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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Bangladesh. There are eighty-nine mammal species in Bangladesh, of which three are critically endangered, twelve are endangered, sixteen are vulnerable, and four are near threatened. The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:


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: Bovinae ***Genus: '' Bos'' **** Gaur, ''B. gaurus'' **Subfamily: Caprinae ***Genus: '' Capricornis'' **** Mainland serow, ''C. sumatraensis'' *Family: Cervidae (deer) **Subfamily: Cervinae ***Genus: '' Axis'' **** Chital, ''A. axis'' ****
Indian hog deer The Indian hog deer (''Axis porcinus'') is a small deer native to the Indo-Gangetic Plain in Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, Bangladesh to mainland Southeast Asia. It also occurs in western Thailand, and is possibly extirpated from China (in sou ...
, ''A. porcinus'' ***Genus: '' Rusa'' ****
Sambar deer The sambar (''Rusa unicolor'') is a large deer native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia that is listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List since 2008. Populations have declined substantially due to severe hunting, local ins ...
, ''R. unicolor'' **Subfamily:
Muntiacinae Muntiacini is a tribe of deer, containing two genera: * ''Elaphodus'' * '' Muntiacus'' Muntiacini was considered to be a subfamily, Muntiacinae, but is now considered a tribe in Cervinae The Cervinae or the Old World deer, are a subfamily ...
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Muntiacus Muntjacs ( ), also known as the barking deer or rib-faced deer, (URL is Google Books) are small deer of the genus ''Muntiacus'' native to South Asia and Southeast Asia. Muntjacs are thought to have begun appearing 15–35 million years ago, ...
'' **** Indian muntjac, ''M. muntjak'' *Family:
Suidae Suidae is a family of artiodactyl mammals which are commonly called pigs, hogs or swine. In addition to numerous fossil species, 18 extant species are currently recognized (or 19 counting domestic pigs and wild boars separately), classified into ...
(pigs) **Subfamily: Suinae ***Genus: '' Sus'' **** Wild boar, ''S. scrofa''


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)

