List of mammals of Cambodia explained

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Cambodia.

Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates & cetaceans)

ImageCommon nameScientific name (authority)Preferred habitat Range
Family Suidae: pigs
Wild boarSus scrofa
Wide variety of habitats
Family Tragulidae: mouse-deer
Lesser mouse-deerTragulus kanchil
Lowland forests
Greater mouse-deerTragulus napu
Lowland forests
Family Cervidae: deer
Indian hog deerAxis porcinus
Moist tall grasslands
Eld's deerRucervus eldii
Grasslands
Sambar deerRusa unicolor
Wide variety of forest & savanna
Indian muntjacMuntiacus vaginalis
Wide variety of forests & scrublands
Giant muntjacMuntiacus vuquangensis
Unclear
Family Bovidae: cattle, antelope, sheep, goats
GaurBos gaurus
Forest, grassland, shrubland, & savanna
BantengBos javanicus
Forest & grassland
KoupreyBos sauveli
Previously seen in dipterocarp forests with grasslands. No confirmations since 1970; possibly extinct.,possibly
Wild water buffaloBubalus arnee
Wetlands, grasslands, and riparian forests
Mainland serowCapricornis sumatraensis
Forested mountain slopes
Family Balaenopteridae: rorquals
Common minke whaleBalaenoptera acutorostrata
Neritic & oceanic marine zones
Sei whaleBalaenoptera borealis
Neritic & oceanic marine zones
Bryde's whaleBalaenoptera edeni
Neritic & oceanic marine zones
Blue whaleBalaenoptera musculus
Neritic & oceanic marine zones
Fin whaleBalaenoptera physalus
Neritic & oceanic marine zones
Humpback whaleMegaptera novaeangliae
Neritic & oceanic marine zones
Family Phocoenidae: porpoises
Indo-Pacific finless porpoiseNeophocaena phocaenoides
Coastal waters
Family Delphinidae: marine dolphins
Common dolphinDelphinus delphis
Neritic & oceanic marine zones
Pygmy killer whaleFeresa attenuata
Oceanic marine zone
Short-finned pilot whaleGlobicephala macrorhynchus
Oceanic marine zone
Risso's dolphinGrampus griseus
Oceanic marine zone
Fraser's dolphinLagenodelphis hosei
Neritic & oceanic marine zones
Irrawaddy dolphinOrcaella brevirostris
Coastal waters & rivers
OrcaOrcinus orca
Neritic & oceanic marine zones
Melon-headed whalePeponocephala electra
Oceanic marine zone
False killer whalePseudorca crassidens
Neritic & oceanic marine zones
Indo-Pacific humpback dolphinSousa chinensis
Coastal waters
Pantropical spotted dolphinStenella attenuata
Neritic & oceanic marine zones
Striped dolphinStenella coeruleoalba
Neritic & oceanic marine zones
Spinner dolphinStenella longirostris
Neritic & oceanic marine zones
Rough-toothed dolphinSteno bredanensis
Neritic & oceanic marine zones
Common bottlenose dolphinTursiops truncatus
Coastal, neritic & oceanic marine zones
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphinTursiops aduncus
Neritic & oceanic marine zones
Family Physeteridae
Sperm whalePhyseter macrocephalus
Neritic & oceanic marine zones
Family Kogiidae
Pygmy sperm whaleKogia breviceps
Oceanic marine zone
Dwarf sperm whaleKogia sima
Oceanic marine zone
Family Ziphidae
Blainville's beaked whaleMesoplodon densirostris
Oceanic marine zone
Ginkgo-toothed beaked whaleMesoplodon ginkgodens
Oceanic marine zone
Cuvier's beaked whaleZiphius cavirostris
Oceanic marine zone

Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)

