Mammals of Thailand

Every mammals in the Wildlife of Thailand guide: 280 species, grouped by family or group. Each name opens its page with photos, identification notes, habitat and range.

Cynocephalidae

• Sunda Colugo Galeopterus variegatus

Manidae

• Sunda Pangolin Manis javanica
• Short-tailed Pangolin Manis pentadactyla

Sciuridae

• Plantain Squirrel Callosciurus notatus
• Variable Squirrel Callosciurus finlaysonii
• Red-cheeked Flying Squirrel Hylopetes spadiceus
• Three-striped Ground Squirrel Lariscus insignis
• Red Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista petaurista
• Cream-coloured Giant Squirrel Ratufa affinis
• Shrew-faced Ground Squirrel Rhinosciurus laticaudatus
• Slender Squirrel Sundasciurus tenuis
• Pallas's Squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus
• Black-striped Squirrel Callosciurus nigrovittatus
• Asian Red-cheeked Squirrel Dremomys rufigenis
• Southeast Asian Striped Squirrel Tamiops barbei
• Cambodian Striped Squirrel Tamiops rodolphii
• Northern Black Giant Squirrel Ratufa gigantea
• Particolored Flying Squirrel Hylopetes alboniger
• Indochinese Flying Squirrel Hylopetes phayrei
• Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel Belomys pearsonii
• Red-and-white Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista alborufus
• Indochinese Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista marica
• Indian Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista philippensis
• Smoky Flying Squirrel Pteromyscus pulverulentus
• Northern Gray-bellied Squirrel Callosciurus caniceps
• Southern Gray-bellied Squirrel Callosciurus concolor
• Robinson's Squirrel Sundasciurus robinsoni
• Black Flying Squirrel Aeromys tephromelas
• Prevost's Squirrel Callosciurus prevostii
• Horse-tailed Squirrel Sundasciurus hippurus
• Jentink's Flying Squirrel Hylopetes platyurus
• Temminck's Flying Squirrel Petinomys setosus

Muridae

• Asian House Mouse Mus musculus
• Pacific Rat Rattus exulans
• Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus
• Asian House Rat Rattus tanezumi
• Malaysian Wood Rat Rattus tiomanicus
• Indomalayan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse Chiropodomys gliroides
• Lesser Marmoset Rat Hapalomys delacouri
• Indomalayan Long-tailed Climbing Mouse Vandeleuria oleraceus
• Ryukyu Mouse Mus caroli
• Greater Bandicoot Rat Bandicota indica
• Bowers's White-toothed Rat Berylmys bowersii
• Burmese Tree Rat Chiromyscus chiropus
• Langbian Tree Rat Chiromyscus langbianis
• Rajah Sundaic Spiny Rat Crunomys rajah
• Indomalayan Spiny Rat Crunomys surifer
• Whitehead's Sundaic Spiny Rat Crunomys whiteheadi
• Herbert's Long-tailed Giant Rat Leopoldamys herberti
• Indomalayan Long-tailed Giant Rat Leopoldamys sabanus
• Bukit White-bellied Rat Niviventer bukit
• Confucian White-bellied Rat Niviventer confucianus
• Indochinese Forest Rat Rattus andamanensis
• Ricefield Rat Rattus argentiventer
• Losea Rat Rattus losea
• White-footed Indochinese Rat Rattus nitidus
• Müller's Rat Sundamys muelleri
• Sundaic Arboreal White-bellied Rat Niviventer cremoriventer
• Fawn-colored Mouse Mus cervicolor
• Little Indochinese Field Rat Rattus sakeratensis

Hystricidae

• Malayan Porcupine Hystrix brachyura
• Asian Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus macrourus

