List of mammals of Laos

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Laos.

## Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and cetaceans)

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Image  | Common name  | Scientific name
authority  | Preferred habitat  | IUCN status | Range

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Family Suidae: pigs
| Wild boar | Sus scrofa
Linnaeus, 1758 | Wide variety of habitats  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
Family Tragulidae: mouse-deer
| Lesser mouse-deer | Tragulus kanchil
Raffles, 1821  | Lowland forests  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
Family Moschidae: musk deer
| Dwarf musk deer | Moschus berezovskii
Flerov, 1929 | Montane forests  | EN IUCN

Family Cervidae: deer
| Eld's deer | Rucervus eldii
McClelland, 1842 | Grasslands  | EN IUCN

| Sambar deer | Rusa unicolor
Kerr, 1792 | Wide variety of forest and savanna  | VU IUCN

| Roosevelt's muntjac | Muntiacus rooseveltorum
Osgood, 1932 | Forest  | DD IUCN

| Truong Son muntjac | Muntiacus truongsonensis
Giao, Tuoc, Dung, Wikramanayake, Amato, Arctander & Mackinnon, 1997 | High-elevation forest  | DD IUCN

| Indian muntjac | Muntiacus vaginalis
Zimmermann, 1780 | Wide variety of forests and scrublands  | LC IUCN

| Giant muntjac | Muntiacus vuquangensis
Tuoc, Dung, Dawson, Arctander and Mackinnon, 1994 | Unclear  | CR IUCN

Family Bovidae: cattle, antelope, sheep, goats
| Gaur | Bos gaurus
Smith, 1827 | Forest, grassland, shrubland and savanna  | VU IUCN

| Banteng | Bos javanicus
d'Alton, 1823 | Forest and grassland  | EN IUCN

| Kouprey | Bos sauveli
Urbain, 1937 | Previously seen in dipterocarp forests with grasslands. No confirmations since 1970; possibly extinct.  | CR, possibly EX

| Mainland serow | Capricornis sumatraensis
Bechstein, 1799 | Forested mountain slopes  | VU IUCN

| Chinese goral | Naemorhedus griseus
A. Milne-Edwards, 1871 |  |  |
| Saola | Pseudoryx nghetinhensis
Dung, Giao, Chinh, Tuoc, Arctander, & MacKinnon, 1993 | Evergreen forest  | CR IUCN

Family Delphinidae: marine dolphins
| Irrawaddy dolphin | Orcaella brevirostris
Owen in Gray, 1866 | Coastal waters and rivers  | EN IUCN

## Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)

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Family Felidae: cats
| Asian golden cat | Catopuma temminckii
Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 | Forest, savanna, shrubland and grassland  | NT IUCN

| Jungle cat | Felis chaus
Schreber, 1777 | Particularly around wetlands  | LC IUCN

| Clouded leopard | Neofelis nebulosa
Griffith, 1821 | Forest and shrubland  | VU IUCN

| Leopard | Panthera pardus
Linnaeus, 1758 | Wide range of habitats  | VU IUCN

| Tiger | Panthera tigris
Linnaeus, 1758 | Generalists but especially forests  | EN IUCN

| Marbled cat | Pardofelis marmorata
Martin, 1836 | Forest  | NT IUCN

| Leopard cat | Prionailurus bengalensis
Kerr, 1792 | Forest, shrublands and grasslands  | LC IUCN

Family Viverridae
| Binturong | Arctictis binturong
Raffles, 1822 | Forest (arboreal)  | VU IUCN

| Small-toothed palm civet | Arctogalidia trivirgata
Gray, 1832 | Evergreen and semi-evergreen forest  | LC IUCN

| Masked palm civet | Paguma larvata
Smith, 1827 | Mainly evergreen and semi-evergreen forest  | LC IUCN

| Asian palm civet | Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
Pallas, 1777 | Wide range of forest, plantation, and urban environments  | LC IUCN

| Large-spotted civet | Viverra megaspila
Blyth, 1862 | Lowland forest  | EN IUCN

| Large Indian civet | Viverra zibetha
Linnaeus, 1758 | Forests and shrublands  | LC IUCN

| Small Indian civet | Viverricula indica
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803 | Wide range of forests and wetlands  | LC IUCN

| Owston's palm civet | Chrotogale owstoni
Thomas, 1912 | Wide range of forests and wetlands  | EN IUCN

