List of mammals of Kerala
This is a list of mammal species found in Kerala, India.
Order: Artiodactyla[]
Family: Bovidae[]
Genus: Bos[]
Species: Bos gaurus (gaur / കാട്ടുപോത്ത്)[]
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male
female with calf
Genus: Nilgiritragus[]
Species: Nilgiritragus hylocrius (Nilgiri tahr / വരയാട്)[]
male (left)
female
habitat
Genus: Tetracerus[]
Species: Tetracerus quadricornis (four-horned antelope / ഉല്ലമാൻ)[]
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male
female
Family: Cervidae[]
Genus: Axis[]
Species: Axis axis (chital / പുള്ളിമാൻ)[]
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female
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Genus: Muntiacus[]
Species: Muntiacus muntjak (Indian muntjac / കേഴമാൻ)[]
Genus: Rusa[]
Species: Rusa unicolor (sambar deer / മ്ലാവ്)[]
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female
Family: Suidae[]
Genus: Sus[]
Species: Sus scrofa cristatus (Indian boar / കാട്ടുപന്നി)[]
Family: Tragulidae[]
Genus: Moschiola[]
Species: Moschiola indica (Indian spotted chevrotain / കൂരമാൻ)[]
Order: Carnivora[]
Family: Canidae[]
Genus: Canis[]
Species: Canis aureus naria (Sri Lankan jackal / കുറുനരി )[]
Genus: Cuon[]
Species: Cuon alpinus (Dhole / ചെന്നായ)[]
Genus: Vulpes[]
Species: Vulpes bengalensis (Bengal fox / കുറുക്കൻ)[]
Family: Felidae[]
Genus: Felis[]
Species: Felis chaus (jungle cat / കാട്ടുമാക്കാൻ / കാട്ടുപൂച്ച)[]
Genus: Panthera[]
Species: Panthera pardus fusca (Indian leopard / ഇന്ത്യൻ പുള്ളിപ്പുലി)[]
Species: Panthera tigris tigris (Bengal tiger / ബംഗാൾ കടുവ)[]
Genus: Prionailurus[]
Species: Prionailurus bengalensis (leopard cat / പൂച്ചപ്പുലി)[]
Species: Prionailurus rubiginosus (rusty-spotted cat / തുരുമ്പൻ പൂച്ച)[]
Family: Herpestidae[]
Genus: Urva[]
Species: Urva edwardsii (Indian grey mongoose / നാടൻ കീരി)[]
Species: Urva fusca (Indian brown mongoose / തവിടൻ കീരി)[]
Species: Urva smithii (ruddy mongoose / ചുണയൻ_കീരി)[]
Species: Urva vitticolla (stripe-necked mongoose / ചെങ്കീരി)[]
Family: Mustelidae[]
Genus: Aonyx[]
Species: Aonyx cinerea (Asian small-clawed otter / മല നീർനായ)[]
Genus: Lutrogale[]
Species: Lutrogale perspicillata (smooth-coated otter / സ്മൂത്ത്-കോട്ടഡ് നീർനായ)[]
Genus: Martes[]
Species: Martes gwatkinsii (Nilgiri marten / മരനായ)[]
Family: Ursidae[]
Genus: Melursus[]
Species: Melursus ursinus (sloth bear / തേൻകരടി)[]
Family: Viverridae[]
Genus: Paradoxurus[]
Species: Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Asian palm civet / മരപ്പട്ടി)[]
Species: Paradoxurus jerdoni (brown palm civet / തവിടൻ വെരുക്)[]
Genus: Viverricula[]
Species: Viverricula indica (small Indian civet / പൂവെരുക്)[]
Order: Cetacea[]
Family: Balaenopteridae[]
Genus: Balaenoptera[]
Species: Balaenoptera acutorostrata (common minke whale / ചെറുതിമിംഗലം)[]
Species: Balaenoptera borealis (sei whale / ചാരത്തിമിംഗിലം)[]
Species: Balaenoptera brydei/edeni (Bryde's whale / ബ്രൈഡന്റെ തിമിംഗിലം)[]
