This is a list of mammals found in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. The taxonomic order is based on Wilson and Reeder (1993) and this list is largely based on Nameer (2000).

The mammals of India ranges in size from the Eurasian pygmy shrew (Sorex minutus) to the Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus)

Asian Elephant

The Asian or Asiatic elephant is the only living species of the genus Elephas and distributed in Southeast Asia from India in the west to Borneo in the east. Three subspecies are recognized — Elephas maximus maximus from Sri Lanka, the Indian elephant or E. m. indicus from mainland Asia, and E. m....

. Many of the carnivores and larger mammals are restricted in their distribution to forests in protected areas, while others live within the cities in the close proximity of humans.

Some species are common to the point of being considered vermin

Vermin

Vermin is a term applied to various animal species regarded by some as pests or nuisances and especially to those associated with the carrying of disease. Since the term is defined in relation to human activities, which species are included will vary from area to area and even person to person...

 while others are exceedingly rare. Many species are known from just a few specimens in museums collected in the 19th and 20th centuries. These enigmatic species include nocturnal small mammals such as the Malabar Civet (Viverra megaspila). While the status of many of these species is unknown, some are definitely extinct. Populations of many carnivores are threatened. The tiger

Tiger

The tiger is the largest cat species, reaching a total body length of up to and weighing up to . Their most recognizable feature is a pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with lighter underparts...

 (Panthera tigris), dhole

Dhole

The dhole is a species of canid native to South and Southeast Asia. It is the only extant member of the genus Cuon, which differs from Canis by the reduced number of molars and greater number of teats...

 (Cuon alpinus), Fishing Cat

Fishing Cat

The Fishing Cat is a medium-sized wild cat of South and Southeast Asia. In 2008, the IUCN classified the fishing cat as endangered since they are concentrated primarily in wetland habitats, which are increasingly being settled, degraded and converted...

 (Prionailurus viverrinus), Malabar Large-spotted Civet (Viverra civettina) and Himalayan Wolf

Himalayan Wolf

The terms Himalayan wolf and Canis himalayensis have been suggested by several Indian biologists for recognition as a critically endangered canid species, distinct from Canis lupus...

 (Canis himalayensis) are some of the most endangered species of carnivore. Two species of Rhinoceros are extinct within the Indian region but the remaining species has its last stronghold within India. The Asiatic Cheetah

Asiatic Cheetah

The Asiatic Cheetah is now also known as the Iranian Cheetah, as the world's last few are known to survive mostly in Iran. Although recently presumed to be extinct in India, it is also known as the Indian Cheetah...

 is believed to have gone extinct.

Family Erinaceidae: Hedgehogs

• Longeared desert hedgehog (Hemiechinus collaris) (Gray, 1830)
• Brandt's hedgehog (Hemiechinus hypomelas)
• Indian Pale Hedgehog Paraechinus micropus (Blyth (1846)
• Madras Hedgehog Paraechinus micropus nudiventris (Horsfield
  Thomas Horsfield
  Thomas Horsfield M. D. was an American physician and naturalist.Horsfield was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He was the grandson of Timothy Horsfield, Sr., a colonel and justice of the peace in Bethlehem, and a friend mentioned in Benjamin...
  
  , 1851) (endemic)

Family Talpidae: Moles

• White-tailed Mole
  White-tailed Mole
  The White-tailed Mole is a species of mammal in the Talpidae family. It is found in China, India, and Myanmar.It is the only species in the genus Parascaptor....
  
   Parascaptor leucura (Blyth, 1850)
• Himalayan Mole
  Himalayan Mole
  The Himalayan Mole is a species of mammal in the Talpidae family. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Malaysia, and Nepal.-References:* Insectivore Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 30 July 2007.*...
  
   Euroscaptor micrura (Hodgson, 1841)

Soricinae

• Mole Shrew Anourosorex squamipes Milne-Edwards, 1872
• Himalayan Water Shrew (Chimarrogale himalayica) (Gray, 1842)
• Sikkim (Tibetan, Elegant) Water Shrew Nectogale elegans Milne-Edwards, 1870.
• Eurasian pygmy shrew (Sorex minutus) Linnaeus, 1766
• Flat-headed (Kashmir) Shrew (Sorex planiceps) Miller, 1911
• Asiatic shrew/Hodgson's brown-toothed shrew (Soriculus caudatus) (Horsfield, 1851)
• Indian long-tailed shrew (Soriculus leucops) (Horsfield, 1851)
• Small long-tailed shrew/Arboreal brown-toothed shrew (Soriculus macrurus) Blanford, 1888
• Sikkim large-clawed shrew (Soriculus nigrescens) (Gray, 1842)

Crocidurinae

• White-toothed Andaman shrew (Crocidura andamanensis) Miller,1902
• Grey shrew (Crocidura attenuata) Milne-Edwards, 1872.
• Southeast Asian White-toothed shrew (Crocidura fuliginosa) (Blyth, 1856)
• Horsfield's shrew (Crocidura horsfieldi) (Tomes,1856)
• Andaman spiny shrew (Crocidura hispida)
  Crocidura hispida
  The Andaman Spiny Shrew or Andaman Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is endemic to India. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
   Thomas, 1913.
• Jenkin's shrew (Crocidura jenkinsi) Chakraborthy,1978
• Bicoloured White-toothed 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.
• Kelaart's Long-clawed Shrew Feroculus feroculus (Kelaart, 1850).
• Musk shrew (Suncus dayi) (Dobson, 1888). (endemic)
• Savi's pygmy shrew (Suncus etruscus) (Savi, 1822).
• House shrew/Musk shrew (Suncus murinus)
  Suncus murinus
  The Asian House Shrew , or the Asian Musk Shrew, is a widespread, adaptable species of shrew found mainly in South Asia but introduced widely throughout Asia....
  
   (Linnaeus, 1766).
• Hill Shrew Suncus montanus (Kelaart, 1850). (endemic S. India and Sri Lanka)
• Anderson's shrew/Yellowthroated shrew (Suncus stoliczkanus) (Anderson, 1877).

Tupaiinae

• Indian Treeshrew (Anathana ellioti)
  Madras Treeshrew
  The Madras Treeshrew , also known as the Indian Treeshrew is a species of treeshrew in the monotypic genus Anathana found in the hill forests of central and southern India...
  
   (Waterhouse, 1850)
• Northern Treeshrew (Tupaia belangeri)
  Northern Treeshrew
  The Northern Treeshrew is a species of treeshrew found in Southeast Asia.It was chosen as one of the 16 mammals to have their genomes sequenced by the Broad Institute, and a low coverage assembly of genome was released by the Broad Institute in June 2006. The genome will be useful in comparisons...
  
   (Wagner, 1841)
• Nicobar Treeshrew (Tupaia nicobarica)
  Nicobar Treeshrew
  The Nicobar Treeshrew is a species of treeshrew in the Tupaiidae family. It is endemic to India. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.-External links:* * *...
  
   (Zelebor,1869).

