List of mammals of Laos

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Laos.

Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and cetaceans)

Image Common name Scientific name
authority
Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Suidae: pigs
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
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
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

Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)

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
Small-toothed palm civet Arctogalidia trivirgata
Gray, 1832
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forest LC IUCN
Masked palm civet Paguma larvata
Smith, 1827
Mainly evergreen and semi-evergreen forest LC IUCN
Asian palm civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
Pallas, 1777
Wide range of forest, plantation, and urban environments LC IUCN
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
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
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
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
Chinese ferret-badger Melogale moschata
Gray, 1831
Forest and croplands LC IUCN

Order: Chiroptera (bats)

Image Common name Scientific name (authority) Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Pteropodidae: flying foxes, Old World fruit bats
Lesser short-nosed fruit bat Cynopterus brachyotis
Müller, 1838
Forest LC IUCN
Unknown
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
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
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
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
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
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
Black-bearded tomb bat Taphozous melanopogon
Temminck, 1841
Caves, rocky areas, shrubland and forests LC IUCN
Family Megadermatidae: false vampire bats
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
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
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
Diadem leaf-nosed bat Hipposideros diadema
É. Geoffroy, 1813
Caves, savanna and forests LC IUCN
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)

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)

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

Order: Pholidota (pangolins)

Image Common name Scientific name (authority) Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Manidae
Sunda pangolin Manis javanica
Desmarest, 1822
Forest and shrubland CR IUCN
Chinese pangolin Manis pentadactyla
Linnaeus, 1758
Forest, grassland and shrubland CR IUCN

Order: Primates

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
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
Rhesus macaque Macaca mulatta
Zimmermann, 1780
Widespread, including around humans LC IUCN
Unknown
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
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)

Image Common name Scientific name (authority) Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Elephantidae: elephants
Asian elephant Elephas maximus
Linnaeus, 1758
Forest, shrubland, grassland EN IUCN


Order: Rodentia (rodents)

Image Common name Scientific name (authority) Preferred habitat IUCN status Range
Family Hystricidae: Old World porcupines
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
Red giant flying squirrel Petaurista petaurista
Pallas, 1766
Forest LC IUCN
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
Ricefield rat Rattus argentiventer
Robinson & Kloss, 1916
Grassland LC IUCN
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
Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse Vandeleuria oleracea
Bennett, 1832
Forest, shrublands, grasslands LC IUCN

Order: Scandentia (treeshrews)

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

The following species are locally extinct in the country:

See also


References

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