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(1918) and Lindsay (1926, 1929). Taxonomic account on the mammals of Kerala found place in the second edition of the Fauna of British India series by Pocock (1939, 1941) and Ellerman (1961). The other taxonomic treatment on the mammals of Kerala include Ellerman & Morrison-Scot (1951), Prater (1971), Das (1986), Sadasivan (1987), Kurup (1989), Jayson (1996), Balakrishnan (1997), Nameer (2000), Dinesh et al. (2002) and Menon (2003, 2014). A regional checklist of mammals was published by Sathasivam (1996) where he listed 158 species of mammals from Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Subsequently, Nameer et al. (2001) reported 135 species of mammals from the Western Ghats. Dinesh et al. (2004) listed 106 species of mammals, while Easa and Ramachandran (2005) reported 145 species from Kerala.

The two ubiquitous and historically introduced species have been included in the list (e.g., Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus and House Mouse Mus musculus). The taxonomy and nomenclature follow Wilson & Reeder (2005) and Wilson & Mittermeier (2009), while the vernacular names have been taken from various sources (Sadasivan 1987; Nameer 2000; Menon 2008;

A checklist of mammals of Kerala, India

P.O. Nameer

Centre for Wildlife Studies, College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, KAU (PO), Thrissur, Kerala 680656, [email protected]

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/jott.2000.7.13.7971-7982 | ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F3E01ED0-D44F-4E34-92F4-EA6236949AAC

Editor: Mewa Singh, University of Mysore, Mysuru, India. Date of publication: 17 November 2015 (online & print)

Manuscript details: Ms # o4304 | Received 11 May 2015 | Final received 23 September 2015 | Finally accepted 29 September 2015

Citation: Nameer, P.O. (2015). A checklist of mammals of Kerala, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(13): 7971–7982; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/jott.2000.7.13.7971-7982

Copyright: © Nameer 2015. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. JoTT allows unrestricted use of this article in any medium, reproduction and distribution by providing adequate credit to the authors and the source of publication.

Funding: Kerala Agricultural University.

Conflict of Interest: The author declares no competing interests.

Acknowledgements: I would like to acknowledge the contribution of my team members viz., Praveen J, Rajeev Raghavan, A Bijukumar, Mohamed Jafer Palot and Sandeep Das in getting this checklist into a final shape. Dileep Anthikkad, Sandeep Das and Praveen Mohandas contributed the images used along with this paper.

Abstract: A checklist of mammals of Kerala State is presented in this paper. Accepted English names, scientific binomen, prevalent vernacular names in Malayalam, IUCN conservation status, endemism, Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act schedules, and the appendices in the CITES, pertaining to the mammals of Kerala are also given. The State of Kerala has 118 species of mammals, 15 of which are endemic to Western Ghats, and 29 species fall under the various threatened categories of IUCN.

Keywords: CITES, Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, Malayalam name, vernacular name, Western Ghats.

The systematic collections of mammals of Kerala were made as early as the second half of the 19th century. The first book on Indian Mammals by Jerdon (1867) had references to the mammals of Kerala State. Other important historical publications that referred to the mammals of Kerala were those by Sterndale (1884) and Blanford (1888, 1891). As part of the Bombay Natural History Society’s (BNHS) Mammal Survey of India held between 1912 to 1923, systematic collections of mammals were carried out from Kerala, the results of which were published by Thomas (1914–1924), Wroughton (1913–1921), Ryley (1913, 1914), Hinton

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Dinesan et al. 2010). Marine mammals in the list are indicated in blue colour.

Though 118 species have been listed here, the occurrence of certain species within the political boundary of Kerala has not been verified as yet, because of the absence of authentic sight records of these species. The most important among these are the Malabar Civet Viverra civettina and the Fishing Cat Prionailurus viverrinus. Though these two species were known to occur in Kerala based on historical records (Jerdon 1867; Blanford 1888–1891; Pocock 1939; Hutton 1949; Prater 1971; Kurup 1987, 1989), two recent studies (Nandini & Mudappa 2010; Janardhanan et al. 2014) have ruled out the distribution in Kerala. Similarly, there has only been a vague mention of the presence of Eurasian Otter Lutra lutra from Kerala in the historic past (Jerdon 1867; Blanford 1888–1891; Pocock 1941; Prater 1971), and there have not been any authentic records of this species from anywhere in the state.