Family Prionodontidae: linsangs
| Spotted linsang | Prionodon pardicolor
Hodgson, 1842 | Forest, shrubland, and grassland  | LC IUCN

Family Herpestidae: mongooses
| Crab-eating Mongoose | Urva urva
Hodgson, 1836 | Widespread  | LC IUCN

| Javan mongoose | Urva javanica
É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818 | Widespread in lowlands, including anthropogenic habitats  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
Family Canidae: dogs, foxes
| Dhole | Cuon alpinus
Pallas, 1811 | Forest, shrubland and grassland  | EN IUCN

| Golden jackal | Canis aureus
Linnaeus, 1758 | Wide variety, especially lowland deciduous dipterocarp forest  | LC IUCN

Family Ursidae: bears
| Sun bear | Helarctos malayanus
Raffles, 1821 | Forest and shrubland  | VU IUCN

| Asian black bear | Ursus thibetanus
G. Cuvier, 1823 | Forest and shrubland  | VU IUCN

Family Mustelidae: mustelids
| Yellow-throated marten | Martes flavigula
Boddaert, 1785 | Forests and shrublands  | LC IUCN

| Yellow-bellied weasel | Mustela kathiah
Hodgson, 1835 | Rugged highlands  | LC IUCN

| Siberian weasel | Mustela sibirica
Pallas, 1773 | Rocky areas in far north  | LC IUCN

| Back-striped weasel | Mustela strigidorsa
Gray, 1853 | Mountainous evergreen forest  | LC IUCN

| Greater hog badger | Arctonyx collaris
Cuvier, 1825 | Mainly forest  | VU IUCN

| Burmese ferret-badger | Melogale personata
I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1831 | Forests, shrublands and grasslands  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Eurasian otter | Lutra lutra
Linnaeus, 1758 | Wide range of aquatic habitats  | NT IUCN

| Hairy-nosed otter | Lutra sumatrana
Gray, 1865 | Wide range of aquatic habitats  | EN IUCN

| Smooth-coated otter | Lutrogale perspicillata
Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 1826 | Wide range of aquatic habitats, including flooded ricefields  | VU IUCN

| Asian small-clawed otter | Aonyx cinereus
Illiger, 1815 | Wetland systems  | VU IUCN

| Chinese ferret-badger | Melogale moschata
Gray, 1831 | Forest and croplands  | LC IUCN

## Order: Chiroptera (bats)

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Family Pteropodidae: flying foxes, Old World fruit bats
| Lesser short-nosed fruit bat | Cynopterus brachyotis
Müller, 1838 | Forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Greater short-nosed fruit bat | Cynopterus sphinx
Vahl, 1797 | Forest  | LC IUCN

| Cave nectar bat | Eonycteris spelaea
Dobson, 1871 | Caves and forest  | LC IUCN

| Long-tongued fruit bat | Macroglossus sobrinus
K. Andersen, 1911 | Forest  | LC IUCN

| Ratanaworabhan's fruit bat | Megaerops niphanae
Yenbutra & Felten, 1983 | Forest  | LC IUCN

| Geoffroy's rousette | Rousettus amplexicaudatus
É. Geoffroy, 1810 | Caves, rocky areas and forests  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Leschenault's rousette | Rousettus leschenaultii
Desmarest, 1820 | Caves and forests  | NT IUCN

| Blanford's fruit bat | Sphaerias blanfordi
Thomas, 1891 | Bamboo forest  | LC IUCN

