INDIAN MAMMALS LISTED IN THE IUCN RED LIST
IUCN Red List of Endangered Species lists 126 taxa of Indian mammals in the categories of Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, and Near Threatened. These species are threatened with global extinction, and trade in these species is internationally banned. Many of these species are endemic to the Indian Subcontinent, which has special relevance for conservation of mammals in India.
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
Artiodactyla
Cervidae
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Hangul or Kashmir Red Deer or Kashmir Stag – Cervus elaphus hanglu (IUCN Red List)
CarnivoraViverridae
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Malabar Civet or Malabar Large-spotted Civet – Viverra civettina (IUCN Red List)
PholidotaManidae
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Chinese Pangolin – Manis pentadactyla (IUCN Red List)
EulipotyphlaSoricidae
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Miller's Andaman Shrew – Crocidura andamanensis (IUCN Red List)
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Nicobar Spiny Shrew or Nicobar Shrew or Nicobar White-tailed Shrew – Crocidura nicobarica (IUCN Red List)
RodentiaSciuridae
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Namdapha Flying Squirrel – Biswamoyopterus biswasi (IUCN Red List)
Muridae
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Elvira/Ellerman's Rat or Large Rock Rat – Cremnomys elvira (IUCN Red List)
ChiropteraHipposideridae
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Kolar Leaf-nosed Bat – Hipposideros hypophyllus (IUCN Red List)
ENDANGERED
PrimatesHylobatidae
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Western Hoolock Gibbon – Hoolock hoolock (IUCN Red List)
Cercopithecidae
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Golden Langur or Gee's Golden Langur – Trachypithecus geei (IUCN Red List)
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Phayre's Leaf Monkey/Langur – Trachypithecus phayrei (IUCN Red List)
ProboscideaElephantidae
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Asian Elephant – Elephas maximus (IUCN Red List)
ArtiodactylaMoschidae
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Himalayan/White-bellied Musk Deer – Moschus leucogaster (IUCN Red List)
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Black Musk Deer – Moschus fuscus (IUCN Red List)
Cervidae
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Brow-antlered Deer or Sangai or Manipur Deer – Rucervus eldii eldii (IUCN Red List)
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Indian Hog Deer – Axis porcinus (IUCN Red List)
Bovidae
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Nilgiri Tahr – Nilgiritragus hylocrius (IUCN Red List)
Suidae
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Pygmy Hog – Porcula salvania (IUCN Red List)
Platanistidae
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South Asian/Gangetic River Dolphin – Platanista gangetica (IUCN Red List)
Delphinidae
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Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphin – Sousa plumbea (IUCN Red List)
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Irrawady Dolphin – Orcaella brevirostris (IUCN Red List)
Balaenopteridae
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Blue Whale – Balaenoptera musculus (IUCN Red List)
Carnivora
Felidae -
Tiger – Panthera tigris (IUCN Red List)
Canidae
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Asian/Asiatic/Indian Wild Dog or Dhole – Cuon alpinus (IUCN Red List)
Ursidae
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Red Panda – Ailurus fulgens (IUCN Red List)
LagomorphaLeporidae
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Hispid Hare – Caprolagus hispidus (IUCN Red List)
PholidotaManidae
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Indian Pangolin – Manis crassicaudata (IUCN Red List)
ScandentiaTupaiidae
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Nicobar Treeshrew – Tupaia nicobarica (IUCN Red List)
EulipotyphlaSoricidae
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Kelaart's Long-clawed Shrew – Feroculus feroculus (IUCN Red List)
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Day's Shrew – Suncus dayi (IUCN Red List)
RodentiaScuiridae
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Woolly Flying Squirrel – Eupetaurus cinereus (IUCN Red List)
Muridae
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Nilgiri Long-tailed Tree Mouse – Vandeleuria nilagirica (IUCN Red List)
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Kondana Rat/Kondana Soft-furred Rat – Millardia kondana (IUCN Red List)
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Kerala/Rajini's Field Rat – Rattus ranjiniae (IUCN Red List)
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Nonsense/Miller's Nicobar Rat – Rattus burrus (IUCN Red List)
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Manipur Bush Rat/Hume's Rat – Hadromys humei (IUCN Red List)
ChiropteraPteropodidae
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Salim Ali's Fruit Bat – Latidens salimalii (IUCN Red List)
Rhinolophidae
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Andaman Horseshoe Bat – Rhinolophus cognatus (IUCN Red List)
VULNERABLE
Primates
Hylobatidae -
Eastern Hoolock Gibbon – Hoolock leuconedys (IUCN Red List)
Lorisidae
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Bengal/Northern Slow Loris – Nycticebus bengalensis (IUCN Red List)
Cercopithecidae
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Nicobar Long-tailed Macaque/Nicobar Crab-eating Macaque – Macaca fascicularis umbrosus (IUCN Red List)
