Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Bos
Species: Bos gaurus (gaur / കാട്ടുപോത്ത്)
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- male
- female with calf
Genus: Nilgiritragus
Species: Nilgiritragus hylocrius (Nilgiri tahr / വരയാട്)
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- female
- habitat
Genus: Tetracerus
Species: Tetracerus quadricornis (four-horned antelope / ഉല്ലമാൻ)
- male
- male
- female
Family: Cervidae
Genus: Axis
Species: Axis axis (chital / പുള്ളിമാൻ)
- male
- female
- male
Genus: Muntiacus
Species: Muntiacus muntjak (Indian muntjac / കേഴമാൻ)
Genus: Rusa
Species: Rusa unicolor (sambar deer / മ്ലാവ്)
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- female
Family: Suidae
Genus: Sus
Species: Sus scrofa cristatus (Indian boar / കാട്ടുപന്നി)
Family: Tragulidae
Genus: Moschiola
Species: Moschiola indica (Indian spotted chevrotain / കൂരമാൻ)
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species: Canis aureus naria (Sri Lankan jackal / കുറുനരി )
Genus: Cuon
Species: Cuon alpinus (Dhole / ചെന്നായ)
Genus: Vulpes
Species: Vulpes bengalensis (Bengal fox / കുറുക്കൻ)
Family: Felidae
Genus: Felis
Species: Felis chaus (jungle cat / കാട്ടുമാക്കാൻ / കാട്ടുപൂച്ച)
Genus: Panthera
Species: Panthera pardus fusca (Indian leopard / ഇന്ത്യൻ പുള്ളിപ്പുലി)
Species: Panthera tigris tigris (Bengal tiger / ബംഗാൾ കടുവ)
Genus: Prionailurus
Species: Prionailurus bengalensis (leopard cat / പൂച്ചപ്പുലി)
Species: Prionailurus rubiginosus (rusty-spotted cat / തുരുമ്പൻ പൂച്ച)
Family: Herpestidae
Genus: Urva
Species: Urva edwardsii (Indian grey mongoose / നാടൻ കീരി)
Species: Urva fusca (Indian brown mongoose / തവിടൻ കീരി)
Species: Urva smithii (ruddy mongoose / ചുണയൻ കീരി)
Species: Urva vitticolla (stripe-necked mongoose / ചെങ്കീരി)
Family: Mustelidae
Genus: Aonyx
Species: Aonyx cinerea (Asian small-clawed otter / മല നീർനായ)
Genus: Lutrogale
Species: Lutrogale perspicillata (smooth-coated otter / സ്മൂത്ത്-കോട്ടഡ് നീർനായ)
Genus: Martes
Species: Martes gwatkinsii (Nilgiri marten / മരനായ)
Family: Ursidae
Genus: Melursus
Species: Melursus ursinus (sloth bear / തേൻകരടി)
Family: Viverridae
Genus: Paradoxurus
Species: Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Asian palm civet / മരപ്പട്ടി)
Species: Paradoxurus jerdoni (brown palm civet / തവിടൻ വെരുക്)
Genus: Viverricula
Species: Viverricula indica (small Indian civet / പൂവെരുക്)
Order: Cetacea
Family: Balaenopteridae
Genus: Balaenoptera
Species: Balaenoptera acutorostrata (common minke whale / ചെറുതിമിംഗലം)
Species: Balaenoptera borealis (sei whale / ചാരത്തിമിംഗിലം)
Species: Balaenoptera brydei/edeni (Bryde's whale / ബ്രൈഡന്റെ തിമിംഗിലം)
Species: Balaenoptera musculus (blue whale / നീലത്തിമിംഗിലം)
Species: Balaenoptera physalus (fin whale / ചിറകൻ തിമിംഗിലം)
Genus: Megaptera
Species: Megaptera novaeangliae (humpback whale / കൂനൻ തിമിംഗിലം)
Family: Delphinidae
Genus: Delphinus
Species: Delphinus capensis (long-beaked common dolphin)
Genus: Feresa
Species: Feresa attenuata (pygmy killer whale / ചിന്ന കൊലയാളിത്തിമിംഗലം)
Genus: Globicephala
Species: Globicephala macrorhynchus (short-finned pilot whale / ചെറുചിറകൻ തിമിംഗലം)
Genus: Grampus
Species: Grampus griseus (Risso's dolphin)
Genus: Lagenodelphis
Species: Lagenodelphis hosei (Fraser's dolphin / ആഴക്കടൽ ഡോൾഫിൻ)
Genus: Orcinus
Species: Orcinus orca (killer whale / കൊലയാളിത്തിമിംഗലം)
Genus: Peponocephala
Species: Peponocephala electra (melon-headed whale / മത്തങ്ങാത്തലയൻ തിമിംഗലം)
Genus: Pseudorca
Species: Pseudorca crassidens (false killer whale / കപട കൊലയാളിത്തിമിംഗലം)
Genus: Sousa
Species: Sousa chinensis (Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphin)
Genus: Stenella
Species: Stenella attenuata (pantropical spotted dolphin / പുള്ളി ഡോൾഫിൻ)
Species: Stenella coeruleoalba (striped dolphin / വരയൻ ഡോൾഫിൻ)