Family Pteropodidae: Fruit Bats

• Malaysian Fruit Bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) (Muller,1838)
• Short-nosed Fruit Bat (Cynopterus sphinx) (Vahl,1797)
• Salim Ali's Fruit Bat (Latidens salimalii) Thonglongya
  Kitti Thonglongya
  Kitti Thonglongya was an eminent Thai ornithologist and mammalogist. He is probably best known for two discoveries of endangered species.-Life:...
  
  , 1972
• Dawn Bat (Eonycteris spelaea)
  Eonycteris spelaea
  Cave Nectar Bat , common names also include Dawn Bat, Common Dawn Bat, Common Nectar Bat and Lesser Dawn Bat , is a species of megabat within the genus Eonycteris. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and caves, and it is threatened by habitat loss. E...
  
   (Dobson, 1871)
• Niphan's tailless Fruit Bat (Megaerops niphanae) Yenbutra and Felten, 1983.
• White-collared tailless Fruit Bat (Megaerops wetmorei)
  Megaerops wetmorei
  The White-collared Fruit Bat is a species of megabat found in Southeast Asia.-Distribution:It was recorded only from Tasek Merimbun, Brunei. This specimen was reviewed and reassigned as a subspecies Megaerops wetmorei albicollis...
  
  
• Nicobar/Erabu flying fox (Pteropus faunulus) Miller,1902.
• Indian flying fox (Pteropus giganteus) (Brunnich,1782).
• Christmas Island flying fox (Pteropus melanotus) Blyth,1863
• Golden-capped Fruit Bat (Pteropus vampyrus) (Linnaeus,1758).
• Egyptian Fruit Bat (Rousettus egyptiacus) 
• Fulvous Fruit Bat (Rousettus leschenaulti)
  Rousettus leschenaulti
  Leschenault's Rousette is a species of fruit bat found in South and Southeast Asia.-Distribution:The distribution range includes Pakistan, India, Nepal, Assam, Myanmar, Indochina, and Java ....
  
   (Desmarest, 1820).
• Mountain Fruit Bat (Sphaerias blanfordi) (Thomas, 1891)
• Greater long-tongued Fruit Bat (Macroglossus sobrinus)
  Macroglossus sobrinus
  The Long-tongued Fruit Bat is a species of megabat.- Distribution :M. sobrinus were mist-netted from Doi Suthep, Sungai Enam, Kuala Gandah, Wang Pinang Malaysia to Taleban on the Asia Mainland. This species is distributed in Burma, Thailand, Vietnam and Peninsular, Sumatra, Java and Bali...
  
   K.Anderson, 1911

Family Rhinopomatidae: Mouse-tailed Bats

• Small mouse-tailed Bat (Rhinopoma hardwickii ) Gray, 1831
• Mouse-tailed Bat (Rhinopoma microphyllum) (Brunnich, 1782)

Family Emballonuridae: Sheath-tailed Bats

• Long-armed sheath-tailed Bat (Taphozous longimanus) Hardwicke, 1825
• Black-bearded sheath-tailed Bat (Taphozous melanopogon ) Temminck, 1841
• Naked-rumped Tomb Bat (Taphozous nudiventris ) Cretzschmar, 1830
• Tomb Bat/Egyptian Tomb Bat (Taphozous perforatus ) E. Geoffroy, 1818
• Sheath-tailed Bat (Taphozous saccolaimus ) (Temminck, 1838)
• Theobald's Tomb Bat (Taphozous theobaldi) Dobson, 1872

Family Megadermatidae: False Vampire Bats

• Indian false vampire Bat (Megaderma lyra)
  Megaderma Lyra
  The Greater False Vampire Bat is a carnivorous bat, just as the South American Spectral Bat. However, it lives in Asia, along with other bats of the genus Megaderma, which are also known as "false vampires".- Description :...
  
   E. Geoffroy, 1810
• Asian false vampire Bat (Megaderma spasma) (Linnaeus, 1758)

Family Rhinolophidae: Horseshoe Bats

• Intermediate horseshoe bat/Acuminate horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus affinis) Horsfield, 1823
• Kindred 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.
• Great Indian horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus luctus) Temminck, 1835
• Mitred Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus mitratus Blyth, 1844 (endemic to Bihar)
• Horsfield's horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus pearsonii) Horsfield, 1851
• Least horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus pusillus ) Temminck, 1834
• Rufous horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus rouxi) Temminck, 1835
• Chestnut 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

• Tailless leaf-nosed Bat (Coelops frithi) Blyth, 1848
• Great Himalayan leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros armiger) (Hodgson, 1835)
• Dusky leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros ater) Templeton, 1848
• Least round-leaf horse-shoe Bat (Hipposideros cineraceus) Blyth, 1853 = Old World leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros durgadasi) Corbet and Hill (1992)
• Large Malayan leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros diadema) E.Geoffroy, 1813
• Fulvous leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros fulvus) Gray, 1838.
• Common round-leaf horse-shoe Bat (Hipposideros galeritus) Cantor, 1846.
• Great Ceylon leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros lankadiva) Kelaart, 1850.
• Intermediate round-leaf Bat (Hipposideros larvatus) (Horsfield, 1823).
• Round-leaf Bat (Hipposideros pomona) K. Andersen, 1918.
• Split round-leaf Bat/Bellary Leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros schistaceus) K. Andersen, 1918.
• Schneider's round-leaf Bat (Hipposideros speoris) (Schneider, 1800).

Family Vespertilionidae: Evening Bats

• Asian/Eastern Barbestelle Bat (Barbastella leucomelas) (Cretzschmar, 1830).
• Bobinskii's Serotine Eptesicus nilssoni
  Eptesicus nilssoni
  The Northern Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It can be found in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, possibly Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Mongolia,...
  
  (endemic) (Kashmir) (Keyserling and Blasius, 1839) = Northern Serotine Bat (Eptesicus gobiensis) Corbet and Hill, (1992)
• Dobson's Bat (Eptesicus pachyotis) (Dobson, 1871)
• Common Serotine Bat (Eptesicus serotinus) (Schreber, 1774).
• Tate's Serotine Bat (Eptesicus tatei) Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951.
• Tickell's Bat (Hesperoptenus tickelli) (Blyth, 1851).
• Not Available (Hesperoptenus blanfordi)
• Great Evening Bat (Ia io)
  Great Evening Bat
  The great evening bat is a bat in the vesper bat family and the only living species in the genus Ia. It is common to Eastern and Southeastern Asia , mainly living in areas with limestone caves at altitudes of...
  