Several recent taxonomic studies have led to splits in the species status of mammals. The Common Langur Semnopithecus entellus has now been split into seven species in India (Karanth et al. 2008; Nag et al. 2011; Zinner et al. 2013), of which two are known from Kerala. The other taxonomic splits include those related to Gray Slender Loris Loris lydekkerianus, Nilgiri Palm Squirrel Funambulus sublineatus, Nilgiri Vandeleuria Vandeleuria nilagirica, Hill Shrew Suncus niger and Indian Chevrotain Moschiola indica (Corbet & Hill 1992, Groves 2000, 2005; Groves & Meijaard 2005; Hutterer 2005; Meegaskumbura & Schneider 2008; Musser & Carleton 2005; Dissanayake & Oshida 2012; Nekaris 2013). There have been several nomenclatural changes at the both generic and species levels, which are given in the Table 1 below, examples include Nilgiri Langur Semnopithecus johnii, Blanford’s Madromys Madromys blanfordi, Chocolate Bat Falsistrellus affinis, Dormer’s Bat Scotozous dormeri, Sambar Deer Rusa unicolor and Nilgiri Tahr Nilgiritragus hylocrius (Grubb 2005; Musser & Carleton 2005; Simmons 2005; Karanth et al. 2008; Nag et al. 2011; Zinner et al. 2013).

In this monograph, 118 species of mammals in 35 families and 13 orders are listed. Out of which 15 are endemic to Western Ghats. Twenty-nine species of mammals of Kerala, fall under the various threatened categories of IUCN, and five are Near-threatened. Eighty-seven species fall under one of the schedules of Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act and 46 come under one of the appendices of CITES.

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(frui

t bat

s)

40Le

sser

Dog

-face

d Fr

uit B

atCy

nopt

erus

bra

chyo

tis(M

ulle

r, 18

38)

izm\

apJ

³ h

ÆmÂ

Śvān

amuk

han

Vavv

ālLC

Sch.

V

41Sh

ort-n

osed

Fru

it Ba

t (Gr

eate

r Sh

ort-n

osed

Fru

it Ba

t)Cy

nopt

erus

sphi

nx(V

ahl,

1797

)I

pdpa

q¡³

hÆ

mÂKu

ṟum

ūkka

n Va

vvāl

LC

Sch.

V

42Da

wn

Bat (

Less

er D

awn

Bat)

¹4Eo

nyct

eris

spel

aea

(Dob

son,

187

1){]

`mX

hÆ

mÂPr

abhā

ta V

avvā

lLC

Sch.

V

43In

dian

Fly

ing

Fox

Pter

opus

gig

ante

us(B

runn

ich,

178

2)C

´y³

]gh

ÆmÂ

Inty

an P

aḻav

avvā

lLC

Sc

h. V

44Fu

lvou

s Fru

it Ba

t (Le

sche

naul

t's

Rous

ette)

Rous

ettus

lesc

hena

ultii

(Des

mar

est,

1820

)aª

Nph

¸³

]gh

ÆmÂ

Mañ

ñach

uvap

pan

Paḻa

vavv

ālLC

Sch.

V

14

. Fam

ily E

mba

llonu

ridae

(she

ath-

taile

d ba

ts)

45Po

uch-

bear

ing

Bat (

Nak

ed-r

umpe

d Po

uche

d Ba

t)Sa

ccol

aim

us sa

ccol

aim

us(T

emm

inck

, 183

8)k

©nh

mln Ddh

me³

hmh

ÂSa

ñchi

vāhi

Uṟa

vāla

nvāv

alLC

46Be

arde

d Sh

eath

–tai

led

Bat (

Blac

k-be

arde

d To

mb

Bat)

Taph

ozou

s mel

anop

ogon

Tem

min

ck, 1

841

Icn´

mSn Ddh

me³

hmh

ÂKa

rintā

ṭi U

ṟavā

lanv

āval

LC

47Lo

ng-a

rmed

She

ath-

taile

d Ba

t (L

ong-

win

ged

Tom

b Ba

t)Ta

phoz

ous l

ongi

man

usHa

rdw

icke

, 182

5\

oÄss¡

¿³

Ddh

me³

hmh

ÂN

īḷkka

iyya

n U

ṟavā

lanv

āval

LC

15

. Fam

ily M

egad

erm

atida

e (fa

lse-v

ampi

re b

ats)

48Gr

eate

r Fal

se-v

ampi

re B

atM

egad

erm

a ly

raE.

