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MAMMALS OF KERALA
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Sl No
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Family
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Common Name
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Scientific Name
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1
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ERINACEIDAE
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Madras Hedgehog/Small footed Hedgehog
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Hemiechinus nudiventris (Horsfield)
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2
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SORICIDAE
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Grey Musk Shrew/ Common House Shrew
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Suncus murinus (Linnaeus)
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3
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Savi’s Pigmy Shrew
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Suncus. etruscus (Savi)
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4
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Dayi’s Shrew
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Suncus dayi Dobson
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5
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Montane Shrew
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Suncus montanus (Kelaart)
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6
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Kelaart’s long -clawed Shrew
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Feroculus feroculus (Kelaart)
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7
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TUPAIIDAE
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Madras Tree Shrew/ Indian Tree Shrew
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Ananthana ellioti(Waterhouse)
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8
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PTEROPODIDAE
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Short -nosed Fruit Bat
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Cynopterus sphinx (Vahl)
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9
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Lesser dog-faced Fruit Bat
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Cynopterus brachyotis (Muller)
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10
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Indian Flying Fox/ Great Indian Fruit Bat
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Pteropus giganteus(Brunnich)
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11
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Indian Fulvous Fruit Bat/Fulvous Fox Bat
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Rousettus leschenaulti (Desmarest)
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12
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EMBELLONURIDAE
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Bearded Sheath tailed Bat/ Black- bearded Tomb Bat
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Taphozous melanopogon Temminck
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13
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Long-winged Tomb Bat
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Taphozous longimanusHardwicke
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14
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Pouch bearing Bat
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Taphozous saccolaimusTemminck
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15
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MEGADERMATIDAE
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Large-eared Vampire Bat/Indian False Vampire
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Megaderma lyraE.Geoffroy
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16
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Malay False Vampire
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Megaderma spasmaLinnaeus
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17
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HIPPOSIDERIDAE
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Fulvous Leaf- nosed Bat
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Hipposideros fulvus Gray
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18
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Schneider’s Leaf-nosed Bat
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Hipposideros speoris(Schneider)
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19
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Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat
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Hipposideros aterTempleton
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20
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Andersen’s Leaf-nosed Bat
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Hipposideros pomonaAndersen
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21
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RHINOLOPHIDAE
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Indian Horse-shoe Bat/ Rufous Leaf Bat.
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Rhinolophus rouxii Temminck
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22
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Blyth’s Horseshoe Bat/ Little Indian Horseshoe Bat
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Rhinolophus lepidus Blyth
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23
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Lesser Woolly Horseshoe Bat
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Rhinolophus beddomeiAndersen
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24
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MOLOSSIDAE
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Egyptian Free Tailed Bat
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Tadarida aegyptiaca (E.Geoffroy)
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25
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VESPERTILIONIDAE
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Painted Bat
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Kerivoula picta (Pallas)
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26
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Kelaart’s Pipistrelle
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Pipistrellus ceylonicus(Kelaart)
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27
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Least Pipistrelle
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Pipistrellus tenuis(Temminck)
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28
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Chocolate Pipistrelle
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Pipistrellus affinis(Dobson)
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29
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Dormer’sBat
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Pipistrellus dormeri(Dobson)
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30
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Asiatic Greater Yellow House Bat
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Scotophilus heathiiHorsfield
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31
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Common Yellow Bat/ Asiatic Lesser Yellow House Bat.
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Scotophilus kuhlii Leach
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32
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Bamboo Bat/ Flat-headed Bat/Club -footed Bat.
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Tylonecteris pachypus(Temminck)
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33
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Peshwa’s Bat
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Myotis horsfieldii(Temminck).
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34
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Burmese Whiskered Bat
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Myotis montivagus(Dobson)
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35
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Hairy-winged Bat
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Harpiocephalus harpia(Temminck)
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36
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LORISIDAE
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Slender Loris
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Loris tardigradus(Linnaeus)
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37
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CERCOPITHECIDAE
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Bonnet Macaque
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Macaca radiata (Geoffroy)
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38
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Lion-tailed Macaque
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Macaca silenus (Linnaeus)
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39
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Common Langur/ Hanuman Monkey
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Semnopithecus entellus (Dufresne)
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40
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Nilgiri langur/South Indian Leaf Monkey/ South Indian Black Leaf Monkey/ John’s
Langur/ Long-tailed Monkey
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Trachypithecus johnii (J.Fischer)
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41
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CANIDAE
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Jackal
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.Canis aureus Linnaeus
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42
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Indian Fox
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Vulpes bengalesnsis(Shaw)
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43
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Indian Wild Dog/Dhole
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Cuon alpine s ( Pallas)
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44
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URSIDAE
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Sloth Bear
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Melursus ursinus (Shaw)
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45
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MUSTELLIDAE
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Clawless Otter/Oriental Small-clawed Otter
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Amblonyx cinereus(Illiger)
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46
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Common/Eurasian Otter
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Lutra lutra (Linnaeus)
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47
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Smooth-coated Otter
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Lutra perspicillata I. Geoffroy
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48
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Nilgiri Marten/ South Indian yellow throated Marten
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Martes gwatkinsii(Horsfield)
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49
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VIVERRIDAE
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Palm civet/Toddy Cat
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Paradoxurus hermaphrodites (Pallas)
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50
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Brown Palm Civet/Jerdon’s Palm Civet
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Paradoxurus jerdoniBlandford
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51
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Malabar Civet
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Viverra civettina (Blyth)
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52
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Small Indian Civet
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Viverricula indica (Desmarest)