   Thomas, 1902.
• Hairy-faced Bat (Myotis annectans) (Dobson, 1871)
• Lesser mouse-eared Bat (Myotis blythii) (Tomes, 1857)
• Daubenton's Bat (Myotis daubentonii) (Kuhl, 1817).
• Korean orange-whiskered Bat (Myotis formosus) (Hodgson, 1835).
• Large-footed Bat (Myotis hasseltii) (Temminck, 1840).
• Horsfield's myotis Bat (Myotis horsfieldii) (Temminck, 1840).
• Long-fingered Bat (Myotis longipes) (Dobson, 1873).
• Large brown myotis Bat (Myotis montivagus) (Dobson, 1874).
• Dark-whiskered Bat (Myotis muricola) (Gray, 1846).
• Whiskered Bat (Myotis mystacinus) (Kuhl, 1817).
• Peshwa bat (Myotis peshwa) (Thomas, 1915).
• Ridley's Bat (Myotis ridleyi) 
• Little brown Bat (Myotis sicarius) Thomas, 1915
• Small-toothed whiskered Bat (Myotis siligorensis) (Horsfield, 1855).
• Leisler's noctule/hairyarmed Bat (Nyctalus leisleri) (Kuhl, 1817).
• Medium-sized noctule (Nyctalus montanus) (Barrett-Hamilton, 1906)
• Common noctule (Nyctalus noctula) (Schreber, 1774)
• Hemprich's long-eared Bat (Otonycteris hemprichii) Peters, 1859
• Dormer's Pipistrelle Bat Pipistrellus dormeri (Dobson, 1875) =Dormer's Bat (Scotozous dormeri)
• Dobson's chocolate (brown) Bat (Pipistrellus affinis) (Dobson, 1871)
• Cadorna's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus cadornae) Thomas, 1916
• Kelaart's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus ceylonicus) (Kelaart, 1852)
• Indian pipistrelle (Pipistrellus coromandra) (Gray, 1838).
• Himalayan pipistrelle (Pipistrellus javanicus) (Gray, 1838)
• Kuhl's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus kuhlii) (Kuhl, 1817).
• Thomas' 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 longeared Bat (Plecotus auritus) (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Grey longeared Bat (Plecotus austriacus) (J.Fischer, 1829)
• Yellow desert Bat (Scotoecus pallidus) (Dobson, 1876).
• Harlequin Bat (Scotomanes ornatus) (Dobson, 1871) (=S. emarginatus)
• Common yellowbellied Bat (Scotophilus heathii) (Horsfield, 1831)
• Temminck's house bat/Lesser house Bat (Scotophilus kuhlii) Leach, 1821
• Philippine bamboo Bat (Tylonycteris pachypus) (Temminck, 1840)
• Frosted bat/Particolored Bat (Vespertilio murinus) Linnaeus, 1758
• Small bent-winged Bat (Miniopterus pusillus) Dobson, 1876
• Schreiber's long-fingered Bat (Miniopterus schreibersii) (Kuhl, 1817).
• Hairy-winged Bat (Harpiocephalus harpia) Gray, 1842
• Round-eared tube-nosed Bat (Murina cyclotis) Dobson, 1872
• Tube-nosed insectivorous Bat (Murina grisea) Peters, 1872
• Hutton's Tube-nosed Bat (Murina huttoni) (Peters, 1872)
• Great tube-nosed bat/Long-nosed goblin Bat (Murina leucogaster) Milne-Edwards, 1872
• Gilgit tube-nosed Bat (Murina tubinaris) (Scully, 1881).
• Little tube-nosed Bat (Murina aurata) 
• Hardwicke's forest Bat (Kerivoula hardwickii) (Horsfield, 1824).
• Papillose woolly Bat (Kerivoula papillosa) (Temminck, 1840).
• Painted butterfly 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).
• Wrinkled-lipped Bat (Tadarida plicata) =Chaerephon plicata (Buchanan, 1800)
• European free-tailed Bat (Tadarida teniotis) (Rafinesque, 1814)

Family Lorisidae: Lorises

• Slender Loris (Loris tardigradus)
  Red Slender Loris
  The red slender loris is a small, nocturnal prosimian native to the rainforests of Sri Lanka. This is #6 of the 10 focal species and #22 of the 100 EDGE mammal species worldwide considered the most Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered. Two subspecies have been identified, L. t....
  
   (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Bengal Slow Loris (Nycticebus bengalensis)
  Bengal Slow Loris
  The Bengal slow loris or northern slow loris is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to the Indian subcontinent and Indochina. Its geographic range is larger than that of any other slow loris species...
  
   (Lacépède, 1800)

Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys

• Stump-tailed Macaque (Macaca arctoides)
  Stump-tailed Macaque
  The stump-tailed macaque , also called the bear macaque, is a species of macaque found in Southern Asia. In India, it is found in south of the Brahmaputra river, in northeastern part of the country.Its range in India extends from Assam and Meghalaya to eastern Aruanchal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur,...
  
   (I. Geoffroy, 1831)
• Assamese Macaque (Macaca assamensis)
  Assam Macaque
  The Assam macaque is a macaque of the Old World monkey family native to South and Southeast Asia. Since 2008, the species is listed as Near Threatened by IUCN, as it is experiencing significant declines due to hunting, habitat degradation and fragmentation.- Characteristics :The Assam macaque has...
  
   (M’Clelland, 1840)
• Crab-eating Macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
  Crab-eating Macaque
  The Crab-eating macaque is a cercopithecine primate native to Southeast Asia. It is also called the "long-tailed macaque", and is referred to as the "cynomolgus monkey" in laboratories.-Etymology:...
  
   (Raffles, 1821)
• Nicobar Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis umbrosa)
  Nicobar Long-tailed Macaque
  The Nicobar long-tailed macaque is a subspecies of the crab-eating macaque , endemic to the Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal...
  
  
• Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta)
  Rhesus Macaque
  The Rhesus macaque , also called the Rhesus monkey, is one of the best-known species of Old World monkeys. It is listed as Least Concern in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and its tolerance of a broad range of habitats...
  
   (Zimmermann, 1780).
• Arunachal Macacque (Macaca munzala) Sinha et al., 2004
• Pig-tailed Macacque (Macaca nemestrina) (Linnaeus, 1766).
• Bonnet Macaque (Macaca radiata)
  Bonnet Macaque
  The bonnet macaque is a macaque endemic to southern India. Its distribution is limited by the Indian Ocean on three sides and the Godavari and Tapti Rivers along with a related competing species of rhesus macaque in the north....
  
   (endemic) (E.Geoffroy, 1812).
• Tibetan Macacque (Macaca thibetana)
  Tibetan macaque
  The Tibetan macaque , also known as the Chinese stump-tailed macaque or Milne-Edwards' macaque, is found from eastern Tibet east to Guangdong and north to Shaanxi in China and has recently been reported from north-eastern India. This species lives in subtropical forests at altitude that range from...
  
   (Milne-Edwards, 1870)
• Lion-tailed Macaque (Macaca silenus)
  Lion-tailed Macaque
  The lion-tailed macaque is an Old World monkey that is endemic to the Western Ghats of South India.-Physical Characteristics:...
  
   (endemic) (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Common langurs (Semnopithecus spp.)
  Gray langur
  Gray langurs or Hanuman langurs, the most widespread langurs of South Asia, are a group of Old World monkeys constituting the entirety of the genus Semnopithecus. All taxa have traditionally been placed in the single species Semnopithecus entellus...
  
  
• Nepal Gray Langur (Semnopithecus schistaceus)
• Kashmir Gray Langur (Semnopithecus ajax)
• Tarai Gray Langur (Semnopithecus hector)
• Northern Plains Gray Langur (Semnopithecus entellus) (Dufresne, 1797)
• Black-footed Gray Langur (Semnopithecus hypoleucos)
• Southern Plains Gray Langur (Semnopithecus dussumieri)
• Tufted Gray Langur (Semnopithecus priam)
• Silvered Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus cristatus)
  Silvery Lutung
  The silvery lutung , also known as the silvered leaf monkey or the silvery langur, is an Old World monkey. It is arboreal, living in coastal, mangrove, and riverine forests in Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo....
  
