Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 15 April 2021 | 13(4): 18059–18098

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https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.6010.13.4.18059-18098

#6010 | Received 17 April 2020 | Final received 24 March 2021 | Finally accepted 05 April 2021

Mammals of northeastern India: an updated checklist

Nazimur Rahman Talukdar ¹, Parthankar Choudhury ², Rofik Ahmed Barbhuiya ³, Firoz Ahmad ⁴,

Deborah Daolagupu ⁵ & Jyoti Bikash Baishya ⁶

^1,2,3,5,6 Wildlife Conservation Research Laboratory, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar, Assam 788011, India.

^1,3 Centre for Biodiversity and Climate Change Research, Udhayan, Hailakandi, Assam 788155, India.

⁴ Vindhyan Ecology and Natural History Foundation, 36/30 Station Road, Shivpuri Colony, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh 231001, India.

¹ talukdar.nr89@gmail.com, ² parthankar@rediffmail.com (corresponding author), ³ rofik.ab91@gmail.com, ⁴ adfiroz@yahoo.com,

⁵ ddaolagupu15@yahoo.com, ⁶ jyoti.dhan@gmail.com

Editor: C. Srinivasulu, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. Date of publication: 15 April 2021 (online & print)

Citation: Talukdar, N.R., P. Choudhury, R.A. Barbhuiya, F. Ahmad, D. Daolagupu & J.B. Baishya (2021). Mammals of northeastern India: an updated checklist. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(4): 18059–18098. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.6010.13.4.18059-18098

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Author details: Mr. Nazimur Rahman Talukdar is a PhD student. His research focuses on diverse aspects of mammalian biology to climate change. Dr. Parthankar Choudhury is the professor and former head of the Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar. His research focuses on different aspects of mammalian and avian biology. He has more than 90 scientific publications. Mr. Rofik Ahmed Barbhuiya is a PhD student. His current research focuses on behavioral aspects of primates. Mr. FIROZ AHMAD has MTech (remote sensing) from B.I.T. Mesra, Ranchi, India. He has more than 20 years of experience in working with forestry, remote sensing, GIS, and photogrammetry and has published more than 65 articles. Ms. Deborah Daolagupu is a PhD student. She has been pursuing research in the area of ethnozoology. Mr. Jyoti Bikash Baishya is a PhD student. His research focuses on human-elephant conflict and mitigation.

Author contribution: All authors have equally contributed in the paper, including data collection, analyzing, and manuscript writing.

Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank the members of Wildlife Conservation Research Laboratory, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Assam University, Silchar, and Centre for Biodiversity and Climate Change Research, Udhayan, Hailakandi. The authors also thank to all the three anonymous reviewers and the subject editor for their valuable suggestions to improve the checklist.

Abstract: A systematic review was carried out to prepare a checklist of the mammalian species of northeastern India. The region is located between two prominent biodiversity hotspots, Himalaya and Indo-Burma. Though it is only 8% of the country, it supports almost half of the country’s total wild flora and fauna. Ongoing developmental activities such as the construction of roads, electrification, and mining in and around the wildlife habitats have threatened the survival of many species of wildlife. A lot of literature has been checked to understand the status and distribution of wildlife in the region and the present manuscript is prepared from existing literature. A total of 267 species representing 11 orders and 38 families from the region have been reported. A state-wise updated list of species along with their status as per IUCN, WPA (Wildlife Protection Act) of India, 1972 and CITES has been provided which is intended to serve as a baseline data for further research in mammalian fauna of the region.

Keywords: Artiodactyla, Carnivora, Chiroptera, Primates, shrews, vertebrates, ungulates, wildlife.

INTRODUCTION

The northeastern region (NER) of India (21.57°–29.30°N & 88°–97.30°E) consists of eight states, namely, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura, covering an area of 262,185km² (NEDFi 2020) (Figure 1). NER shares 5,182km international border with China in the north, Bhutan in the north-west, Myanmar in the east, Bangladesh in the south-west, and Nepal in the west. The region constitutes approximately 7.9% of the geographic area of the country. Almost two-third (approx. 70%) of the area is hilly comprising most parts of Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, about half of Tripura, one-fifth of Assam, and nine-tenth of Manipur (NEDFi 2020). Physiographically, the region can be categorized into eastern Himalaya, the Patkai, and the plains of the mighty Brahmaputra Valley, the Barak Valley, and the Imphal Valley. The climate of the region is predominantly subtropical with hot and humid summers, severe monsoons and mild winters (Jain et al. 2012). The rainy season generally begins from the end of March and continues till September. Annual average rainfall varies 1,577–6,002 mm, and temperature ranges 5–40°C with mean relative humidity remaining between 70% and 85% throughout the year (Jhajharia et al. 2009).

The region has large areas of rainforest that supports the habitats of diverse biota. The region supports a wide variety of flora and fauna due to its diverse habitats and favourable climate. Numerous research groups, including the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), and the Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH), have carried out systematic surveys in different regions in NER, including the mammalian fauna.

Taxonomic accounts of different mammalian fauna have been carried out by various researchers. Hinton & Lindsay (1926) described the distribution of mammals in northeastern India (Report No. 41, Assam and Mishmi Hills), Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951) published checklist of mammals in India and Palaearctic region, Ellerman (1961) emphasized the detailed records of rodents in India, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka. Corbet & Hill (1992) reviewed the distribution of Indo-Malayan mammals including mammals in northeastern India. Molur et al. (2002, 2005) reviewed the status of Chiroptera and the non-volant small mammals in southern Asia. These are important records of mammals in the region. At the beginning of 21^st century, ZSI documented mammals of the region under various state series reports such as by Das et al. (1995) for Meghalaya, Bhattacharya & Ghosh (2002) for Tripura, Mandal et al. (2005) for Manipur, De et al. (2006) for Arunachal Pradesh, Mandal et al. (2007) for Mizoram, Chattopadhyay et al. (2006) for Sikkim, and Srivastava et al. (2006) for Nagaland. All these are significant contribution as they mostly published reports from the field study with detailed verification. Many recent studies (Kumar 2011; Kumar 2014; Kakati & Kabra 2015) reported the records of mammals in particle areas while mammals of southern Asia by Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu (2012), mammals of northeastern India by Choudhury (2013), the checklist of mammals of India by Sharma et al. (2013) are the records of the whole region. The book “Mammals of northeastern India” by Choudhury (2013) is the most valuable for the taxonomic and geographic distribution of the mammalian species in the region. Most recent records like distribution list of the bat fauna of Assam by Boro et al. (2018), distribution of Mammals in the Indian Himalayan region by Kamalakannan et al. (2018), mammals in Arunachal Pradesh by Kumar (2018), bat fauna of Meghalaya by Saikia et al. (2018), mammalian fauna in Meghalaya by Lyngdoh et al. (2019), review of the bacular morphology of some Indian bats by Srinivasulu et al. (2020), and some other recent discovery of mammals in the region shows the importance to update the mammalian records of the region. In addition, taxonomic revisions especially of the lower mammalian orders are one of the reasons for updating of the checklist.

METHODS

The present checklist is based on a review of existing literature on the mammalian fauna of northeastern India. Literature sources include online repositories, like Biodiversity Heritage Library, DeLCON, Google Scholar, PubMed, ResearchGate, and offline journals, articles, and books. Taxonomic arrangement of the mammals is primarily based on Srinivasulu (2019). Comments are added for the presence of more than one subspecies in the region to clarify their distribution in the respective states. Also, IUCN Red List database, Schedules of Indian Wildlife Protection of India, 1972 (IWPA), and appendices of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) were checked to verify the current conservation, and protection (national and international) status of the species.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

The current checklist enumerates a total of 267 mammalian species under 139 genera, 38 families, and 11 orders within the political boundary of northeastern India. A state-wise breakup revealed the presence of 166 species in Arunachal Pradesh, 161 species in Assam, 113 species in Manipur, 169 species in Meghalaya, 116 species in Mizoram, 119 species in Nagaland, 154 species in Sikkim, and 74 species in Tripura (Table 1). Among the 267 species, the order Chiroptera represents highest number of species (87), followed by rodents (60). These two orders jointly constitute 54.8% of the total mammal diversity of the NER. The order Carnivora is also diverse in the region having 46 species, followed by the orders Artiodactyla (26), Soricomorpha (18), Primates (13), and Lagomorpha (9); while the rest of the orders contain one or two species (Figure 2).

Based on recent taxonomic revisions (Benda & Gaisler 2015; Saikia et al. 2017), Pipistrellus pipistrellus, Pipistrellus kuhlii, and Philetor brachypterus are omitted from the present checklist. Similarly, species such as Hipposideros ater, Ochotona nubrica, and Scotozous dormeri are indicated as doubtful in the checklist due to lack of proper evidence. Of the 267 mammal species in the region, three species, namely, Assam Mole Shrew Anourosorex assamensis, Namdhapa Flying Squirrel Biswamoyopterus biswasi, and Manipur Bush RatHadromys humei are the endemic to the region. Five extinct species from the region, namely, Red Deer Cervus elaphus, Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus, Banteng Bos javanicus, Sumatran Rhinoceros Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, and Javan Rhinoceros Rhinoceros sondaicus are also included in this list. Red Deer was earlier recorded from Sikkim which is now locally extinct there but present in other regions of India; while other species are considered to be extinct from India. Species such as Pteropus giganteus, Barbastella leucomelas, Plecotus auratus, and Miniopterus schreibersii have been substituted with Pteropus medius, Barbastella darjelingensis, Plecotus homochrous, and Miniopterus magnater and following recent taxonomic revisions (Spitzenberger et al. 2006; Benda et al. 2008; Saikia et al. 2018; Srinivasulu et al. 2020). Species like Alticola stoliczkanus, Crocidura rapax, Episoriculus sacratus, Golunda ellioti, Kerivoula furva, Kerivoula kachinensis, Macaca leucogenys, Miniopterus fuliginosus, Miniopterus magnater, Miniopterus pusillus, Mirostrellus joffrei, Murina jaintiana, Murina pluvialis, Myotis altarium, Petaurista siangensis, and Tylonycteris malayana have been newly recorded from the region and listed in the checklist.

Threat Status

The current conservation status of the mammals in the NER as per IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020, CITES 2019, and IWPA 1972 are presented in the checklist (Table 1). Analysis of IUCN Red List categories revealed that 0.7% of the total mammals in NER are Critically Endangered (CR), 7.8% are Endangered (EN), 8.9% are Vulnerable (VU), 5.9% are Near Threatened (NT), 65.3% are Least Concern (LC), and 6.7% are Data Deficient (DD). Mammals under different IUCN Red List categories belonging to different orders are shown in Table 2.

The northeastern region of India harbours numerous wild mammalian fauna (Images 1–8). Many new species are recently reported which are important to the incorporated in the regional account, especially taxa like Chiroptera and Rodentia. Previous studies were mainly focused on large-sized mammals; however, the recent discovery of a few mammals from the region indicates that additional studies require which might help to detect other undiscovered species.

Table 1. Checklist of mammalian fauna available in the northeastern region (NER) of India.

