List of mammals of Laos
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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Laos.
Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and cetaceans)
[edit]| Image | Common name | Scientific name (authority) | Preferred habitat | IUCN status | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Suidae: pigs | |||||
_(6947132294).jpg) | Wild boar | Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 | Wide variety of habitats | LC IUCN Unknown |  |
| Family Tragulidae: mouse-deer | |||||
 | Lesser mouse-deer | Tragulus kanchil Raffles, 1821 | Lowland forests | LC IUCN Unknown |  |
| Family Moschidae: musk deer | |||||
 | Dwarf musk deer | Moschus berezovskii Flerov, 1929 | Montane forests | EN IUCN |  |
| Family Cervidae: deer | |||||
 | Eld's deer | Rucervus eldii McClelland, 1842 | Grasslands | EN IUCN |  |
_male.jpg) | Sambar deer | Rusa unicolor Kerr, 1792 | Wide variety of forest and savanna | VU IUCN |  |
| Roosevelt's muntjac | Muntiacus rooseveltorum Osgood, 1932 | Forest | DD IUCN |  | |
| Truong Son muntjac | Muntiacus truongsonensis Giao, Tuoc, Dung, Wikramanayake, Amato, Arctander & Mackinnon, 1997 | High-elevation forest | DD IUCN |  | |
_(7109809349).jpg) | Indian muntjac | Muntiacus vaginalis Zimmermann, 1780 | Wide variety of forests and scrublands | LC IUCN |  |
| Giant muntjac | Muntiacus vuquangensis Tuoc, Dung, Dawson, Arctander and Mackinnon, 1994 | Unclear | CR IUCN |  | |
| Family Bovidae: cattle, antelope, sheep, goats | |||||
 | Gaur | Bos gaurus Smith, 1827 | Forest, grassland, shrubland and savanna | VU IUCN |  |
 | Banteng | Bos javanicus d'Alton, 1823 | Forest and grassland | EN IUCN |  |
 | Kouprey | Bos sauveli Urbain, 1937 | Previously seen in dipterocarp forests with grasslands. No confirmations since 1970; possibly extinct. | CR, possibly EX
|  |
 | Mainland serow | Capricornis sumatraensis Bechstein, 1799 | Forested mountain slopes | VU IUCN |  |
 | Chinese goral | Naemorhedus griseus A. Milne-Edwards, 1871 |  | ||
 | Saola | Pseudoryx nghetinhensis Dung, Giao, Chinh, Tuoc, Arctander, & MacKinnon, 1993 | Evergreen forest | CR IUCN |  |
| Family Delphinidae: marine dolphins | |||||
 | Irrawaddy dolphin | Orcaella brevirostris Owen in Gray, 1866 | Coastal waters and rivers | EN IUCN |  |
| Image | Common name | Scientific name (authority) | Preferred habitat | IUCN status | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Felidae: cats | |||||
 | Asian golden cat | Catopuma temminckii Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 | Forest, savanna, shrubland and grassland | NT IUCN |  |
 | Jungle cat | Felis chaus Schreber, 1777 | Particularly around wetlands | LC IUCN |  |
 | Clouded leopard | Neofelis nebulosa Griffith, 1821 | Forest and shrubland | VU IUCN |  |
 | Leopard | Panthera pardus Linnaeus, 1758 | Wide range of habitats | VU IUCN |  |
 | Tiger | Panthera tigris Linnaeus, 1758 | Generalists but especially forests | EN IUCN |  |
 | Marbled cat | Pardofelis marmorata Martin, 1836 | Forest | NT IUCN |  |
 | Leopard cat | Prionailurus bengalensis Kerr, 1792 | Forest, shrublands and grasslands | LC IUCN |  |
| Family Viverridae | |||||
 | Binturong | Arctictis binturong Raffles, 1822 | Forest (arboreal) | VU IUCN |  |
_(8076736823)_(cut).jpg) | Small-toothed palm civet | Arctogalidia trivirgata Gray, 1832 | Evergreen and semi-evergreen forest | LC IUCN |  |
.jpg) | Masked palm civet | Paguma larvata Smith, 1827 | Mainly evergreen and semi-evergreen forest | LC IUCN |  |
_(7781509830).jpg) | Asian palm civet | Paradoxurus hermaphroditus Pallas, 1777 | Wide range of forest, plantation, and urban environments | LC IUCN |  |
_2.jpg) | Large-spotted civet | Viverra megaspila Blyth, 1862 | Lowland forest | EN IUCN |  |
 | Large Indian civet | Viverra zibetha Linnaeus, 1758 | Forests and shrublands | LC IUCN |  |
 | Small Indian civet | Viverricula indica Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803 | Wide range of forests and wetlands | LC IUCN |  |
