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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Brunei. 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''


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'' ***
Long-footed treeshrew The long-footed treeshrew (''Tupaia longipes'') is a treeshrew species within the Tupaiidae. It is endemic to Borneo and threatened due to deforestation Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal of a forest or stand of trees fro ...
, ''T. longipes'' ***
Painted treeshrew The painted treeshrew (''Tupaia picta'') is a treeshrew species of the family Tupaiidae. The first specimen was described by Oldfield Thomas and was part of a zoological collection from northern Borneo obtained by the British Museum of Natural H ...
, ''T. picta'' ***
Large treeshrew The large treeshrew (''Tupaia tana'') is a treeshrew species within the Tupaiidae. It is native to Sumatra and adjacent small islands, as well as in the lowlands and hills of Borneo.Payne, J., Francis, C. M., Phillipps, K. (1985). ''Field guide ...
, ''T. tana''


Order: Dermoptera (colugos)

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


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 *****Genus: '' Nycticebus'' ******
Philippine slow loris The Philippine slow loris (''Nycticebus menagensis'') is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris that is native to the north and east coastal areas of the island of Borneo, as well as the Sulu Archipelago in the Philippines. The sp ...
, ''N. menagensis'' *Suborder:
Haplorhini Haplorhini (), the haplorhines (Greek for "simple-nosed") or the "dry-nosed" primates, is a suborder of primates containing the tarsiers and the simians (Simiiformes or anthropoids), as sister of the Strepsirrhini ("moist-nosed"). The name is some ...
**Infraorder: Tarsiiformes ***Family:
Tarsiidae Tarsiers ( ) are haplorhine primates of the family Tarsiidae, which is itself the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes. Although the group was once more widespread, all of its species living today are found in Maritime Southeast ...
(tarsiers) ****Genus: '' Cephalopachus'' *****
Horsfield's tarsier Horsfield's tarsier (''Cephalopachus bancanus''), also known as the western tarsier, is the only species of tarsier in the genus ''Cephalopachus''. Named for American naturalist Thomas Horsfield, it occurs on Borneo, Sumatra and nearby islands ...
, ''C. bancanus'' **Infraorder: Simiiformes ***Parvorder: Catarrhini ****Superfamily: Cercopithecoidea *****Family:
Cercopithecidae Old World monkey is the common English name for a family of primates known taxonomically as the Cercopithecidae (). Twenty-four genera and 138 species are recognized, making it the largest primate family. Old World monkey genera include baboons ...
(Old World monkeys) ******Genus: '' Macaca'' *******
Crab-eating macaque The crab-eating macaque (''Macaca fascicularis''), also known as the long-tailed macaque and referred to as the cynomolgus monkey in laboratories, is a cercopithecine primate native to Southeast Asia. A species of macaque, the crab-eating macaqu ...
, ''M. fascicularis'' ******* Southern pig-tailed macaque, ''M. nemestrina'' ******Subfamily: Colobinae *******Genus: '' Presbytis'' ********
Banded surili The Raffles' banded langur (''Presbytis femoralis''), also known as the banded leaf monkey or banded surili, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to Singapore and southern Peninsular Malaysia. The species underwen ...
, ''Presbytis femoralis'' ********
White-fronted surili The white-fronted surili (''Presbytis frontata'') is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae, the Old World monkeys. It is endemic to the large international island of Borneo, in Indonesia, Malaysia, and possibly Brunei. Its body is m ...
, ''Presbytis frontata'' ********
Hose's langur Hose's langur (''Presbytis hosei'') is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae endemic to the island of Borneo, including Brunei, Kalimantan (Indonesia), and East Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. I ...
, ''Presbytis hosei'' ********
Maroon leaf monkey The maroon langur, maroon leaf monkey, or red leaf monkey (''Presbytis rubicunda'') is a member of the family Cercopithecidae. It is found on the southeast Asian island of Borneo and the nearby smaller Karimata. ''P. rubicunda'' mostly live in fo ...
, ''Presbytis rubicunda'' *******Genus: ''Nasalis'' ********
Proboscis monkey The proboscis monkey (''Nasalis larvatus'') or long-nosed monkey is an arboreal Old World monkey with an unusually large nose, a reddish-brown skin color and a long tail. It is endemic to the southeast Asian island of Borneo and is found mostly ...
, ''N. larvatus'' ****Superfamily: Hominoidea *****Family:
Hylobatidae Gibbons () are apes in the family Hylobatidae (). The family historically contained one genus, but now is split into four extant genera and 20 species. Gibbons live in subtropical and tropical rainforest from eastern Bangladesh to Northeast India ...
(gibbons) ******Genus: ''
Hylobates The genus ''Hylobates'' is one of the four genera of gibbons. Its name means "forest walker", from the Greek (, "forest") and (, "one who treads"). It was once considered the only genus, but recently its subgenera (''Hoolock'' ormerly ''Bun ...
'' ******* Müller's bornean gibbon, ''Hylobates muelleri'' *****Family:
Hominidae The Hominidae (), whose members are known as the great apes or hominids (), are a taxonomic family of primates that includes eight extant species in four genera: '' Pongo'' (the Bornean, Sumatran and Tapanuli orangutan); ''Gorilla'' (the ea ...
(great apes) ******Subfamily: Ponginae *******Genus: '' Pongo'' ********
Bornean orangutan The Bornean orangutan (''Pongo pygmaeus'') is a species of orangutan endemic to the island of Borneo. Together with the Sumatran orangutan (''Pongo abelii'') and Tapanuli orangutan (''Pongo tapanuliensis''), it belongs to the only genus of great ...
, ''P. pygmaeus'' presence uncertain