	Scientific name	Common English name	AP [167]	AS [161]	MN [114]	MG [169]	MZ [116]	NG [119]	SK [154]	TR [74]	IUCN (Red List Category]	CITES (Appendix]	WPA (Schedule]	Comments
	I. Order: Proboscidea Illiger, 1811 (Elephants)
	1. Family: Elephantidae Gray, 1821 (Elephants)
1.	Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758	Asian Elephant	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 18, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 24, 38, 41]	[8, 26, 38]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 21, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 24, 38]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 24, 38, 40]		[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 24, 38]	EN	I	I
1a.	Elephas maximus indicus G. Cuvier, 1797
	II. Order: Scandentia Wagner, 1855 (Tree Shrews )
	2. Family: Tupaiidae Gray, 1825 (Tree Shrews)
2.	Tupaia belangeri (Wagner, 1841)	Northern Tree Shrew	[2, 8, 10, 15, 23, 24, 28, 38]	[2, 8, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38]	[2, 8, 10, 15, 24, 38]	[2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 21, 28]	[8, 10, 15, 24, 28, 38]	[2, 8, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38]	[6, 8, 15, 28, 36, 38]	[2, 8, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38]	LC	NA	NA
	III. Order: Primates Linnaeus, 1758 (Primates)
	3. Family: Lorisidae Gray, 1821 (Lorises)
3.	Nycticebus bengalensis (Lacepede, 1800)	Slow Loris, Bengal Slow Loris	[8, 10, 15, 24, 25, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 21, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 10, 15, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 10, 15, 24, 38, 40]		[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 24, 38]	EN	I	I
	4. Family: Cercopithecidae Gray, 1821 (Old World Monkeys)
4.	Macaca mulatta (Zimmermann, 1780)	Rhesus Macaque, Rhesus Monkey	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 18, 24, 25, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 15, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 13, 15, 16, 21, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 15, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 15, 23, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 15, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 15, 24, 38, 40]	LC	II	II
4a.	Macaca mulatta mulatta (Zimmermann, 1780)
5.	Macaca arctoides (I. Geoffroy, 1831)	Stump-tailed Macaque	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 10, 15, 16, 21, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 10, 15, 24, 38]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 24, 38]		[2, 8, 10, 15, 38]	VU	II	II
6.	Macaca assamensis (McClelland, 1840)	Assamese Macaque	[8, 9, 10, 15, 18, 23, 24, 25, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38]	[8, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[6, 8, 9, 15, 16, 21, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 10, 15, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[6, 8, 10, 15, 36, 38]	[8, 10, 15, 38]	NT	II	II	The subspecies Macaca assamensis assamensis is found in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura while Macaca assamensis pelops is found only in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Sikkim
6a.	Macaca assamensis assamensis (McClelland, 1839)
6b.	Macaca assamensis pelops (Hodgson, 1840)
7.	Macaca leonina (Linnaeus, 1766)	Pig-tailed Macaque	[8, 10, 15, 38]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 36, 38]	[8, 15, 38]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 21, 36, 38]	[8, 15, 38]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 38]		[2, 8, 10, 15, 38]	VU	II	II
8.	Macaca munzala Sinha et al., 2005	Arunachal Macaque	[15, 18, 25, 36, 38]								EN	NA	II	The species is found in Tawang and West Kameng Districts of Arunachal Pradesh of NE India
9.	Macaca leucogenys Li et al., 2015	White-cheeked Macaque	[7, 39]								NE	NA	NA
10.	Macaca thibetana (Milne-Edwards, 1870)	Milne-Edwards’ Macaque, Tibetan Macaque	[19]								NT	NA	NA	Kumar et al. (2005) reported the presence of species based on collected skin. Except this record, no records were reported to confirm the species whether the skins are from the area or borrowed from other areas of its distribution. Recent IUCN updated distribution also has not mentioned the species in Indian territory.
11.	Semnopithecus schistaceus Hodgson, 1840	Central Himalayan Langur, Nepal Gray Langur							[15, 38, 39]		LC	NA	NA
12.	Trachypithecus pileatus (Blyth, 1843)	Capped Langur, Capped Leaf Monkey, Bonneted Langur	[8, 10, 15, 18, 25, 36, 38]	[2, 8, 9, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40, 40]	[2, 8, 15, 23, 24, 36, 40]	[8, 9, 13, 15, 16, 21, 23, 24, 36, 38, 40]	[8, 15, 24, 36, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40, 40]		[2, 8, 15, 38, 40]	VU	I	I	The subspecies Trachypithecus pileatus pileatus is distributed in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, and Nagaland. Trachypithecus pileatus brahma is found in Arunachal Pradesh. Trachypithecus pileatus durga is found in Assam, Mizoram, and Tripura. Trachypithecus pileatus tenebricus is found in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.
12a.	Trachypithecus pileatus pileatus (Blyth, 1843)
12b.	Trachypithecus pileatus brahma (Wroughton, 1916)
12c.	Trachypithecus pileatus durga (Wroughton, 1916)
12d.	Trachypithecus pileatus tenebricus (Hinton, 1923)
13.	Trachypithecus phayrei (Blyth, 1847)	Phyare's Leaf Monkey, Spectacled Monkey, Phyare's Langur		[8, 15, 24, 36, 38, 42]			[8, 15, 24, 38]			[8, 15, 24, 36, 38]	EN	I	II
14.	Trachypithecus geei (Khajuria, 1956)	Golden Langur, Golden Leaf Monkey		[8, 15, 36, 38]							EN	I	I
14a.	Trachypithecus geei geei (Khajuria, 1956)
	5. Family: Hylobatidae Gray, 1871 (Gibbons)
15	Hoolock hoolock (Harlan, 1834)	Western Hoolock Gibbon, Hoolock, White-Browned Gibbon	[8, 10, 11, 15, 18, 38]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 13, 15, 16, 21, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 15, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 15, 38, 40]		[2, 8, 9, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	EN	I	I	Trived et al. (2021) establish through genetic studies that the Indian population of Hoolock leuconedys is actually Hoolock hoolock and the subspecies H. h. hoolock and H. h. mishmiensis are subsumed under the species.
	IV. Order: Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 (Rodents)
	6. Family: Sciuridae Hemprich, 1820 (Squirrels)
16.	Ratufa bicolor (McClelland, 1839)	Malayan Giant Squirrel, Black Giant Squirrel	[2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 18, 23, 24, 28, 36, 38, 40]	[2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 28, 36, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 10, 23, 24, 40]	[2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 21, 23, 24, 28, 36, 38, 40]	[2, 6, 8, 10, 23, 24, 38]	[2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 28, 36, 38, 40]	[1, 2, 6, 9, 10, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 6, 8, 9, 23, 24, 40]	NT	II	II
16a.	Ratufa bicolor gigantea (McClelland, 1839)
17.	Belomys pearsonii (Gray, 1842)	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel	[6, 8, 9, 10, 25, 28, 38, 40]	[6, 8, 9, 10, 36, 40]	[10, 15, 23, 24, 28, 36, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 21, 40]	[10, 15, 24, 28, 36, 38]	[6, 9, 10, 15, 28, 36, 38, 40]	[6, 9, 15, 28, 36, 38, 40]		DD	II	NA
17a	Belomys pearsonii pearsonii (Gray, 1842)
18.	*Biswamoyopterus biswasi Saha, 1981	Namdhapa Flying Squirrel	[8, 10, 15, 28, 36, 38]								CR	II	Sch II [Part I]
19.	Eupetaurus cinereus Thomas, 1988	Woolly Flying Squirrel							[1, 6, 28, 36, 38]		EN	II	Sch II [Part I]
20.	Hylopetes alboniger (Hodgson, 1836)	Parti-colored Flying Squirrel	[6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 28, 38, 40]	[10, 15]	[6, 9, 10, 15, 28, 38, 40]	[6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 21, 23, 28, 38, 40]		[6, 9, 10, 15, 23, 28, 38, 40]	[1, 6, 10, 15, 28, 38]		LC	II	Sch II [Part I]
20a.	Hylopetes alboniger alboniger (Hodgson, 1836)
21.	Petaurista petaurista (Pallas, 1766)	Red Giant Flying Squirrel	[8, 10, 15, 28, 36, 38]	[8, 10, 15, 36]	[15, 23, 38]	[8, 9, 15, 21, 28, 36, 38, 40]	[10, 15, 24, 38]	[8, 9, 15, 28, 36, 38, 40]	[8, 15, 36, 38]		LC	NA	NA
21a.	Petaurista petaurista albiventer (Gray, 1834)
22.	Petaurista magnificus (Hodgson, 1836)	Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel	[8, 15, 28, 38]						[6, 8, 9, 15, 28, 36, 38]		LC	II	Sch II [Part I]	The subspecies Petaurista magnificus magnificus is found in Sikkim while Petaurista magnificus hodgsoni is found in both Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.
22a.	Petaurista magnificus magnificus (Hodgson, 1836)
22b.	Petaurista magnificus hodgsoni Ghose & Saha, 1981
23.	Petaurista philippensis (Elliot, 1839)	Indian Giant Flying Squirrel	[8, 15]	[8, 36]		[8, 9, 15, 21]	[8, 15]				LC	II	Sch II [Part I]
23a.	Petaurista philippensis philippensis (Elliot, 1839)
24.	Petaurista caniceps (Gray, 1842)	Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel, Grey-headed Flying Squirrel	[8, 15, 28, 36, 38]						[6, 15, 28, 36, 38]		LC	II	NA
25.	Petaurista nobilis (Gray, 1842)	Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel, Gray’s Giant Flying Squirrel	[8, 15, 36, 38]						[1, 15, 28, 36, 38]		NT	II	NA	The subspecies Petaurista nobilis nobilis is found in Sikkim while Petaurista nobilis singhei is found in Arunachal Pradesh.
25a.	Petaurista nobilis nobilis (Gray, 1842)
25b.	Petaurista nobilis singhei Saha, 1977
26.	Petaurista mechukaensis (Choudhury, 2007)	Mechka Giant Flying Squirrel	[8, 15]								DD	II	NA
27.	Petaurista mishmiensis Choudhury, 2009	Mishmi Giant Flying Squirrel	[8, 15]								NT	II	NA
28.	Petaurista siangensis Choudhury, 2013	Mebo Giant Flying Squirrel	[15, 39]								NE	NA	NA
29.	Callosciurus erythraeus (Pallas, 1779)	Pallas’ Squirrel, Red-bellied Squirrel	[8, 10, 15, 18, 28, 38]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 28, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 24, 28, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 21, 23, 24, 28, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 28, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 28, 38, 40]	[8, 15, 28, 38]	[2, 8, 10, 15, 28, 38]	LC	NA	NA	The subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus erythraeus is found in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, and Sikkim. Callosciurus erythraeus erythrogaster is found in Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, and Mizoram. Callosciurus erythraeus intermedia is found in Meghalaya and Tripura
29a.	Callosciurus erythraeus erythraeus (Pallas, 1779)
29b.	Callosciurus erythraeus erythrogaster (Blyth, 1842)
29c.	Callosciurus erythraeus intermedia (Anderson, 1879)
30.	Callosciurus pygerythrus (I. Geoffroy St. Hillaire, 1832)	Irrawaddy Squirrel, Hoary-bellied Squirrel	[8, 10, 15, 18, 28, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 28, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 38]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 21, 23, 28, 38]	[10, 15, 24, 28, 38]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 28, 38, 40]	[6, 8, 10, 15, 28, 36, 38]	[2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23]	LC	NA	NA	The subspecies Callosciurus pygerythrus lokroides is found in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim while Callosciurus pygerythrus blythi and Callosciurus pygerythrus stevensi are found in Assam.
30a.	Callosciurus pygerythrus lokroides (Hodgson, 1836)
30b.	Callosciurus pygerythrus blythi (Tytler, 1854)
30c.	Callosciurus pygerythrus stevensi (Thomas, 1908)
31.	Dremomys lokriah (Hodgson, 1836)	Orange-bellied Himalayan Squirrel	[6, 8, 10, 15, 18, 25, 28, 38]	[2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 28, 38, 40]	[2, 6, 8, 10, 23, 24, 40]	[2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 21, 23, 24, 28, 38, 40]	[8, 6, 10, 24]	[2, 6, 8, 10, 15, 23, 24, 28, 38, 40]	[6, 8, 10, 15, 28, 36, 38]	[2, 8, 10, 23, 38]	LC	NA	NA	The subspecies Dremomys lokriah lokriah [Hodgson, 2160] is found in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, and West Bengal. Dremomys lokriah macmillani is found in the states of Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Tripura. Dremomys lokriah garonum is found in Meghalaya.
31a.	Dremomys lokriah lokriah (Hodgson, 1836)
31b.	Dremomys lokriah macmillani Thomas, 1916
31c.	Dremomys lokriah garonum Thomas, 1922
32.	Dremomys pernyi (Milne-Edwards, 1867)	Perny's Long-nosed Squirrel	[8, 10, 28, 38]	[8, 10, 38, 40]	[10, 15, 28, 36, 38, 40]			[8, 10, 15, 28, 36, 38, 40]			LC	NA	NA	The subspecies Dremomys pernyi pernyi is found in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, and Nagaland Dremomys pernyi howelli is found in Arunachal Pradesh.
32a.	Dremomys pernyi pernyi (Milne-Edwards, 1867)
32b.	Dremomys pernyi howelli Thomas, 1922
33.	Dremomys rufigenis (Blanford, 1878)	Red-cheeked Squirrel	[28, 36]	[8]				[8, 15, 28, 36, 40]			LC	NA	NA
33a.	Dremomys rufigenis rufigenis (Blanford, 1878)
34.	Funambulus pennantii Wroughton, 1905	Northern Palm Squirrel, Five-striped Palm Squirrel				[8, 9, 21, 38]			[8, 38]		LC	IV	II
34a.	Funambulus pennantii gangutrianus Ghose et al., 2004
