rodents; they are ...
s. 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: Erinaceinae ***Genus: '' Erinaceus'' **** Amur hedgehog, ''Erinaceus amurensis'' LR/lc ***Genus: '' Hemiechinus'' **** Long-eared hedgehog, ''Hemiechinus auritus'' LR/lc ***Genus: '' Mesechinus'' **** Daurian hedgehog, ''Mesechinus dauuricus'' LR/lc **** Hugh's hedgehog, ''Mesechinus hughi'' VU **Subfamily: Galericinae ***Genus: ''
Hylomys ''Hylomys'' is a small genus of the family Erinaceidae. ''Hylomys'' species, like all species in the subfamily Galericinae, are known as gymnures or moonrats. Their closest relatives include the fossil '' Lantanotherium'' and '' Thaiagymnura'' ...
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Hainan gymnure The Hainan gymnure (''Neohylomys hainanensis'') or Hainan moonrat is a species of mammal in the family Erinaceidae. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It was thought to be endemic to the island of Hainan, China where it i ...
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Shrew gymnure The shrew gymnure, or shrew hedgehog (''Neotetracus sinensis''), is a species of mammal in the family Erinaceidae and is the only extant species in the genus Neotetracus. It is found in China, Myanmar, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ...
, ''Hylomys sinensis'' LR/nt ****
Short-tailed gymnure The short-tailed gymnure (''Hylomys suillus'') is a small mammal from the family of the Erinaceidae. The scientific name of the species is first published by Salomon Müller in 1840. Description The upperparts of the short-tailed gymnure are ...
, ''Hylomys suillus'' LR/lc


Order:

Soricomorpha Soricomorpha (from Greek "shrew-form") is a formerly used taxon within the class of mammals. In the past it formed a significant group within the former order Insectivora. However, Insectivora was shown to be polyphyletic and various new orders w ...
(shrews, moles, and solenodons)