Felidae

• Leopard Panthera pardus
• Tiger Panthera tigris
• Mainland Leopard Cat Prionailurus bengalensis
• Asian Golden Cat Catopuma temminckii
• Jungle Cat Felis chaus
• Flat-headed Cat Prionailurus planiceps
• Fishing Cat Prionailurus viverrinus
• Mainland Clouded Leopard Neofelis nebulosa
• Marbled Cat Pardofelis marmorata

Viverridae

• Small-toothed Palm Civet Arctogalidia trivirgata
• Masked Palm Civet Paguma larvata
• Sumatran Palm Civet Paradoxurus musangus
• Large Indian Civet Viverra zibetha
• Binturong Arctictis binturong
• Northern Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
• Southern Palm Civet Paradoxurus musanga
• Large-spotted Civet Viverra megaspila
• Small Indian Civet Viverricula indica
• Banded Palm Civet Hemigalus derbyanus

Mustelidae

• Hairy-nosed Otter Lutra sumatrana
• Yellow-throated Marten Martes flavigula
• Large-toothed Ferret-badger Melogale personata
• Asian Small-clawed Otter Lutra cinerea
• Eurasian Otter Lutra lutra
• Smooth-coated Otter Lutra perspicillata
• Greater Hog Badger Arctonyx collaris
• Yellow-bellied Weasel Mustela kathiah
• Malay Weasel Mustela nudipes
• Siberian Weasel Mustela sibirica
• Back-striped Weasel Mustela strigidorsa

Suidae

• Eurasian Wild Boar Sus scrofa

Tragulidae

• Lesser Mouse-deer Tragulus kanchil
• Greater Mouse-deer Tragulus napu

Cervidae

• Red Muntjac Muntiacus muntjak
• Sambar Deer Rusa unicolor
• Hog Deer Axis porcinus
• Fea's Muntjac Muntiacus feae

Lorisidae

• Sunda Slow Loris Nycticebus coucang
• Bengal Slow Loris Nycticebus bengalensis

Cercopithecidae

• Long-tailed Macaque Macaca fascicularis
• Robinson’s Banded Langur Presbytis robinsoni
• Dusky Langur Trachypithecus obscurus
• Stump-tailed Macaque Macaca arctoides
• Assamese Macaque Macaca assamensis
• Rhesus Macaque Macaca mulatta
• Pale-thighed Langur Presbytis siamensis
• Indochinese Gray Langur Trachypithecus crepusculus
• Germain's Langur Trachypithecus germaini
• Southern Pig-tailed Macaque Macaca nemestrina

Tupaiidae

• Common Treeshrew Tupaia glis
• Northern Smooth-tailed Treeshrew Dendrogale murina
• Lesser Treeshrew Tupaia minor

Soricidae

• Malayan Shrew Crocidura malayana
• House Shrew Suncus murinus
• Asian Gray White-toothed Shrew Crocidura attenuata
• Southeast Asian White-toothed Shrew Crocidura fuliginosa
• Indochinese White-toothed Shrew Crocidura indochinensis
• Voracious White-toothed Shrew Crocidura vorax
• Etruscan Shrew Suncus etruscus
• Malayan Pygmy Shrew Suncus malayanus
• Chinese Mole Shrew Anourosorex squamipes

Pteropodidae

• Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus brachyotis
• Cave Nectar Bat Eonycteris spelaea
• Lesser Long-tongued Nectar Bat Macroglossus minimus
• Dusky Fruit Bat Penthetor lucasii
• Large Flying Fox Pteropus vampyrus
• Sundaic Black-capped Fruit Bat Chironax melanocephalus
• Horsfield's Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus horsfieldii
• Temminck's Tailless Fruit Bat Megaerops ecaudatus
• Ratanaworabhan's Tailless Fruit Bat Megaerops niphanae
• Geoffroy's Rousette Rousettus amplexicaudatus
• Leschenault's Rousette Rousettus leschenaultii
• Greater Long-tongued Blossom Bat Macroglossus sobrinus
• Island Flying Fox Pteropus hypomelanus
• Lyle's Flying Fox Pteropus lylei