Species: Stenella longirostris (spinner dolphin)
Genus: Steno
Species: Steno bredanensis (rough-toothed dolphin / പരുക്കൻപല്ലൻ ഡോൾഫിൻ)
Genus: Tursiops
Species: Tursiops aduncus (Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin)
Species: Tursiops truncatus (common bottlenose dolphin / കുപ്പിമൂക്കൻ ഡോൾഫിൻ)
Family: Kogiidae
Genus: Kogia
Species: Kogia breviceps (pygmy sperm whale / കുഞ്ഞൻ എണ്ണത്തിമിംഗിലം)
Species: Kogia sima (dwarf sperm whale)
Family: Phocoenidae
Genus: Neophocaena
Species: Neophocaena phocaenoides (finless porpoise / എലിയനേടി)
Family: Physeteridae
Genus: Physeter
Species: Physeter macrocephalus (sperm whale / എണ്ണത്തിമിംഗിലം)
Family: Ziphiidae
Genus: Indopacetus
Species: Indopacetus pacificus (tropical bottlenose whale)
Genus: Mesoplodon
Species: Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville's beaked whale / ചുണ്ടൻ തിമിംഗിലം / കൊമ്പൻ തിമിംഗിലം)
Species: Mesoplodon ginkgodens (ginkgo-toothed beaked whale / ജിങ്കോ തിമിംഗിലം)
Species: Mesoplodon hotaula (Deraniyagala's beaked whale)
Genus: Ziphius
Species: Ziphius cavirostris (Cuvier's beaked whale / കുവിയറുടെ ചുണ്ടൻ തിമിംഗിലം)
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Emballonuridae
Genus: Saccolaimus
Species: Saccolaimus saccolaimus (naked-rumped pouched bat / സഞ്ചിവാഹി ഉറവാലൻവാവൽ)
Genus: Taphozous
Species: Taphozous melanopogon (black-bearded tomb bat / കരിന്താടി ഉറവാലൻവാവൽ)
Species: Taphozous longimanus (long-winged tomb bat)
Family: Hipposideridae
Genus: Hipposideros
Species: Hipposideros ater (dusky leaf-nosed bat)
Species: Hipposideros fulvus (fulvus roundleaf bat / തവിടൻ ഇലമൂക്കൻവാവൽ)
Species: Hipposideros speoris (Schneider's leaf-nosed bat / ഇന്ത്യൻ ഇലമൂക്കൻവാവൽ)
Family: Megadermatidae
Genus: Megaderma
Species: Megaderma lyra (greater false vampire bat)
Species: Megaderma spasma (lesser false vampire bat / ചെറിയ നരിച്ചീർ)
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Tadarida
Species: Tadarida aegyptiaca (Egyptian free-tailed bat)
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Cynopterus
Species: Cynopterus brachyotis (lesser short-nosed fruit bat / ശ്വാനമുഖൻ വവ്വാൽ)
Species: Cynopterus sphinx (greater short-nosed fruit bat / കുറുമൂക്കൻ വവ്വാൽ)
Genus: Eonycteris
Species: Eonycteris spelaea (cave nectar bat / പ്രഭാത വവ്വാൽ)
Genus: Pteropus
Species: Pteropus giganteus (Indian flying fox / ഇന്ത്യൻ പഴവവ്വാൽ)
Genus: Rousettus
Species: Rousettus leschenaultii (Leschenault's rousette / മഞ്ഞച്ചുവപ്പൻ പഴവവ്വാൽ)
Family: Rhinolophidae
Genus: Rhinolophus
Species: Rhinolophus beddomei (lesser woolly horseshoe bat)
Species: Rhinolophus lepidus (Blyth's horseshoe bat)
Species: Rhinolophus pusillus (least horseshoe bat)
Species: Rhinolophus rouxii (rufous horseshoe bat)
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Falsistrellus
Species: Falsistrellus affinis (chocolate pipistrelle)
Genus: Harpiocephalus
Species: Harpiocephalus harpia (lesser hairy-winged bat)
Genus: Kerivoula
Species: Kerivoula picta (painted bat / ചിത്രവാവ്വൽ)
Genus: Myotis
Species: Myotis horsfieldii (Horsfield's bat)
Species: Myotis montivagus (Burmese whiskered bat)
Genus: Pipistrellus
Species: Pipistrellus ceylonicus (Kelaart's pipistrelle / സിലോൺ അടക്കവാവൽ)
Species: Pipistrellus tenuis (least pipistrelle / കുഞ്ഞൻ അടക്കവാവൽ)
Genus: Scotozous
Species: Scotozous dormeri (Dormer's bat)
Genus: Scotophilus
Species: Scotophilus heathii (greater Asiatic yellow bat)
Species: Scotophilus kuhlii (lesser Asiatic yellow bat)
Genus: Tylonycteris
Species: Tylonycteris pachypus (lesser bamboo bat)
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Erinaceidae
Genus: Paraechinus
Species: Paraechinus nudiventris (bare-bellied hedgehog / ഇത്തിൾപന്നി)
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Feroculus
Species: Feroculus feroculus (Kelaart's long-clawed shrew / സിലോൺ നച്ചെലി)
Genus: Suncus