The "shrew-forms" are insectivorous mammals. Shrews and solenodons closely resemble mice, while moles are stout-bodied burrowers. *Family: Soricidae (shrews) **Subfamily: Crocidurinae ***Genus: '' Crocidura'' ****
Asian gray shrew The Asian gray shrew (''Crocidura attenuata'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is one of the comm ...
, ''Crocidura attenuata'' **** Southeast Asian shrew, ''Crocidura fuliginosa'' **** Gmelin's white-toothed shrew, ''Crocidura gmelini'' **** Gueldenstaedt's shrew, ''Crocidura gueldenstaedtii'' **** Horsfield's shrew, ''Crocidura horsfieldii'' ****
Ussuri white-toothed shrew The Ussuri white-toothed shrew (''Crocidura lasiura'') is a species of musk shrew found on the mainland Northeast Asia Northeast Asia or Northeastern Asia is a geographical subregion of Asia; its northeastern landmass and islands are bounded b ...
, ''Crocidura lasiura'' **** Taiga shrew, ''Crocidura pullata'' ****
Asian lesser white-toothed shrew The Asian lesser white-toothed shrew (''Crocidura shantungensis'') is a species of mammal Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females ...
, ''Crocidura shantungensis'' DD ****
Siberian shrew The Siberian shrew (''Crocidura sibirica') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Russia, and possibly China and Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a land ...
, ''Crocidura sibirica'' ****
Lesser white-toothed shrew The lesser white-toothed shrew (''Crocidura suaveolens'') is a tiny shrew with a widespread distribution in Africa, Asia and Europe. Its preferred habitat is scrub and gardens and it feeds on insects, arachnids, worms, gastropods, newts and sm ...
, ''Crocidura suaveolens'' ***Genus: '' Suncus'' **** Etruscan shrew, ''Suncus etruscus'' LC **** Asian house shrew, ''S. murinus'' **Subfamily: Soricinae ***Tribe:
Anourosoricini Asian mole shrews (''Anourosorex'') are a genus of shrews that resemble moles, from China, Taiwan, India, and Indochina. They are the only known genus of the Anourosoricini tribe of red-toothed shrews. The four known species are:Anourosorex Asian mole shrews (''Anourosorex'') are a genus of shrews that resemble moles, from China, Taiwan, India, and Indochina. They are the only known genus of the Anourosoricini tribe of red-toothed shrews. The four known species are:Chinese mole shrew, ''Anourosorex squamipes'' LR/lc ***Tribe: Blarinellini ****Genus: '' Blarinella'' ***** Northern short-tailed shrew, ''Blarinella quadraticauda'' LR/lc ***** Southern short-tailed shrew, ''Blarinella wardi'' LR/nt ***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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Himalayan water shrew The Himalayan water shrew (''Chimarrogale himalayica'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in China, India, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socia ...
, ''Chimarrogale himalayica'' LR/lc *****
Chinese water shrew The Chinese water shrew (''Chimarrogale styani'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in China and Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indica ...
, ''Chimarrogale styani'' LR/lc ****Genus: ''
Nectogale The elegant water shrew (''Nectogale elegans'') is a species of mammal in the subfamily Soricinae of the family Soricidae. It is the only species within the genus ''Nectogale''. It lives in Sikkim and China China, officially the People ...
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Elegant water shrew The elegant water shrew (''Nectogale elegans'') is a species of mammal in the subfamily Soricinae of the family Soricidae. It is the only species within the genus ''Nectogale''. It lives in Sikkim and China China, officially the People ...
, ''Nectogale elegans'' LR/lc ****Genus: '' Neomys'' ***** Eurasian water shrew, ''Neomys fodiens'' LR/lc ****Genus: '' Episoriculus'' ***** Hodgsons's brown-toothed shrew, ''Episoriculus caudatus'' LR/lc *****
Long-tailed brown-toothed shrew The long-tailed brown-toothed shrew (''Episoriculus leucops'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist ...
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Long-tailed mountain shrew The long-tailed mountain shrew (''Episoriculus macrurus'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in China, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of ...
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De Winton's shrew The De Winton's shrew (''Chodsigoa hypsibius'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country ...
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Lamulate shrew The lamulate shrew (''Chodsigoa lamula'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country ...
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Lowe's shrew The Lowe's shrew (''Chodsigoa parca'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in China, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group= ...
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Salenski's shrew Salenski's shrew (''Chodsigoa salenskii'') is a red-toothed shrew found only in northern Sichuan, China, where it is known from Wolong National Nature Reserve Wolong National Nature Reserve (), also known as Wolong Special Administrative Regi ...
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Smith's shrew The Smith's shrew (''Chodsigoa smithii'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Southwest China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populou ...
, ''Chodsigoa smithii'' LR/lc ****Genus: '' Soriculus'' ***** Himalayan shrew, ''Soriculus nigrescens'' LR/lc ***Tribe: Soricini ****Genus: '' Sorex'' *****
Tien Shan shrew The Tien Shan shrew (''Sorex asper'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in China and Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and ...
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Lesser striped shrew The lesser striped shrew (''Sorex bedfordiae'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in China, Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating ...
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Laxmann's shrew Laxmann's shrew (''Sorex caecutiens''), or the masked shrew, is a species of shrew. Its range extends from northern Scandinavia and the Baltic to the Sea of Japan, including Hokkaidō, Sakhalin, and the Korean Peninsula. It favours mountain fores ...
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Gansu shrew The Gansu shrew (''Sorex cansulus'') is a red-toothed shrew found only in a small part of Gansu province and other adjacent areas of China. With its very limited range, it is sensitive to habitat loss and is listed as a "vulnerable species" in ...
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Greater stripe-backed shrew The greater stripe-backed shrew or stripe-backed shrew (''Sorex cylindricauda'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. ...
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Siberian large-toothed shrew The Siberian large-toothed shrew (''Sorex daphaenodon'') is a species of shrew. An adult Siberian large-toothed shrew has a weight of and a body length of , with a tail of . This species is found across Northeast Asia, from Mongolia through n ...
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Chinese highland shrew The Chinese highland shrew (''Sorex excelsus'') is a species of shrew in the family Soricidae. It is found in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous coun ...
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Slender shrew The slender shrew (''Sorex gracillimus'') is a species of shrew. An adult slender shrew has a weight of and a body length of , with a tail of ; this makes it one of the smaller shrews found in its range. It is distributed across northeastern Nort ...
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Kozlov's shrew Kozlov's shrew (''Sorex kozlovi'') is a red-toothed shrew found only at the Mekong River, Tibet, China. It is listed as a data deficient A data deficient (DD) species is one which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservati ...
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Eurasian pygmy shrew The Eurasian pygmy shrew (''Sorex minutus''), often known simply as the pygmy shrew, is a widespread shrew of the northern Palearctic. Description It measures about in length, not including the tail, and has an average weight of .The hair on t ...
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Ussuri shrew The Ussuri shrew (''Sorex mirabilis''), also known as the giant shrew, is a species of shrew found in Northeast Asia. An adult Ussuri shrew has a total length including the tail of . It is found in valleys and on the forested slopes of mountains ...