 | Owston's palm civet | Chrotogale owstoni Thomas, 1912 | Wide range of forests and wetlands | EN IUCN |  |
| Family Prionodontidae: linsangs | |||||
 | Spotted linsang | Prionodon pardicolor Hodgson, 1842 | Forest, shrubland, and grassland | LC IUCN |  |
| Family Herpestidae: mongooses | |||||
 | Crab-eating Mongoose | Urva urva Hodgson, 1836 | Widespread | LC IUCN |  |
 | Javan mongoose | Urva javanica É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818 | Widespread in lowlands, including anthropogenic habitats | LC IUCN Unknown |  |
| Family Canidae: dogs, foxes | |||||
.jpg) | Dhole | Cuon alpinus Pallas, 1811 | Forest, shrubland and grassland | EN IUCN |  |
 | Golden jackal | Canis aureus Linnaeus, 1758 | Wide variety, especially lowland deciduous dipterocarp forest | LC IUCN | .png) |
| Family Ursidae: bears | |||||
 | Sun bear | Helarctos malayanus Raffles, 1821 | Forest and shrubland | VU IUCN |  |
 | Asian black bear | Ursus thibetanus G. Cuvier, 1823 | Forest and shrubland | VU IUCN |  |
| Family Mustelidae: mustelids | |||||
 | Yellow-throated marten | Martes flavigula Boddaert, 1785 | Forests and shrublands | LC IUCN |  |
 | Yellow-bellied weasel | Mustela kathiah Hodgson, 1835 | Rugged highlands | LC IUCN |  |
 | Siberian weasel | Mustela sibirica Pallas, 1773 | Rocky areas in far north | LC IUCN |  |
 | Back-striped weasel | Mustela strigidorsa Gray, 1853 | Mountainous evergreen forest | LC IUCN |  |
 | Greater hog badger | Arctonyx collaris Cuvier, 1825 | Mainly forest | VU IUCN |  |
 | Burmese ferret-badger | Melogale personata I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1831 | Forests, shrublands and grasslands | LC IUCN Unknown |  |
 | Eurasian otter | Lutra lutra Linnaeus, 1758 | Wide range of aquatic habitats | NT IUCN |  |
 | Hairy-nosed otter | Lutra sumatrana Gray, 1865 | Wide range of aquatic habitats | EN IUCN |  |
.jpg) | Smooth-coated otter | Lutrogale perspicillata Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 1826 | Wide range of aquatic habitats, including flooded ricefields | VU IUCN |  |
 | Asian small-clawed otter | Aonyx cinereus Illiger, 1815 | Wetland systems | VU IUCN |  |
_Praha_zoo_02.2011_02.jpg) | Chinese ferret-badger | Melogale moschata Gray, 1831 | Forest and croplands | LC IUCN |  |
Order: Chiroptera (bats)
[edit]| Image | Common name | Scientific name (authority) | Preferred habitat | IUCN status | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Pteropodidae: flying foxes, Old World fruit bats | |||||
.jpg) | Lesser short-nosed fruit bat | Cynopterus brachyotis Müller, 1838 | Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  |
_Photograph_By_Shantanu_Kuveskar.jpg) | Greater short-nosed fruit bat | Cynopterus sphinx Vahl, 1797 | Forest | LC IUCN |  |
 | Cave nectar bat | Eonycteris spelaea Dobson, 1871 | Caves and forest | LC IUCN |  |
 | Long-tongued fruit bat | Macroglossus sobrinus K. Andersen, 1911 | Forest | LC IUCN |  |
| Ratanaworabhan's fruit bat | Megaerops niphanae Yenbutra & Felten, 1983 | Forest | LC IUCN |  | |
 | Geoffroy's rousette | Rousettus amplexicaudatus É. Geoffroy, 1810 | Caves, rocky areas and forests | LC IUCN Unknown |  |
 | Leschenault's rousette | Rousettus leschenaultii Desmarest, 1820 | Caves and forests | NT IUCN |  |
| Blanford's fruit bat | Sphaerias blanfordi Thomas, 1891 | Bamboo forest | LC IUCN |  | |
| Family Vespertilionidae | |||||
| Eastern barbastelle | Barbastella darjelingensis Hodgson, 1855 | Caves and forest | LC IUCN |  | |
| Oriental serotine | Eptesicus pachyomus Tomes, 1857 | Wide variety of habitats | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
 | Serotine bat | Eptesicus serotinus Schreber, 1774 | Wide variety of habitats | LC IUCN |  |
| Disk-footed bat | Eudiscopus denticulus Conisbee, 1953 | Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Indochinese thick-thumbed bat | Glischropus bucephalus Csorba, 2011 | Bamboo forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
