A checklist of the mammals of Kerala State, southern India is presented in this online version. Accepted English names, scientific binomen, prevalent vernacular names in Malayalam, IUCN conservation status, endemism, Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act schedules, and the appendices in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES), pertaining to the mammals of Kerala are also given.

The State of Kerala has 133 species of mammals in 38 families and 13 orders, out of which 14 are endemic to the Western Ghats, and one species endemic to Kerala.  Thirty species of mammals of Kerala, fall under the various threatened categories of IUCN (either Endangered or Vulnerable), and five are Near Threatened. Fourteen species of mammals belong to the Data Deficient category of IUCN.

Seventy-two species of the mammals of Kerala fall under one of the schedules (I to IV) of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act and 51 species come under one of the appendices (I, II or III) of CITES.

Citation: Nameer, P.O. (2020). JoTT Checklist of the mammals of Kerala (v1.0), 01 January 2020. https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/checklists/mammals/kerala.

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  Family Scientific Name Authority
1 Elephantidae Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758
2 Dugongidae Dugong dugon (Muller, 1776)
3 Tupaiidae Anathana ellioti (Waterhouse, 1850)
4 Lorisidae Loris lydekkerianus Cabrera, 1908
5 Cercopithecidae Macaca radiata (E. Geoffroy, 1812)
6 Cercopithecidae Macaca silenus (Linnaeus, 1758)
7 Cercopithecidae Semnopithecus hypoleucos Blyth, 1841
8 Cercopithecidae Semnopithecus johnii (J. Fischer, 1829)
9 Cercopithecidae Semnopithecus priam Blyth, 1844
10 Sciuridae Ratufa indica (Erxleben, 1777)
11 Sciuridae Ratufa macroura (Pennant, 1769)
12 Sciuridae Petaurista philippensis (Elliot, 1839)
13 Sciuridae Petinomys fuscocapillus (Jerdon, 1847)
14 Sciuridae Funambulus palmarum (Linnaeus, 1766)
15 Sciuridae Funambulus sublineatus (Waterhouse, 1838)
16 Sciuridae Funambulus tristriatus (Waterhouse, 1837)
17 Platacanthomyidae Platacanthomys lasiurus Blyth, 1859
18 Muridae Bandicota bengalensis (Gray, 1835, in 1830-1835)
19 Muridae Bandicota indica (Bechstein, 1800)
20 Muridae Golunda ellioti Gray, 1837
21 Muridae Madromys blanfordi (Thomas, 1881)
22 Muridae Mus booduga (Gray, 1837)
23 Muridae Mus famulus Bonhote, 1898
24 Muridae Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758
25 Muridae Mus platythrix Bennett, 1832
26 Muridae Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769)
27 Muridae Rattus ranjiniae Agarwal and Ghosal, 1969
28 Muridae Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
29 Muridae Rattus satarae Hinton, 1918
30 Muridae Tatera indica (Hardwicke, 1807)
31 Muridae Vandeleuria nilagirica Jerdon, 1867
32 Hystricidae Hystrix indica Kerr, 1792
33 Leporidae Lepus nigricollis F. Cuvier, 1823
34 Erinaceidae Paraechinus nudiventris (Horsfield, 1851)
35 Soricidae Feroculus feroculus (Kelaart, 1850)
36 Soricidae Suncus dayi (Dobson, 1888)
37 Soricidae Suncus murinus (Linnaeus, 1766)
38 Soricidae Suncus niger (Horsfield, 1851)
39 Soricidae Suncus etruscus (Savi, 1822)
40 Pteropodidae Cynopterus brachyotis (Muller, 1838)
41 Pteropodidae Cynopterus sphinx (Vahl, 1797)
42 Pteropodidae Eonycteris spelaea (Dobson, 1871)
43 Pteropodidae Pteropus giganteus (Brunnich, 1782)
44 Pteropodidae Rousettus leschenaultii (Desmarest, 1820)
45 Emballonuridae Saccolaimus saccolaimus (Temminck, 1838)
46 Emballonuridae Taphozous melanopogon Temminck, 1841
47 Emballonuridae Taphozous longimanus Hardwicke, 1825
48 Megadermatidae Megaderma lyra E. Geoffroy, 1810
49 Megadermatidae Megaderma spasma (Linnaeus, 1758)
50 Rhinopomatidae Rhinopoma hardwickii Gray, 1831
51 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus beddomei Andersen, 1905
52 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus lepidus Blyth, 1844
53 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus pusillus Temminck, 1834
54 Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus rouxii Temminck, 1835
55 Hipposideridae Hipposideros ater Templeton, 1848
56 Hipposideridae Hipposideros fulvus Gray, 1838
57 Hipposideridae Hipposideros galeritus Cantor, 1846
58 Hipposideridae Hipposideros pomona Andersen, 1918
59 Hipposideridae Hipposideros speoris Schneider, 1800