  
• Golden Langur (Trachypithecus geei)
  Gee's Golden Langur
  Gee's golden langur , or simply the golden langur, is an Old World monkey found in a small region of western Assam, India and in the neighboring foothills of the Black Mountains of Bhutan. It is one of the most endangered primate species of India...
  
   Khajuria, 1956
• Nilgiri Langur (Trachypithecus johnii)
  Nilgiri Langur
  The Nilgiri langur is a lutung found in the Nilgiri Hills of the Western Ghats in South India. Its range also includes Kodagu in Karnataka,Kodayar Hills in Tamil Nadu and many other hilly areas in Kerala and Tamil nadu. This primate has glossy black fur on its body and golden brown fur on its head...
  
   (endemic) (J. Fischer, 1829)
• Capped Langur (Trachypithecus pileatus)
  Capped Langur
  The capped langur is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, China, India, and Myanmar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests...
  
   (Blyth, 1843).
• Phayre's Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus phayrei) (Blyth, 1847)

Family Hylobatidae: Lesser apes (gibbons)

• Hoolock gibbon (Hylobates hoolock)
  Hoolock gibbon
  The hoolock gibbons , also known as hoolocks, are two primate species from the family of the gibbons .Hoolocks are the second largest of the gibbons, after the Siamang. They reach a size of 60 to 90 cm and weigh 6 to 9 kg...
  
   (Harlan, 1834).

Family Canidae: Canines/Dogs

• Golden Jackal (Canis aureus)
  Golden Jackal
  The golden jackal , also known as the common jackal, Asiatic jackal, thos or gold-wolf is a Canid of the genus Canis indigenous to north and northeastern Africa, southeastern and central Europe , Asia Minor, the Middle East and southeast Asia...
  
   Linnaeus, 1758
• Indian Wolf
  Indian Wolf
  Indian wolf and Iranian Wolf are two common names for Canis lupus pallipes, a subspecies of grey wolf which inhabits western India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and southern Israel. Some experts have suggested at least some C. lupus pallipes populations be re-classified a canid species...
  
   Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758
• Dhole (Cuon alpinus)
  Dhole
  The dhole is a species of canid native to South and Southeast Asia. It is the only extant member of the genus Cuon, which differs from Canis by the reduced number of molars and greater number of teats...
  
   (Pallas, 1811)
• Indian fox (Vulpes bengalensis) (Shaw, 1800).
• Blanford's fox (Vulpes cana)) Blanford, 1877
• Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Tibetan Sand Fox (Vulpes ferrilata) (Hodgson, 1842)

Family Ursidae: Bears

• Malayan Sun Bear (Helarctos malayanus)
  Sun Bear
  The sun bear , sometimes known as the honey bear, is a bear found primarily in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia; North-East India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Southern China, Peninsular Malaysia, and the islands of Sumatra and Borneo.-Description:The sun bear...
  
   (Raffles, 1821)
• Himalayan Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus) Cuvier, 1823
• Brown Bear (Ursus arctos)
  Brown Bear
  The brown bear is a large bear distributed across much of northern Eurasia and North America. It can weigh from and its largest subspecies, the Kodiak Bear, rivals the polar bear as the largest member of the bear family and as the largest land-based predator.There are several recognized...
  
  
• Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus)
  Sloth Bear
  The sloth bear , also known as the labiated bear, is a nocturnal insectivorous species of bear found wild within the Indian subcontinent. The sloth bear evolved from ancestral brown bears during the Pleistocene and shares features found in insect-eating mammals through convergent evolution...
  
  

Family Mustelidae: Mustelids

• Himalayan yellow-throated Marten (Martes flavigula)
  Martes flavigula
  The yellow-throated marten , also known as the kharza, is an Asian species of marten which is listed by the IUCN as Least Concern due to its wide distribution, evidently relatively stable population, occurrence in a number of protected areas, and lack of major threats...
  
   (Boddaert, 1785).
• Beech Marten (Martes foina) (Erxleben, 1777)
• Nilgiri Marten (Martes gwatkinsii)
  Martes gwatkinsii
  The Nilgiri marten is the only species of marten found in southern India. It occurs in the hills of the Nilgiris and parts of the Western Ghats.-Description:...
  
   Horsfield, 1851
• Pale Weasel Mustela altaica Pallas, 1811.
• Yellow-bellied Weasel (Mustela kathiah) Hodgson, 1835
• Himalayan Weasel (Mustela sibirica)
• Ermine/Stoat Mustela erminea ferghanae Linnaeus, 1758.
• Tibetan Polecat Mustela putorius larvatus Linnaeus, 1758
• Striped-backed Weasel (Mustela strigidorsa) Gray, 1855
• Ratel (Mellivora capensis) (Schreber, 1776)
• Hog Badger (Arctonyx collaris) Cuvier, 1825
• Chinese Ferret Badger (Melogale moschata) (Gray, 1831)
• Burmese Ferret Badger (Melogale personata) Geoffroy, 1831
• Oriental Small-clawed Otter (Amblonyx cinereus) Illiger, 1815
• Common Otter (Lutra lutra) (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Smooth Indian Otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1826).

Family Viverridae: Civets

• Binturong (Arctitis binturong albifrons) (Raffles, 1821).
• Small-toothed Palm Civet (Arctogalidia trivirgata) (Gray, 1832).
• Himalayan Palm Civet (Paguma larvata) (Hamilton Smith, 1827).
• Toddy Cat (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) (Pallas, 1777).
• Brown Palm Civet (Paradoxurus jerdoni) Blanford, 1885.
• Spotted Linsang (Prionodon pardicolor) Hodgson, 1842
• Malabar large-spotted Civet (Viverra civettina) Blyth, 1862
• Malabar Civet (Viverra megaspila)
• Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha) Linnaeus, 1758
• Small Indian Civet (Viverricula indica) (Desmarest, 1804).

Family Herpestidae: Mongooses

• Common mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii) (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818).
• Brown mongoose (Herpestes fuscus) Gray, 1837.
• Small Indian mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818).
• Ruddy mongoose (Herpestes smithii) Gray, 1837.
• Crab-eating mongoose (Herpestes urva) (Hodgson, 1836)
• Striped-necked mongoose (Herpestes vitticollis) Bennett, 1835.
• Indian marsh mongoose (Herpestes palustris) (endemic)

Family Hyaenidae: Hyaenas

• Striped Hyena (Hyaena hyaena)
  Striped Hyena
  The Striped Hyena is a species of true hyena native to North and East Africa, the Caucasus, the Middle East, Middle and Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent...
  
   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Family Felidae: Felines/Cats

• Indian / Asiatic Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus)
  Asiatic Cheetah
  The Asiatic Cheetah is now also known as the Iranian Cheetah, as the world's last few are known to survive mostly in Iran. Although recently presumed to be extinct in India, it is also known as the Indian Cheetah...
  