 | Lesser hairy-winged bat | Harpiocephalus harpia Temminck C. J., 1840 | Forest | LC IUCN |  |
| Blanford's bat | Hesperoptenus blanfordi Dobson, 1877 | Caves and forests | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Tickell's bat | Hesperoptenus tickelli Blyth, 1851 | Caves and forests | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Cadorna's pipistrelle | Hypsugo cadornae Thomas, 1916 | Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Long-toothed pipistrelle | Hypsugo dolichodon Görföl et al., 2014 | Caves and forests | DD IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Chinese pipistrelle | Hypsugo pulveratus Peters, 1870 | Limestone forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Great evening bat | Ia io Thomas, 1902 | Forest | NT IUCN |  | |
| Flat-skulled woolly bat | Kerivoula depressa | Evergreen forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Indochinese woolly bat | Kerivoula dongduongana | Caves and forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Dark woolly bat | Kerivoula furva | Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Hairy-faced bat | Kerivoula hardwickii Dobson, 1871 | Evergreen forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Kachin woolly bat | Kerivoula kachinensis Bates, Struebig, Rossiter, Kingston, Sia Sein Lein Oo & Khin Mya Mya, 2004 | Forest | LC IUCN |  | |
 | Papillose woolly bat | Kerivoula papillosa Temminck, 1840 | Forest | LC IUCN |  |
 | Painted bat | Kerivoula picta Pallas, 1767 | Wide variety of habitats | NT IUCN | _range_map.png) |
| Titania's woolly bat | Kerivoula titania Bates, Struebig, Hayes, Furey, Mya Mya, Thong, Tien, Son, Harrison, Francis & Csorba, 2007 | Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Annam tube-nosed bat | Murina annamitica | Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
 | Round-eared tube-nosed bat | Murina cyclotis Dobson, 1871 | Caves and forests | LC IUCN Unknown |  |
| Elery's tube-nosed bat | Murina eleryi Furey, Thong, Bates & Csorba, 2009 | Forest | LC IUCN |  | |
| Fea's tube-nosed bat | Murina feae | Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Fiona’s Tube-nosed Bat | Murina fionae | Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Harrison's tube-nosed bat | Murina harrisoni Csorba & Bates 2005 | Forest | LC IUCN Unknown | .png) | |
| Hutton's tube-nosed bat | Murina huttoni Peters, 1872 | Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
 | Walston's tube-nosed bat | Murina walstoni Furey, Csorba & Son, 2011 | Forest | DD IUCN Unknown |  |
| Annam tube-nosed bat | Myotis annamitica Kruskop & Tsytsulina, 2001 | Small river valleys | DD IUCN Unknown | ||
| Anna Tess's myotis | Myotis annatessae Kruskop & Borisenko, 2013 | Forest | DD IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Hairy-faced bat | Myotis annectans Dobson, 1871 | Evergreen forest | LC IUCN Unknown | | |
| Large myotis | Myotis chinensis Tomes, 1857 | Caves and forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Lesser large-footed bat | Myotis hasseltii Temminck, 1840 | Caves and forests | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
 | Horsfield's bat | Myotis horsfieldii Temminck, 1840 | Caves and forest | LC IUCN |  |
| Indochinese mouse-eared bat | Myotis indochinensis Son, 2013 | Forest | DD IUCN Unknown |  | |
 | Burmese whiskered myotis | Myotis montivagus Dobson, 1874 | Caves and forest | DD IUCN |  |
 | Wall-roosting mouse-eared bat | Myotis muricola Gray, 1846 | Caves and forests | LC IUCN |  |
| Rickett's big-footed bat | Myotis pilosus Peters, 1869 | Forests and wetlands | VU IUCN |  | |
| Thick-thumbed myotis | Myotis rosseti Oey, 1951 | Forest | LC IUCN Unknown | .png) | |
 | Reddish-black myotis | Myotis rufoniger Tomes, 1858 | Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  |
