List of mammals of Laos explained

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

Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and cetaceans)

Image	Common name	Scientific name authority	Preferred habitat		Range
Family Suidae: pigs
	Wild boar	Sus scrofa	Wide variety of habitats
Family Tragulidae: mouse-deer
	Lesser mouse-deer	Tragulus kanchil	Lowland forests
Family Moschidae: musk deer
	Dwarf musk deer	Moschus berezovskii	Montane forests
Family Cervidae: deer
	Eld's deer	Rucervus eldii	Grasslands
	Sambar deer	Rusa unicolor	Wide variety of forest and savanna
	Roosevelt's muntjac	Muntiacus rooseveltorum	Forest
	Truong Son muntjac	Muntiacus truongsonensis	High-elevation forest
	Indian muntjac	Muntiacus vaginalis	Wide variety of forests and scrublands
	Giant muntjac	Muntiacus vuquangensis	Unclear
Family Bovidae: cattle, antelope, sheep, goats
	Gaur	Bos gaurus	Forest, grassland, shrubland and savanna
	Banteng	Bos javanicus	Forest and grassland
	Kouprey	Bos sauveli Urbain, 1937	Previously seen in dipterocarp forests with grasslands. No confirmations since 1970; possibly extinct.	, possibly
	Mainland serow	Capricornis sumatraensis	Forested mountain slopes
	Chinese goral	Naemorhedus griseus
	Saola	Pseudoryx nghetinhensis	Evergreen forest
Family Delphinidae: marine dolphins
	Irrawaddy dolphin	Orcaella brevirostris	Coastal waters and rivers

Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)

Image	Common name	Scientific name (authority)	Preferred habitat		Range
Family Felidae: cats
	Asian golden cat	Catopuma temminckii	Forest, savanna, shrubland and grassland
	Jungle cat	Felis chaus	Particularly around wetlands
	Clouded leopard	Neofelis nebulosa	Forest and shrubland
	Leopard	Panthera pardus	Wide range of habitats
	Tiger	Panthera tigris	Generalists but especially forests
	Marbled cat	Pardofelis marmorata	Forest
	Leopard cat	Prionailurus bengalensis	Forest, shrublands and grasslands
Family Viverridae
	Binturong	Arctictis binturong	Forest (arboreal)
	Small-toothed palm civet	Arctogalidia trivirgata	Evergreen and semi-evergreen forest
	Masked palm civet	Paguma larvata	Mainly evergreen and semi-evergreen forest
	Asian palm civet	Paradoxurus hermaphroditus	Wide range of forest, plantation, and urban environments
	Large-spotted civet	Viverra megaspila	Lowland forest
	Large Indian civet	Viverra zibetha	Forests and shrublands
	Small Indian civet	Viverricula indica	Wide range of forests and wetlands
	Owston's palm civet	Chrotogale owstoni	Wide range of forests and wetlands
Family Prionodontidae: linsangs
	Spotted linsang	Prionodon pardicolor	Forest, shrubland, and grassland
Family Herpestidae: mongooses
	Crab-eating Mongoose	Urva urva	Widespread
	Javan mongoose	Urva javanica	Widespread in lowlands, including anthropogenic habitats
Family Canidae: dogs, foxes
	Dhole	Cuon alpinus	Forest, shrubland and grassland
	Golden jackal	Canis aureus	Wide variety, especially lowland deciduous dipterocarp forest
Family Ursidae: bears
	Sun bear	Helarctos malayanus	Forest and shrubland
	Asian black bear	Ursus thibetanus	Forest and shrubland
Family Mustelidae: mustelids
	Yellow-throated marten	Martes flavigula	Forests and shrublands
	Yellow-bellied weasel	Mustela kathiah	Rugged highlands
	Siberian weasel	Mustela sibirica	Rocky areas in far north
	Back-striped weasel	Mustela strigidorsa	Mountainous evergreen forest
	Greater hog badger	Arctonyx collaris	Mainly forest
	Burmese ferret-badger	Melogale personata	Forests, shrublands and grasslands
	Eurasian otter	Lutra lutra	Wide range of aquatic habitats
	Hairy-nosed otter	Lutra sumatrana	Wide range of aquatic habitats
	Smooth-coated otter	Lutrogale perspicillata	Wide range of aquatic habitats, including flooded ricefields
	Asian small-clawed otter	Aonyx cinereus	Wetland systems
	Chinese ferret-badger	Melogale moschata	Forest and croplands