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Northern Pig-tailed Macaque – Macaca leonina (IUCN Red List)
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Nilgiri Langur – Semnopithecus/Trachypithecus johnii (IUCN Red List)
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South-Western/Black-footed Grey Langur – Semnopithecus hypoleucos (IUCN Red List)
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Capped Langur – Trachypithecus pileatus (IUCN Red List)
Artiodactyla
Cervidae -
Swamp Deer or Barasingha – Rucervus duvaucelii (IUCN Red List)
Bovidae
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Four-horned Antelope or Chausingha – Tetracerus quadricornis (IUCN Red List)
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Red Goral – Naemorhedus baileyi (IUCN Red List)
Delphinidae
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Indian/Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin – Sousa chinensis (IUCN Red List)
Phocoenidae
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Indo-Pacific Finless Porpoise – Neophocaena phocaenoides (IUCN Red List)
Balaenopteridae -
Fin Whale – Balaenoptera physalus (IUCN Red List)
Perissodactyla
Rhinocerotidae -
Greater One-horned Rhinoceros – Rhinoceros unicornis (IUCN Red List)
Carnivora
Felidae -
Fishing Cat – Prionailurus viverrinus (IUCN Red List)
Viverridae
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Binturong – Arctictis binturong (IUCN Red List)
Ursidae
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Sun Bear – Helarctos malayanus (IUCN Red List)
Mustelidae
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Smooth-coated Otter – Lutrogale perspicillata (IUCN Red List)
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Asian/Oriental Small-clawed Otter – Aonyx cinerea/Amblonyx cinereus (IUCN Red List)
Eulipotyphla
Soricidae -
Asian Hill/Highland Shrew – Suncus montanus (IUCN Red List)
RodentiaScuiridae
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Dusky Striped/Nilgiri Striped Squirrel – Funambulus sublineatus (IUCN Red List)
Muridae
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Malabar Spiny Dormouse/Malabar Spiny Tree Mouse – Platacanthomys lasiurus (IUCN Red List)
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Palm/Zelebor's Nicobar Rat – Rattus palmarum (IUCN Red List)
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Central Kashmir Vole – Alticola montosa (IUCN Red List)
ChiropteraPteropodidae
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Blyth's/Black-eared Flying Fox – Pteropus melanotus (IUCN Red List)
Hipposideridae
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Khajuria/Durga Das's Leaf-nosed Bat – Hipposideros durgadasi (IUCN Red List)
Vespertilionidae
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Schreiber's Long-fingered/Bent-winged Bat – Miniopterus schreibersii (IUCN Red List)
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Mandelli's mouse-eared Bat – Myotis sicarius (IUCN Red List)
Sirenia
Dugongidae -
Dugong or Sea Cow – Dugong dugon (IUCN Red List)
NEAR THREATENED
Primates
Lorisidae -
Mysore Grey Slender Loris – Loris lydekkerianus lydekkerianus (IUCN Red List)
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Malabar Grey Slender Loris – Loris lydekkerianus malabaricus (IUCN Red List)
Cercopithecidae
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South-Eastern/Tufted Grey/Madras Grey/Coromandel Sacred Langur – Semnopithecus priam (IUCN Red List)
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Terai Grey Langur – Semnopithecus hector (IUCN Red List)
Artiodactyla
Bovidae -
Chiru or Tibetan Antelope – Pantholops hodgsoni (IUCN Red List)
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Goa or Tibetan Gazelle – Procapra picticaudata (IUCN Red List)
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Red Serow – Capricornis rubidus (IUCN Red List)
Delphinidae
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Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin – Tursiops aduncus (IUCN Red List)
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False Killer Whale – Pseudorca crassidens (IUCN Red List)
Perissodactyla
Equidae -
Asiatic Wild Ass – Equus hemionus (IUCN Red List)
CarnivoraFelidae
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Asiatic/Asian Golden Cat – Catopuma temminckii (IUCN Red List)
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Rusty spotted Cat – Prionailurus rubiginosus (IUCN Red List)
Hyaenidae
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Striped Hyena – Hyaena hyaena (IUCN Red List)
Mustelidae
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Mountain Weasel – Mustela altaica (IUCN Red List)
RodentiaSciuridae
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Grizzled Giant/Sri Lankan Squirrel – Ratufa macroura (IUCN Red List)
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Bhutan/Gray's Giant Flying Squirrel – Petaurista nobilis (IUCN Red List)
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Mishmi Giant Flying Squirrel – Petaurista mishmiensis (IUCN Red List)
Muridae
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True's/Burrowing Vole – Hyperacrius fertilis (IUCN Red List)
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Royle's Mountain Vole – Alticola roylei (IUCN Red List)
ChiropteraHipposideridae
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East Asian Tailess leaf-nosed Bat – Coelops frithii (IUCN Red List)
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. . 2023. Indian Mammals Listed In The Iucn Red List. In A. Bayani, R. Chakravarty, P. Roy, and K. Kunte (editors). Mammals of India, v. 1.13. editors.