List of mammals of Myanmar explained

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

Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates & cetaceans)

ImageCommon nameScientific name (authority)Preferred habitat Range
Family Bovidae: cattle, antelope, sheep, goats
GaurBos gaurus
Forest, grassland, shrubland, & savanna
BantengBos javanicus
Forest & grassland
Wild water buffaloBubalus arnee
Wetlands, grasslands, and riparian forests
TakinBudorcas taxicolor
Forest, shrubland, & grassland
Red serowCapricornis rubidus
Rocky areas & montane forest
Mainland serowCapricornis sumatraensis
Forested mountain slopes
Red goralNaemorhedus baileyi
Forest and rocky areas, 2000-4500m
Chinese goralNaemorhedus griseus
BharalPseudois nayaur
High mountains
Family Moschidae: musk deer
Black Musk DeerMoschus fuscus
Near the tree line in high mountains
Family Cervidae: deer
Fea's muntjacMuntiacus feae
Evergreen forest
Gongshan muntjacMuntiacus gongshanensis
High mountains
Leaf muntjacMuntiacus putaoensis
Forest
Indian muntjacMuntiacus vaginalis
Wide variety of forests & scrublands
Eld's deerRucervus eldii
Grasslands
Sambar deerRusa unicolor
Wide variety of forest & savanna
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 Balaenopteridae: rorquals
Common minke whaleBalaenoptera acutorostrata
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
Tropical bottlenose whaleIndopacetus pacificus
Oceanic marine zone
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
TigerPanthera tigris
Generalists but especially forests
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
Banded palm civetHemigalus derbyanus
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
Banded linsangPrionodon linsang
Evergreen forest
Spotted linsangPrionodon pardicolor
Forest, shrubland, and grassland
Family Herpestidae: mongooses
Small Indian mongooseUrva auropunctata
Forest & scrublands
Javan mongooseUrva javanica
Widespread in lowlands, including anthropogenic habitats
Crab-eating MongooseUrva urva
Widespread
Family Ailuridae
Red pandaAilurus fulgens
Montane forests
Family Canidae: dogs, foxes
DholeCuon alpinus
Forest, shrubland, & grassland
Golden jackalCanis aureus
Wide variety, especially lowland deciduous dipterocarp forest
WolfCanis lupus
Far north of country
Red foxVulpes vulpes
Wide variety of habitats
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
Chinese ferret-badgerMelogale moschata
Forests & cropland
Burmese ferret-badgerMelogale personata
Forests, shrublands, & grasslands
Yellow-bellied weaselMustela kathiah
Rugged highlands
Siberian weaselMustela sibirica
Rocky areas in far north
Back-striped weaselMustela strigidorsa
Mountainous evergreen forest