| Himalayan whiskered bat | Myotis siligorensis Horsfield, 1855 | Caves and forests | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Peters's trumpet-eared bat | Phoniscus jagorii Peters, 1866 | Forest and wetlands | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
 | Japanese house bat | Pipistrellus abramus Temminck, 1840 | Wide range of habitats | LC IUCN |  |
| Kelaart's pipistrelle | Pipistrellus ceylonicus Kelaart, 1852 | Caves and forest | LC IUCN |  | |
| Indian pipistrelle | Pipistrellus coromandra Gray, 1838 | Caves and forests | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Java pipistrelle | Pipistrellus javanicus Gray, 1838 | Caves and forest | LC IUCN |  | |
| Mount Popa pipistrelle | Pipistrellus paterculus Thomas, 1915 | Caves and forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
 | Least pipistrelle | Pipistrellus tenuis Temminck C. J., 1840 | Forest, shrubland and grassland | LC IUCN | |
 | Harlequin bat | Scotomanes ornatus Blyth, 1851 | Caves and forests | LC IUCN Unknown |  |
 | Greater Asiatic yellow bat | Scotophilus heathii Horsfield, 1831 | Forest and shrublands | LC IUCN |  |
_5.jpg) | Lesser Asiatic yellow bat | Scotophilus kuhlii Leach, 1821 | Forest and shrublands | LC IUCN |  |
| Collared sprite | Thainycteris aureocollaris Kock & Storch, 1996 | Montane evergreen forest | LC IUCN Unknown | .png) | |
| Greater bamboo bat | Tylonycteris robustula Thomas, 1915 | Caves and forests | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Family Miniopteridae | |||||
| Western bent-winged bat | Miniopterus magnater Sanborn, 1931 | Caves and forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Small bent-winged bat | Miniopterus pusillus Dobson, 1876 | Caves and forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Family Molossidae: free-tailed bats | |||||
 | Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat | Chaerephon plicatus Buchanan, 1800 | Caves, rocky areas, savanna and forests | LC IUCN Unknown |  |
| La Touche's free-tailed bat | Tadarida latouchei Thomas, 1920 | Caves and forest | EN IUCN |  | |
| Family Emballonuridae | |||||
 | Long-winged tomb bat | Taphozous longimanus Hardwicke, 1825 | Caves, rocky areas, savanna and forests | LC IUCN |  |
,_male_with_prominent_black_beard.jpg) | Black-bearded tomb bat | Taphozous melanopogon Temminck, 1841 | Caves, rocky areas, shrubland and forests | LC IUCN |  |
| Family Megadermatidae: false vampire bats | |||||
.jpg) | Greater false vampire bat | Lyroderma lyra E. Geoffroy, 1810 | Caves, rocky areas and forests | LC IUCN Unknown |  |
 | Lesser false vampire bat | Megaderma spasma Linnaeus, 1758 | Caves, rocky areas and forests | LC IUCN Unknown |  |
| Family Rhinolophidae: horseshoe bats | |||||
| Acuminate horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus acuminatus Peters, 1871 | Caves and forests | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
 | Intermediate horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus affinis Horsfield, 1823 | Caves and forests | LC IUCN |  |
_maybe%3F_(7113337169).jpg) | Bornean horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus borneensis Peters, 1861 | Caves, rocky areas and forests | LC IUCN Unknown |  |
| Croslet horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus coelophyllus Peters, 1867 | Caves and forests | LC IUCN |  | |
| Convex horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus convexus Csorba, 1997 | Caves and forests | DD IUCN Unknown |  | |
 | Great woolly horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus luctus Temminck, 1835 | Caves, rocky areas and forests | LC IUCN Unknown |  |
| Big-eared horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus macrotis Blyth, 1844 | Caves and forest | LC IUCN |  | |
| Malayan horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus malayanus Bonhote, 1903 | Caves and forests | LC IUCN |  | |
| Marshall's horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus marshalli Thonglongya, 1973 | Caves and forests | LC IUCN |  | |
