Mammals of Malaysia

Every mammals in the Wildlife of Malaysia guide: 229 species, grouped by family or group. Each name opens its page with photos, identification notes, habitat and range.

Elephants, Tapir & Rhinos

• Malayan Tapir Tapirus indicus
• Asian Elephant Elephas maximus

Cats

• Mainland Leopard Cat Prionailurus bengalensis
• Tiger Panthera tigris
• Leopard Panthera pardus
• Mainland Clouded Leopard Neofelis nebulosa
• Asian Golden Cat Catopuma temminckii
• Flat-headed Cat Prionailurus planiceps
• Marbled Cat Pardofelis marmorata

Bears, Dogs & Otters

• Smooth-coated Otter Lutra perspicillata
• Sun Bear Helarctos malayanus
• Yellow-throated Marten Martes flavigula
• Dhole Cuon alpinus
• Bornean Ferret-badger Melogale everetti
• Malay Weasel Mustela nudipes
• Hairy-nosed Otter Lutra sumatrana
• Asian Small-clawed Otter Lutra cinerea

Civets, Linsangs & Mongooses

• Masked Palm Civet Paguma larvata
• Small-toothed Palm Civet Arctogalidia trivirgata
• Malay Civet Viverra tangalunga
• Binturong Arctictis binturong
• Banded Palm Civet Hemigalus derbyanus
• Banded Linsang Prionodon linsang
• Large Indian Civet Viverra zibetha
• Crab-eating Mongoose Urva urva
• Otter Civet Cynogale bennettii
• Small Indian Civet Viverricula indica
• Javan Mongoose Urva javanica
• Collared Mongoose Urva semitorquata
• Large-spotted Civet Viverra megaspila

Monkeys, Gibbons, Lorises & Colugo

• Long-tailed Macaque Macaca fascicularis
• Dusky Langur Trachypithecus obscurus
• Pale-thighed Langur Presbytis siamensis
• Southern Pig-tailed Macaque Macaca nemestrina
• Siamang Symphalangus syndactylus
• Selangor Silvery Langur Trachypithecus selangorensis
• Sunda Colugo Galeopterus variegatus
• Lar Gibbon Hylobates lar
• Malaysian Slow Loris Nycticebus coucang
• Sunda Silvery Langur Trachypithecus cristatus
• Agile Gibbon Hylobates agilis
• Raffles's Banded Langur Presbytis femoralis
• Robinson's Banded Langur Presbytis robinsoni
• Stump-tailed Macaque Macaca arctoides
• Bengal Slow Loris Nycticebus bengalensis

Deer & Chevrotains

• Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain Tragulus kanchil
• Southern Red Muntjac Muntiacus muntjak
• Greater Indo-Malayan Chevrotain Tragulus napu
• Sambar Rusa unicolor

Wild Cattle & Serow

• Maned Serow Capricornis sumatraensis
• Gaur Bos gaurus
• Banteng Bos javanicus

Wild Pigs

• Eurasian Wild Pig Sus scrofa
• Bearded Pig Sus barbatus

Whales, Dolphins & Dugong

• Irrawaddy Dolphin Orcaella brevirostris
• Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin Sousa chinensis
• Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops aduncus
• Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus
• Indo-Pacific Finless Porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides
• Eden's Whale Balaenoptera edeni
• Dugong Dugong dugon
• False Killer Whale Pseudorca crassidens
• Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris

Squirrels & Flying Squirrels

• Plantain Squirrel Callosciurus notatus
• Southern Black Giant Squirrel Ratufa bicolor
• Prevost's Squirrel Callosciurus prevostii
• Slender Squirrel Sundasciurus tenuis
• Pale Giant Squirrel Ratufa affinis
• Three-striped Ground Squirrel Lariscus insignis
• Black-striped Squirrel Callosciurus nigrovittatus
• Red-cheeked Flying Squirrel Hylopetes spadiceus
• Asian Red-cheeked Squirrel Dremomys rufigenis
• Pallas's Squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus
• Horse-tailed Squirrel Sundasciurus hippurus
• Shrew-faced Squirrel Rhinosciurus laticaudatus
• Low's Squirrel Sundasciurus lowii
• Smoky Flying Squirrel Pteromyscus pulverulentus
• Red Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista petaurista
• Vordermann's Flying Squirrel Petinomys vordermanni
• Temminck's Flying Squirrel Petinomys setosus
• Javanese Flying Squirrel Iomys horsfieldii
• Upland Squirrel Sundasciurus tahan
• Jentink's Flying Squirrel Hylopetes platyurus
• Black Flying Squirrel Aeromys tephromelas
• Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista elegans
• Least Pygmy Squirrel Exilisciurus exilis
• Sculptor Squirrel Glyphotes simus
• Whiskered Flying Squirrel Petinomys genibarbis
• Selangor Pygmy Flying Squirrel Petaurillus kinlochii