Family Vespertilionidae
| Eastern barbastelle | Barbastella darjelingensis
Hodgson, 1855 | Caves and forest  | LC IUCN

| Oriental serotine | Eptesicus pachyomus
Tomes, 1857 | Wide variety of habitats  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Serotine bat | Eptesicus serotinus
Schreber, 1774 | Wide variety of habitats  | LC IUCN

| Disk-footed bat | Eudiscopus denticulus
Conisbee, 1953 | Forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Indochinese thick-thumbed bat | Glischropus bucephalus
Csorba, 2011 | Bamboo forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Lesser hairy-winged bat | Harpiocephalus harpia
Temminck C. J., 1840 | Forest  | LC IUCN

| Blanford's bat | Hesperoptenus blanfordi
Dobson, 1877 | Caves and forests  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Tickell's bat | Hesperoptenus tickelli
Blyth, 1851 | Caves and forests  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Cadorna's pipistrelle | Hypsugo cadornae
Thomas, 1916 | Forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Long-toothed pipistrelle | Hypsugo dolichodon
Görföl et al., 2014 | Caves and forests  | DD IUCN
Unknown |
| Chinese pipistrelle | Hypsugo pulveratus
Peters, 1870 | Limestone forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Great evening bat | Ia io
Thomas, 1902 | Forest  | NT IUCN

| Flat-skulled woolly bat | Kerivoula depressa
| Evergreen forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Indochinese woolly bat | Kerivoula dongduongana
| Caves and forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Dark woolly bat | Kerivoula furva
| Forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Hairy-faced bat | Kerivoula hardwickii
Dobson, 1871 | Evergreen forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Kachin woolly bat | Kerivoula kachinensis
Bates, Struebig, Rossiter, Kingston, Sia Sein Lein Oo & Khin Mya Mya, 2004 | Forest  | LC IUCN

| Papillose woolly bat | Kerivoula papillosa
Temminck, 1840 | Forest  | LC IUCN

| Painted bat | Kerivoula picta
Pallas, 1767 | Wide variety of habitats  | NT IUCN

| Titania's woolly bat | Kerivoula titania
Bates, Struebig, Hayes, Furey, Mya Mya, Thong, Tien, Son, Harrison, Francis & Csorba, 2007 | Forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Annam tube-nosed bat | Murina annamitica
| Forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Round-eared tube-nosed bat | Murina cyclotis
Dobson, 1871 | Caves and forests  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Elery's tube-nosed bat | Murina eleryi
Furey, Thong, Bates & Csorba, 2009 | Forest  | LC IUCN

| Fea's tube-nosed bat | Murina feae
| Forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Fiona’s Tube-nosed Bat | Murina fionae
| Forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Harrison's tube-nosed bat | Murina harrisoni
Csorba & Bates 2005 | Forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Hutton's tube-nosed bat | Murina huttoni
Peters, 1872 | Forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Walston's tube-nosed bat | Murina walstoni
Furey, Csorba & Son, 2011 | Forest  | DD IUCN
Unknown |
| Annam tube-nosed bat | Myotis annamitica
Kruskop & Tsytsulina, 2001 | Small river valleys  | DD IUCN
Unknown |
| Anna Tess's myotis | Myotis annatessae
Kruskop & Borisenko, 2013 | Forest  | DD IUCN
Unknown |
| Hairy-faced bat | Myotis annectans
Dobson, 1871 | Evergreen forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Large myotis | Myotis chinensis
Tomes, 1857 | Caves and forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Lesser large-footed bat | Myotis hasseltii
Temminck, 1840 | Caves and forests  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Horsfield's bat | Myotis horsfieldii
Temminck, 1840 | Caves and forest  | LC IUCN

| Indochinese mouse-eared bat | Myotis indochinensis
Son, 2013 | Forest  | DD IUCN
Unknown |
| Burmese whiskered myotis | Myotis montivagus
Dobson, 1874 | Caves and forest  | DD IUCN

| Wall-roosting mouse-eared bat | Myotis muricola
Gray, 1846 | Caves and forests  | LC IUCN

| Rickett's big-footed bat | Myotis pilosus
Peters, 1869 | Forests and wetlands  | VU IUCN

| Thick-thumbed myotis | Myotis rosseti
Oey, 1951 | Forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Reddish-black myotis | Myotis rufoniger
Tomes, 1858 | Forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Himalayan whiskered bat | Myotis siligorensis
Horsfield, 1855 | Caves and forests  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Peters's trumpet-eared bat | Phoniscus jagorii
Peters, 1866 | Forest and wetlands  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Japanese house bat | Pipistrellus abramus
Temminck, 1840 | Wide range of habitats  | LC IUCN

| Kelaart's pipistrelle | Pipistrellus ceylonicus
Kelaart, 1852 | Caves and forest  | LC IUCN

| Indian pipistrelle | Pipistrellus coromandra
Gray, 1838 | Caves and forests  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Java pipistrelle | Pipistrellus javanicus
Gray, 1838 | Caves and forest  | LC IUCN

| Mount Popa pipistrelle | Pipistrellus paterculus
Thomas, 1915 | Caves and forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Least pipistrelle | Pipistrellus tenuis
Temminck C. J., 1840 | Forest, shrubland and grassland  | LC IUCN

| Harlequin bat | Scotomanes ornatus
Blyth, 1851 | Caves and forests  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Greater Asiatic yellow bat | Scotophilus heathii
Horsfield, 1831 | Forest and shrublands  | LC IUCN

| Lesser Asiatic yellow bat | Scotophilus kuhlii
Leach, 1821 | Forest and shrublands  | LC IUCN

| Collared sprite | Thainycteris aureocollaris
Kock & Storch, 1996 | Montane evergreen forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Greater bamboo bat | Tylonycteris robustula
Thomas, 1915 | Caves and forests  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
Family Miniopteridae
| Western bent-winged bat | Miniopterus magnater
Sanborn, 1931 | Caves and forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Small bent-winged bat | Miniopterus pusillus
Dobson, 1876 | Caves and forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
Family Molossidae: free-tailed bats
| Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat | Chaerephon plicatus
Buchanan, 1800 | Caves, rocky areas, savanna and forests  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| La Touche's free-tailed bat | Tadarida latouchei
Thomas, 1920 | Caves and forest  | EN IUCN

Family Emballonuridae
| Long-winged tomb bat | Taphozous longimanus
Hardwicke, 1825 | Caves, rocky areas, savanna and forests  | LC IUCN

| Black-bearded tomb bat | Taphozous melanopogon
Temminck, 1841 | Caves, rocky areas, shrubland and forests  | LC IUCN

Family Megadermatidae: false vampire bats
| Greater false vampire bat | Lyroderma lyra
E. Geoffroy, 1810 | Caves, rocky areas and forests  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Lesser false vampire bat | Megaderma spasma
Linnaeus, 1758 | Caves, rocky areas and forests  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
Family Rhinolophidae: horseshoe bats
| Acuminate horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus acuminatus
Peters, 1871 | Caves and forests  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Intermediate horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus affinis
Horsfield, 1823 | Caves and forests  | LC IUCN

| Bornean horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus borneensis
Peters, 1861 | Caves, rocky areas and forests  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Croslet horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus coelophyllus
Peters, 1867 | Caves and forests  | LC IUCN

| Convex horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus convexus
Csorba, 1997 | Caves and forests  | DD IUCN
Unknown |
| Great woolly horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus luctus
Temminck, 1835 | Caves, rocky areas and forests  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Big-eared horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus macrotis
Blyth, 1844 | Caves and forest  | LC IUCN

| Malayan horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus malayanus
Bonhote, 1903 | Caves and forests  | LC IUCN

| Marshall's horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus marshalli
Thonglongya, 1973 | Caves and forests  | LC IUCN

| Indo-Chinese lesser brown horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus microglobosus
Csorba and Jenkins, 1998 | Caves and forests  | LC IUCN

| Bourret's horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus paradoxolophus
Bourret, 1951 | Caves and forests  | LC IUCN

