A checklist of the mammals of Western Ghats, India is presented in this online version. Accepted English names, scientific binomen, 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 Western Ghats are also given.

The Western Ghats has 121 species of mammals in 31 families and 11 orders, out of which 15 are endemic to the Western Ghats, while five species are endemic to Western Ghats as well as Sri Lanka. Twenty-five species of mammals of Western Ghats, fall under the various threatened categories of IUCN (either Endangered or Vulnerable), and four are Near Threatened.

Forty-five species of the mammals of Western Ghats fall under one of the schedules (I to IV) of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act and 22 species come under one of the appendices (I, II or III) of CITES.

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

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	Family	Species	Authority
1	Elephantidae	Elephas maximus	Linnaeus, 1758
2	Tupaiidae	Anathana ellioti	(Waterhouse, 1850)
3	Lorisidae	Loris lydekkerianus	Cabrera, 1908
4	Cercopithecidae	Macaca radiata	(E. Geoffroy, 1812)
5	Cercopithecidae	Macaca silenus	(Linnaeus, 1758)
6	Cercopithecidae	Semnopithecus hypoleucos	Blyth, 1841
7	Cercopithecidae	Semnopithecus johnii	(J. Fischer, 1829)
8	Cercopithecidae	Semnopithecus priam	Blyth, 1844
9	Sciuridae	Ratufa indica	(Erxleben, 1777)
10	Sciuridae	Ratufa macroura	(Pennant, 1769)
11	Sciuridae	Petaurista philippensis	(Elliot, 1839)
12	Sciuridae	Petinomys fuscocapillus	(Jerdon, 1847)
13	Sciuridae	Funambulus palmarum	(Linnaeus, 1766)
14	Sciuridae	Funambulus pennantii	Wroughton, 1905
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	Millardia kondana	Mishra & Dhanda, 1975
23	Muridae	Millardia meltada	(Gray, 1837)
24	Muridae	Mus booduga	(Gray, 1837)
25	Muridae	Mus cookii	Ryley, 1914
26	Muridae	Mus famulus	Bonhote, 1898
27	Muridae	Mus platythrix	Bennett, 1832
28	Muridae	Mus saxicola	Elliot, 1839
29	Muridae	Mus terricolor	Blyth, 1851
30	Muridae	Rattus rattus	(Linnaeus, 1758)
31	Muridae	Rattus satarae	Hinton, 1918
32	Muridae	Tatera indica	(Hardwicke, 1807)
33	Muridae	Vandeleuria nilagirica	(Jerdon, 1867)
34	Muridae	Vandeleuria oleracea	(Bennett, 1832)
35	Hystricidae	Hystrix indica	Kerr, 1792
36	Leporidae	Lepus nigricollis	F. Cuvier, 1823
37	Erinaceidae	Paraechinus nudiventris	(Horsfield, 1851)
38	Soricidae	Crocidura horsfieldii	(Tomes, 1856)
39	Soricidae	Feroculus feroculus	(Kelaart, 1850)
40	Soricidae	Suncus dayi	(Dobson, 1888)
41	Soricidae	Suncus murinus	(Linnaeus, 1766)
42	Soricidae	Suncus niger	(Horsfield, 1851)
43	Soricidae	Suncus etruscus	(Savi, 1822)
44	Pteropodidae	Cynopterus brachyotis	(Muller, 1838)
45	Pteropodidae	Cynopterus sphinx	(Vahl, 1797)
46	Pteropodidae	Eonycteris spelaea	(Dobson, 1871)
47	Pteropodidae	Pteropus giganteus	(Brunnich, 1782)
48	Pteropodidae	Latidens salimalii	Thonglongya, 1972
49	Pteropodidae	Rousettus leschenaultii	(Desmarest, 1820)
50	Emballonuridae	Saccolaimus saccolaimus	(Temminck, 1838)
51	Emballonuridae	Taphozous melanopogon	Temminck, 1841
52	Emballonuridae	Taphozous longimanus	Hardwicke, 1825
53	Emballonuridae	Taphozous nudiventris	Cretzschmar, 1830
54	Emballonuridae	Taphozous perforatus	E. Geoffroy, 1818
55	Emballonuridae	Taphozous theobaldi	Dobson, 1872
56	Megadermatidae	Megaderma lyra	E. Geoffroy, 1810
57	Megadermatidae	Megaderma spasma	(Linnaeus, 1758)
