List of mammals of Kerala

This is a list of mammal species found in Kerala, India.

Order: Artiodactyla[edit]

Family: Bovidae[edit]

Genus: Bos[edit]

Species: Bos gaurus (gaur / കാട്ടുപോത്ത്)[edit]
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Genus: Nilgiritragus[edit]

Species: Nilgiritragus hylocrius (Nilgiri tahr / വരയാട്)[edit]
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    female
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Genus: Tetracerus[edit]

Species: Tetracerus quadricornis (four-horned antelope / ഉല്ലമാൻ)[edit]
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Family: Cervidae[edit]

Genus: Axis[edit]

Species: Axis axis (chital / പുള്ളിമാൻ)[edit]
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    female
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    male

Genus: Muntiacus[edit]

Species: Muntiacus muntjak (Indian muntjac / കേഴമാൻ)[edit]

Genus: Rusa[edit]

Species: Rusa unicolor (sambar deer / മ്ലാവ്)[edit]
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Family: Suidae[edit]

Genus: Sus[edit]

Species: Sus scrofa cristatus (Indian boar / കാട്ടുപന്നി)[edit]

Family: Tragulidae[edit]

Genus: Moschiola[edit]

Species: Moschiola indica (Indian spotted chevrotain / കൂരമാൻ)[edit]

Order: Carnivora[edit]

Family: Canidae[edit]

Genus: Canis[edit]

Species: Canis aureus naria (Sri Lankan jackal / കുറുനരി )[edit]

Genus: Cuon[edit]

Species: Cuon alpinus (Dhole / ചെന്നായ)[edit]

Genus: Vulpes[edit]

Species: Vulpes bengalensis (Bengal fox / കുറുക്കൻ)[edit]

Family: Felidae[edit]

Genus: Felis[edit]

Species: Felis chaus (jungle cat / കാട്ടുമാക്കാൻ / കാട്ടുപൂച്ച)[edit]

Genus: Panthera[edit]

Species: Panthera pardus fusca (Indian leopard / ഇന്ത്യൻ പുള്ളിപ്പുലി)[edit]
Species: Panthera tigris tigris (Bengal tiger / ബംഗാൾ കടുവ)[edit]

Genus: Prionailurus[edit]

Species: Prionailurus bengalensis (leopard cat / പൂച്ചപ്പുലി)[edit]
Species: Prionailurus rubiginosus (rusty-spotted cat / തുരുമ്പൻ പൂച്ച)[edit]

Family: Herpestidae[edit]

Genus: Urva[edit]

Species: Urva edwardsii (Indian grey mongoose / നാടൻ കീരി)[edit]
Species: Urva fusca (Indian brown mongoose / തവിടൻ കീരി)[edit]
Species: Urva smithii (ruddy mongoose / ചുണയൻ കീരി)[edit]
Species: Urva vitticolla (stripe-necked mongoose / ചെങ്കീരി)[edit]

Family: Mustelidae[edit]

Genus: Aonyx[edit]

Species: Aonyx cinerea (Asian small-clawed otter / മല നീർനായ)[edit]

Genus: Lutrogale[edit]

Species: Lutrogale perspicillata (smooth-coated otter / സ്മൂത്ത്-കോട്ടഡ് നീർനായ)[edit]

Genus: Martes[edit]

Species: Martes gwatkinsii (Nilgiri marten / മരനായ)[edit]

Family: Ursidae[edit]

Genus: Melursus[edit]

Species: Melursus ursinus (sloth bear / തേൻകരടി)[edit]

Family: Viverridae[edit]

Genus: Paradoxurus[edit]

Species: Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Asian palm civet / മരപ്പട്ടി)[edit]
Species: Paradoxurus jerdoni (brown palm civet / തവിടൻ വെരുക്)[edit]

Genus: Viverricula[edit]

Species: Viverricula indica (small Indian civet / പൂവെരുക്)[edit]

Order: Cetacea[edit]

Family: Balaenopteridae[edit]

Genus: Balaenoptera[edit]

Species: Balaenoptera acutorostrata (common minke whale / ചെറുതിമിംഗലം)[edit]
Species: Balaenoptera borealis (sei whale / ചാരത്തിമിംഗിലം)[edit]
Species: Balaenoptera brydei/edeni (Bryde's whale / ബ്രൈഡന്റെ തിമിംഗിലം)[edit]
Species: Balaenoptera musculus (blue whale / നീലത്തിമിംഗിലം)[edit]
Species: Balaenoptera physalus (fin whale / ചിറകൻ തിമിംഗിലം)[edit]