   (Schreber, 1776).
• Golden Cat (Catopuma temminckii) (Vigors and Horsfield, 1827).
• Caracal (Felis caracal)
  Caracal
  The caracal is a fiercely territorial medium-sized cat ranging over Western Asia, South Asia and Africa.The word caracal comes from the Turkish word "karakulak", meaning "black ear". In North India and Pakistan, the caracal is locally known as syahgosh or shyahgosh, which is a Persian term...
  
   (Schreber, 1776).
• Lynx (Lynx lynx) (Linnaeus, 1758).
• Asiatic Wildcat (Felis silvestris ornata)
• Asiatic Lion (Panthera leo persica)
  Asiatic Lion
  The Asiatic lion also known as the Indian lion, Persian lion and Eurasian Lion is a subspecies of lion. The only place in the wild where the lion is found is in the Gir Forest of Gujarat, India...
  
   (Linnaeus, 1758).
• Leopard (Panthera pardus)
  Leopard
  The leopard , Panthera pardus, is a member of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera, the other three being the tiger, lion, and jaguar. The leopard was once distributed across eastern and southern Asia and Africa, from Siberia to South Africa, but its...
  
   (Linnaeus, 1758).
• Tiger (Panthera tigris)
  Tiger
  The tiger is the largest cat species, reaching a total body length of up to and weighing up to . Their most recognizable feature is a pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with lighter underparts...
  
   (Linnaeus, 1758).
• Snow leopard (Panthera uncia)
  Snow Leopard
  The snow leopard is a moderately large cat native to the mountain ranges of South Asia and Central Asia...
  
   (Schreber, 1775).
• Marbled Cat (Pardofelis marmorata) (Martin, 1837).
• Clouded leopard (Pardofelis nebulosa) (Griffith, 1821)
• Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) Prater (1971)
• Rusty spotted Cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus) (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1831).
• Fishing Cat (Felis viverrina) (Bennett, 1833).
• Jungle Cat (Felis chaus) Schreber, 1777
• Pallas Cat (Felis manul) (Pallas, 1776)

Family Delphinidae

• Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) Linnaeus, 1758
• Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) Gray, 1846.
• Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus) (G.Cuvier, 1812).
• Irrawady Dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) (Gray, 1866).
• Orca (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
• Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis) (Osbeck, 1765)
• Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) (Gray, 1828).
• Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin
  Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin
  The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin is a species of bottlenose dolphin. The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin grows to long, and weigh up to . It lives in the waters around India, northern Australia, South China, the Red Sea, and the eastern coast of Africa. Its back is dark grey and its belly...
  
   (Tursiops aduncus Ehrenberg, 1833)
• Fraser’s Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser, 1957
• Pantropical Spotted (Bridled) Dolphin Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846).
• Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833).
• Rough-toothed Dolphin Steno bredanensis (Lesson, 1828).

Family Platanistidae: River Dolphins

• Gangetic Dolphin (Platanista gangetica)
  Ganges and Indus River Dolphin
  The South Asian River Dolphin is a freshwater or river dolphin found in India, Nepal and Pakistan which is split into two sub-species, the Ganges River Dolphin and Indus River Dolphin...
  
  
• Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica)
• Indus River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor)

Family Balaenoptridae

• Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
  Minke Whale
  Minke whale , or lesser rorqual, is a name given to two species of marine mammal belonging to a clade within the suborder of baleen whales. The minke whale was given its official designation by Lacepède in 1804, who described a dwarf form of Balænoptera acuto-rostrata...
  
   Lacépède, 1804
• Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
  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 waters and semi-enclosed bodies of water...
  
   (Lesson, 1828)
• Bryde's Whale (Balaenoptera edeni)
  Bryde's Whale
  Bryde's whales are baleen whales, one of the "great whales" or rorquals. They prefer tropical and temperate waters over the polar seas that other whales in their family frequent. They are largely coastal rather than pelagic. Bryde's whales are very similar in appearance to sei whales and almost as...
  
   (Anderson, 1879)
• Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
  Blue Whale
  The blue whale is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales . At in length and or more in weight, it is the largest known animal to have ever existed....
  
  (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
  Fin Whale
  The fin whale , also called the finback whale, razorback, or common rorqual, is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales. It is the second longest whale and the sixth largest living animal after the blue whale, bowhead whale, and right whales, growing to nearly 27 metres long...
  
  (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
  Humpback Whale
  The humpback whale is a species of baleen whale. One of the larger rorqual species, adults range in length from and weigh approximately . The humpback has a distinctive body shape, with unusually long pectoral fins and a knobbly head. It is an acrobatic animal, often breaching and slapping the...
  
  (Borowski, 1781).

Family Balaenidae

• Southern Right whale (Eubalaena australis)
  Southern Right Whale
  The southern right whale is a baleen whale, one of three species classified as right whales belonging to the genus Eubalaena. Like other right whales, the southern right whale is readily distinguished from others by the callosities on its head, a broad back without a dorsal fin, and a long arching...
  
   (Desmoulins, 1822)

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 and Kamiya, 1958.

Family Phocoenidae

• Pygmy sperm whale
  Pygmy Sperm Whale
  The Pygmy Sperm Whale is one of three species of toothed whale in the sperm whale family. They are not often sighted at sea, and most of what is known about them comes from the examination of stranded specimens.-Taxonomy:...
  
   (Kogia breviceps) (Blainville, 1838)
• Dwarf sperm whale
  Dwarf Sperm Whale
  The Dwarf Sperm Whale is one of three species in the sperm whale family. They are not often sighted at sea. As such, most information is a result of the study of stranded carcasses.-Taxonomy:...
  
   (Kogia sima) (Owen, 1866)
• Finless Porpoise
  Finless Porpoise
  The finless porpoise is one of six porpoise species. In the waters around Japan, at the northern end of its range, it is known as the sunameri . A freshwater population found in the Yangtze River in China is known locally as the jiangzhu or "river pig". There is a degree of taxonomic uncertainty...
  
   (Neophocaena phocaenoides) (G. Cuvier, 1829).
• Sperm Whale
  Sperm Whale
  The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter...
  
   (Physeter macrocephalus) Linnaeus, 1758

Family Elephantidae: Elephants

• Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus)
  Asian Elephant
  The Asian or Asiatic elephant is the only living species of the genus Elephas and distributed in Southeast Asia from India in the west to Borneo in the east. Three subspecies are recognized — Elephas maximus maximus from Sri Lanka, the Indian elephant or E. m. indicus from mainland Asia, and E. m....
  
   Linnaeus, 1758.

Family Equidae: Horses

• Kiang (Equus kiang) Moorcroft, 1841
• Asiatic wild Ass (Equus hemionus khur) Corbet and Hill (1992) (=Equus onager Boddaert, 1785)

Family Rhinocerotidae: Rhinoceroses

• Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)
• Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) (G. Fischer, 1814) (D. s. lasiotis - last record in 1997 from Anko range, Manipur, Turnsang district, Nagaland)
• Javan Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus) (Extinct within India)

Family Suidae: Pigs

• Pygmy hog (Porcula salvania) Hodgson, 1847 Earlier Sus salvanius (Hodgson, 1847)
• Indian wild boar (Sus scrofa) Linnaeus, 1758.