| Indo-Chinese Lesser Brown Horseshoe Bat | Rhinolophus microglobosus Csorba and Jenkins, 1998 | Caves and forests | LC IUCN |  | |
| Bourret's horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus paradoxolophus Bourret, 1951 | Caves and forests | LC IUCN |  | |
 | Pearson's horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus pearsonii Horsfield, 1851 | Caves and forests | LC IUCN Unknown |  |
 | Least horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus pusillus Temminck, 1834 | Caves and forests | LC IUCN |  |
| Shamel's horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus shameli Tate, 1943 | Caves and forests | LC IUCN |  | |
| Thai horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus siamensis Gyldenstolpe, 1917 | Caves and evergreen forests | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Thomas's horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus thomasi K. Andersen, 1905 | Caves and forests | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Family Hipposideridae: Old World leaf-nosed bats | |||||
 | Stoliczka's trident bat | Aselliscus stoliczkanus Dobson, 1871 | Caves and forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  |
 | East Asian tailless leaf-nosed bat | Coelops frithii Blyth, 1848 | Caves and forest | NT IUCN |  |
.jpg) | Great roundleaf bat | Hipposideros armiger Hodgson, 1835 | Caves and forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  |
| Ashy roundleaf bat | Hipposideros cineraceus Blyth, 1853 | Caves and forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
.jpg) | Diadem leaf-nosed bat | Hipposideros diadema É. Geoffroy, 1813 | Caves, savanna and forests | LC IUCN |  |
.jpg) | Cantor's roundleaf bat | Hipposideros galeritus Cantor, 1846 | Caves and forests | LC IUCN Unknown |  |
| Grand roundleaf bat | Hipposideros grandis G.M. Allen, 1936 | Unknown | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
 | Phou Khao Khouay leaf-nosed bat | Hipposideros khaokhouayensis Guillén-Servent & Francis, 2006 | Evergreen forest | VU IUCN |  |
 | Intermediate roundleaf bat | Hipposideros larvatus Horsfield, 1823 | Caves and forests | LC IUCN Unknown |  |
| Shield-faced roundleaf bat | Hipposideros lylei Thomas, 1913 | Caves and forest | LC IUCN |  | |
| Laotian roundleaf bat | Hipposideros rotalis Francis, Kock & Habersetzer, 1999 | Dry forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Shield-nosed leaf-nosed bat | Hipposideros scutinares Robinson, Jenkins, Francis & Fulford, 2003 | Caves and forest | VU IUCN |  | |
Order: Eulipotyphla (Hedgehogs, shrews, moles and relatives)
[edit]| Image | Common name | Scientific name (authority) | Preferred habitat | IUCN status | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs | |||||
| Northern short-tailed gymnure | Hylomys peguensis Blyth, 1859 | Forest and shrubland | |||
| Long-eared gymnure | Otohylomys megalotis Jenkins & M. F. Robinson, 2002 | Karst landscapes | DD IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Family Soricidae: shrews | |||||
| Southeast Asian shrew | Crocidura fuliginosa Blyth, 1856 | Forest, shrublands, grasslands and rocky areas | LC IUCN |  | |
| Himalayan water shrew | Chimarrogale himalayica Gray, 1842 | Evergreen forests | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
 | Etruscan shrew | Suncus etruscus Savi, 1822 | Wide range of habitat | LC IUCN Unknown |  |
| Taiwanese gray shrew | Crocidura tanakae Kuroda, 1938 | Forest and grassland | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Asian gray shrew | Crocidura attenuata Milne-Edwards, 1872 | Forest, shrubland and grassland | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Indochinese shrew | Crocidura indochinensis (Robinson and Kloss, 1922 | Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
 | Asian house shrew | Suncus murinus Linnaeus, 1766 | Widespread | LC IUCN |  |
| Hill's shrew | Crocidura hilliana Jenkins & Smith, 1995 | Wide range of lowland habitat | DD IUCN Unknown |  | |