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 fruit batMacroglossus sobrinus
Forest
Andersen's flying foxPteropus intermedius
Known from two locations in Mon State
Small flying foxPteropus hypomelanus
Forest
Indian flying foxPteropus medius
Forest
Large flying foxPteropus vampyrus
Forest
Geoffroy's rousetteRousettus amplexicaudatus
Caves, rocky areas, & forests
Leschenault's rousetteRousettus leschenaultii
Caves & forests
Blanford's fruit batSphaerias blanfordi
Bamboo forest
Family Vespertilionidae
Bronze spriteArielulus circumdatus
Montane forest
Oriental serotineEptesicus pachyomus
Wide variety of habitats
Thick-eared batEptesicus pachyotis
Forest
Disk-footed batEudiscopus denticulus
Forest
Common thick-thumbed batGlischropus tylopus
Forest
Lesser hairy-winged batHarpiocephalus harpia
Forest
Blanford's batHesperoptenus blanfordi
Caves & forests
Tickell's batHesperoptenus tickelli
Caves & forests
Chocolate pipistrelleHypsugo affinis
Forest near humans
Cadorna's pipistrelleHypsugo cadornae
Forest
Long-toothed pipistrelleHypsugo dolichodon
Caves & forests
Burma pipistrelleHypsugo lophurus
Only known from one grassland location in Tanintharyi; not reported since 1915
Chinese pipistrelleHypsugo pulveratus
Limestone forest
Great evening batIa io
Forest
Flat-skulled woolly batKerivoula depressa
Evergreen forest
Dark woolly batKerivoula furva
Forest
Hairy-faced batKerivoula hardwickii
Evergreen forest
Kachin woolly batKerivoula kachinensis
Forest
Painted batKerivoula picta
Wide variety of habitats
Titania's woolly batKerivoula titania
Forest
Joffre's batMirostrellus joffrei
Forest
Round-eared tube-nosed batMurina cyclotis
Caves & forests
Fea's tube-nosed batMurina feae
Forest
Harrison's tube-nosed batMurina harrisoni
Forest
Hutton's tube-nosed batMurina huttoni
Forest
Jaintia tube-nosed batMurina jaintiana
Found in the Chin Hills; much ambiguity about range & habitat
Large myotisMyotis chinensis
Caves & forest
Lesser large-footed batMyotis hasseltii
Caves & forests
Horsfield's batMyotis horsfieldii
Caves & forest
Burmese whiskered myotisMyotis montivagus
Caves & forest
Wall-roosting mouse-eared batMyotis muricola
Caves & forests
Himalayan whiskered batMyotis siligorensis
Caves & forests
Japanese house batPipistrellus abramus
Wide range of habitats
Kelaart's pipistrellePipistrellus ceylonicus
Caves & forest
Indian pipistrellePipistrellus coromandra
Caves & forests
Java pipistrellePipistrellus javanicus
Caves & forest
Mount Popa pipistrellePipistrellus paterculus
Caves & forest
Least pipistrellePipistrellus tenuis
Forest, shrubland, & grassland
Harlequin batScotomanes ornatus
Caves & forests
Greater Asiatic yellow batScotophilus heathii
Forest & shrublands
Lesser Asiatic yellow batScotophilus kuhlii
Forest & shrublands
Lesser bamboo batTylonycteris pachypus
Forest
Greater bamboo batTylonycteris robustula
Caves & forests
Family Rhinopomatidae: mouse-tailed bats
Greater mouse-tailed batRhinopoma microphyllum
Caves & shrubland
Family Miniopteridae
Western bent-winged batMiniopterus magnater
Caves & forest
Small bent-winged batMiniopterus pusillus
Caves & forest
Family Molossidae: free-tailed bats
Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed batChaerephon plicatus
Caves, rocky areas, savanna & forests
Family Emballonuridae
Lesser sheath-tailed batEmballonura monticola
Caves & forest
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 nudiventris
Forests & arid regions
Taphozous theobaldi
Caves & forest
Family Nycteridae: slit-faced bats
Nycteris tragata
Caves & forest
Family Megadermatidae: false vampire bats
Lyroderma lyra
Caves, rocky areas & forests
Megaderma spasma
Caves, rocky areas & forests
Family Rhinolophidae: horseshoe bats
Rhinolophus acuminatus
Caves & forests
Rhinolophus affinis
Caves & forests
Rhinolophus coelophyllus
Caves & forests
Rhinolophus lepidus
Caves & forests
Rhinolophus luctus
Caves, rocky areas, & forests
Rhinolophus macrotis
Caves & forest
Rhinolophus malayanus
Caves & forests
Rhinolophus marshalli
Caves & forests
Rhinolophus microglobosus
Caves & forests
Rhinolophus pearsonii
Caves & forests
Rhinolophus pusillus
Caves & forests
Rhinolophus shameli
Caves & forests
Rhinolophus shortridgei
Forest
Rhinolophus sinicus
Forest
Rhinolophus subbadius
Caves & forests
Rhinolophus thomasi
Caves & forests
Rhinolophus trifoliatus
Forest
Rhinolophus yunanensis
Caves & forests
Family Hipposideridae: Old World leaf-nosed bats
Aselliscus stoliczkanus
Caves & forest
Coelops frithii
Caves & forest
Hipposideros einnaythu
Unknown
Hipposideros armiger
Caves & forest
Hipposideros ater
Forest around limestone
Hipposideros cineraceus
Caves & forest
Hipposideros diadema
Caves, savanna, & forests
Hipposideros galeritus
Caves & forests
Hipposideros grandis
Unknown
Hipposideros lankadiva
Caves & forests
Hipposideros larvatus
Caves & forests
Hipposideros lylei
Caves & forest
Family Craseonycteridae
Kitti's hog-nosed batCraseonycteris thonglongyai
Karst near rivers; world's smallest bat

