List of mammals of India

This list of mammals of India comprises all the mammal species alive in India today. Some of them are common to the point of being considered vermin while others are exceedingly rare. Many species are known from just a few zoological specimens in museums collected in the 19th and 20th centuries. Many of the carnivores and larger mammals are restricted in their distribution to forests in protected areas, while others live within cities in the close proximity of humans. They range in size from the Eurasian pygmy shrew (Sorex minutus) to the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). They include nocturnal small mammals endemic to India such as the Malabar large-spotted civet (Viverra civettina). While the status of many of these species is unknown, some are definitely extinct. Populations of many carnivores are threatened. The tiger (Panthera tigris), dhole (Cuon alpinus), and Malabar large-spotted civet (Viverra civettina) are some of the most endangered carnivore species. Two rhinoceros species are extinct within the Indian region, but the remaining species, the Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) has its last stronghold within India.

Order: Eulipotyphla

Family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs

Indian long-eared hedgehog (Hemiechinus collaris) (Gray, 1830)
Brandt's hedgehog (Hemiechinus hypomelas) (Brandt, 1836)
Indian hedgehog (Paraechinus micropus) (Blyth (1846))
Madras hedgehog (Paraechinus nudiventris) (Horsfield, 1851) endemic

Family Talpidae: moles

White-tailed mole (Parascaptor leucura) (Blyth, 1850)
Himalayan mole (Euroscaptor micrura) (Hodgson, 1841)

Family Soricidae: shrews

Soricinae

Chinese mole shrew (Anourosorex squamipes) Milne-Edwards, 1872
Himalayan water shrew (Chimarrogale himalayica) (Gray, 1842)
Elegant water shrew (Nectogale elegans) Milne-Edwards, 1870
Eurasian pygmy shrew (Sorex minutus) Linnaeus, 1766
Kashmir pygmy shrew (Sorex planiceps) Miller, 1911
Hodgson's brown-toothed shrew (Soriculus caudatus) (Horsfield, 1851)
Long-tailed brown-toothed shrew (Soriculus leucops) (Horsfield, 1851)
Long-tailed mountain shrew (Soriculus macrurus) Blanford, 1888
Himalayan shrew (Soriculus nigrescens) (Gray, 1842)

Crocidurinae

Andaman shrew (Crocidura andamanensis) Miller, 1902
Asian grey shrew (Crocidura attenuata) Milne-Edwards, 1872
Southeast Asian shrew (Crocidura fuliginosa) (Blyth, 1856)
Andaman spiny shrew (Crocidura hispida) Thomas, 1913
Horsfield's shrew (Crocidura horsfieldii) (Tomes, 1856)
Jenkins's shrew (Crocidura jenkinsi) Chakraborthy, 1978
Bicolored shrew (Crocidura leucodon) (Zimmermann, 1780)
Nicobar shrew (Crocidura nicobarica) Miller, 1902
Pale grey shrew (Crocidura pergrisea) Miller, 1913
Kashmir white-toothed shrew (Crocidura pullata) Miller, 1911
†Sonnerat's shrew (Diplomesodon sonnerati) (Cheke, 2011)
Kelaart's long-clawed shrew (Feroculus feroculus) (Kelaart, 1850)
Day's shrew (Suncus dayi) (Dobson, 1888) (endemic)
Etruscan shrew (Suncus etruscus) (Savi, 1822)
Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus) (Linnaeus, 1766)
Anderson's shrew (Suncus stoliczkanus) (Anderson, 1877)

Order: Scandentia

Family Tupaiidae: treeshrews

Tupaiinae

Madras treeshrew (Anathana ellioti) (Waterhouse, 1850)
Northern treeshrew (Tupaia belangeri) (Wagner, 1841)
Nicobar treeshrew (Tupaia nicobarica) (Zelebor, 1869)