35.	Tamiops macclellandii (Horsfield, 1840)	Himalayan Striped Squirrel	[6, 8, 10, 15, 18, 23, 24, 25, 38, 40]	[6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[6, 8, 9, 16, 21, 23, 24, 40]	[6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[6, 8, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 36, 38, 40]		LC	NA	NA
35a.	Tamiops macclellandi macclellandi (Hodgson, 1840)
36.	Marmota himalayana (Hodgson, 1841)	Himalayan Marmot	[15, 25, 28, 38]						[1, 6, 15, 28, 36, 38]		LC	II	III
	7. Family: Spalacidae Gray, 1821 (Spalacids; Bamboo Rats)
37.	Cannomys badius (Hodgson, 1841)	Bay Bamboo Rat, Lesser Bamboo Rat		[8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 28, 38, 40]	[8, 10, 15, 23, 24, 28, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 28, 38, 40]	[8, 10, 15, 23, 24, 28, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 24, 28, 38, 40]	[1, 15]	[8, 23]	LC	NA	NA
38.	Rhizomys pruinosus Blyth, 1851	Hoary Bamboo Rat	[8, 28]	[8, 9, 23, 24, 40]	[8, 9, 15, 23, 24, 28, 36, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 15, 21, 23, 24, 28, 36, 38, 40]	[8, 36, 28]	[8, 9, 15, 23, 28, 36, 38, 40]		[8, 28]	LC	NA	NA
	8. Family: Cricetidae Fischer, 1817 (New World Rodents; Vole and Hamster)
39.	Alticola stoliczkanus (Blanford, 1875)	Stoliczka's Mountain Vole, Mountain Vole							[15, 38]		LC	NA	NA
40.	Eothenomys melanogaster (Milne-Edwards, 1872)	Pere David's Vole	[10, 15, 28, 36, 38]								LC	NA	NA
41.	Neodon sikimensis Horsfield, 1841	Sikkim Vole							[6, 8, 15, 36, 38]		LC	NA	NA
	9. Family: Muridae Illiger, 1811 (Old World Rodents; Rats and Mice)
42.	Apodemus draco (Barret-Hamilton, 1900)	South China Wood Mouse, South China Field Mouse	[8, 10, 15, 28, 36, 38]								LC	NA	NA
43.	Apodemus latronum Thomas, 1911	Sichuan Field Mouse	[15, 28, 36, 38]								LC	NA	NA
44.	Bandicota indica (Bechstein, 1800)	Greater Bandicoot Rat, Large Bandicoot Rat	[8, 15]	[2, 6, 8, 9, 15, 24, 38]	[2, 6, 9, 15, 23, 24, 38]	[2, 6, 8, 9, 15, 21, 24, 38]			[2, 6, 9, 15, 24]	[2, 15]	LC	NA	Sch IV
44a.	Bandicota indica indica (Bechstein, 1800)
44b.	Bandicota indica nemorivaga (Hodgson, 1836)
45.	Bandicota bengalensis (Gray, 1835)	Lesser Bandicoot Rat, Indian Mole Rat	[10, 15]	[8, 15, 28]	[15, 23, 28]	[8, 9, 15, 21, 28]	[15, 24, 28]	[15, 40]		[2, 15]	LC	NA	Sch IV
45a	Bandicota bengalensis bengalensis (Gray & Hardwicke, 1833)
46.	Berylmys bowersi (Anderson, 1879)	Bower’s White-toothed Rat	[10, 28, 38]	[8, 10, 15]	[10, 15, 28, 38]	[8, 10, 15, 21, 28, 38]	[8, 10, 15, 28, 38]	[10, 28, 38]			LC	NA	Sch IV
46a.	Berylmys bowersi bowersi (Anderson, 1879)
47.	Berylmys mackenziei (Thomas, 1916)	Kenneth’s White-toothed Rat, Mackenzie’s Rat	[8, 38]	[8, 9, 15, 21, 23, 24, 28, 36, 40]	[8, 9, 15, 23, 24, 28, 36, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 15, 21, 23, 24, 28, 36, 38, 40]	[8, 15, 24, 28, 38]	[8, 9, 15, 23, 24, 28, 36, 38, 40]			DD	NA	Sch V
48.	Berylmys manipulus (Thomas, 1916)	Manipur White-toothed Rat, Manipur Rat		[8, 15, 28, 36, 38]	[8, 15, 23, 28, 36, 38, 40]			[8, 15, 28, 36, 38, 40]			DD	NA	NA
48a.	Berylmys manipulus manipulus (Thomas, 1916)
49.	Chiropodomys gliroides (Blyth, 1856)	Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse, Penicillate-tailed Tree Mouse	[10, 15, 28, 38]	[8, 23, 38]	[8, 10, 15, 23, 28, 38]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 21, 23, 28, 38]	[15, 38]	[15, 38]			LC	NA	Sch V
49a.	Chiropodomys gliroides gliroides (Blyth, 1856)
50.	Dacnomys millardi Thomas, 1916	Millard's Rat	[8, 10, 15, 23, 28, 36, 38]					[8, 10, 15, 23, 28, 36, 38]	[1, 15]		DD	NA	NA
51.	Diomys crumpi (Thomas, 1917)	Crump's Mouse			[8, 15, 23, 28, 38, 40]						DD	NA	NA
52.	Golunda ellioti Gray, 1837	Indian Bush Rat		[15, 38]							LC	NA	Sch IV
52a.	Golunda ellioti ellioti Gray, 1837
53.	*Hadromys humei (Thomas, 1886)	Hume’s Rat, Manipur Bush Rat		[15, 23, 28, 36, 38]	[8, 15, 23, 28, 38, 40]						EN	NA	NA
54.	Leopoldamys edwardsi (Thomas, 1882)	Edward’s Rat, Noisy Rat, Long-tailed Giant Rat	[8, 10, 15, 28, 36, 38, 40]	[10, 38]		[8, 9, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 38]	[31]	[8, 10, 15, 28, 36, 38, 40]	[10, 36, 40]		LC	NA	NA
54a.	Leopoldamys edwardsi edwardsi (Thomas, 1882)
55.	Micromys minutus (Pallas, 1771)	Harvest Mouse, Eurasian Harvest Mouse	[8, 15, 28, 38]	[8, 9, 15, 21, 36, 38]	[15, 38]	[8, 9, 15, 21, 28, 36]		[8, 15, 28, 36, 38]			LC	NA	NA
55a	Micromys minutus erythrotis (Blyth, 1855)
56.	Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758	House Mouse	[8, 10, 15, 18, 38, 40]	[2, 6, 8, 9, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 15, 23, 24, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 15, 21, 23, 24, 34, 38, 40]	[8, 15, 24]	[8, 9, 15, 24, 40]	[6, 8, 9, 15, 40]	[2, 8, 15]	LC	NA	Sch IV/V	The subspecies Mus musculus castaneus is found in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya. Musmusculus domesticus is distributed throughout the region.
56a.	Mus musculus castaneus Waterhouse, 1843
56b.	Mus musculus domesticus Schwarz & Schwarz, 1943
57.	Mus booduga (Gray, 1837)	Common Indian Field Mouse, Little Indian Field Mouse	[2, 8, 9, 10]	[2, 8, 9]	[8, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 21]	[8]	[8]		[2, 8, 9]	LC	NA	Sch IV
58.	Mus cervicolor Hodgson, 1845	Fawn-colored Mouse	[8, 9]	[8, 9, 15, 36]	[8, 15, 23, 28, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 15, 21, 28, 36, 38]			[36, 38]		LC	NA	NA
58a.	Mus cervicolor cervicolor Hodgson, 1845
59.	Mus cookii Ryley, 1914	Ryley’s Spiny Mouse, Cook’s Mouse	[8, 10, 15, 28, 36, 38]	[8, 10, 15, 28, 36, 38]	[8, 10, 15, 23, 28, 36, 38, 40]	[8, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 38]		[8, 10, 15, 23, 28, 36, 38, 40]			LC	NA	NA
59a.	Mus cookii cookii Ryley, 1914
60.	Mus pahari Thomas, 1916	Sikkim Mouse	[8, 9, 10, 15, 28, 38, 40]	[6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 24, 28, 38, 40]		[8, 9, 10, 15, 21, 24, 28, 38, 40]	[8, 10, 15, 24, 28, 38]	[6, 8, 9, 15, 24, 28, 38, 40]	[6, 8, 10, 15, 24, 28, 38]		LC	NA	NA
61.	Niviventer niviventer Hodgson, 1836	Himalayan Niviventer, Himalayan White-bellied Rat	[8, 9, 10, 15, 24, 28, 38]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 24, 28, 38]	[8, 10, 15, 24, 28, 38]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 21, 24, 28, 38]	[15, 24, 28, 38]	[8, 10, 15, 28, 38]	[6, 8, 10, 15, 28, 36, 38]		LC	NA	Sch IV
62.	Niviventer fulvescens Gray, 1847	Indomalayan Niviventer, Chestnut Rat	[6, 8, 10, 15, 28, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 28, 36, 38, 40]	[10, 15, 28, 36, 38]	[6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 38, 40]		[8, 13, 38, 40]	[6, 8, 10, 15, 28, 36, 38, 40]		LC	NA	NA
62a.	Niviventer fulvescens fulvescens Gray, 1847
63.	Niviventer brahma (Thomas, 1914)	Brahman Niviventer, Thomas’ Chestnut Rat	[10, 15, 28, 36, 38]	[10, 36]							LC	NA	NA
64.	Niviventer eha (Wroughton, 1916)	Smoke-bellied Niviventer, Little Himalayan Rat	[28, 38]	[36, 38]					[6, 8, 15, 28, 36, 38]		LC	NA	NA
64a.	Niviventer eha eha (Wroughton, 1916)
65.	Niviventer langbianis (Robinson & Kloss, 1922)	Lang Bian White-bellied Rat, Dark-tailed Himalayan Rat	[8, 38]	[15, 28, 36]							LC	NA	NA
66.	Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758)	Common House Rat, Black Rat, Roof Rat	[8, 9, 10, 15, 18, 40]	[8, 9, 15, 23, 40]	[8, 9, 15, 23, 40]	[8, 9, 15, 21, 40]	[8, 15, 24]	[8, 9, 15, 23, 40]	[6, 9, 15, 23, 40]	[2, 15]	LC	NA	Sch IV
67.	Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769)	Norway Rat, Brown Rat		[8]		[8, 9, 21]					LC	NA	Sch IV
67a.	Rattus norvegicus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769)
68.	Rattus tanezumi (Temminck, 1844)	Oriental House Rat, Tanezumi Rat	[8, 10, 15, 36, 38]	[8, 10, 15, 36, 38]	[8, 10, 15, 38]	[8, 15, 21, 38]	[8, 15, 38]	[8, 15, 38]	[8, 10, 15, 36, 38]	[8, 15, 38]	LC	NA	NA
69.	Rattus nitidus (Hodgson, 1845)	Himalayan Rat, Himalayan Field Rat	[2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 18, 28, 38]	[2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 28, 38]	[8, 10, 15, 23, 24, 28, 38]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 21, 28, 38]	[8, 10, 15, 22, 24, 28, 40]	[8, 15]	[2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 28, 38]	[2, 6, 10, 15, 28, 38]	LC	NA	Sch IV
69a.	Rattus nitidus nitidus (Hodgson, 1845)
70.	Rattus pyctoris (Hodgson, 1845)	Turkestan Rat	[15, 38]	[15, 36, 38]					[6, 15, 38]		LC	NA	NA
71.	Rattus andamanensis (Blyth, 1860)	Indochinese Forest Rat, Sikkim Rat	[8, 10, 15, 36, 38]	[8, 15, 38]	[8, 10, 15, 36, 38]	[8, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 38]		[8, 10, 15, 36, 38]	[8, 10, 15, 36, 38]		LC	NA	Sch IV
72.	Vandeleuria oleracea (Bennet, 1832)	Indian Long-tailed Tree Mouse, Asiatic Long-tailed Climbing Mouse, Palm Mouse	[8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 28, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 15, 23, 24, 28, 38, 40]	[8, 15, 23, 24, 28, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 15, 21, 23, 24, 28, 38, 40]	[15, 24, 28, 38]	[8, 9, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[1, 9, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]		LC	NA	NA
72a.	Vandeleuria oleracea oleracea (Bennett, 1832)
	10. Family: Hystricidae G. Fischer, 1817 (Old World Porcupines)
73.	Atherurus macrourus (Linnaeus, 1758)	Asiatic Brush-tailed Porcupine	[8, 9, 10, 18, 28, 36, 38, 42]	[8, 15, 36, 42]	[38]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 21, 28, 36, 38, 42]	[8, 15, 28, 38]	[38]			LC	NA	Sch II [Part I]
73a.	Atherurus macrourus macrourus (Linnaeus, 1758)
74.	Hystrix brachyura Linnaeus, 1758	Himalayan Crestless Porcupine, Malayan Porcupine, Chinese Porcupine	[6, 9, 10, 15, 18, 28, 38, 42]	[6, 9, 38, 40, 42]	[10, 15, 23, 24, 28, 38, 40, 42]	[6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 21, 28, 38, 40, 42]	[10, 15, 22, 24, 28, 38, 42]	[6, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 28, 38, 40, 42]	[6, 9, 15, 28, 36, 38, 42]		LC	NA	Sch II [Part I]	The subspecies Hystrix brachyura bengalensis is found in Sikkim. Hystrix brachyura hodgsoni is found in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Sikkim. Hystrix brachyura subcristata is found in Nagaland.
74a.	Hystrix brachyura bengalensis Blyth, 1851
74b.	Hystrix brachyura hodgsoni (Gray, 1847)
74c.	Hystrix brachyura subcristata (Swinehoe, 1870)
75.	Hystrix indicaKerr, 1792	Indian Crested Porcupine	[42]	[42]		[42]		[42]			LC	NA	NA
	V. Order: Lagomorpha Brandt, 1855 (Hares and Rabbits)
	11. Family: Ochotonidae Thomas, 1897 (Pikas)
76.	Ochotona roylei (Ogilby, 1839)	Royle's Pika, Himalayan Pika							[1, 6, 15, 28, 38]		LC	NA	NA
76a.	Ochotona roylei roylei (Ogliby, 1839)
77.	Ochotona curzoniae (Hodgson, 1858)	Black-lipped Pika, Plateau Pika, Curzon's Pika							[6, 8, 28, 36, 38]		LC	NA	NA
78.	Ochotona thibetana (Milne-Edwards, 1871)	Mountain Pika	[8, 25, 28, 38]						[6, 15, 28, 35, 36, 38]		LC	NA	NA
78a.	Ochotona thibetana sikimaria (Thomas, 1922)
79.	Ochotona macrotis (Gunther, 1875)	Large-eared Pika	[8, 15, 18, 25, 28, 38]						[6, 15, 35, 38]		LC	NA	NA
79a.	Ochotona macrotis macrotis (Günther, 1875)
80.	# Ochotona nubrica Thomas, 1922	Nubra Pika							[6, 15]		LC	NA	NA
81.	Ochotona forresti Thomas, 1923	Forrest's Pika	[8, 28, 36, 38]	[28, 36, 38]					[6, 28, 35, 36, 38]		LC	NA	NA
	12. Family: Leporidae Fischer, 1817 (Hares and Rabbits)
82.	Caprolagus hispidus (Pearson, 1839)	Hispid Hare, Assam Rabbit		[8, 15, 28, 36, 38]		[8, 21]					EN	NA	NA
83.	Lepus nigricollis Cuvier,1823	Black-naped Hare, Indian Hare	[2, 8, 18]	[6, 8, 9, 15, 36, 38, 40]		[2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 21, 28, 38, 40]	[8, 15]	[2, 8, 9, 40]	[2, 6, 8, 9, 36, 38, 40]	[2, 6, 8, 9, 15, 38]	LC	NA	Sch IV	The subspecies Lepus nigricollis ruficaudatus I found in Assam, Meghalaya and Sikkim. Lepus nigricollis sadiya is found in Assam.
83a.	Lepus nigricollis ruficaudatus Geoffroy, I., 1826
83b.	Lepus nigricollis sadiya Kloss, 1918
84.	Lepus oiostolus Hodgson, 1840	Wooly Hare							[6, 8, 15, 36, 38]		LC	NA	NA
84a.	Lepus oiostolus pallipes Hodgson, 1842
	VI. Order: Soricomorpha Gregory, 1910 (Moles and Shrews)
	13. Family: Soricidae Fischer, 1817 (Shrews)
85.	Crocidura fuliginosa (Blyth, 1856)	Southeastern Asian Shrew				[8, 9, 21, 36]					LC	NA	NA
86.	Crocidura attenuate Milne-Edwards, 1872	Grey Shrew, Indo-Chinese Shrew	[8, 9, 15, 23, 24, 28, 40]	[8, 9, 15, 23, 24, 28, 38, 40]	[8, 15, 23, 24, 28, 40]	[8, 9, 15, 21, 23, 24, 28, 40]	[8, 15, 24, 28]	[8, 15, 40]	[8, 38]	[8, 15]	LC	NA	NA
87.	Crocidura rapax G. Allen, 1923	Chinese White-toothed Shrew				[17, 36, 38]					DD	NA	NA
87a.	Crocidura rapax rapax (Allen, 1923)
88.	Crocidura vorax G. Allen, 1923	Voracious Shrew	[17, 36]								LC	NA	NA
89.	Suncus murinus (Linnaeus, 1766)	House Shrew, Asian House Shrew, Grey Musk Shrew	[6, 10, 15, 18, 24, 40]	[6, 8, 10, 15, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 15, 23, 24, 38]	[6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 21, 24, 28, 38, 40]	[8, 15, 24, 38]	[6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 24, 40]	[6, 8, 10, 15, 38, 40]	[2, 15, 38]	LC	NA	NA
90.	Suncus etruscus (Savi, 1822)	Savi’s Pygmy Shrew, Pygmy White-toothed Shrew		[8, 9, 15, 38]	[8, 15, 38]	[8, 9, 15, 21, 28]			[8, 38]		LC	NA	NA
91.	Anourosorex squamipes Milne-Edwards, 1872	Mole shrew, Szechuan Burrowing Shrew, Chinese Short-tailed Shrew	[8, 10, 23, 24, 28]	[8, 9, 23, 24]	[8, 9, 23, 24, 28]	[8, 9, 23, 24, 28]	[8, 15, 24, 28, 38]	[8, 10]	[8, 10]	[8, 10]	LC	NA	NA
92.	*Anourosorex assamensis Anderson, 1875	Assam Mole Shrew	[15, 28]	[36, 38]	[15, 28, 36, 38]	[8, 9, 15, 21, 28, 36, 38]	[28, 38]				LC	NA	NA