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Chinese shrew The Chinese shrew or dusky shrew (''Sorex sinalis'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to China, where it occurs in Gansu, Sichuan (including Jiuzhaigou), and Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see #Name, § ...
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Tibetan shrew The Tibetan shrew (''Sorex thibetanus'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in western China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous co ...
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Tundra shrew The tundra shrew (''Sorex tundrensis'') is a small shrew found in Alaska, the northern Yukon Territory, the MacKenzie Delta region of the Northwest Territories, extreme northwestern British ColumbiaNagorsen, D. 1996. Opossums, shrews and moles of ...
, ''Sorex tundrensis'' LR/lc *Family: Talpidae (moles) **Subfamily: Scalopinae ***Tribe:
Scalopini The Scalopini are a tribe of moles belonging to the family Talpidae. They include all the New World moles apart from the strikingly distinctive star-nosed mole. As the similarity of the names implies, they are the standard form of the Scalopinae ...
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Scapanulus The Gansu mole (''Scapanulus oweni'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae endemic to central China, where it occurs in Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, and Qinghai. It is the only species in the genus ''Scapanulus''. Along with the Medog ...
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Scaptonychini The long-tailed mole (''Scaptonyx fusicauda'') is a species of mole in the family Talpidae. It is found in China, Vietnam and Myanmar. Taxonomy The species is the only species in the genus ''Scaptonyx'' and the tribe Scaptonychini. At least two ...
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Long-tailed mole The long-tailed mole (''Scaptonyx fusicauda'') is a species of mole in the family Talpidae. It is found in China, Vietnam and Myanmar. Taxonomy The species is the only species in the genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used ...
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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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Euroscaptor ''Euroscaptor'' is a genus of mammal in the family Talpidae. Members are found in China and South & Southeast Asia. It contains the following species as of October 2021: * Greater Chinese mole (''Euroscaptor grandis'') * Kloss's mole (''Euros ...
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Greater Chinese mole The greater Chinese mole (''Euroscaptor grandis'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is found in China and potentially Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions r ...
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Long-nosed mole The long-nosed mole (''Euroscaptor longirostris'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to China, where it has a widespread distribution. Orlov's mole (''E. orlovi'') and Kuznetsov's mole (''E. kuznetsovi''), both of wh ...
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Himalayan mole The Himalayan mole (''Euroscaptor micrurus'') or short-tailed mole is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. Taxonomy The Malaysian mole (''E. malayanus'') of peninsular Malaysia was sometimes (erroneously) considered to be a population ...
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Mogera ''Mogera'' is a genus of mammals in the family Talpidae. Moles in this genus differ from Old World moles in the genus ''Talpa'' in having one fewer pairs of lower incisors and in having larger hind premolars in the lower jaw. Species The gen ...
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Insular mole The insular mole (''Mogera insularis'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is restricted to Hainan Island and Taiwan, where it is also known as the Formosan blind mole. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1863. ...
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Large mole The Ussuri mole or large mole (''Mogera robusta''), is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae, formerlly treated as a subspecies of the Japanese mole. It is found in China, North Korea, South Korea, and Russia and lives in a long burrow, sel ...
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Parascaptor The white-tailed mole (''Parascaptor leucura'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, and Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA convention ...
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White-tailed mole The white-tailed mole (''Parascaptor leucura'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, and Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventi ...
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Scaptochirus The short-faced mole (''Scaptochirus moschatus'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is the only species within the genus ''Scaptochirus''. It is endemic to China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is ...
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Short-faced mole The short-faced mole (''Scaptochirus moschatus'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is the only species within the genus ''Scaptochirus''. It is endemic to China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is ...
, ''Scaptochirus moschatus'' LR/lc **Subfamily: Uropsilinae ***Genus: ''
Uropsilus The shrew moles or shrew-like moles (''Uropsilus'') are shrew-like members of Talpidae, the mole family of mammals endemic to the forested, high-alpine region bordering China, Myanmar, and Vietnam. They possess a long snout, a long slender tail, ...
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Anderson's shrew mole The Anderson's shrew mole (''Uropsilus andersoni'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to China. Its species name "''andersoni''" was chosen to honor American scientific collector Malcolm Playfair Anderson Malcolm Pl ...
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Gracile shrew mole The gracile shrew mole (''Uropsilus gracilis'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to China; populations known from Myanmar likely represent other species (see below). The black-backed shrew mole (''U. atronates'') an ...
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Inquisitive shrew mole The inquisitive shrew mole (''Uropsilus investigator'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is only known from Yunnan province of China, although its range is thought to extend over the border into Myanmar. A 2018 phylogenetic st ...
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Chinese shrew mole The Chinese shrew mole (''Uropsilus soricipes'') is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to China, Sichuan Province Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; ...
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Order: 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: '' 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'' **** Greater short-nosed fruit bat, ''Cynopterus sphinx'' ***Genus: '' Pteropus'' **** Indian flying fox, ''P. giganteus'' **** Lyle's flying fox, ''P. lylei'' **** Large flying fox, ''P. vampyrus'' ***Genus: '' Rousettus'' **** Leschenault's rousette, ''Rousettus leschenaulti'' ***Genus: ''
Sphaerias Blanford's fruit bat (''Sphaerias blanfordi'') is a mountain species of megabat. It is found in several countries in South and Southeast Asia. Taxonomy Blanford's fruit bat was described as a new species in 1891 by English zoologist Oldfield T ...
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Blanford's fruit bat Blanford's fruit bat (''Sphaerias blanfordi'') is a mountain species of megabat. It is found in several countries in South and Southeast Asia. Taxonomy Blanford's fruit bat was described as a new species in 1891 by English zoologist Oldfield T ...
, ''Sphaerias blanfordi'' **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 ...
'' **** Lesser dawn bat, ''Eonycteris spelaea'' *Family: Vespertilionidae **Subfamily: Kerivoulinae ***Genus: ''
Kerivoula ''Kerivoula'' is a genus of vesper bats in the subfamily Kerivoulinae. They are found throughout tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, and New Guinea. Species within this genus are: * Tanzanian woolly bat (''Kerivoula africana'') * ...
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Hardwicke's woolly bat 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 ...
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Painted bat The painted bat (''Kerivoula picta'') or painted wooly bat is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is also known as "butterfly bat" (''projapoti badur''), "rongin chamchika" (coloured bat) or "komola-badami chamchika" (oran ...
