Mammals of Nepal

Every mammals in the Wildlife of Nepal guide: 211 species, grouped by family or group. Each name opens its page with photos, identification notes, habitat and range.

Elephants, Tapir & Rhinos

• Asian Elephant Elephas maximus
• Greater One-horned Rhinoceros Rhinoceros unicornis

Cats

• Asiatic Golden Cat Catopuma temminckii
• Bengal Tiger Panthera tigris tigris
• Clouded Leopard Neofelis nebulosa
• Fishing Cat Prionailurus viverrinus
• Jungle Cat Felis chaus
• Leopard Panthera pardus
• Leopard Cat Prionailurus bengalensis
• Lynx Lynx lynx
• Marbled Cat Pardofelis marmorata
• Pallas's Cat Otocolobus manul
• Snow Leopard Panthera uncia

Bears, Dogs & Otters

• Altai Weasel Mustela altaica
• Asian Small-clawed Otter Lutra cinerea
• Beech Marten Martes foina
• Bengal Fox Vulpes bengalensis
• Dhole Cuon alpinus
• Ermine Mustela erminea
• Eurasian Otter Lutra lutra
• Golden Jackal Canis aureus
• Grey Wolf Canis lupus
• Himalayan Black Bear Ursus thibetanus
• Himalayan Brown Bear Ursus arctos
• Hog Badger Arctonyx collaris
• Honey Badger Mellivora capensis
• Large-toothed Ferret Badger Melogale personata
• Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
• Red Panda Ailurus fulgens
• Siberian Weasel Mustela sibirica
• Sloth Bear Melursus ursinus
• Smooth-coated Otter Lutrogale perspicillata
• Tibetan Fox Vulpes ferrilata
• Yellow-bellied Weasel Mustela kathiah
• Yellow-throated Marten Martes flavigula
• Back-striped Weasel Mustela strigidorsa

Civets, Linsangs & Mongooses

• Binturong Arctictis binturong
• Common Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
• Crab-eating Mongoose Urva urva
• Indian Grey Mongoose Urva edwardsii
• Large Indian Civet Viverra zibetha
• Masked Palm Civet Paguma larvata
• Small Indian Civet Viverricula indica
• Small Indian Mongoose Urva auropunctata
• Striped Hyaena Hyaena hyaena
• Spotted Linsang Prionodon pardicolor
• Small Asian Mongoose Herpestes javanicus

Monkeys, Gibbons, Lorises & Colugo

• Assam Macaque Macaca assamensis
• Capped Langur Trachypithecus pileatus
• Nepal Grey Langur Semnopithecus schistaceus
• Rhesus Macaque Macaca mulatta
• Terai Grey Langur Semnopithecus hector
• Chamba Sacred Langur Semnopithecus ajax

Deer & Chevrotains

• Alpine Musk Deer Moschus chrysogaster
• Chital Axis axis
• Himalayan Musk Deer Moschus leucogaster
• Hog Deer Axis porcinus
• Indian Chevrotain Moschiola indica
• Northern Red Muntjac Muntiacus vaginalis
• Sambar Rusa unicolor
• Swamp Deer Rucervus duvaucelii
• Black Musk-deer Moschus fuscus

Wild Cattle & Serow

• Blackbuck Antilope cervicapra
• Blue Sheep Pseudois nayaur
• Four-horned Antelope Tetracerus quadricornis
• Gaur Bos gaurus
• Himalayan Goral Naemorhedus goral
• Himalayan Serow Capricornis sumatraensis thar
• Himalayan Tahr Hemitragus jemlahicus
• Nilgai Boselaphus tragocamelus
• Tibetan Antelope Pantholops hodgsonii
• Tibetan Gazelle Procapra picticaudata
• Wild Water Buffalo Bubalus arnee
• Wild Yak Bos mutus
• Argali Ovis ammon

Wild Pigs

• Pygmy Hog Porcula salvania
• Wild Boar Sus scrofa

Whales, Dolphins & Dugong

• Ganges River Dolphin Platanista gangetica

Squirrels & Flying Squirrels

• Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista nobilis
• Black Giant Squirrel Ratufa bicolor
• Bobak Marmot Marmota bobak
• Five-striped Palm Squirrel Funambulus pennantii
• Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel Belomys pearsonii
• Himalayan Marmot Marmota himalayana
• Himalayan Striped Squirrel Tamiops mcclellandii
• Hoary-bellied Squirrel Callosciurus pygerythrus
• Orange-bellied Himalayan Squirrel Dremomys lokriah
• Particolored Flying Squirrel Hylopetes alboniger
• Red Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista petaurista
• Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista elegans
• Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista magnificus

Rats, Mice, Voles & Porcupines

• Asiatic Long-tailed Climbing Mouse Vandeleuria oleraceus
• Black Rat Rattus rattus
• Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus
• Chestnut White-bellied Rat Niviventer fulvescens
• Common Indian Field Mouse Mus booduga
• Flat-haired Mouse Mus platythrix
• Greater Bandicoot Rat Bandicota indica
• Himalayan Porcupine Hystrix brachyura
• House Mouse Mus musculus
• Indian Bush Rat Golunda ellioti
• Indian Crested Porcupine Hystrix indica
• Indian Gerbil Tatera indica
• Lesser Bandicoot Rat Bandicota bengalensis
• Long-tailed Field Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus
• Sikkim Rat Rattus andamanensis
• Ward's Field Mouse Apodemus pallipes
• Himalayan Field Mouse Apodemus gurkha
• Common Soft-furred Rat Millardia meltada
• Fawn-colored Mouse Mus cervicolor
• Saxicolous Mouse Mus saxicola
• Earth-colored Mouse Mus terricolor
• Short-tailed Bandicoot Rat Nesokia indica
• Smoke-bellied White-bellied Rat Niviventer eha
• Himalayan White-bellied Rat Niviventer niviventer
• White-footed Indochinese Rat Rattus nitidus
• Himalayan Rat Rattus pyctoris
• Royle's Mountain Vole Alticola roylei
• Stoliczka's Mountain Vole Alticola stoliczkanus
• Ladakh Hamster Cricetulus alticola
• Sikkim Mountain Vole Neodon sikimensis
• Blyth's Vole Phaiomys leucurus
• Giant Bandicoot-Rat Bandicota maxima
• Millard's Rat Dacnomys millardi
• Crump's Rat Diomys crumpi
• Cook's Mouse Mus cookii
• Phillips's Mouse Mus phillipsi
• Lesser Bamboo Rat Cannomys badius

