List of mammals of Kerala

=== Family: Bovidae === ====Genus: Bos==== ===== Species: Bos gaurus (gaur / കാട്ടുപോത്ത്) ===== File:Indian Gaur from anaimalai hills JEG5290.jpg|male File:Male Gaur.jpg|male File:Gaur with calf.jpg|female with calf ====Genus: Nilgiritragus==== ===== Species: Nilgiritragus hylocrius (Nilgiri tahr / വരയാട്) ===== File:A courting male in Eravikulam NP AJTJohnsingh DSCN2997.jpg|male (left) File:Nilgiri tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius) female.jpg|female File:Nilgiritragus hylocrius.JPG|habitat ====Genus: Tetracerus==== ===== Species: Tetracerus quadricornis (four-horned antelope / ഉല്ലമാൻ) ===== File:Tetracerus quadricornis I.jpg|male File:Tetracerus quadricornis III.jpg|male File:Chowsingha female feeding on silk cotton flowers AJTJohnsingh DSCN6829.jpg|female === Family: Cervidae === ====Genus: Axis==== ===== Species: Axis axis (chital / പുള്ളിമാൻ) ===== File:A chital stag 1.JPG|male File:Spotted deer (Axis axis) female.jpg|female File:Axis axis (Nagarhole, 2010).jpg|male ====Genus: Muntiacus==== ===== Species: Muntiacus muntjak (Indian muntjac / കേഴമാൻ) ===== File:Barking deer in BR hills.jpg File:Barkingdeer by N A Nazeer.jpg File:Barking deer (Indian muntjac) in Khao Yai national park (8071505654).jpg ====Genus: Rusa==== ===== Species: Rusa unicolor (sambar deer / മ്ലാവ്) ===== File:Sambar (Cervus unicolor unicolor) male.jpg|male File:Sambar (Cervus unicolor unicolor) female.jpg|female === Family: Suidae === ====Genus: Sus==== ===== Species: Sus scrofa cristatus (Indian boar / കാട്ടുപന്നി) ===== File:Wildboar in Anamalai hills.jpg File:225A7892.jpg File:Scavenger feast - Yala December 2010 (1).jpg === Family: Tragulidae === ====Genus: Moschiola==== ===== Species: Moschiola indica (Indian spotted chevrotain / കൂരമാൻ) ===== File:Indian spotted chevrotain Moschiola indica Mouse deer from the Anaimalai hills DSC9927 03.jpg File:Indian spotted chevrotain Moschiola indica Mouse deer from the Anaimalai hills DSC9927 01.jpg File:Indian spotted chevrotain Moschiola indica Mouse deer from the Anaimalai hills DSC9927 02.jpg == Order: Carnivora ==

=== Family: Canidae === ====Genus: Canis==== ===== Species: Canis aureus naria (Sri Lankan jackal / കുറുനരി ) ===== File:Flickr - Rainbirder - Golden Jackal.jpg File:Flickr - Rainbirder - Golden Jackal Female.jpg File:Canis aureus naria - Yala December 2010 (1).jpg ====Genus: Cuon==== ===== Species: Cuon alpinus (dhole / ചെന്നായ) ===== File:Indian wild dog by N. A. Naseer.jpg File:Dhole or Wild dog (79).jpg File:SaurabhSawant WildDogs Tadoba SAU 3280.jpg ====Genus: Vulpes==== ===== Species: Vulpes bengalensis (Bengal fox / കുറുക്കൻ) ===== File:Fox on Th Rocks Milind Raut Pune Outskirts August13.jpg File:Indian Fox in a Grassland.jpg File:Indianfox.jpg === Family: Felidae === ====Genus: Felis==== ===== Species: Felis chaus (jungle cat / കാട്ടുമാക്കാൻ / കാട്ടുപൂച്ച) ===== File:Jungle cat (4).jpg File:FelisChausMunsiari1.jpg File:FelisChausMunsiari2.jpg ====Genus: Panthera==== ===== Species: Panthera pardus fusca (Indian leopard / ഇന്ത്യൻ പുള്ളിപ്പുലി) ===== File:Leopards Davidraju 39.jpg File:Nagarhole Kabini