 | Voracious shrew | Crocidura vorax Allen, 1923 | Wide variety of habitats | LC IUCN Unknown |  |
| Chinese mole shrew | Anourosorex squamipes Milne-Edwards, 1872 | Montane forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Family Talpidae: moles | |||||
| Kloss's mole | Euroscaptor klossi Thomas, 1929 | Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
 | Long-tailed mole | Scaptonyx fusicauda Milne-Edwards, 1872 | Montane forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  |
Order: Lagomorpha (lagomorphs)
[edit]| Image | Common name | Scientific name (authority) | Preferred habitat | IUCN status | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Leporidae: rabbits, hares | |||||
 | Burmese hare | Lepus peguensis Blyth, 1855 | Grasslands, shrublands, savanna and forest | LC IUCN |  |
| Annamite striped rabbit | Nesolagus timminsi Averianov, Abramov, & Tikhonov, 2000 | Evergreen forest | EN IUCN |  | |
| Image | Common name | Scientific name (authority) | Preferred habitat | IUCN status | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Manidae | |||||
 | Sunda pangolin | Manis javanica Desmarest, 1822 | Forest and shrubland | CR IUCN |  |
.jpg) | Chinese pangolin | Manis pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758 | Forest, grassland and shrubland | CR IUCN |  |
| Image | Common name | Scientific name (authority) | Preferred habitat | IUCN status | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Lorisidae: lorises, bushbabies | |||||
 | Bengal slow loris | Nycticebus bengalensis Lacépède, 1800 | Forest | EN IUCN |  |
 | Pygmy slow loris | Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus Bonhote, 1907 | Forest | EN IUCN |  |
| Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys | |||||
 | Stump-tailed macaque | Macaca arctoides I. Geoffroy, 1831 | Forest | VU IUCN |  |
.jpg) | Crab-eating macaque | Macaca fascicularis Raffles, 1821 | Forest, wetlands and intertidal marine zone | EN IUCN |  |
 | Northern pig-tailed macaque | Macaca leonina Blyth, 1863 | Forest | VU IUCN |  |
 | Assam macaque | Macaca assamensis McClelland, 1840 | Forest | NT IUCN |  |
,_male,_Gokarna.jpg) | Rhesus macaque | Macaca mulatta Zimmermann, 1780 | Widespread, including around humans | LC IUCN Unknown |  |
.jpg) | Indochinese grey langur | Trachypithecus crepusculus Elliot, 1909 | Forest and limestone karst | EN IUCN |  |
 | Germain's langur | Trachypithecus germaini Milne-Edwards, 1876 | Forest and rocky areas | EN IUCN |  |
| Laotian langur | Trachypithecus laotum Thomas, 1911 | Forest and rocky areas | EN IUCN |  | |
 | Red-shanked douc | Pygathrix nemaeus Linnaeus, 1771 | Forest | CR IUCN |  |
| Hatinh langur | Trachypithecus hatinhensis Dao, 1970 | Limestone forest | EN IUCN |  | |
| Family Hylobatidae: gibbons | |||||
 | Lar gibbon | Hylobates lar Linnaeus, 1771 | Evergreen and semi-evergreen forest | EN IUCN |  |
.jpg) | Pileated gibbon | Hylobates pileatus Gray, 1861 | Forest | EN IUCN |  |
| Northern buffed-cheeked gibbon | Nomascus annamensis Thinh et al., 2010 | Forest | EN IUCN |  | |
| Black crested gibbon | Nomascus concolor Harlan, 1826 | Forest | CR IUCN |  | |
 | Yellow-cheeked gibbon | Nomascus gabriellae Thomas, 1909 | Forest | EN IUCN |  |
 | Northern white-cheeked gibbon | Nomascus leucogenys Ogilby, 1840 | Evergreen and semi-evergreen forest | CR IUCN |  |
 | Southern white-cheeked gibbon | Nomascus siki Delacour, 1951 | Evergreen forest | CR IUCN |  |
Order: Proboscidea (elephants)
[edit]| Image | Common name | Scientific name (authority) | Preferred habitat | IUCN status | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Elephantidae: elephants | |||||
.jpg) | Asian elephant | Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758 | Forest, shrubland, grassland | EN IUCN |  |
| Image | Common name | Scientific name (authority) | Preferred habitat | IUCN status | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Hystricidae: Old World porcupines | |||||