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). *Suborder: Hystricomorpha **Family: Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) ***Genus: '' Hystrix'' **** Thick-spined porcupine, ''Hystrix crassispinis'' LR/nt ****Genus: ''
Trichys The long-tailed porcupine (''Trichys fasciculata'') is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Trichys'', and is found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Physical appearance Long-tailed porcupines’ ...
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Long-tailed porcupine The long-tailed porcupine (''Trichys fasciculata'') is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Trichys'', and is found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Physical appearance Long-tailed porcupines’ ...
, ''Trichys fasciculata'' LR/lc *Suborder: Sciurognathi **Family: Sciuridae (squirrels) ***Subfamily: Ratufinae ****Genus: '' Ratufa'' *****
Cream-coloured giant squirrel The cream-coloured giant squirrel or pale giant squirrel (''Ratufa affinis'') is a large tree squirrel in the genus '' Ratufa'' found in forests in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra (Indonesia), Borneo (Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia) and nearby ...
, ''Ratufa affinis'' LR/lc ***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: '' Aeromys'' ****** Black flying squirrel, ''Aeromys tephromelas'' LR/lc *****Genus: ''
Pteromyscus The smoky flying squirrel (''Pteromyscus pulverulentus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Pteromyscus''. It is found in parts of Brunei, Indonesia, Peninsular Malaysia, and southern Thailand, bu ...
'' ****** Smoky flying squirrel, ''Pteromyscus pulverulentus'' LR/nt ***Subfamily: Callosciurinae ****Genus: ''
Exilisciurus ''Exilisciurus'' is a genus 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 squirrels, ground squirrels (including chi ...
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Least pygmy squirrel The least pygmy squirrel (''Exilisciurus exilis''), also known as the plain pygmy squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. pp. 754–818 ''in'' Mammal Species o ...
, ''Exilisciurus exilis'' LR/lc ****Genus: ''
Rhinosciurus The shrew-faced squirrel (''Rhinosciurus laticaudatus''), also known as the long-nosed squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Rhinosciurus''. It is found in forests in Peninsular Malaysia (pos ...
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Shrew-faced squirrel The shrew-faced squirrel (''Rhinosciurus laticaudatus''), also known as the long-nosed squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Rhinosciurus''. It is found in forests in Peninsular Malaysia (pos ...
, ''Rhinosciurus laticaudatus'' LR/lc ****Genus: ''
Sundasciurus ''Sundasciurus'' is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It contains 20 species: *Genus ''Sundasciurus'' ** Sumatran mountain squirrel (''Sundasciurus altitudinis'') ** Brooke's squirrel (''Sundasciurus brookei'') ** Bornean mountain grou ...
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Horse-tailed squirrel The horse-tailed squirrel (''Sundasciurus hippurus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found throughout the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, as well as the southern half of the Malay Peninsula, which includes the entire natio ...
, ''Sundasciurus hippurus'' LR/lc


