Mammals of Vietnam

Every mammals in the Wildlife of Vietnam guide: 364 species, grouped by family or group. Each name opens its page with photos, identification notes, habitat and range.

Elephants, Tapir & Rhinos

• Asian Elephant Elephas maximus

Cats

• Asian Golden Cat Catopuma temminckii
• Mainland Clouded Leopard Neofelis nebulosa
• Fishing Cat Prionailurus viverrinus
• Jungle Cat Felis chaus
• Leopard Panthera pardus
• Mainland Leopard Cat Prionailurus bengalensis
• Marbled Cat Pardofelis marmorata
• Tiger Panthera tigris

Bears, Dogs & Otters

• Asian Small-clawed Otter Lutra cinerea
• Dhole Cuon alpinus
• Eurasian Otter Lutra lutra
• Golden Jackal Canis aureus
• Hairy-nosed Otter Lutra sumatrana
• Asian Black Bear Ursus thibetanus
• Greater Hog Badger Arctonyx collaris
• Large-toothed Ferret-badger Melogale personata
• Least Weasel Mustela nivalis
• Back-striped Weasel Mustela strigidorsa
• Common Raccoon Dog Nyctereutes procyonoides
• Small-toothed Ferret-badger Melogale moschata
• Smooth-coated Otter Lutra perspicillata
• Sun Bear Helarctos malayanus
• Yellow-bellied Weasel Mustela kathiah
• Yellow-throated Marten Martes flavigula
• Cuc Phuong Ferret-badger Melogale cucphuongensis

Civets, Linsangs & Mongooses

• Binturong Arctictis binturong
• Owston's Palm Civet Chrotogale owstoni
• Crab-eating Mongoose Urva urva
• Javan Mongoose Urva javanica
• Large Indian Civet Viverra zibetha
• Masked Palm Civet Paguma larvata
• Northern Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
• Southern Palm Civet Paradoxurus musanga
• Small Indian Civet Viverricula indica
• Small-toothed Palm Civet Arctogalidia trivirgata
• Large-spotted Civet Viverra megaspila
• Spotted Linsang Prionodon pardicolor

Monkeys, Gibbons, Lorises & Colugo

• Assamese Macaque Macaca assamensis
• Bengal Slow Loris Nycticebus bengalensis
• Long-tailed Macaque Macaca fascicularis
• Northern Yellow-cheeked Crested Gibbon Nomascus annamensis
• Western Black Crested Gibbon Nomascus concolor
• Southern Yellow-cheeked Crested Gibbon Nomascus gabriellae
• Northern White-cheeked Crested Gibbon Nomascus leucogenys
• Eastern Black Crested Gibbon Nomascus nasutus
• Southern White-cheeked Crested Gibbon Nomascus siki
• Northern Pig-tailed Macaque Macaca leonina
• Gray-shanked Douc Pygathrix cinerea
• Red-shanked Douc Pygathrix nemaeus
• Black-shanked Douc Pygathrix nigripes
• Rhesus Macaque Macaca mulatta
• Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey Rhinopithecus avunculus
• Stump-tailed Macaque Macaca arctoides
• Sunda Colugo Galeopterus variegatus
• Indochinese Gray Langur Trachypithecus crepusculus
• Delacour's Langur Trachypithecus delacouri
• François's Langur Trachypithecus francoisi
• Germain's Langur Trachypithecus germaini
• Hatinh Langur Trachypithecus hatinhensis
• Annamese Langur Trachypithecus margarita
• Cat Ba Langur Trachypithecus poliocephalus
• Northern Pygmy Slow Loris Xanthonycticebus intermedius
• Southern Pygmy Slow Loris Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus
• Black Langur Trachypithecus ebenus

Deer & Chevrotains

• Brow-antlered Deer Rucervus eldii
• Sika Deer Cervus nippon
• Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain Tragulus kanchil
• Forest Musk-deer Moschus berezovskii
• Annamite Muntjac Muntiacus truongsonensis
• Northern Red Muntjac Muntiacus vaginalis
• Sambar Rusa unicolor
• Silver-backed Chevrotain Tragulus versicolor
• Puhoat Muntjac Muntiacus puhoatensis
• Roosevelts' Muntjac Muntiacus rooseveltorum
• Giant Muntjac Muntiacus vuquangensis
• Northern Chevrotain Tragulus williamsoni