| Pearson's horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus pearsonii
Horsfield, 1851 | Caves and forests  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Least horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus pusillus
Temminck, 1834 | Caves and forests  | LC IUCN

| Shamel's horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus shameli
Tate, 1943 | Caves and forests  | LC IUCN

| Thai horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus siamensis
Gyldenstolpe, 1917 | Caves and evergreen forests  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Thomas's horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus thomasi
K. Andersen, 1905 | Caves and forests  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
Family Hipposideridae: Old World leaf-nosed bats
| Stoliczka's trident bat | Aselliscus stoliczkanus
Dobson, 1871 | Caves and forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| East Asian tailless leaf-nosed bat | Coelops frithii
Blyth, 1848 | Caves and forest  | NT IUCN

| Great roundleaf bat | Hipposideros armiger
Hodgson, 1835 | Caves and forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Ashy roundleaf bat | Hipposideros cineraceus
Blyth, 1853 | Caves and forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Diadem leaf-nosed bat | Hipposideros diadema
É. Geoffroy, 1813 | Caves, savanna and forests  | LC IUCN

| Cantor's roundleaf bat | Hipposideros galeritus
Cantor, 1846 | Caves and forests  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Grand roundleaf bat | Hipposideros grandis
G.M. Allen, 1936 | Unknown  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Phou Khao Khouay leaf-nosed bat | Hipposideros khaokhouayensis
Guillén-Servent & Francis, 2006 | Evergreen forest  | VU IUCN

| Intermediate roundleaf bat | Hipposideros larvatus
Horsfield, 1823 | Caves and forests  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Shield-faced roundleaf bat | Hipposideros lylei
Thomas, 1913 | Caves and forest  | LC IUCN

| Laotian roundleaf bat | Hipposideros rotalis
Francis, Kock & Habersetzer, 1999 | Dry forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Shield-nosed leaf-nosed bat | Hipposideros scutinares
Robinson, Jenkins, Francis & Fulford, 2003 | Caves and forest  | VU IUCN

## Order: Eulipotyphla (hedgehogs, shrews, moles and relatives)

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Family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs
| Northern short-tailed gymnure | Hylomys peguensis
Blyth, 1859 | Forest and shrubland  |  |
| Long-eared gymnure | Otohylomys megalotis
Jenkins & M. F. Robinson, 2002 | Karst landscapes  | DD IUCN
Unknown |
Family Soricidae: shrews
| Southeast Asian shrew | Crocidura fuliginosa
Blyth, 1856 | Forest, shrublands, grasslands and rocky areas  | LC IUCN

| Himalayan water shrew | Chimarrogale himalayica
Gray, 1842 | Evergreen forests  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Etruscan shrew | Suncus etruscus
Savi, 1822 | Wide range of habitat  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Taiwanese gray shrew | Crocidura tanakae
Kuroda, 1938 | Forest and grassland  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Asian gray shrew | Crocidura attenuata
Milne-Edwards, 1872 | Forest, shrubland and grassland  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Indochinese shrew | Crocidura indochinensis
(Robinson and Kloss, 1922 | Forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Asian house shrew | Suncus murinus
Linnaeus, 1766 | Widespread  | LC IUCN

| Hill's shrew | Crocidura hilliana
Jenkins & Smith, 1995 | Wide range of lowland habitat  | DD IUCN
Unknown |
| Voracious shrew | Crocidura vorax
Allen, 1923 | Wide variety of habitats  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Chinese mole shrew | Anourosorex squamipes
Milne-Edwards, 1872 | Montane forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
Family Talpidae: moles
| Kloss's mole | Euroscaptor klossi
Thomas, 1929 | Forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Long-tailed mole | Scaptonyx fusicauda
Milne-Edwards, 1872 | Montane forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |

## Order: Lagomorpha (lagomorphs)

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Family Leporidae: rabbits, hares
| Burmese hare | Lepus peguensis
Blyth, 1855 | Grasslands, shrublands, savanna and forest  | LC IUCN

| Annamite striped rabbit | Nesolagus timminsi
Averianov, Abramov, & Tikhonov, 2000 | Evergreen forest  | EN IUCN