93.	Anourosorex schmidi Petter, 1963	Giant Mole Shrew	[14, 17, 36, 38]						[14, 17, 36, 38]		DD	NA	NA
94.	Chimarrogale himalayica (Gray, 1842)	Himalayan Water Shrew, Elegant Water Shrew	[8, 15, 38]		[38]		[38]		[6, 15, 28, 36, 38, 40]		LC	NA	NA
95.	Episoriculus caudatus (Horsfield, 1851)	Hodgson’s Brown-toothed Shrew	[8]		[23]				[6, 8, 15, 23, 28, 36, 38]		LC	NA	NA
96.	Episoriculus macrurus (Blanford, 1888)	Arboreal Brown-toothed Shrew, Long-tailed Mountain Shrew							[6, 36, 38]		LC	NA	NA
97.	Episoriculus sacratus (Thomas, 1911)	Sichuan Brown-toothed Shrew		[38, 39]					[38]		NE	NA	NA	The subspecies Episoriculus sacratus umbrinus is found in Assam. Episoriculus sacratus soluensis is found in Sikkim.
97a.	Episoriculus sacratus umbrinus (G. Allen, 1923)
97b.	Episoriculus sacratus soluensis (Gruber, 1969)
98.	Episoriculus baileyi Thomas, 1914	Long-tailed Brown-toothed Shrew	[8, 15, 38]	[36, 38]	[8, 38]				[8, 15, 28, 36, 38]		LC	NA	NA
99.	Nectogale elegans Milne-Edwards, 1870	Web-footed Shrew, Elegant Water Shrew							[6, 8, 15, 28, 36, 38]		LC	NA	NA
100.	Soriculus nigrescens (Gray, 1842)	Sikkim Large-clawed Shrew	[15, 28, 36, 38]	[15, 28, 36, 38, 39]	[38, 39]				[15, 28, 36, 38, 39]		LC	NA	NA	The subspecies Soriculus nigriscens nigriscens is found in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim. Soriculus nigriscens minor is found in Assam and Manipur.
100a.	Soriculus nigrescens nigrescens (Gray, 1842)
100b.	Soriculus nigrescens minor (Dobson, 1890)
	14. Family: Talpidae Fischer, 1817 (Moles)
101.	Euroscaptor micrura (Hodgson, 1841)	Himalayan Mole, Indian Short-tailed Mole	[8, 10, 15, 23, 24, 28, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 28, 38, 40]	[8, 10, 23, 24, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 21, 23, 24, 28, 38, 40]	[10, 15, 23, 24, 28, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 23, 24, 40]	[6, 8, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]		LC	NA	NA
102.	Parascaptor leucura (Blyth, 1850)	White-tailed Mole, Assamese Mole, Indian Mole	[8, 15, 28, 38]	[8, 9, 15, 28, 38, 40]	[8]	[8, 9, 15, 21, 28, 38, 40]	[8]	[8, 40]		[8]	LC	NA	NA
	VII. Order: Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 (Bats)
	15. Family: Pteropodidae Gray, 1821 (Old World Fruit Bats)
103.	Cynopterus sphinx (Vahl, 1797)	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat	[4, 8, 10, 15, 27, 38]	[4, 8, 10, 15, 27, 36, 38]	[15, 23]	[8, 9, 15, 21, 27, 34, 38]	[15, 24]	[15, 27, 40]	[6, 8, 36]	[2, 8, 27, 38]	LC	NA	Sch V
103a.	Cynopterus sphinx sphinx (Vahl, 1797)
104.	Cynopterus brachyotis (Müller, 1838)	Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat, Lesser Dog-faced Fruit Bat	[10, 15, 24, 38]	[10, 15, 24, 38]		[8, 10, 15, 21, 34, 36, 38]	[8, 15, 24, 34]	[10, 15, 24, 27, 36, 38]			LC	NA	Sch V
104a.	Cynopterus brachyotis brachyotis (Müller, 1838)
105.	Eonycteris spelaea (Dobson, 1871)	Lesser Dawn Bat, Common Dawn Bat	[6, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24]	[4, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 27, 38]	[8, 15, 23, 24, 27, 38]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 21, 23, 24, 27, 34, 38]	[15, 22, 24, 38]	[8, 15, 27, 38]	[6, 9, 10, 23, 24, 27, 36, 38]		LC	NA	Sch V
105a.	Eonycteris spelaea spelaea (Dobson, 1871)
106.	Macroglossus sobrinus K. Anderson, 1911	Hill Long-tongued Fruit Bat, Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 24, 27, 36, 38]			[2, 8, 9, 15, 21, 24, 27, 34, 36, 38]	[2, 8, 10, 15, 24, 27, 38]	[15, 38]	[8, 38]	[2, 9, 10, 24, 36, 38]	LC	NA	SchV
106a.	Macroglossus sobrinus sobrinus K. Andersen, 1911
107.	Megaerops niphanae Yenbutra & Felton, 1983	Ratanaworabhan’s Fruit Bat, Northern Tailless Fruit Bat	[8, 10, 15, 27, 36, 38]	[8, 15]	[10, 15, 23, 24, 27, 36, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 21, 34]	[15, 27, 10, 24, 36, 38]	[10, 15, 27, 36, 38, 40]			LC	NA	Sch V
108.	Pteropus medius Temminck, 1825	Indian Flying Fox	[15, 38]	[4, 8, 15, 38]	[8, 15, 23, 27]	[8, 9, 15, 21, 27, 34, 38]	[15, 24]	[15, 38, 40]	[15, 27, 36, 38]	[2, 27]	LC	II	Sch V	The name has recently changed from Pteropus giganteus to Pteropus medius (Srinivasulu et al. 2020, 2021). The subspecies Pteropus medius medius is found in Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Sikkim. Pteropus medius leucocephalus is found in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam
108a.	Pteropus medius medius Temminck, 1825
108b.	Pteropus medius leucocephalus Hodgson, 1835
109.	Rousettus leschenaultii (Desmarest, 1820)	Leschenault's Rousette	[2, 9, 10, 15, 24, 27, 38]	[4, 8, 15, 38]	[2, 15, 23]	[8, 15, 21, 27, 34, 38]	[2, 8, 15, 24, 38]	[8, 13, 38, 40]	[2, 6, 8, 15, 27, 38]	[2, 8, 15, 27, 38]	LC	NA	Sch V
109a.	Rousettus leschenaultii leschenaultii (Desmarest, 1820)
110.	Sphaerias blanfordi (Thomas, 1891)	Blandford's Fruit Bat, Mountain Fruit Bat	[6, 8, 10, 15, 24, 27, 36, 38]				[15, 27, 22, 24, 36, 38]		[6, 8, 10, 15, 38]		LC	NA	Sch V
	16. Family: Rhinolophidae Bell, 1836 (Horseshoe Bats)
111.	Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774)	Greater Horseshoe Bat	[8, 10, 38]					[6, 8, 38, 40]	[6, 10, 36, 38, 40]		LC	NA	NA
111a.	Rhinolophus ferrumequinum tragatus Hodgson, 1835
112.	Rhinolophus affinis Horsfield, 1823	Intermediate Horseshoe Bat	[8, 15, 27, 36, 38]	[15, 36, 38]		[8, 9, 15, 21, 27, 34]		[8, 27]	[15, 36, 38]		LC	NA	NA
112a.	Rhinolophus affinis himalayanus Andersen, 1905
113.	Rhinolophus pusillus Temminck, 1834	Least Horseshoe Bat	[8, 15, 27, 38]	[4, 8, 9, 15, 27, 36, 38]		[8, 9, 15, 21, 27, 30, 34, 38]			[8, 9, 15, 27, 38]		LC	NA	NA
113a.	Rhinolophus pusillus blythi Andersen, 1918
114.	Rhinolophus trifoliatus Temminck, 1834	Trefoil Horseshoe Bat		[4, 8, 15, 27, 36, 38]							LC	NA	NA
114a.	Rhinolophus trifoliatus trifoliatus Temminck, 1834
115.	Rhinolophus luctus Temminck, 1834	Great Woolly Horseshoe Bat, Woolly Horseshoe Bat		[4, 8, 9, 15, 27, 38, 40]		[8, 9, 15, 21, 27, 34, 38, 40]		[15, 27, 40]	[8, 9, 15, 36, 40]		LC	NA	NA
115a.	Rhinolophus luctus perniger Hodgson, 1843
116.	Rhinolophus rouxii Temminck, 1835	Rufous Horseshoe Bat	[8, 10, 24, 27]			[8, 27]	[10, 22, 24, 27]	[8, 27]	[6, 8, 27, 36]		LC	NA	NA
116a.	Rhinolophus rouxii rouxii Temminck, 1835
117.	Rhinolophus lepidus Blyth,1844	Blyth’s Horseshoe Bat		[4, 8, 10, 15, 27, 38]		[8, 9, 10, 15, 21, 24, 27, 34, 38, 40]	[10, 15, 22, 24, 38]	[10, 15, 27, 38, 40]			LC	NA	NA
117a.	Rhinolophus lepidus monticola Andersen, 1905
118.	Rhinolophus macrotis Blyth,1844	Big-eared Horseshoe Bat	[8, 15, 27]	[15]		[8, 15, 21, 27, 34, 36]					LC	NA	NA
118a.	Rhinolophus macrotis macrotis Blyth, 1844
119.	Rhinolophus subbadius Blyth, 1844	Little Nepalese Horseshoe Bat	[8, 15, 27, 36, 38]			[8, 9, 15, 21, 27, 34, 36, 38]					LC	NA	NA
120.	Rhinolophus pearsonii Horsfield, 1851	Pearson’s Horseshoe Bat		[8, 15, 36, 38]		[8, 9, 15, 21, 24, 27, 34, 36, 38]	[24, 34, 36, 38]		[6, 9, 15, 24, 27, 36, 38]		LC	NA	NA
120a.	Rhinolophus pearsonii pearsonii Horsfield, 1851
121.	Rhinolophus yunanensis Dobson, 1872	Dobson's Horseshoe Bat	[8, 15, 27, 36, 38]				[8, 15, 24, 27, 36, 38]				LC	NA	NA
122.	Rhinolophus sinicusK. Andersen, 1905	Andersen’s Leaf-nosed Bat	[15, 27, 38]			[15, 21, 27, 30, 34, 36, 38]	[38]	[15, 27, 36, 38]	[15, 27, 36, 38]		LC	NA	NA
122a.	Rhinolophus sinicus sinicus K. Andersen, 1905
	17. Family: Hipposideridae Lydekker, 1891 (Old World Leaf-nosed Bats)
123.	Coelops frithii Blyth, 1848	East Asian Tail-less Leaf-nosed Bat				[8, 15, 21, 27, 34, 36, 38, 43]					NT	NA	NA
123a.	Coelops frithii frithii Blyth, 1848
124.	Hipposideros armiger (Hodgson, 1835)	Great Leaf-nosed Bat, Great Himalayan Leaf-nosed Bat, Great Roundleaf Bat		[4, 6, 8, 9, 15, 23, 27, 36, 38]	[8, 15, 23, 27, 36, 40]	[6, 8, 9, 15, 21, 23, 27, 30, 34, 36, 38, 43]			[6, 8, 9, 15, 23, 27, 36, 38]		LC	NA	NA
124a.	Hipposideros armiger armiger Hodgson, 1835
125.	# Hipposideros ater Templeton, 1848	Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat, Dusky Roundleaf Bat				[15, 27, 38]					LC	NA	NA
125a.	Hipposideros ater ater Templeton, 1848
126.	Hipposideros lankadiva Kelaart, 1850	Indian Leaf-nosed Bat, Indian Roundleaf Bat	[8, 10]		[15, 23, 24, 38]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 21, 24, 27, 34, 36, 38, 43]	[10, 15, 24, 38]			[2, 9, 10, 15, 24, 38]	LC	NA	NA
126a.	Hipposideros lankadiva Indus Andersen, 1918
127.	Hipposideros cineraceus Blyth, 1853	Ashy Leaf-nosed Bat, Ashy Roundleaf Bat	[8, 10, 15, 24, 27, 36, 38, 40]	[4, 8, 10, 15, 24, 27, 36, 38, 40]		[8, 9, 10, 15, 21, 24, 27, 30, 34, 36, 38, 40]	[8, 10, 15, 24, 36, 38]	[8, 10, 40]			LC	NA	NA
127a.	Hipposideros cineraceus cineraceus Blyth, 1853
128.	Hipposideros pomona K. Anderson, 1918	Anderson’s Leaf-nosed Bat	[8, 9, 10, 15, 27, 36, 38]	[4, 8, 9, 10, 15, 27, 36, 38, 40]		[8, 9, 10, 15, 21, 27, 34, 36, 38, 40]	[8]	[8, 10, 15, 27, 36, 38, 40]	[6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 27, 36, 38, 40]		LC	NA	NA
128a.	Hipposideros pomona gentilis K. Andersen, 1918
129.	Hipposideros larvatus (Horsfield, 1823)	Intermediate Leaf-nosed Bat, Intermediate Roundleaf Bat	[8, 10, 15, 27, 36, 38]	[4, 8, 9, 10, 15, 27, 36, 38]		[8, 9, 10, 15, 21, 27, 30, 34, 36, 38]					LC	NA	NA
129a.	Hipposideros larvatus leptophyllus (Dobson, 1874)
130.	Hipposideros khasiana Thabah et al., 2006	Khasian Leaf-nosed Bat				[15, 43]					DD	NA	NA	Srinivasulu et al. (2021) included Hipposideros khasiana under Hipposideros larvatus
	18. Family: Megadermatidae H. Allen, 1864 (False Vampire Bats)
131.	Megaderma spasma (Linnaeus, 1758)	Lesser False Vampire Bat, Lesser False Vampire		[4, 8, 15, 27, 36, 38]	[15, 38]	[8, 15, 21, 27, 34, 36, 38]	[8, 15, 27, 36, 38]			[15, 38]	LC	NA	NA
131a.	Megaderma spasma majus Andersen, 1918
132.	Lyroderma lyra (E. Geoffroy, 1810)	Greater False Vampire Bat, Greater False Vampire	[4, 8, 15, 27, 38]	[4, 8, 9, 15, 27, 38, 40]		[8, 9, 15, 21, 27, 30, 34, 38]		[40]	[15, 36]		LC	NA	NA
132a.	Lyroderma lyra lyra E. Geoffroy, 1810
	19. Family: Emballonuridae Gervais, 1855 (Sheath-tailed Bats)
133.	Saccolaimus saccolaimus (Temminck, 1838)	Pouch-bearing Tomb Bat, Bare-rumped Sheath-tailed Bat		[3, 4]		[8, 15, 21, 27, 34, 36, 38]					LC	NA	NA
133a.	Saccolaimus saccolaimus crassus (Blyth, 1844)
134.	Taphozous longimanus Hardwicke, 1825	Long-winged Tomb Bat		[4, 8, 15, 36, 38]				[8, 15, 36, 40]		[2, 8, 15, 27, 36, 38]	LC	NA	NA
134a.	Taphozous longimanus longimanus Hardwicke, 1825
135.	Taphozous nudiventris Cretzschmar, 1826	Naked-rumped Tomb Bat	[10]						[6, 8, 15, 27, 38]		LC	NA	NA
135a.	Taphozous nudiventris kachhensis Dobson, 1872
136.	Taphozous melanopogon Temminck, 1841	Black-bearded Tomb Bat				[15, 21, 34]					LC	NA	NA
136a.	Taphozous melanopogon melanopogon Temminck, 1841
	20. Family: Molossidae Gill, 1872 (Free-tailed Bats)
137.	Chaerephon plicatus (Buchannan, 1800)	Wrinkle-lipped Free-tailed Bat, Wrinkle-lipped Bat				[8, 9, 15, 21, 27, 34, 36, 38]					LC	NA	NA
137a.	Chaerephon plicatus plicatus (Buchanan, 1800)
138.	Otomops wroughtoni (Thomas, 1913)	Wroughton’s Giant Mastiff Bat, Wroughton’s Free-tailed Bat				[8, 15, 21, 27, 34, 36, 38]					DD	NA	Sch I
	21. Family: Vespertilionidae Gray, 1821 (Evening Bats, Vesper Bats)
139.	Arielulus circumdatus (Temminck, 1840)	Bronze Sprite, Black-gilded Pipistrelle		[8, 15, 27, 36, 38]		[8, 9, 15, 21, 27, 34, 36, 38]	[15, 22, 24, 36, 38]		[15, 27, 36, 38]		LC	NA	NA
140.	Eptesicus serotinus (Schreber, 1774)	Serotine Bat		[4, 8, 15, 27, 38]				[8, 15, 27, 38]			LC	NA	NA
140a.	Eptesicus serotinus pachyomus (Tomes, 1857)
141.	Eptesicus pachyotis (Dobson, 1871)	Thick-eared Bat, Thick-eared Serotine				[8, 9, 15, 21, 24, 27, 34, 36, 38]	[15, 22, 24, 36, 38]				LC	NA	NA
142.	Hesperoptenus tickelli (Blyth, 1851)	Tickell's Bat		[15, 27, 36, 38]							LC	NA	NA
143.	Scotomanes ornatus (Blyth, 1851)	Harlequin Bat	[8, 9, 10, 15, 27, 36, 38]	[15, 36, 38]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 27, 36, 38]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 21, 27, 34, 36, 38]		[8, 10, 15, 27, 36, 38]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 27, 36, 38]		LC	NA	NA	Scotomanes ornatus ornatus is found in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Sikkim. Scotomanes ornatus imbrensis is found in Meghalaya.
143a.	Scotomanes ornatus ornatus (Blyth, 1851)
143b.	Scotomanes ornatus imbrensis Thomas, 1921
144.	Scotophilus kuhlii Leach, 1821	Lesser Asiatic Yellow House Bat, Asiatic Lesser Yellow House Bat		[4, 15, 36, 38]		[8, 9, 15, 21, 27, 34, 36, 38]		[40]		[2, 8, 15, 27, 36, 38]	LC	NA	NA
144a.	Scotophilus kuhlii kuhlii Leach, 1821
145.	Scotophilus heathii (Horsfield, 1831)	Greater Asiatic Yellow House Bat, Asiatic Greater Yellow House Bat	[10, 15, 38]	[4, 8, 15, 27, 38]	[8, 15, 23, 38]	[8, 9, 15, 21, 27, 34, 38]		[15, 27, 40, 38]		[8, 23]	LC	NA	NA
145a.	Scotophilus heathii heathii (Horsfield, 1831)
146.	Nyctalus noctula (Schreber, 1774)	Common Noctula						[6, 8, 27, 36, 38, 40]	[6, 27, 36, 38, 40]		LC	NA	NA
146a.	Nyctalus noctula labiata (Dobson, 1876)
147.	Pipistrellus coromandra (Gray, 1838)	Coromandel Pipistrelle, Indian Pipistrelle	[8, 10, 15, 27, 38]	[4, 8, 10, 15, 27, 38]	[10, 15, 23, 38]	[4, 8, 9, 10, 15, 21, 27, 34, 38]		[10, 15, 27, 38, 40]	[6, 8, 15, 27, 36, 38]	[15, 9, 2, 10, 40, 38, 8]	LC	NA	NA
148.	Pipistrellus javanicus (Gray, 1838)	Javan Piperstrelle		[4, 8, 15, 27]	[8, 15, 27, 38]	[15, 21, 34, 38]		[8, 15, 27, 38]	[8, 15, 27, 36, 38]		LC	NA	NA
148a.	Pipistrellus javanicus babu Thomas, 1915