Order: Chiroptera: bats

Family Pteropodidae: fruit bats

Lesser short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) (Müller, 1838)^[1]
Greater short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus sphinx) (Vahl, 1797)
Lesser dawn bat (Eonycteris spelaea) (Dobson, 1871)
Cave nectar bat (Latidens salimalii) Thonglongya, 1972
Long-tongued fruit bat (Macroglossus sobrinus) K. Andersen, 1911
Ratanaworabhan's fruit bat (Megaerops niphanae) Yenbutra & Felten, 1983
Nicobar flying fox (Pteropus faunulus) Miller, 1902
Indian flying fox (Pteropus giganteus) (Brunnich, 1782) LC^[2]
Small flying fox (Pteropus hypomelanus) Temminck, 1853
Black-eared flying fox (Pteropus melanotus) Blyth, 1863
Large flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Leschenault's rousette (Rousettus leschenaulti) (Desmarest, 1820)
Blanford's fruit bat (Sphaerias blanfordi) (Thomas, 1891)

Family Rhinopomatidae: mouse-tailed bats

Lesser mouse-tailed bat (Rhinopoma hardwickii) Gray, 1831
Greater mouse-tailed bat (Rhinopoma microphyllum) (Brunnich, 1782)

Family Emballonuridae: sheath-tailed bats

Long-winged tomb bat (Taphozous longimanus) Hardwicke, 1825
Black-bearded tomb bat (Taphozous melanopogon) Temminck, 1841
Naked-rumped tomb bat (Taphozous nudiventris) Cretzschmar, 1830
Egyptian tomb bat (Taphozous perforatus) E. Geoffroy, 1818
Naked-rumped pouched bat (Saccolaimus saccolaimus) (Temminck, 1838)
Theobald's tomb bat (Taphozous theobaldi) Dobson, 1872

Family Megadermatidae: false vampire bats

Greater false vampire bat (Megaderma lyra) E. Geoffroy, 1810
Lesser false vampire bat (Megaderma spasma) (Linnaeus, 1758)

Family Rhinolophidae: horseshoe bats

Intermediate horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus affinis) Horsfield, 1823
Andaman horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus cognatus) K. Andersen, 1906
Greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) (Schreber, 1774)
Lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) (Bechstein, 1800)
Blyth's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus lepidus) Blyth, 1844
Woolly horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus luctus) Temminck, 1835
Mitred horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus mitratus) Blyth, 1844 endemic to Bihar
Pearson's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus pearsonii) Horsfield, 1851
Least horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus pusillus ) Temminck, 1834
Rufous horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus rouxi) Temminck, 1835
Little Nepalese horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus subbadius) Blyth, 1844
Trefoil horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus trifoliatus) Temminck, 1834
Dobson's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus yunanensis) Dobson, 1872

Family Hipposideridae: leaf-nosed bats

East Asian tailless leaf-nosed bat (Coelops frithii) Blyth, 1848
Great roundleaf bat (Hipposideros armiger) (Hodgson, 1835)
Dusky leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros ater) Templeton, 1848
Ashy roundleaf bat (Hipposideros cineraceus) Blyth, 1853
Khajuria's leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros durgadasi) Khajuria, 1970
Diadem leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros diadema) E. Geoffroy, 1813
Fulvus roundleaf bat (Hipposideros fulvus) Gray, 1838
Cantor's roundleaf bat (Hipposideros galeritus) Cantor, 1846
Indian roundleaf bat (Hipposideros lankadiva) Kelaart, 1850
Intermediate roundleaf bat (Hipposideros larvatus) (Horsfield, 1823)
Pomona roundleaf bat (Hipposideros pomona) K. Andersen, 1918
Indian roundleaf bat (Hipposideros schistaceus) K. Andersen, 1918
Schneider's leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros speoris) (Schneider, 1800)