## Order: Pholidota (pangolins)

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Family Manidae
| Sunda pangolin | Manis javanica
Desmarest, 1822 | Forest and shrubland  | CR IUCN

| Chinese pangolin | Manis pentadactyla
Linnaeus, 1758 | Forest, grassland and shrubland  | CR IUCN

## Order: Primates

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Family Lorisidae: lorises, bushbabies
| Bengal slow loris | Nycticebus bengalensis
Lacépède, 1800 | Forest  | EN IUCN

| Pygmy slow loris | Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus
Bonhote, 1907 | Forest  | EN IUCN

Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys
| Stump-tailed macaque | Macaca arctoides
I. Geoffroy, 1831 | Forest  | VU IUCN

| Crab-eating macaque | Macaca fascicularis
Raffles, 1821 | Forest, wetlands and intertidal marine zone  | EN IUCN

| Northern pig-tailed macaque | Macaca leonina
Blyth, 1863 | Forest  | VU IUCN

| Assam macaque | Macaca assamensis
McClelland, 1840 | Forest  | NT IUCN

| Rhesus macaque | Macaca mulatta
Zimmermann, 1780 | Widespread, including around humans  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Indochinese grey langur | Trachypithecus crepusculus
Elliot, 1909 | Forest and limestone karst  | EN IUCN

| Germain's langur | Trachypithecus germaini
Milne-Edwards, 1876 | Forest and rocky areas  | EN IUCN

| Laotian langur | Trachypithecus laotum
Thomas, 1911 | Forest and rocky areas  | EN IUCN

| Red-shanked douc | Pygathrix nemaeus
Linnaeus, 1771 | Forest  | CR IUCN

| Hatinh langur | Trachypithecus hatinhensis
Dao, 1970 | Limestone forest  | EN IUCN

Family Hylobatidae: gibbons
| Lar gibbon | Hylobates lar
Linnaeus, 1771 | Evergreen and semi-evergreen forest  | EN IUCN

| Pileated gibbon | Hylobates pileatus
Gray, 1861 | Forest  | EN IUCN

| Northern buffed-cheeked gibbon | Nomascus annamensis
Thinh et al., 2010 | Forest  | EN IUCN

| Black crested gibbon | Nomascus concolor
Harlan, 1826 | Forest  | CR IUCN

| Yellow-cheeked gibbon | Nomascus gabriellae
Thomas, 1909 | Forest  | EN IUCN

| Northern white-cheeked gibbon | Nomascus leucogenys
Ogilby, 1840 | Evergreen and semi-evergreen forest  | CR IUCN

| Southern white-cheeked gibbon | Nomascus siki
Delacour, 1951 | Evergreen forest  | CR IUCN

## Order: Proboscidea (elephants)

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Family Elephantidae: elephants
| Asian elephant | Elephas maximus
Linnaeus, 1758 | Forest, shrubland, grassland  | EN IUCN

## Order: Rodentia (rodents)

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Family Hystricidae: Old World porcupines
| Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine | Atherurus macrourus
Linnaeus, 1758 | Montane forest  | LC IUCN

| Malayan porcupine | Hystrix brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758 | Forest, shrubland and grassland  | LC IUCN

Family Sciuridae: squirrels
| Hairy-footed flying squirrel | Belomys pearsonii
Gray, 1842 | Dry deciduous forest  | DD IUCN
Unknown |
| Laotian giant flying squirrel | Biswamoyopterus laoensis
Sanamxay, Douangboubpha, Bumrungsri, Xayavong, Xayaphet, Satasook & Bates 2013 | Forest; known from a single specimen  | DD IUCN
Unknown |
| Grey-bellied squirrel | Callosciurus caniceps
Gray, 1842 | Forest and plantations  | LC IUCN

