Mammals of India

Every mammals in the Wildlife of India guide: 437 species, grouped by family or group. Each name opens its page with photos, identification notes, habitat and range.

Elephants

• Asian Elephant Elephas maximus

Cats

• Tiger Panthera tigris
• Leopard Panthera pardus
• Jungle Cat Felis chaus
• Mainland Leopard Cat Prionailurus bengalensis
• Lion Panthera leo
• Snow Leopard Panthera uncia
• Fishing Cat Prionailurus viverrinus
• Rusty-spotted Cat Prionailurus rubiginosus
• Asian Golden Cat Catopuma temminckii
• African Wildcat Felis lybica
• Pallas's Cat Otocolobus manul
• Mainland Clouded Leopard Neofelis nebulosa
• Marbled Cat Pardofelis marmorata
• Eurasian Lynx Lynx lynx
• Caracal Caracal caracal

Bears, Dogs, Otters & Red Panda

• Golden Jackal Canis aureus
• Sloth Bear Melursus ursinus
• Dhole Cuon alpinus
• Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
• Indian Fox Vulpes bengalensis
• Smooth-coated Otter Lutra perspicillata
• Gray Wolf Canis lupus
• Yellow-throated Marten Martes flavigula
• Western Red Panda Ailurus fulgens
• Asian Black Bear Ursus thibetanus
• Altai Mountain Weasel Mustela altaica
• Stone Marten Martes foina
• Nilgiri Marten Martes gwatkinsii
• Brown Bear Ursus arctos
• Siberian Weasel Mustela sibirica
• Eurasian Otter Lutra lutra
• Yellow-bellied Weasel Mustela kathiah
• Asian Small-clawed Otter Lutra cinerea
• Honey Badger Mellivora capensis
• Greater Hog Badger Arctonyx collaris
• Tibetan Fox Vulpes ferrilata
• Beringian Ermine Mustela erminea
• Sun Bear Helarctos malayanus
• Small-toothed Ferret-badger Melogale moschata
• Large-toothed Ferret-badger Melogale personata
• Back-striped Weasel Mustela strigidorsa
• Eastern Red Panda Ailurus styani
• Northern Hog Badger Arctonyx albogularis
• Steppe Polecat Mustela eversmanii

Civets, Mongooses & Hyena

• Indian Gray Mongoose Urva edwardsii
• Stripe-necked Mongoose Urva vitticollis
• Northern Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
• Small Indian Civet Viverricula indica
• Small Indian Mongoose Urva auropunctata
• Ruddy Mongoose Urva smithii
• Striped Hyena Hyaena hyaena
• Brown Palm Civet Paradoxurus jerdoni
• Masked Palm Civet Paguma larvata
• Large Indian Civet Viverra zibetha
• Indian Brown Mongoose Urva fusca
• Crab-eating Mongoose Urva urva
• Spotted Linsang Prionodon pardicolor
• Binturong Arctictis binturong
• Small-toothed Palm Civet Arctogalidia trivirgata
• Malabar Civet Viverra civettina

Monkeys, Gibbons & Lorises

• Bonnet Macaque Macaca radiata
• Rhesus Macaque Macaca mulatta
• Nilgiri Langur Semnopithecus johnii
• Bengal Sacred Langur Semnopithecus entellus
• Lion-tailed Macaque Macaca silenus
• Malabar Sacred Langur Semnopithecus hypoleucos
• Nepal Sacred Langur Semnopithecus schistaceus
• Tufted Gray Langur Semnopithecus priam
• Western Hoolock Gibbon Hoolock hoolock
• Capped Langur Trachypithecus pileatus
• Assamese Macaque Macaca assamensis
• Gray Slender Loris Loris lydekkerianus
• Terai Sacred Langur Semnopithecus hector
• Golden Langur Trachypithecus geei
• Arunachal Macaque Macaca munzala
• Phayre's Langur Trachypithecus phayrei
• Northern Pig-tailed Macaque Macaca leonina
• Bengal Slow Loris Nycticebus bengalensis
• Stump-tailed Macaque Macaca arctoides
• Chamba Sacred Langur Semnopithecus ajax
• White-cheeked Macaque Macaca leucogenys
• Eastern Hoolock Gibbon Hoolock leuconedys
• Sela Macaque Macaca selai
• Tibetan Macaque Macaca thibetana

Rhinos & Wild Asses

• Greater One-horned Rhinoceros Rhinoceros unicornis
• Kiang Equus kiang
• Onager Equus hemionus