Family Tragulidae: Chevrotains

• Indian Spotted Chevrotain (Moschiola indica) Gray, 1852 (The old name of Moschiola meminna is now used for the Sri Lankan species.)

Family Moschidae

• Musk Deer (Moschus chrysogaster)
  Himalayan Musk Deer
  The Himalayan Musk Deer is a species of musk deer. It used to be considered a subspecies of the Alpine musk deer.It is found in parts of northern Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, and in northern parts of India such as Kashmir, Kumaon and Sikkim. It inhabits high alpine environments,...
  
   (Hodgson, 1839))
• Black Musk Deer (Moschus fuscus)
  Black Musk Deer
  The Black Musk Deer or Dusky Musk Deer is a species of even-toed ungulate in the Moschidae family. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal....
  
   Li, 1981.

Family Cervidae: Deer

• Cheetal/Spotted Deer (Axis axis)
  Chital
  The chital or cheetal , also known as chital deer, spotted deer or axis deer is a deer which commonly inhabits wooded regions of Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and in small numbers in Pakistan...
  
   (Erxleben, 1777)
• Hog Deer (Axis porcinus)
  Hog Deer
  The Hog Deer is a small deer whose habitat ranges from Pakistan, through northern India, to mainland southeast Asia...
  
   (Zimmermann, 1780)
• Barasingha/Swamp Deer (Cervus duvauceli)
  Barasingha
  The Barasingha or Swamp deer is a deer species currently found in isolated localities in north and central India, and southwestern Nepal, and is extinct in Pakistan and Bangladesh....
  
   G. Cuvier, 1823
• Thamin, Sangai or Manipur Brow-antlered Deer (Cervus eldii) McClelland, 1842
• Sambar (Cervus unicolor)
  Sambar Deer
  The Sambar ' is a large deer native to southern and southeast Asia. Although it primarily refers to R. unicolor, the name "Sambar" is also sometimes used to refer to the Philippine Deer and the Rusa Deer...
  
   Kerr, 1792.
• Hangul (Cervus affinis hanglu) Linnaeus, 1758
• Barking Deer/Munjtac (Muntiacus muntjak)
  Muntjac
  Muntjac, also known as Barking Deer and Mastreani Deer, are small deer of the genus Muntiacus. Muntjac are the oldest known deer, appearing 15–35 million years ago, with remains found in Miocene deposits in France, Germany and Poland....
  
   (Zimmermann, 1780)
• Leaf Muntjac (Muntiacus putaoensis)
  Leaf muntjac
  The leaf muntjac, leaf deer or Putao muntjac is a small species of muntjac. It was discovered in 1997 by biologist Alan Rabinowitz during his field study in the isolated Naungmung Township in Myanmar...
  
  
• Black Muntjac (Muntiacus crinifrons)

Family Bovidae: Bovids

• Yak (Bos grunniens)
  Yak
  The yak, Bos grunniens or Bos mutus, is a long-haired bovine found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia. In addition to a large domestic population, there is a small, vulnerable wild yak population...
  
   Linnaeus, 1766.
• Gaur (Bos gaurus)
  Gaur
  The gaur , also called Indian bison, is a large bovine native to South Asia and Southeast Asia. The species is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1986 as the population decline in parts of the species' range is likely to be well over 70% over the last three generations...
  
   Smith, 1827
• Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus)
  Nilgai
  The nilgai , sometimes called nilgau, is an antelope, and is one of the most commonly seen wild animals of central and northern India and eastern Pakistan; it is also present in parts of southern Nepal. The mature males appear ox-like and are also known as blue bulls...
  
   (Pallas, 1766).
• Wild buffalo (Bubalus arnee)
  Wild Asian Water Buffalo
  The wild water buffalo also called Asian buffalo and Asiatic buffalo is a large bovine native to Southeast Asia...
  
   Kerr, 1792
• Chinkara (Gazellae bennettii)
  Chinkara
  The Chinkara is a species of gazelle found in south Asia.-Habitat and Distribution:It lives in grasslands and desert areas in India, Bangladesh and parts of Iran and Pakistan...
  
   (Sykes, 1831)
• Four-horned antelope/Chausingha (Tetracerus quadricornis)
  Four-horned Antelope
  The Four-horned Antelope , or Chousingha, is a small antelope found in open forest in India and Nepal. It is the only species currently classified in the genus Tetracerus.-Description:...
  
   (Blainville, 1816)
• Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra)
  Blackbuck
  Blackbuck is a species of antelope native to the Indian subcontinent. Their range decreased sharply during the 20th century. Since 2003, the IUCN lists the species as near threatened....
  
   (Linnaeus, 1758).
• Chiru or Tibetan Antelope (Pantholops hodgsoni) (Abel, 1826)
• Tibetan Gazelle/Goa (Procapra picticauda)
  Goa (antelope)
  The Goa , also known as the Tibetan Gazelle, is a species of antelope that inhabits the Tibetan plateau.-Description:...
  
   Hodgson, 1846
• Takin (Budorcas taxicolor)
  Takin
  The Takin , also called cattle chamois or gnu goat, is a goat-antelope found in the Eastern Himalayas. There are four subspecies: B. taxicolor taxicolor, the Mishmi Takin; B. taxicolor bedfordi, the Shanxi or Golden Takin; B. taxicolor tibetana, the Tibetan or Sichuan Takin; and B. taxicolor...
  
   Hodgson, 1850.
• Wild Goat or Sind Ibex (Capra aegagrus)
• Markhor (Capra falconeri)
  Markhor
  The Markhor is a large species of wild goat that is found in northeastern Afghanistan, Pakistan , India, southern Tajikistan and southern Uzbekistan...
  
   (Wagner, 1839).
• Ibex (Capra ibex) Linnaeus, 1758.
• Nilgiri tahr
  Nilgiri Tahr
  The Nilgiri Tahr, Nilgiritragus hylocrius, known locally as the Nilgiri Ibex or simply Ibex, is an ungulate that is endemic to the Nilgiri Hills and the southern portion of the Western Ghats in the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in southern India. It is the state animal of Tamil Nadu...
  
   (endemic) Nilgiritragus hylocrius (Ogilby, 1838) (formerly considered close to the Himalayan Tahr and treated as Hemitragus hylocrius)
• Himalayan Tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus)
  Himalayan Tahr
  The Himalayan Tahr or Common Thar is a large ungulate related to the wild goat.-Habitat:...
  
   (H. Smith, 1826)
• Serow (Naemorhedus sumatraensis) Corbet and Hill,1992 =Capricornis sumatraensis (Bechstein, 1799)
• Bharal (Pseudois nayaur nayayr)
  Bharal
  The bharal or Himalayan blue sheep or naur, Pseudois nayaur, is a caprid found in the high Himalayas of Nepal, Tibet, China, India, Pakistan, and Bhutan...
  