Rats, Mice, Voles & Porcupines

• Indomalayan Long-tailed Giant Rat Leopoldamys sabanus
• Malaysian Field Rat Rattus tiomanicus
• Müller's Rat Sundamys muelleri
• Kinabalu Rat Rattus baluensis
• East Asian House Rat Rattus tanezumi
• Annandale's Sundaic Rat Sundamys annandalei
• Sundaic Arboreal White-bellied Rat Niviventer cremoriventer
• Indomalayan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse Chiropodomys gliroides
• Greater Marmoset Rat Hapalomys longicaudatus
• Pacific Rat Rattus exulans
• Bowers's White-toothed Rat Berylmys bowersii
• Ricefield Rat Rattus argentiventer
• Malayan Porcupine Hystrix brachyura
• Montane Bornean White-bellied Rat Niviventer rapit
• Asian Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus macrourus
• Asian Long-tailed Porcupine Trichys fasciculata
• Indomalayan Bamboo Rat Rhizomys sumatrensis
• Mountain Giant Rat Sundamys infraluteus
• Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse Chiropodomys major
• House Mouse Mus musculus
• Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse Chiropodomys muroides
• Sundaic Mountain Long-tailed Giant Rat Leopoldamys ciliatus
• Hoary Bamboo Rat Rhizomys pruinosus

Pangolins, Treeshrews, Shrews & Gymnures

• Common Treeshrew Tupaia glis
• Lesser Treeshrew Tupaia minor
• Asian House Shrew Suncus murinus
• Sunda Pangolin Manis javanica
• Moonrat Echinosorex gymnura
• Large Treeshrew Tupaia tana
• Pen-tailed Treeshrew Ptilocercus lowii
• Malayan White-toothed Shrew Crocidura malayana
• Bornean White-toothed Shrew Crocidura foetida
• Kinabalu White-toothed Shrew Crocidura baluensis
• Southeast Asian White-toothed Shrew Crocidura fuliginosa
• Etruscan Shrew Suncus etruscus
• Painted Treeshrew Tupaia picta
• Malaysian Mole Euroscaptor malayanus
• Slender Treeshrew Tupaia gracilis
• Bornean Water Shrew Chimarrogale phaeura
• Malayan Water Shrew Chimarrogale hantu
• Malayan Pygmy Shrew Suncus malayanus
• Northern Short-tailed Gymnure Hylomys peguensis

