Rodents, shrews and hares of India
213 rodents, shrews and hares are on the India list, 25 of them threatened (5 Critically Endangered, 12 Endangered and 8 Vulnerable).
The India list: every species documented from India, across sources. Threatened: IUCN Red List Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. The sources give no endemic mark for rodents, shrews and hares yet. List of the week of 2026-11-09.
Threatened rodents, shrews and hares of India (25)
- Biswamoyopterus biswasi Namdapha Flying Squirrel CR
- Cremnomys elvira Elvira Rat CR
- Crocidura andamanensis Andaman Shrew CR
- Crocidura jenkinsi Jenkin's Shrew CR
- Crocidura nicobarica Nicobar Shrew CR
- Caprolagus hispidus Assam Rabbit EN
- Eupetaurus cinereus Western Woolly Flying Squirrel EN
- Feroculus feroculus Kelaart's Long-clawed Shrew EN
- Hadromys humei Manipur Bush Rat EN
- Millardia kondana Kondana Rat EN
- Mus famulus Bonhote’s Mouse EN
- Oryctolagus cuniculus European Rabbit EN
- Rattus burrus Miller's Nicobar Rat EN
- Rattus ranjiniae Ranjini’s Field Rat EN
- Suncus dayi Day's Shrew EN
- Tupaia nicobarica Nicobar Treeshrew EN
- Vandeleuria nilagirica Indian long-tailed tree mouse EN
- Alticola montosa central Kashmir vole VU
- Crocidura hispida Andaman Spiny Shrew VU
- Funambulus layardi Layard's Palm Squirrel VU
- Funambulus sublineatus Nilgiri Palm Squirrel VU
- Platacanthomys lasiurus Malabar Spiny Dormouse VU
- Rattus palmarum Zelebor’s Nicobar Rat VU
- Rattus satarae Sahyadris Forest Rat VU
- Rattus stoicus Andaman Rat VU
All rodents, shrews and hares of India on the list (213)
- Acomys cahirinus Cairo Spiny Mouse
- Alticola albicaudus white-tailed mountain vole DD
- Alticola argentatus silver mountain vole
- Alticola montosa central Kashmir vole VU
- Alticola roylei Royle's mountain vole NT
- Alticola stoliczkanus Strachey's mountain vole
- Anathana ellioti Madras Treeshrew
- Anourosorex assamensis Assam Mole Shrew
- Anourosorex schmidi Giant Mole Shrew DD
- Anourosorex squamipes Chinese Mole Shrew
- Apodemus draco South China Field Mouse
- Apodemus flavicollis Yellow-necked Field Mouse
- Apodemus latronum Large-eared Field Mouse
- Apodemus pallipes Himalayan Field Mouse
- Apodemus rusiges Kashmir Field Mouse
- Apodemus sylvaticus European Wood Mouse
- Apodemus uralensis Herb Field Mouse
- Atherurus macrourus Asian Brush-tailed Porcupine
- Bandicota bengalensis Lesser Bandicoot-rat
- Bandicota indica Greater Bandicoot-rat
- Belomys pearsonii Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel
- Berylmys bowersi Bowers's White-toothed Rat
- Berylmys mackenziei Kenneth's White-toothed Rat
- Berylmys manipulus Manipur White-toothed Rat
- Biswamoyopterus biswasi Namdapha Flying Squirrel CR
- Callosciurus caniceps Northern Gray-bellied Squirrel
- Callosciurus erythraeus Pallas' Squirrel
- Callosciurus notatus Plantain Squirrel
- Callosciurus prevostii Prevost's Squirrel
- Callosciurus pygerythrus Irrawaddy Squirrel
- Calomyscus baluchi Baluchi Brush-tailed Mouse
- Calomyscus hotsoni Hotson's Brush-tailed Mouse
- Cannomys badius Lesser Bamboo Rat
- Caprolagus hispidus Assam Rabbit EN
- Cavia porcellus Domestic Guinea Pig
- Chimarrogale himalayica Himalayan Water Shrew
- Chiropodomys gliroides Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
- Cremnomys cutchicus Cutch Rock Rat
- Cremnomys elvira Elvira Rat CR
- Cricetomys gambianus Northern Giant Pouched Rat
- Cricetulus alticola Ladakh Hamster
- Cricetulus kamensis Kam Dwarf Hamster
- Cricetulus migratorius Grey Dwarf Hamster
- Crocidura andamanensis Andaman Shrew CR
- Crocidura attenuata Asian Gray Shrew
- Crocidura dracula
- Crocidura fuliginosa Southeast Asian Shrew
- Crocidura hispida Andaman Spiny Shrew VU
- Crocidura horsfieldii Horsfield's Shrew DD
- Crocidura jenkinsi Jenkin's Shrew CR
- Crocidura munissii Munissi's White-toothed Shrew
- Crocidura narcondamica Narcondam Shrew
- Crocidura nicobarica Nicobar Shrew CR
- Crocidura pergrisea Pale Gray Shrew DD
- Crocidura pullata Kashmir White-toothed Shrew
- Crocidura rapax Chinese White-toothed Shrew DD
- Crocidura russula Greater White-toothed Shrew
- Crocidura suaveolens Lesser White-toothed Shrew
- Crocidura vorax Voracious Shrew
- Crocidura zarudnyi Zarudny's Rock Shrew
- Dacnomys millardi Millard's Rat
- Diomys crumpi Crump's Mouse DD
- Dremomys lokriah Orange-bellied Himalayan Squirrel
- Dremomys pernyi Perny's Long-nosed Squirrel
- Dremomys rufigenis Asian Red-cheeked Squirrel