149.	Pipistrellus abramus (Temminck, 1840)	Japanese Pipistrelle	[27, 38]								LC	NA	NA
150.	Pipistrellus tenuis (Temminck, 1840)	Least Pipistrelle	[15, 38]	[4, 8, 15, 27, 38]	[8, 15, 23, 38]	[4, 8, 9, 12, 15, 27, 34, 38]		[15, 38, 40]		[2, 8, 15, 27, 38]	LC	NA	NA
150a.	Pipistrellus tenuis mimus Wroughton, 1899
151.	Pipistrellus ceylonicus (Kelaart, 1852)	Kelaart's Pipistrelle		[4, 15]		[4, 21, 34]					LC	NA	NA
151a.	Pipistrellus ceylonicus indicus (Dobson, 1878)
152.	Pipistrellus paterculus Thomas, 1915	Mount Popa Pipistrelle		[4, 8, 15, 27, 36, 38]	[8, 15, 27, 36, 38]	[21, 34]		[8, 15, 27, 36, 38]			LC	NA	NA
152a.	Pipistrellus paterculus paterculus Thomas, 1915
153.	# Scotozous dormer Dobson, 1875	Dormer’s Bat		[8, 15, 27, 38]	[15, 23, 38]		[15, 22, 24, 27, 38]	[15, 27, 40, 38]		[8, 15, 27, 38]	LC	NA	NA
154.	Barbastella darjelingensis Hodgson, 1855	Eastern Barbestelle		[15, 38]		[6, 8, 9, 15, 21, 24, 27, 34, 36, 38]	[8, 24]		[6, 9, 15, 24, 27, 36, 38]		LC	NA	NA
155.	Plecotus homochrous Hodgson, 1847	Hodgson's Long-eared Bat				[6, 8, 9, 21, 34, 36]			[6, 9, 27, 36, 38]		DD	NA	NA
156.	Hypsugo savii (Bonaparte, 1837)	Savi's Pipistrelle				[8, 9, 21, 27, 34, 36, 38]					LC	NA	NA
156a.	Hypsugo savii austenianus (Dobson, 1871)
157.	Hypsugo cadornae (Thomas, 1916)	Cadorna’s Pipistrelle, Thomas’s Pipistrelle							[38, 23, 42]		LC	NA	NA
158.	Mirostrellus joffrei (Thomas, 1915)	Joffre’s Pipistrelle				[21, 32, 34]			[32, 34]		DD	NA	NA
159.	Ia io Thomas, 1920	Great Evening Bat		[8, 15, 36]		[8, 9, 15, 21, 27, 30, 34, 36, 38, 43]					LC	NA	NA
160.	Tylonycteris fulvida (Blyth, 1850)	Blyth’s Lesser Bamboo Bat, Pale Club-footed Bat	[10, 38]	[4, 8]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 27, 38]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 21, 24, 27, 34, 38]	[2, 8, 10, 15, 24, 27, 38]		[2, 9, 10, 15, 24, 27, 36, 38]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 24, 27]	NA	NA	NA
161.	Tylonycteris malayana Chasen, 1940	Malayan Greater Bamboo Bat				[21, 34]	[21, 27, 36, 38, 39]				NE	NA	NA
161a.	Tylonycteris malayana malayana Chasen, 1940
162.	Myotis formosus (Hodgson, 1835)	Hodgson’s Bat, Hodgson's Myotis		[4, 8, 9, 15, 24, 27, 36, 38]		[8, 9, 15, 21, 24, 27, 34, 36, 38]	[15, 22, 24, 36, 38]		[8, 9, 15, 24, 36, 38]		LC	NA	NA
162a.	Myotis formosus formosus (Hodgson, 1835)
163.	Myotis horsfieldii (Temminck, 1840)	Horsfield’s Myotis		[3, 4]		[8, 9, 21, 34]					LC	NA	NA
164.	Myotis muricola (Gray, 1864)	Nepalese Whiskered Myotis, Nepalese Whiskered Bat		[4, 8, 15, 27, 36, 38]		[8, 15, 21, 27, 30, 34, 36, 38]	[15, 22, 24, 36, 38]		[6, 8, 15, 27, 36, 38]		LC	NA	NA
164a.	Myotis muricola muricola (Gray, 1846)
165.	Myotis siligorensis (Horsfield, 1855)	Himalayan Whiskered Myotis, Himalayan Whiskered Bat				[6, 8, 9, 15, 21, 27, 30, 34, 36, 38]			[6, 15, 27, 36, 38]		LC	NA	NA
165a.	Myotis siligorensis siligorensis (Horsfield, 1855)
166.	Myotis blythii (Tomes, 1857)	Lesser Mouse-eared Myotis, Lesser Mouse-eared Bat				[17, 38]					LC	NA	NA
166a.	Myotis blythii blythii (Tomes, 1857)
167.	Myotis pilosus (Peters, 1869)	Rickett’s Big-footed Myotis				[21, 30, 34, 43]					VU	NA	NA
168.	Myotis annectans (Dobson, 1871)	Hairy-faced Myotis, Hairy-faced Bat						[8, 15, 27, 36, 38]			LC	NA	NA
169.	Myotis laniger (Peters, 1871)	Chinese Water Myotis				[15, 21, 34, 36, 38]					LC	NA	NA
170.	Myotis nipalensis (Dobson, 1871)	Nepal Myotis, Nepal Whiskered Bat				[8, 15, 38]					LC	NA	NA
170a.	Myotis nipalensis nipalensis (Dobson, 1871)
171.	Myotis longipes (Dobson, 1873)	Kashmir Cave Myotis, Kashmir Cave Bat				[8, 9, 15, 21, 27, 29, 30, 34, 36, 38]					DD	NA	NA
172.	Myotis montivagus (Dobson, 1874)	Burmese Whiskered Myotis, Burmese Whiskered Bat					[15, 22, 24, 36, 38]				LC	NA	NA
172a.	Myotis montivagus montivagus (Dobson, 1874)
173.	Myotis altarium Thomas, 1911	Szechwan Myotis				[15, 21, 34, 41, 44]					LC	NA	NA
174.	Myotis sicarius (Thomas, 1915)	Mandelli’s Mouse-eared Myotis, Mandelli’s Mouse-eared Bat							[8, 15, 27, 38]		VU	NA	NA
175.	Harpiocephalus harpia (Temminck, 1840)	Lesser Hairy-winged Bat		[4, 8, 15, 27, 36, 38]		[6, 8, 9, 15, 21, 27, 34, 36, 38]	[15, 24, 27, 36, 38]		[6, 8, 15, 27, 36, 38]		LC	NA	NA
175a.	Harpiocephalus harpia lasyurus (Hodgson, 1847)
176.	Murina aurata Milne-Edwards, 1872	Little Tube-nosed Bat, Tibetan Tube-nosed Bat				[8, 15, 21, 27, 34, 38]			[6, 8, 15, 27, 36, 38]		LC	NA	NA
177.	Murina cyclotis Dobson, 1872	Orange Tube-nosed Bat, Round-eared Tube-nosed Bat				[6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 21, 24, 27, 30, 34, 36, 38]	[10, 15, 22, 24, 36, 38]		[8, 10, 15, 24, 27, 36, 38]		LC	NA	NA
177a.	Murina cyclotis cyclotis Dobson, 1872
178.	Murina huttoni (Peters, 1872)	Hutton's Tube-nosed Bat, White-bellied Tube-nosed Bat	[8, 15, 36, 38]	[4, 8, 15, 27, 36, 38]		[8, 15, 21, 27, 34, 36, 38]					LC	NA	NA
178a.	Murina huttoni huttoni (Peters, 1872)
179.	Murina tubinaris (Scully, 1881)	Scully's Tube-nosed Bat	[8, 9, 10, 24, 27, 38]			[8, 9, 10, 21, 24, 27, 34, 38]	[10, 22, 24, 27, 38]		[8, 9, 10, 24, 27, 38]		DD	NA	NA
180.	Murina pluvialis (Ruedi et al., 2012)	Rainforest Tube-nosed Bat				[15, 21, 29, 30, 34]					DD	NA	NA
181.	Murina jaintiana (Ruedi et al., 2012)	Jaintia Tube-nosed Bat				[15, 21, 29, 34]					DD	NA	NA
182.	Harpiola grisea (Peters, 1872)	Peters’s Tube-nosed Bat					[2, 15, 24, 38]				DD	NA	NA
183.	Kerivoula picta (Pallas, 1767)	Painted Wooly Bat		[4, 8, 15, 36, 38]					[8, 15, 36, 38]		LC	NA	NA
183a.	Kerivoula picta picta (Pallas, 1767)
184.	Kerivoula hardwickii (Horsfield, 1824)	Hardwicke’s Woolly Bat, Hardwicke’s Forest Bat		[4, 9, 15, 36, 38, 40]		[8, 9, 15, 21, 34, 36, 38, 40]	[8, 15, 36, 38]	[8, 9, 15, 36, 38, 40]			LC	NA	NA
185.	Kerivoula kachinensis (Bates et al., 2004)	Kachin Woolly Bat				[21, 30, 34]					LC	NA	NA
186.	Kerivoula furva (Kuo et al., 2017)	Dark Woolly Bat				[20, 34]					NE	NA	NA
	22. Family: Miniopteridae Miller, 1907 (Long-fingered Bats)
187.	Miniopterus fuliginosus (Hodgson, 1835)	Eastern Long-fingered Bat				[38]					NE	NA	NA
188.	Miniopterus pusillus Dobson, 1876	Small Long-fingered Bat, Nicobar Long- fingered Bat, Lesser Bent-winged Bat				[21, 33, 34]					LC	NA	NA
189.	Miniopterus magnate Sanborn, 1931	Western Long- fingered Bat, Large Bent-winged Bat	[38]			[21, 30, 34, 37]					LC	NA	NA	The M. schreibersii (restricted to Western Palaearctic region) reported by Sinha, 1999a is considered as Miniopterus magnater (Saikia et al. 2018)
189a.	Miniopterus magnater macrodens Maeda, 1982
	VIII. Order: Pholidota Weber, 1904 (Pangolins)
	23. Family: Manidae Gray, 1821 (Pangolins)
190.	Manis crassicaudata (Gray, 1827)	Indian Pangolin, Thick-tailed Pangolin		[8, 15]		[8, 9, 15, 21]					EN	I	NA
191.	Manis pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758	Chinese Pangolin	[8, 10, 15, 18, 24, 25, 28, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 10, 15, 23, 24, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 21, 23, 24, 28, 38, 40]	[8, 10, 15, 24, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 10, 15, 36, 38]	[8, 15, 40]	CR	I	I
191a.	Manis pentadactyla auritus Hodgson, 1836
	IX. Order: Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 (Carnivores)
	24. Family: Canidae Fischer, 1817 (Dogs, Wolves, Jackals, and Foxes)
192.	Canis aureus Linnaeus, 1758	Golden Jackal, Asiatic Jackal, Common Jackal	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 18, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 15, 23, 24, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 21, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 15, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 6, 9, 15, 23, 24, 35, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	LC	III	II
192a.	Canis aureus indicus Hodgson, 1833
193.	Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758	Grey Wolf, Common Wolf	[10, 15]						[1, 15, 35, 38]		LC	I	I
193a.	Canis lupus pallipes Sykes, 1831
194.	Cuon alpinus (Pallas, 1811)	Dhole, Asiatic Wild Dog, Indian Wild Dog	[8, 10, 15, 18, 25, 38]	[8, 15, 38]	[8, 15, 38]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 21, 38, 40]	[8, 15, 38]	[10, 15, 38, 40]	[1, 9, 10, 15, 36, 40]	[8, 15, 38]	EN	II	II	The subspecies Cuon alpinus primaevus is found in Sikkim. Cuon alpinus adustus is found in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura
194a.	Cuon alpinus primaevus Hodgson, 1833
194b.	Cuon alpinus adustus Pocock, 1941
195.	Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)	Red fox, Himalayan Fox, Silver Fox	[8, 15, 17, 18]						[1, 6, 15, 17, 35, 36, 38]		LC	III	Sch II [Part I]
195a.	Vulpes vulpes montana Pearson, 1836
196.	Vulpes bengalensis (Shaw, 1800)	Bengal Fox, Indian Fox	[8, 10, 17, 18]	[8]	[8, 23]	[8, 9, 21]	[8, 24]	[8, 40]	[8, 17]		LC	III	Sch II [Part I]
197.	Vulpes ferrilata Hodgson, 1842	Tibetan Fox, Sand Fox							[1, 15, 17, 38]		LC	NA	I
	25. Family: Mustelidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 (Badgers, Otters and Weasels)
198.	Aonyx cinereus (Illiger, 1815)	Asian Small-clawed Otter, Oriental Small-clawed Otter	[8, 9, 10, 15, 24, 36, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 24, 36, 40]	[8, 15]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 21, 24, 40]	[8, 10, 15, 24, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 24]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 24, 40]	[8, 15]	VU	II	I
198a.	Aonyx cinereusconcolor (Rafinesque, 1832)
199.	Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758)	European Otter, Common Otter	[6, 8, 9, 10, 15]	[8, 9, 15, 38]	[8]	[8, 9, 21]	[8]	[8, 15]	[8, 6, 36, 38]	[8]	NT	I	II
199a.	Lutra lutra monticola Hodgson, 1839
200.	Lutrogale perspicillata (I. Geoffroy St-Hilaire, 1826)	Smooth-coated Otter, Indian Smooth-coated Otter	[8, 9, 40]	[8, 9, 15, 38, 40]	[8, 15, 38]	[8, 9, 15, 16, 21, 38, 40]	[8, 15]	[8, 9, 15, 40]	[1, 8]	[8, 15, 38]	VU	I	II
200a.	Lutrogale perspicillata perspicillata (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1826)
201.	Martes foina (Erxleben, 1777)	Stone Marten, Beech Marten	[8, 15]						[1, 6, 15, 35]		LC	III	II
201a.	Martes foina toufoeus (Hodgson, 1842)
202.	Martes flavigula (Boddaert, 1785)	Yellowthroated Martin	[2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 18, 23, 24, 25, 40]	[2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 40]	[10, 15, 24, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 21, 23, 24, 40]	[15, 24]	[2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 24, 40]	[2, 6, 9, 15, 23, 24, 35, 40]	[8, 10, 15]	LC	III	II
202a.	Martes flavigula flavigula (Boddaert, 1785)
203.	Arctonyx collaris F. Cuvier, 1825	Greater Hog-Badger	[6, 8, 9, 10, 23, 38, 40]	[6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 38, 40]	[6, 9, 10, 15, 23, 40]	[8, 9, 15, 16, 21, 23, 38, 40]	[8, 15, 38]	[6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 38, 40]	[1, 6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 38, 40]	[8]	VU	NA	I
203a.	Arctonyx collaris collaris F. Cuvier, 1825
204.	Arctonyx albogularis (Blyth, 1853)	Northern Hog-Badger				[15, 21]			[8, 15]		LC	NA	I
205.	Melogale moschata (Gray, 1831)	Small-toothed Ferret-Badger, Chinese Ferret-Badger	[8, 10, 15, 18, 38]	[8, 15, 38]	[15, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 15, 16, 21, 23]	[8, 15]	[8, 15, 23, 38, 40]	[38]		LC	NA	II
205a.	Melogale moschata millsi (Thomas, 1922)
206.	Melogale personata I. Geoffroy St-Hilaire, 1831	Large-toothed Ferret-Badger, Burmese Ferret-Badger	[15, 38]	[8, 15, 38]	[8, 15, 38]	[8, 9, 15, 16, 21, 38]	[8, 15]	[8, 15, 38]	[1, 9, 15, 38]	[8, 15]	LC	NA	II
206a.	Melogale personata nipalensis (Hodgson, 1836)
207.	Mustela sibirica Pallas, 1773	Siberian Weasel	[8, 15, 38]						[6, 8, 15, 38]		LC	III	II
207a.	Mustela sibirica subhemachalana Hodgson, 1837
208.	Mustela altaica Pallas, 1811	Altai Weasel, Mountain Weasel, Pale Weasel	[15, 25]						[15, 35, 36, 38]		NT	III	II
208a.	Mustela altaica temon Hodgson, 1857
209.	Mustela kathiah Hodgson, 1835	Yellow-bellied Weasel	[8, 9, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[15, 23, 40, 23, 24, 38]	[8, 9, 15, 21, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[15, 24]	[8, 9, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 23, 40, 24, 38, 7]		LC	III	II
209a.	Mustela kathiah kathiah Hodgson, 1835
210.	Mustela strigidorsa Gray, 1853	Stripe-backed Weasel, Back-striped Weasel	[8, 10, 15, 38]	[8, 15, 38]	[15, 38]	[8, 15, 21]	[8, 15]	[8, 15]	[8, 10, 15, 36, 38]		LC	NA	II
	26. Family Ailuridae Gray, 1843 (Red Panda)
211.	Ailurus fulgens F. G. Cuvier, 1825	Red Panda, Lesser Panda	[6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 18, 25, 38]	[8, 12]		[8, 9, 21]			[6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 38]		EN	I	I
211a.	Ailurus fulgens fulgens F. Cuvier, 1825
	27. Family: Ursidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 (Bears)
212.	Helarctos malayanus (Raffles, 1821)	Malayan Sun Bear, Sun Bear	[8, 10, 15, 38]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 24, 38]	[15, 38]	[8, 9, 15, 21, 24]	[15, 24, 38]	[8, 10, 15]		[8, 15]	VU	I	I
213.	Melursus ursinus (Shaw, 1791)	Sloth Bear	[8, 15, 38]	[8, 9, 15, 38]		[8, 9, 21, 38]	[8, 38]	[8, 38]			VU	I	I
213a.	Melursus ursinus ursinus (Shaw, 1791)
214.	Ursus arctos (Linnaeus, 1758)	Brown Bear	[8, 15]						[1, 8, 15, 38]		LC	II	I
214a.	Ursus arctos isabellinus Horsfield, 1826