Karnataka India, Leopard September 2013.jpg File:Indian Leopard at Gir 2.jpg ===== Species: Panthera tigris tigris (Bengal tiger / ബംഗാൾ കടുവ) ===== File:Adult male Royal Bengal tiger.jpg File:Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) female.jpg File:Royal Bengal Tiger at Kanha National Park.jpg ====Genus: Prionailurus==== ===== Species: Prionailurus bengalensis (leopard cat / പൂച്ചപ്പുലി) ===== File:Leopard cat India.jpg File:Leopard Cat Tennoji.jpg File:Prionailurus bengalensis in Indonesia.jpg ===== Species: Prionailurus rubiginosus (rusty-spotted cat / തുരുമ്പൻ പൂച്ച) ===== File:Rusty spotted cat 1.jpg File:Rustyspottedcat, crop.jpg File:Rusty spotted cat, crop.jpg === Family: Herpestidae === ====Genus: Urva==== ===== Species: Urva edwardsii (Indian grey mongoose / നാടൻ കീരി) ===== File:Indian grey mongoose.jpg File:Indian Mongoose pups.jpg File:Indian Grey Mongoose or Common Grey Mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii) Amravati Maharashtra.JPG ===== Species: Urva fusca (Indian brown mongoose / തവിടൻ കീരി) ===== File:Brown mongoose.jpg File:Brown mongoose -.jpg File:Brown mongoose DM DSCN8102.jpg =====Species: Urva smithii (ruddy mongoose / ചുണയൻ കീരി)===== File:Mongoose in Yala National Park 1.JPG File:Ruddy mangoos by N. A. Naseer.jpg File:Ruddy mongoose DSC 6801.jpg =====Species: Urva vitticolla (stripe-necked mongoose / ചെങ്കീരി)===== File:2007-stripe-necked-mongoose.jpg File:Stripe necked mangoos by N A Nazeer.jpg File:Striped neck mongoose.jpg === Family: Mustelidae === ====Genus: Aonyx==== =====Species: Aonyx cinerea (Asian small-clawed otter / മല നീർനായ)===== File:Otter - melbourne zoo.jpg File:Aonyx cinerea -Edinburgh Zoo-8.jpg File:La Mênag'gie d'Jèrri siez Durrell 2013 184.jpg ====Genus: Lutrogale==== =====Species: Lutrogale perspicillata (smooth-coated otter / സ്മൂത്ത്-കോട്ടഡ് നീർനായ)===== File:Smooth-coated Otter (14157590954).jpg File:Smooth-coated otter1.jpg File:2006-kabini-otter.jpg ====Genus: Martes==== =====Species: Martes gwatkinsii (Nilgiri marten / മരനായ)===== File:Nilgiri marten by N A Nazeer.jpg File:Nilgiri Marten Naseef Gafoor.jpg File:Nilgiri marten (2) by N A Nazeer.tiff === Family: Ursidae === ====Genus: Melursus==== =====Species: Melursus ursinus (sloth bear / തേൻകരടി)===== File:As lazy as that.jpg File:DIESELtheBEAR.jpg File:Hair over Bear.jpg === Family: Viverridae === ====Genus: Paradoxurus==== =====Species: Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Asian palm civet / മരപ്പട്ടി)===== File:Marapatti.jpg File:Asian Palm Civet Over A Tree.jpg File:Asian Palm Civet (14157389395).jpg ===== Species: Paradoxurus jerdoni (brown palm civet / തവിടൻ വെരുക്) ===== File:MG 1528 Brown Palm Civet Paradoxurus jerdoni Neelakandan Madavana aka Anil.jpg File:Brownpalm civet.jpg File:BrownPalmCivet DSC 2101.jpg ====Genus: Viverricula==== =====Species: Viverricula indica (small Indian civet / പൂവെരുക്)===== File:Small Indian Civet at Ratanmahal sloth bear sanctuary.jpg File:Small India Civet(Viverricula indica).jpg == Order: Cetacea ==

