List of mammals of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Last updated August 04, 2025

This article is a list of mammal species found in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. There are 60 species of mammals in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. This list uses British English throughout.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Artiodactyla

Chital, Axis axis
Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Domestic water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis
Short-beaked saddle-backed dolphin, Delphinus delphis
Dugong, Dugong dugon
Asian elephant, Elephas maximus
Northern red muntjac, Muntiacus vaginalis
Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra
Sperm whale, Physeter catodon
False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens
Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, Sousa chinensis
Spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris
Wild boar, Sus scrofa
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops aduncus

Carnivora

Domestic dog, Canis familiaris
Domestic cat, Felis catus
Masked palm civet, Paguma larvata

Chiroptera

Lesser short-nosed fruit bat, Cynopterus brachyotis
Greater short-nosed fruit bat, Cynopterus sphinx
Cave nectar bat, Eonycteris spelaea
Tickell's bat, Hesperoptenus tickelli
Diadem leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros diadema
Fulvus roundleaf bat, Hipposideros fulvus
Intermediate roundleaf bat, Hipposideros larvatus
Nicobar leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros nicobarulae
Pomona roundleaf bat, Hipposideros pomona
Lesser false vampire bat, Megaderma spasma
Small bent-winged bat, Miniopterus pusillus
Horsfield's bat, Myotis horsfieldii
Indian pipistrelle, Pipistrellus coromandra
Java pipistrelle, Pipistrellus javanicus
Nicobar flying fox, Pteropus faunulus
Indian flying fox, Pteropus giganteus
Island flying fox, Pteropus hypomelanus
Black-eared flying fox, Pteropus melanotus
Large flying fox, Pteropus vampyrus
Intermediate horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus affinis
Andaman horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus cognatus
Dobson's horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus yunanensis
Lesser mouse-tailed bat, Rhinopoma hardwickii
Lesser Asiatic yellow bat, Scotophilus kuhlii
Black-bearded tomb bat, Taphozous melanopogon
Naked-rumped pouched bat, Taphozous saccolaimus
Lesser bamboo bat, Tylonycteris pachypus

Eulipotyphla

Andaman white-toothed shrew, Crocidura andamanensis
Andaman shrew, Crocidura hispida
Jenkins's shrew, Crocidura jenkinsi
Narcondam shrew, Crocidura narcondami
Nicobar shrew, Crocidura nicobarica
Nicobar treeshrew, Tupaia nicobarica

Primates

Crab-eating macaque, Macaca fascicularis

Rodentia

Northern palm squirrel, Funambulus pennantii
Fawn-colored mouse, Mus cervicolor
House mouse, Mus musculus
Sikkim rat, Rattus andamanensis
Nonsense rat, Rattus burrus
Palm rat, Rattus palmarum
Black rat, Rattus rattus
Andaman rat, Rattus stoicus
Tanezumi rat, Rattus tanezumi

References

↑ Sivaperuman, C.; Gokulakrishnan, G.; Parthipan, P. (2018), Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan; Venkataraman, Krishnamoorthy (eds.), "Mammals of Andaman and Nicobar Islands" , Indian Hotspots, Singapore: Springer Singapore, pp. 151–164, doi:10.1007/978-981-10-6983-3_8, ISBN 978-981-10-6982-6 , retrieved 31 July 2025
↑ "List of mammals of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands". iNaturalist. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
↑ Grewal, Bikram; Chakravarty, Rohit (2017). A naturalist's guide to the mammals of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. New Delhi, India: Prakash Books. ISBN 978-81-7599-407-2.

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[1] Sivaperuman, C.; Gokulakrishnan, G.; Parthipan, P. (2018), Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan; Venkataraman, Krishnamoorthy (eds.), "Mammals of Andaman and Nicobar Islands" , Indian Hotspots, Singapore: Springer Singapore, pp. 151–164, doi:10.1007/978-981-10-6983-3_8, ISBN 978-981-10-6982-6 , retrieved 31 July 2025

[2] "List of mammals of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands". iNaturalist. Retrieved 31 July 2025.

[3] Grewal, Bikram; Chakravarty, Rohit (2017). A naturalist's guide to the mammals of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. New Delhi, India: Prakash Books. ISBN 978-81-7599-407-2.

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