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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male
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female with calf
Genus: Nilgiritragus edit
Species: Nilgiritragus hylocrius (Nilgiri tahr / വരയാട്) edit
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male (left)
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female
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Genus: Tetracerus edit
Species: Tetracerus quadricornis (four-horned antelope / ഉല്ലമാൻ) edit
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male
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female
Family: Cervidae edit
Genus: Axis edit
Species: Axis axis (chital / പുള്ളിമാൻ) edit
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male
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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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female
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
- 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.