=== Family: Balaenopteridae === ====Genus: Balaenoptera==== =====Species: Balaenoptera acutorostrata (common minke whale / ചെറുതിമിംഗലം)===== File:Balaenoptera acutorostrata Saint-Laurent 01.jpg File:Balaenoptera-acutorostrata.jpg ===== Species: Balaenoptera borealis (sei whale / ചാരത്തിമിംഗിലം) ===== File:Sei whale mother and calf Christin Khan NOAA.jpg File:Sei whale mother and calf Christin Khan NOAA(1).jpg ===== Species: Balaenoptera brydei/edeni (Bryde's whale / ബ്രൈഡന്റെ തിമിംഗിലം) ===== File:210209 DSC 0662.jpg File:Balaenoptera edeni.jpg ===== Species: Balaenoptera musculus (blue whale / നീലത്തിമിംഗിലം) ===== File:Anim1754 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg File:Rug van blauwe vinvis Sri Lanka.jpg File:Large Blue Whale Off Southern California Coast Photo Don Ramey Logan.jpg ===== Species: Balaenoptera physalus (fin whale / ചിറകൻ തിമിംഗിലം) ===== File:Finhval (1).jpg File:Balaenoptera physalus Saint-Laurent 02.jpg File:Whale watching Tadoussac 01.jpg ====Genus: Megaptera==== ===== Species: Megaptera novaeangliae (humpback whale / കൂനൻ തിമിംഗിലം) ===== File:Breaching Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) (9660851285).jpg File:Baleine à bosse et son baleineau 2.jpg File:Humpback whale bis.jpeg === Family: Delphinidae === ====Genus: Delphinus==== =====Species: Delphinus capensis (long-beaked common dolphin)===== File:Delphinus capensis.JPG File:Dolphin (7187505172).jpg File:Whales 177 (9070619906).jpg ====Genus: Feresa==== ===== Species: Feresa attenuata (pygmy killer whale / ചിന്ന കൊലയാളിത്തിമിംഗലം) ===== File:Feresa attenuata.jpg ====Genus: Globicephala==== ===== Species: Globicephala macrorhynchus (short-finned pilot whale / ചെറുചിറകൻ തിമിംഗലം) ===== File:Globicephala macrorhynchus Tenerife 2012.jpg File:Globicephala macrorhynchus Kurzflossen-Grindwal DSCF8148.JPG File:Pilot whale.jpg ====Genus: Grampus==== =====Species: Grampus griseus (Risso's dolphin)===== File:Risso's Dolphin.jpg File:Risso's dolphin.jpg File:Risso's Dolphins - Flickr - GregTheBusker.jpg ====Genus: Lagenodelphis==== ===== Species: Lagenodelphis hosei (Fraser's dolphin / ആഴക്കടൽ ഡോൾഫിൻ) ===== File:Frazer´s dolphin group.jpg File:Bluewater Cruising.jpg ====Genus: Orcinus==== ===== Species: Orcinus orca (killer whale / കൊലയാളിത്തിമിംഗലം) ===== File:Killerwhales jumping.jpg File:CRASH! (3732929529).jpg File:Orcas & humpbacks (3731051754).jpg ====Genus: Peponocephala==== ===== Species: Peponocephala electra (melon-headed whale / മത്തങ്ങാത്തലയൻ തിമിംഗലം) ===== File:Peponocephala electra.jpg File:Melonhead whales (15159453908).jpg ====Genus: Pseudorca==== ===== Species: Pseudorca crassidens (false killer whale / കപട കൊലയാളിത്തിമിംഗലം) ===== File:False killer whale 890002.jpg File:Orlando Sea World Dolphins 2.jpg File:Pseudorca crassidens.jpg ====Genus: Sousa==== =====Species: Sousa chinensis (Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphin)===== File:Pink Dolphin.JPG File:Sousa chinensis (2) by Zureks.jpg ====Genus: Stenella==== ===== Species: Stenella attenuata (pantropical spotted dolphin / പുള്ളി ഡോൾഫിൻ) ===== File:Anim1018 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg File:PanTropSpDolpor.jpg File:Stenella attenuata 004.jpg ===== Species: Stenella coeruleoalba (striped dolphin / വരയൻ ഡോൾഫിൻ) ===== File:Delfini tra panarea e stromboli 2.jpg File:Stenella striata.JPG =====Species: Stenella longirostris (spinner dolphin)===== File:A spinner dolphin in the Red Sea.jpg File:A pod of spinner dolphins in the Red Sea.jpg File:Stenella longirostris.JPG ====Genus: Steno==== ===== Species: Steno bredanensis (rough-toothed dolphin / പരുക്കൻപല്ലൻ ഡോൾഫിൻ) ===== File:Steno bredanensis 2.jpg File:Steno bredanensis 3.jpg File:Rauzahndelfine Bugwellenreiten.jpg ====Genus: Tursiops==== =====Species: Tursiops aduncus (Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin)===== File:Migrating mammals (15346028265).jpg File:Dolphin - Monkey Mia, WA 2.JPG File:Tursiops aduncus, Port River, Adelaide, Australia - 2003.jpg ===== Species: Tursiops truncatus (common bottlenose dolphin / കുപ്പിമൂക്കൻ ഡോൾഫിൻ) ===== File:Tursiops truncatus 01.jpg File:Anim1069 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg File:Bottlenose dolphin cromarty firth 2006.jpg === Family: Kogiidae === ====Genus: Kogia==== ===== Species: Kogia breviceps (pygmy sperm whale / കുഞ്ഞൻ എണ്ണത്തിമിംഗിലം) ===== File:Pygmy sperm whale.jpg File:FMIB 34085 Kogia breviceps, (Blainville) Gray Pygmy Sperm Whale.jpeg =====Species: Kogia sima (dwarf sperm whale)===== File:Porpoise.jpg File:Dwarf sperm whale (NOAA Pitman).jpg File:Kogia sima.jpg === Family: Phocoenidae === ====Genus: Neophocaena==== ===== Species: Neophocaena phocaenoides (finless porpoise / എലിയനേടി) ===== File:Neophocaena phocaenoides DSC 03.jpg File:Neophocaena phocaenoides -Miyajima Aquarium -Japan-8a.jpg File:First part colorJBNHSa.jpg === Family: Physeteridae === ====Genus: Physeter==== ===== Species: Physeter macrocephalus (sperm whale / എണ്ണത്തിമിംഗിലം) ===== File:Mother and baby sperm whale.jpg File:Sperm whale Tim Cole NMFS crop.jpg File:Anim1753 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg === Family: Ziphiidae === ====Genus: Indopacetus==== =====Species: Indopacetus pacificus (tropical bottlenose whale)===== ====Genus: Mesoplodon==== ===== Species: Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville's beaked whale / ചുണ്ടൻ തിമിംഗിലം / കൊമ്പൻ തിമിംഗിലം) ===== File:Beaked Whale.jpg File:Adult Male Blainville's Beaked Whale.jpg ===== 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) ===== File:Ziphius cavirostris Mar Ligure.jpg File:Wal Cuviera.jpg == Order: Chiroptera ==

=== Family: Emballonuridae === ====Genus: Saccolaimus==== ===== Species: Saccolaimus saccolaimus (naked-rumped pouched bat / സഞ്ചിവാഹി ഉറവാലൻവാവൽ) ===== File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MAM.32650.b reg - Saccolaimus saccolaimus - skin.jpeg File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MAM.32650.b pal - Saccolaimus saccolaimus - skin.jpeg ====Genus: Taphozous==== ===== Species: Taphozous melanopogon (black-bearded tomb bat / കരിന്താടി ഉറവാലൻവാവൽ) ===== File:Black-bearded tomb bat.jpg File:Black-bearded tomb bat (Taphozous melanopogon), male with prominent black beard.jpg File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MAM.14795 ven - Taphozous melanopogon - skin.jpeg =====Species: Taphozous longimanus (long-winged tomb