Peninsular Malaysia Wildlife List



This is a collection of species that occur in Peninsular Malaysia. Each common and scientific name is a link to a Google image search for that name. This provides a quick way to find images of each species (if Google's search can find them on the web). The mammal list is based on A Birdwatcher's Guide to Malaysia by John Bransbury. I have left out some of the smaller mammals (rats, mice, shrews, etc.) and most of the bats. The non-mammal species listed come from information on the web.




Reptiles


Water Monitor

Varanus salvator




Clouded Monitor

Varanus bengalensis




Estuarine Crocodile

Crocodylus porosus




Reticulated Python

Python reticulatus




Short Python

Python curtus




King Cobra

Ophiophagus hannah




Wagler's Pit Viper

Trimeresurus wagleri





Mammals


Moonrat

Echinosorex gymnurus


Gymnure


Lesser Gymnure

Hylomys suillus




Himalayan Water Shrew

Chimarrogale himalayica




Pentail Treeshrew

Ptilocercus lowii




Common Treeshrew

Tupaia glis




Lesser Treeshrew

Tupaia minor




Colugo

Cynocephalus variegatus


Flying Lemur


Geoffroy's Rousette

Rousettus amplexicaudatus




Large Flying Fox

Pteropus vampyrus




Island Flying Fox

Pteropus hypomelanus




Slow Loris

Nycticebus coucang




Silvered Leaf Monkey

Presbytis cristata


Silvered Langur


Banded Leaf Monkey

Presbytis melalophos


Banded Langur


Dusky Leaf Monkey

Presbytis obscura


Spectacled Langur


Long-tailed Macaque

Macaca fascicularis


Crab-eating Macaque


Pig-tailed Macaque

Macaca nemestrina




Stump-tailed Macaque

Macaca speciosa




Agile Gibbon

Hylobates agilis




White-handed Gibbon

Hylobates lar


White-handed Lar


Siamang

Hylobates syndactylus


Black Gibbon


Pangolin

Manis javanica


Scaly Anteater


Giant Squirrel

Ratufa affinis




Prevost's Squirrel

Callosciurus prevostii




Plantain Squirrel

Callosciurus notatus




Black-banded Squirrel

Callosciurus nigrovittatus




Gray-bellied Squirrel

Callosciurus caniceps




Mountain Red-bellied Squirrel

Callosciurus flavimanus




Horse-tailed Squirrel

Sundasciurus hippurus




Slender Squirrel

Sundasciurus tenuis




Low's Squirrel

Sundasciurus lowii




Himalayan Striped Squirrel

Tamiops macclellandii




Three-striped Ground Squirrel

Lariscus insignis




Red-cheeked Ground Squirrel

Dremomys rufigenis




Shrew-faced Ground Squirrel

Rhinosciurus laticaudatus




Selangor Pygmy Flying Squirrel

Petaurillus kinlochii




Horsfield's Flying Squirrel

Iomys horsfieldi




Black Flying Squirrel

Aeromys tephromelas




Temminck's Flying Squirrel

Petinomys setosus




Vordermann's Flying Squirrel

Petinomys vordermannii




Whiskered Flying Squirrel

Petinomys genibarbis




Gray-cheeked Flying Squirrel

Hylopetes lepidus




Red-cheeked Flying Squirrel

Hylopetes spadiceus




Smoky Flying Squirrel

Pteromyscus pulverulentus




Red Giant Flying Squirrel

Petaurista petaurista




Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel

Petaurista elegans




Common Porcupine

Hystrix brachyura


Malayan Porcupine


Long-tailed Porcupine

Trichys fasciculata




Brush-tailed Porcupine

Atherurus macrourus




Dhole

Cuon alpinus


Asian Wild Dog


Sun Bear

Helarctos malayanus




Yellow-throated Marten

Martes flavigula




Malay Weasel

Mustela nudipes




Hairy-nosed Otter

Lutra sumatrana




Smooth Otter

Lutra perspicillata




Eurasian Otter

Lutra lutra


Common Otter


Oriental Small-clawed Otter

Aonyx cinerea




Malay Civet

Viverra tangalunga


Tangalung


Large Indian Civet

Viverra zibetha




Large Spotted Civet

Viverra megaspila




Little Civet

Viverra malaccensis




Banded Linsang

Prionodon linsang




Common Palm Civet

Paradoxurus hermaphroditus




Masked Palm Civet

Paguma larvata




Binturong

Arctictis binturong


Bearcat


Small-toothed Palm Civet

Arctogalidia trivirgata




Banded Palm Civet

Hemigalus derbyanus




Otter-Civet

Cynogale bennettii




Short-tailed Mongoose

Herpestes brachyurus




Indian Gray Mongoose

Herpestes edwardsii




Small Indian Mongoose

Herpestes auropunctatus




Javan Mongoose

Herpestes javanicus




Malayan Tiger

Panthera tigris jacksoni




Leopard

Panthera pardus


Panther


Clouded Leopard

Neofelis nebulosa




Leopard Cat

Felis bengalensis




Marbled Cat

Felis marmorata




Flat-headed Cat

Felis planiceps




Temminck's Cat

Felis temmincki




Dugong

Dugong dugon




Asian Elephant

Elephas maximus




Malay Tapir

Tapirus indicus




Asian Two-horned Rhinoceros

Dicerorhinus sumatrensis


Sumatran Rhinoceros


Wild Pig

Sus scrofa




Bearded Pig

Sus barbatus




Lesser Mouse-Deer

Tragulus javanicus




Greater Mouse-Deer

Tragulus napu




Barking Deer

Muntiacus muntjak


Red Muntjac


Sambar Deer

Cervus unicolor


Rusa or Payau


Gaur

Bos gaurus




Banteng

Bos javanicus


Tembadau


Serow

Capricornis sumatraensis





Butterflies


Rajah Brooke's Birdwing

Troides brookiana




Common Birdwing

Troides helena




Five Bar Swordtail

Pathysa antiphates




Common Tree Nymph

Idea stolli




Common Imperial

Cheritra freja




Branded Imperial

Eooxylides tharis





Moths


Atlas Moth

Attacus atlas




Swallow-tailed Moth

Nyctalemon patroclus





Alan Wight
Sonoma County, California
Email:  shwand@sonic.net