Pangolins, Treeshrews, Shrews & Gymnures

• Chinese Pangolin Manis pentadactyla
• Eurasian Pygmy Shrew Sorex minutus
• Hispid Hare Caprolagus hispidus
• Horsefield's Shrew Crocidura horsfieldii
• House Shrew Suncus murinus
• Indian Pangolin Manis crassicaudata
• Indian hare Lepus nigricollis
• Large-eared pika Ochotona macrotis
• Moupin pika Ochotona thibetana
• Northern Tree Shrew Tupaia belangeri
• Nubra pika Ochotona nubrica
• Plateau Pika Ochotona curzoniae
• Pygmy White-toothed Shrew Suncus etruscus
• Royle's pika Ochotona roylii
• Woolly Hare Lepus oiostolus
• Himalayan Water Shrew Chimarrogale himalayica
• Asian Gray White-toothed Shrew Crocidura attenuata
• Hodgson's Brown-toothed Shrew Episoriculus caudatus
• Long-tailed Brown-toothed Shrew Episoriculus leucops
• Himalayan Large-clawed Shrew Soriculus nigrescens
• Pale Grey Shrew Crocidura pergrisea
• Arboreal Brown-toothed Shrew Episoriculus macrurus
• Elegant Water Shrew Nectogale elegans
• Lesser Stripe-backed Shrew Sorex bedfordiae
• Highland Shrew Sorex excelsus
• Anderson's Shrew Suncus stoliczkanus
• Himalayan mole Euroscaptor micrura

Bats

• Big-eared Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus macrotis
• Blyth's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus lepidus
• Brown Big-eared Bat Plecotus auritus
• Chinese Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus sinicus
• Common Bentwing Bat Miniopterus schreibersii
• Coromandel Pipistrelle Alionoctula coromandra
• Dawn Bat Eonycteris spelaea
• Fulvus Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros fulvus
• Great Himalayan Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros armiger
• Greater Asiatic Yellow House Bat Scotophilus heathii
• Greater False Vampire Bat Lyroderma lyra
• Greater Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
• Greater Shortnosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus sphinx
• Grey Long-earred Bat Plecotus austriacus
• Hardwicke's Woolly Bat Kerivoula hardwickii
• Hodgson's Bat Myotis formosus
• Indian Flying Fox Pteropus medius
• Intermediate Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus affinis
• Kiang Equus kiang
• Least Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus pusillus
• Least Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros cineraceus
• Least Pipistrelle Alionoctula tenuis
• Leschenault’s Rousette Rousettus leschenaultii
• Lesser Asiatic Yellow House Bat Scotophilus kuhlii
• Lesser Mouse-eared Bat Myotis blythii
• Nepalese Whiskered Bat Myotis muricola
• Noctule Nyctalus noctula
• Painted Bat Kerivoula picta
• Pearson's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus pearsonii
• Round-eared Tube-nosed Bat Murina cyclotis
• Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus
• Short-winged Pipistrelle Philetor brachypterus
• Tickell's Bat Hesperoptenus tickelli
• Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus luctus
• Great Evening Bat Ia io
• Csorba’s Mouse-eared Bat Myotis csorbai
• Harlequin Bat Scotomanes ornatus
• Mandelli's Myotis Myotis sicarius
• Pomona Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros pomona
• Little Tube-nosed Bat Murina aurata
• Asian Barbastelle Barbastella leucomelas
• Nepal Myotis Myotis nipalensis
• Himalayan Whiskered Myotis Myotis siligorensis
• Javan Pipistrelle Pipistrellus javanicus
• Long-winged Sheath-tailed Bat Taphozous longimanus
• Blanford's Fruit Bat Sphaerias blanfordi
• Little Nepalese Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus subbadius
• Bronze Sprite Arielulus circumdatus
• Surat Serotine Eptesicus dimissus
• Chocolate Pipistrelle Falsistrellus affinis
• Small Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus pusillus
• Hutton's Tube-nosed Bat Murina huttoni
• Rufous Tube-nosed Bat Murina leucogaster
• Mountain Noctule Nyctalus montanus

Hares & Pikas

• Himalayan pika Ochotona himalayana
• Lama's pika Ochotona lama

Frequently asked questions

How many mammals are in the Wildlife of Nepal guide?

The guide lists 211 mammals of Nepal, each with its own page covering identification, habitat and range.

Which groups of mammals are covered?

Elephants, Tapir & Rhinos (2), Cats (11), Bears, Dogs & Otters (23), Civets, Linsangs & Mongooses (11), Monkeys, Gibbons, Lorises & Colugo (6), Deer & Chevrotains (9), Wild Cattle & Serow (13), Wild Pigs (2), Whales, Dolphins & Dugong (1), Squirrels & Flying Squirrels (13), Rats, Mice, Voles & Porcupines (37), Pangolins, Treeshrews, Shrews & Gymnures (27), and 2 more groups.