Geo

ffroy

, 181

0h

enb

\cnN

oÀVa

liya

Nar

ichī

rLC

49Le

sser

Fal

se-v

ampi

re B

atM

egad

erm

a sp

asm

a(L

inna

eus,

175

8)sN

dnb

\cnN

oÀCe

ṟiya

Nar

ichī

rLC

16. F

amily

Rhi

nolo

phid

ae (h

orse

shoe

bat

s)

50Le

sser

Woo

lly H

orse

shoe

Bat

(B

eddo

mm

e's

Hors

esho

e Ba

t)Rh

inol

ophu

s bed

dom

eiAn

ders

en, 1

905

Nn¶

IpX

ncemS

whmh

ÂCh

inna

Kuti

ralā

ṭanv

āval

LC

51Bl

yth’

s Hor

sesh

oe B

atRh

inol

ophu

s lep

idus

Blyt

h, 1

844

sN

dp I

pXnc

emS

whmh

ÂCh

eṟu

Kutir

alāṭ

anvā

val

LC

52Le

ast H

orse

shoe

Bat

Rhin

olop

hus p

usill

usTe

mm

inck

, 183

4I

p¶³

IpX

ncemS

whmh

ÂKu

nnan

Kuti

ralā

ṭanv

āval

LC

53Ru

fous

Hor

sesh

oe B

atRh

inol

ophu

s rou

xii

Tem

min

ck, 1

835

sN

¼³

IpX

ncemS

whmh

ÂCh

empa

n Ku

tiral

āṭan

vāva

lLC

17

. Fam

ily H

ippo

sider

idae

(lea

f-nos

ed b

ats)

54Du

sky

Leaf

-nos

ed B

atHi

ppos

ider

os a

ter

Tem

plet

on, 1

848

Ccpf

³ C

eaq¡

³h

mhÂ

Iruḷa

n Ila

mūk

kanv

āval

LC

55Fu

lvus

Lea

f-nos

ed B

atHi

ppos

ider

os fu

lvus

Gray

, 183

8X

hnS

³ C

eaq¡

³h

mhÂ

Tavi

ṭan

Ilam

ūkka

nvāv

alLC

56Sc

hnei

der’s

Lea

f-nos

ed B

atHi

ppos

ider

os sp

eoris

Schn

eide

r, 18

00C

´y³

Ceaq¡

³h

mhÂ

Inty

an Il

amūk

kanv

āval

LC

18

. Fam

ily M

olos

sidae

(fre

e-ta

iled

bats

)

57Eg

yptia

n Fr

ee-ta

iled

Bat

Tada

rida

aegy

ptiac

a(E

. Geo

ffroy

, 181

8)C

uP

n]vj

yv³ h

me³

hmh

ÂĪji

pṣyn

Vāl

anvā

val

LC

19

. Fam

ily V

espe

rtilio

nida

e (e

veni

ng b

ats)

58Ha

iry-w

inge

d Ba

t (Le

sser

Hai

ry-

win

ged

Bat)

Harp

ioce

phal

us h

arpi

aTe

mm

inck

, 184

0tc

ma¨

ndI

³ h

mhÂ

Rēām

achi

ṟaka

n Vā

val

LC

59Pa

inte

d Ba

t (Pa

inte

d W

oolly

Bat

)Ke

rivou

la p

icta

(Pal

las,

176

7)N

n{X h

mhÂ

Chitr

avāv

alLC



7976

Engl

ish

nam

eSp

ecie

s nam

eAu

thor

ityM

alay

alam

nam

eVe

rnac

ular

nam

eIU

CNEN

DW

PACI

TES

60Ho

rsfie

ld's

Mou

se-e

ared

Bat

(H

orsfi

eld'

s Myo

tis)

Myo

tis h

orsfi

eldi

i(T

emm

inck

, 184

0)sN

hnb

³ h

mhÂ

Chev

iyan

Vāv

alLC

61Bu

rmes

e W

hisk

ered

Bat

(Bur

mes

e W

hisk

ered

Myo

tis)