Order: Chiroptera (bats)

Image	Common name	Scientific name (authority)	Preferred habitat		Range
Family Pteropodidae: flying foxes, Old World fruit bats
	Lesser short-nosed fruit bat	Cynopterus brachyotis	Forest
	Greater short-nosed fruit bat	Cynopterus sphinx	Forest
	Cave nectar bat	Eonycteris spelaea	Caves and forest
	Long-tongued fruit bat	Macroglossus sobrinus	Forest
	Ratanaworabhan's fruit bat	Megaerops niphanae	Forest
	Geoffroy's rousette	Rousettus amplexicaudatus	Caves, rocky areas and forests
	Leschenault's rousette	Rousettus leschenaultii	Caves and forests
	Blanford's fruit bat	Sphaerias blanfordi	Bamboo forest
Family Vespertilionidae
	Eastern barbastelle	Barbastella darjelingensis	Caves and forest
	Oriental serotine	Eptesicus pachyomus	Wide variety of habitats
	Serotine bat	Eptesicus serotinus	Wide variety of habitats
	Disk-footed bat	Eudiscopus denticulus	Forest
	Indochinese thick-thumbed bat	Glischropus bucephalus	Bamboo forest
	Lesser hairy-winged bat	Harpiocephalus harpia	Forest
	Blanford's bat	Hesperoptenus blanfordi	Caves and forests
	Tickell's bat	Hesperoptenus tickelli	Caves and forests
	Cadorna's pipistrelle	Hypsugo cadornae	Forest
	Long-toothed pipistrelle	Hypsugo dolichodon	Caves and forests
	Chinese pipistrelle	Hypsugo pulveratus	Limestone forest
	Great evening bat	Ia io	Forest
	Flat-skulled woolly bat	Kerivoula depressa	Evergreen forest
	Indochinese woolly bat	Kerivoula dongduongana	Caves and forest
	Dark woolly bat	Kerivoula furva	Forest
	Hairy-faced bat	Kerivoula hardwickii	Evergreen forest
	Kachin woolly bat	Kerivoula kachinensis	Forest
	Papillose woolly bat	Kerivoula papillosa	Forest
	Painted bat	Kerivoula picta	Wide variety of habitats
	Titania's woolly bat	Kerivoula titania	Forest
	Annam tube-nosed bat	Murina annamitica	Forest
	Round-eared tube-nosed bat	Murina cyclotis	Caves and forests
	Elery's tube-nosed bat	Murina eleryi	Forest
	Fea's tube-nosed bat	Murina feae	Forest
	Fiona’s Tube-nosed Bat	Murina fionae	Forest
	Harrison's tube-nosed bat	Murina harrisoni	Forest
	Hutton's tube-nosed bat	Murina huttoni	Forest
	Walston's tube-nosed bat	Murina walstoni	Forest
	Annam tube-nosed bat	Myotis annamitica	Small river valleys
	Anna Tess's myotis	Myotis annatessae	Forest
	Hairy-faced bat	Myotis annectans	Evergreen forest
	Large myotis	Myotis chinensis	Caves and forest
	Lesser large-footed bat	Myotis hasseltii	Caves and forests
	Horsfield's bat	Myotis horsfieldii	Caves and forest
	Indochinese mouse-eared bat	Myotis indochinensis	Forest
	Burmese whiskered myotis	Myotis montivagus	Caves and forest
	Wall-roosting mouse-eared bat	Myotis muricola	Caves and forests
	Rickett's big-footed bat	Myotis pilosus	Forests and wetlands
	Thick-thumbed myotis	Myotis rosseti	Forest
	Reddish-black myotis	Myotis rufoniger	Forest