Deer & Chevrotains

• Chital Axis axis
• Sambar Rusa unicolor
• Northern Red Muntjac Muntiacus vaginalis
• Barasingha Rucervus duvaucelii
• Hog Deer Axis porcinus
• Indian Chevrotain Moschiola indica
• Brow-antlered Deer Rucervus eldii
• Central Asian Red Deer Cervus hanglu
• Kashmir Musk-deer Moschus cupreus
• Alpine Musk-deer Moschus chrysogaster
• Himalayan Musk-deer Moschus leucogaster
• Black Musk-deer Moschus fuscus
• Gongshan Muntjac Muntiacus gongshanensis
• Leaf Muntjac Muntiacus putaoensis

Wild Cattle, Antelopes, Goats & Sheep

• Gaur Bos gaurus
• Nilgai Boselaphus tragocamelus
• Blackbuck Antilope cervicapra
• Chinkara Gazella bennettii
• Nilgiri Tahr Nilgiritragus hylocrius
• Blue Sheep Pseudois nayaur
• Asian Wild Buffalo Bubalus arnee
• Himalayan Goral Naemorhedus goral
• Siberian Ibex Capra sibirica
• Himalayan Tahr Hemitragus jemlahicus
• Urial Ovis vignei
• Chowsingha Tetracerus quadricornis
• Argali Ovis ammon
• Markhor Capra falconeri
• Maned Serow Capricornis sumatraensis
• Tibetan Gazelle Procapra picticaudata
• Himalayan Takin Budorcas taxicolor
• Chiru Pantholops hodgsonii
• Red Serow Capricornis rubidus
• Red Goral Naemorhedus baileyi
• Wild Yak Bos mutus
• Burmese Goral Naemorhedus evansi
• Chinese Goral Naemorhedus griseus

Wild Pigs

• Eurasian Wild Pig Sus scrofa
• Pygmy Hog Porcula salvania

Whales, Dolphins & Dugong

• Ganges River Dolphin Platanista gangetica
• Indian Humpback Dolphin Sousa plumbea
• Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus
• Indo-Pacific Finless Porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides
• Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus
• Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris
• Dugong Dugong dugon
• Irrawaddy Dolphin Orcaella brevirostris
• Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin Sousa chinensis
• Pantropical Spotted Dolphin Stenella attenuata
• Dwarf Sperm Whale Kogia sima
• Eden's Whale Balaenoptera edeni
• Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops aduncus
• Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris
• Short-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
• Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus
• Panglobal Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis
• Pygmy Sperm Whale Kogia breviceps
• Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae
• False Killer Whale Pseudorca crassidens
• Common Killer Whale Orcinus orca
• Bryde's Whale Balaenoptera brydei
• Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus
• Longman's Beaked Whale Indopacetus pacificus
• Fraser's Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei
• Melon-headed Whale Peponocephala electra
• Indus River Dolphin Platanista minor
• Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
• Rough-toothed Dolphin Steno bredanensis
• Pygmy Killer Whale Feresa attenuata
• Blainville's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon densirostris
• Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale Mesoplodon ginkgodens

Squirrels & Flying Squirrels

• Northern Palm Squirrel Funambulus pennantii
• Indian Giant Squirrel Ratufa indica
• Indian Palm Squirrel Funambulus palmarum
• Jungle Palm Squirrel Funambulus tristriatus
• Irrawaddy Squirrel Callosciurus pygerythrus
• Himalayan Marmot Marmota himalayana
• Himalayan Striped Squirrel Tamiops mcclellandii
• Pallas's Squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus
• Orange-bellied Himalayan Squirrel Dremomys lokriah
• Pygmy Striped Squirrel Funambulus sublineatus
• Indian Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista philippensis
• Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel Ratufa macroura
• Red Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista petaurista
• Long-tailed Marmot Marmota caudata
• Particolored Flying Squirrel Hylopetes alboniger
• Kashmir Flying Squirrel Eoglaucomys fimbriatus
• White-bellied Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista albiventer
• Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista nobilis
• Perny's Long-nosed Squirrel Dremomys pernyi
• Travancore Flying Squirrel Petinomys fuscocapillus
• Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel Belomys pearsonii
• Gray-headed Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista caniceps
• Namdapha Flying Squirrel Biswamoyopterus biswasi
• Western Woolly Flying Squirrel Eupetaurus cinereus
• Red-and-white Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista alborufus
• Northern Black Giant Squirrel Ratufa gigantea
• Asian Red-cheeked Squirrel Dremomys rufigenis
• Tibetan Woolly Flying Squirrel Eupetaurus tibetensis
• Indochinese Flying Squirrel Hylopetes phayrei
• Indochinese Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista marica
• Mebo Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista siangensis