Myo

tis m

ontiv

agus

(Dob

son,

187

4)aoi

hmh

ÂM

īśavā

val

LC

62Ch

ocol

ate

Bat15

Falsi

stre

llus a

ffini

s(D

obso

n, 1

871)

Xh

nS³

AS¡

hmh

ÂTa

viṭa

n Aṭ

akka

vāva

lLC

63Ke

laar

t’s P

ipist

relle

Pipi

stre

llus c

eylo

nicu

s(K

elaa

rt, 1

852)

knt

em¬

AS¡

hmh

ÂSi

lēāṇ

Aṭa

kkav

āval

LC

64Le

ast P

ipist

relle

Pipi

stre

llus t

enui

s(T

emm

inck

, 184

0)I

p¶³

AS¡

hmh

ÂKu

nnan

Aṭa

kkav

āval

LC

65Do

rmer

's Ba

t16Sc

otoz

ous d

orm

eri

(Dob

son,

187

5)tU

mÀadp

sS

AS¡

hmh

ÂḌē

ārm

aṟuṭ

e Aṭ

akka

vāva

lLC

66Gr

eate

r Asia

tic Y

ello

w H

ouse

Bat

Sc

otop

hilu

s hea

thii

(Hor

sfiel

d, 1

831)

aª

hmh

ÂM

añña

vāva

lLC

67Le

sser

Asia

tic Y

ello

w B

at

Scot

ophi

lus k

uhlii

Leac

h, 1

821

sN

dp a

ªh

ÆmÂ

Cheṟ

u M

añña

vavv

ālLC

68Ba

mbo

o Ba

tTy

lony

cter

is pa

chyp

us(T

emm

inck

, 184

0)apf

hmh

ÂM

uḷav

āval

LC

X. O

RDER

PHO

LIDO

TA

20. F

amily

Man

idae

(pan

golin

s)

69In

dian

Pan

golin

Man

is cr

assic

auda

taE.

Geo

ffiro

y, 18

03C

u\

mwt]

¨n

Īnām

pēcc

iEN

Sc

h. I

App.

II

XI. O

RDER

CAR

NIV

ORA

21

. Fam

ily C

anid

ae (d

ogs)

70Be

ngal

Fox

¹7Vu

lpes

ben

gale

nsis

(Sha

w, 1

800)

Ipd

p¡³

Kuṟu

kkan

LCSc

h. II

App.

III

71Go

lden

Jack

alCa

nis a

ureu

sLi

nnae

us, 1

758

Ipd

p\cn,

Duf³

Kuṟu

nari,

Ūḷa

nLC

Sc

h. II

App.

III

72In

dian

Wild

Dog

(Dho

le)

Cuon

alp

inus

(Pal

las,

181

1)sN

¶mb

, I

m«p\

mbCh

ennā

ya, K

āṭṭu

nāya

ENSc

h. II

App.

II

22

. Fam

ily U

rsid

ae (b

ears

)

73Sl

oth

Bear

Mel

ursu

s urs

inus

(Sha

w, 1

791)

IcSn

Kara

ṭiVU

Sch.

IAp

p. I

23

. Fam

ily M

uste

lidae

(otte

rs a

nd m

arte

ns)

74N

ilgiri

Mar

ten

Mar

tes g

wat

kins

iHo

rsfie

ld, 1

851

ac\

mbM

aran

āya

VUW

GSc

h. II

App.

III

75As

ian

Smal

l-cla

wed

Otte

r (Cl

awle

ss

Otte

r)Ao

nyx

cine

rea

Illig

er, 1

815

ae \

oÀ\

mbM

ala

Nīrn

āya

VU

Sch.

IAp

p. II

76Sm

ooth

-coa

ted

Otte

r (In

dian

Sm

ooth

-coa

ted

Otte

r)Lu

trog

ale

pers

pici

llata

(I. G

eoffr

oy S

aint

-Hila

ire, 1

826)

\oÀ

\mb

Nīrn

āya

VUSc

h. II

App.

II

24. F

amily

Viv

errid

ae (c

ivet

s and

pal

m c

ivet

s)

77Sm

all I

ndia

n Ci

vet

Vive

rric

ula

indi

ca(E

. Geo

ffiro

y Sa

int-H

ilaire

, 18

18)

]qs

hcpI

v-Pū

veru

k LC

Sch.