	Himalayan whiskered bat	Myotis siligorensis	Caves and forests
	Peters's trumpet-eared bat	Phoniscus jagorii	Forest and wetlands
	Japanese house bat	Pipistrellus abramus	Wide range of habitats
	Kelaart's pipistrelle	Pipistrellus ceylonicus	Caves and forest
	Indian pipistrelle	Pipistrellus coromandra	Caves and forests
	Java pipistrelle	Pipistrellus javanicus	Caves and forest
	Mount Popa pipistrelle	Pipistrellus paterculus	Caves and forest
	Least pipistrelle	Pipistrellus tenuis	Forest, shrubland and grassland
	Harlequin bat	Scotomanes ornatus	Caves and forests
	Greater Asiatic yellow bat	Scotophilus heathii	Forest and shrublands
	Lesser Asiatic yellow bat	Scotophilus kuhlii	Forest and shrublands
	Collared sprite	Thainycteris aureocollaris	Montane evergreen forest
	Greater bamboo bat	Tylonycteris robustula	Caves and forests
Family Miniopteridae
	Western bent-winged bat	Miniopterus magnater	Caves and forest
	Small bent-winged bat	Miniopterus pusillus	Caves and forest
Family Molossidae: free-tailed bats
	Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat	Chaerephon plicatus	Caves, rocky areas, savanna and forests
	La Touche's free-tailed bat	Tadarida latouchei	Caves and forest
Family Emballonuridae
	Long-winged tomb bat	Taphozous longimanus	Caves, rocky areas, savanna and forests
		Taphozous melanopogon	Caves, rocky areas, shrubland and forests
Family Megadermatidae: false vampire bats
		Lyroderma lyra	Caves, rocky areas and forests
		Megaderma spasma	Caves, rocky areas and forests
Family Rhinolophidae: horseshoe bats
		Rhinolophus acuminatus	Caves and forests
		Rhinolophus affinis	Caves and forests
		Rhinolophus borneensis	Caves, rocky areas and forests
		Rhinolophus coelophyllus	Caves and forests
		Rhinolophus convexus	Caves and forests
		Rhinolophus luctus	Caves, rocky areas and forests
		Rhinolophus macrotis	Caves and forest
		Rhinolophus malayanus	Caves and forests
		Rhinolophus marshalli	Caves and forests
		Rhinolophus microglobosus	Caves and forests
		Rhinolophus paradoxolophus	Caves and forests
		Rhinolophus pearsonii	Caves and forests
		Rhinolophus pusillus	Caves and forests
		Rhinolophus shameli	Caves and forests
		Rhinolophus siamensis	Caves and evergreen forests
		Rhinolophus thomasi	Caves and forests
Family Hipposideridae: Old World leaf-nosed bats
		Aselliscus stoliczkanus	Caves and forest
		Coelops frithii	Caves and forest
		Hipposideros armiger	Caves and forest
		Hipposideros cineraceus	Caves and forest
		Hipposideros diadema	Caves, savanna and forests
		Hipposideros galeritus	Caves and forests
		Hipposideros grandis	Unknown
		Hipposideros khaokhouayensis	Evergreen forest
		Hipposideros larvatus	Caves and forests
		Hipposideros lylei	Caves and forest
		Hipposideros rotalis	Dry forest
		Hipposideros scutinares	Caves and forest