Genus: Megaptera[edit]

Species: Megaptera novaeangliae (humpback whale / കൂനൻ തിമിംഗിലം)[edit]

Family: Delphinidae[edit]

Genus: Delphinus[edit]

Species: Delphinus capensis (long-beaked common dolphin)[edit]

Genus: Feresa[edit]

Species: Feresa attenuata (pygmy killer whale / ചിന്ന കൊലയാളിത്തിമിംഗലം)[edit]

Genus: Globicephala[edit]

Species: Globicephala macrorhynchus (short-finned pilot whale / ചെറുചിറകൻ തിമിംഗലം)[edit]

Genus: Grampus[edit]

Species: Grampus griseus (Risso's dolphin)[edit]

Genus: Lagenodelphis[edit]

Species: Lagenodelphis hosei (Fraser's dolphin / ആഴക്കടൽ ഡോൾഫിൻ)[edit]

Genus: Orcinus[edit]

Species: Orcinus orca (killer whale / കൊലയാളിത്തിമിംഗലം)[edit]

Genus: Peponocephala[edit]

Species: Peponocephala electra (melon-headed whale / മത്തങ്ങാത്തലയൻ തിമിംഗലം)[edit]

Genus: Pseudorca[edit]

Species: Pseudorca crassidens (false killer whale / കപട കൊലയാളിത്തിമിംഗലം)[edit]

Genus: Sousa[edit]

Species: Sousa chinensis (Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphin)[edit]

Genus: Stenella[edit]

Species: Stenella attenuata (pantropical spotted dolphin / പുള്ളി ഡോൾഫിൻ)[edit]
Species: Stenella coeruleoalba (striped dolphin / വരയൻ ഡോൾഫിൻ)[edit]
Species: Stenella longirostris (spinner dolphin)[edit]

Genus: Steno[edit]

Species: Steno bredanensis (rough-toothed dolphin / പരുക്കൻപല്ലൻ ഡോൾഫിൻ)[edit]

Genus: Tursiops[edit]

Species: Tursiops aduncus (Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin)[edit]
Species: Tursiops truncatus (common bottlenose dolphin / കുപ്പിമൂക്കൻ ഡോൾഫിൻ)[edit]

Family: Kogiidae[edit]

Genus: Kogia[edit]

Species: Kogia breviceps (pygmy sperm whale / കുഞ്ഞൻ എണ്ണത്തിമിംഗിലം)[edit]
Species: Kogia sima (dwarf sperm whale)[edit]

Family: Phocoenidae[edit]

Genus: Neophocaena[edit]

Species: Neophocaena phocaenoides (finless porpoise / എലിയനേടി)[edit]

Family: Physeteridae[edit]

Genus: Physeter[edit]

Species: Physeter macrocephalus (sperm whale / എണ്ണത്തിമിംഗിലം)[edit]

Family: Ziphiidae[edit]

Genus: Indopacetus[edit]

Species: Indopacetus pacificus (tropical bottlenose whale)[edit]

Genus: Mesoplodon[edit]

Species: Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville's beaked whale / ചുണ്ടൻ തിമിംഗിലം / കൊമ്പൻ തിമിംഗിലം)[edit]
Species: Mesoplodon ginkgodens (ginkgo-toothed beaked whale / ജിങ്കോ തിമിംഗിലം)[edit]
Species: Mesoplodon hotaula (Deraniyagala's beaked whale)[edit]

Genus: Ziphius[edit]

Species: Ziphius cavirostris (Cuvier's beaked whale / കുവിയറുടെ ചുണ്ടൻ തിമിംഗിലം)[edit]

Order: Chiroptera[edit]

Family: Emballonuridae[edit]

Genus: Saccolaimus[edit]

Species: Saccolaimus saccolaimus (naked-rumped pouched bat / സഞ്ചിവാഹി ഉറവാലൻവാവൽ)[edit]

Genus: Taphozous[edit]

Species: Taphozous melanopogon (black-bearded tomb bat / കരിന്താടി ഉറവാലൻവാവൽ)[edit]
Species: Taphozous longimanus (long-winged tomb bat)[edit]

Family: Hipposideridae[edit]

Genus: Hipposideros[edit]

Species: Hipposideros ater (dusky leaf-nosed bat)[edit]
Species: Hipposideros fulvus (fulvus roundleaf bat / തവിടൻ ഇലമൂക്കൻവാവൽ)[edit]
Species: Hipposideros speoris (Schneider's leaf-nosed bat / ഇന്ത്യൻ ഇലമൂക്കൻവാവൽ)[edit]