bat)===== File:Taphozous longimanus - Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria - Genoa, Italy - DSC02550.JPG File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MAM.51995.b ven - Taphozous longimanus kampenii - skin.jpeg File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MAM.51995.b dor - Taphozous longimanus kampenii - skin.jpeg === Family: Hipposideridae === ====Genus: Hipposideros==== =====Species: Hipposideros ater (dusky leaf-nosed bat)===== File:Hipposideros ater by Nameer.jpg ===== Species: Hipposideros fulvus (fulvus roundleaf bat / തവിടൻ ഇലമൂക്കൻവാവൽ) ===== File:Hipposideros fulvus by Nameer.jpg File:Fulvous Roundleaf Bat (Hipposideros fulvus).jpg ===== Species: Hipposideros speoris (Schneider's leaf-nosed bat / ഇന്ത്യൻ ഇലമൂക്കൻവാവൽ) ===== File:Schneider's Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros speoris DSC 9833 copy filtered copy.jpg File:Schneiders leaf nosed bat close up.jpg File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MAM.32185.b gen - Hipposideros speoris speoris - skin.jpeg === Family: Megadermatidae === ====Genus: Megaderma==== =====Species: Megaderma lyra (greater false vampire bat)===== File:Greater False Vampire Bat (Megaderma lyra).jpg File:Greater false vampire bat (Megaderma lyra).jpg File:Megaderma lyra - Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria - Genoa, Italy - DSC02564.JPG ===== Species: Megaderma spasma (lesser false vampire bat / ചെറിയ നരിച്ചീർ) ===== File:Megaderma spasma.jpg File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MAM.33013.b gen - Megaderma spasma trifolium - skin.jpeg === Family: Molossidae === ====Genus: Tadarida==== =====Species: Tadarida aegyptiaca (Egyptian free-tailed bat)===== File:Egyptian Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida aegyptiaca) (6857006746).jpg File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MAM.27194.b ven - Tadarida aegyptiaca aegyptiaca - skin.jpeg File:Tadarida aegyptiaca.png === Family: Pteropodidae === ====Genus: Cynopterus==== ===== Species: Cynopterus brachyotis (lesser short-nosed fruit bat / ശ്വാനമുഖൻ വവ്വാൽ) ===== File:Lesser short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis).jpg File:Cynopterus brachyotis - Siau Island.JPG File:Cynopterus brachyotis, Philippines.jpg ===== Species: Cynopterus sphinx (greater short-nosed fruit bat / കുറുമൂക്കൻ വവ്വാൽ) ===== File:Short-nosed Indian Fruit Bat (Cynopterus sphinx) Photograph By Shantanu Kuveskar.jpg File:Cynopterus sphinx by Nameer.jpg File:Greater short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus sphinx) feeding on Kapok (Ceiba pentandra) at night in Kolkata W IMG 3877.jpg ====Genus: Eonycteris==== ===== Species: Eonycteris spelaea (cave nectar bat / പ്രഭാത വവ്വാൽ) ===== File:Eonycteris spelaea.jpg ====Genus: Pteropus==== ===== Species: Pteropus giganteus (Indian flying fox / ഇന്ത്യൻ പഴവവ്വാൽ) ===== File:Indian flying foxes (Pteropus giganteus giganteus).jpg File:Greater Indian fruit bat @ Kanjirappally 02.jpg File:Indian flying fox (Pteropus giganteus giganteus) in flight.jpg ====Genus: Rousettus==== ===== Species: Rousettus leschenaultii (Leschenault's rousette / മഞ്ഞച്ചുവപ്പൻ പഴവവ്വാൽ) ===== File:Rousettus leschenaultii by Rajesh Puttaswamaiah.jpg File:Rousettus leschenaultii 2 by Rajesh Puttaswamaiah.jpg File:Rousettus leschenaultii 3 by Rajesh Puttaswamaiah.jpg === Family: Rhinolophidae === ====Genus: Rhinolophus==== =====Species: Rhinolophus beddomei (lesser woolly horseshoe bat)===== File:Lesser Woolly Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus beddomei).jpg File:Rhinolophus beddomei.jpg =====Species: Rhinolophus lepidus (Blyth's horseshoe bat)===== File:Rhinolophus lepidus by Davidraju.jpg File:Blyth's Horsehoe Bat (Rhinolophus lepidus).JPG File:Rhinolophus lepidus by Nameer.jpg =====Species: Rhinolophus pusillus (least horseshoe bat)===== File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MAM.15147.b gen - Rhinolophus pusillus - skin.jpeg File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MAM.15148.b reg - Rhinolophus pusillus - skin.jpeg =====Species: Rhinolophus rouxii (rufous horseshoe bat)===== File:Rhinolophus rouxii.jpg File:Rhinolophus rouxii by Nameer.jpg File:Rufous Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus rouxii) (6747960629).jpg === 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) ===== File:Kerivoula picta - Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria - Genoa, Italy - DSC02554.JPG ====Genus: Myotis==== =====Species: Myotis horsfieldii (Horsfield's bat)===== File:Myotis horsfieldii by Rohit Chakravarty.jpg File:Vespertilio horsfieldii - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ20800137.tif =====Species: Myotis montivagus (Burmese whiskered bat)===== File:Myotis montivagus Dobson.jpg ====Genus: Pipistrellus==== ===== Species: Pipistrellus ceylonicus (Kelaart's pipistrelle / സിലോൺ അടക്കവാവൽ) ===== ===== Species: Pipistrellus tenuis (least pipistrelle / കുഞ്ഞൻ അടക്കവാവൽ) ===== File:Pipistrellus tenuis by Manoj P.jpg File:Pipistrellus tenuis 2 by Manoj P.jpg File:Pipistrellus tenuis by Dibyendu Ash.jpg ====Genus: Scotozous==== =====Species: Scotozous dormeri (Dormer's bat)===== ====Genus: Scotophilus==== =====Species: Scotophilus heathii (greater Asiatic yellow bat)===== File:Scotophilus heathii by Nameer.jpg =====Species: Scotophilus kuhlii (lesser Asiatic yellow bat)===== File:Scotophilus kuhlii (Bukidnon, Philippines) 5.jpg File:ScotoKuhliiBinnaguri02.jpg File:ScotoKuhliiBinnaguri12.jpg ====Genus: Tylonycteris==== =====Species: Tylonycteris pachypus (lesser bamboo bat)===== File:Lesser Bamboo Bat.JPG File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MAM.32821.b dor - Tylonycteris pachypus - skin.jpeg File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MAM.32821.b ven - Tylonycteris pachypus - skin.jpeg == 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)===== File:Shrew (Crocidura sp) 01.jpg File:Etruscan Shrew (Suncus etruscus) 03.jpg File:Suncus etruscus.jpg ===== Species: Suncus murinus (Asian house shrew / വീട്ടു നച്ചെലി) ===== File:Suncus murinus.jpg File:Suncu murin 071204-2142 tdp.jpg =====Species: Suncus niger (Indian highland shrew)===== == Order: Lagomorpha ==