Rhinolophidae

• Glossy Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus refulgens
• Greater Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus morio
• Lesser Brown Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus stheno
• Trefoil Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus trifoliatus
• Acuminate Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus acuminatus
• Intermediate Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus affinis
• Croslet Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus coelophyllus
• Blyth's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus lepidus
• Malayan Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus malayanus
• Pearson's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus pearsonii
• Northern Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus perniger
• Least Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus pusillus
• King Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus rex
• Robinson's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus robinsoni
• Shamel's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus shameli
• Thai Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus siamensis
• Thomas's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus thomasi
• Francis's Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus francisi
• Thailand Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus thailandensis

Hipposideridae

• Bicoloured Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros bicolor
• Ashy Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros cineraceus
• Ridley’s Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros ridleyi
• Stoliczka's Trident Roundleaf Bat Aselliscus stoliczkanus
• East Asian Tailless Roundleaf Bat Coelops frithii
• Great Himalayan Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros armiger
• Common Dusky Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros ater
• Diadem Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros diadema
• Cantor's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros galeritus
• Andersen's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros gentilis
• Grand Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros grandis
• Kingston's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros kingstonae
• Horsfield's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros larvatus
• Large Asian Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros lekaguli
• Shield-faced Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros lylei
• Kunz's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros kunzi
• Pendlebury's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros pendleburyi

Megadermatidae

• Lesser Asian False-Vampire Bat Megaderma spasma
• Eastern Greater False-vampire Lyroderma sinense

Emballonuridae

• Lesser Sheath-tailed Bat Emballonura monticola
• Pouched Tomb Bat Saccolaimus saccolaimus
• Long-winged Tomb Bat Taphozous longimanus
• Black-bearded Tomb Bat Taphozous melanopogon
• Theobald's Tomb Bat Taphozous theobaldi

Nycteridae

• Malayan Slit-faced Bat Nycteris tragata

Molossidae

• Naked Bat Cheiromeles torquatus
• Lesser Northern Free-tailed Bat Mops johorensis
• Wrinkle-lipped Free-tailed Bat Mops plicatus
• La Touche's Free-tailed Bat Tadarida latouchei

Vespertilionidae

• Hardwicke’s Woolly Bat Kerivoula hardwickii
• Lesser Tube-nosed Bat Murina suilla
• Horsfield’s Myotis Myotis horsfieldii
• Asian Whiskered Myotis Myotis muricola
• Lesser Asian House Bat Scotophilus kuhlii
• Lesser Bamboo Bat Tylonycteris fulvida
• Greater Bamboo Bat Tylonycteris malayana
• Papillose Woolly Bat Kerivoula papillosa
• Clear-winged Woolly Bat Kerivoula pellucida
• Painted Woolly Bat Kerivoula picta
• Peters's Trumpet-eared Bat Phoniscus jagorii
• Hairy-winged Bat Harpiocephalus harpia
• Round-eared Tube-nosed Bat Murina cyclotis
• Peninsular Tube-nosed Bat Murina peninsularis
• Walston's Tube-nosed Bat Murina walstoni
• Large Myotis Myotis chinensis
• Thick-thumbed Myotis Myotis rosseti
• Bronze Sprite Arielulus circumdatus
• Oriental Serotine Cnephaeus pachyomus
• Blanford's False Serotine Hesperoptenus blanfordi
• Tickell's False Serotine Hesperoptenus tickelli
• Great Evening Bat Ia io
• Indian Pipistrelle Alionoctula coromandra
• Javan Pipistrelle Alionoctula javanica
• Narrow-winged Pipistrelle Alionoctula stenoptera
• Least Pipistrelle Alionoctula tenuis
• Common Thick-thumbed Bat Glischropus tylopus
• Greater Asian Yellow Bat Scotophilus heathii
• Chinese Pipistrelle Hypsugo pulveratus
• Kachin Woolly Bat Kerivoula kachinensis
• Annamite Tube-nosed Bat Murina annamitica
• Fea's Tube-nosed Bat Murina feae
• Indochinese Whiskered Myotis Myotis alticraniatus