Species: Balaenoptera musculus (blue whale / നീലത്തിമിംഗിലം)[]
Species: Balaenoptera physalus (fin whale / ചിറകൻ തിമിംഗിലം)[]
Genus: Megaptera[]
Species: Megaptera novaeangliae (humpback whale / കൂനൻ തിമിംഗിലം)[]
Family: Delphinidae[]
Genus: Delphinus[]
Species: Delphinus capensis (long-beaked common dolphin)[]
Genus: Feresa[]
Species: Feresa attenuata (pygmy killer whale / ചിന്ന കൊലയാളിത്തിമിംഗലം)[]
Genus: Globicephala[]
Species: Globicephala macrorhynchus (short-finned pilot whale / ചെറുചിറകൻ തിമിംഗലം)[]
Genus: Grampus[]
Species: Grampus griseus (Risso's dolphin)[]
Genus: Lagenodelphis[]
Species: Lagenodelphis hosei (Fraser's dolphin / ആഴക്കടൽ ഡോൾഫിൻ)[]
Genus: Orcinus[]
Species: Orcinus orca (killer whale / കൊലയാളിത്തിമിംഗലം)[]
Genus: Peponocephala[]
Species: Peponocephala electra (melon-headed whale / മത്തങ്ങാത്തലയൻ തിമിംഗലം)[]
Genus: Pseudorca[]
Species: Pseudorca crassidens (false killer whale / കപട കൊലയാളിത്തിമിംഗലം)[]
Genus: Sousa[]
Species: Sousa chinensis (Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphin)[]
Genus: Stenella[]
Species: Stenella attenuata (pantropical spotted dolphin / പുള്ളി ഡോൾഫിൻ)[]
Species: Stenella coeruleoalba (striped dolphin / വരയൻ ഡോൾഫിൻ)[]
Species: Stenella longirostris (spinner dolphin)[]
Genus: Steno[]
Species: Steno bredanensis (rough-toothed dolphin / പരുക്കൻപല്ലൻ ഡോൾഫിൻ)[]
Genus: Tursiops[]
Species: Tursiops aduncus (Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin)[]
Species: Tursiops truncatus (common bottlenose dolphin / കുപ്പിമൂക്കൻ ഡോൾഫിൻ)[]
Family: Kogiidae[]
Genus: Kogia[]
Species: Kogia breviceps (pygmy sperm whale / കുഞ്ഞൻ എണ്ണത്തിമിംഗിലം)[]
Species: Kogia sima (dwarf sperm whale)[]
Family: Phocoenidae[]
Genus: Neophocaena[]
Species: Neophocaena phocaenoides (finless porpoise / എലിയനേടി)[]
Family: Physeteridae[]
Genus: Physeter[]
Species: Physeter macrocephalus (sperm whale / എണ്ണത്തിമിംഗിലം)[]
Family: Ziphiidae[]
Genus: Indopacetus[]
Species: Indopacetus pacificus (tropical bottlenose whale)[]
Genus: Mesoplodon[]
Species: Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville's beaked whale / ചുണ്ടൻ തിമിംഗിലം / കൊമ്പൻ തിമിംഗിലം)[]
Species: Mesoplodon ginkgodens (ginkgo-toothed beaked whale / ജിങ്കോ തിമിംഗിലം)[]
Species: Mesoplodon hotaula (Deraniyagala's beaked whale)[]
Genus: Ziphius[]
Species: Ziphius cavirostris (Cuvier's beaked whale / കുവിയറുടെ ചുണ്ടൻ തിമിംഗിലം)[]
Order: Chiroptera[]
Family: Emballonuridae[]
Genus: Saccolaimus[]
Species: Saccolaimus saccolaimus (naked-rumped pouched bat / സഞ്ചിവാഹി ഉറവാലൻവാവൽ)[]
Genus: Taphozous[]
Species: Taphozous melanopogon (black-bearded tomb bat / കരിന്താടി ഉറവാലൻവാവൽ)[]
Species: Taphozous longimanus (long-winged tomb bat)[]
Family: Hipposideridae[]
Genus: Hipposideros[]
Species: Hipposideros ater (dusky leaf-nosed bat)[]
Species: Hipposideros fulvus (fulvus roundleaf bat / തവിടൻ ഇലമൂക്കൻവാവൽ)[]
Species: Hipposideros speoris (Schneider's leaf-nosed bat / ഇന്ത്യൻ ഇലമൂക്കൻവാവൽ)[]
Family: Megadermatidae[]