Species: Suncus dayi (Day's shrew / കാട്ടു നച്ചെലി)
Species: Suncus dayi (Etruscan shrew)
Species: Suncus murinus (Asian house shrew / വീട്ടു നച്ചെലി)
Species: Suncus niger (Indian highland shrew)
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Lepus
Species: Lepus nigricollis (Indian hare / കാട്ടുമുയൽ)
Order: Pholidota
Family: Manidae
Genus: Manis
Species: Manis crassicaudata (Indian pangolin / ഈനാമ്പേച്ചി)
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Macaca
Species: Macaca radiata (bonnet macaque / നാടൻ കുരങ്ങ്)
Species: Macaca silenus (lion-tailed macaque / സിംഹവാലൻ കുരങ്ങ്)
Genus: Semnopithecus
Species: Semnopithecus hypoleucos (black-footed grey langur / കരിംകയ്യൻ കുരങ്ങ്)
Species: Semnopithecus priam (tufted grey langur / തൊപ്പിഹനുമാൻ കുരങ്ങ്)
Genus: Trachypithecus
Species: Trachypithecus johnii (Nilgiri langur / കരിങ്കുരങ്ങ്)
Family: Lorisidae
Genus: Loris
Species: Loris lydekkerianus (grey slender loris / കുട്ടിത്തേവാങ്ക്)
Order: Proboscidea
Family: Elephantidae
Genus: Elephas
Species: Elephas maximus indicus (Indian elephant / ഇന്ത്യൻ ആന)
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- female
- calf
Order: Rodentia
Family: Hystricidae
Genus: Hystrix
Species: Hystrix indica (Indian crested porcupine / മുള്ളൻ പന്നി)
Family: Muridae
Genus: Bandicota
Species: Bandicota bengalensis (lesser bandicoot rat / തുരപ്പനെലി)
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Species: Bandicota indica (greater bandicoot rat / പെരുച്ചാഴി)
Genus: Golunda
Species: Golunda ellioti (Indian bush rat / ഗോളുണ്ട എലി)
Genus: Madromys
Species: Madromys blanfordi (Blanford's rat / വെള്ളവാലൻ എലി)
Genus: Mus
Species: Mus booduga (little Indian field mouse / ചെറുചുണ്ടെലി)
Species: Mus famulus (servant mouse / കാട്ടുചുണ്ടെലി)
Species: Mus musculus (house mouse / ചുണ്ടെലി)
Species: Mus platythrix (flat-haired mouse / മുള്ളൻ ചുണ്ടെലി)
Genus: Rattus
Species: Rattus norvegicus (brown rat / തവിടൻ എലി)
Species: Rattus ranjiniae (Kerala rat / നെല്ലെലി)
Species: Rattus rattus (black rat / കറുത്ത എലി)
Species: Rattus satarae (Sahyadris forest rat / സഹ്യാദ്രി കാട്ടെലി)
Genus: Tatera
Species: Tatera indica (Indian gerbil / കംഗാരു എലി)
Genus: Vandeleuria
Species: Vandeleuria nilagirica (Nilgiri long-tailed tree mouse / വാലൻ ചുണ്ടെലി)
Family: Platacanthomyidae
Genus: Platacanthomys
Species: Platacanthomys lasiurus (Malabar spiny dormouse / മുള്ളെലി)
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Funambulus
Species: Funambulus palmarum (Indian palm squirrel / അണ്ണാറക്കണ്ണൻ)
Species: Funambulus sublineatus (Nilgiri striped squirrel / കുഞ്ഞൻ അണ്ണാൻ )
Species: Funambulus tristriatus (jungle palm squirrel / കാട്ടുവരയണ്ണാൻ)
Genus: Petaurista
Species: Petaurista philippensis (Indian giant flying squirrel / പാറാൻ)
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Genus: Petinomys
Species: Petinomys fuscocapillus (Travancore flying squirrel / കുഞ്ഞൻ പാറാൻ)
Genus: Ratufa
Species: Ratufa indica (Indian giant squirrel / മലയണ്ണാൻ)
Species: Ratufa macroura (grizzled giant squirrel / ചാമ്പൽ മലയണ്ണാൻ)
Order: Scandentia
Family: Tupaiidae
Genus: Anathana
Species: Anathana ellioti (Madras treeshrew / മരനച്ചെലി)
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Order: Sirenia
Family: Dugongidae
Genus: Dugong
Species: Dugong dugon (dugong / കടൽപ്പശു)
References
- Nameer, P. O. (2015). "A checklist of mammals of Kerala, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 7 (13): 7971–7982. doi:10.11609/JoTT.2000.7.13.7971-7982
- Nameer, P. O. (2016). "Checklist of Marine Mammals of Kerala". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 8 (1): 8417–8420. doi:10.11609/jott.2497.8.1.8417-8420
- Kumarran, R. P. (2012). "Cetaceans and cetacean research in India". Journal of Cetacean Research and Management. 12 (2): 159–172.
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