215.	Ursus thibetanus (G. Cuvier, 1823)	Asiatic Black Bear, Himalayan Black Bear.	[8, 10, 15, 18, 25, 38]	[6, 8, 10, 15]	[8, 10, 15, 23, 24, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 21, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 40]	[8, 15, 38]	[6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 36, 38, 40]	[8, 15]	VU	I	II
215a.	Ursus thibetanus thibetanus (G. Cuvier, 1823)
	28. Family: Felidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 (Cats)
216.	**Acinonyx jubatus (Griffith, 1821)	Cheetah									VU EX (India)	I	I	Widely distributed in Indian mainland in the past, now totally annihilated
216a.	**Acinonyx jubatus venaticus (Griffith, 1821)	Asiatic Cheetah
217.	Felis chaus Schreber, 1777	Jungle Cat	[8, 9, 10, 15, 18, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 21, 23, 24, 38]	[10, 15, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[6, 9, 10, 23, 24, 35, 36, 38, 40]	[8, 10, 15, 38]	LC	NA	II
217a.	Felis chaus affinis Gray, 1830
218.	Lynx lynx (Linnaeus, 1758)	Eurasian Lynx							[1, 15]		LC	NA	I
219.	Otocolobus manul (Pallas, 1776)	Pallas's Cat							[5, 15]		NT	NA	I
219a.	Otocolobus manul nigripecta Hodgson, 1842
220.	Pardofelis temminckii (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)	Asian Golden Cat, Temminck's Golden Cat	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 18, 38]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 38]	[8, 15]	[2, 8, 9, 15, 21, 38]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 38]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 38]	[1, 2, 9, 10, 15, 35]	[2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 36]	NT	I	I
221.	Pardofelis marmorata (Martin, 1837)	Marbled Cat	[6, 9, 10, 15, 18, 25, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 40]	[8, 15]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 21, 38, 40]	[8, 15]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 40]	[1, 6, 9, 10, 15, 38, 40]	[8, 15]	NT	I	I
221a.	Pardofelis marmorata charltonii (Gray, 1846 )
222.	Prionailurus bengalensis (Kerr, 1792)	Leopard Cat	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 18, 23, 24, 25, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 10, 15, 16, 21, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 10, 15, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40].	[6, 15, 35, 38]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	LC	I	I	The subspecies Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis is found in Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura. Prionailurus bengalensis horsfieldii is found in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, and Sikkim.
222a.	Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis (Kerr, 1792)
222b.	Prionailurus bengalensis horsfieldii (Gray, 1842)
223.	Prionailurus viverrinus (Bennet, 1833)	Fishing Cat	[8, 10, 15]	[8, 10, 15, 38]	[8, 38]	[8, 21, 38]	[8, 38]	[8, 38]	[1, 38]	[8, 38]	VU	NA	I
224.	Neofelis nebulosa (Griffith, 1821)	Clouded Leopard	[8, 9, 10, 15, 18, 25, 38]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 24, 38]	[8, 38]	[8, 9, 10, 16, 21, 24, 38]	[8, 9, 15, 24, 38]	[8, 38]	[1, 6, 10, 15, 35, 38]	[8, 15, 38]	VU	I	I
224a.	Neofelis nebulosa macrosceloides Hodgson, 1853
225.	Panthera pardus (Linnaeus, 1758)	Leopard, Panther	[8, 10, 15, 18, 25]	[8, 10, 15]	[8, 10, 15]	[8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 21]	[8, 10, 15, 24]	[8, 10, 15, 40]	[6, 8, 15]	[8, 10]	VU	I	I
225a.	Panthera pardus fusca (Meyer, 1794)
226.	Panthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758)	Bengal Tiger, Royal Bengal Tiger	[8, 10, 15, 18, 38]	[8, 10, 15, 38]	[8, 10, 15]	[8, 9, 10, 21, 38]	[8, 10, 15, 24]	[8, 10, 15, 38, 40]	[8]	[8, 10]	EN	I	I
226a.	Panthera tigris tigris (Linnaeus, 1758)
227.	Panthera uncia (Schreber, 1775)	Snow Leopard	[6, 10, 15, 25, 38]						[1, 6, 15, 35, 36, 38]		VU	I	I
	29. Family: Prionodontidae Pocock, 1933 (Linsang)
228.	Prionodon pardicolor Hodgson, 1841	Spotted Linsang	[15, 18, 38]	[8, 15, 38]				[8, 15]	[6, 8, 15, 36, 38]		LC	I	I
	30. Family: Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 (Mongooses)
229.	Urva edwardsii (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818)	Indian Grey Mongoose	[8, 38]	[8, 9, 15, 36, 38, 40]		[8, 9, 15, 21, 38]			[8, 9, 15, 38]		LC	III	Sch II [Part I]
229a.	Urva edwardsii nyula (Hodgson, 1836)
230.	Urva auropunctatus (Hodgson, 1836)	Small Asian Mongoose	[8, 9, 10, 18, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 21, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 24]	[8, 10, 15, 24, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 40]	[2, 8, 15]	LC	III	NA
230a.	Urva auropunctatus auropunctatus (Hodgson, 1836)
231.	Urva urva (Hodgson, 1836)	Crab-eating Mongoose	[2, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 21, 23, 24, 40]	[8, 10, 15, 24]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24]	[8, 15]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 40]	LC	III	II
231a.	Urva urva urva (Hodgson, 1836)
	31. Family: Viverridae Gray, 1821 (Civets and Palm Civets)
232.	Arctictis binturong (Raffles, 1821)	Binturong, Bearcat	[6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 18, 38]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 38]	[8, 10, 15, 38]	[8, 9, 15, 21, 38]	[8, 10, 15, 38]	[8, 10, 15, 38]	[1, 6, 9, 15, 35, 38]	[15, 38]	VU	III	I
232a.	Arctictis binturong albifrons (F. Cuvier, 1822)
233.	Arctogalidia trivirgata (Gray, 1832)	Small-toothed Palm Civet	[8, 15]	[8, 15, 38]	[8, 15]	[8, 15, 16, 21]	[8, 15]	[8, 13, 38, 40]		[8, 15]	LC	NA	Sch II [Part I]
233a.	Arctogalidia trivirgata millsi Wroughton, 1921
234.	Paguma larvata (Hamilton-Smith, 1827)	Masked Palm Civet	[6, 8, 10, 15, 18, 25, 38]	[8, 9, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 15, 16, 21, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[10, 15, 24]	[10, 15, 24, 38]	[1, 6, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 35, 36, 38, 40]	[8, 15, 38]	LC	III	II
234a.	Paguma larvata neglecta Pocock, 1934
235.	Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Pallas, 1777)	Common Palm Civet, Toddy Cat	[8, 10, 15, 18]	[8, 10, 15, 38]	[8, 10, 15, 23]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 21]	[8, 10, 15]	[8, 10, 15, 40]	[8, 15, 36, 38]	[8, 15]	LC	III	II
235a.	Paradoxurus hermaphroditus pallasi Gray, 1832
236.	Viverra zibetha Linnaeus, 1758	Large Indian Civet	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 15, 23, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 21, 23, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 38, 40]	[2, 6, 8, 9, 15, 23, 35, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 10, 15, 23, 40]	LC	III	II
237.	Viverricula indica (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)	Small Indian Civet	[8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 21, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 15, 24, 38]	[8, 13, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	LC	III	II	The subspecies Viverricula indica indica is distributed throughout of the region. Viverricula indica baptistae is found in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh.
237a.	Viverricula indica indica (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hillaire, 1803)
237b.	Viverricula indica baptistae (Pocock, 1933)
	X. Order: Perissodactyla Owen, 1848 (Assess and Rhinoceroses)
	32. Family: Equidae Gray, 1821 (Assess)
238.	Equus kiang Moorcroft, 1841	Kiang, Tibetan Wild Ass							[1, 6, 15, 36, 38]		LC	II	I
238a.	Equus kiang kiang Moorcroft, 1841
	33. Family: Rhinocerotidae Gray, 1821 (Rhinoceroses)
239.	**Dicerorhinus sumatrensis (Fischer, 1814)	Sumatran Rhinoceros, Asian Two-horned Rhinoceros									CR EX (India)	I	I	The species once distributed in the region but presently Extinct.
239a.	**Dicerorhinus sumatrensis lasiotis (Buckland, 1872)
240.	Rhinoceros unicornis Linnaeus, 1758	Great Indian Rhinoceros, Great One-horned Rhinoceros, Indian One-horned Rhinoceros		[8, 15, 36, 38, 39]							VU	I	I
241.	**Rhinoceros sondaicus Desmarest, 1822	Javan Rhinoceros, Lesser One-horned Rhinoceros, Javan One-horned Rhinoceros									CR EX (India)	I	I	The species once distributed in the region but presently Extinct.
241a.	**Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis Lesson, 1840
	XI. Order: Artiodactyla Owen, 1848 (Even-toed Ungulates)
	34. Family: Suidae Gray, 1821 (Pigs)
242.	Porcula salvania Hodgson, 1847	Pigmy Hog		[8, 15, 36, 38]							EN	I	I
243.	Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758	Wild Boar, Wild Pig	[8, 10, 15, 18, 25]	[8, 15, 41]	[8, 10, 15, 23]	[8, 9, 13, 15, 16, 21]	[8, 15, 24]	[8, 15, 40]	[8, 10, 15]	[2, 8, 15]	LC	NA	III
243a.	Sus scrofa cristatus Wagner, 1839
	35. Family: Moschidae Gray, 1821 (Musk Deer)
244.	Moschus chrysogaster Hodgson, 1839	Alpine Musk Deer, Golden-bellied Musk Deer							[6, 8, 15, 36, 38]		EN	I	I
244a.	Moschus chrysogaster chrysogaster Hodgson, 1839
245.	Moschus leucogaster Hodgson, 1839	Himalayan Musk Deer, White-bellied Musk Deer							[8, 15, 36, 38]		EN	I	I
246.	Moschus fuscus Li, 1981	Dwarf Musk Deer, Black Musk Deer	[15, 36]	[38]					[15, 36, 38]		EN	I	I
	36. Family: Cervidae Goldfuss, 1820 (Deers)
247.	Axis axis (Erxleben, 1777)	Chital, Spotted Deer		[2, 8, 9, 15]					[2, 8, 9, 36]		LC	NA	III	Once the species was widespread in the region, now restricted to Assam and Sikkim.
248.	Axis porcinus (Zimmermann, 1777)	Hog Deer	[8, 9, 10, 15, 18, 24, 38]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 24, 38]	[8, 15, 38]	[8, 9, 10, 21, 24]	[10, 24, 38]	[8]		[8, 9, 10, 24]	EN	I	III
249.	**Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758	Red Deer							[38]		LC EX (Northeast India)	NA	NA	The subspecies Cervus elaphus wallichi was reported from the region (Sikkim only) but presently extinct.
249a.	**Cervus elaphus wallichi G. Cuvier, 1823
250.	Muntiacus vaginalis (Boddaert, 1785)	Northern Red Muntjac, Indian Muntjac	[2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 18, 23, 24, 25, 40]	[2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 23, 24, 38, 40]	[2, 8, 15, 23]	[6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 21, 23, 24, 40]	[8, 10, 15, 23, 24]	[8, 10, 15]	[2, 6, 8, 9, 10,15, 23, 24, 40]	[2, 6, 9, 8, 15, 23, 40]	LC	NA	III
250a.	Muntiacus vaginalis vaginalis (Boddaert, 1785)
251.	Muntiacus putaoensis Amato et al., 1999	Leaf Muntjac, Leaf Deer	[15, 36, 38]		[15, 38]			[8, 15, 38]			DD	NA	NA
252.	Rucervus duvaucelii (Cuvier, 1823)	Swamp Deer, Barshinga		[8, 9, 15, 36, 38]							VU	I	I
252a.	Rucervus duvaucelii ranjitsinhi (Groves, 1982)
253.	Rucervus eldii (McClelland, 1842)	Brow-antlered Deer, Eld’s Deer			[8, 23, 36, 38]						EN	I	I
253a.	Rucervus eldii eldii (McClelland, 1842)
254.	Rusa unicolor (Kerr, 1792)	Sambar	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 18, 24, 25]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 24, 38]	[8, 15]	[2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 21, 24]	[8, 10, 15, 24]	[8, 15]	[8, 15]	[2, 8, 15]	VU	NA	III
254a.	Rusa unicolor unicolor (Kerr, 1792)
	37. Family: Bovidae Gray, 1821 (Cattle, Antelope, Sheep and Goat)
255.	Procapra picticaudata Hodgson, 1846	Tibetan Gazelle, Goa							[1, 6, 15, 36, 38]		NT	NA	I
256.	** Bos javanicus d'Alton, 1823	Banteng									EN EX (India)	NA	NA	In past it used to occur in Manipur.
256a.	**Bos javanicus birmanicus Lydekker, 1858
257.	Bos gaurus H. Smith, 1827	Gaur, Indian Bison	[8, 9, 15, 18, 24, 36, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 15, 24, 36, 38, 40]	[8, 38]	[8, 9, 16, 21, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 9, 15, 24, 38, 40]	[8, 38]	[8, 38]	VU	I	I	The subspecies Bos gaurus gaurus is found in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura. Bos gaurus laosiensis is found in Assam.
257a.	Bos gaurus gaurus H. Smith, 1827
257b.	Bos gaurus laosiensis (Heude, 1901)
258.	Bubalus arnee (Kerr, 1792)	Wild Water Buffalo, Asiatic Wild Buffalo	[8, 10, 15, 18, 36]	[8, 9, 10, 15, 36, 38]		[8, 10, 8, 36, 21]	[8, 10]				EN	III	I
258a.	Bubalus arnee arnee (Kerr, 1792)
259.	Budorcas taxicolor Hodgson, 1850	Takin	[8, 10, 15, 18, 25, 36, 38]						[8, 15, 36, 38]		VU	II	I	The subspecies Budorcas taxicolor taxicolor is found in Arunachal Pradesh (in Mishmi Hills). Budorcas taxicolor whitei is found in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.
259a.	Budorcas taxicolor taxicolor Hodgson, 1850
259b.	Budorcas taxicolor whitei Lydekker, 1907
260.	Capricornis thar (Hodgson, 1831)	Himalayan Serow	[8, 15, 38]	[8, 15, 38]	[8, 15, 38]	[8, 15, 16, 21]	[8, 15, 38]	[8, 15, 38]	[6, 8, 15, 35, 36]	[8, 15, 38]	NT	I	NA
261.	Hemitragus jemlahicus (C.H. Smith, 1826)	Himalayan Tahr							[1, 15, 35, 38]		NT	I	I
262.	Naemorhedus goral (Hardwicke, 1825)	Himalayan Goral	[8, 10, 15, 25, 36, 38]	[8]					[1, 6, 9, 10, 15, 36, 38]		NT	I	III
262a.	Naemorhedus goral goral (Hardwicke, 1825)
263.	Naemorhedus griseus Milne-Edwards, 1872	Chinese Goral, Grey Long-tailed Goral	[8, 15, 38]	[8, 15]	[8, 15, 38]	[8, 9, 15, 21]	[8, 15, 38]	[8, 15, 38]			VU	I	III
264.	Naemorhedus baileyi Pocock, 1914	Red Goral	[15, 25, 36, 38]								VU	I	III
265.	Ovis ammon (Linnaeus, 1758)	Argali, Wild Sheep							[6, 15, 36, 38]		NT	II	I
265a.	Ovis ammon hodgsoni Blyth, 1841
266.	Pseudois nayaur (Hodgson, 1833)	Bharal, Blue Sheep, Himalayan Blue Sheep	[15, 25, 38]						[1, 6, 15, 36, 38]		LC	NA	I
	38. Family: Platanistidae Gray, 1846 (River Dolphins)
267.	Platanista gangetica (Roxburgh, 1801)	Gangetic Dolphin	[8, 18 ]	[8, 36, 38, 42]							EN	I	I
267a.	Platanista gangetica gangetica (Roxburgh, 1801)