There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which eat meat as their primary dietary item. 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 ...
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Asian golden cat The Asian golden cat (''Catopuma temminckii'') is a medium-sized wild cat native to the northeastern Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and China. It has been listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List since 2008, and is threatened by poach ...
, ''C. temminckii'' ****Genus: '' Felis'' ***** Jungle cat, ''F. chaus'' ****Genus: ''
Pardofelis ''Pardofelis'' is a genus of the cat family Felidae. This genus is defined as including one species native to Southeast Asia: the marbled cat. Two other species, formerly classified to this genus, now belong to the genus '' Catopuma''. The word ...
'' ***** Marbled cat, ''P. marmorata'' ****Genus: '' Prionailurus'' ***** Leopard cat, ''P. bengalensis'' ***** Fishing cat, ''P. viverrinus'' ***Subfamily: Pantherinae ****Genus: ''
Neofelis ''Neofelis'' is a genus comprising two extant cat species in Southeast Asia: the clouded leopard (''Neofelis nebulosa'') of mainland Asia, and the Sunda clouded leopard (''Neofelis diardi'') of Sumatra and Borneo The scientific name ''Neofelis' ...
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Clouded leopard The clouded leopard (''Neofelis nebulosa''), also called the mainland clouded leopard, is a wild cat inhabiting dense forests from the foothills of the Himalayas through mainland Southeast Asia into South China. In the early 19th century, a cl ...
, ''N. nebulosa'' ****Genus: ''
Panthera ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family (biology), family Felidae that was named and described by Lorenz Oken in 1816 who placed all the spotted cats in this group. Reginald Innes Pocock revised the classification of this genus in 1916 as co ...
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Leopard The leopard (''Panthera pardus'') is one of the five extant species in the genus '' Panthera'', a member of the cat family, Felidae. It occurs in a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa, in some parts of Western and Central Asia, Southern Russia, a ...
, ''P. pardus'' ****** Indian leopard, ''P. p. fusca'' ***** Tiger, ''P. tigris'' ****** Bengal tiger, ''P. t. tigris'' **Family: Viverridae ***Subfamily: Paradoxurinae ****Genus: '' Arctictis'' ***** Binturong, ''A. binturong'' ****Genus: ''
Arctogalidia The small-toothed palm civet (''Arctogalidia trivirgata''), also known as the three-striped palm civet, is a palm civet native to dense forests of Southeast Asia, from the Assam district of India to Indochina and the Malay Peninsula and on Sumatr ...
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Small-toothed palm civet The small-toothed palm civet (''Arctogalidia trivirgata''), also known as the three-striped palm civet, is a palm civet native to dense forests of Southeast Asia, from the Assam district of India to Indochina and the Malay Peninsula and on Sumat ...
, ''A. trivirgata'' ****Genus: '' Paguma'' ***** Masked palm civet, ''P. larvata'' ****Genus: '' Paradoxurus'' ***** Asian palm civet, ''P. hermaphroditus'' ***Subfamily: Viverrinae ****Genus: '' Viverra'' ***** Large Indian civet, ''V. zibetha'' ****Genus: '' Viverricula'' ***** Small Indian civet, ''V. indica'' **Family: Herpestidae (mongooses) ***Genus: '' Urva'' **** Small Indian mongoose, ''U. auropunctata'' ****
Indian grey mongoose The Indian grey mongoose (''Urva edwardsii'') is a mongoose species native to the Indian subcontinent and West Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. The grey mongoose inhabits open forests, scrublands and cultivated field ...
, ''U. edwardsii'' **** Crab-eating mongoose, ''U. urva'' *Suborder:
Caniformia Caniformia is a suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of "dog-like" carnivorans. They include dogs (wolves, foxes, etc.), bears, raccoons, and mustelids. The Pinnipedia (seals, walruses and sea lions) are also assigned to this group. ...
**Family:
Canidae Canidae (; from Latin, ''canis'', "dog") is a biological family of dog-like carnivorans, colloquially referred to as dogs, and constitutes a clade. A member of this family is also called a canid (). There are three subfamilies found within th ...
(dogs, foxes) ***Genus: '' Canis'' **** Golden jackal, ''C. aureus'' ***Genus: '' Cuon'' **** Dhole, ''C. alpinus'' ***Genus: '' Vulpes'' **** Bengal fox, ''V. bengalensis'' ****
Red fox The red fox (''Vulpes vulpes'') is the largest of the true foxes and one of the most widely distributed members of the Order (biology), order Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere including most of North America, Europe ...
, ''V. vulpes'' **Family: Ursidae (bears) ***Genus: '' Helarctos'' **** Sun bear, ''H. malayanus'' ***Genus: ''
Ursus Ursus is Latin for bear. It may also refer to: Animals * ''Ursus'' (mammal), a genus of bears People * Ursus of Aosta, 6th-century evangelist * Ursus of Auxerre, 6th-century bishop * Ursus of Solothurn, 3rd-century martyr * Ursus (''praefectus ...
'' **** Asiatic black bear, ''U. thibetanus'' **Family: Mustelidae (weasels) ***Genus: '' Aonyx'' ****
Asian small-clawed otter The Asian small-clawed otter (''Aonyx cinereus''), also known as the oriental small-clawed otter and the small-clawed otter, is an otter species native to South and Southeast Asia. It has short claws that do not extend beyond the pads of its web ...
, ''A. cinereus'' ***Genus: '' Arctonyx'' **** Northern hog badger, ''A. albogularis'' **** Greater hog badger, ''A. collaris'' ***Genus: '' Lutra'' **** Eurasian otter, ''L. lutra'' ***Genus: '' Lutrogale'' **** Smooth-coated otter, ''L. perspicillata'' ***Genus: '' Martes'' **** Yellow-throated marten, ''M. flavigula'' ***Genus: '' Melogale'' **** Burmese ferret badger, ''M. personata''


Order:

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:
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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Balaenopterinae Rorquals () are the largest clade, group of baleen whales, which comprise the family (biology), family Balaenopteridae, containing ten extant taxon, extant species in three genus, genera. They include the largest animal that has ever lived, the b ...
****Genus: '' Balaenoptera'' ***** Common minke whale, ''B. acutorostrata'' *****
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 ...
, ''B. brydei'' *****
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. ...
, ''B. edeni'' ***** Blue whale, ''B. musculus'' ***** Fin whale, ''B. physalus'' ***Subfamily:
Megapterinae The humpback whale (''Megaptera novaeangliae'') is a species of baleen whale. It is a rorqual (a member of the family Balaenopteridae) and is the monotypic taxon, only species in the genus ''Megaptera''. Adults range in length from and weigh u ...
****Genus: '' Megaptera'' ***** Humpback whale, ''M. novaeangliae'' *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 ...
**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 ...
, ''P. macrocephalus'' **Superfamily: Platanistoidea ***Family:
Platanistidae Platanistidae is a family of river dolphins containing the extant Ganges river dolphin and Indus river dolphin (both in the genus '' Platanista'') but also extinct relatives from marine deposits in the Neogene. The Amazon river dolphin, Yangtze ...
****Genus: ''Platanista'' ***** Ganges river dolphin, ''P. gangetica'' ***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 ...
, ''N. phocaenoides'' ***Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins) ****Genus: '' Feresa'' ***** Pygmy killer whale, ''F. attenuata'' ****Genus: '' Globicephala'' ***** Pilot whale, ''G. macrorhynchus'' ****Genus: '' Grampus'' ***** Risso's dolphin, ''G. griseus'' ****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 ...
, ''L. hosei'' ****Genus: ''
Orcaella The snubfin dolphins (''Orcaella'') are a genus of cetaceans containing two members: the Irrawaddy dolphin (''Orcaella brevirostris'') and the Australian snubfin dolphin (''Orcaella heinsohni''). The genus was long believed to be monotypic with t ...
'' ***** Irrawaddy dolphin, ''O. brevirostris'' ****Genus: '' Peponocephala'' ***** Melon-headed whale, ''P. electra'' ****Genus: '' Pseudorca'' ***** False killer whale, ''P. crassidens'' 2016
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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 ...
, ''S. attenuata'' ***** Spinner dolphin, ''S. longirostris'' ****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 ...
, ''S. bredanensis'' ****Genus: '' Sousa'' *****
Indo-Pacific humpbacked 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 ...
, ''S. chinensis'' ****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 ...
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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 ...
, ''T. aduncus'' *****
Bottlenose dolphin 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 ...
, ''T. truncatus''


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'' **** Greater short-nosed fruit bat, ''C. sphinx'' ***Genus: '' Pteropus'' **** Indian flying fox, ''P. giganteus'' *Family: Vespertilionidae **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'', ...
***Genus: '' Myotis'' ****
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 ...
, ''M. blythii'' ****
Whiskered myotis The wall-roosting mouse-eared bat, or Nepalese whiskered myotis (''Myotis muricola'') is a species of vesper bat whose type locality is Nepal. Taxonomic notes ''Myotis muricola'' was previously classified as a subspecies of ''Myotis mystacinus ...
, ''M. muricola'' ****
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 ...
, ''M. 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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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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Indian pipistrelle The Indian pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus coromandra'') is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet ...
, ''P. coromandra'' ***Genus: ''
Scotoecus ''Scotoecus'' is a genus of bats 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 simple nosed bats. The vespertilion ...
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Desert yellow bat The desert yellow bat (''Scotoecus pallidus'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Its natural habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors th ...
, ''Scotoecus pallidus'' ***Genus: ''
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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Lesser Asiatic yellow bat The lesser Asiatic yellow bat (''Scotophilus kuhlii'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China ...
, ''Scotophilus kuhlii'' ***Genus: ''
Scotozous Dormer's bat or Dormer's pipistrelle (''Scotozous dormeri'') is a species of vesper bat. It is the only species in its genus. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Pakistan. Its natural habitats are subtropical and tropical dry forests, a ...
'' **** Dormer's pipistrelle, ''Scotozous dormeri'' ***Genus: ''
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 ...
, ''Tylonycteris pachypus'' **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 ...
***Genus: '' Miniopterus'' ****
Small bent-winged bat The small bent-winged bat (''Miniopterus pusillus'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Miniopteridae. A novel version of coronavirus has been identified in this species. It can be found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Laos ...
, ''Miniopterus pusillus'' *Family: Rhinopomatidae **Genus: ''
Rhinopoma Mouse-tailed bats are a group of insectivorous microbats of the family Rhinopomatidae with only three to six species, all contained in the single genus ''Rhinopoma''. They are found in the Old World, from North Africa to Thailand and Sumatra, i ...
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Lesser mouse-tailed bat The lesser mouse-tailed bat (''Rhinopoma hardwickii'') is a species of microbat in the family Rhinopomatidae. Also referred to as Hardwicke's lesser mouse-tailed bat and long-tailed bat, it is named after Major General Thomas Hardwicke (1755– ...
, ''Rhinopoma hardwickei'' *** Greater mouse-tailed bat, ''Rhinopoma microphyllum'' *Family: Molossidae **Genus: '' Chaerephon'' *** Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat, ''Chaerephon plicata'' *Family: Emballonuridae **Genus: '' Saccolaimus'' ***
Naked-rumped pouched bat The naked-rumped pouched bat (''Saccolaimus saccolaimus''), also known as the pouched tomb bat, is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. Taxonomy Described in 1838 by Coenraad Temminck. the author assigned the species to a ne ...
, ''Saccolaimus saccolaimus'' **Genus: '' Taphozous'' ***
Long-winged tomb bat The long-winged tomb bat (''Taphozous longimanus'') is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thailand Thailand ( ) ...
, ''Taphozous longimanus'' *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'' **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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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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Tail-less 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 V ...
, ''Coelops frithii'' ***Genus: '' Hipposideros'' ****
Dusky roundleaf bat The dusky leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros ater'') is a bat from the genus ''Hipposideros'' whose habitat extends from India and Sri Lanka to the Philippines, New Guinea and Northern Australia. This species is counted in the '' H. bicolor'' species ...
, ''Hipposideros ater'' ****
Indian roundleaf bat The Indian roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros lankadiva''), also known as the large Ceylon leaf-nosed bat or Kelaart's leaf‐nosed bat is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to the Indian subcontinent, with marginal populatio ...
, ''Hipposideros lankadiva'' ****
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 ...
, ''Hipposideros larvatus''