Bats

• Intermediate Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus affinis
• Nepalese Whiskered Myotis Myotis muricola
• Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus brachyotis
• Bicolored Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros bicolor
• Fawn-colored Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros cervinus
• Sunda Lesser Bamboo Bat Tylonycteris pachypus
• Horsfield's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros larvatus
• Lesser Dawn Bat Eonycteris spelaea
• Sumatran Greater Bamboo Bat Tylonycteris robustula
• Diadem Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros diadema
• Lesser Asian Yellow Bat Scotophilus kuhlii
• Cantor's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros galeritus
• Glossy Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus refulgens
• Lesser Brown Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus stheno
• Trefoil Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus trifoliatus
• Lesser Sheath-tailed Bat Emballonura monticola
• Black-bearded Tomb Bat Taphozous melanopogon
• Horsfield's Myotis Myotis horsfieldii
• Great Himalayan Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros armiger
• Horsfield's Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus horsfieldii
• Papillose Woolly Bat Kerivoula papillosa
• Hardwicke's Woolly Bat Kerivoula hardwickii
• Common Thick-thumbed Bat Glischropus tylopus
• Kunz's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros kunzi
• Bornean Spotted-winged Fruit Bat Balionycteris maculata
• Lesser Long-tongued Blossom Bat Macroglossus minimus
• Least Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros cineraceus
• Temminck's Tailless Fruit Bat Megaerops ecaudatus
• Malayan Free-tailed Bat Mops mops
• Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus sphinx
• Greater Long-tongued Blossom Bat Macroglossus sobrinus
• Lesser Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus sedulus
• Greater Naked Bat Cheiromeles torquatus
• Sundaic Black-capped Fruit Bat Chironax melanocephalus
• Least Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus pusillus
• Least Woolly Bat Kerivoula minuta
• Small Woolly Bat Kerivoula intermedia
• Clear-winged Woolly Bat Kerivoula pellucida
• Island Flying Fox Pteropus hypomelanus
• Common Pygmy Fruit Bat Aethalops alecto
• Geoffroy's Rousette Rousettus amplexicaudatus
• Ridley's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros ridleyi
• Brown Tube-nosed Bat Murina suilla
• Large Flying Fox Pteropus vampyrus
• Peters's Myotis Myotis ater
• Croslet Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus coelophyllus
• Robinson's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus robinsoni
• Indomalayan Lesser Bamboo Bat Tylonycteris fulvida
• Malayan Slit-faced Bat Nycteris tragata
• Narrow-winged Pipistrelle Alionoctula stenoptera
• Javan Pipistrelle Alionoctula javanica
• Small Asian Sheath-tailed Bat Emballonura alecto
• Rohu's Bat Philetor brachypterus
• Bare-rumped Sheath-tailed Bat Saccolaimus saccolaimus
• Acuminate Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus acuminatus
• Long-winged Sheath-tailed Bat Taphozous longimanus
• Blanford's False Serotine Hesperoptenus blanfordi
• Lesser Large-footed Myotis Myotis hasseltii
• Chiew Kwee's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus chiewkweeae
• Bronze Tube-nosed Bat Murina aenea
• Common Dayak Fruit Bat Dyacopterus spadiceus
• Malayan Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus malayanus
• Lesser Northern Free-tailed Bat Mops johorensis
• Minute Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus minutus
• Bornean Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros doriae
• Groove-toothed Trumpet-eared Bat Phoniscus atrox
• Shield-faced Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros lylei
• Intermediate Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus medius
• Big-eared Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus macrotis
• Bare-backed Rousette Rousettus spinalatus
• Peters's Trumpet-eared Bat Phoniscus jagorii
• Common Dusky Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros ater
• Gilded Tube-nosed Bat Murina rozendaali
• Large Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus magnater
• Malayan Greater Bamboo Bat Tylonycteris malayana
• Western Tarsier Cephalopachus bancanus
• Gray Large-footed Myotis Myotis adversus
• Social Sprite Arielulus societatis
• Malayan Spotted-winged Fruit Bat Balionycteris seimundi
• Malaysian Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus morio
• Doria's False Serotine Hesperoptenus doriae
• Large Asian Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros lekaguli
• Peters's Pipistrelle Hypsugo petersi
• Asian Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus fuliginosus
• Southern Coppery Sprite Arielulus cuprosus
• Greater Dawn Bat Eonycteris major
• Sunda Stink Badger Mydaus javanensis
• Hairy-winged Bat Harpiocephalus harpia
• Andersen's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros gentilis
• Kingston's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros kingstonae
• Brown Pipistrelle Hypsugo imbricatus
• Big-eared Pipistrelle Hypsugo macrotis
• Selangor Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus luctoides
• Least Pipistrelle Alionoctula tenuis
• Bronze Sprite Arielulus circumdatus
• East Asian Tailless Roundleaf Bat Coelops frithii
• Stoliczka's Trident Roundleaf Bat Aselliscus stoliczkanus
• Lesser Asian False-vampire Megaderma spasma

Frequently asked questions

How many mammals are in the Wildlife of Malaysia guide?

The guide lists 229 mammals of Malaysia, each with its own page covering identification, habitat and range.

Which groups of mammals are covered?

Elephants, Tapir & Rhinos (2), Cats (7), Bears, Dogs & Otters (8), Civets, Linsangs & Mongooses (13), Monkeys, Gibbons, Lorises & Colugo (15), Deer & Chevrotains (4), Wild Cattle & Serow (3), Wild Pigs (2), Whales, Dolphins & Dugong (9), Squirrels & Flying Squirrels (26), Rats, Mice, Voles & Porcupines (23), Pangolins, Treeshrews, Shrews & Gymnures (19), and 1 more groups.