*—Endemic | **—Extinct | #—Doubtful | AP—Arunachal Pradesh | AS—Assam | MN—Manipur | MG—Meghalaya | MZ—Mizoram | NG—Nagaland | SK—Sikkim | TR—Tripura | NA—Not Available | IUCN—International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources | CITES—Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna | Sch—Schedules in Wildlife Protection Act (1972).

1—Avasthe & Jha (1999) │ 2—Bhattacharyya & Ghosh (2002) │ 3—Boro & Saikia (2015) │ 4—Boro et al. (2018) │ 5—Chanchani (2008) │ 6—Chattopadhyay et al. (2006) │ 7—Chetry et al. (2015) │ 8—Choudhury (2013) │ 9—Das et al. (1995) │ 10—De et al. (2006) │ 11—Trivedi et al. (2021) │ 12—Duckworth (2011) │ 13—Goswami (2015) │ 14—Hutterer (2005) │ 15—IUCN Red List │ 16—Kakati & Kabra (2015) │ 17—Kamalakannan et al. (2018) │ 18—Kumar (2018) │19—Kumar et al. (2005) │ 20—Kuo et al. (2017) │ 21—Lyngdoh et al. (2019) │ 22—Mandal et al. (2000) │ 23—Mandal et al. (2005) │ 24—Mandal et al. (2007) │ 25—Mishra et al. (2006) │ 26—MoEF (2017) │ 27—Molur et al. (2002) │ 28—Molur et al. (2005) │ 29—Ruedi (2012a) │ 30—Ruedi et al. (2012b) │ 31—Saikia & Khynraim (2013) │ 32—Saikia et al. (2017) │ 33—Saikia et al. (2020) │ 34—Saikia et al. (2018) │ 35—Sathyakumar et al. (2011) │ 36—Sharma et al. (2013) │ 37—Sinha (1999) │ 38—Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu (2012) │ 39—Srinivasulu (2019) │ 40—Srivastava et al. (2006) │ 41—Talukdar & Choudhury (2017) │ 42—Talukdar et al. (2019) │ 43—Thabah et al. (2006) │ 44—Thong et al. (2018).