| Pallas's squirrel | Callosciurus erythraeus
Pallas, 1779 | Montane forest and scrubland  | LC IUCN

| Finlayson's squirrel | Callosciurus finlaysonii
Horsfield, 1823 | Forest, shrubland and inland wetlands  | LC IUCN

| Asian red-cheeked squirrel | Dremomys rufigenis
Blanford, 1878 | Forest and shrubland  | LC IUCN

| Particolored flying squirrel | Hylopetes alboniger
Hodgson, 1836 | Forest and shrubland  | LC IUCN

| Indochinese flying squirrel | Hylopetes phayrei
Blyth, 1859 | Lower montane and mixed deciduous forests  | LC IUCN

| Red-cheeked flying squirrel | Hylopetes spadiceus
Blyth, 1859 | Forest and scrubland  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Berdmore's ground squirrel | Menetes berdmorei
Blyth, 1849 | Forest, shrubland and grassland  | LC IUCN

| Spotted giant flying squirrel | Petaurista elegans
Müller, 1840 | Montane forest  | LC IUCN

| Red giant flying squirrel | Petaurista petaurista
Pallas, 1766 | Forest  | LC IUCN

| Indian giant flying squirrel | Petaurista philippensis
Elliot, 1839 | Forest  | LC IUCN

| Black giant squirrel | Ratufa bicolor
Sparrman, 1778 | Forest  | NT IUCN

| Maritime striped squirrel | Tamiops maritimus
Bonhote, 1900 | Forest  | LC IUCN

| Himalayan striped squirrel | Tamiops mcclellandii
Horsfield, 1840 | Forest, shrubland, grassland and inland wetlands  | LC IUCN

| Cambodian striped squirrel | Tamiops rodolphii
Milne-Edwards, 1867 | Forest and shrubland  | LC IUCN

| Swinhoe's striped squirrel | Tamiops swinhoei
Milne-Edwards, 1874 | Wide variety of habitats  | LC IUCN

Family Spalacidae
| Lesser bamboo rat | Cannomys badius
Hodgson, 1841 | Forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Hoary bamboo rat | Rhizomys pruinosus
Blyth, 1851 | Forest and grassland  | LC IUCN

| Chinese bamboo rat | Rhizomys sinensis
J. E. Gray, 1831 | Montane forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Large bamboo rat | Rhizomys sumatrensis
Raffles, 1821 | Forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
Family Diatomyidae
| Laotian rock rat | Laonastes aenigmamus
Jenkins, Kilpatrick, Robinson & Timmins, 2005 | Limestone forest  | LC IUCN

Family Muridae: mice, rats, gerbils
| Greater bandicoot rat | Bandicota indica
Bechstein, 1800 | Primarily cropland and cities  | LC IUCN

| Savile's bandicoot rat | Bandicota savilei
Thomas, 1916 | Primarily cropland  | LC IUCN

| Small white-toothed rat | Berylmys berdmorei
Blyth, 1851 | Forest  | LC IUCN

| Bower's white-toothed rat | Berylmys bowersi
Anderson, 1879 | Wide variety of habitats  | LC IUCN

| Fea's tree rat | Chiromyscus chiropus
Thomas, 1891 | Deciduous and evergreen forest  | LC IUCN

| Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse | Chiropodomys gliroides
Blyth, 1856 | Forest  | LC IUCN

| Millard's rat | Dacnomys millardi
Thomas, 1916 | Forest  | DD IUCN
Unknown |
| Delacour's marmoset rat | Hapalomys delacouri
Thomas, 1927 | Forest  | NT IUCN

| Edwards's long-tailed giant rat | Leopoldamys edwardsi
Thomas, 1882 | Forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Neill's long-tailed giant rat | Leopoldamys neilli
Marshall, 1976 | Forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Long-tailed giant rat | Leopoldamys sabanus
Thomas, 1887 | Forest  | LC IUCN

| Mo's spiny rat | Maxomys moi
Robinson & Kloss, 1922 | Forest and shrubland  | LC IUCN