Rats, Mice, Voles & Porcupines

• Indian Crested Porcupine Hystrix indica
• Roof Rat Rattus rattus
• House Mouse Mus musculus
• Indian Gerbil Tatera indica
• Lesser Bandicoot Rat Bandicota bengalensis
• East Asian House Rat Rattus tanezumi
• Little Indian Field Mouse Mus booduga
• Kashmir Field Mouse Apodemus rusiges
• Kashmir Mountain Vole Alticola montosus
• Greater Bandicoot Rat Bandicota indica
• Indian Bush Rat Golunda ellioti
• Common Soft-furred Rat Millardia meltada
• Indomalayan Long-tailed Climbing Mouse Vandeleuria oleraceus
• White-footed Indochinese Rat Rattus nitidus
• Indian Desert Jird Meriones hurrianae
• Earth-colored Mouse Mus terricolor
• Indochinese White-bellied Rat Niviventer fulvescens
• Flat-haired Mouse Mus platythrix
• Burrowing Vole Hyperacrius fertilis
• Sahyadris Forest Rat Rattus satarae
• Cook's Mouse Mus cookii
• Himalayan Rat Rattus pyctoris
• Himalayan Field Mouse Apodemus pallipes
• Blyth's Mountain Vole Neodon leucurus
• Royle's Mountain Vole Alticola roylei
• Stoliczka's Mountain Vole Alticola stoliczkanus
• Mackenzie's White-toothed Rat Berylmys mackenziei
• Indochinese Forest Rat Rattus andamanensis
• Indochinese Shrew-like Mouse Mus pahari
• Sikkim Mountain Vole Neodon sikimensis
• Fawn-colored Mouse Mus cervicolor
• Crump's Rat Diomys crumpi
• Saxicolous Mouse Mus saxicola
• Lesser Bamboo Rat Cannomys badius
• White-tailed Wood Rat Madromys blanfordi
• Malabar Spiny Tree Mouse Platacanthomys lasiurus
• Phillips's Mouse Mus phillipsi
• Hume's Hadromys Hadromys humei
• Edwards's Long-tailed Giant Rat Leopoldamys edwardsi
• Manipur White-toothed Rat Berylmys manipulus
• Servant Mouse Mus famulus
• Bowers's White-toothed Rat Berylmys bowersii
• Cutch Rat Cremnomys cutchicus
• Ladakh Tibetan Hamster Urocricetus lama
• Nilgiri Long-tailed Climbing Mouse Vandeleuria nilagiricus
• Malayan Porcupine Hystrix brachyura
• Silver Mountain Vole Alticola argentatus
• Short-tailed Bandicoot Rat Nesokia indica
• Smoke-bellied White-bellied Rat Niviventer eha
• Sand-colored Soft-furred Rat Millardia gleadowi
• White-tailed Mountain Vole Alticola albicauda
• Millard's Rat Dacnomys millardi
• Asian Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus macrourus
• Hoary Bamboo Rat Rhizomys pruinosus
• Indomalayan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse Chiropodomys gliroides
• Balochistan Gerbil Gerbillus nanus
• Kondana Soft-furred Rat Millardia kondana
• Himalayan White-bellied Rat Niviventer niviventer
• Brahman White-bellied Rat Niviventer brahma
• Langbian Tree Rat Chiromyscus langbianis
• Elvira Rat Cremnomys elvira
• Indian Hairy-footed Gerbil Gerbillus gleadowi
• Ranjini's Rat Rattus ranjiniae
• Large-eared Field Mouse Apodemus latronum
• Yunnan Field Mouse Apodemus ilex
• Yunnan Red-backed Vole Eothenomys eleusis
• Herbert's Long-tailed Giant Rat Leopoldamys herberti
• Pygmy Harvest Mouse Micromys pygmaeus
• Gray Hamster Nothocricetulus migratorius
• Kashmir Birch Mouse Sicista leathemi

