Mammals of J&K

CLASS MAMMALIA

ORDER PRIMATES

Family Cercopithecidae — Old World Monkeys

1. Rhesus Macaque Macaca mulatta (Zimmermann, 1780)

2. Kashmir Gray Langur Semnopithecus ajax (Pocock, 1928)

3. Nepal Gray Langur Semnopithecus schistaceus (Hodgson, 1840)

ORDER LAGOMORPHA

Family  Leporidae — Hares

4. Indian Hare Lepus nigricollis (Cuvier, 1823)

Family Ochotonidae — Pikas

5. Large-eared Pika Ochotona macrotis (Günther, 1875)

6. Royle’s Pika Ochotona roylii (Ogilby, 1839)

ORDER RODENTIA

Family Hystricidae — Porcupines

7. Indian Crested Porcupine Hystrix indica (Kerr, 1792)

Family Sciuridae — Squirrels

8. Five-striped Palm Squirrel Funambulus pennantii (Wroughton, 1905)

9. Small Kashmir Flying Squirrel Eoglaucomys fimbriatus (Gray, 1837)

10. Woolly Flying Squirrel Eupetaurus cinereus (Thomas, 1888)

11. White-bellied Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista albiventer (Gray, 1834)

12. Long-tailed Marmot Marmota caudata (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1844)

Family Cricetidae — Voles and Hamsters

13. Central Kashmir Vole Alticola montosa (True, 1894)

14. Burrowing Vole Hyperacrius fertilis (True, 1894)

Family Muridae — Rats and Mice

15. Himalayan Field Mouse Apodemus pallipes (Barrett-Hamilton, 1900)

16. Kashmir Field Mouse Apodemus rusiges (Miller, 1913)

17. House Mouse Mus musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

18. Lesser Bandicoot Rat Bandicota bengalensis (Gray, 1835)

19. Himalayan Field Rat Rattus nitidus (Hodgson, 1845)

20. Himalayan Rat Rattus pyctoris (Hodgson, 1845)

21. House Rat Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758)

ORDER EULIPOTYPHLA

Family Erinaceidae — Hedgehogs

22. Brandt's Hedgehog Hemiechinus collaris (Brandt, 1836)

Family Soricidae — Shrews

23. Zarudny's Rock Shrew Crocidura zarudnyi (Ognev 1928)

ORDER CHIROPTERA

Family Pteropodidae — Fruit Bats, Flying Foxes

24. Indian Flying Fox Pteropus medius (Temminck, 1825)

25. Leschenault's Rousette Rousettus leschenaultii (Desmarest, 1821)

Family Megadermatidae — False Vampire Bats

26. Greater False Vampire Lyroderma lyra (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810)

Family Rhinolophidae — Horseshoe Bats

27. Greater Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774)

28. Lesser Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hipposideros (Andre, 1797)

Family Miniopteridae — Bent-winged Bats

29. Asian Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus fuliginosus (Hodgson, 1835)

Family Vespertilionidae — Evening Bats, Common Bats

30. Scully's Tube-nosed Bat Murina tubinaris (Scully, 1881)

31. Nepalese Whiskered Bat Myotis muricola (Gray, 1847)

32. Oriental Serotine Cnephaeus pachyomus (Tomes, 1857)

33. Javan Pipistrelle Pipistrellus javanicus (Gray, 1838)

34. Eastern Barbastelle Barbastella darjelingensis (Hodgson, 1855)

35. Ward's Long-eared Bat Plecotus wardi (Thomas 1911)

ORDER PHOLIDOTA

Family Manidae — Pangolins

36. Indian Pangolin Manis crassicaudata (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

ORDER CARNIVORA 

Family Mustelidae — Weasels, Badgers, Otters

37. Yellow-throated Marten Martes flavigula (Boddaert, 1785)

38. Beech Marten Martes foina (Schreber, 1776)

39. Eurasian Otter Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758)

40. Altai Weasel Mustela altaica (Pallas, 1811)

41. Stoat Mustela erminea (Linnaeus, 1758)

42. Siberian Weasel Mustela sibirica (Pallas, 1773)

Family Ursidae — Bears

43. Himalayan Brown Bear Ursus arctos isabellinus (Horsfield, 1826)

44. Asiatic Black Bear Ursus thibetanus (Cuvier, 1823)

Family Canidae — Wolves, Foxes, Jackals

45. Golden Jackal Canis aureus (Linnaeus, 1758)

46. Himalayan Wolf Canis lupus chanco (Gray, 1863)

47. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)

Family Felidae — Cats

48. Jungle Cat Felis chaus (Schreber, 1777)

49. Mainland Leopard Cat Prionailurus bengalensis (Kerr, 1792)

50. Leopard Panthera pardus (Linnaeus, 1758)

51. Snow Leopard Panthera uncia (Schreber, 1775)

Family Herpestidae — Mongooses

52. Small Indian Mongoose Urva auropunctata (Hodgson, 1836)

53. Indian Gray Mongoose Urva edwardsii (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818)

Family Viverridae — Civets

54. Masked Palm Civet Paguma larvata (Smith, 1825)

55. Common Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Pallas, 1777)

56. Small Indian Civet Viverricula indica (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

ORDER ARTIODACTYLA

Family Bovidae — Antelopes, Wild Cattle, Goats and Sheep

57. Markhor Capra falconeri (Wagner, 1839)

58. Siberian Ibex Capra sibirica (Pallas 1776)

59. Himalayan Serow Capricornis sumatraensis thar (Hodgson, 1831)  

60. Himalayan Tahr Hemitragus jemlahicus (Smith, 1827)

61. Himalayan Goral Naemorhedus goral (Hardwicke, 1825)

62. Nilgai Boselaphus tragocamelus (Pallas, 1766)

Family Cervidae — Deers

63. Chital Axis axis (Erxleben, 1777)

64. Hog Deer Axis porcinus (Zimmermann, 1780)

65. Hangul Cervus hanglu (Wagner, 1844)

66. Sambar Rusa unicolor (Kerr, 1792)

67. Northern Red Muntjac Muntiacus vaginalis (Boddaert, 1785)

Family Moschidae — Musk Deers

68. Kashmir Muskdeer Moschus cupreus (Grubb, 1982)

Family Suidae — Hogs, Pigs

69. Wild Boar Sus scrofa (Linnaeus, 1758)