   (Hodgson, 1833).
• Marco Polo sheep (Ovis ammon polii)
  Marco Polo sheep
  The Marco Polo sheep is a subspecies of argali sheep, named after Marco Polo. Their habitat is the mountainous regions of Central Asia. Marco Polo sheep are distinguishable mostly by their large size and spiraling horns. Their conservation status is "near threatened" and efforts have been made to...
  
  
• Nayan or Great Tibetan Sheep (Ovis ammon hodgsonii) (Linnaeus, 1766)
• Urial/Shapu (Ovis orientalis vignei)
  Urial
  The Urial , also known as the Arkars or Shapo, is a subspecies group of the wild sheep Ovis orientalis. Noticeable features are the reddish-brown long fur that fades during winter; males are characterized by a black ruff stretching from the neck to the chest and large horns. It is found in western...
  
   Gmelin, 1774
• Goral (Naemorhedus baileyi)
  Red Goral
  The Red Goral is a species of even-toed ungulate in the Bovidae family. It is found in China, India, and Myanmar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.The red goral is a bright foxy-red...
  
   Pocock, 1914
• Goral (Naemorhedus caudatus)
  Chinese Goral
  The Chinese Goral is a species of goral distributed through Burma, China, India, Thailand, Vietnam, and possibly Laos.- References :* on Mammal Species of the World...
  
  
• Goral (Naemorhedus goral)
  Gray Goral
  The Himalayan Goral , also known as the Gray Goral, is a small, rough-haired, cylindrical-horned ruminant native to the Himalayas. In the past, it was also known as Urotragus goral. The IUCN classifies the Himalayan Goral as "Near Threatened".-Appearance:The Himalayan Goral is typically 95-130 cm ...
  
   (Hardwicke, 1825)

Family Manidae: Pangolins

• Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata)
  Indian Pangolin
  The Indian Pangolin or ”Scaly Ant-eater” is a pangolin that is found in the plains and hills of India, Sri Lanka,Nepal and some parts of Pakistan. It is not common anywhere in its range....
  
   Gray, 1827.
• Malayan pangolin (Manis javanica) 
• Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) Linnaeus, 1758.

Family Sciuridae: Squirrels

• Red-bellied tree squirrel (Callosciurus erythraeus) (Pallas, 1779).
• Hoary-bellied Himalayan squirrel (Callosciurus pygerythrus) (I. Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 1831).
• Orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel (Dremomys lokriah) (Hodgson, 1863).
• Pernyi's squirrel (Dremomys pernyi) (Milne-Edwards, 1867).
• Red-cheeked squirrel (Dremomys rufigenis) (Blanford, 1878).

(Included but taxonomy dependent - Layard's palm squirrel (Funambulus layardi) (Blyth, 1849).)

• Three-striped palm squirrel (Funambulus palmarum) (Linnaeus, 1766).
• Jungle Striped Squirrel Funambulus tristriatus (Waterhouse, 1837). (endemic)
• Five-striped palm squirrel (Funambulus pennantii) Wroughton, 1905.
• Dusky-striped squirrel (Funambulus sublineatus) (Waterhouse, 1838).
• Himalayan Marmot (Marmota himalayana) (Hodgson, 1841) = Bobak Marmot (Marmota bobak himalayana) Prater (1971)
• Golden Marmot (Marmota caudata) (Geoffroy, 1844).
• Malayan giant squirrel (Ratufa bicolor gigantea) (Sparrman, 1778)
• Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) (Erxleben, 1777)
• Grizzled giant squirrel (Ratufa macroura) (Pennant, 1769).
• Himalayan striped squirrel (Tamiops mcclellandii)
  Himalayan Striped Squirrel
  The Himalayan Striped Squirrel is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam....
  
   (Horsfield, 1840).

Family Pteromyidae: Flying squirrels

• Hairy-footed flying squirrel (Belomys pearsonii) (Gray, 1842) (=Trogopterus pearsonii)
• Namdapha flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus biswasi) Saha, 1981
• Kashmir woolly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus cinereus) Thomas, 1888
• Particoloured flying squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger) (Hodgson, 1836).
• Kashmir flying squirrel (Hylopetes baberi) (Blyth, 1847)
• Small Kashmir Flying Squirrel Hylopetes fimbriatus (Gray, 1837)
• Grey-headed flying squirrel (Petaurista elegans) (Muller, 1840)
• Hodgson's flying squirrel (Petaurista magnificus) (Hodgson, 1836)
• Noble giant flying squirrel (Petaurista nobilis) (Gray, 1842).
• Giant red flying squirrel (Petaurista petaurista) (Pallas, 1766)
• Large brown flying squirrel (Petaurista philippensis) (Elliot, 1839)
• Mechuka Giant flying squirrel (Petaurista mechukaensis)
  Petaurista mechukaensis
  The Mechuka Giant Flying Squirrel, Petaurista mechukaensis, is a species of flying squirrel that was recently discovered in the vicinity of Dihang-Dibang Biosphere Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India....
  
   (Choudhury, 2007)
• Mishmi Hills giant flying squirrel (Petaurista mishmiensis)
  Petaurista mishmiensis
  The Mishmi Hills Giant Flying Squirrel, Petaurista mishmiensis, is a flying squirrel in the genus Petaurista. It has recently been discovered in the vicinity of Dihang-Dibang Biosphere Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India....
  
   Choudhury, 2009
• Small Travancore flying squirrel (Petinomys fuscocapillus) (Jerdon, 1847)

Family Muridae: Old World Rats, Mice

• Korean field mouse (Apodemus draco) (Barrett-Hamilton, 1900) = Long-tailed field mouse (Apodemus orestes)
• Korean field mouse (Apodemus latronum) (Corbet and Hill, 1992)
• Kashmir Wood Mouse Apodemus rusiges Miller, 1913
• Wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) (Linnaeus, 1758).
• Wroughton's Wood Mouse Apodemus wardi (Wroughton, 1908).
• Indian mole rat (Bandicota bengalensis) (Gray and Hardwicke, 1833)
• Bandicoot rat (Bandicota indica) (Bechstein, 1800)
• Bower's rat (Berylmys bowersii) (Anderson, 1879)
• Kenneth's White-toothed Rat (Berylmys mackenziei) (Thomas, 1916)
• Manipur White-toothed Rat (Berylyms manipulus) (Thomas, 1916)
• Pencil-tailed tree mouse (Chiropodomys gliroides) (Blyth, 1856).
• Blanford's Rat (Cremnomys blanfordi) (Thomas, 1881).
• Cutch rock rat (Cremnomys cutchicus) Wroughton, 1912.
• Elvira Rat (Cremnomys elvira) (Ellerman, 1946) (Known only from Kurumbapatti, Salem)
• Large-toothed giant rat/Millard's rat (Dacnomys millardi) Thomas, 1916
• Manipur mouse (Diomys crumpi) Thomas, 1917
• Edward's giant rat (Leopoldamys edwardsi) (Thomas, 1882)
• Murray's soft-furred rat (Millardia gleadowi) (Murray, 1886)
• Asian soft-furred rat (Millardia kondana) Mishra and Dhanda, 1975
• Soft-furred field rat or metad (Millardia meltada) (Gray, 1837).
• Manipur bush rat (Hadromys humei) (Thomas, 1886)
• Indian field mouse (Mus booduga) (Gray, 1837)
• Fawn-coloured mouse (Mus cervicolor)
• Cook's mouse (Mus cookii) Ryley, 1914.
• House/Rice-field mouse (Mus dunni) (=Mus terricolor Blyth, 1851)
• Servant mouse/Shrew mouse (Mus famulus) Bonhote, 1898 (endemic to the Western Ghats
  Western Ghats
  The Western Ghats, Western Ghauts or the Sahyādri is a mountain range along the western side of India. It runs north to south along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau, and separates the plateau from a narrow coastal plain along the Arabian Sea. The Western Ghats block rainfall to the Deccan...
  