Family Vespertilionidae: evening bats

Asian barbastelle (Barbastella leucomelas) (Cretzschmar, 1830)
Northern bat (Eptesicus nilssoni) (Keyserling & Blasius, 1839) endemic to Kashmir
Gobi big brown bat (Eptesicus gobiensis) Bobrinski, 1926
Thick-eared bat (Eptesicus pachyotis) (Dobson, 1871)
Serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus) (Schreber, 1774)
Sombre bat (Eptesicus tatei) Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951
Tickell's bat (Hesperoptenus tickelli) (Blyth, 1851)
Blanford's bat (Hesperoptenus blanfordi) Dobson, 1877
Great evening bat (Ia io) Thomas, 1902
Hairy-faced bat (Myotis annectans) (Dobson, 1871)
Lesser mouse-eared bat (Myotis blythii) (Tomes, 1857)
Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii) (Kuhl, 1817)
Hodgson's bat (Myotis formosus) (Hodgson, 1835)
Lesser large-footed bat (Myotis hasseltii) (Temminck, 1840)
Horsfield's bat (Myotis horsfieldii) (Temminck, 1840)
Kashmir cave bat (Myotis longipes) (Dobson, 1873)
Burmese whiskered bat (Myotis montivagus) (Dobson, 1874)
Wall-roosting mouse-eared bat (Myotis muricola) (Gray, 1846)
Whiskered bat (Myotis mystacinus) (Kuhl, 1817)
Peshwa bat (Myotis peshwa) (Thomas, 1915)^[3]
Mandelli's mouse-eared bat (Myotis sicarius) Thomas, 1915
Himalayan whiskered bat (Myotis siligorensis) (Horsfield, 1855)
Lesser noctule (Nyctalus leisleri) (Kuhl, 1817)
Mountain noctule (Nyctalus montanus) (Barrett-Hamilton, 1906)
Common noctule (Nyctalus noctula) (Schreber, 1774)
Desert long-eared bat (Otonycteris hemprichii) Peters, 1859
Dormer's bat (Scotozous dormeri) Dobson, 1875
Chocolate pipistrelle (Pipistrellus affinis) (Dobson, 1871)
Cadorna's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus cadornae) Thomas, 1916
Kelaart's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus ceylonicus) (Kelaart, 1852)
Indian pipistrelle (Pipistrellus coromandra) (Gray, 1838)
Java pipistrelle (Pipistrellus javanicus) (Gray, 1838)
Kuhl's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus kuhlii) (Kuhl, 1817)
Mount Popa pipistrelle (Pipistrellus paterculus) Thomas, 1915
Common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) (Schreber, 1774)
Savi's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus savii) (Bonaparte, 1837)
Least pipistrelle (Pipistrellus tenuis) (Temminck, 1840)
Brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Grey long-eared bat (Plecotus austriacus) (J. Fischer, 1829)
Desert yellow bat (Scotoecus pallidus) (Dobson, 1876)
Harlequin bat (Scotomanes ornatus) (Dobson, 1871)
Greater Asiatic yellow bat (Scotophilus heathii) (Horsfield, 1831)
Lesser Asiatic yellow bat (Scotophilus kuhlii) Leach, 1821
Lesser bamboo bat (Tylonycteris pachypus) (Temminck, 1840)
Parti-coloured bat (Vespertilio murinus) Linnaeus, 1758
Small bent-winged bat (Miniopterus pusillus) Dobson, 1876
Common bent-wing bat (Miniopterus schreibersii) (Kuhl, 1817)
Lesser hairy-winged bat (Harpiocephalus harpia) Gray, 1842
Round-eared tube-nosed bat (Murina cyclotis) Dobson, 1872
Peters's tube-nosed bat (Murina grisea) Peters, 1872
Hutton's tube-nosed bat (Murina huttoni) (Peters, 1872)
Greater tube-nosed bat (Murina leucogaster) Milne-Edwards, 1872
Scully's tube-nosed bat (Murina tubinaris) (Scully, 1881)
Little tube-nosed bat (Murina aurata) Milne-Edwards, 1872
Rainforest tube-nosed bat (Murina pluvialis) Ruedi, Biswas & Csorba, 2012
Jaintia tube-nosed bat (Murina jaintiana) Ruedi, Biswas & Csorba, 2012
Hardwicke's woolly bat (Kerivoula hardwickii) (Horsfield, 1824)
Papillose woolly bat (Kerivoula papillosa) (Temminck, 1840)
Painted bat (Kerivoula picta) (Pallas, 1767)

Family Molossidae: free-tailed bats

Wroughton's free-tailed bat (Otomops wroughtoni) (Thomas, 1913)
Egyptian free-tailed bat (Tadarida aegyptiaca) (E. Geoffroy, 1818)
European free-tailed bat (Tadarida teniotis) (Rafinesque, 1814)
Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat (Chaerephon plicatus) (Buchanan, 1800)

Order: Primates

Family Lorisidae: lorises

Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) (Lacépède, 1800)
Gray slender loris (Loris lydekkerianus) (É. Geoffroy, 1796)

Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys

Bonnet macaque

Tufted grey langur

Stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides) (I. Geoffroy, 1831)^[4]
Assam macaque (Macaca assamensis) (M'Clelland, 1840)
Nicobar long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis umbrosa) Miller, 1902
Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) (Zimmermann, 1780)
Arunachal macaque (Macaca munzala) Sinha et al., 2004^[5]
Northern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina) (Blyth, 1863)
Bonnet macaque (Macaca radiata) (E. Geoffroy, 1812)
Lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) (Linnaeus, 1758)
White-cheeked macaque (Macaca leucogenys)
Nepal grey langur (Semnopithecus schistaceus) (Hodgson, 1840)
Tarai grey langur (Semnopithecus hector) (Pocock, 1928)
Kashmir grey langur (Semnopithecus ajax) (Pocock, 1928)
Northern plains grey langur (Semnopithecus entellus) (Dufresne, 1797)
Southern plains grey langur (Semnopithecus dussumieri) (Dufresne, 1797)
Black-footed grey langur (Semnopithecus hypoleucos) Blyth, 1841
Tufted grey langur (Semnopithecus priam) Blyth, 1844
Capped langur (Trachypithecus pileatus) (Blyth, 1843)
Phayre's leaf monkey (Trachypithecus phayrei) (Blyth, 1847)
Nilgiri langur (Trachypithecus johnii) (J. Fischer, 1829)
Gee's golden langur (Trachypithecus geei) (Khajuria, 1956)

Family Hylobatidae: lesser apes (gibbons)

Earlier classified as a single species, the hoolock gibbon (Hylobates hoolock) has been reclassified as follows:^[6]

Western hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) (Harlan, 1834)^[7]
Eastern hoolock gibbon (Hoolock leuconedys) (Groves, 1967)

Order: Carnivora: Carnivorans

Family Canidae: canines/dogs

Indian wolf

Dhole

Golden jackal (Canis aureus) Linnaeus, 1758^[8]
Wolf (Canis lupus) Linnaeus, 1758
- Indian wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) Linnaeus, 1758
- Himalayan wolf (Canis lupus chanco) Gray, 1863
Dhole (Cuon alpinus) (Pallas, 1811)^[9]
Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) Linnaeus, 1758^[10]
Bengal fox (Vulpes bengalensis) (Shaw, 1800)^[11]
Tibetan fox (Vulpes ferrilata) Hodgson, 1842^[12]

Family Felidae: cats

Indian leopard

Asian golden cat

Asian golden cat (Catopuma temminckii) (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)^[13]
Caracal (Caracal caracal) (Matschie, 1912)^[14]
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) reintroduction in progress^[15]
- Southeast African cheetah (A. j. jubatus) introduction in progress^[15]
Jungle cat (Felis chaus) Schreber, 1777^[16]
Asiatic wildcat (Felis lybica ornata) Gray, 1830^[17]
Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) (Blyth, 1847)^[18]
Clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) (Griffith, 1821)^[19]
Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul) (Pallas, 1776)^[20]
Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) (Linnaeus, 1758)^[21]
Asiatic lion (Panthera leo leo) (Linnaeus, 1758)^[22]
Indian leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) (Linnaeus, 1758)^[23]
Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) (Schreber, 1775)^[24]
Marbled cat (Pardofelis marmorata) (Martin, 1837)^[25]
Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) (Kerr, 1792)^[26]
Rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus) (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1831)^[27]
Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrina) (Bennett, 1833)^[28]

Family Viverridae: civets and palm civets

Small Indian civet

Asian palm civet

Large Indian civet (Viverra zibetha) Linnaeus, 1758^[29]
Malabar large-spotted civet (Viverra civettina) Blyth, 1862
Small Indian civet (Viverricula indica) (Desmarest, 1804)^[30]
Binturong (Arctitis binturong) (Raffles, 1821)
Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) (Pallas, 1777)^[31]
Masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) (Hamilton Smith, 1827)
Brown palm civet (Paradoxurus jerdoni) Blanford, 1885
Small-toothed palm civet (Arctogalidia trivirgata) (Gray, 1832)^[32]