ImageCommon nameScientific name (authority)Preferred habitat Range
Family Felidae: cats
Asian golden catCatopuma temminckii
Forest, savanna, shrubland, & grassland
Jungle catFelis chaus
Particularly around wetlands
Clouded leopardNeofelis nebulosa
Forest & shrubland
LeopardPanthera pardus
Wide range of habitats
Marbled catPardofelis marmorata
Forest
Leopard catPrionailurus bengalensis
Forest, shrublands, & grasslands
Fishing catPrionailurus viverrinus
Marshlands & near waterbodies
Family Viverridae
BinturongArctictis binturong
Forest (arboreal)
Small-toothed palm civetArctogalidia trivirgata
Evergreen & semi-evergreen forest
Masked palm civetPaguma larvata
Mainly evergreen and semi-evergreen forest
Asian palm civetParadoxurus hermaphroditus
Wide range of forest, plantation, and urban environments
Large-spotted civetViverra megaspila
Lowland forest
Large Indian civetViverra zibetha
Forests & shrublands
Small Indian civetViverricula indica
Wide range of forests & wetlands
Family Prionodontidae: linsangs
Spotted linsangPrionodon pardicolor
Forest, shrubland, and grassland. Present in Virachey National Park[1]
Family Herpestidae: mongooses
Javan mongooseUrva javanica
Widespread in lowlands, including anthropogenic habitats
Crab-eating mongooseUrva urva
Widespread
Family Canidae: dogs, foxes
DholeCuon alpinus
Forest, shrubland, & grassland
Golden jackalCanis aureus
Wide variety, especially lowland deciduous dipterocarp forest
Family Ursidae: bears
Sun bearHelarctos malayanus
Forest & shrubland
Asian black bearUrsus thibetanus
Forest & shrubland
Family Mustelidae: mustelids
Asian small-clawed otterAonyx cinereus
Wetland systems
Greater hog badgerArctonyx collaris
Mainly forest
Eurasian otterLutra lutra
Wide range of aquatic habitats
Hairy-nosed otterLutra sumatrana
Wide range of aquatic habitats
Smooth-coated otterLutrogale perspicillata
Wide range of aquatic habitats, including flooded ricefields
Yellow-throated martenMartes flavigula
Forests & shrublands
Burmese ferret-badgerMelogale personata
Forests, shrublands, & grasslands
Yellow-bellied weaselMustela kathiah
Rugged highlands

Order: Chiroptera (bats)