Wild Cattle & Serow

• Banteng Bos javanicus
• Kouprey Bos sauveli
• Gaur Bos gaurus
• Saola Pseudoryx nghetinhensis
• Maned Serow Capricornis sumatraensis

Wild Pigs

• Eurasian Wild Pig Sus scrofa

Whales, Dolphins & Dugong

• Bryde's Whale Balaenoptera brydei
• Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus
• Panglobal Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis
• Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris
• Dugong Dugong dugon
• Dwarf Sperm Whale Kogia sima
• Eden's Whale Balaenoptera edeni
• Gray Whale Eschrichtius robustus
• False Killer Whale Pseudorca crassidens
• Fraser's Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei
• Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae
• Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops aduncus
• Indo-Pacific Finless Porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides
• Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin Sousa chinensis
• Longman's Beaked Whale Indopacetus pacificus
• Irrawaddy Dolphin Orcaella brevirostris
• Melon-headed Whale Peponocephala electra
• Blainville's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon densirostris
• Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale Mesoplodon ginkgodens
• Omura's Whale Balaenoptera omurai
• Common Killer Whale Orcinus orca
• Pantropical Spotted Dolphin Stenella attenuata
• Pygmy Killer Whale Feresa attenuata
• Pygmy Sperm Whale Kogia breviceps
• Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus
• Rough-toothed Dolphin Steno bredanensis
• Short-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
• Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus
• Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris
• Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Squirrels & Flying Squirrels

• Asian Red-cheeked Squirrel Dremomys rufigenis
• Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista nobilis
• Southern Black Giant Squirrel Ratufa bicolor
• Hon Khoai Squirrel Callosciurus honkhoaiensis
• Inornate Squirrel Callosciurus inornatus
• Indian Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista philippensis
• Chinese Red-cheeked Squirrel Dremomys ornatus
• Red-hipped Squirrel Dremomys pyrrhomerus
• Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel Belomys pearsonii
• Indochinese Flying Squirrel Hylopetes phayrei
• Indochinese Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista marica
• Indochinese Ground Squirrel Menetes berdmorei
• Pallas's Squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus
• Particolored Flying Squirrel Hylopetes alboniger
• Perny's Long-nosed Squirrel Dremomys pernyi
• Northern Black Giant Squirrel Ratufa gigantea
• Red-cheeked Flying Squirrel Hylopetes spadiceus
• Forrest's Rock Squirrel Sciurotamias forresti
• Southeast Asian Striped Squirrel Tamiops barbei
• Maritime Striped Squirrel Tamiops maritimus
• Cambodian Striped Squirrel Tamiops rodolphii
• Swinhoe's Striped Squirrel Tamiops swinhoei
• Finlayson's Squirrel Callosciurus finlaysonii
• Red-throated Squirrel Dremomys gularis