.jpg) | Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine | Atherurus macrourus Linnaeus, 1758 | Montane forest | LC IUCN |  |
 | Malayan porcupine | Hystrix brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 | Forest, shrubland and grassland | LC IUCN |  |
| Family Sciuridae: squirrels | |||||
 | Hairy-footed flying squirrel | Belomys pearsonii Gray, 1842 | Dry deciduous forest | DD IUCN Unknown |  |
| Laotian giant flying squirrel | Biswamoyopterus laoensis Sanamxay, Douangboubpha, Bumrungsri, Xayavong, Xayaphet, Satasook & Bates 2013 | Forest; known from a single specimen | DD IUCN Unknown |  | |
 | Grey-bellied squirrel | Callosciurus caniceps Gray, 1842 | Forest and plantations | LC IUCN |  |
 | Pallas's squirrel | Callosciurus erythraeus Pallas, 1779 | Montane forest and scrubland | LC IUCN |  |
 | Finlayson's squirrel | Callosciurus finlaysonii Horsfield, 1823 | Forest, shrubland and inland wetlands | LC IUCN |  |
 | Asian red-cheeked squirrel | Dremomys rufigenis Blanford, 1878 | Forest and shrubland | LC IUCN |  |
 | Particolored flying squirrel | Hylopetes alboniger Hodgson, 1836 | Forest and shrubland | LC IUCN |  |
| Indochinese flying squirrel | Hylopetes phayrei Blyth, 1859 | Lower montane and mixed deciduous forests | LC IUCN |  | |
| Red-cheeked flying squirrel | Hylopetes spadiceus Blyth, 1859 | Forest and scrubland | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
 | Berdmore's ground squirrel | Menetes berdmorei Blyth, 1849 | Forest, shrubland and grassland | LC IUCN |  |
 | Spotted giant flying squirrel | Petaurista elegans Müller, 1840 | Montane forest | LC IUCN | .png) |
 | Red giant flying squirrel | Petaurista petaurista Pallas, 1766 | Forest | LC IUCN | .png) |
 | Indian giant flying squirrel | Petaurista philippensis Elliot, 1839 | Forest | LC IUCN |  |
 | Black giant squirrel | Ratufa bicolor Sparrman, 1778 | Forest | NT IUCN |  |
 | Maritime striped squirrel | Tamiops maritimus Bonhote, 1900 | Forest | LC IUCN |  |
 | Himalayan striped squirrel | Tamiops mcclellandii Horsfield, 1840 | Forest, shrubland, grassland and inland wetlands | LC IUCN |  |
 | Cambodian striped squirrel | Tamiops rodolphii Milne-Edwards, 1867 | Forest and shrubland | LC IUCN |  |
 | Swinhoe's striped squirrel | Tamiops swinhoei Milne-Edwards, 1874 | Wide variety of habitats | LC IUCN |  |
| Family Spalacidae | |||||
 | Lesser bamboo rat | Cannomys badius Hodgson, 1841 | Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  |
 | Hoary bamboo rat | Rhizomys pruinosus Blyth, 1851 | Forest and grassland | LC IUCN |  |
 | Chinese bamboo rat | Rhizomys sinensis J. E. Gray, 1831 | Montane forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  |
 | Large bamboo rat | Rhizomys sumatrensis Raffles, 1821 | Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  |
| Family Diatomyidae | |||||
 | Laotian rock rat | Laonastes aenigmamus Jenkins, Kilpatrick, Robinson & Timmins, 2005 | Limestone forest | LC IUCN |  |
| Family Muridae: (mice, rats, gerbils) | |||||
 | Greater bandicoot rat | Bandicota indica Bechstein, 1800 | Primarily cropland and cities | LC IUCN |  |
| Savile's bandicoot rat | Bandicota savilei Thomas, 1916 | Primarily cropland | LC IUCN |  | |
| Small white-toothed rat | Berylmys berdmorei Blyth, 1851 | Forest | LC IUCN |  | |
 | Bower's white-toothed rat | Berylmys bowersi Anderson, 1879 | Wide variety of habitats | LC IUCN |  |
| Fea's tree rat | Chiromyscus chiropus Thomas, 1891 | Deciduous and evergreen forest | LC IUCN |  | |
| Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse | Chiropodomys gliroides Blyth, 1856 | Forest | LC IUCN |  | |
| Millard's rat | Dacnomys millardi Thomas, 1916 | Forest | DD IUCN Unknown |  | |
 | Delacour's marmoset rat | Hapalomys delacouri Thomas, 1927 | Forest | NT IUCN |  |