Family Prionodontidae: Asiatic linsangs

Spotted linsang (Prionodon pardicolor) Hodgson, 1842^[33]

Family Ursidae: bears

Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus) (Raffles, 1821)
Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) (Shaw, 1791)^[34]
Tibetan blue bear (Ursus arctos pruinosus) Blyth, 1854
Himalayan brown bear (Ursus arctos isabellinus) Linnaeus, 1758
Himalayan black bear (Ursus thibetanus laniger) G. Cuvier, 1823

Family Ailuridae: red pandas

Red panda, A. fulgens (F. Cuvier, 1825)

Family Mustelidae: mustelids

Yellow-throated marten

Greater hog badger

Oriental small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus) Illiger, 1815
Greater hog badger (Arctonyx collaris) Cuvier, 1825^[35]
Northern hog badger (Arctonyx albogularis) Blyth, 1853^[36]
Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hairy-nosed otter (Lutra sumatrana) (Gray, 1865) extirpated
Smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1826)
Yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula) (Boddaert, 1785)
Beech marten (Martes foina) (Erxleben, 1777)
Nilgiri marten (Martes gwatkinsii) Horsfield, 1851
Honey badger (Mellivora capensis) (Schreber, 1776)
Chinese ferret badger (Melogale moschata) (Gray, 1831)
Burmese ferret badger (Melogale personata) Geoffroy, 1831
Mountain weasel (Mustela altaica) Pallas, 1811^[37]
Stoat (Mustela erminea) Linnaeus, 1758
Steppe polecat (Mustela eversmanii) (Lesson, 1827) presence uncertain^[38]
Yellow-bellied weasel (Mustela kathiah) Hodgson, 1835
Siberian weasel (Mustela sibirica) Pallas, 1773
Back-striped weasel (Mustela strigidorsa) Gray, 1855

Family Herpestidae: mongooses

Small Indian mongoose, (U. auropunctata) (Hodgson, 1836)^[39]
Indian grey mongoose (U. edwardsii) (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818)^[40]
Striped-necked mongoose (U. vitticolla) Bennett, 1835^[41]
Crab-eating mongoose (U. urva) (Hodgson, 1836)^[42]
Ruddy mongoose (U. smithii) Gray, 1837^[43]
Indian brown mongoose (U. fusca) Waterhouse, 1838^[44]

Family Hyaenidae: hyenas

Striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) (Linnaeus, 1758)

Order: Cetacea: whales, dolphins, and porpoises

Family Delphinidae

Short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) Linnaeus, 1758
Short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) Gray, 1846
Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) (G. Cuvier, 1812)
Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) (Gray, 1866)
Killer whale (Orcinus orca) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Melon-headed whale (Peponocephala electra) (Gray, 1846)
False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) (Owen, 1846)
Pygmy killer whale (Feresa attenuata) Gray, 1875
Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) (Osbeck, 1765)
Spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) (Gray, 1828)
Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) (Montagu, 1821)
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) (Ehrenberg, 1833)
Fraser's dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) Fraser, 1957
Pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata) (Gray, 1846)
Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) (Meyen, 1833)
Rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis) (Lesson, 1828)

Family Platanistidae: river dolphins

Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) (Lebeck, 1801)
Indus river dolphin (Platanista minor) Owen, 1853

Family Balaenopteridae

Common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) Lacépède, 1804
Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) (Lesson, 1828)
Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) (Anderson, 1879)
Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) (Borowski, 1781)

Family Balaenidae

Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) (Desmoulins, 1822) evidence unclear

Family Ziphiidae

Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) (Blainville, 1817)
Blainville's beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris) (Blainville, 1817)
Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) Nishiwaki & Kamiya, 1958

Family Phocoenidae

Finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) (G. Cuvier, 1829)

Family Kogiidae

Pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) (Blainville, 1838)
Dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) (Owen, 1866)

Family Physeteridae

Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Linnaeus, 1758

Order: Sirenia

Family Dugongidae

Dugong (Dugong dugon) (Muller, 1776)

Order: Proboscidea

Family Elephantidae: elephants

Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) (Cuvier), 1798

Order: Perissodactyla: odd-toed ungulates

Family Equidae: horses

Indian wild ass (Equus hemionus khur) Corbet & Hill (1992)
Kiang (Equus kiang) Moorcroft, 1841
Feral horse