Tapiridae

• Malayan Tapir Tapirus indicus

Elephantidae

• Asian Elephant Elephas maximus

Delphinidae

• Irrawaddy Dolphin Orcaella brevirostris
• False Killer Whale Pseudorca crassidens
• Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin Sousa chinensis
• Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops aduncus
• Panglobal Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis
• Fraser's Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei
• Pantropical Spotted Dolphin Stenella attenuata
• Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
• Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris
• Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus
• Pygmy Killer Whale Feresa attenuata
• Short-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
• Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus
• Melon-headed Whale Peponocephala electra
• Rough-toothed Dolphin Steno bredanensis
• Common Killer Whale Orcinus orca

Phocoenidae

• Finless Porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides

Physeteridae

• Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus

Dugongidae

• Dugong Dugong dugon

Monkeys, Gibbons, Lorises & Colugo

• Northern Pig-tailed Macaque Macaca leonina

Deer & Chevrotains

• Northern Red Muntjac Muntiacus vaginalis

Wild Cattle & Serow

• Gaur Bos gaurus

Squirrels & Flying Squirrels

• Southern Black Giant Squirrel Ratufa bicolor
• Indochinese Ground Squirrel Menetes berdmorei

Pangolins, Treeshrews, Shrews & Gymnures

• Northern Treeshrew Tupaia belangeri

Bats

• Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus sphinx

Hylobatidae

• Agile Gibbon Hylobates agilis
• Lar Gibbon Hylobates lar
• Siamang Symphalangus syndactylus
• Pileated Gibbon Hylobates pileatus

Leporidae

• Burmese Hare Lepus peguensis

Spalacidae

• Lesser Bamboo Rat Cannomys badius
• Hoary Bamboo Rat Rhizomys pruinosus
• Indomalayan Bamboo Rat Rhizomys sumatrensis

Erinaceidae

• Moonrat Echinosorex gymnura
• Northern Short-tailed Gymnure Hylomys peguensis

Miniopteridae

• Asian Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus fuliginosus
• Large Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus magnater
• Small Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus pusillus

Ursidae

• Asian Black Bear Ursus thibetanus
• Sun Bear Helarctos malayanus

Canidae

• Golden Jackal Canis aureus
• Dhole Cuon alpinus

Prionodontidae

• Banded Linsang Prionodon linsang
• Spotted Linsang Prionodon pardicolor

Herpestidae

• Javan Mongoose Urva javanica
• Crab-eating Mongoose Urva urva

Balaenopteridae

• Bryde's Whale Balaenoptera brydei
• Eden's Whale Balaenoptera edeni
• Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus
• Omura's Whale Balaenoptera omurai

Kogiidae

• Pygmy Sperm Whale Kogia breviceps
• Dwarf Sperm Whale Kogia sima

Ziphiidae

• Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris

Bovidae

• Maned Serow Capricornis sumatraensis
• Asian Wild Buffalo Bubalus arnee
• Banteng Bos javanicus
• Burmese Goral Naemorhedus evansi

Ptilocercidae

• Pen-tailed Treeshrew Ptilocercus lowii

Craseonycteridae

• Kitti's Hog-nosed Bat Craseonycteris thonglongyai

Frequently asked questions

How many mammals are in the Wildlife of Thailand guide?

The guide lists 280 mammals of Thailand, each with its own page covering identification, habitat and range.

Which groups of mammals are covered?

Cynocephalidae (1), Manidae (2), Sciuridae (29), Muridae (28), Hystricidae (2), Felidae (9), Viverridae (10), Mustelidae (11), Suidae (1), Tragulidae (2), Cervidae (4), Lorisidae (2), and 38 more groups.