Checklist of Endemic Mammal Species of India

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TaxaNo. of SpeciesPlace NameState(s)
Mammals47India-
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Original source: Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (Eds.)(2005) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
Source link: http://lntreasures.com/indiam.html

Checklist Details

This is a checklist of 47 endemic mammals of India based on the taxonomy used in Wilson & Reeder (2005).

Checklist
sl_no family_name scientific_name common_name
1 Scandentia - Tupaiidae Anathana ellioti South Indian Tree Shrew
2 Scandentia - Tupaiidae Tupaia nicobarica Nicobar Tree Shrew
3 Primates - Cercopithecidae Macaca radiata Bonnet Macaque
4 Primates - Cercopithecidae Macaca silenus Lion-tailed Macaque
5 Primates - Cercopithecidae Semnopithecus dussumieri Southern Plains Gray Langur
6 Primates - Cercopithecidae Semnopithecus hypoleucos Black-footed Gray Langur
7 Primates - Cercopithecidae Trachypithecus johnii Nilgiri Langur
8 Erinaceomorpha - Erinaceidae Paraechinus nudiventris Madras Hedgehog
9 Soricomorpha - Soricidae Crocidura andamanensis Miller's Andaman Spiny Shrew
10 Soricomorpha - Soricidae Crocidura hispida Andaman Spiny Shrew
11 Soricomorpha - Soricidae Crocidura jenkinsi Jenkin's Andaman Spiny Shrew
12 Soricomorpha - Soricidae Crocidura nicobarica Nicobar Shrew
13 Soricomorpha - Soricidae Suncus dayi Day's Shrew
14 Soricomorpha - Soricidae Anourosorex assamensis Assam Mole Shrew
15 Chiroptera - Pteropodidae Latidens salimalii Salim Ali's Fruit Bat
16 Chiroptera - Pteropodidae Pteropus faunulus Nicobar Flying Fox
17 Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus cognatus Andaman Horseshoe Bat
18 Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus mitratus Mitred Horseshoe Bat
19 Chiroptera - Hipposideridae Hipposideros durgadasi Khajuria's Leaf-nosed Bat
20 Chiroptera - Hipposideridae Hipposideros hypophyllus Kolar Leaf-nosed Bat
21 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae Eptesicus tatei Sombre Bat
22 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae Murina grisea Peters's Tube-nosed Bat
23 Carnivora - Viverridae Paradoxurus jerdoni Brown Palm Civet
24 Carnivora - Viverridae Viverra civettina Malabar Civet
25 Carnivora - Mustelidae Martes gwatkinsii Nilgiri Marten
26 Artiodactyla - Bovidae Hemitragus hylocrius Nilgiri Tahr
27 Rodentia - Sciuridae Ratufa indica Indian Giant Squirrel
28 Rodentia - Sciuridae Biswamoyopterus biswasi Namdapha Flying Squirrel
29 Rodentia - Sciuridae Funambulus tristriatus Jungle Striped Squirrel
30 Rodentia - Platacanthomyidae Platacanthomys lasiurus Malabar Spiny Dormouse
31 Rodentia - Cricetidae Alticola montosa Kashmir Mountain Vole
32 Rodentia - Cricetidae Alticola roylei Royle's Mountain Vole
33 Rodentia - Muridae Cremnomys cutchicus Kutch Rock Rat
34 Rodentia - Muridae Cremnomys elvira Ellerman's Rat
35 Rodentia - Muridae Hadromys humei Hume's Manipur Bush Rat
36 Rodentia - Muridae Millardia kondana Kondana Rat
37 Rodentia - Muridae Mus famulus Bonhofe's Mouse
38 Rodentia - Muridae Mus phillipsi Wroughton's Mouse
39 Rodentia - Muridae Mus platythrix Spiny Field Mouse
40 Rodentia - Muridae Rattus burrus Miller's Rat
41 Rodentia - Muridae Rattus palmarum Nicobar Rat
42 Rodentia - Muridae Rattus ranjiniae Ranjini's Rat
43 Rodentia - Muridae Rattus satarae Sahyadris Forest Rat
44 Rodentia - Muridae Rattus stoicus Andaman Rat
45 Rodentia - Muridae Vandeleuria nilagirica Nilgiri Long-tailed Tree Mouse
46 Primates - Cercopithecidae Macaca munzala Arunachal Macaque
47 Chiroptera - Hipposideridae Hipposideros khasiana Khasian Leaf-nosed Bat
References

1). J.R.B. Alfred and S. Chakraborty. Endemic mammals of India. Zoological Survey of India, 2002. (web link to the book - http://openlibrary.org/books/OL3710511M/Endemic_mammals_of_India)
2). Endemic species of India - http://lntreasures.com/india.html