60 Molossidae Tadarida aegyptiaca (E. Geoffroy, 1818)
61 Vespertilionidae Harpiocephalus harpia Temminck, 1840
62 Vespertilionidae Kerivoula picta (Pallas, 1767)
63 Vespertilionidae Myotis horsfieldii (Temminck, 1840)
64 Vespertilionidae Myotis peytoni Wroughton & Ryley, 1913
65 Vespertilionidae Falsistrellus affinis (Dobson, 1871)
66 Vespertilionidae Pipistrellus ceylonicus (Kelaart, 1852)
67 Vespertilionidae Pipistrellus tenuis (Temminck, 1840)
68 Vespertilionidae Scotozous dormeri (Dobson, 1875)
69 Vespertilionidae Scotophilus heathii (Horsfield, 1831)
70 Vespertilionidae Scotophilus kuhlii Leach, 1821
71 Vespertilionidae Tylonycteris pachypus (Temminck, 1840)
72 Miniopteridae Miniopterus fuliginosus (Hodgson, 1835)
73 Manidae Manis crassicaudata E. Geoffiroy, 1803
74 Canidae Vulpes bengalensis (Shaw, 1800)
75 Canidae Canis aureus Linnaeus, 1758
76 Canidae Cuon alpinus (Pallas, 1811)
77 Ursidae Melursus ursinus (Shaw, 1791)
78 Mustelidae Martes gwatkinsi Horsfield, 1851
79 Mustelidae Aonyx cinereus (Illiger, 1815)
80 Mustelidae Lutrogale perspicillata (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1826)
81 Mustelidae Lutra lutra (Linneaus, 1758)
82 Viverridae Viverra civettina Blyth, 1862
83 Viverridae Viverricula indica (E. Geoffiroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818)
84 Viverridae Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Pallas, 1777)
85 Viverridae Paradoxurus jerdoni Blanford, 1885
86 Herpestidae Herpestes fuscus Gray, 1837
87 Herpestidae Herpestes edwardsii (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818)
88 Herpestidae Herpestes smithii Gray, 1837
89 Herpestidae Herpestes vitticollis Bennett, 1835
90 Felidae Felis chaus Schreber, 1777
91 Felidae Prionailurus bengalensis Kerr, 1792
92 Felidae Prionailurus rubiginosus (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1831)
93 Felidae Prionailurus viverrinus (Bennett, 1833)
94 Felidae Panthera pardus (Linnaeus, 1758)
95 Felidae Panthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758)
96 Suidae Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758
97 Tragulidae Moschiola indica Gray,1852
98 Cervidae Axis axis (Erxleben, 1777)
99 Cervidae Muntiacus muntjak (Zimmermann, 1780)
100 Cervidae Rusa unicolor (Kerr, 1792)
101 Bovidae Bos gaurus Smith, 1827
102 Bovidae Tetracerus quadricornis (de Blainville,  1816)
103 Bovidae Nilgiritragus hylocrius (Ogilby, 1838)
104 Delphinidae Delphinus capensis Linnaeus, 1758
105 Delphinidae Grampus griseus (G.Cuvier, 1812)
106 Delphinidae Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846
107 Delphinidae Feresa attenuata Gray, 1875
108 Delphinidae Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser, 1957
109 Delphinidae Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846)
110 Delphinidae Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846)
111 Delphinidae Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
112 Delphinidae Steno bredanensis (G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828)
113 Delphinidae Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765)
114 Delphinidae Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833)
115 Delphinidae Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846)
116 Delphinidae Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828)
117 Delphinidae Tursiops aduncus (Ehrenberg, 1833)
118 Delphinidae Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)
119 Phocoenidae Neophocaena phocaenoides (G. Cuvier, 1829)
120 Physeteridae Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
121 Kogiidae Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838)
122 Kogiidae Kogia sima (Owen, 1866)
123 Ziphiidae Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki and Kamiya, 1958
124 Ziphiidae Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville, 1817)
125 Ziphiidae Mesoplodon hotaula  Deraniyagala, 1963
126 Ziphiidae Indopacetus pacificus (Longman, 1926)
127 Ziphiidae Ziphius cavirostris G. Cuvier, 1823
128 Balaenopteridae Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacepede, 1804
129 Balaenopteridae Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828
130 Balaenopteridae Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1879
131 Balaenopteridae Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
132 Balaenopteridae Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
133 Balaenopteridae Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)