| Red spiny rat | Maxomys surifer
Miller, 1900 | Forest  | LC IUCN

| Ryukyu mouse | Mus caroli
Bonhote, 1902 | Shrubland and grassland  | LC IUCN

| Fawn-colored mouse | Mus cervicolor
Hodgson, 1845 | Forest, shrubland and grassland  | LC IUCN

| Cook's mouse | Mus cookii
Ryley, 1914 | Wide variety of habitat  | LC IUCN

| Sheath-tailed mouse | Mus fragilicauda
Auffray et al. 2003 | Grassland; only known from two locations  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| House mouse | Mus musculus
Linnaeus, 1758 | Introduced; commensal with humans  | LC IUCN

| Gairdner's shrewmouse | Mus pahari
Thomas, 1916 | Forest  | LC IUCN

| Shortridge's mouse | Mus shortridgei
Thomas, 1914 | Grassland and shrubland  | LC IUCN

| Chinese white-bellied rat | Niviventer confucianus
Milne-Edwards, 1871 | Forest and croplands  | LC IUCN

| Chestnut white-bellied rat | Niviventer fulvescens
Gray, 1847 | Forest  | LC IUCN

| Lang Bian white-bellied rat | Niviventer langbianis
Robinson & Kloss, 1922 | Evergreen forest  | LC IUCN

| Tenasserim white-bellied rat | Niviventer tenaster
Thomas, 1916 | Montane forest  | LC IUCN
Unknown |
| Sikkim rat | Rattus andamanensis
Blyth, 1860 | Forest  | LC IUCN

| Ricefield rat | Rattus argentiventer
Robinson & Kloss, 1916 | Grassland  | LC IUCN

| Polynesian rat | Rattus exulans
Peale, 1848 | Widespread  | LC IUCN

| Lesser ricefield rat | Rattus losea
R. Swinhoe, 1871 | Grassland and cropland  | LC IUCN

| Brown rat | Rattus norvegicus
Berkenhout, 1769 | Introduced; Widespread in the presence of humans  | LC IUCN

| Black rat | Rattus rattus
Linnaeus, 1758 | Introduced; commensal with humans  | LC IUCN

| Tanezumi rat | Rattus tanezumi
Temminck, 1844 | Forest, shrublands and grasslands  | LC IUCN

| Paulina’s limestone rat | Saxatilomys paulinae
Musser et al., 2005 | Limestone forest  | DD IUCN
Unknown |
| Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse | Vandeleuria oleracea
Bennett, 1832 | Forest, shrublands, grasslands  | LC IUCN

## Order: Scandentia (treeshrews)

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Family Tupaiidae: treeshrews
| Northern smooth-tailed treeshrew | Dendrogale murina
Schlegel & S. Müller, 1843 | Forest  | LC IUCN

| Northern treeshrew | Tupaia belangeri
Wagner, 1841 | Forest and shrubland  | LC IUCN

## Locally extinct

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The following species are locally extinct in the country:

* Indian hog deer, Axis porcinus possibly extirpated[1]
* Wild water buffalo, Bubalus arnee[2]
* Sumatran rhinoceros, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis[3]
* Javan rhinoceros, Rhinoceros sondaicus[4]

## See also

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* List of birds of Laos

## References

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1. ^ Timmins, R.J.; Duckworth, J.W.; Samba Kumar, N.; Anwarul Islam, M.; Baral, H.S.; Long, B. & Maxwell, A. (2015). "Axis porcinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T41784A22157664.
2. ^ Kaul, R.; Williams, A.C.; rithe, k.; Steinmetz, R. & Mishra, R. (2019). "Bubalus arnee". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T3129A46364616.
3. ^ Ellis, S. & Talukdar, B. (2020). "Dicerorhinus sumatrensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T6553A18493355.
4. ^ Ellis, S. & Talukdar, B. (2020). "Rhinoceros sondaicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T19495A18493900.

## External links

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* "Animal Diversity Web". University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 1995–2006. Retrieved 22 May 2007.

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