ImageCommon nameScientific name (authority)Preferred habitat Range
Family Pteropodidae: flying foxes, Old World fruit bats
Lesser short-nosed fruit batCynopterus brachyotis
Forest
Greater short-nosed fruit batCynopterus sphinx
Forest
Cave nectar batEonycteris spelaea
Caves & forest
Long-tongued nectar batMacroglossus minimus
Forest
Long-tongued fruit batMacroglossus sobrinus
Forest
Ratanaworabhan's fruit batMegaerops niphanae
Forest
Small flying foxPteropus hypomelanus
Forest
Lyle's flying foxPteropus lylei
Forest
Large flying foxPteropus vampyrus
Forest
Geoffroy's rousetteRousettus amplexicaudatus
Caves, rocky areas, & forests
Leschenault's rousetteRousettus leschenaultii
Caves & forests
Family Vespertilionidae
Bronze spriteArielulus circumdatus
Montane forest
Indochinese thick-thumbed batGlischropus bucephalus
Bamboo forest
Blanford's batHesperoptenus blanfordi
Caves & forests
Tickell's batHesperoptenus tickelli
Caves & forests
Long-toothed pipistrelleHypsugo dolichodon
Caves & forests
Flat-skulled woolly batKerivoula depressa
Evergreen forest
Indochinese woolly batKerivoula dongduongana
Caves & forest
Hardwicke's woolly batKerivoula hardwickii
Caves & forest
Papillose woolly batKerivoula papillosa
Forest
Least woolly batKerivoula minuta
Forest
Painted batKerivoula picta
Wide variety of habitats
Hairy-faced batMyotis annectans
Evergreen forest
Round-eared tube-nosed batMurina cyclotis
Caves & forests
Fea's tube-nosed batMurina feae
Forest
Fiona’s Tube-nosed BatMurina fionae
Forest
Harrison's tube-nosed batMurina harrisoni
Forest
Walston's tube-nosed batMurina walstoni
Forest
Peters's myotisMyotis ater
Forest
Lesser large-footed batMyotis hasseltii
Caves & forests
Horsfield's batMyotis horsfieldii
Caves & forest
Wall-roosting mouse-eared batMyotis muricola
Caves & forests
Thick-thumbed myotisMyotis rosseti
Forest
Himalayan whiskered batMyotis siligorensis
Caves & forests
Peters's trumpet-eared batPhoniscus jagorii
Forest & wetlands
Indian pipistrellePipistrellus coromandra
Caves & forests
Java pipistrellePipistrellus javanicus
Caves & forest
Least pipistrellePipistrellus tenuis
Forest, shrubland, & grassland
Greater Asiatic yellow batScotophilus heathii
Forest & shrublands
Lesser Asiatic yellow batScotophilus kuhlii
Forest & shrublands
Greater bamboo batTylonycteris robustula
Caves & forests
Family Molossidae: free-tailed bats
Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed batChaerephon plicatus
Caves, rocky areas, savanna & forests
Wroughton's free-tailed batOtomops wroughtoni
Caves & forest; only known from one location in Cambodia
Family Miniopteridae
Small bent-winged batMiniopterus pusillus
Caves & forest
Family Emballonuridae
Naked-rumped pouched batSaccolaimus saccolaimus
Caves, forest, & savanna
Long-winged tomb batTaphozous longimanus
Caves, rocky areas, savanna & forests
Taphozous melanopogon
Caves, rocky areas, shrubland & forests
Taphozous theobaldi
Caves & forest
Family Megadermatidae: false vampire bats
Lyroderma lyra
Caves, rocky areas & forests
Megaderma spasma
Caves, rocky areas & forests
Family Rhinolophidae: horseshoe bats
Rhinolophus affinis
Caves & forests
Rhinolophus acuminatus
Caves & forests
Rhinolophus borneensis
Caves, rocky areas, & forests
Rhinolophus luctus
Caves, rocky areas, & forests
Rhinolophus malayanus
Caves & forests
Rhinolophus microglobosus
Caves & forests
Rhinolophus pearsonii
Caves & forests
Rhinolophus pusillus
Caves & forests
Rhinolophus shameli
Caves & forests
Family Hipposideridae: Old World leaf-nosed bats
Coelops frithii
Caves & forest
Hipposideros armiger
Caves & forest
Hipposideros cineraceus
Caves & forest
Hipposideros diadema
Caves, savanna, & forests
Hipposideros galeritus
Caves & forests
Hipposideros larvatus
Caves & forests

Order: Dermoptera (colugos)

ImageCommon nameScientific name (authority)Preferred habitat Range
Family Cynocephalidae: flying lemurs
Sunda flying lemurGaleopterus variegatus
Forest

Order: Eulipotyphla (Hedgehogs, shrews, moles and relatives)

ImageCommon nameScientific name (authority)Preferred habitat Range
Family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs
Northern short-tailed gymnureHylomys peguensis
Forest & shrubland
Family Soricidae: shrews
Asian gray shrewCrocidura attenuata
Forest, shrubland, & grassland
Southeast Asian shrewCrocidura fuliginosa
Forest, shrublands, grasslands & rocky areas
Indochinese shrewCrocidura indochinensis
Forest
Dr. Phan Luong shrewCrocidura phanluongi
Forest
Asian house shrewSuncus murinus
Widespread

Order: Lagomorpha (lagomorphs)

ImageCommon nameScientific name (authority)Preferred habitat Range
Family Leporidae: rabbits, hares
Burmese hareLepus peguensis
Grasslands, shrublands, savanna, & forest

Order: Pholidota (pangolins)

ImageCommon nameScientific name (authority)Preferred habitat Range
Family Manidae
Sunda pangolinManis javanica
Forest & shrubland
ImageCommon nameScientific name (authority)Preferred habitat Range
Family Lorisidae: lorises, bushbabies
Bengal slow lorisNycticebus bengalensis
Forest
Sunda slow lorisNycticebus coucang
Forest
Pygmy slow lorisXanthonycticebus pygmaeus
Forest
Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys
Stump-tailed macaqueMacaca arctoides
Forest
Crab-eating macaqueMacaca fascicularis
Forest, wetlands, & intertidal marine zone
Northern pig-tailed macaqueMacaca leonina
Forest
Germain's langurTrachypithecus germaini
Forest & rocky areas
Annamese langurTrachypithecus margarita
Forest
Red-shanked doucPygathrix nemaeus
Forest
Black-shanked doucPygathrix nigripes
Forest
Family Hylobatidae: gibbons
Pileated gibbonHylobates pileatus
Forest
Northern buffed-cheeked gibbonNomascus annamensis
Forest
Yellow-cheeked gibbonNomascus gabriellae
Forest
Family Hominidae: great apes
HumanHomo sapiens
Widespread