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 ...
s and
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: Leporidae (rabbits, hares) **Genus: '' Caprolagus'' ***
Hispid hare The hispid hare (''Caprolagus hispidus''), also called Assam rabbit and bristly rabbit, is a leporid native to South Asia, whose historic range extended along the southern foothills of the Himalayas. Today, its habitat is highly fragmented with an ...
, ''C. hispidus'' presence uncertain **Genus: '' Lepus'' *** Indian hare, ''L. nigricollis''


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 ...
**Genus: ''
Manis ''Manis'' is a genus of South Asian and East Asian pangolins, the Asiatic pangolins, from subfamily Maninae, within family Manidae. Etymology Carl Linnaeus (1758) invented the Neo-Latin generic name ''Manis'' apparently as a feminine singular ...
'' *** Indian pangolin, ''M. crassicaudata'' *** Sunda pangolin, ''M. javanica'' *** Chinese pangolin, ''M. pentadactyla''


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'' ****** Sunda slow loris, ''N. coucang'' *Suborder:
Haplorhini Haplorhini (), the haplorhines (Greek for "simple-nosed") or the "dry-nosed" primates, is a suborder of primates containing the tarsiers and the simians (Simiiformes or anthropoids), as sister of the Strepsirrhini ("moist-nosed"). The name is some ...
**Infraorder: 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'' *******
Crab-eating macaque The crab-eating macaque (''Macaca fascicularis''), also known as the long-tailed macaque and referred to as the cynomolgus monkey in laboratories, is a cercopithecine primate native to Southeast Asia. A species of macaque, the crab-eating macaqu ...
, ''M. fascicularis'' *******
Northern pigtail 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'' was c ...
, ''M. leonina'' ******* Rhesus macaque, ''M. mulatta'' ******Subfamily: Colobinae *******Genus: '' Semnopithecus'' ******** Northern plains gray langur, ''S. entellus'' *******Genus: '' Trachypithecus'' ********
Dusky leaf monkey The dusky leaf monkey (''Trachypithecus obscurus''), also known as the spectacled langur, or the spectacled leaf monkey is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand, and can occa ...
, ''T. obscurus'' ******** Phayre's leaf monkey, ''T. phayrei'' ********
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'' ****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''


Order:

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''