IIAp

p. II

I

78Co

mm

on P

alm

Civ

et (T

oddy

Cat

)Pa

rado

xuru

s her

map

hrod

itus

(Pal

las,

177

7)ac¸

«nM

arap

paṭṭ

iLC

Sc

h. II

App.

III

79Br

own

Palm

Civ

et (J

erdo

n’s P

alm

Ci

vet)

Para

doxu

rus j

erdo

niBl

anfo

rd, 1

885

Xh

nS³

sh

cpI

v-Ta

viṭa

n Ve

ruk

LCW

GSc

h. II

App.

III

25

. Fam

ily H

erpe

stida

e (m

ongo

oses

)

80Br

own

Mon

goos

e⁴He

rpes

tes f

uscu

sGr

ay, 1

837

Xh

nS³

Ioc

nTa

viṭa

n Kī

riLC

Sch.

II

81In

dian

Gre

y M

ongo

ose

Herp

este

s edw

ards

ii(E

. Geo

ffroy

Sai

nt-H

ilaire

, 18

18)

\mS

³ I

ocn

Nāṭ

an K

īriLC

Sc

h. II

App.

III


Mammals of Kerala NameerEn

glis

h na

me

Spec

ies n

ame

Auth

ority

Mal

ayal

am n

ame

Vern

acul

ar n

ame

IUCN

END

WPA

CITE

S

82Ru

ddy

Mon

goos

e¹7

Herp

este

s sm

ithii

Gray

, 183

7N

pWb

³ I

ocn

Chuṇ

ayan

Kīri

LCSc

h. II

App.

III

83St

ripe-

neck

ed M

ongo

ose⁴

Herp

este

s vitti

colli

sBe

nnett

, 183

5sN

¦oc

nCh

eṅkī

riLC

Sc

h. II

App.

III

26. F

amily

Fel

idae

(cat

s)

84Ju

ngle

Cat

Fe

lis c

haus

Schr

eber

, 177

7I

m«p]

q¨Kā

ṭṭup

ūcha

LC

Sch.

IIAp

p. II

85Le

opar

d Ca

tPr

iona

iluru

s ben

gale

nsis

Kerr,

179

2]

pen]

q¨Pu

lipūc

haLC

Sch.

IAp

p. I

86Ru

sty-

spott

ed C

at¹7

Prio

nailu

rus r

ubig

inos

us(I.

Geo

ffroy

Sai

nt-H

ilaire

, 183

1)X

pcp¼

³]

q¨Tu

rum

pan

Pūch

aVU

Sc

h. I

App.

I

87Le

opar

dPa

nthe

ra p

ardu

s(L

inna

eus,

175

8)]

pÅn¸

pen

Puḷḷi

ppul

iN

T

Sch.

IAp

p. I

88Ti

ger

Pant

hera

tigr

is(L

inna

eus,

175

8)I

Sph

Kaṭu

vaEN

Sch.

IAp

p. I

XII.

ORD

ER A

RTIO

DACT

YLA

27. F

amily

Sui

dae

(pig

s)

89W

ild B

oar (

Wild

Pig

)Su

s scr

ofa

Linn

aeus

, 175

8I

m«p]

¶n

Kāṭṭ

upan

niLC

Sc

h. II

I

28. F

amily

Tra

gulid

ae (m

ouse

dee

r)

90In

dian

Che

vrot

ain

(Mou

se D

eer)

18M

osch

iola

indi

caGr

ay,1

852

Iqc

am³

, I

qc³

]¶

nKū

ram

ān, K

ūran

pann

iLC

Sc

h. I

29. F

amily

Cer

vida

e (d

eer)

91Sp

otted

Dee

r (Ch

ital)

Axis

axis

(Erx

lebe

n, 1

777)

]pÅ

nam³

Puḷḷi

mān

LC

Sch.

III

92Ba

rkin

g De

er (I

ndia

n M

untja

c) 19

Mun

tiacu

s mun

tjak

(Zim

mer

man

n, 1

780)

tIgam³

, tI

gb

mSv

Kēḻa

mān

, Kēḻ

ayāṭ

LCSc

h. II

I

93Sa

mba

r Dee

rRu

sa u

nico

lor

(Ker

r, 17

92)

Ieam³

, ¾mh

vKa

lam

ān, M

lāv

VU

Sch.