Family Rhinocerotidae: rhinoceroses

Northern Sumatran rhinoceros, (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis lasiotis) locally extinct
Javan rhinoceros, (Rhinoceros sondaicus) locally extinct
- Lesser Javan rhinoceros, (Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis) EX
Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) Linnaeus, 1758

Order: Artiodactyla: even-toed ungulates

Family Suidae: pigs

Pygmy hog (Porcula salvania) (Hodgson, 1847) EN^[45]
Indian boar (Sus scrofa cristatus) Wagner, 1839

Family Tragulidae: chevrotains

Indian spotted chevrotain (Moschiola indica) Gray, 1852^[46]

Family Moschidae

Alpine musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster) (Hodgson, 1839)^[47]
Black musk deer (Moschus fuscus) Li, 1981^[48]
Himalayan musk deer (Moschus leucogaster)
Kashmir musk deer (Moschus cupreus)

Family Cervidae: deer

Chital (Axis axis) (Erxleben, 1777)
Indian hog deer (Axis porcinus) (Zimmermann, 1780)
Central Asian red deer (Cervus hanglu) (Wagner, 1844)^[49]
- Kashmir stag (C. h. hanglu) (Wagner, 1844)^[50]
Indian muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak) (Zimmermann, 1780)
Gongshan muntjac(Muntiacus gongshanensis)
Leaf muntjac (Muntiacus putaoensis)^[51]
Barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii) G. Cuvier, 1823
Eld's deer (Rucervus eldii) McClelland, 1842^[52]
Sambar deer (Rusa unicolor) Kerr, 1792

Family Bovidae: bovids

Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) (Linnaeus, 1758)^[53]
Gaur (Bos gaurus) Smith, 1827^[54]
Banteng (Bos javanicus) d'Alton, 1823 extirpated^[55]
Wild yak (Bos mutus) Przewalski, 1883^[56]
Indian aurochs (Bos primigenius namadicus) (Falconer, 1859) extinct^[57]
Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) (Pallas, 1766)
Wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee) Kerr, 1792^[58]
Takin (Budorcas taxicolor) Hodgson, 1850^[59]
Markhor (Capra falconeri) (Wagner, 1839)^[60]
Siberian ibex (Capra sibirica) Pallas, 1776^[61]
Mainland serow (Capricornis sumatraensis) Hodgson, 1831^[62]
Chinkara (Gazella bennettii) (Sykes, 1831)^[63]
Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus) (H. Smith, 1826)
Red goral (Naemorhedus baileyi) Pocock, 1914^[64]
Long-tailed goral (Naemorhedus caudatus) Milne-Edwards, 1867^[65]
Himalayan goral (Naemorhedus goral) (Hardwicke, 1825)^[66]
Nilgiri tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius) (Ogilby, 1838)^[67]
Argali (Ovis ammon) (Linnaeus, 1766)^[68]
Urial (Ovis vignei) Gmelin, 1774^[69]
Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsoni) (Abel, 1826)
Tibetan gazelle (Procapra picticauda) Hodgson, 1846
Bharal (Pseudois nayaur) (Hodgson, 1833)^[70]
Four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis) (De Blainville, 1816)^[71]

Order: Pholidota: pangolins

Family Manidae: pangolins

Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) Gray, 1827
Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) Linnaeus, 1758
Indo Burmese pangolin (Manis aurita) Hodgson, 1836

Order: Rodentia

Family Sciuridae: squirrels

Hairy-footed flying squirrel (Belomys pearsonii) (Gray, 1842)
Namdapha flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus biswasi) Saha, 1981