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: 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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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. The shrews and solenodons closely resemble mice while the moles are stout-bodied burrowers. *Family: Soricidae (shrews) **Subfamily: Crocidurinae ***Genus: '' Crocidura'' **** Southeast Asian shrew, ''Crocidura fuliginosa'' LR/lc


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: ''
Aethalops ''Aethalops'' (Meaning: sooty bat) is a genus of megabats in the family Pteropodidae. It contains two species: * Borneo fruit bat, ''A. aequalis'' * Pygmy fruit bat, ''A. alecto'' Taxonomy ''Aethalops'' was described as a new genus in 1923 by Br ...
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Pygmy fruit bat The pygmy fruit bat (''Aethalops alecto''), also known as the grey fruit bat, is a species of megabat. Distribution Three specimens were collected in April 1995 from Bario highlands in Sarawak. ''A. alecto'' is confined to montane forest above 1 ...
, ''Aethalops alecto'' LR/nt ***Genus: '' Balionycteris'' ****
Spotted-winged fruit bat The spotted-winged fruit bat, (''Balionycteris maculata'') is the smallest megabat in the world, and the only species in the genus ''Balionycteris''. It inhabits forests in Indonesia and Malaysia. Description Spotted-winged fruit bats are unusu ...
, ''Balionycteris maculata'' LR/lc ***Genus: ''
Dyacopterus ''Dyacopterus'' is a genus of megabats from south-east Asia. It contains three species, namely: *Dayak fruit bat The dayak fruit bat or dyak fruit bat (''Dyacopterus spadiceus'') is a relatively rare frugivorous megabat species found only o ...
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Dayak fruit bat The dayak fruit bat or dyak fruit bat (''Dyacopterus spadiceus'') is a relatively rare frugivorous megabat species found only on the Sunda Shelf of southeast Asia, specifically the Malay Peninsula south of the Isthmus of Kra, and the islands of ...
, ''Dyacopterus spadiceus'' LR/nt ***Genus: '' Megaerops'' ****
White-collared fruit bat The white-collared fruit bat (''Megaerops wetmorei'') is a species of megabat found in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the g ...
, ''Megaerops wetmorei'' LR/lc *****Genus: '' Pteropus'' ****** Large flying fox, ''Pteropus vampyrus'' LR/lc **Subfamily: Macroglossinae ***Genus: ''
Eonycteris ''Eonycteris'' ("dawn bat") is a genus of megabats found in Asia. They are the only members of the tribe Eonycterini. Species within this genus are: * Greater nectar bat, ''Eonycteris major'' *Cave nectar bat The cave nectar bat, dawn bat, co ...
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Greater dawn bat The greater nectar bat or greater dawn bat (''Eonycteris major'') is a species of megabat within the genus ''Eonycteris''. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Its range is limited and includes Luzon to Maripipi in th ...
, ''Eonycteris major'' LR/lc *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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Papillose woolly bat The papillose woolly bat (''Kerivoula papillosa'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam. Appearance The fur is typically dark brown on top, and lighter brown on ...
, ''Kerivoula papillosa'' LR/lc ****
Clear-winged woolly bat The clear-winged woolly bat (''Kerivoula pellucida'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Members of this species are relatively small, typically weighing ab ...