Rats, Mice, Voles & Porcupines

• Asian Brush-tailed Porcupine Atherurus macrourus
• Indomalayan Long-tailed Climbing Mouse Vandeleuria oleraceus
• Bowers's White-toothed Rat Berylmys bowersii
• Lesser Bamboo Rat Cannomys badius
• Indochinese White-bellied Rat Niviventer fulvescens
• Burmese Tree Rat Chiromyscus chiropus
• Langbian Tree Rat Chiromyscus langbianis
• Thomas's Tree Rat Chiromyscus thomasi
• Pacific Rat Rattus exulans
• Greater Bandicoot Rat Bandicota indica
• Lesser Marmoset Rat Hapalomys delacouri
• House Mouse Mus musculus
• Indomalayan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse Chiropodomys gliroides
• Indomalayan Spiny Rat Crunomys surifer
• Kha-nyou Laonastes aenigmamus
• Edwards's Long-tailed Giant Rat Leopoldamys edwardsi
• Herbert's Long-tailed Giant Rat Leopoldamys herberti
• Malayan Porcupine Hystrix brachyura
• Indochinese Shrew-like Mouse Mus pahari
• Bukit White-bellied Rat Niviventer bukit
• Confucian White-bellied Rat Niviventer confucianus
• East Asian House Rat Rattus tanezumi
• Losea Rat Rattus losea
• White-footed Indochinese Rat Rattus nitidus
• Hoary Bamboo Rat Rhizomys pruinosus
• Chinese Bamboo Rat Rhizomys sinensis
• Indomalayan Bamboo Rat Rhizomys sumatrensis
• Ricefield Rat Rattus argentiventer
• Ryukyu Mouse Mus caroli
• Paulina's Limestone Rat Saxatilomys paulinae
• Indochinese Forest Rat Rattus andamanensis
• Daovantien's Limestone Rat Tonkinomys daovantieni
• Southern Tree Mouse Typhlomys taxuansis
• Savile's Bandicoot Rat Bandicota savilei
• Berdmore's White-toothed Rat Berylmys berdmorei
• Mackenzie's White-toothed Rat Berylmys mackenziei
• Indochinese Mountain Spiny Rat Crunomys moi
• Millard's Rat Dacnomys millardi
• Yunnan Red-backed Vole Eothenomys eleusis
• Suntsov's Marmoset Rat Hapalomys suntsovi
• Millet's Long-tailed Giant Rat Leopoldamys milleti
• Neill's Long-tailed Giant Rat Leopoldamys neilli
• Red-eared Harvest Mouse Micromys erythrotis
• Fawn-colored Mouse Mus cervicolor
• Cook's Mouse Mus cookii
• Shortridge's Mouse Mus shortridgei
• Clarke's Vole Neodon clarkei
• Mekong White-bellied Rat Niviventer mekongis
• Himalayan White-bellied Rat Niviventer niviventer
• Indochinese Mountain White-bellied Rat Niviventer tenaster
• Osgood's Vietnamese Rat Rattus osgoodi
• Chapa Tree Mouse Typhlomys chapensis
• Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus

Pangolins, Treeshrews, Shrews & Gymnures

• Asian House Shrew Suncus murinus
• Sichuan Short-tailed Shrew Blarinella quadraticauda
• Short-tailed Pangolin Manis pentadactyla
• Chinese White-toothed Shrew Crocidura rapax
• Asian Gray White-toothed Shrew Crocidura attenuata
• Indochinese White-toothed Shrew Crocidura indochinensis
• Sa Pa White-toothed Shrew Crocidura sapaensis
• Taiwanese Gray White-toothed Shrew Crocidura tanakae
• Voracious White-toothed Shrew Crocidura vorax
• Hainan White-toothed Shrew Crocidura wuchihensis
• Northern Smooth-tailed Treeshrew Dendrogale murina
• Hodgson's Brown-toothed Shrew Episoriculus caudatus
• Darwin's Mole Euroscaptor darwini
• Vietnamese Mole Euroscaptor subanura
• Dalat Gymnure Hylomys macarong
• Northern Short-tailed Gymnure Hylomys peguensis
• Burmese Hare Lepus peguensis
• Vietnam Gymnure Neohylomys vietnamensis
• Shrew Gymnure Neotetracus sinensis
• Annamite Striped Rabbit Nesolagus timminsi
• Northern Treeshrew Tupaia belangeri
• Etruscan Shrew Suncus etruscus
• Southern Long-tailed Mole Scaptonyx affinis
• Southeast Asian White-toothed Shrew Crocidura fuliginosa
• Sunda Pangolin Manis javanica
• Chinese Mole Shrew Anourosorex squamipes
• Himalayan Water Shrew Chimarrogale himalayica
• Vietnamese Water Shrew Chimarrogale varennei
• Van Sung's Brown-toothed Shrew Chodsigoa caovansunga
• Hoffmann's Brown-toothed Shrew Chodsigoa hoffmanni
• Lowe's Brown-toothed Shrew Chodsigoa parca
• Annamite White-toothed Shrew Crocidura annamitensis
• Large White-toothed Shrew Crocidura dracula
• Vietnamese White-toothed Shrew Crocidura guy
• Ke Go White-toothed Shrew Crocidura kegoensis
• Phan Luong White-toothed Shrew Crocidura phanluongi
• Phu Quoc White-toothed Shrew Crocidura phuquocensis
• Sokolov White-toothed Shrew Crocidura sokolovi
• Bailey's Brown-toothed Shrew Episoriculus baileyi
• Arboreal Brown-toothed Shrew Episoriculus macrurus
• Kuznetsov's Mole Euroscaptor kuznetsovi
• Ngoc Linh Mole Euroscaptor ngoclinhensis
• Orlov's Mole Euroscaptor orlovi
• Small-toothed Mole Euroscaptor parvidens
• La Touche's Mole Mogera latouchei
• Fansipan Shrew Mole Uropsilus fansipanensis