Family: Megadermatidae[edit]

Genus: Megaderma[edit]

Species: Megaderma lyra (greater false vampire bat)[edit]
Species: Megaderma spasma (lesser false vampire bat / ചെറിയ നരിച്ചീർ)[edit]

Family: Molossidae[edit]

Genus: Tadarida[edit]

Species: Tadarida aegyptiaca (Egyptian free-tailed bat)[edit]

Family: Pteropodidae[edit]

Genus: Cynopterus[edit]

Species: Cynopterus brachyotis (lesser short-nosed fruit bat / ശ്വാനമുഖൻ വവ്വാൽ)[edit]
Species: Cynopterus sphinx (greater short-nosed fruit bat / കുറുമൂക്കൻ വവ്വാൽ)[edit]

Genus: Eonycteris[edit]

Species: Eonycteris spelaea (cave nectar bat / പ്രഭാത വവ്വാൽ)[edit]

Genus: Pteropus[edit]

Species: Pteropus giganteus (Indian flying fox / ഇന്ത്യൻ പഴവവ്വാൽ)[edit]

Genus: Rousettus[edit]

Species: Rousettus leschenaultii (Leschenault's rousette / മഞ്ഞച്ചുവപ്പൻ പഴവവ്വാൽ)[edit]

Family: Rhinolophidae[edit]

Genus: Rhinolophus[edit]

Species: Rhinolophus beddomei (lesser woolly horseshoe bat)[edit]
Species: Rhinolophus lepidus (Blyth's horseshoe bat)[edit]
Species: Rhinolophus pusillus (least horseshoe bat)[edit]
Species: Rhinolophus rouxii (rufous horseshoe bat)[edit]

Family: Vespertilionidae[edit]

Genus: Falsistrellus[edit]

Species: Falsistrellus affinis (chocolate pipistrelle)[edit]

Genus: Harpiocephalus[edit]

Species: Harpiocephalus harpia (lesser hairy-winged bat)[edit]

Genus: Kerivoula[edit]

Species: Kerivoula picta (painted bat / ചിത്രവാവ്വൽ)[edit]

Genus: Myotis[edit]

Species: Myotis horsfieldii (Horsfield's bat)[edit]
Species: Myotis montivagus (Burmese whiskered bat)[edit]

Genus: Pipistrellus[edit]

Species: Pipistrellus ceylonicus (Kelaart's pipistrelle / സിലോൺ അടക്കവാവൽ)[edit]
Species: Pipistrellus tenuis (least pipistrelle / കുഞ്ഞൻ അടക്കവാവൽ)[edit]

Genus: Scotozous[edit]

Species: Scotozous dormeri (Dormer's bat)[edit]

Genus: Scotophilus[edit]

Species: Scotophilus heathii (greater Asiatic yellow bat)[edit]
Species: Scotophilus kuhlii (lesser Asiatic yellow bat)[edit]

Genus: Tylonycteris[edit]

Species: Tylonycteris pachypus (lesser bamboo bat)[edit]

Order: Eulipotyphla[edit]

Family: Erinaceidae[edit]

Genus: Paraechinus[edit]

Species: Paraechinus nudiventris (bare-bellied hedgehog / ഇത്തിൾപന്നി)[edit]

Family: Soricidae[edit]

Genus: Feroculus[edit]

Species: Feroculus feroculus (Kelaart's long-clawed shrew / സിലോൺ നച്ചെലി)[edit]

Genus: Suncus[edit]

Species: Suncus dayi (Day's shrew / കാട്ടു നച്ചെലി)[edit]
Species: Suncus dayi (Etruscan shrew)[edit]
Species: Suncus murinus (Asian house shrew / വീട്ടു നച്ചെലി)[edit]
Species: Suncus niger (Indian highland shrew)[edit]

Order: Lagomorpha[edit]

Family: Leporidae[edit]

Genus: Lepus[edit]

Species: Lepus nigricollis (Indian hare / കാട്ടുമുയൽ)[edit]

Order: Pholidota[edit]

Family: Manidae[edit]

Genus: Manis[edit]

Species: Manis crassicaudata (Indian pangolin / ഈനാമ്പേച്ചി)[edit]

Order: Primates[edit]

Family: Cercopithecidae[edit]

Genus: Macaca[edit]

Species: Macaca radiata (bonnet macaque / നാടൻ കുരങ്ങ്)[edit]
Species: Macaca silenus (lion-tailed macaque / സിംഹവാലൻ കുരങ്ങ്‌)[edit]

