This is a list of mammal species found in Kerala, India.
Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Genus: Bos
Species: Bos gaurus (gaur / കാട്ടുപോത്ത്)
Genus: Nilgiritragus
Species: Nilgiritragus hylocrius (Nilgiri tahr / വരയാട്)
Genus: Tetracerus
Species: Tetracerus quadricornis (four-horned antelope / ഉല്ലമാൻ)
Family: Cervidae Genus: Axis
Species: Axis axis (chital / പുള്ളിമാൻ)
Genus: Muntiacus
Species: Muntiacus muntjak (Indian muntjac / കേഴമാൻ)
Genus: Rusa
Species: Rusa unicolor (sambar deer / മ്ലാവ്)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Order: Sirenia Family: Dugongidae Genus: Dugong
Species: Dugong dugon (dugong / കടൽപ്പശു)
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