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• House mouse (Mus musculus) Linnaeus, 1758.
• Shrew mouse (Mus pahari) Thomas, 1916.
• Spiny mouse (Mus phillipsi) Wroughton, 1912.
• Spiny field mouse (Mus platythrix) Bennett, 1832. (endemic)
• Grey spiny mouse (Mus saxicola) Elliot, 1839
• Short-tailed mole (Nesokia indica) (Gray and 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 and Kloss, 1922).
• White-bellied Rat (Niviventer niviventer) (Hodgson, 1836).
• Tenasserim white-bellied rat (Niviventer tenaster)) (Thomas, 1916).
• Miller's Rat Rattus burrus (Miller, 1902) (Nicobars)
• Polynesian/ Pacific rat (Rattus exulans)
• Himalayan rat (Rattus nitidus) (Hodgson, 1845)
• Brown rat/Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) (Berkenhout, 1769).
• Palm rat (Rattus palmarum) (Zelebor, 1869) (Nicobars)
• Kerala rat (Rattus ranjiniae) Agarwal and Ghosal, 1969. (Western Ghats)
• Common house rat (Rattus rattus) (Linnaeus, 1758).
• Sikkim Rat Rattus sikkimensis Hinton, 1919 = Sikkim rat (Rattus remotus) (Corbet and Hill, 1992)
• Andaman rat (Rattus stoicus) (Miller, 1902)
• Malayan wood rat/Malayan field rat (Rattus tiomanicus) (Miller, 1900).
• Turkestan rat (Rattus turkestanicus) (Satunin, 1903)
• Long-tailed tree mouse (Vandeleuria oleracea)
  Vandeleuria oleracea
  The Asiatic Long-tailed Climbing Mouse is a species of rodent found in South and South-east Asia.-Further reading:*****...
  
   (Bennett, 1832) = Indian long-tailed tree mouse (Vandeleuria nilagirica)
• Indian desert jird (Meriones hurrianae) Jerdon, 1867
• Eurasian harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) (Pallas, 1771)
• Ladakh Hamster Cricetulus alticola Thomas, 1917
• Armenian hamster (Cricetulus migratorius) (Pallas, 1773).
• Indian gerbille (Tatera indica) (Hardwicke, 1807)
• Indian hairy-footed gerbil (Gerbillus gleadowi)
  Gerbillus gleadowi
  The Indian hairy-footed gerbil, Gerbillus gleadowi, is a species of Gerbil found mainly in Pakistan and northwestern India,They inhabit dry sandy and rocky country with sparse vegetation. Their burrows are often closed with sand. They feed nocturnally on seeds, roots, nuts, grasses and insects.They...
  
   Murray, 1886
• Baluchistan gerbil (Gerbillus nanus)
  Gerbillus nanus
  Gerbillus nanus is distributed mainly from Morocco to Somalia and western Pakistan. It is called the Balochistan gerbil or Wagner's gerbil.-References: Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern...
  
   Blanford, 1875
• Indian bush rat (Golunda ellioti) Gray, 1837
• Malabar spiny dormouse (Platacanthomys lasiurus)
  Platacanthomys lasiurus
  The Malabar Spiny Dormouse is a species of muroid rodent endemic to the Western Ghats of India. It is the only extant species in the genus Platacanthomys and although resembling a dormouse is not closely related. About the size of a Brown Rat, this arboreal species lives in tree holes in dense...
  
   Blyth, 1859
• White-tailed Mountain Vole Alticola albicauda (True, 1894)
• Kashmir Mountain Vole Alticola montosa (True, 1894)
• Royle's Mountain Vole Aticola roylei (Gray, 1842)
• Alticola stoliczkanus (Blanford, 1875)
• Silvery Mountain Vole Alticola argentatus (Severtzov, 1879).
• Thomas's Mountain Vole Alticola stracheyi (Thomas, 1880).
• Pere David's vole (Eothenomys melanogaster) (Milne-Edwards, 1871)
• Murree vole/Punjab vole (Hyperacrius wynnei) (Blanford, 1881).
• Blyth's Vole Microtus leusurus (Blyth, 1863)
• True's Vole Hyperacrius fertilis (True, 1894).
• Sikkim Vole Microtus sikimensis (Hodgson, 1849)
• Bay bamboo rat (Cannomys badius) (Hodgson, 1841)
• Hoary bamboo rat (Rhizomys pruinosus) Blyth, 1851.

Family Hystricidae: Old World Porcupines

• Bush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus macrourus assamensis ) (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Malayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura) Linnaeus, 1758.
• Indian porcupine (Hystrix indica) Kerr, 1792.

Family Leporidae: Hares and Rabbits

• Hispid Hare (Caprolagus hispidus)
  Hispid Hare
  The Hispid hare Caprolagus hispidus, also called Assam rabbit is a leporid native to South Asia, whose historic range extended along the southern foothills of the Himalayas. Today, the habitat of hispid hares is highly fragmented with an area of occupancy of less than extending over an estimated...
  
   (Pearson, 1839).
• Cape Hare (Lepus capensis)
  Cape Hare
  The Cape, Common or Brown Hare is a hare natively found throughout Africa, and has spread to many parts of the Europe, Middle East and Asia. The Cape Hare is a nocturnal herbivore.They are fast...
  
   Linnaeus, 1758.
• Indian Hare/Blacknaped Hare (Lepus nigricollis)
  Indian Hare
  The Indian Hare , also known as the Black-naped Hare, is a common species of hare found in South Asia. and in java....
  
   F. Cuvier, 1823.
• Wooly Hare (Lepus oiostolus) Hodgson, 1840

Family Ochotonidae: Pikas

• Nubra Pika (Ochotona nubrica) Thomas, 1922.
• Black-lipped Pika Ochotona curzoniae (Hodgson, 1858)
• Forrest's Pika Ochotona forresti Thomas, 1923
• Ladakh Pika Ochotona ladacensis (Gunther, 1875)
• Large-eared Pika Ochotona macrotis (Gunther, 1875).
• Himalayan Mouse-hare / Royle's Pika Ochotona roylei (Ogilby, 1839)
• Mountain Pika Ochotona thibetana (Milne-Edwards, 1871)

External links

• A sortable list of all mammals of India and their taxonomic status on Biodiversity of India database. This list is based on data obtained from the Jeev Sampada (IBIN) database. Taxonomy was created based on Catalogue of Life 2010 checklist.
• http://www.cbsg.org/reports/reports/exec_sum/mammals_of_india_camp.pdf