Genus: Megaderma[]
Species: Megaderma lyra (greater false vampire bat)[]
Species: Megaderma spasma (lesser false vampire bat / ചെറിയ നരിച്ചീർ)[]
Family: Molossidae[]
Genus: Tadarida[]
Species: Tadarida aegyptiaca (Egyptian free-tailed bat)[]
Family: Pteropodidae[]
Genus: Cynopterus[]
Species: Cynopterus brachyotis (lesser short-nosed fruit bat / ശ്വാനമുഖൻ വവ്വാൽ)[]
Species: Cynopterus sphinx (greater short-nosed fruit bat / കുറുമൂക്കൻ വവ്വാൽ)[]
Genus: Eonycteris[]
Species: Eonycteris spelaea (cave nectar bat / പ്രഭാത വവ്വാൽ)[]
Genus: Pteropus[]
Species: Pteropus giganteus (Indian flying fox / ഇന്ത്യൻ പഴവവ്വാൽ)[]
Genus: Rousettus[]
Species: Rousettus leschenaultii (Leschenault's rousette / മഞ്ഞച്ചുവപ്പൻ പഴവവ്വാൽ)[]
Family: Rhinolophidae[]
Genus: Rhinolophus[]
Species: Rhinolophus beddomei (lesser woolly horseshoe bat)[]
Species: Rhinolophus lepidus (Blyth's horseshoe bat)[]
Species: Rhinolophus pusillus (least horseshoe bat)[]
Species: Rhinolophus rouxii (rufous horseshoe bat)[]
Family: Vespertilionidae[]
Genus: Falsistrellus[]
Species: Falsistrellus affinis (chocolate pipistrelle)[]
Genus: Harpiocephalus[]
Species: Harpiocephalus harpia (lesser hairy-winged bat)[]
Genus: Kerivoula[]
Species: Kerivoula picta (painted bat / ചിത്രവാവ്വൽ)[]
Genus: Myotis[]
Species: Myotis horsfieldii (Horsfield's bat)[]
Species: Myotis montivagus (Burmese whiskered bat)[]
Genus: Pipistrellus[]
Species: Pipistrellus ceylonicus (Kelaart's pipistrelle / സിലോൺ അടക്കവാവൽ)[]
Species: Pipistrellus tenuis (least pipistrelle / കുഞ്ഞൻ അടക്കവാവൽ)[]
Genus: Scotozous[]
Species: Scotozous dormeri (Dormer's bat)[]
Genus: Scotophilus[]
Species: Scotophilus heathii (greater Asiatic yellow bat)[]
Species: Scotophilus kuhlii (lesser Asiatic yellow bat)[]
Genus: Tylonycteris[]
Species: Tylonycteris pachypus (lesser bamboo bat)[]
Order: Eulipotyphla[]
Family: Erinaceidae[]
Genus: Paraechinus[]
Species: Paraechinus nudiventris (bare-bellied hedgehog / ഇത്തിൾപന്നി)[]
Family: Soricidae[]
Genus: Feroculus[]
Species: Feroculus feroculus (Kelaart's long-clawed shrew / സിലോൺ നച്ചെലി)[]
Genus: Suncus[]
Species: Suncus dayi (Day's shrew / കാട്ടു നച്ചെലി)[]
Species: Suncus dayi (Etruscan shrew)[]
Species: Suncus murinus (Asian house shrew / വീട്ടു നച്ചെലി)[]
Species: Suncus niger ()[]
Order: Lagomorpha[]
Family: Leporidae[]
Genus: Lepus[]
Species: Lepus nigricollis (Indian hare / കാട്ടുമുയൽ)[]
Order: Pholidota[]
Family: Manidae[]
Genus: Manis[]
Species: Manis crassicaudata (Indian pangolin / ഈനാമ്പേച്ചി)[]
Order: Primates[]
Family: Cercopithecidae[]
Genus: Macaca[]
Species: Macaca radiata (bonnet macaque / നാടൻ കുരങ്ങ്)[]
Species: Macaca silenus (lion-tailed macaque / സിംഹവാലൻ കുരങ്ങ്)[]
Genus: Semnopithecus[]
Species: Semnopithecus hypoleucos (black-footed grey langur / കരിംകയ്യൻ കുരങ്ങ്)[]
Species: Semnopithecus priam (tufted grey langur / തൊപ്പിഹനുമാൻ കുരങ്ങ്)[]
Genus: Trachypithecus[]
Species: Trachypithecus johnii (Nilgiri langur / കരിങ്കുരങ്ങ്)[]