58	Rhinolophidae	Rhinolophus beddomei	Andersen, 1905
59	Rhinolophidae	Rhinolophus lepidus	Blyth, 1844
60	Rhinolophidae	Rhinolophus pusillus	Temminck, 1834
61	Rhinolophidae	Rhinolophus rouxii	Temminck, 1835
62	Hipposideridae	Hipposideros ater	Templeton, 1848
63	Hipposideridae	Hipposideros fulvus	Gray, 1838
64	Hipposideridae	Hipposideros galeritus	Cantor, 1846
65	Hipposideridae	Hipposideros hypophyllus	Kock & Bhat, 1994
66	Hipposideridae	Hipposideros lankadiva	Kelaart, 1850
67	Hipposideridae	Hipposideros pomona	K. Andersen, 1918
68	Hipposideridae	Hipposideros speoris	Schneider, 1800
69	Molossidae	Chaerephon plicatus	(Buchannan, 1800)
70	Molossidae	Otomops wroughtoni	(Thomas, 1913)
71	Molossidae	Tadarida aegyptiaca	(E. Geoffroy, 1818)
72	Vespertilionidae	Harpiocephalus harpia	Temminck, 1840
73	Vespertilionidae	Hesperoptenus tickelli	(Blyth, 1851)
74	Vespertilionidae	Kerivoula picta	(Pallas, 1767)
75	Vespertilionidae	Kerivoula hardwickii	(Horsfield, 1824)
76	Vespertilionidae	Myotis horsfieldii	(Temminck, 1840)
77	Vespertilionidae	Myotis peytoni	Wroughton & Ryley, 1913
78	Vespertilionidae	Falsistrellus affinis	(Dobson, 1871)
79	Miniopteridae	Miniopterus fuliginosus	Hodgson, 1835
80	Miniopteridae	Miniopterus pusillus	Dobson, 1876
81	Vespertilionidae	Pipistrellus ceylonicus	(Kelaart, 1852)
82	Vespertilionidae	Pipistrellus coromandra	(Gray, 1838)
83	Vespertilionidae	Pipistrellus javanicus	(Gray, 1838)
84	Vespertilionidae	Pipistrellus tenuis	(Temminck, 1840)
85	Vespertilionidae	Scotozous dormeri	(Dobson, 1875)
86	Vespertilionidae	Scotophilus heathii	(Horsfield, 1831)
87	Vespertilionidae	Scotophilus kuhlii	Leach, 1821
88	Vespertilionidae	Tylonycteris pachypus	(Temminck, 1840)
89	Manidae	Manis crassicaudata	E. Geoffiroy, 1803
90	Canidae	Vulpes bengalensis	(Shaw, 1800)
91	Canidae	Canis aureus	Linnaeus, 1758
92	Canidae	Canis lupus	Linnaeus, 1758
93	Canidae	Cuon alpinus	(Pallas, 1811)
94	Ursidae	Melursus ursinus	(Shaw, 1791)
95	Mustelidae	Martes gwatkinsi	Horsfield, 1851
96	Mustelidae	Mellivora capensis	(Schreber, 1776)
97	Mustelidae	Aonyx cinerea	Illiger, 1815
98	Mustelidae	Lutrogale perspicillata	(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1826)
99	Viverridae	Viverricula indica	(E. Geoffiroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818)
100	Viverridae	Paradoxurus hermaphroditus	(Pallas, 1777)
101	Viverridae	Paradoxurus jerdoni	Blanford, 1885
102	Herpestidae	Herpestes fuscus	Gray, 1837
103	Herpestidae	Herpestes edwardsii	(E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818)
104	Herpestidae	Herpestes smithii	Gray, 1837
105	Herpestidae	Herpestes vitticollis	Bennett, 1835
106	Hyaenidae	Hyaena hyaena	(Linnaeus, 1758)
107	Felidae	Felis chaus	Schreber, 1777
108	Felidae	Prionailurus bengalensis	Kerr, 1792
109	Felidae	Prionailurus rubiginosus	(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1831)
110	Felidae	Panthera pardus	(Linnaeus, 1758)
111	Felidae	Panthera tigris	(Linnaeus, 1758)
112	Suidae	Sus scrofa	Linnaeus, 1758
113	Tragulidae	Moschiola indica	Gray,1852
114	Cervidae	Axis axis	(Erxleben, 1777)
115	Cervidae	Muntiacus muntjak	(Zimmermann, 1780)
116	Cervidae	Rusa unicolor	(Kerr, 1792)
117	Bovidae	Bos gaurus	Smith, 1827
118	Bovidae	Tetracerus quadricornis	(de Blainville,  1816)
119	Bovidae	Boselaphus tragocamelus	(Pallas, 1766)
120	Bovidae	Antilope cervicapra	(Linnaeus, 1758)
121	Bovidae	Nilgiritragus hylocrius	(Ogilby, 1838)