The Wild boar (Sus scrofa) is a suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa. The species is now one of the widest-ranging mammals in the world, as well as the most widespread suiform. It has been assessed as the least concern on the IUCN Red...
The False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) is a species of oceanic dolphin that is the only extant representative of the genus Pseudorca. It is found in oceans worldwide but mainly frequents tropical regions. The name "false killer whale" comes...
The Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) is a small wild cat native to continental South, Southeast, and East Asia. Leopard cat subspecies differ widely in fur color, tail length, skull shape, and size of carnassials. Archaeological evidence...
The Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) is a semiaquatic mammal native to Eurasia. It is the most widely distributed member of the otter subfamily (Lutrinae) of the weasel family (Mustelidae). It is found in the waterways and coasts of Europe, many parts...
The Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is a wide-ranging marine mammal of the family Delphinidae. The common bottlenose dolphin is a very familiar dolphin species due to the wide exposure it receives in captivity in marine parks and...
The spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris ) is a small dolphin found in off-shore tropical waters around the world. It is famous for its acrobatic displays in which it rotates around its longitudinal axis as it leaps through the air. It is a member...
The Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla ) is a pangolin native to the northern Indian subcontinent, northern parts of Southeast Asia and southern China. It has been listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2014, as the wild...
The Indo-Pacific finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) is an aquatic marine mammal found throughout most of the Indian Ocean, as well as the tropical and subtropical Pacific from Indonesia north to the Taiwan Strait. Finless porpoises are the...
The pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps ) is one of two extant species in the family Kogiidae in the sperm whale superfamily. They are not often sighted at sea, and most of what is known about them comes from the examination of stranded specimens.
A small whale (smaller than some dolphins), the Dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) is a rare and insufficiently explored species. Most of the available information about this animal is taken from occasional strandings. The Dwarf sperm whale is quite...
The striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba ) is an extensively studied dolphin found in temperate and tropical waters of all the world's oceans. It is a member of the oceanic dolphin family, Delphinidae.
The rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis ) is a species of dolphin that can be found in deep warm and tropical waters around the world.The species was first described by Georges Cuvier in 1823. The genus name Steno, of which this species is the...
The Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) is a species of humpback dolphin. This species is often referred to as the Chinese white dolphin in mainland China, Macao, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore as a common name. Some biologists regard...
The pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata ) is a species of dolphin found in all the world's temperate and tropical oceans. The species was beginning to come under threat due to the killing of millions of individuals in tuna purse seines....
The common dolphin (Delphinus delphis ) is the most abundant cetacean in the world, with a global population of about six million. Despite this fact and its vernacular name, the common dolphin is not thought of as the archetypal dolphin, with that...
The greater short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus sphinx ), or short-nosed Indian fruit bat, is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae found in South and Southeast Asia.
The crab-eating mongoose (Urva urva ) is a mongoose species ranging from the northeastern Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia to southern China and Taiwan. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
The greater bandicoot rat (Bandicota indica ) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.It can grow to about 27–29 cm without...
The Ryukyu mouse (Mus caroli ) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat (Chaerephon plicatus ) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines,...
The chestnut white-bellied rat (Niviventer fulvescens ) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is a small rodent with a distinct bright chestnut upper-coat and a white under-coat. The colour of the upper-coat is variable from very bright to...
The great roundleaf bat, also known as the great Himalayan leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros armiger ) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae found in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and China. It gives birth to two young a year. It has been...
The lesser Asiatic yellow bat (Scotophilus kuhlii ) is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan.
The Sikkim rat (Rattus andamanensis ) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. The rat's coloring is brownish upperparts and a white undersideRattus...
Rickett's big-footed bat (Myotis pilosus ) is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in southern and eastern China, Vietnam, and Laos. This species has often been called Myotis ricketti, but the older M. pilosus has priority. The erroneous...
The large myotis (Myotis chinensis ) is a species of vesper bat. It is found in central and southeast China, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Thailand, and northern Vietnam. It is also expected to occur in northern Laos, but not yet documented there.
The intermediate horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus affinis ) is a bat species of the family Rhinolophidae (“nose crest”) that is very widespread throughout much of the Indian subcontinent, southern and central China and Southeast Asia.It is listed by IUCN...
The Chinese noctule (Nyctalus plancyi ) is a common and widespread species of bat belonging to the family Vespertilionidae.
David's myotis (Myotis davidii ) is a species of vesper bat. It is endemic to China where it is found in the provinces of Hebei, Hubei, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi and Hong Kong. It was previously considered to be a subspecies of the whiskered...
The fringed long-footed myotis (Myotis fimbriatus ) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.The fringed long-footed myotis is described as having short, thick, brown fur with pale whitish...
Horsfield's bat (Myotis horsfieldii ) is a species of vesper bat. It is found in China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The small bent-winged bat (Miniopterus pusillus ) is a species of vesper bat in the family Miniopteridae. A novel version of the Coronavirus has been identified in this species.It can be found in the following countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,...