=== Family: Leporidae === ====Genus: Lepus==== ===== Species: Lepus nigricollis (Indian hare / കാട്ടുമുയൽ) ===== File:Indian hare by N A Nazeer.jpg File:Black Naped Hare.jpg File:TADO0071.jpg == Order: Pholidota ==

=== Family: Manidae === ====Genus: Manis==== ===== Species: Manis crassicaudata (Indian pangolin / ഈനാമ്പേച്ചി) ===== File:Pangolin brought to the Range office, KMTR AJTJ.jpg File:Manis crassicaudata (29600051791).jpg File:Pangolin (Gir Forest, Gujarat, India).jpg == Order: Primates ==

=== Family: Cercopithecidae === ====Genus: Macaca==== ===== Species: Macaca radiata (bonnet macaque / നാടൻ കുരങ്ങ്) ===== File:Cute Monkey cropped.jpg File:A monkey in Kansamalai.JPG File:Bonnet macaque DSC 0982.jpg ===== Species: Macaca silenus (lion-tailed macaque / സിംഹവാലൻ കുരങ്ങ്‌) ===== File:Lion Tailed Macaque aggression.jpg File:LTM profile.JPG File:Lion-tailed macaque by N A Nazeer.jpg ====Genus: Semnopithecus==== ===== Species: Semnopithecus hypoleucos (black-footed grey langur / കരിംകയ്യൻ കുരങ്ങ്) ===== File:Gray Langur or Hanuman langur.jpg File:225A7748.jpg File:Langur with baby.jpg ===== Species: Semnopithecus priam (tufted grey langur / തൊപ്പിഹനുമാൻ കുരങ്ങ്)===== File:Tufted grey langur (Semnopithecus priam).jpg File:Grey Langur1.jpg ====Genus: Trachypithecus==== ===== Species: Trachypithecus johnii (Nilgiri langur / കരിങ്കുരങ്ങ്) ===== File:Nilgiri langur by Joseph Lazer.jpg File:Langur @ parambikulam.jpg File:Nilgiri langur by N. A. Naseer.jpg File:NILGIRI Langur.jpg === Family: Lorisidae === ====Genus: Loris==== ===== Species: Loris lydekkerianus (grey slender loris / കുട്ടിത്തേവാങ്ക്) ===== File:Loris malabaricus 13.jpg File:Slender Loris.jpg File:Slender loris by N A Nazeer.jpg == Order: Proboscidea ==

=== Family: Elephantidae === ====Genus: Elephas==== ===== Species: Elephas maximus indicus (Indian elephant / ഇന്ത്യൻ ആന) ===== File:Elephas maximus (Bandipur).jpg|male File:IndianElephant.jpg|female File:Elephas maximus calf injured (Nagarhole, 2010).jpg|calf == Order: Rodentia ==

=== Family: Hystricidae === ====Genus: Hystrix==== ===== Species: Hystrix indica (Indian crested porcupine / മുള്ളൻ പന്നി) ===== File:Hystrix indica.jpg File:Indian Crested Porcupine.JPG File:Hystrix-indica-1.jpg === Family: Muridae === ====Genus: Bandicota==== ===== Species: Bandicota bengalensis (lesser bandicoot rat / തുരപ്പനെലി) ===== File:Lesser Bandicoot-Rat.jpg File:Bandicota bengalensis Hardwicke.jpg|illustration ===== Species: Bandicota indica (greater bandicoot rat / പെരുച്ചാഴി) ===== File:Peruchazi DSC05549.jpg ====Genus: Golunda==== ===== Species: Golunda ellioti (Indian bush rat / ഗോളുണ്ട എലി) ===== File:Indian Bush Rat at Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, India.jpg ====Genus: Madromys==== ===== Species: Madromys blanfordi (Blanford's rat / വെള്ളവാലൻ എലി) ===== File:Madromys blanfordi.jpg ====Genus: Mus==== ===== Species: Mus booduga (little Indian field mouse / ചെറുചുണ്ടെലി) ===== ===== Species: Mus famulus (servant mouse / കാട്ടുചുണ്ടെലി) ===== ===== Species: Mus musculus (house mouse / ചുണ്ടെലി) ===== File:Мышь 2.jpg File:Мышь 3.jpg File:Verletzte Hausmaus.JPG ===== Species: Mus platythrix (flat-haired mouse / മുള്ളൻ ചുണ്ടെലി) ===== ====Genus: Rattus==== ===== Species: Rattus norvegicus (brown rat / തവിടൻ എലി) ===== File:Arboretum Zürich - Rattus norvegicus -fraglich- 2014-09-27 19-31-56 (P7800).JPG File:Brown Rat (19143365308).jpg File:WildRat.jpg ===== Species: Rattus ranjiniae (Kerala rat / നെല്ലെലി) ===== ===== Species: Rattus rattus (black rat / കറുത്ത എലി) ===== File:CSIRO ScienceImage 10564 The black rat Rattus rattus.jpg File:Rattus rattus 01 reframed.JPG File:Black Rat (Rattus rattus) under the Tree House (15858296885).jpg ===== Species: Rattus satarae (Sahyadris forest rat / സഹ്യാദ്രി കാട്ടെലി) ===== File:Rattus satarae.jpg ====Genus: Tatera==== ===== Species: Tatera indica (Indian gerbil / കംഗാരു എലി) ===== File:Tatera indica Hardwicke.jpg ====Genus: Vandeleuria==== ===== Species: Vandeleuria nilagirica (Nilgiri long-tailed tree mouse / വാലൻ ചുണ്ടെലി) ===== File:Vandeleuria nilagirica by Sandeep Das.jpg === Family: Platacanthomyidae === ====Genus: Platacanthomys==== ===== Species: Platacanthomys lasiurus (Malabar spiny dormouse / മുള്ളെലി) ===== File:Malabar spiny dormouse.jpg File:PlatacanthomysLasiurusErxleben.jpg === Family: Sciuridae === ====Genus: Funambulus==== ===== Species: Funambulus palmarum (Indian palm squirrel / അണ്ണാറക്കണ്ണൻ) ===== File:Three-stripedPalmSquirrel TRShankarRaman Daroji.jpg File:Indian Palm Squirrel (Funambulus palmarum).jpg ===== Species: Funambulus sublineatus (Nilgiri striped squirrel / കുഞ്ഞൻ അണ്ണാൻ ) ===== File:Dusky striped squirrel by N A Nazeer.jpg File:Dusky striped squirrel by N A Nazeer.tif File:Dusky palm squirrel Funambulus sublineatus from Anaimalai hills JEG1757.jpg ===== Species: Funambulus tristriatus (jungle palm squirrel / കാട്ടുവരയണ്ണാൻ) ===== File:Jungle satriped palm squirrel.jpg File:Jungle Striped Squirrel - Funambulus tristriatus.jpg File:Jungle Striped Squirrel.jpg ====Genus: Petaurista==== ===== Species: Petaurista philippensis (Indian giant flying squirrel / പാറാൻ) ===== File:Indian Giant Flying Squirrel captured at Polo Forests, Sabarkantha, Gujarat India.jpg File:Indian giant flying squirrel.jpg File:'Indian Giant Flying Squirrel Dahod.jpg File:PetauristaLyleiSmit.jpg|illustration ====Genus: Petinomys==== ===== Species: Petinomys fuscocapillus (Travancore flying squirrel / കുഞ്ഞൻ പാറാൻ) ===== ====Genus: Ratufa==== ===== Species: Ratufa indica (Indian giant squirrel / മലയണ്ണാൻ) ===== File:Ratufa indica (Bhadra, 2006).jpg File:Malabar giant squirrel (2) by N. A. Naseer.jpg File:Malabar giant squirrel-thattekad.jpg ===== Species: Ratufa macroura (grizzled giant squirrel / ചാമ്പൽ മലയണ്ണാൻ) ===== File:GrizzledSquirell-cauvery wls.jpg File:Grizzled sqirrel Chinnar WLS Kerala (68).jpg File:Flickr - Rainbirder - Giant Squirrel (Ratufa macroura) (1).jpg == Order: Scandentia ==

=== Family: Tupaiidae === ====Genus: Anathana==== ===== Species: Anathana ellioti (Madras treeshrew / മരനച്ചെലി) ===== File:The Madras treeshrew (Anathana ellioti) by Davidraju img7.jpg File:TupaiaElliotiWolf.jpg|illustration == Order: Sirenia ==

=== Family: Dugongidae === ====Genus: Dugong==== ===== Species: Dugong dugon (dugong / കടൽപ്പശു) ===== File:Dugong Marsa Alam.jpg File:Dugong.JPG File:Dugong Serena.jpg ==References==