Family: Lorisidae[]
Genus: Loris[]
Species: Loris lydekkerianus (grey slender loris / കുട്ടിത്തേവാങ്ക്)[]
Order: Proboscidea[]
Family: Elephantidae[]
Genus: Elephas[]
Species: Elephas maximus indicus (Indian elephant / ഇന്ത്യൻ ആന)[]
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female
calf
Order: Rodentia[]
Family: Hystricidae[]
Genus: Hystrix[]
Species: Hystrix indica (Indian crested porcupine / മുള്ളൻ പന്നി)[]
Family: Muridae[]
Genus: Bandicota[]
Species: Bandicota bengalensis (lesser bandicoot rat / തുരപ്പനെലി)[]
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Species: Bandicota indica (greater bandicoot rat / പെരുച്ചാഴി)[]
Genus: Golunda[]
Species: Golunda ellioti (Indian bush rat / ഗോളുണ്ട എലി)[]
Genus: Madromys[]
Species: Madromys blanfordi (Blanford's rat / വെള്ളവാലൻ എലി)[]
Genus: Mus[]
Species: Mus booduga (little Indian field mouse / ചെറുചുണ്ടെലി)[]
Species: Mus famulus (servant mouse / കാട്ടുചുണ്ടെലി)[]
Species: Mus musculus (house mouse / ചുണ്ടെലി)[]
Species: Mus platythrix (flat-haired mouse / മുള്ളൻ ചുണ്ടെലി)[]
Genus: Rattus[]
Species: Rattus norvegicus (brown rat / തവിടൻ എലി)[]
Species: Rattus ranjiniae (Kerala rat / നെല്ലെലി)[]
Species: Rattus rattus (black rat / കറുത്ത എലി)[]
Species: Rattus satarae (Sahyadris forest rat / സഹ്യാദ്രി കാട്ടെലി)[]
Genus: Tatera[]
Species: Tatera indica (Indian gerbil / കംഗാരു എലി)[]
Genus: Vandeleuria[]
Species: Vandeleuria nilagirica (Nilgiri long-tailed tree mouse / വാലൻ ചുണ്ടെലി)[]
Family: Platacanthomyidae[]
Genus: Platacanthomys[]
Species: Platacanthomys lasiurus (Malabar spiny dormouse / മുള്ളെലി)[]
Family: Sciuridae[]
Genus: Funambulus[]
Species: Funambulus palmarum (Indian palm squirrel / അണ്ണാറക്കണ്ണൻ)[]
Species: Funambulus sublineatus (Nilgiri striped squirrel / കുഞ്ഞൻ അണ്ണാൻ )[]
Species: Funambulus tristriatus (jungle palm squirrel / കാട്ടുവരയണ്ണാൻ)[]
Genus: Petaurista[]
Species: Petaurista philippensis (Indian giant flying squirrel / പാറാൻ)[]
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Genus: Petinomys[]
Species: Petinomys fuscocapillus (Travancore flying squirrel / കുഞ്ഞൻ പാറാൻ)[]
Genus: Ratufa[]
Species: Ratufa indica (Indian giant squirrel / മലയണ്ണാൻ)[]
Species: Ratufa macroura (grizzled giant squirrel / ചാമ്പൽ മലയണ്ണാൻ)[]
Order: Scandentia[]
Family: Tupaiidae[]
Genus: Anathana[]
Species: Anathana ellioti (Madras treeshrew / മരനച്ചെലി)[]
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Order: Sirenia[]
Family: Dugongidae[]
Genus: Dugong[]
Species: Dugong dugon (dugong / കടൽപ്പശു)[]
References[]
- Nameer, P. O. (2015). "A checklist of mammals of Kerala, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 7 (13): 7971–7982. doi:10.11609/JoTT.2000.7.13.7971-7982
- 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
- Kumarran, R. P. (2012). "Cetaceans and cetacean research in India". Journal of Cetacean Research and Management. 12 (2): 159–172.
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