www.chitwannationalpark.gov.np Mammals of Chitwan National Park
Compiled by: Laxman Prasad Poudyal
SN Order/ Family/ Name Scientific Name CITES IUCN Status NRDB Nepal Act ORDER : PHOLIDOTA, Family - Manidae 1 Indian Pangolin Manis crassicaudata II NT SU P 2 Chinese Pangolin Manis pentadacyla II EN SU P ORDER : INSECTIVORA, Family - Soricidae 3 Eurasian Pygmy Shrew Sorex minutus ORDER : CHIROPTERA, Family – Pteropodidae 4 Indian Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus sphinx LC 5 Indian Flying Fox Pteropus giganteus LC 6 Fulvous Fruit Bat Rousettus leschenaulti LC Family – Rhinolophidae 7 Greater Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus luctus LC Family – Vespertilionidae 8 Painted bat Kerivoula picta LC 9 Indian pipistrelle Pipistrellus coromandra LC 10 Greater Asiatic Yellow Bat Scotophilus heathi LC 11 Lesser Asiatic Yellow Bat Scotophilus kuhlii LC 12 Round-eared Tubenosed Bat Murina cyclotis LC ORDER : PRIMATES, Family – Cercopithecidae 13 Rhesus Macaque Macaca mulatta LC SU 14 Tarai Gray Langur Semnopithecus hector I NT ORDER : CARNIVORA, Family – Canidae 15 Golden Jackal Canis aureus LC 16 Asiatic Wild-dog, Dhole Cuon alpinus II EN VU 17 Bengal Fox Vulpes bengalensis LC SU Family – Ursidae 18 Sloth Bear Ursus ursinus/ Melursus ursinus I VU VU Family – Mustelidae 19 Smooth Coated Otter Lutrogale perspicillata VU SU 20 Honey Badger, Ratel Mellivora capensis LC SU 21 Asian Small-clawed Otter Aonyx cinerea VU SU 22 Yellow-throated Marten Martes flavigula LC Family – Viverridae 23 Masked Palm Civet Paguma larvata LC 24 Toddy Cat Paradoxurus hermaphroditus LC 25 Spotted Lingsang Prionodon pardicolor I LC P 26 Large Indian Civet Viverra zibetha NT 27 Small Indian Civet Viverricula indica LC Family - Herpestidae 28 Indian Grey Mongoose Herpestes edwardsii LC 29 Small Asian Mongoose Herpestes javanicus/ H. auropunctatus LC 30 Crab-eating Mongoose Herpestes urva LC SU Family – Hyaenidae 31 Striped Hyaena Hyaena hyaena NT VU P Family – Felidae 32 Jungle Cat Felis chaus LC SU 33 Marbled Cat Pardofelis marmorata / Felis I VU VU 34 Common Leopard Pantheramarmorata pardus I NT SU Mail to: [email protected] www.chitwannationalpark.gov.np 35 Bengal Tiger Panthera tigris tigris I EN SU P 36 Clouded Leopard Neofelis nebulosa / Pardofelis nebulosa I VU VU P 37 Leopard Cat Prionailurus bengalensis / Felis II LC VU P 38 Fishing Cat Prionailurusbengalensis viverrinus / Felis viverrinus EN VU ORDER CETACEA, Family – Platanistidae 39 Gangetic Dolphin Platanista gangetica I EN CR P ORDER PROBOSCIDAE, Family Elephantidae 40 Asiatic Elephant Elephas maximus I EN EN P ORDER : PERISSODACTYLA, Family - Rhinocerotidae 41 One-horned Rhinoceros Rhinoceros unicornis I VU EN P ORDER : ARTIODACTYLA, Family – Suidae 42 Wild Boar Sus scrofa LC Family – Cervidae 43 Spotted Deer Axis axis LC 44 Hog Deer Axis porcinus porcinus EN SU 45 Sambar Deer Rusa unicolor / Cervus unicolor VU SU 46 Barking Deer Muntiacus muntjak LC Family - Bovidae 47 Gaur Bison Bos gaurus I VU EN P 48 Nilgai Boselaphus tragocamelus LC VU 49 Four-horned Antelope Tetracerus quadricornis III VU EN P ORDER : RODENTIA, Family – Scuiridae 50 Hoary-bellied Squirrel Callosciurus pygerythrus LC 51 Three-striped Palm Squirrel Funambulus palmarum LC 52 Five-striped Palm Squirrel Funambulus pennantii LC Family – Pteromyidae 53 Particoloured Flying Squirrel Hylopetes alboniger LC 54 Red Flying Squirrel Petaurista petaurista LC Family – Muridae 55 Lesser Bandicoot Rat Bandicota bengalensis LC 56 Large Bandicoot Rat Bandicota indica LC 57 Lesser Bamboo Rat Cannomys badius LC 58 Short-tailed Bandicoot Rat Nesokia indica LC 59 Indian Long-lailed Tree Mouse Vandeleuria oleracea LC 60 Indian Gerbil, Antelope Rat Tatera indica LC 61 House Rat Mus musculus LC 62 Brown Spiny Mouse Mus saxicola LC 63 Earth-colored Mouse Mus terricolor LC 64 Indian Bush Rat Golunda ellioti LC 65 Roof Rat Rattus rattus LC Family - Hystricidae 66 Indian Crested Porcupine Hystrix indica LC ORDER : LAGOMORPHA, Family – Leporidae 67 Hispid Hare Caprolagus hispidus I EN EN P 68 Indian Hare (Rufous tailed) Lepus nigricollis LC LC Least Concerned, NT Near threatened, VU Vulnerable, EN Endangered, CR Critically Endangered, SU Suspected, P protecte d Sources 1. 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