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53
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HERPESTIDAE
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Common Mongoose/ Indian Grey Mongoose
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Herpestes edwardsi (Geoffroy)
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54
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Nilgiri Brown Mongoose/ Indian Brown Mongoose
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Herpestes fuscusWaterhouse
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55
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Ruddy Mongoose
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Herpestes smithi Gray
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56
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Stripe-necked Mongoose
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Herpestes vitticollisBennett
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57
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FELIDAE
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Tiger
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Panthera tigris (Linnaeus)
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58
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Leopard/Panther
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Panthera pardus(Linnaeus)
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59
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Leopard Cat
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Felis bengalensis Kerr
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60
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Jungle Cat
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Felis chaus Guldenstaedt
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61
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Rusty spotted Cat
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Felis rubiginosa Geoffroy
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62
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Fishing Cat
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Felis viverrina Bennett
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63
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ELEPHANTIDAE
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Asian Elephant
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Elephas maximusLinnaeus
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64
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SUIDAE
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Wild Boar
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Sus scrofa Linnaeus
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65
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TRAGULIDAE
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Mouse Deer/ Indian Chevrotain
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Tragulus meminna(Erxleben)
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66
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CERVIDAE
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Chital or Spotted Deer
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Axis axis (Erxleben)
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67
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Sambar
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Cervus unicolor Kerr
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68
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Barking Deer/Muntjac
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Muntiacus muntjak (Zimmermann)
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69
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BOVIDAE
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Four Horned Antelope/ Chousingha
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Tetracerus quadricornis (Blainville)
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70
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Gaur/Indian Bison
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Bos gaurus H. Smith
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71
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Nilgiri Tahr
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Hemitragus hylocrius(Ogilby)
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72
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MANTIDAE
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Indian Pangolin
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Manis crassicaudata Gray
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73
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LEPORIDAE
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Indian Hare/Blacknaped Hare
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Lepus nigricollis F. Cuvier
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74
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SCIURIDAE
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Three striped Palm Squirrel
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Funambulus palmarum(Linnaeus)
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75
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Dusky Striped Squirrel
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Funambulus sublineatus(Waterhouse)
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76
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Jungle Striped Squirrel
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Funambulus tristriatus(Waterhouse)
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77
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Large Brown Flying Squirrel
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Petaurista philippensis(Elliot)
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78
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Small Travancore Flying Squirrel.
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Petinomys fuscocapillus(Jerdon)
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79
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Indian Giant Squirrel
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Ratufa indica (Erxleben)
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80
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Grizzled Giant Squirrel/ Grizzled Hill Squirrel/ Long-tailed Forest Squirrel
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Ratufa macroura(Pennant)
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81
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PLATACANTHOMYIDAE
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Malabar Spiny Dormouse
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Platacanthomys lasiurusBlyth
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82
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MURIDAE
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Indian Gerbil/ Antelope Rat
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Tatera indica (Hardwicke)
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83
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Indian Mole Rat/ Lesser Bandicoot Rat
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Bandicota bengalensis(Gray & Hardwicke)
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84
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Bandicoot Rat/ Large Bandicoot Rat/ Pig Rat
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Bandicota indica(Bechstein)
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85
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Common House Rat
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Rattus rattus (Linnaeus)
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86
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Blanford’s Rat/ White-tailed Wood Rat
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Rattus blanfordi (Thomas)
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87
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Ranjini’s Field Rat ENDEMIC TO KERALA
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Rattua ranjiniae Agarwal & Ghosal
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88
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Indian Long-tailed Tree Mouse
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Vandeleuria oleracea(Bennett)
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89
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House Mouse
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Mus musculus Linnaeus
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90
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Common Indian Field Mouse/ Indian Pigmy Field Mouse/ Indian Wild Mouse
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Mus booduga (Gray)
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91
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Brown Spiny Mouse
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Mus platythrix Bennett
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92
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Bonhote’s Mouse
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Mus famulus Bonhote
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93
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HYSTRICIDAE
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Indian Porcupine
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Hystrix indica Kerr
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94
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DUGONGIDAE
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Sea Cow/Dugong
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Dugong dugong (Muller)
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95
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DELPHINIDAE
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Common Dolphin
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. Delphinus delphisLinnaeus
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96
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False Killer Whale
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Pseudorca crassidens(Owen)
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97
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Plumbeous Dolphin/ Indo Pacific Hump-backed Dolphin
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Sousa chinensis (Osbeck)
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98
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Spinner Dolphin
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Stenella longirostris(Gray)
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99
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Bottlenosed Dolphin
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Tursiops truncatus(Montagu)
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100
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PHOCOENIDAE
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Little Indian Porpoise/ Black Finless Porpoise
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Neophocaena phocoenoides (G. Cuvier)
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101
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PHYSETERIDAE
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Sperm Whale
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Physeter macrocephalusLinnaeus
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102
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Dwarf Sperm Whale/ Owen’s Pigmy Whale.
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Kogia simus (Owen)
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103
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BALAENOPTERIDAE
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Blue Whale
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Blaenoptera musculus(Linnaeus)
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104
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Bryde’s Whale
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Blaenoptera edeniAndersen
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105
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Minke Whale/ Piked Whale
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Blaenoptera acutorostrata Lacepede
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106
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Humpback Whale
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Megaptera novaengliae(Borowski)
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