Pangolins, Hares, Pikas & Shrews

• Asian House Shrew Suncus murinus
• Indian Hare Lepus nigricollis
• Royle's Pika Ochotona roylii
• Kashmir White-toothed Shrew Crocidura pullata
• Short-tailed Pangolin Manis pentadactyla
• Woolly Hare Lepus oiostolus
• Asian Gray White-toothed Shrew Crocidura attenuata
• Large-eared Pika Ochotona macrotis
• Himalayan Large-clawed Shrew Soriculus nigrescens
• Madras Treeshrew Anathana ellioti
• Ladak Pika Ochotona ladacensis
• White-tailed Mole Parascaptor leucura
• Etruscan Shrew Suncus etruscus
• Himalayan Mole Euroscaptor micrurus
• Thick-tailed Pangolin Manis crassicaudata
• Assam Mole Shrew Anourosorex assamensis
• Hodgson's Brown-toothed Shrew Episoriculus caudatus
• Northern Treeshrew Tupaia belangeri
• Indian Long-eared Hedgehog Hemiechinus collaris
• Indian Hedgehog Paraechinus micropus
• Anderson's Shrew Suncus stoliczkanus
• Nubra Pika Ochotona nubrica
• Sijin Pika Ochotona sikimaria
• Himalayan Water Shrew Chimarrogale himalayica
• Plateau Pika Ochotona curzoniae
• Day's Shrew Suncus dayi
• Bare-bellied Hedgehog Paraechinus nudiventris
• Hispid Hare Caprolagus hispidus
• Kashmir Shrew Sorex planiceps
• Nilgiri Highland Shrew Suncus niger
• Horsfield's White-toothed Shrew Crocidura horsfieldii
• Voracious White-toothed Shrew Crocidura vorax
• Arboreal Brown-toothed Shrew Episoriculus macrurus
• Giant Mole Shrew Anourosorex schmidi
• Desert Hare Lepus tibetanus
• Bailey's Brown-toothed Shrew Episoriculus baileyi
• Kelaart's Long-clawed Shrew Feroculus feroculus
• Chinese Water Shrew Chimarrogale styani
• Gathorne's White-toothed Shrew Crocidura gathornei
• Chinese White-toothed Shrew Crocidura rapax
• Sonnerat's Shrew Diplomesodon sonnerati
• Nepalese Brown-toothed Shrew Episoriculus soluensis
• Indo-Burmese Pangolin Manis aurita
• Nagaland Shrew Nagasorex albidens
• Sikkim Water Shrew Nectogale sikhimensis
• Eurasian Pygmy Shrew Sorex minutus
• Lesser Large-clawed Shrew Soriculus minor