, ''Kerivoula picta'' **Subfamily:
Myotinae Myotinae is a subfamily of vesper bats. It contains three genera: ''Eudiscopus'', '' Myotis'', and ''Submyotodon''. Before the description of ''Submyotodon'' and analysis of its phylogenetics, as well as a phylogenetic analysis of ''Eudiscopus'', ...
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Szechwan myotis The Szechwan myotis (''Myotis altarium'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found in China and Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the ...
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Lesser mouse-eared bat The lesser mouse-eared bat or lesser mouse-eared myotis (''Myotis blythii'') is a species of insectivorous bat in the family Vespertilionidae. Distribution Lesser mouse-eared bats can be found in the following countries: Afghanistan, Albania, A ...
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Large myotis The large myotis (''Myotis chinensis'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found in central and southeast China, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Thailand, and northern Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republi ...
, ''Myotis chinensis'' **** Pond bat, ''M. dasycneme'' **** Daubenton's bat, ''M. daubentonii'' ****
Fringed long-footed myotis The fringed long-footed myotis (''Myotis fimbriatus'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The fringed long-footed myotis is described as having short, thick, brown fur with p ...
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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 ...
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Fraternal myotis The fraternal myotis (''Myotis frater'') is a species of vesper bat native to East Asia. Taxonomy The long-tailed myotis (''M. longicaudatus'') was split as a distinct species by a 2015 study based on molecular evidence. This has also been fo ...
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Horsfield's bat Horsfield's bat (''Myotis horsfieldii'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found in China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Repu ...
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Ikonnikov's bat Ikonnikov's bat (''Myotis ikonnikovi'') is a species of vesper bat. An adult Ikonnikov's bat has a body length of 4.2-5.1 cm, a tail of 3.1-4.0 cm, and a wing length of 3.3-3.6 cm. It is found in eastern Siberia, the Ussuri T ...
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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 ...
, ''Myotis montivagus'' **** Whiskered bat, ''M. mystacinus'' **** Natterer's bat, ''M. nattereri'' ****
Peking myotis The Beijing mouse-eared bat, or Peking myotis (''Myotis pequinius'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found only in China. Taxonomy It was described as a new species in 1908 by British zoologist Oldfield Thomas. The holotype had been collected ...
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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 ...
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Rickett's big-footed bat Rickett's big-footed bat (''Myotis pilosus'') is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in southern and eastern China, Vietnam, and Laos. This species has often been called ''Myotis ricketti'', but the older ''M. pilosus'' has priority. The e ...
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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 Geld ...
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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 ...
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Black-gilded pipistrelle The bronze sprite (''Arielulus circumdatus''), also known as the black-gilded pipistrelle, is a species of vesper bat found in China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Taxonomy The bronze sprite was described as a new species in 1840 by Dutch zoologi ...
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Barbastella ''Barbastella'' is a genus of vespertilionid bats. There are seven extant species in this genus and one only known from fossil remains. Species The genus consists of the following species: * ''Barbastella barbastellus'' – western barbastelle ...
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Beijing barbastelle The Beijing barbastelle (''Barbastella beijingensis''), also known as the Beijing wide-eared bat, is a species of vesper bat endemic to Beijing Municipality, China.Asian barbastelle The eastern barbastelle or Asian barbastelle (''Barbastella darjelingensis'') is a species of vesper bat found throughout much of Asia, from Afghanistan to Taiwan. Taxonomy It was described by Brian Houghton Hodgson in 1855, and was previously ...
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Gobi big brown bat The Gobi big brown bat (''Eptesicus gobiensis'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Afghanistan, China, India, Mongolia, Pakistan, and Russia. Russian zoologist Professor Count Nikolay Alekseyevich Bobrinski first described it in 1926, ...
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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 ...
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Chocolate pipistrelle The chocolate pipistrelle (''Hypsugo affinis'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Formerly classified in the genus '' Falsistrellus'', phylogenetic evidence sup ...
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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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Tickell's bat Tickell's bat (''Hesperoptenus tickelli'') is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in Bangladesh Bhutan, Cambodia, possibly China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and off ...
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Chinese pipistrelle The Chinese pipistrelle (''Hypsugo pulveratus'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in China, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of V ...
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Savi's pipistrelle Savi's pipistrelle (''Hypsugo savii'' sometimes classified as ''Pipistrellus savii'') is a species of vesper bat found across North West Africa, the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. It feeds at night on flying insects. In the summer it ro ...
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Chinese noctule The Chinese noctule (''Nyctalus plancyi'') is a common and widespread species of bat belonging to the family Vespertilionidae. Distribution and habitat The Chinese noctule is endemic to China and occurs in most of its provinces, plus Hong Kong ...
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Birdlike noctule The birdlike noctule (''Nyctalus aviator'') is a species of bat. It nests in the holes in old trees and buildings, and sometimes in mineshafts. It is distributed across Northeast Asia, from northeast China and Siberia through the Korean Peninsu ...
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Lesser noctule The lesser noctule, Leisler's bat or the Irish bat (''Nyctalus leisleri''), is a species of insectivorous bat belonging to the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. The species was named to honour the naturalist Johann Philipp Achilles Leisler ...
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Common noctule The common noctule (''Nyctalus noctula'') is a species of insectivorous bat common throughout Europe, Asia, and North Africa. Description The common noctule's short fur is dark brown after moulting in June (males) or July/August (females); lat ...
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Pipistrellus ''Pipistrellus'' is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae and subfamily Vespertilioninae. The name of the genus is derived from the Italian language, Italian word , meaning "bat" (from Latin "bird of evening, bat"). The size of the ge ...
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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 ...
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Mount Popa pipistrelle The Mount Popa pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus paterculus'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found in China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., gro ...
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Common pipistrelle The common pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus pipistrellus'') is a small pipistrelle microbat whose very large range extends across most of Europe, North Africa, South Asia, and may extend into Korea. It is one of the most common bat species in the Brit ...