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
MoonratEchinosorex gymnura
Forest
Northern short-tailed gymnureHylomys peguensis
Forest & shrubland
Shrew gymnureNeotetracus sinensis
Montane forest
Family Soricidae: shrews
Chinese mole shrewAnourosorex squamipes
Montane forests
Burmese short-tailed shrewBlarinella wardi
Montane forests
Himalayan water shrewChimarrogale himalayica
Evergreen forests
Chinese water shrewChimarrogale styani
Montane environments
Lowe's shrewChodsigoa parca
Montane forest
Asian gray shrewCrocidura attenuata
Forest, shrubland, & grassland
Cranbrook's shrewCrocidura cranbrooki
Forest
Southeast Asian shrewCrocidura fuliginosa
Forest, shrublands, grasslands & rocky areas
Indochinese shrewCrocidura indochinensis
Forest
Voracious shrewCrocidura vorax
Wide variety of habitats
Hodgson's brown-toothed shrewEpisoriculus caudatus
Montane forest & grassland
Long-tailed brown-toothed shrewEpisoriculus leucops
Forest
Long-tailed mountain shrewEpisoriculus macrurus
Forest
Elegant water shrewNectogale elegans
Aquatic environments
Lesser striped shrewSorex bedfordiae
Montane forest
Himalayan shrewSoriculus nigrescens
Montane forest & rocky areas
Etruscan shrewSuncus etruscus
Wide range of habitat
Asian house shrewSuncus murinus
Widespread
Family Talpidae: moles
Kloss's moleEuroscaptor klossi
Forest
White-tailed moleParascaptor leucura
Montane forest & scrub-grassland
Long-tailed moleScaptonyx fusicauda
Montane forest
Gracile shrew moleUropsilus gracilis
Montane forest

Order: Lagomorpha (lagomorphs)

ImageCommon nameScientific name (authority)Preferred habitat Range
Family Leporidae: rabbits, hares
Yunnan hareLepus peguensis
Grassland
Burmese hareLepus peguensis
Grasslands, shrublands, savanna, & forest
Forrest's pikaOchotona forresti
Mountainous forest & shrubland
Moupin pikaOchotona thibetana
Mountainous forest

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
Hairy-footed flying squirrelBelomys pearsonii
Dry deciduous forest
Grey-bellied squirrelCallosciurus caniceps
Forest & plantations
Pallas's squirrelCallosciurus erythraeus
Montane forest & scrubland
Finlayson's squirrelCallosciurus finlaysonii
Forest, shrubland, & inland wetlands
Phayre's squirrelCallosciurus phayrei
Rainforest
Irrawaddy squirrelCallosciurus pygerythrus
Evergreen & semievergreen forest
Anderson's squirrelCallosciurus quinquestriatus
Forest
Orange-bellied Himalayan squirrelDremomys lokriah
Forest
Perny's long-nosed squirrelDremomys pernyi
Forest
Asian red-cheeked squirrelDremomys rufigenis
Forest & shrubland
Particolored flying squirrelHylopetes alboniger
Forest & shrubland
Indochinese flying squirrelHylopetes phayrei
Lower montane & mixed deciduous forests
Red-cheeked flying squirrelHylopetes spadiceus
Forest & scrubland
Berdmore's ground squirrelMenetes berdmorei
Forest, shrubland, & grassland
Spotted giant flying squirrelPetaurista elegans
Montane forest
Red giant flying squirrelPetaurista petaurista
Forest
Indian giant flying squirrelPetaurista philippensis
Forest
Temminck's flying squirrelPetinomys setosus
Forest
Black giant squirrelRatufa bicolor
Forest
Himalayan striped squirrelTamiops mcclellandii
Forest, shrubland, grassland, & inland wetlands
Swinhoe's striped squirrelTamiops swinhoei
Wide variety of habitats
Family Spalacidae
Lesser bamboo ratCannomys badius
Forest
Hoary bamboo ratRhizomys pruinosus
Gorest & grassland
Chinese bamboo ratRhizomys sinensis
Montane forest
Large bamboo ratRhizomys sumatrensis
Forest
Family Cricetidae
Kachin red-backed voleEothenomys cachinus
Montane forest
Père David's voleEothenomys melanogaster
Forest, shrubland, & grassland
Clarke's voleMicrotus clarkei
Forest & alpine meadow
Forrest's mountain voleNeodon forresti
Alpine meadow
Family Muridae: (mice, rats, gerbils)
Striped field mouseApodemus agrarius
Wide range of habitats
South China field mouseApodemus draco
Forest heath
Sichuan field mouseApodemus latronum
Alpine forest & meadow
Lesser bandicoot ratBandicota bengalensis
Primarily cropland
Greater bandicoot ratBandicota indica
Primarily cropland & cities
Savile's bandicoot ratBandicota savilei
Primarily cropland
Small white-toothed ratBerylmys berdmorei
Forest
Bower's white-toothed ratBerylmys bowersi
Wide variety of habitats
Kenneth's white-toothed ratBerylmys mackenziei
Montane forest
Manipur white-toothed ratBerylmys manipulus
Forest, shrubland, & grassland
Fea's tree ratChiromyscus chiropus
Deciduous & evergreen forest
Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouseChiropodomys gliroides
Forest
Crump's mouseDiomys crumpi
Forest
Marmoset ratHapalomys longicaudatus
Evergreen lowland forest
Edwards's long-tailed giant ratLeopoldamys edwardsi
Forest
Red spiny ratMaxomys surifer
Forest
Miss Ryley's soft-furred ratMillardia kathleenae
Scrubland
Little Indian field mouseMus booduga
Scrubland & cropland
Ryukyu mouseMus caroli
Shrubland & grassland
Fawn-colored mouseMus cervicolor
Forest, shrubland, & grassland
Cook's mouseMus cookii
Forest
House mouseMus musculus
Introduced; commensal with humans
Gairdner's shrewmouseMus pahari
Forest
Shortridge's mouseMus shortridgei
Grassland & shrubland
Brahma white-bellied ratNiviventer brahma
Montane forest
Chinese white-bellied ratNiviventer confucianus
Forest and croplands
Dark-tailed tree ratNiviventer cremoriventer
Forest
Smoke-bellied ratNiviventer eha
Montane forest & shrubland
Lang Bian white-bellied ratNiviventer langbianis
Evergreen forest
Tenasserim white-bellied ratNiviventer tenaster
Montane forest
Sikkim ratRattus andamanensis
Forest
Polynesian ratRattus exulans
Widespread
Himalayan field ratRattus nitidus
Introduced; forest and cropland
Brown ratRattus norvegicus
Introduced; Widespread in the presence of humans
Black ratRattus rattus
Introduced; commensal with humans
Tanezumi ratRattus tanezumi
Forest, shrublands, & grasslands
Müller's giant Sunda ratSundamys muelleri
Forest
Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouseVandeleuria oleracea
Forest, shrublands, & grasslands
Red climbing mouseVernaya fulva
Montane forest