| Edwards's long-tailed giant rat | Leopoldamys edwardsi Thomas, 1882 | Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Neill's long-tailed giant rat | Leopoldamys neilli Marshall, 1976 | Forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Long-tailed giant rat | Leopoldamys sabanus Thomas, 1887 | Forest | LC IUCN |  | |
| Mo's spiny rat | Maxomys moi Robinson & Kloss, 1922 | Forest and shrubland | LC IUCN |  | |
 | Red spiny rat | Maxomys surifer Miller, 1900 | Forest | LC IUCN |  |
| Ryukyu mouse | Mus caroli Bonhote, 1902 | Shrubland and grassland | LC IUCN |  | |
| Fawn-colored mouse | Mus cervicolor Hodgson, 1845 | Forest, shrubland and grassland | LC IUCN |  | |
| Cook's mouse | Mus cookii Ryley, 1914 | Wide variety of habitat | LC IUCN |  | |
| Sheath-tailed mouse | Mus fragilicauda Auffray et al. 2003 | Grassland; only known from two locations | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
 | House mouse | Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758 | Introduced; commensal with humans | LC IUCN |  |
 | Gairdner's shrewmouse | Mus pahari Thomas, 1916 | Forest | LC IUCN |  |
| Shortridge's mouse | Mus shortridgei Thomas, 1914 | Grassland and shrubland | LC IUCN |  | |
| Chinese white-bellied rat | Niviventer confucianus Milne-Edwards, 1871 | Forest and croplands | LC IUCN |  | |
 | Chestnut white-bellied rat | Niviventer fulvescens Gray, 1847 | Forest | LC IUCN |  |
| Lang Bian white-bellied rat | Niviventer langbianis Robinson & Kloss, 1922 | Evergreen forest | LC IUCN |  | |
| Tenasserim white-bellied rat | Niviventer tenaster Thomas, 1916 | Montane forest | LC IUCN Unknown |  | |
| Sikkim rat | Rattus andamanensis Blyth, 1860 | Forest | LC IUCN |  | |
.jpg) | Ricefield rat | Rattus argentiventer Robinson & Kloss, 1916 | Grassland | LC IUCN |  |
.jpg) | Polynesian rat | Rattus exulans Peale, 1848 | Widespread | LC IUCN |  |
| Lesser ricefield rat | Rattus losea R. Swinhoe, 1871 | Grassland and cropland | LC IUCN |  | |
 | Brown rat | Rattus norvegicus Berkenhout, 1769 | Introduced; Widespread in the presence of humans | LC IUCN |  |
 | Black rat | Rattus rattus Linnaeus, 1758 | Introduced; commensal with humans | LC IUCN |  |
| Tanezumi rat | Rattus tanezumi Temminck, 1844 | Forest, shrublands and grasslands | LC IUCN |  | |
 | Paulina’s limestone rat | Saxatilomys paulinae Musser et al., 2005 | Limestone forest | DD IUCN Unknown |  |
.jpg) | Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse | Vandeleuria oleracea Bennett, 1832 | Forest, shrublands, grasslands | LC IUCN |  |
Order: Scandentia (treeshrews)
[edit]| Image | Common name | Scientific name (authority) | Preferred habitat | IUCN status | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Tupaiidae: treeshrews | |||||
 | Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew | Dendrogale murina Schlegel & S. Müller, 1843 | Forest | LC IUCN |  |
 | Northern treeshrew | Tupaia belangeri Wagner, 1841 | Forest and shrubland | LC IUCN |  |
Locally extinct
[edit]The following species are locally extinct in the country:
- Indian hog deer, Axis porcinus possibly extirpated[1]
- Wild water buffalo, Bubalus arnee[2]
- Sumatran rhinoceros, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis[3]
- Javan rhinoceros, Rhinoceros sondaicus[4]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Timmins, R.J.; Duckworth, J.W.; Samba Kumar, N.; Anwarul Islam, M.; Baral, H.S.; Long, B. & Maxwell, A. (2015). "Axis porcinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T41784A22157664.
- ^ Kaul, R.; Williams, A.C.; rithe, k.; Steinmetz, R. & Mishra, R. (2019). "Bubalus arnee". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T3129A46364616.
- ^ Ellis, S. & Talukdar, B. (2020). "Dicerorhinus sumatrensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T6553A18493355.
- ^ Ellis, S. & Talukdar, B. (2020). "Rhinoceros sondaicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T19495A18493900.
External links
[edit]- "Animal Diversity Web". University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 1995–2006. Retrieved 22 May 2007.