, ''Kerivoula pellucida'' LR/lc ****
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'' LR/lc **** Whitehead's woolly bat, ''Kerivoula whiteheadi'' LR/lc **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 ...
***Genus: ''
Glischropus ''Glischropus'' is a genus of bats within the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. Species within this genus are: * '' Glischropus aquilus'' (Görföl, Wiantoro, Kingston, Bates & Huang, 2015) — dark thick-thumbed bat * ''Glischropus bucephalu ...
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Common thick-thumbed bat The common thick-thumbed bat (''Glischropus tylopus'') is a species of vesper bat found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, and Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thai ...
, ''Glischropus tylopus'' LR/lc ***Genus: ''
Hesperoptenus Hesperoptenus is a genus of bats within the Vespertilionidae or Vespertilionidae, vesper bat family. The species within this genus are: *Blanford's bat (''Hesperoptenus blanfordi'') *False serotine bat (''Hesperoptenus doriae'') *Gaskell's fals ...
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Blanford's bat Blanford's bat (''Hesperoptenus blanfordi''), also known as the least false-serotine bat, is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand, where it lives in various different forest ...
, ''Hesperoptenus blanfordi'' LR/lc ***Genus: '' Hypsugo'' ****
Big-eared pipistrelle The big-eared pipistrelle (''Hypsugo macrotis'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It can be found in Indonesia and Malaysia. It forages over mud flats over Peninsula Malaysia but its roosting activities are unknown. Its ...
, ''Hypsugo macrotis'' LR/nt ***Genus: '' Philetor'' ****
Rohu's bat Rohu's bat (''Philetor brachypterus'') is a species of vesper bat. It is the only species in the genus ''Philetor''. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipi ...
, ''Philetor brachypterus'' LR/lc ***Genus: ''
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 ...
, ''Pipistrellus ceylonicus'' LR/lc **** Narrow-winged pipistrelle, ''Pipistrellus stenopterus'' LR/lc **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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Brown tube-nosed bat The brown tube-nosed bat (''Murina suilla'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It can be found in the following countries: Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilip ...
, ''Murina suilla'' LR/lc *Family: Emballonuridae **Genus: '' Emballonura'' ***
Small Asian sheath-tailed bat The small Asian sheath-tailed bat (''Emballonura alecto'') is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in Borneo, Sulawesi, and the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Re ...
, ''Emballonura alecto'' LR/lc *Family: Rhinolophidae **Subfamily: Rhinolophinae ***Genus: '' Rhinolophus'' **** Acuminate horseshoe bat, ''Rhinolophus acuminatus'' LR/lc ****
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'' LR/lc **** Bornean horseshoe bat, ''Rhinolophus borneensis'' LR/lc ****
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 ...
, ''Rhinolophus luctus'' LR/lc ****
Lesser woolly horseshoe bat The lesser woolly horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus beddomei''), also called Beddome's horseshoe bat, is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in India and Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland ...
, ''Rhinolophus sedulus'' LR/lc **** Trefoil horseshoe bat, ''Rhinolophus trifoliatus'' LR/lc