III

30. F

amily

Bov

idae

(catt

le)

94Ga

ur (I

ndia

n Ga

ur)

Bos g

auru

sSm

ith, 1

827

Im«

pt]

m¯v

Kāṭṭ

upēā

ttVU

Sc

h. I

App.

I

95Fo

ur-h

orne

d An

telo

pe (C

hous

ingh

a)Te

trac

erus

qua

dric

orni

s(d

e Bl

ainv

ille,

181

6)DÃ

am³

Ulla

mān

VUSc

h. I

96N

ilgiri

Tah

r 20N

ilgiri

trag

us h

yloc

rius

(Ogi

lby,

1838

)h

cb

mSv-

Vara

yāṭ

ENW

GSc

h. I

XIII.

ORD

ER C

ETAC

EA

31

. Fam

ily D

elph

inid

ae (m

arin

e do

lphi

ns)

97Co

mm

on D

olph

in (S

hort

-bea

ked

Com

mon

Dol

phin

)De

lphi

nus d

elph

isLi

nnae

us, 1

758

ISÂ

]¶

n, I

SteSn

Kaṭa

lpan

ni, K

aṭal

ēṭi

LCSc

h. II

App.

II

98Gr

ey D

olph

in (R

isso'

s Dol

phin

)Gr

ampu

s gris

eus

(G.C

uvie

r, 18

12)

Nmc

tU

mÄ^

n³Ch

āra

Ḍēāḷ

phin

LC

Sch.

IIAp

p. II

99Sh

ort-fi

nned

Pilo

t Wha

le (P

acifi

c Pi

lot W

hale

)Gl

obic

epha

la m

acro

rhyn

chus

Gray

, 184

6I

p¶nN

ndI

³ t

UmÄ

^n³

Kunn

ichi

ṟaka

n Ḍē

āḷph

inDD

Sch.

IIAp

p. II

100

Pygm

y Ki

ller W

hale

(Sle

nder

Bl

ackfi

sh)

Fere

sa a

ttenu

ata

Gray

, 187

5I

p¶³

Ime

bmf

nXna

nKew

Kunn

an K

eāla

yāḷiti

mig

alaṁ

DD

Sch.

IIAp

p. II

101

Fras

er’s

Dolp

hin

(Sar

awak

Dol

phin

)La

geno

delp

his h

osei

Fras

er, 1

957

{^ms

kcps

S tU

mÄ^

n³Ph

rāse

ruṭe

Ḍēā

ḷphi

nLC

Sch.

IIAp

p. II

102

Mel

on-h

eade

d Do

lphi

n (In

dian

Br

oad-

beak

ed D

olph

in)

Pepo

noce

phal

a el

ectr

a(G

ray,

1846

)X

eb

³ X

nanwKew

Tala

yan

Tim

iṅga

laṁ

LC

Sch.

IIAp

p. II

103

False

Kill

er W

hale

Pseu

dorc

a cr

assid

ens

(Ow

en, 1

846)

I]

S sI

meb

mfnX

nanwKew

Kapa

ṭa K

eāla

yāḷit

imiṅ

gala

ṁDD

Sch.

IIAp

p. II

104

Roug

h-to

othe

d Do

lphi

nSt

eno

bred

anen

sis(G

. Cuv

ier i

n Le

sson

, 182

8)]

cp¡

³]

Ã³

Paru

kkan

Pal

lan

LC

Sch.

IIAp

p. II



7978

Engl

ish

nam

eSp

ecie

s nam

eAu

thor

ityM

alay

alam

nam

eVe

rnac

ular

nam

eIU

CNEN

DW

PACI

TES

105

Indo

-Pac

ific

hum

pbac

k Do

lphi

n (P

lum

beou

s Dol

phin

)So

usa

chin

ensis

(Osb

eck,

176

5)]

p¶t\

SnPu

nnan

ēṭi

NT

Sch.

IIAp

p. II

106

Strip

ed D

olph

inSt

enel

la c

oeru

leoa

lba

(Mey

en, 1

833)

hcb

³Va

raya

nLC

Sc

h. II

App.

II

107

Pant

ropi

cal S

potte

d Do

lphi

n (B

ridle

d Do

lphi

n)St

enel

la a

ttenu

ata

(Gra

y, 18

46)

]pÅ

n tU

mÄ^

n³Pu

ḷḷi Ḍ

ēāḷp

hin

LCSc

h. II

App.