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Least pipistrelle The least pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus tenuis'') is a species of vesper bat. Distribution The bat is native to South Asia, Southeast Asia, Maritime Southeast Asia, Malesia, and southwestern Oceania. It has been recorded from sea level to in el ...
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Plecotus ''Plecotus'' is a genus of vesper bat, commonly called long-eared bats. They are found throughout Eurasia and northern Africa. Many species in the genus have only been described and recognized in recent years. Species Genus ''Plecotus'' – lon ...
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Scotomanes The harlequin bat (''Scotomanes ornatus'') 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, or simp ...
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Scotophilus ''Scotophilus'' is a genus of vespertilionid bats commonly called yellow bats. They are found in southern Asia and Africa. They are the only members of the tribe Scotophilini. Species * East African yellow bat, ''Scotophilus altilis'' * And ...
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Greater Asiatic yellow bat The greater Asiatic yellow bat (''Scotophilus heathii'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. Like m ...
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Tylonycteris The bamboo bats are genus of vesper bats in the genus ''Tylonycteris''. The name translates as "padded bat", and refers to the presence of hairless fleshy pads on the hands and feet, which the bats use to help them grip onto bamboo.
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Lesser bamboo bat 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 ...
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Greater bamboo bat The greater bamboo bat (''Tylonycteris robustula'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand Thailand ...
, ''Tylonycteris robustula'' ***Genus: '' Vespertilio'' **** Parti-coloured bat, ''Vespertilio murinus'' ****
Asian parti-colored bat The Asian parti-colored bat (''Vespertilio sinensis'') is a species of parti-coloured bat. An adult Asian parti-colored bat has a body length of , a tail of , and a wing length of . Asian parti-colored bats are distributed across East Asia, f ...
, ''Vespertilio superans'' **Subfamily: Murininae ***Genus: ''
Murina ''Murina'' is a genus of vesper bats. They are found throughout temperate and tropical regions of Asia. Taxonomy Species list based on American Society of Mammalogists and ITIS The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is an Am ...
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Little tube-nosed bat The little tube-nosed bat (''Murina aurata'') is a species of bat. An adult little tube-nosed bat has a body length of 4.0-4.6 cm, a tail length of 2.8-3.6 cm, and a wing length of 3.0-3.3 cm. The species is found across South a ...
, ''Murina aurata'' ****
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 ...
, ''Murina cyclotis'' ****
Dusky tube-nosed bat The dusky tube-nosed bat (''Murina fusca'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found only in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most p ...
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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 ...
, ''Murina huttoni'' ****
Greater tube-nosed bat The greater tube-nosed bat (''Murina leucogaster'') is a species of bat. An adult greater tube-nosed bat has a body length of 4.2-5.7 cm, a tail length of 3.6-4.1 cm, and a wing length of 3.7-4.4 cm. The species is found in India ...
, ''Murina leucogaster'' **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 genus ...
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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, ...
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Intermediate long-fingered bat The intermediate long-fingered bat (''Miniopterus medius'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Miniopteridae. It can be found in Indonesia (Jawa, Kalimantan, Sulawesi), Malaysia, and Thailand and possibly also in Papua New Guinea and the ...
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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'' *** Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat, ''Chaerephon plicata'' **Genus: '' Tadarida'' ***
La Touche's free-tailed bat The La Touche's free-tailed bat (''Tadarida latouchei'') is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in China, Japan, and Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a ...
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European free-tailed bat The European free-tailed bat (''Tadarida teniotis'', sometimes given as ''Tadarida insignis'') is a species of free-tailed bat found in the Old World. Other common names include the bulldog bat and the mastiff bat because of the presence of wrin ...
, ''Tadarida teniotis'' *Family: Emballonuridae **Genus: '' Taphozous'' *** Black-bearded tomb bat, ''Taphozous melanopogon'' *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 lar ...
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Megaderma ''Megaderma'' is a genus of bat in the family Megadermatidae. It contains two living species: * Lesser false vampire bat (''Megaderma spasma'') * Greater false vampire bat (''Megaderma lyra'') ''Megaderma lyra'' has a larger wingspan than ''Me ...
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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 speci ...
, ''Megaderma lyra'' *Family: Rhinolophidae **Subfamily: Rhinolophinae ***Genus: '' Rhinolophus'' ****
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'' **** Little Japanese horseshoe bat, ''Rhinolophus cornutus'' **** Greater horseshoe bat, ''R. ferrumequinum'' **** Blyth's horseshoe bat, ''Rhinolophus lepidus'' ****
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 ...
, ''Rhinolophus macrotis'' **** Osgood's horseshoe bat, ''Rhinolophus osgoodi'' DD ****
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'' ****
Least horseshoe bat The least horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus pusillus'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam. It is a food source of the parasite Si ...
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King horseshoe bat The king horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus rex'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is endemic to the east coast of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's ...
, ''Rhinolophus rex'' VU ****
Rufous horseshoe bat The rufous horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus rouxii'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. It has been identified as a vector of severe acute respiratory syndrome co ...
, ''Rhinolophus rouxi'' ****
Chinese rufous horseshoe bat The Chinese rufous horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus sinicus'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Vietnam. The species is most easily confused with '' R. affinis'', from which it is bes ...
, ''Rhinolophus sinicus'' ****
Thomas's horseshoe bat Thomas's horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus thomasi'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vi ...
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Dobson's horseshoe bat Dobson's horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus yunanensis'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in China, India, Myanmar, and Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand ...
, ''Rhinolophus yunanensis'' **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 ''Coelops'' is a genus of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It contains the following species: * East Asian tailless leaf-nosed bat (''Coelops frithii'') * Malayan tailless leaf-nosed bat The Malayan tailless leaf-nosed bat (''Coelops robinson ...
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East Asian tailless leaf-nosed bat The East Asian tailless leaf-nosed bat or tail-less leaf-nosed bat (''Coelops frithii'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Taiwan, and Vietnam ...
, ''Coelops frithii'' ***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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Intermediate roundleaf bat The intermediate roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros larvatus'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet N ...
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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''