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 ...
'' *** Sunda pangolin, ''M. javanica''


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 ...
**Superfamily:
Balaenopteroidea 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 ...
***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 ...
****Genus: '' Balaenoptera'' ***** Common minke whale, ''Balaenoptera acutorostrata'' LC ***** Antarctic minke whale, ''Balaenoptera bonaerensis'' DD *****
Sei whale The sei whale ( , ; ''Balaenoptera borealis'') is a baleen whale, the third-largest rorqual after the blue whale and the fin whale. It inhabits most oceans and adjoining seas, and prefers deep offshore waters. It avoids polar and tropical ...
, ''Balaenoptera borealis'' EN *****
Bryde's whale Bryde's whale ( Brooder's), or the Bryde's whale complex, putatively comprises three species of rorqual and maybe four. The "complex" means the number and classification remains unclear because of a lack of definitive information and research ...
, ''Balaenoptera brydei'' DD ***** Blue whale, ''Balaenoptera musculus'' EN ***** Fin whale, ''Balaenoptera physalus'' EN ****Genus: '' Megaptera'' ***** Humpback whale, ''Megaptera novaeangliae'' LC *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:
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 ...
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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'' DD ***Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins) ****Genus: '' Feresa'' ***** Pygmy killer whale, ''Feresa attenuata'' DD ****Genus: '' Globicephala'' ***** Short-finned pilot whale, ''Globicephala macrorhynchus'' DD ****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 ...
, ''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 ...
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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 ...
, ''Tursiops aduncus'' 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: '' Grampus'' ***** Risso's dolphin, ''Grampus griseus'' DD ****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: '' Orcinus'' ***** Orca, ''O. orca'' ****Genus: '' Peponocephala'' ***** Melon-headed whale, ''Peponocephala electra'' DD ****Genus: '' Pseudorca'' ***** False killer whale, ''Pseudorca crassidens'' DD ****Genus: ''
Stenella ''Stenella'' is a genus of marine mammals in Delphinidae, the family informally known as the oceanic dolphins. Species Currently, five species are recognised in this genus: The common name for species in this genus is the "spotted dolphins" o ...
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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'' LC ***** Striped dolphin, ''Stenella coeruleoalba'' LC ***** Spinner dolphin, ''Stenella longirostris'' DD ****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'' LC ***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, ''K. breviceps'' ***** Dwarf sperm whale, ''Kogia sima'' DD **Superfamily: Physeteroidea ***Family: Physeteridae (sperm whales) ****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 **Superfamily
Ziphioidea 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 ...
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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 ...
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Tropical bottlenose whale The tropical bottlenose whale (''Indopacetus pacificus''), also known as the Indo-Pacific beaked whale or Longman's beaked whale, was considered to be the world's rarest cetacean until recently, but the spade-toothed whale now holds that positio ...
, ''Indopacetus pacificus'' DD ****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 ...
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Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale The ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (''Mesoplodon ginkgodens'') is a poorly known species of whale even for a beaked whale, and was named for the unusual shape of its dual teeth. It is a fairly typical-looking species, but is notable for the males no ...
, ''Mesoplodon ginkgodens'' DD ****Genus: '' Ziphius'' ***** Cuvier's beaked whale, ''Ziphius cavirostris'' DD