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

Image	Common name	Scientific name (authority)	Preferred habitat		Range
Family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs
	Northern short-tailed gymnure	Hylomys peguensis	Forest and shrubland
	Long-eared gymnure	Otohylomys megalotis	Karst landscapes
Family Soricidae: shrews
	Southeast Asian shrew	Crocidura fuliginosa	Forest, shrublands, grasslands and rocky areas
	Himalayan water shrew	Chimarrogale himalayica	Evergreen forests
	Etruscan shrew	Suncus etruscus	Wide range of habitat
	Taiwanese gray shrew	Crocidura tanakae	Forest and grassland
	Asian gray shrew	Crocidura attenuata	Forest, shrubland and grassland
	Indochinese shrew	Crocidura indochinensis	Forest
	Asian house shrew	Suncus murinus	Widespread
	Hill's shrew	Crocidura hilliana	Wide range of lowland habitat
	Voracious shrew	Crocidura vorax	Wide variety of habitats
	Chinese mole shrew	Anourosorex squamipes	Montane forest
Family Talpidae: moles
	Kloss's mole	Euroscaptor klossi	Forest
	Long-tailed mole	Scaptonyx fusicauda	Montane forest

Order: Lagomorpha (lagomorphs)

Image	Common name	Scientific name (authority)	Preferred habitat		Range
Family Leporidae: rabbits, hares
	Burmese hare	Lepus peguensis	Grasslands, shrublands, savanna and forest
	Annamite striped rabbit	Nesolagus timminsi	Evergreen forest

Order: Pholidota (pangolins)

Image	Common name	Scientific name (authority)	Preferred habitat		Range
Family Manidae
	Sunda pangolin	Manis javanica	Forest and shrubland
	Chinese pangolin	Manis pentadactyla	Forest, grassland and shrubland

Image	Common name	Scientific name (authority)	Preferred habitat		Range
Family Lorisidae: lorises, bushbabies
	Bengal slow loris	Nycticebus bengalensis	Forest
	Pygmy slow loris	Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus	Forest
Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys
	Stump-tailed macaque	Macaca arctoides	Forest
	Crab-eating macaque	Macaca fascicularis	Forest, wetlands and intertidal marine zone
	Northern pig-tailed macaque	Macaca leonina	Forest
	Assam macaque	Macaca assamensis	Forest
	Rhesus macaque	Macaca mulatta	Widespread, including around humans
	Indochinese grey langur	Trachypithecus crepusculus	Forest and limestone karst
	Germain's langur	Trachypithecus germaini	Forest and rocky areas
	Laotian langur	Trachypithecus laotum	Forest and rocky areas
	Red-shanked douc	Pygathrix nemaeus	Forest
	Hatinh langur	Trachypithecus hatinhensis	Limestone forest
Family Hylobatidae: gibbons
	Lar gibbon	Hylobates lar	Evergreen and semi-evergreen forest
	Pileated gibbon	Hylobates pileatus	Forest
	Northern buffed-cheeked gibbon	Nomascus annamensis	Forest
	Black crested gibbon	Nomascus concolor	Forest
	Yellow-cheeked gibbon	Nomascus gabriellae	Forest
	Northern white-cheeked gibbon	Nomascus leucogenys	Evergreen and semi-evergreen forest
	Southern white-cheeked gibbon	Nomascus siki	Evergreen forest

Order: Proboscidea (elephants)

Image	Common name	Scientific name (authority)	Preferred habitat		Range
Family Elephantidae: elephants
	Asian elephant	Elephas maximus	Forest, shrubland, grassland

Order: Rodentia (rodents)