Pallas's squirrel (Callosciurus erythraeus) (Pallas, 1779)
Irrawaddy squirrel (Callosciurus pygerythrus) (I. Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 1831)
Orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel (Dremomys lokriah) (Hodgson, 1863)
Perny's long-nosed squirrel (Dremomys pernyi) (Milne-Edwards, 1867)
Asian red-cheeked squirrel (Dremomys rufigenis) (Blanford, 1878)
Western woolly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus cinereus) Thomas, 1888
Tibetan woolly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus tibetensis) Jackson, Helgen, Q. Li & Jiang, 2021
Particolored flying squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger) (Hodgson, 1836)
Afghan flying squirrel (Hylopetes baberi) (Blyth, 1847)
Kashmir flying squirrel (Hylopetes fimbriatus) (Gray, 1837)
Layard's palm squirrel (Funambulus layardi) (Blyth, 1849)
Indian palm squirrel (Funambulus palmarum) (Linnaeus, 1766)
Jungle palm squirrel (Funambulus tristriatus) (Waterhouse, 1837) endemic
Northern palm squirrel (Funambulus pennantii) Wroughton, 1905
Nilgiri striped squirrel (Funambulus sublineatus) (Waterhouse, 1838)
Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana) (Hodgson, 1841)
Long-tailed marmot (Marmota caudata) (Geoffroy, 1844)
Spotted giant flying squirrel (Petaurista elegans) (Muller, 1840)
Hodgson's giant flying squirrel (Petaurista magnificus) (Hodgson, 1836)
Bhutan giant flying squirrel (Petaurista nobilis) (Gray, 1842)
Red giant flying squirrel (Petaurista petaurista) (Pallas, 1766)
Indian giant flying squirrel (Petaurista philippensis) (Elliot, 1839)
Mechuka giant flying squirrel (Petaurista mechukaensis) (Choudhury, 2007)^[72]
Mishmi Hills giant flying squirrel (Petaurista mishmiensis) Choudhury, 2009^[73]
Mebo giant flying squirrel, Petaurista siangensis Choudhury, 2013
Travancore flying squirrel (Petinomys fuscocapillus) (Jerdon, 1847)
Black giant squirrel (Ratufa bicolor gigantea) (Sparrman, 1778)
Indian giant squirrel or Malabar giant (Ratufa indica) (Erxleben, 1777)
Grizzled giant squirrel (Ratufa macroura) (Pennant, 1769)
Himalayan striped squirrel (Tamiops mcclellandii) (Horsfield, 1840)