Bats

• Acuminate Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus acuminatus
• Javan Pipistrelle Alionoctula javanica
• Andersen's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros gentilis
• Bronze Sprite Arielulus circumdatus
• Dong Bac Trident Roundleaf Bat Aselliscus dongbacanus
• Stoliczka's Trident Roundleaf Bat Aselliscus stoliczkanus
• Least Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros cineraceus
• Asian Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus fuliginosus
• Bare-rumped Sheath-tailed Bat Saccolaimus saccolaimus
• Black-bearded Tomb Bat Taphozous melanopogon
• Blyth's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus lepidus
• Cantor's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros galeritus
• Lesser Dawn Bat Eonycteris spelaea
• Chinese Rufous Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus sinicus
• Chinese Noctule Nyctalus plancyi
• Indian Pipistrelle Alionoctula coromandra
• Diadem Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros diadema
• East Asian Tailless Roundleaf Bat Coelops frithii
• Eastern Greater False-vampire Lyroderma sinense
• Geoffroy's Rousette Rousettus amplexicaudatus
• Great Himalayan Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros armiger
• Greater Asian Yellow Bat Scotophilus heathii
• Malayan Greater Bamboo Bat Tylonycteris malayana
• Greater Long-tongued Blossom Bat Macroglossus sobrinus
• Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus sphinx
• Hairy-winged Bat Harpiocephalus harpia
• Hardwicke's Woolly Bat Kerivoula hardwickii
• Formosan Tube-nosed Bat Harpiola isodon
• Blanford's False Serotine Hesperoptenus blanfordi
• Ha Long Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros alongensis
• Grand Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros grandis
• Griffin's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros griffini
• Shield-faced Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros lylei
• Allen's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros poutensis
• Black-and-orange Myotis Myotis formosus
• Horsfield's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros larvatus
• Horsfield's Myotis Myotis horsfieldii
• Chinese Pipistrelle Hypsugo pulveratus
• Great Evening Bat Ia io
• Intermediate Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus affinis
• Japanese Pipistrelle Alionoctula abramus
• Joffre's Bat Mirostrellus joffrei
• Kelaart's Pipistrelle Alionoctula ceylonica
• Indochinese Woolly Bat Kerivoula dongduongana
• Large Flying Fox Pteropus vampyrus
• Large Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus magnater
• Least Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus pusillus
• Least Pipistrelle Alionoctula tenuis
• Leschenault's Rousette Rousettus leschenaultii
• Lesser Asian Yellow Bat Scotophilus kuhlii
• Indomalayan Lesser Bamboo Bat Tylonycteris fulvida
• Lesser Asian False-vampire Megaderma spasma
• Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus brachyotis
• Lesser Long-tongued Blossom Bat Macroglossus minimus
• Small Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus pusillus
• Rufous Tube-nosed Bat Murina leucogaster
• Fujian Tube-nosed Bat Murina rubella
• Walston's Tube-nosed Bat Murina walstoni
• Large Myotis Myotis chinensis
• Thick-thumbed Myotis Myotis rosseti
• Reddish-black Myotis Myotis rufoniger
• Northern Woolly Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus perniger
• Oriental Serotine Cnephaeus pachyomus
• Painted Woolly Bat Kerivoula picta
• Papillose Woolly Bat Kerivoula papillosa
• Pearson's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus pearsonii
• Peters's Trumpet-eared Bat Phoniscus jagorii