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 45 kg (100 lb). *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'' *Suborder: Sciurognathi **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, ...
, ''R. 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: Pteromyini *****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 ...
, ''H. alboniger'' *****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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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 ...
, ''P. nobilis'' ***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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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, ...
, ''C. pygerythrus'' **Family: Spalacidae ***Subfamily: Rhizomyinae ****Genus: ''
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 ...
, ''C. badius'' **Family:
Muridae The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 1,383 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. The name Muridae come ...
(mice, rats, voles, gerbils, hamsters, etc.) ***Subfamily: Murinae ****Genus: '' Bandicota'' *****
Lesser bandicoot rat The lesser bandicoot rat, Sindhi rice rat, bengal rat or Indian mole-rat (''Bandicota bengalensis'') is a giant rat of South Asia, Southern Asia, not related to the true bandicoots which are marsupials. They can be up to 40 cm long (includin ...
, ''B. bengalensis'' ****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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Long-tailed giant rat The long-tailed giant rat (''Leopoldamys sabanus'') 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 ...
, ''L. sabanus'' ****Genus: ''
Millardia ''Millardia'' is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae native to South Asia and Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although ...
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Soft-furred rat The soft-furred rat (''Millardia meltada''), or soft-furred metad, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae native to South Asia. Description Head and body length is 13–16 cm. Tail ss 12–14 cm. Yellowish to brownish gray dorsal ...
, ''M. meltada'' ****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 ...
, ''N. indica'' ****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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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 ...
, ''N. fulvescens'' ****Genus: '' Rattus'' ***** Polynesian rat, ''R. exulans'' *****
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 ...
, ''R. nitidus'' ***** Tanezumi rat, ''R. tanezumi'' ****Genus: '' Vandeleuria'' ***** Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse, ''V. oleracea''


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''


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)

The "shrew-forms" are insectivorous mammals. The shrews and solenodons closely resemble mice while the moles are stout-bodied burrowers. *Family: Soricidae (shrews) **Subfamily: Crocidurinae ***Genus: '' Crocidura'' **** Southeast Asian shrew, ''C. fuliginosa'' ***Genus: '' Suncus'' **** Asian house shrew, ''S. murinus'' ****
Anderson's shrew Anderson's shrew (''Suncus stoliczkanus'') is a medium-sized species of shrew. It is light gray in color with yellow fur around the throat and pectoral region, comparatively large ears and a tail that measures about 50 – 70% of body length. Thi ...
, ''S. stoliczkanus''


Locally extinct

The following species are locally extinct in the country: * Blackbuck, ''Antilope cervicapra'' since the end of the 19th century *
Banteng The banteng (''Bos javanicus''; ), also known as tembadau, is a species of cattle found in Southeast Asia. The head-and-body length is between . Wild banteng are typically larger and heavier than their domesticated counterparts, but are otherw ...
, ''Bos javanicus'' since the 1940s * Nilgai, ''Boselaphus tragocamelus'' since the 1930s * Wild water buffalo, ''Bubalus arnee'' since the 1940s *
Gray wolf The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly ...
, ''Canis lupus'' since the mid 20th century * Sumatran rhinoceros, ''Dicerorhinus sumatrensis'' since the 1930s *
Sloth bear The sloth bear (''Melursus ursinus'') is a myrmecophagous bear species native to the Indian subcontinent. It feeds on fruits, ants and termites. It is listed as Vulnerable species, vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, mainly because of habitat loss ...
, ''Melursus ursinus'' since the early 21st century *
Pygmy hog The pygmy hog (''Porcula salvania'') is the rarest species of pig in the world today, and is the only species in the genus ''Porcula''. It is also the smallest species of pig in the world, with its piglets being small enough to fit in one's pock ...
, ''Porcula salvanius'' * Javan rhinoceros, ''Rhinoceros sondaicus'' since the 1930s * Indian rhinoceros, ''Rhinoceros unicornis'' since the 1930s * Barasingha, ''Rucervus duvaucelii'' since the 1950s


See also

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Wildlife of Bangladesh The fauna of Bangladesh includes about 1,600 species of vertebrate fauna and about 1,000 species of invertebrate fauna based on incomplete records. The vertebrate fauna consists of roughly 22 species of amphibians, 708 species of fish, 126 -specie ...
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Fauna of Bangladesh The fauna of Bangladesh includes about 1,600 species of vertebrate fauna and about 1,000 species of invertebrate fauna based on incomplete records. The vertebrate fauna consists of roughly 22 species of amphibians, 708 species of fish, 126 -speci ...
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List of chordate orders This article contains a list of all of the classes and orders that are located in the Phylum Chordata. Subphylum Cephalochordata Class Leptocardii: Lancelets * Order Amphioxiformes Family Pikaiidae † * Genus Pikaia † Olfactores (unr ...
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Lists of mammals by region Lists of mammals by region cover mammals found in different parts of the world. They are organized by continent, region, and country, and in some places by sub-national region. Most are full species lists, while those for Australia and the Caribbe ...
* Mammal classification


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Mammals Of Bangladesh . Mammals
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