Order: 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 ...
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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'' *** Chinese pangolin, ''M. pentadactyla''


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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. *Suborder:
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:
Balaenidae Balaenidae () is a family of whales of the parvorder Mysticeti that contains two living genera: the right whales (genus ''Eubalaena''), and in a separate genus, the closely related bowhead whale (genus ''Balaena''). Evolutionary history Bale ...
***Genus: '' Eubalaena'' **** North Pacific right whale, ''Eubalaena japonica'' CR **Family:
Eschrichtiidae Eschrichtiidae or the gray whales is a family of baleen whale (Parvorder Mysticeti) with a single extant species, the gray whale (''Eschrichtius robustus''), as well as three described fossil genera: '' Archaeschrichtius'' and ''Eschrichtioide ...
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Eschrichtius ''Eschrichtius'' is a genus of baleen whale containing two species: the gray whale (''E. robustus'') and the extinct Akishima whale ''Eschrichtius akishimaensis'', described in 2017, is one of two species, with the modern day gray whale, of t ...
'' **** Western gray whale, ''Eschrichtius robustus'' CR **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 ...
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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'' ***** Northern humpback whale, ''Megaptera novaeangliae'' VU ***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, ''Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata'' ***** Omura's whale, ''Balaenoptera omurai'' DD *****
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 brydei'' DD *****
Eden'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 ***** Indo-Pacific Bryde's whale DD *****
Northern 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 w ...
, ''Balaenoptera borealis borealis'' EN *****
Northern fin whale The northern fin whale (''Balaenoptera physalus physalus'') is a subspecies of fin whale that lives in the North Atlantic Ocean and North Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It ...
, ''Balaenoptera physalus physalus'' EN ***** Northern blue whale, ''Balaenoptera musculus musculus'' EN *Suborder:
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:
Lipotidae Lipotidae is a family of river dolphins containing the possibly extinct baiji of China and the fossil genus ''Parapontoporia'' from the Late Miocene and Pliocene of the Pacific coast of North America. The genus '' Prolipotes'', which is based on ...
****Genus: '' Lipotes'' *****
Baiji The baiji (; IPA: ; ''Lipotes vexillifer'', ''Lipotes'' meaning "left behind" and ''vexillifer'' "flag bearer") is a possibly extinct species of freshwater dolphin native to the Yangtze river system in China. It is thought to be the first dolph ...
, ''Lipotes vexillifer'' CR ***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 an ...
****Genus: ''
Neophocaena ''Neophocaena'' is a genus of porpoise native to the Indian and Pacific oceans, as well as the freshwater habitats of the Yangtze River basin in China. They are commonly known as finless porpoises. Genetic studies indicate that ''Neophocaena'' is ...
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Finless porpoise ''Neophocaena'' is a genus of porpoise native to the Indian and Pacific oceans, as well as the freshwater habitats of the Yangtze River basin in China. They are commonly known as finless porpoises. Genetic studies indicate that ''Neophocaena'' is ...
, ''Neophocaena phocaenoides phocaenoides'' VU ***** Yangtze River finless porpoise, ''Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaorientalis'' CR ***** Sunameri, ''Neophocaena phocaenoides sunameri'' VU ****Genus: '' Phocoena'' ***** Harbour porpoise, ''Phocoena phocoena'' VU ****Genus: ''
Phocoenoides Dall's porpoise (''Phocoenoides dalli'') is a species of porpoise endemic to the North Pacific. It is the largest of porpoises and the only member of the genus ''Phocoenoides''. The species is named after American naturalist W. H. Dall. Taxon ...
'' ***** Dall's porpoise, ''Phocoenoides dalli'' ***Family: Physeteridae ****Genus: ''
Physeter ''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 ...
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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 ...
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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'', Italy, ...
'' ***** Pygmy sperm whale, ''Kogia 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 ...
****Genus: '' Ziphius'' ***** Cuvier's beaked whale, ''Ziphius cavirostris'' DD ****Subfamily:
Hyperoodontinae 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 ...
*****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 ***Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins) ****Genus: '' Steno'' *****
Rough-toothed dolphin The rough-toothed dolphin (''Steno bredanensis'') is a species of dolphin that can be found in deep warm and tropical waters around the world. The species was first described by Georges Cuvier in 1823. The genus name ''Steno'', of which this spe ...
, ''Steno bredanensis'' DD ****Genus: '' Sousa'' *****
Chinese white dolphin The Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (''Sousa chinensis'') is a species of humpback dolphin inhabiting coastal waters of the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans. This species is often referred to as the Chinese white dolphin in mainland Chi ...
, ''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 ...
'' ***** Common bottlenose dolphin, ''Tursiops truncatus'' DD *****
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (''Tursiops aduncus'') is a species of bottlenose dolphin. This dolphin grows to long, and weighs up to . It lives in the waters around India, northern Australia, South China, the Red Sea, and the eastern co ...
, ''Tursiops aduncus'' 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 ...
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Pantropical spotted dolphin The pantropical spotted dolphin (''Stenella attenuata'') is a species of dolphin found in all the world's temperate and tropical oceans. The species was beginning to come under threat due to the killing of millions of individuals in tuna purse s ...
, ''Stenella attenuata'' ***** Striped dolphin, ''Stenella coeruleoalba'' ***** Spinner dolphin, ''Stenella longirostris'' ****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: '' Lagenodelphis'' *****
Fraser's dolphin Fraser's dolphin or the Sarawak dolphin (''Lagenodelphis hosei'') is a cetacean in the family Delphinidae found in deep waters in the Pacific Ocean and to a lesser extent in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. Taxonomy ''Lagenodelphis hosei'' is spe ...
, ''Lagenodelphis hosei'' DD ****Genus: ''
Sagmatias ''Sagmatias'' was a genus of Dolphin, dolphins, defined in 1866 by Edward Drinker Cope with Peale's dolphin as type species, described as ''Sagmatias amblodon''. It has been proposed to resurrect the genus to include four species of oceanic dolph ...
'' ***** Pacific white-sided dolphin, ''Sagmatias obliquidens'' ****Genus: '' Grampus'' ***** Risso's dolphin, ''Grampus griseus'' DD ****Genus: '' Feresa'' ***** Pygmy killer whale, ''Feresa attenuata'' DD ****Genus: '' Peponocephala'' ***** Melon-headed whale, ''Peponocephala electra'' ****Genus: '' Pseudorca'' ***** False killer whale, ''Pseudorca crassidens'' ****Genus: '' Globicephala'' ***** Short-finned pilot whale, ''Globicephala macrorhynchus'' ****Genus: '' Orcinus'' ***** Orca, ''Orcinus orca''


