List of mammals of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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This article is a list of mammal species found in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. There are 60 species of mammals in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. This list uses British English throughout.[1][2][3]
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Artiodactyla
- Chital, Axis axis
- Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
- Domestic water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis
- Short-beaked saddle-backed dolphin, Delphinus delphis
- Dugong, Dugong dugon
- Asian elephant, Elephas maximus
- Northern red muntjac, Muntiacus vaginalis
- Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra
- Sperm whale, Physeter catodon
- False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens
- Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, Sousa chinensis
- Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris
- Wild boar, Sus scrofa
- Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops aduncus
Carnivora
- Domestic dog, Canis familiaris
- Domestic cat, Felis catus
- Masked palm civet, Paguma larvata
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Chiroptera
- Lesser short-nosed fruit bat, Cynopterus brachyotis
- Greater short-nosed fruit bat, Cynopterus sphinx
- Cave nectar bat, Eonycteris spelaea
- Tickell's bat, Hesperoptenus tickelli
- Diadem leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros diadema
- Fulvus roundleaf bat, Hipposideros fulvus
- Intermediate roundleaf bat, Hipposideros larvatus
- Nicobar leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros nicobarulae
- Pomona roundleaf bat, Hipposideros pomona
- Lesser false vampire bat, Megaderma spasma
- Small bent-winged bat, Miniopterus pusillus
- Horsfield's bat, Myotis horsfieldii
- Indian pipistrelle, Pipistrellus coromandra
- Java pipistrelle, Pipistrellus javanicus
- Nicobar flying fox, Pteropus faunulus
- Indian flying fox, Pteropus giganteus
- Island flying fox, Pteropus hypomelanus
- Black-eared flying fox, Pteropus melanotus
- Large flying fox, Pteropus vampyrus
- Intermediate horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus affinis
- Andaman horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus cognatus
- Dobson's horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus yunanensis
- Lesser mouse-tailed bat, Rhinopoma hardwickii
- Lesser Asiatic yellow bat, Scotophilus kuhlii
- Black-bearded tomb bat, Taphozous melanopogon
- Naked-rumped pouched bat, Taphozous saccolaimus
- Lesser bamboo bat, Tylonycteris pachypus
Eulipotyphla
- Andaman white-toothed shrew, Crocidura andamanensis
- Andaman shrew, Crocidura hispida
- Jenkins's shrew, Crocidura jenkinsi
- Narcondam shrew, Crocidura narcondami
- Nicobar shrew, Crocidura nicobarica
- Nicobar treeshrew, Tupaia nicobarica
Primates
- Crab-eating macaque, Macaca fascicularis
Rodentia
- Northern palm squirrel, Funambulus pennantii
- Fawn-colored mouse, Mus cervicolor
- House mouse, Mus musculus
- Sikkim rat, Rattus andamanensis
- Nonsense rat, Rattus burrus
- Palm rat, Rattus palmarum
- Black rat, Rattus rattus
- Andaman rat, Rattus stoicus
- Tanezumi rat, Rattus tanezumi