Image	Common name	Scientific name (authority)	Preferred habitat		Range
Family Hystricidae: Old World porcupines
	Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine	Atherurus macrourus	Montane forest
	Malayan porcupine	Hystrix brachyura	Forest, shrubland and grassland
Family Sciuridae: squirrels
	Hairy-footed flying squirrel	Belomys pearsonii	Dry deciduous forest
	Laotian giant flying squirrel	Biswamoyopterus laoensis	Forest; known from a single specimen
	Grey-bellied squirrel	Callosciurus caniceps	Forest and plantations
	Pallas's squirrel	Callosciurus erythraeus	Montane forest and scrubland
	Finlayson's squirrel	Callosciurus finlaysonii	Forest, shrubland and inland wetlands
	Asian red-cheeked squirrel	Dremomys rufigenis	Forest and shrubland
	Particolored flying squirrel	Hylopetes alboniger	Forest and shrubland
	Indochinese flying squirrel	Hylopetes phayrei	Lower montane and mixed deciduous forests
	Red-cheeked flying squirrel	Hylopetes spadiceus	Forest and scrubland
	Berdmore's ground squirrel	Menetes berdmorei	Forest, shrubland and grassland
	Spotted giant flying squirrel	Petaurista elegans	Montane forest
	Red giant flying squirrel	Petaurista petaurista	Forest
	Indian giant flying squirrel	Petaurista philippensis	Forest
	Black giant squirrel	Ratufa bicolor	Forest
	Maritime striped squirrel	Tamiops maritimus	Forest
	Himalayan striped squirrel	Tamiops mcclellandii	Forest, shrubland, grassland and inland wetlands
	Cambodian striped squirrel	Tamiops rodolphii	Forest and shrubland
	Swinhoe's striped squirrel	Tamiops swinhoei	Wide variety of habitats
Family Spalacidae
	Lesser bamboo rat	Cannomys badius	Forest
	Hoary bamboo rat	Rhizomys pruinosus	Forest and grassland
	Chinese bamboo rat	Rhizomys sinensis	Montane forest
	Large bamboo rat	Rhizomys sumatrensis	Forest
Family Diatomyidae
	Laotian rock rat	Laonastes aenigmamus	Limestone forest
Family Muridae: mice, rats, gerbils
	Greater bandicoot rat	Bandicota indica	Primarily cropland and cities
	Savile's bandicoot rat	Bandicota savilei	Primarily cropland
	Small white-toothed rat	Berylmys berdmorei	Forest
	Bower's white-toothed rat	Berylmys bowersi	Wide variety of habitats
	Fea's tree rat	Chiromyscus chiropus	Deciduous and evergreen forest
	Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse	Chiropodomys gliroides	Forest
	Millard's rat	Dacnomys millardi	Forest
		Hapalomys delacouri	Forest
	Edwards's long-tailed giant rat	Leopoldamys edwardsi	Forest
	Neill's long-tailed giant rat	Leopoldamys neilli	Forest
	Long-tailed giant rat	Leopoldamys sabanus	Forest
	Mo's spiny rat	Maxomys moi	Forest and shrubland
	Red spiny rat	Maxomys surifer	Forest
	Ryukyu mouse	Mus caroli	Shrubland and grassland
	Fawn-colored mouse	Mus cervicolor	Forest, shrubland and grassland
	Cook's mouse	Mus cookii	Wide variety of habitat
	Sheath-tailed mouse	Mus fragilicauda	Grassland; only known from two locations
	House mouse	Mus musculus	Introduced; commensal with humans
	Gairdner's shrewmouse	Mus pahari	Forest
	Shortridge's mouse	Mus shortridgei	Grassland and shrubland
	Chinese white-bellied rat	Niviventer confucianus	Forest and croplands
	Chestnut white-bellied rat	Niviventer fulvescens	Forest
	Lang Bian white-bellied rat	Niviventer langbianis	Evergreen forest
	Tenasserim white-bellied rat	Niviventer tenaster	Montane forest
	Sikkim rat	Rattus andamanensis	Forest
	Ricefield rat	Rattus argentiventer	Grassland
	Polynesian rat	Rattus exulans	Widespread
	Lesser ricefield rat	Rattus losea	Grassland and cropland
	Brown rat	Rattus norvegicus	Introduced; Widespread in the presence of humans
	Black rat	Rattus rattus	Introduced; commensal with humans
	Tanezumi rat	Rattus tanezumi	Forest, shrublands and grasslands
	Paulina’s limestone rat	Saxatilomys paulinae	Limestone forest
	Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse	Vandeleuria oleracea	Forest, shrublands, grasslands

Order: Scandentia (treeshrews)

Image	Common name	Scientific name (authority)	Preferred habitat		Range
Family Tupaiidae: treeshrews
	Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew	Dendrogale murina	Forest
	Northern treeshrew	Tupaia belangeri	Forest and shrubland

Locally extinct

The following species are locally extinct in the country:

• Indian hog deer, Axis porcinus possibly extirpated^[1]
• Wild water buffalo, Bubalus arnee^[2]
• Sumatran rhinoceros, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis^[3]
• Javan rhinoceros, Rhinoceros sondaicus^[4]

See also

• List of birds of Laos

External links

• Web site: Animal Diversity Web . University of Michigan Museum of Zoology . 1995–2006 . 22 May 2007.

Notes and References

1. Axis porcinus . Timmins, R.J. . Duckworth, J.W. . Samba Kumar, N. . Anwarul Islam, M. . Baral, H.S. . Long, B. . Maxwell, A. . amp . 2015 . e.T41784A22157664.
2. Bubalus arnee . Kaul, R. . Williams, A.C. . rithe, k. . Steinmetz, R. . Mishra, R. . amp . 2019 . e.T3129A46364616.
3. Dicerorhinus sumatrensis . Ellis, S. . Talukdar, B. . amp . e.T6553A18493355 . 2020.
4. Rhinoceros sondaicus . amp . Ellis, S. . Talukdar, B. . 2020 . e.T19495A18493900.