Order:

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)

Carnivorans include over 260 species, the majority of which primarily eat meat. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition. *Suborder: 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 ...
'' *****Asian golden cat, ''C. temminckii'' ****Genus: ''Felis'' *****Chinese mountain cat, ''F. bieti'' *****Jungle cat, ''F. chaus'' *****African wildcat, ''F. lybica'' ****** Asiatic wildcat, ''F. l. ornata'' ****Genus: ''Lynx'' *****Eurasian lynx, ''L. lynx'' ******Turkestan lynx, ''L. l. isabellinus'' ****Genus: ''Otocolobus'' *****Pallas's cat, ''O. manul'' ****Genus: ''Pardofelis'' *****Marbled cat, ''P. marmorata'' ****Genus: ''Prionailurus'' *****Leopard cat, ''P. bengalensis'' ***Subfamily: Pantherinae ****Genus: ''Neofelis'' *****Clouded leopard, ''N. nebulosa'' ****Genus: ''Panthera'' *****Leopard, ''P. pardus'' ******Indochinese leopard, ''P. p. delacouri'' ******Amur leopard, ''P. p. orientalis'' *****Tiger, ''P. tigris'' ******Siberian tiger, ''P. t. tigris'' ******South China tiger, ''P. t. tigris'' , possibly *****Snow leopard, ''P. uncia'' **Family: Viverridae ***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: ''Chrotogale'' *****Owston's palm civet, ''Chrotogale owstoni'' ***Subfamily: Prionodontinae ****Genus: ''Prionodon'' *****Spotted linsang, ''P. pardicolor'' ***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 (genus), Urva'' ****Small Indian mongoose, ''U. auropunctata'' presence uncertain ****Javan mongoose, ''U. javanica'' ****Crab-eating mongoose, ''U. urva'' *Suborder: Caniformia **Family: Ailuridae (red panda) ***Genus: ''Ailurus'' ****Red panda#Taxonomy, Himalayan red panda, ''A. fulgens'' ****Red panda#Taxonomy, Chinese red panda, ''A. styani'' **Family: Canidae (dogs, foxes) ***Genus: ''Canis'' ****Gray wolf, ''C. lupus'' ***** Himalayan wolf, ''C. l. chanco'' ***** Mongolian wolf, ''C. l. chanco'' ***Genus: ''Cuon'' ****Dhole, ''C. alpinus'' ***** Ussuri dhole, ''C. a. alpinus'' ***** Tien Shan dhole, ''C. a. hesperius'' ***Genus: ''Nyctereutes'' ****Raccoon dog, ''N. procyonoides'' ***Genus: ''Vulpes'' ****Corsac fox, ''V. corsac'' ****Tibetan fox, ''V. ferrilata'' ****Red fox, ''V. vulpes'' **Family: Ursidae (bears) ***Genus: ''Ailuropoda'' ****Giant panda, ''A. melanoleuca'' ***Genus: ''Helarctos'' ****Sun bear, ''H. malayanus'' presence uncertain ***Genus: ''Ursus (biology), Ursus'' ****Brown bear, ''U. arctos'' ***** Eurasian brown bear, ''U. a. arctos'' ***** Himalayan brown bear, ''U. a. isabellinus'' ***** Ussuri brown bear, ''U. a. lasiotus'' ***** Tibetan blue bear, ''U. a. pruinosus'' **** Asiatic black bear, ''U. thibetanus'' *****Himalayan black bear, ''U. t. laniger'' *****Indochinese black bear, ''U. t. mupinensis'' *****Tibetan black bear, ''U. t. thibetanus'' *****Ussuri black bear, ''U. t. ussuricus'' **Family: Mustelidae (mustelids) ***Genus: ''Aonyx'' ****Asian small-clawed otter, ''A. cinereus'' ***Genus: ''Arctonyx'' ****Greater hog badger, ''A. collaris'' , presence uncertain ****Northern hog badger, ''A. albogularis'' ***Genus: ''Gulo'' ****Wolverine, ''G. gulo'' ***Genus: ''Lutra'' ****European otter, ''L. lutra'' ***Genus: ''Lutrogale'' ****Smooth-coated otter, ''L. perspicillata'' ***Genus: ''Martes'' ****Yellow-throated marten, ''M. flavigula'' ****Beech marten, ''M. foina'' ****Sable, ''M. zibellina'' ***Genus: ''Meles (genus), Meles'' ****Asian badger, ''M. leucurus'' ***Genus: ''Melogale'' ****Chinese ferret badger, ''M. moschata'' ***Genus: ''Mustela'' ****Sichuan weasel, ''M. aistoodonnivalis'' ****Mountain weasel, ''M. altaica'' ****Stoat, ''M. erminea'' ****Steppe polecat, ''M. eversmannii'' ****Yellow-bellied weasel, ''M. kathiah'' ****Least weasel, ''M. nivalis'' ****Siberian weasel, ''M. sibirica'' ****Back-striped weasel, ''M. strigidorsa'' ***Genus: ''Vormela'' ****Marbled polecat, ''V. peregusna'' **Family: Eared seal, Otariidae (eared seals) ***Genus: ''Callorhinus'' ****Northern fur seal, ''C. ursinus'' vagrant ***Genus: ''Eumetopias'' ****Steller sea lion, ''E. jubatus'' vagrant **Family: Phocidae (earless seals) ***Genus: ''Erignathus'' **** Bearded seal, ''E. barbatus'' ***Genus: ''Phoca'' **** Spotted seal, ''P. largha'' ***Genus: ''Pusa'' **** Ringed seal, ''P. hispida'' vagrant


