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There are around 5500 mammal species in the world, with at least 1000 species
occurring in Southeast Asia. Many of the region's mammal species are
forest-dependant, which makes them difficult to study, particularly bats which
are especially diverse. Larger mammals such as Tiger,
Asian Elephant and
Orang Utan are well known to the general
public, but the region also has some very curious species little known even in
the countries they inhabit. These include the insect-eating
Pangolin, covered in reptilian-like
scales, and the Colugo which can glide from
tree to tree by extending its broad gliding membrane.
The region also supports a complex diversity of smaller mammals including
civets, tarsiers, squirrels, forest rats and treeshrews, some of which are
illustrated here. Bats (Order : Chiroptera) are presented separately. |
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Apes, Monkeys, Gibbons, Lorises, Tarsiers (Primates) |
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Long-tailed Macaque
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Rhesus Macaque
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Pig-tailed Macaque
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Celebes Crested Macaque
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Proboscis Monkey
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Banded Leaf Monkey
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White-thighed Surili
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Thomas's Leaf Monkey
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Silvered Leaf Monkey
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Spectacled Leaf Monkey
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White-handed Gibbon
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Bornean Gibbon
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Siamang
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Orang Utan
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Slow Loris
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Spectral Tarsier
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Pangolins (Pholidota) |
Elephants (Proboscidea) |
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Sunda Pangolin
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Asian Elephant
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Pigs, Mousedeer, Deer etc. (Artiodactyla) |
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Bearded Pig
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Eurasian Wild Pig
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Lesser Mousedeer
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Sambar
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Martens, Otters, Civets etc. (Carnivora) |
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Yellow-throated Marten
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Smooth Otter
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Small-toothed Palm Civet
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Banded Civet
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Common Palm Civet
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Colugo or Flying Lemur
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Cream-coloured Giant
Squirrel
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Black Giant Squirrel
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Grey-bellied Squirrel
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Mountain Red-bellied Squirrel
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Variable Squirrel
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Black-banded Squirrel
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Plantain Squirrel
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Prevost's Squirrel
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Horse-tailed Squirrel
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Low's Squirrel
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Slender Squirrel
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Himalayan Striped Squirrel
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Three-striped Ground Squirrel
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Shrew-faced Ground Squirrel
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Large Black Flying Squirrel
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Red-cheeked Flying Squirrel
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Red Giant Flying Squirrel
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Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
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Red Spiny Rat
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Annandale's Rat
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Polynesian Rat
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Asian House Rat
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Malaysian Wood Rat
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Shrews etc. (Insectivora) |
Treeshrews (Scandentia) |
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House Shrew
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Common Treeshrew
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Whales, Dolphins etc. (Cetacea) |
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Humpback Whale
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Killer Whale
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Long-snouted Spinner Dolphin
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