II

108

Spin

ner D

olph

inSt

enel

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(Gra

y, 18

28)

saenb

t\Sn

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iyan

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DD

Sch.

IIAp

p. II

109

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le-n

osed

Dol

phin

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iops

trun

catu

s(M

onta

gu, 1

821)

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naq¡

³ t

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kan

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phin

LCSc

h. II

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II

32

. Fam

ily P

hoco

enid

ae (p

orpo

ises)

110

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ess P

orpo

ise (I

ndo-

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fic F

inle

ss

Porp

oise

)N

eoph

ocae

na p

hoca

enoi

des

(G. C

uvie

r, 18

29)

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anēṭ

iVU

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IAp

p. II

33

. Fam

ily P

hyse

terid

ae (s

perm

wha

les)

111

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y Sp

erm

Wha

leKo

gia

brev

icep

s(B

lain

ville

, 183

8)I

p¶³

F®

Xna

nwKew

Kunn

an E

ṇṇati

miṅ

gala

ṁDD

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IIAp

p. II

112

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m W

hale

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eter

cat

odon

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aeus

, 175

8F

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laṁ

VU

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IIAp

p. II

34. F

amily

Zip

hiid

ae (b

eake

d w

hale

s)

113

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go-to

othe

d W

hale

(Gin

kgo-

toot

hed

Beak

ed W

hale

)M

esop

lodo

n gi

nkgo

dens

Nish

iwak

i and

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iya,

195

8P

nt¦

m X

nanwKew

Jiṅkē

ā Ti

miṅ

gala

ṁDD

Sc

h. II

App.

II

35. F

amily

Bal

aeno

pter

idae

(ror

qual

s)

114

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ke W

hale

(Les

ser R

orqu

al)

Bala

enop

tera

acu

toro

stra

taLa

cepe

de, 1

804

sN

dp X

nanwKew

Cheṟ

u Ti

miṅ

gala

ṁLC

Sc

h. II

App.

I

115

Bryd

e’s W

hale

(Tro

pica

l Wha

le)

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enop

tera

ede

niAn

ders

on, 1

879

ss{_

U³

sd

Xna

nwKe

wBr

aiḍa

nṟe

Tim

iṅga

laṁ

DDSc

h. II

App.

I

116

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Wha

leBa

laen

opte

ra m

uscu

lus

(Lin

naeu

s, 1

758)

\oe

Xna

nwKew

Nīla

Tim

iṅga

laṁ

EN

Sch.

IIAp

p. I

117

Fin

Wha

le (C

omm

on R

orqu

al)

Bala

enop

tera

phy

salu

s(L

inna

eus,

175

8)N

ndI

³ X

nanwKew

Chiṟa

kan

Tim

iṅga

laṁ

ENSc

h. II

App.

I

118

Hum

pbac

k W

hale

Meg

apte

ra n

ovae

angl

iae

(Bor

owsk

i, 17

81)

Iq\

³ X

nanwKew

Kūna

n Ti

miṅ

gala

ṁLC

Sc

h. II

App.

I

¹ End

emic

to p

enin

sula

r Ind

ia² F

orm

erly

pla

ced

unde

r L. t

ardi

grad

us, b

ut h

as si

nce

been

split

into

two

and

L. ta

rdig

radu

s is n

ow e

ndem

ic to

Sri

Lank

a (G

rove

s 200

0, 2

005;

Nek

aris

2013

). L.

lyde

kker

ianu

s is e

ndem

ic to

sout

hern

Indi

a an

d Sr

i Lan

ka³ F

orm

ely

plac

ed u

nder

the

genu

s Tra

chyp

ithec

us, b

ut la

ter c

hang

ed to

Sem

nopi

thec

us (K

aran

th e

t al.