Bats

• Indian Flying Fox Pteropus medius
• Lesser Asian Yellow Bat Scotophilus kuhlii
• Indian Greater False-vampire Lyroderma lyra
• Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus sphinx
• Leschenault's Rousette Rousettus leschenaultii
• Schneider's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros speoris
• Least Pipistrelle Alionoctula tenuis
• Fulvus Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros fulvus
• Black-bearded Tomb Bat Taphozous melanopogon
• Kelaart's Pipistrelle Alionoctula ceylonica
• Indian Rufous Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus rouxii
• Lesser Mouse-tailed Bat Rhinopoma hardwickii
• Naked-rumped Tomb Bat Taphozous nudiventris
• Indian Pipistrelle Alionoctula coromandra
• Blyth's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus lepidus
• Greater Asian Yellow Bat Scotophilus heathii
• Great Himalayan Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros armiger
• Indian Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros lankadiva
• Greater Mouse-tailed Bat Rhinopoma microphyllum
• Dormer's Bat Scotozous dormeri
• Long-winged Sheath-tailed Bat Taphozous longimanus
• Intermediate Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus affinis
• Javan Pipistrelle Alionoctula javanica
• Common Dusky Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros ater
• Horsfield's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros larvatus
• Egyptian Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomus aegyptiacus
• Lesser Dawn Bat Eonycteris spelaea
• Rainforest Tube-nosed Bat Murina pluvialis
• Pomona Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros pomona
• Kashmir Cave Myotis Myotis longipes
• Least Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros cineraceus
• Round-eared Tube-nosed Bat Murina cyclotis
• Pearson's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus pearsonii
• Painted Woolly Bat Kerivoula picta
• Tickell's False Serotine Hesperoptenus tickelli
• Greater Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
• Least Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus pusillus
• Chinese Rufous Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus sinicus
• Beddome's Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus beddomei
• Sombre Serotine Cnephaeus tatei
• Nepalese Whiskered Myotis Myotis muricola
• Hairy-winged Bat Harpiocephalus harpia
• Blanford's Fruit Bat Sphaerias blanfordi
• Babu's Pipistrelle Alionoctula babu
• Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus brachyotis
• Horsfield's Myotis Myotis horsfieldii
• Burmese Whiskered Myotis Myotis montivagus
• Wroughton's Giant Mastiff Bat Otomops wroughtoni
• Kolar Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros hypophyllus
• Northern Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus perniger
• Durga Das's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros durgadasi
• Big-eared Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus macrotis
• Egyptian Tomb Bat Taphozous perforatus
• Hutton's Tube-nosed Bat Murina huttonii
• Lesser Myotis Myotis blythii
• Jaintia Tube-nosed Bat Murina jaintiana
• Harlequin Bat Scotomanes ornatus
• Small Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus pusillus
• Scully's Tube-nosed Bat Murina tubinaris
• Black-and-orange Myotis Myotis formosus
• Bare-rumped Sheath-tailed Bat Saccolaimus saccolaimus
• Andersen's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros gentilis
• Chinese Water Myotis Myotis laniger
• Himalayan Whiskered Myotis Myotis siligorensis
• Theobald's Tomb Bat Taphozous theobaldi
• Malayan Greater Bamboo Bat Tylonycteris malayana
• Little Tube-nosed Bat Murina aurata
• Mandelli's Myotis Myotis sicarius
• Leisler's Noctule Nyctalus leisleri
• Little Nepalese Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus subbadius
• Desert Yellow Lesser House Bat Scotoecus pallidus
• Eastern Barbastelle Barbastella darjelingensis
• Ratanaworabhan's Tailless Fruit Bat Megaerops niphanae
• Large Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus magnater
• Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus
• Ward's Long-eared Bat Plecotus wardi
• Japanese Pipistrelle Alionoctula abramus
• Asian Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus fuliginosus
• Phillips's Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus phillipsi
• Joffre's Bat Mirostrellus joffrei
• Nepal Myotis Myotis nipalensis
• Mountain Noctule Nyctalus montanus
• Kuhl's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus kuhlii
• Greater Japanese Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus nippon
• Dobson's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus yunanensis
• European Free-tailed Bat Tadarida teniotis
• Cadorna's Pipistrelle Hypsugo cadornae
• Great Evening Bat Ia io
• Salim Ali's Fruit Bat Latidens salimalii
• Greater Long-tongued Blossom Bat Macroglossus sobrinus
• Himalayan Long-eared Bat Plecotus homochrous
• Himalayan Broad-muzzled Bat Submyotodon caliginosus
• Mount Popa Pipistrelle Alionoctula paterculus
• Gray Tube-nosed Bat Harpiola grisea
• Formosan Tube-nosed Bat Harpiola isodon
• Chocolate Pipistrelle Hypsugo affinis
• Lenis Woolly Bat Kerivoula lenis
• Temminck's Tailless Fruit Bat Megaerops ecaudatus
• Srini's Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus srinii
• Hairy-faced Myotis Myotis annectans
• Lesser Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hipposideros
• Thick-eared Serotine Cnephaeus pachyotis
• East Asian Tailless Roundleaf Bat Coelops frithii
• Disk-footed Bat Eudiscopus denticulus
• Meghalaya Thick-thumbed Bat Glischropus meghalayanus
• Dobson's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros brachyotus
• Savi's Pipistrelle Hypsugo savii
• Rufous Tube-nosed Bat Murina leucogaster
• Peyton's Myotis Myotis peytoni
• Rickett's Big-footed Myotis Myotis pilosus
• Chinese Noctule Nyctalus plancyi
• Mitred Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus mitratus
• Shortridge's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus shortridgei
• East Asian Free-tailed Bat Tadarida insignis
• Northern Coppery Sprite Arielulus drungicus
• Gobi Serotine Cnephaeus gobiensis
• Ognev's Serotine Cnephaeus ognevi
• Oriental Serotine Cnephaeus pachyomus
• Cryptic Woolly Bat Kerivoula crypta
• Lesser Asian False-vampire Megaderma spasma
• Wrinkle-lipped Free-tailed Bat Mops plicatus
• Fea's Tube-nosed Bat Murina feae
• Sichuan Myotis Myotis altarium
• Anna Tess's Myotis Myotis annatessae
• Lesser Large-footed Myotis Myotis hasseltii
• Himalayan Long-tailed Myotis Myotis himalaicus
• Turkestani Long-eared Bat Otonycteris leucophaea
• Trefoil Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus trifoliatus
• Muscat Mouse-tailed Bat Rhinopoma muscatellum
• Indomalayan Lesser Bamboo Bat Tylonycteris fulvida

Frequently asked questions

How many mammals are in the Wildlife of India guide?

The guide lists 437 mammals of India, each with its own page covering identification, habitat and range.

Which groups of mammals are covered?

Elephants (1), Cats (15), Bears, Dogs, Otters & Red Panda (29), Civets, Mongooses & Hyena (16), Monkeys, Gibbons & Lorises (24), Rhinos & Wild Asses (3), Deer & Chevrotains (14), Wild Cattle, Antelopes, Goats & Sheep (23), Wild Pigs (2), Whales, Dolphins & Dugong (32), Squirrels & Flying Squirrels (31), Rats, Mice, Voles & Porcupines (70), and 2 more groups.