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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.

 
 

Apes, Monkeys, Gibbons, Lorises, Tarsiers  (Primates)

       
Long-tailed Macaque
 
  Rhesus Macaque
 
  Pig-tailed Macaque
 
  Celebes Crested Macaque
 
  Proboscis Monkey
   
       
Banded Leaf Monkey
   
  White-thighed Surili
 
  Thomas's Leaf Monkey
 
  Silvered Leaf Monkey
  
  Spectacled Leaf Monkey
   
       
White-handed Gibbon
   
  Bornean Gibbon
   
  Siamang
 
  Orang Utan
   
  Slow Loris  
   
               
Spectral Tarsier
   
 
   
 
 
 
   
     
   
                 
Pangolins  (Pholidota) Elephants  (Proboscidea)
             
Sunda Pangolin
 
   
 
  Asian Elephant
 
   
   
    
   
                 

Pigs, Mousedeer, Deer etc.  (Artiodactyla)

         
Bearded Pig 
 
  Eurasian Wild Pig 
 
  Lesser Mousedeer
 
  Sambar
   
    
   
                 
Martens, Otters, Civets etc.  (Carnivora)
       
Yellow-throated Marten
 
  Smooth Otter
 
  Small-toothed Palm Civet
 
  Banded Civet
 
  Common Palm Civet
        
                 
Colugos  (Dermoptera)
               
Colugo or Flying Lemur
 
   
 
   
 
   
   
    
   
                 

Squirrels  (Rodentia)

       
Cream-coloured Giant Squirrel 
 
Black Giant Squirrel
 
Grey-bellied Squirrel
 
Mountain Red-bellied Squirrel
   
Variable Squirrel
   
       
Black-banded Squirrel
 
Plantain Squirrel
 
Prevost's Squirrel
  
  Horse-tailed Squirrel
   
  Low's Squirrel
   
         
Slender Squirrel
 
  Himalayan Striped Squirrel
 
  Three-striped Ground Squirrel
 
Shrew-faced Ground Squirrel
   

   
           
Large Black Flying Squirrel
 
Red-cheeked Flying Squirrel
 
  Red Giant Flying Squirrel
 
 
   
 
   
                 

Rats and Mice  (Rodentia)

       
Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
 
  Red Spiny Rat 
 
  Annandale's Rat
 
  Polynesian Rat
   
  Asian House Rat
   
               
Malaysian Wood Rat
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
   
                 

Shrews etc.  (Insectivora)

Treeshrews  (Scandentia)
             
House Shrew
 
   
 
  Common Treeshrew
 
   
   
   
   
                 

Whales, Dolphins etc.  (Cetacea)

           
Humpback Whale
 
  Killer Whale
 
  Long-snouted Spinner Dolphin