Family Muridae: Old World rats, mice

South China field mouse (Apodemus draco) (Barrett-Hamilton, 1900)
Sichuan field mouse (Apodemus latronum) (Corbet & Hill, 1992)
Kashmir field mouse (Apodemus rusiges) Miller, 1913
Wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ward's field mouse (Apodemus wardi) (Wroughton, 1908)
Lesser bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis) (Gray & Hardwicke, 1833)
Greater bandicoot rat (Bandicota indica) (Bechstein, 1800)
Bower's white-toothed rat (Berylmys bowersi) (Anderson, 1879)
Kenneth's white-toothed rat (Berylmys mackenziei) (Thomas, 1916)
Manipur white-toothed rat (Berylmys manipulus) (Thomas, 1916)
Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse (Chiropodomys gliroides) (Blyth, 1856)
Blanford's rat (Cremnomys blanfordi) (Thomas, 1881)
Cutch rat (Cremnomys cutchicus) Wroughton, 1912
Elvira rat (Cremnomys elvira) (Ellerman, 1946) known only from Kurumbapatti, Salem
Millard's rat (Dacnomys millardi) Thomas, 1916
Crump's mouse (Diomys crumpi) Thomas, 1917
Edwards's long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys edwardsi) (Thomas, 1882)
Sand-colored soft-furred rat (Millardia gleadowi) (Murray, 1886)
Kondana soft-furred rat (Millardia kondana) Mishra & Dhanda, 1975
Soft-furred rat or metad (Millardia meltada) (Gray, 1837)
Manipur bush rat (Hadromys humei) (Thomas, 1886)
Little Indian field mouse (Mus booduga) (Gray, 1837)
Fawn-colored mouse (Mus cervicolor) Hodgson, 1845
Cook's mouse (Mus cookii) Ryley, 1914
Earth-colored mouse (Mus terricolor) Blyth, 1851
Servant mouse (Mus famulus) Bonhote, 1898 endemic to the Western Ghats
House mouse (Mus musculus) Linnaeus, 1758
Gairdner's shrewmouse (Mus pahari) Thomas, 1916
Phillips's mouse (Mus phillipsi) Wroughton, 1912
Flat-haired mouse (Mus platythrix) Bennett, 1832 endemic
Rock-loving mouse (Mus saxicola) Elliot, 1839
Short-tailed bandicoot rat (Nesokia indica) (Gray & Hardwicke, 1830)
Brahma white-bellied rat (Niviventer brahma) (Thomas, 1914)
Smoke-bellied rat (Niviventer eha) (Wroughton, 1916)
Chestnut white-bellied rat (Niviventer fulvescens) (Gray, 1847)
Lang Bian white-bellied rat (Niviventer langbianis) (Robinson & Kloss, 1922)
White-bellied rat (Niviventer niviventer) (Hodgson, 1836)
Tenasserim white-bellied rat (Niviventer tenaster) (Thomas, 1916)
Nonsense rat (Rattus burrus) (Miller, 1902) Nicobars
Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans) (Peale, 1848)
Himalayan field rat (Rattus nitidus) (Hodgson, 1845)
Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) (Berkenhout, 1769)
Palm rat (Rattus palmarum) (Zelebor, 1869) (Nicobars)
Kerala rat (Rattus ranjiniae) Agarwal & Ghosal, 1969 Western Ghats
Black rat (Rattus rattus) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sikkim rat (Rattus andamanensis) (Blyth, 1860)
Andaman rat (Rattus stoicus) (Miller, 1902)
Malayan field rat (Rattus tiomanicus) (Miller, 1900)
Turkestan rat (Rattus turkestanicus) (Satunin, 1903)
Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse (Vandeleuria oleracea) (Bennett, 1832)
Nilgiri long-tailed tree mouse (Vandeleuria nilagirica) Jerdon, 1867
Indian desert jird (Meriones hurrianae) Jerdon, 1867
Eurasian harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) (Pallas, 1771)
Tibetan dwarf hamster (Urocricetus alticola) Thomas, 1917
Grey dwarf hamster (Nothocricetulus migratorius) (Pallas, 1773)
Indian gerbil (Tatera indica) (Hardwicke, 1807)
Indian hairy-footed gerbil (Gerbillus gleadowi) Murray, 1886
Balochistan gerbil (Gerbillus nanus) Blanford, 1875
Indian bush rat (Golunda ellioti) Gray, 1837
Malabar spiny dormouse (Platacanthomys lasiurus) Blyth, 1859
White-tailed mountain vole (Alticola albicauda) (True, 1894)
Central Kashmir vole (Alticola montosa) (True, 1894)
Royle's mountain vole (Alticola roylei) (Gray, 1842)
Stolička's mountain vole (Alticola stoliczkanus) (Blanford, 1875)
Silver mountain vole (Alticola argentatus) (Severtzov, 1879)
Père David's vole (Eothenomys melanogaster) (Milne-Edwards, 1871)
Murree vole (Hyperacrius wynnei) (Blanford, 1881)
Blyth's vole (Microtus leucurus) (Blyth, 1863)
True's vole (Hyperacrius fertilis) (True, 1894)
Sikkim mountain vole (Microtus sikimensis) (Hodgson, 1849)
Lesser bamboo rat (Cannomys badius) (Hodgson, 1841)
Hoary bamboo rat (Rhizomys pruinosus) Blyth, 1851

Family Hystricidae: Old World porcupines

Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus macrourus) (Linnaeus, 1758)
Malayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura) Linnaeus, 1758
Indian crested porcupine (Hystrix indica) Kerr, 1792

Order: Lagomorpha: hares, rabbits, pikas

Family Leporidae: hares and rabbits

Hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus) (Pearson, 1839)
Cape hare (Lepus capensis) Linnaeus, 1758
Indian hare (Lepus nigricollis) F. Cuvier, 1823^[74]
Woolly hare (Lepus oiostolus) Hodgson, 1840^[75]
Desert hare (Lepus tibetanus) Waterhouse, 1841^[76]

Family Ochotonidae: pikas

Plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) (Hodgson, 1858)
Forrest's pika (Ochotona forresti) Thomas, 1923
Ladak pika (Ochotona ladacensis) (Gunther, 1875)
Large-eared pika (Ochotona macrotis) (Gunther, 1875)
Nubra pika (Ochotona nubrica) Thomas, 1922
Royle's pika (Ochotona roylei) (Ogilby, 1839)
Moupin pika (Ochotona thibetana) (Milne-Edwards, 1871)