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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 ...
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---- There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which feed primarily on 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 ...
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Bay cat The bay cat (''Catopuma badia''), also known as the Bornean bay cat, is a small wild cat endemic to the island of Borneo that appears to be relatively rare compared to sympatric wild cats, based on the paucity of historical, as well as recent rec ...
, ''C. badia'' presence uncertain ****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'' *****
Sunda leopard cat The Sunda leopard cat (''Prionailurus javanensis'') is a small wild cat species native to the Sundaland islands of Java, Bali, Borneo, Sumatra and the Philippines that is considered distinct from the leopard cat occurring in mainland South a ...
, ''P. javanensis'' ***** Flat-headed cat, ''P. planiceps'' ***Subfamily: Pantherinae ****Genus: ''
Neofelis ''Neofelis'' is a genus comprising two extant cat species in Southeast Asia: the clouded leopard (''Neofelis nebulosa'') of mainland Asia, and the Sunda clouded leopard (''Neofelis diardi'') of Sumatra and Borneo The scientific name ''Neofelis' ...
'' ***** Sunda clouded leopard, ''N. diardi'' **Family: Viverridae (civets, mongooses, etc.) ***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: '' Paradoxurus'' ***** Asian palm civet, ''P. hermaphroditus'' ***Subfamily: Hemigalinae ****Genus: '' Cynogale'' *****
Otter civet The otter civet (''Cynogale bennettii'') is a semiaquatic viverrid native to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. It is listed as Endangered because of a serious ongoing population decline, estimated to be more than 50% over the past three g ...
, ''C. bennettii'' ****Genus: ''
Hemigalus The banded palm civet (''Hemigalus derbyanus''), also called banded civet, is a viverrid native to Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia, peninsular Thailand and the Sunda Islands of Sipura, Sumatra and Borneo. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN R ...
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Banded palm civet The banded palm civet (''Hemigalus derbyanus''), also called banded civet, is a viverrid native to Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia, peninsular Thailand and the Sunda Islands of Sipura, Sumatra and Borneo. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN R ...
, ''H. derbyanus'' ***Subfamily: Prionodontinae ****Genus: '' Prionodon'' ***** Banded linsang, ''P. linsang'' ***Subfamily: Viverrinae ****Genus: '' Viverra'' *****
Malayan civet The Malayan civet (''Viverra tangalunga''), also known as the Malay civet and Oriental civet, is a viverrid native to the Malay Peninsula and the islands of Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo, the Riau Archipelago, and the Philippines. It is listed as "Lea ...
, ''V. tangalunga'' **Family: Herpestidae (mongooses) ***Genus: '' Urva'' ****
Collared mongoose The collared mongoose (''Urva semitorquata'') is a mongoose species native to Borneo and Sumatra; its presence in the Philippines is uncertain. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Taxonomy ''Herpestes semitorquatus'' was the sc ...
, ''U. semitorquata'' *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: Ursidae (bears) ***Genus: '' Helarctos'' **** Sun bear, ''H. malayanus'' **Family: Mustelidae (mustelids) ***Genus: '' Aonyx'' ****
Oriental 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 we ...
, ''A. cinereus'' ***Genus: '' Lutra'' **** Hairy-nosed otter, ''L. sumatrana'' possibly extirpated ***Genus: '' Lutrogale'' **** Smooth-coated otter, ''L. perspicillata'' ***Genus: '' Martes'' **** Yellow-throated marten, ''M. flavigula'' ***Genus: '' Mustela'' ****
Malayan weasel The Malayan weasel (''Mustela nudipes'') or Malay weasel is a weasel species native to the Malay Peninsula and the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Description The Malayan weasel is reddish-b ...
, ''M. nudipes'' ***Genus: ''
Mydaus Stink badgers, also known as false badgers are a genus (''Mydaus'') of the skunk family of carnivorans, the Mephitidae. They resemble the better-known members of the family Mustelidae also termed 'badgers' (which are themselves a polyphyletic g ...
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Sunda stink badger The Sunda stink badger (''Mydaus javanensis''), also called the Javan stink badger, teledu, Malay stink badger, Malay badger, Indonesian stink badger and Sunda skunk, is a mammal native to Indonesia and Malaysia. Despite the common name, stink b ...
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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:
Rhinocerotidae A rhinoceros (; ; ), commonly abbreviated to rhino, is a member of any of the five extant species (or numerous extinct species) of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae. (It can also refer to a member of any of the extinct species ...
**Genus: '' Dicerorhinus'' *** Sumatran rhinoceros, ''D. sumatrensis'' 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:
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'' ****
Bornean bearded pig The Bornean bearded pig (''Sus barbatus''), also known as the Sunda bearded pig or simply bearded pig, is a species in the pig genus, '' Sus''. It can be recognized by its prominent beard. It also sometimes has tassels on its tail. It is found ...
, ''S. barbatus'' *Family: Tragulidae **Genus: '' Tragulus'' ***
Lesser mouse deer The lesser mouse-deer, lesser Malay chevrotain, or kanchil (''Tragulus kanchil'') is a species of even-toed ungulate in the family Tragulidae. Distribution The lesser mouse-deer is found widely across Southeast Asia in Indochina, Myanmar (Kra I ...
, ''T. javanicus'' *** Napu, ''T. napu'' *Family: Bovidae (cattle, antelope, sheep, goats) **Subfamily: Bovinae ***Genus: '' Bos'' ****
Banteng The banteng (''Bos javanicus''; ), also known as tembadau, is a species of cattle found in Southeast Asia. The head-and-body length is between . Wild banteng are typically larger and heavier than their domesticated counterparts, but are otherw ...
, ''B. javanicus'' extirpated


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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 ...
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