Order: 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: Equidae (horses etc.) **Genus: ''Equus (genus), Equus'' *** Wild horse, ''E. ferus'' **** Przewalski's horse, ''E. f. przewalskii'' reintroduced *** Onager, ''E. hemionus'' **** Mongolian wild ass, ''E. h. hemionus'' **** Turkmenian kulan, ''E. h. kulan'' *** Kiang, ''E. kiang'' **** Eastern kiang, ''E. k. holdereri'' **** Western kiang, ''E. k. kiang'' **** Southern kiang, ''E. k. polyodon'' *Family: Rhinoceros, Rhinocerotidae (rhinos) **Genus: ''Dicerorhinus'' *** Sumatran rhinoceros, ''D. sumatrensis'' extirpated **Genus: ''Rhinoceros'' *** Javan rhinoceros, ''R. sondaicus'' extirpated *** Indian rhinoceros, ''R. unicornis'' possibly extirpated


Order: 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: Bovidae (cattle, antelope, sheep, goats) **Subfamily: Antilopinae ***Genus: ''Gazella'' ****Goitered gazelle, ''G. subgutturosa'' ***Genus: ''Pantholops'' **** Tibetan antelope, ''P. hodgsonii'' ***Genus: ''Procapra'' **** Mongolian gazelle, ''P. gutturosa'' **** Goa (antelope), Goa, ''P. picticaudata'' **** Przewalski's gazelle, ''P. przewalskii'' ***Genus: ''Saiga'' **** Saiga antelope, ''S. tatarica'' extirpated **Subfamily: Bovinae ***Genus: ''Bos'' ****Gaur, ''B. gaurus'' ****Banteng, ''B. javanicus'' presence uncertain ****Wild yak, ''B. mutus'' **Subfamily: Caprinae ***Genus: ''Budorcas'' ****Takin, ''B. taxicolor'' ***Genus: ''Capra (genus), Capra'' **** Siberian ibex, ''C. sibrica'' ***Genus: ''Capricornis'' ****Mainland serow, ''C. sumatraensis'' ***Genus: ''Hemitragus'' ****Himalayan tahr, ''H. jemlahicus'' ***Genus: ''Naemorhedus'' ****Red goral, ''N. baileyi'' ****Long-tailed goral, ''N. caudatus'' ****Himalayan goral, ''N. goral'' ****Chinese goral, ''N. griseus'' ***Genus: ''Ovis'' ****Argali, ''O. ammon'' ***Genus: ''Pseudois'' ****Bharal, ''P. nayaur'' *Family: Camelidae (camels, llamas) **Genus: ''Camelus'' *** Wild Bactrian camel, ''C. ferus'' *Family: Cervidae (deer) **Subfamily: Cervinae ***Genus: ''Axis (genus), Axis'' ****Indian hog deer, ''A. porcinus'' possibly extirpated ***Genus: ''Cervus'' **** Thorold's deer, ''C. albirostris'' **** Wapiti, ''C. canadensis'' ***** Kansu red deer, ''C. c. kanzuensis'' ***** Sichuan deer, ''C. c. macnelli'' ***** Tibetan red deer, ''C. c. wallichi'' ***** Manchurian wapiti, ''C. c. xanthopygus'' ****Red deer, ''C. elaphus'' ****Central Asian red deer ''C. hanglu'' *****Yarkand deer, ''C. h. yarkandensis'' **** Sika deer, ''C. nippon'' ***Genus: ''Elaphurus'' **** Père David's deer, ''E. davidianus'' ***Genus: ''Rucervus'' ****Eld's deer, ''R. eldii'' ***Genus: ''Rusa (genus), Rusa'' **** Sambar deer, ''R. unicolor'' **Subfamily: Hydropotinae ***Genus: ''Hydropotes'' **** Water deer, ''H. inermis'' **Subfamily: Muntiacinae ***Genus: ''Elaphodus'' **** Tufted deer, ''E. cephalophus'' ***Genus: ''Muntiacus'' **** Hairy-fronted muntjac, ''M. crinifrons'' **** Fea's muntjac, ''M. feae'' **** Gongshan muntjac, ''M. gongshanensis'' **** Indian muntjac, ''M. muntjak'' **** Reeves's muntjac, ''M. reevesi'' **Subfamily: Capreolinae ***Genus: ''Alces'' **** Moose, ''A. alces'' ***Genus: ''Capreolus'' **** Siberian roe deer, ''C. pygargus'' ***Genus: ''Rangifer (genus), Rangifer'' **** Reindeer, ''R. tarandus'' *Family: Moschidae **Genus: ''Musk deer, Moschus'' *** Dwarf musk deer, ''M. berezovskii'' ***Alpine musk deer, ''M. chrysogaster'' ***Black musk deer, ''M. fuscus'' *** Siberian musk deer, ''M. moschiferus'' *Family Suidae **Genus: ''Pig, Sus'' *** Wild boar, ''S. scrofa'' *Family: Tragulidae **Genus: ''Tragulus'' *** Lesser mouse deer, ''T. kanchil''


See also

*List of chordate orders *List of mammals of Hong Kong *List of mammals of Macau *List of mammals of Taiwan *Lists of mammals by region *Mammal classification *Wildlife of China


Notes


References

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:List of mammals of China Mammals of China, * Lists of biota of China, Mammals Lists of mammals of Asia, China Lists of mammals by country, China