2008

; Nag

et a

l. 20

11; Z

inne

r et a

l. 20

13)

⁴ End

emic

to W

este

rn G

hats

and

Sri

Lank

a⁵ E

ndem

ic to

sout

hern

Indi

a an

d Sr

i Lan

ka⁶ F

. sub

linea

tus i

s spl

it in

to F.

subl

inea

tus a

nd F.

obs

curu

s, th

e fo

rmer

end

emic

to W

este

rn G

hats

and

the

latte

r end

emic

to S

ri La

nka

(Diss

anay

ake

& O

shid

a 20

12)

7 For

mer

ly p

lace

d un

der t

he g

enus

Cre

mno

mys

, lat

er m

oved

to M

adro

mys

Mus

ser &

Car

leto

n (2

005)

8 Orig

inal

ly a

Pal

aear

ctic

spec

ies a

nd is

intr

oduc

ed in

Indi

a9 N

ative

to so

uthe

aste

rn S

iber

ia, n

orth

east

ern

Chin

a an

d pa

rts o

f Jap

an. I

ntro

duce

d sp

ecie

s in

Indi

a10

Kno

wn

only

from

few

spec

imen

s col

lect

ed fr

om th

e ric

e fie

lds o

f Thr

issur

, Alle

ppey

and

Thi

ruva

nant

hapu

ram

(Aga

rwal

200

0; M

usse

r & C

arle

ton

2005

)11

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mer

ly V

. ole

race

a la

ter s

plit

into

V. o

lera

cea

and

V. n

ilagi

rica

(Cor

bet &

Hill

199

2, M

usse

r & C

arle

ton

2005

)12

For

mer

ly H

emie

chin

us n

udiv

entr

is (C

orbe

t & H

ill 1

992)

, but

late

r mov

ed to

the

genu

s Par

aech

inus

(Fro

st e

t al.

1991

; Hutt

erer

199

3, 2

005)

. End

emic

to so

uthe

rn In

dia

13 F

orm

erly

S. m

onta

nus H

utter

er (2

005)

, but

late

r spl

it to

S. n

iger

and

S. m

onta

nus,

form

er e

ndem

ic to

Wes

tern

Gha

ts w

hile

the

latte

r is e

ndem

ic to

Sri

Lank

a (M

eega

skum

bura

& S

chne

ider

200

8)¹4 N

amee

r et a

l. (in

pre

ss.)

15 F

orm

erly

pla

ced

unde

r the

gen

us P

ipist

rellu

s, la

ter m

oved

to F

alsis

trel

lus (

Sim

mon

s 200

5)16

Form

erly

pla

ced

unde

r the

gen

us P

ipist

rellu

s, la

ter m

oved

to S

coto

zous

(Sim

mon

s 200

5)¹7 E

ndem

ic to

pen

insu

lar I

ndia

and

Sri

Lank

a18

For

mer

ly T

ragu

lus m

emin

na, u

ntil s

plit

and

mov

ed to

the

genu

s Mos

chio

la (G

rove

s & M

eija

ard

200

5). E

ndem

ic to

Indi

a.19

For

mer

ly p

lace

d un

der t

he g

enus

Cer

vus,

late

r mov

ed to

Rus

a (G

rubb

200

5)

20 F

orm

erly

pla

ced

unde

r the

gen

us H

emitr

agus

, lat

er m

oved

to N

ilgiri

trag

us (R

opiq

uet &

Has

sani

n 20

05)



Image 1. Asain Elephant Elephas maximus

Image 2. Lion-tailed Macaque Macaca silenus

© Praveen Mohandas © Praveen Mohandas

Image 4. Grey Langur Semnopithecus priam

© Praveen Mohandas

Image 3. Nilgiri Langur Trachypithecus johnii

© Praveen Mohandas

Image 5. Malabar Giant Squirrel Ratufa indica Image 6. Grizzled-giant Squirrel Ratufa macroura

© Praveen Mohandas

© Sandeep Das



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Image 8. Greater-shortnosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus sphinx

Image 9. Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros ater

Image 11. Fulvus Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros fulvus

© P.O. Nameer

© P.O. Nameer

© P.O. Nameer

Image 10. Greater Asiatic Yellow House Bat Scotophilus heathii

© P.O. Nameer

Image 7. Nilgiri Long-tailed Tree Mouse Vandeleuria nilagirica

© Sandeep Das



Image 16. Brown Mongoose Herpestes fuscus

© Sandeep Das

Image 14. Indian Pangolin Manis crassicaudata

© Sandeep Das

Image 12. Blyth’s Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus lepidus

© P.O. Nameer

Image 13. Rufous Horshoe Bat Rhinolophus rouxii

© P.O. Nameer

Image 15. Sloth Bear Melursus ursinus

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Image 18. Tiger Panthera tigris

© Praveen Mohandas



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Image 17. Nilgiri Tahr Nilgiritragus hylocrius

© Praveen Mohandas

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