Genus: Semnopithecus[edit]

Species: Semnopithecus hypoleucos (black-footed grey langur / കരിംകയ്യൻ കുരങ്ങ്)[edit]
Species: Semnopithecus priam (tufted grey langur / തൊപ്പിഹനുമാൻ കുരങ്ങ്)[edit]

Genus: Trachypithecus[edit]

Species: Trachypithecus johnii (Nilgiri langur / കരിങ്കുരങ്ങ്)[edit]

Family: Lorisidae[edit]

Genus: Loris[edit]

Species: Loris lydekkerianus (grey slender loris / കുട്ടിത്തേവാങ്ക്)[edit]

Order: Proboscidea[edit]

Family: Elephantidae[edit]

Genus: Elephas[edit]

Species: Elephas maximus indicus (Indian elephant / ഇന്ത്യൻ ആന)[edit]
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Order: Rodentia[edit]

Family: Hystricidae[edit]

Genus: Hystrix[edit]

Species: Hystrix indica (Indian crested porcupine / മുള്ളൻ പന്നി)[edit]

Family: Muridae[edit]

Genus: Bandicota[edit]

Species: Bandicota bengalensis (lesser bandicoot rat / തുരപ്പനെലി)[edit]
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Species: Bandicota indica (greater bandicoot rat / പെരുച്ചാഴി)[edit]

Genus: Golunda[edit]

Species: Golunda ellioti (Indian bush rat / ഗോളുണ്ട എലി)[edit]

Genus: Madromys[edit]

Species: Madromys blanfordi (Blanford's rat / വെള്ളവാലൻ എലി)[edit]

Genus: Mus[edit]

Species: Mus booduga (little Indian field mouse / ചെറുചുണ്ടെലി)[edit]
Species: Mus famulus (servant mouse / കാട്ടുചുണ്ടെലി)[edit]
Species: Mus musculus (house mouse / ചുണ്ടെലി)[edit]
Species: Mus platythrix (flat-haired mouse / മുള്ളൻ ചുണ്ടെലി)[edit]

Genus: Rattus[edit]

Species: Rattus norvegicus (brown rat / തവിടൻ എലി)[edit]
Species: Rattus ranjiniae (Kerala rat / നെല്ലെലി)[edit]
Species: Rattus rattus (black rat / കറുത്ത എലി)[edit]
Species: Rattus satarae (Sahyadris forest rat / സഹ്യാദ്രി കാട്ടെലി)[edit]

Genus: Tatera[edit]

Species: Tatera indica (Indian gerbil / കംഗാരു എലി)[edit]

Genus: Vandeleuria[edit]

Species: Vandeleuria nilagirica (Nilgiri long-tailed tree mouse / വാലൻ ചുണ്ടെലി)[edit]

Family: Platacanthomyidae[edit]

Genus: Platacanthomys[edit]

Species: Platacanthomys lasiurus (Malabar spiny dormouse / മുള്ളെലി)[edit]

Family: Sciuridae[edit]

Genus: Funambulus[edit]

Species: Funambulus palmarum (Indian palm squirrel / അണ്ണാറക്കണ്ണൻ)[edit]
Species: Funambulus sublineatus (Nilgiri striped squirrel / കുഞ്ഞൻ അണ്ണാൻ )[edit]
Species: Funambulus tristriatus (jungle palm squirrel / കാട്ടുവരയണ്ണാൻ)[edit]

Genus: Petaurista[edit]

Species: Petaurista philippensis (Indian giant flying squirrel / പാറാൻ)[edit]
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Genus: Petinomys[edit]

Species: Petinomys fuscocapillus (Travancore flying squirrel / കുഞ്ഞൻ പാറാൻ)[edit]

Genus: Ratufa[edit]

Species: Ratufa indica (Indian giant squirrel / മലയണ്ണാൻ)[edit]
Species: Ratufa macroura (grizzled giant squirrel / ചാമ്പൽ മലയണ്ണാൻ)[edit]

Order: Scandentia[edit]

Family: Tupaiidae[edit]

Genus: Anathana[edit]

Species: Anathana ellioti (Madras treeshrew / മരനച്ചെലി)[edit]
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Order: Sirenia[edit]

Family: Dugongidae[edit]

Genus: Dugong[edit]

Species: Dugong dugon (dugong / കടൽപ്പശു)[edit]

References[edit]

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  • Nameer, P. O. (2016). "Checklist of Marine Mammals of Kerala". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 8 (1): 8417–8420. doi:10.11609/jott.2497.8.1.8417-8420
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