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Malaysia
Mammals
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Total number of species: 286
Number of endemic species:
27
Number of threatened species:
1996: 42 (15 % of total species) (IUCN 1996)
2000: 51 (18 % of total species) (IUCN 2000)
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Threatened Species
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Threatened
Species: The following list includes all mammals which occur in Malaysia and are
rated as Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the 2004
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Critically
Endangered
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- Black
Shrew (Suncus ater). (Endemic
to Malaysia.)
- Horseshoe Bat species (Rhinolophus convexus).
- Javan
Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus).
- Malayan Roundleaf Bat (Hipposideros nequam). (Endemic
to Malaysia.)
- Malayan
Water Shrew (Chimarrogale hantu). (Endemic
to Malaysia.)
- Sumatran
Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis).
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Endangered
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- Asian
Elephant (Elephas maximus).
- Banteng (Bos javanicus).
- Blue Whale
(Balaenoptera musculus).
- Bornean Tree Shrew (Tupaia longipes).
- Borneo Water Shrew (Chimarrogale phaeura). (Endemic
to Malaysia.)
- False Serotine Bat (Hesperoptenus doriae). (Endemic
to Malaysia.)
- Malayan Shrew (Crocidura malayana). (Endemic
to Malaysia.)
- Mountain Spiny Rat (Maxomys alticola). (Endemic
to Malaysia.)
- (Bornean)
Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus).
- Otter Civet
(Cynogale bennetti).
- Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus).
- Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis).
- Small Spiny Rat (Maxomys baeodon). (Endemic
to Malaysia.)
- Summit Rat (Rattus baluensis). (Endemic
to Malaysia.)
- Tiger
(Panthera tigris).
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Vulnerable
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- Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus).
- Asiatic
Golden Cat (Catopuma temminckii).
- Bare-backed Rousette ( Fruit Bat) (Rousettus
spinalatus).
- Bay Cat
(Catopuma badia).
- Bornean Smooth-tailed Tree Shrew (Dendrogale
melanura). (Endemic
to Malaysia.)
- Clouded
Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa).
- Coppery Pipistrelle (Bat) (Pipistrellus
cuprosus). (Endemic
to Malaysia.)
- Cox's Roundleaf Bat (Hipposideros coxi). (Endemic
to Malaysia.)
- Dhole (Cuon alpinus).
- Dugong (Dugong dugon).
- Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra).
- Fishing
Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus).
- Flat-headed
Cat (Prionailurus planiceps).
- Four Striped Ground Squirrel (Lariscus hosei).
(Endemic
to Malaysia.)
- Gaur (Bos frontalis).
- Hairy-nosed Otter (Lutra sumatrana).
- Hose's Palm Civet (Diplogale hosei). (Endemic
to Malaysia.)
- Hose's Shrew (Suncus hosei). (Endemic
to Malaysia.)
- Humpback
Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae).
- Jentink's Squirrel (Sundasciurus jentinki).
- Kinabalu Ferret-badger (Melogale everetti). (Endemic
to Malaysia.)
- Lesser Ranee Mouse (Haeromys pusillus).
- Mainland Serow (Capricornis sumatraensis).
- Malayan Porcupine (Hystrix brachyura).
- Malayan Roundleaf Bat (Hipposideros nequam). (Endemic
to Malaysia.)
- Malayan
Tapir (Tapirus indicus).
- Marbled
Cat (Pardofelis marmorata).
- Northern Pigtail Macaque (Macaca leonina).
- Pig-tailed Macaque (Macaca nemestrina).
- Ranee Mouse (Haeromys margarettae).
- Ridley's Leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros ridleyi).
- Smooth-coated Otter (Lutra perspicillata).
- Stumptail Macaque (Macaca arctoides).
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