Order: Proboscidea (elephants)

ImageCommon nameScientific name (authority)Preferred habitat Range
Family Elephantidae: elephants
Asian elephantElephas maximus
Forest, shrubland, grassland

Order: Rodentia (rodents)

ImageCommon nameScientific name (authority)Preferred habitat Range
Family Hystricidae: Old World porcupines
Asiatic brush-tailed porcupineAtherurus macrourus
Montane forest
Malayan porcupineHystrix brachyura
Forest, shrubland, & grassland
Family Sciuridae: squirrels
Pallas's squirrelCallosciurus erythraeus
Montane forest & scrubland
Finlayson's squirrelCallosciurus finlaysonii
Forest, shrubland, & inland wetlands
Asian red-cheeked squirrelDremomys rufigenis
Forest & shrubland
Particolored flying squirrelHylopetes alboniger
Forest & shrubland
Berdmore's ground squirrelMenetes berdmorei
Forest, shrubland, & grassland
Red giant flying squirrelPetaurista petaurista
Forest
Indian giant flying squirrelPetaurista philippensis
Forest
Black giant squirrelRatufa bicolor
Forest
Himalayan striped squirrelTamiops mcclellandii
Forest, shrubland, grassland, & inland wetlands
Cambodian striped squirrelTamiops rodolphii
Forest & shrubland
Family Spalacidae
Lesser bamboo ratCannomys badius
Forest
Hoary bamboo ratRhizomys pruinosus
Gorest & grassland
Large bamboo ratRhizomys sumatrensis
Forest
Family Muridae: mice, rats, gerbils
Greater bandicoot ratBandicota indica
Primarily cropland & cities
Savile's bandicoot ratBandicota savilei
Primarily cropland
Small white-toothed ratBerylmys berdmorei
Forest
Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouseChiropodomys gliroides
Forest
Long-tailed giant ratLeopoldamys sabanus
Forest
Red spiny ratMaxomys surifer
Forest
Ryukyu mouseMus caroli
Shrubland & grassland
Fawn-colored mouseMus cervicolor
Forest, shrubland, & grassland
House mouseMus musculus
Introduced; commensal with humans
Gairdner's shrewmouseMus pahari
Forest
Shortridge's mouseMus shortridgei
Grassland & shrubland
Chestnut white-bellied ratNiviventer fulvescens
Forest
Lang Bian white-bellied ratNiviventer langbianis
Evergreen forest
Tenasserim white-bellied ratNiviventer tenaster
Montane forest
Sikkim ratRattus andamanensis
Forest
Ricefield ratRattus argentiventer
Grassland
Polynesian ratRattus exulans
Widespread
Lesser ricefield ratRattus losea
Grassland & cropland
Brown ratRattus norvegicus
Introduced; Widespread in the presence of humans
Black ratRattus rattus
Introduced; commensal with humans
Tanezumi ratRattus tanezumi
Forest, shrublands, & grasslands
Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouseVandeleuria oleracea
Forest, shrublands, & grasslands

Order: Scandentia (treeshrews)

ImageCommon nameScientific name (authority)Preferred habitat Range
Family Tupaiidae: treeshrews
Northern smooth-tailed treeshrewDendrogale murina
Forest
Northern treeshrewTupaia belangeri
Forest & shrubland

Order: Sirenia (manatees and dugongs)

ImageCommon nameScientific name (authority)Preferred habitat Range
Family Dugongidae
DugongDugong dugon
Neritic & intertidal marine zones

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Notes and References

  1. Small carnivores' records from Virachey National Park, north-east Cambodia . Small Carnivore Conservation . October 2017 . McCann . Gregory Edward . Pawlowski . Keith . Willcox . Daniel . 55 . 26–41 . 2022-09-14 .