• Lyle's Flying Fox Pteropus lylei
• Ratanaworabhan's Tailless Fruit Bat Megaerops niphanae
• Malayan Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus malayanus
• King Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus rex
• Shamel's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus shameli
• Thai Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus siamensis
• Lesser Brown Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus stheno
• Thomas's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus thomasi
• Rickett's Big-footed Myotis Myotis pilosus
• Round-eared Tube-nosed Bat Murina cyclotis
• Island Flying Fox Pteropus hypomelanus
• La Touche's Free-tailed Bat Tadarida latouchei
• Theobald's Tomb Bat Taphozous theobaldi
• Tickell's False Serotine Hesperoptenus tickelli
• Tonkin Greater Bamboo Bat Tylonycteris tonkinensis
• Nepalese Whiskered Myotis Myotis muricola
• Wrinkle-lipped Free-tailed Bat Mops plicatus
• Mount Popa Pipistrelle Alionoctula paterculus
• Collared Sprite Arielulus aureocollaris
• Northern Coppery Sprite Arielulus drungicus
• Eastern Barbastelle Barbastella darjelingensis
• Yok Don Helmeted Bat Cassistrellus yokdonensis
• Disk-footed Bat Eudiscopus denticulus
• Indochinese Thick-thumbed Bat Glischropus bucephalus
• Shield-nosed Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros scutinares
• Swinhoe's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros swinhoii
• Cadorna's Pipistrelle Hypsugo cadornae
• Long-toothed Pipistrelle Hypsugo dolichodon
• Flat-skulled Woolly Bat Kerivoula depressa
• Dark Woolly Bat Kerivoula furva
• Kachin Woolly Bat Kerivoula kachinensis
• Titania's Woolly Bat Kerivoula titania
• Annam Tube-nosed Bat Murina annamitica
• Beelzebub Tube-nosed Bat Murina beelzebub
• Golden-haired Tube-nosed Bat Murina chrysochaetes
• Elery's Tube-nosed Bat Murina eleryi
• Fea's Tube-nosed Bat Murina feae
• Fiona's Tube-nosed Bat Murina fionae
• Vietnamese Tube-nosed Bat Murina harpioloides
• Harrison's Tube-nosed Bat Murina harrisoni
• Kon Tum Tube-nosed Bat Murina kontumensis
• Lorelie's Tube-nosed Bat Murina lorelieae
• Sichuan Myotis Myotis altarium
• Indochinese Whiskered Myotis Myotis alticraniatus
• Valley Myotis Myotis ancricola
• Anna Tess's Myotis Myotis annatessae
• Hairy-faced Myotis Myotis annectans
• Peters's Myotis Myotis ater
• Lesser Large-footed Myotis Myotis hasseltii
• Indochinese Myotis Myotis indochinensis
• Chinese Water Myotis Myotis laniger
• Phan Luong's Myotis Myotis phanluongi
• Mandelli's Myotis Myotis sicarius
• Himalayan Long-eared Bat Plecotus homochrous
• Indochinese Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus chaseni
• Allen's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus episcopus
• Marshall's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus marshalli
• Vietnamese Brown Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus microglobosus
• Osgood's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus osgoodi
• Harlequin Bat Scotomanes ornatus
• Blanford's Fruit Bat Sphaerias blanfordi

Frequently asked questions

How many mammals are in the Wildlife of Vietnam guide?

The guide lists 364 mammals of Vietnam, each with its own page covering identification, habitat and range.

Which groups of mammals are covered?

Elephants, Tapir & Rhinos (1), Cats (8), Bears, Dogs & Otters (17), Civets, Linsangs & Mongooses (12), Monkeys, Gibbons, Lorises & Colugo (27), Deer & Chevrotains (12), Wild Cattle & Serow (5), Wild Pigs (1), Whales, Dolphins & Dugong (30), Squirrels & Flying Squirrels (24), Rats, Mice, Voles & Porcupines (53), Pangolins, Treeshrews, Shrews & Gymnures (46), and 1 more groups.