Table 2. Mammals in the northeastern region under different IUCN Red List Categories according to their orders and families.

Orders	Family	No. of genera	IUCN Red Listed Categories								Total no. of species
			NE	DD	LC	NT	VU	EN	CR	EX
Proboscidea	Elephantidae	1	−	−	−	−	−	1	−	−	1
Scandentia	Tupaiidae	1	−	−	1	−	−	−	−	−	1
Primates	Lorisidae	1	−	−	−	−	−	1	−	−	1
	Cercopithecidae	3	1	−	2	2	3	3	−	−	11
	Hylobatidae	1	−	−	−	−	-	1	−	−	1
Rodentia	Sciuridae	11	1	2	13	3	−	1	1	−	21
	Spalacidae	2	−	−	2	−	−	−	−	−	2
	Cricetidae	3	−	−	3	−	−	−	−	−	3
	Muridae	14	−	4	26	−	−	1	−	−	31
	Hystricidae	2	−	−	3	−	−	−	−	−	3
Lagomorpha	Ochotonidae	1	−	−	6	−	−	−	−	−	6
	Leporidae	2	−	−	2	−	−	1	−	−	3
Soricomorpha	Soricidae	7	1	2	13	−	−	−	−	−	16
	Talpidae	2	−	−	2	−	−	−	−	−	2
Chiroptera	Pteropodidae	7	−	−	8	−	−	−	−	−	8
	Rhinolophidae	1	−	−	12	−	−	−	−	−	12
	Hipposideridae	3	−	1	6	1	−	−	−	−	8
	Megadermatidae	1	−	−	2	−	−	−	−	−	2
	Emballonuridae	2	−	−	4	−	−	−	−	−	4
	Molossidae	2	−	1	1	−	−	−	−	−	2
	Vespertilionidae	19	3	7	36	−	2	−	−	−	48
	Miniopteridae	1	1	−	2	−	−	−	−	−	3
Pholidota	Manidae	1	−	−	−	−	−	1	1	−	2
Carnivora	Canidae	3	−	−	5	−	−	1	−	−	6
	Mustelidae	7	−	−	8	2	3	−	−	−	13
	Ailuridae	1	−	−	−	−	−	1	−	−	1
	Ursidae	3	−	−	1	−	3	−	−	−	4
	Felidae	8	−	−	3	3	4	1	−	1	12
	Prionodontidae	1	−	−	1	−	−	−	−	−	1
	Herpestidae	1	−	−	3	−	−	−	−	−	3
	Viverridae	6	−	−	5	−	1	−	−	−	6
Perissodactyla	Equidae	1	−	−	1	−	−	−	−	−	1
	Rhinocerotidae	2	−	−	−	−	1	−	−	2	3
Artiodactyla	Suidae	2	−	−	1	−	−	1	−	−	2
	Moschidae	1	−	−	−	−	−	3	−	−	3
	Cervidae	5	−	1	2	−	2	2	−	1	8
	Bovidae	9	−	−	1	5	4	1	−	1	12
	Platanistidae	1	−	−	−	−	−	1	−	−	1
			7	18	175	16	23	21	2	5	267

CR—Critically Endangered | EN—Endangered | VU—Vulnerable | NT—Near Threatened | LC—Least Concern | DD—Data Deficient | NE—Not Evaluated. Seven species have not been categorized (Four Chiroptera and one in each Primates, Soricomorpha, and Rodentia).

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