Order: Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)

ImageCommon nameScientific name (authority)Preferred habitat Range
Family Dugongidae
Malayan tapirTapirus indicus
Tropical moist forests

Order: Pholidota (pangolins)

ImageCommon nameScientific name (authority)Preferred habitat Range
Family Manidae
Sunda pangolinManis javanica
Forest & shrubland
Chinese pangolinManis pentadactyla
Forest, grassland, & shrubland
ImageCommon nameScientific name (authority)Preferred habitat Range
Family Lorisidae: lorises, bushbabies
Bengal slow lorisNycticebus bengalensis
Forest
Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys
Stump-tailed macaqueMacaca arctoides
Forest
Assam macaqueMacaca assamensis
Forest
Crab-eating macaqueMacaca fascicularis
Forest, wetlands, & intertidal marine zone
Northern pig-tailed macaqueMacaca leonina
Forest
Rhesus macaqueMacaca mulatta
Widespread, including around humans
Robinson's banded langurPresbytis robinsoni
Lowland rainforest
Myanmar snub-nosed monkeyRhinopithecus strykeri
Montane forest
Tenasserim lutungTrachypithecus barbei
Evergreen forest
Indochinese grey langurTrachypithecus crepusculus
Forest & limestone karst
Shan State langurTrachypithecus melamera
Described in 2020; not yet assessed by IUCN
Dusky leaf monkeyTrachypithecus obscurus
Forest & around humans
Phayre's leaf monkeyTrachypithecus phayrei
Forest
Capped langurTrachypithecus pileatus
Forest
Popa langurTrachypithecus popa
Forest
Shortridge's langurTrachypithecus shortridgei
Evergreen & semi-evergreen forest
Family Hylobatidae: gibbons
Western hoolock gibbonHoolock hoolock
Forest
Eastern hoolock gibbonHoolock leuconedys
Forest
Skywalker hoolock gibbonHoolock tianxing
Forest
Lar gibbonHylobates lar
Evergreen & semi-evergreen 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: Scandentia (treeshrews)

ImageCommon nameScientific name (authority)Preferred habitat Range
Family Tupaiidae: treeshrews
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

See also

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