- Eoglaucomys fimbriatus Small Kashmir Flying Squirrel
- Eothenomys melanogaster Père David's Vole
- Episoriculus baileyi
- Episoriculus caudatus Hodgsons's Brown-toothed Shrew
- Episoriculus leucops Long-tailed Brown-toothed Shrew
- Episoriculus macrurus Long-tailed Mountain Shrew
- Episoriculus sacratus
- Episoriculus soluensis
- Episoriculus umbrinus
- Eupetaurus cinereus Western Woolly Flying Squirrel EN
- Eupetaurus tibetensis Tibetan Woolly Flying Squirrel
- Euroscaptor micrurus Himalayan Mole
- Feroculus feroculus Kelaart's Long-clawed Shrew EN
- Funambulus layardi Layard's Palm Squirrel VU
- Funambulus palmarum Three-striped Palm Squirrel
- Funambulus pennantii Five-striped Palm Squirrel
- Funambulus sublineatus Nilgiri Palm Squirrel VU
- Funambulus tristriatus Jungle Palm Squirrel
- Funisciurus isabella Lady Burton's Rope Squirrel
- Gerbillus gleadowi Indian Hairy-footed Gerbil
- Gerbillus nanus Baluchistan Gerbil
- Gerbillus pyramidum Greater Egyptian Gerbil
- Glaucomys sabrinus Northern Flying Squirrel
- Golunda ellioti Indian Bush Rat
- Hadromys humei Manipur Bush Rat EN
- Hemiechinus auritus Long-eared Hedgehog
- Hemiechinus collaris Indian Long-eared Hedgehog
- Hylopetes alboniger Particolored Flying Squirrel
- Hylopetes phayrei Indochinese Flying Squirrel
- Hyperacrius fertilis True's vole NT
- Hyperacrius wynnei murree vole
- Hystrix brachyura East Asian Porcupine
- Hystrix indica Indian Crested Porcupine
- Hystrix javanica Javan Porcupine
- Lemniscomys striatus Typical Striped Grass Mouse
- Leopoldamys edwardsi Edwards's Long-tailed Giant Rat
- Leopoldamys sabanus Indomalayan Long-tailed Giant Rat
- Lepus capensis Cape Hare
- Lepus nigricollis Indian Hare
- Lepus oiostolus Woolly Hare
- Lepus peguensis Burmese Hare
- Lepus tibetanus Desert Hare
- Madromys blanfordi White-tailed Wood Rat
- Marmota caudata Long-tailed Marmot
- Marmota himalayana Himalayan Marmot
- Meriones hurrianae Indian Desert Jird
- Micromys minutus Eurasian Harvest Mouse
- Millardia gleadowi Sand-coloured Metad
- Millardia kondana Kondana Rat EN
- Millardia meltada Soft-furred Metad
- Mogera robusta Large Mole
- Mus booduga Common Indian Field Mouse
- Mus cervicolor Fawn-coloured Mouse
- Mus cookii Cook's Mouse
- Mus dunni
- Mus famulus Bonhote’s Mouse EN
- Mus musculus House Mouse
- Mus pahari Sikkim Mouse
- Mus phillipsi Wroughton’s Small Spiny Mouse
- Mus platythrix Flat-haired Mouse
- Mus saxicola Brown Spiny Mouse
- Mus shortridgei Shortridge’s Mouse
- Mus terricolor Earth-coloured Mouse
- Myodes glareolus Bank Vole
- Nectogale elegans Elegant Water Shrew
- Neodon leucurus
- Neodon sikimensis Sikkim Vole
- Nesokia indica Short-tailed Bandicoot-rat
- Niviventer brahma Brahma White-bellied Rat
- Niviventer confucianus Chinese White-bellied Rat
- Niviventer eha Little Himalayan Rat
- Niviventer fulvescens Chestnut White-bellied Rat
- Niviventer langbianis Lang Bian White-bellied Rat
- Niviventer niviventer Himalayan White-bellied Rat
- Niviventer tenaster Tenasserim White-bellied Rat
- Ochotona curzoniae Black-lipped Pika
- Ochotona forresti Forrest's Pika
- Ochotona ladacensis Ladak Pika
- Ochotona macrotis Large-eared Pika
- Ochotona nubrica Nubra Pika
- Ochotona roylii Royle's Pika
- Ochotona rufescens Afghan Pika
- Ochotona rutila Turkestan Red Pika
- Ochotona sikimaria Sijin Pika
- Ochotona thibetana Moupin Pika
- Oryctolagus cuniculus European Rabbit EN
- Otospermophilus variegatus Rock Squirrel
- Paraechinus hypomelas Brandt's Hedgehog
- Paraechinus micropus Indian Hedgehog
- Paraechinus nudiventris Bare-bellied Hedgehog
- Parascaptor leucura White-tailed Mole
- Petaurista alborufus Mainland Red-and-white Giant Flying Squirrel
- Petaurista caniceps Grey-headed Giant Flying Squirrel
- Petaurista elegans Sunda Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel
- Petaurista magnificus Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel
- Petaurista mechukaensis Mechuka Giant Flying Squirrel NT
- Petaurista mishmiensis Mishmi Giant Flying Squirrel NT
- Petaurista nobilis Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel NT
- Petaurista petaurista Red Giant Flying Squirrel
- Petaurista philippensis Common Giant Flying Squirrel
- Petaurista siangensis
- Petinomys fuscocapillus Travancore Flying Squirrel
- Phodopus roborovskii Desert Hamster
- Platacanthomys lasiurus Malabar Spiny Dormouse VU
- Ptilocercus lowii Pen-tailed Treeshrew
- Rattus andamanensis Indochinese Forest Rat
- Rattus burrus Miller's Nicobar Rat EN
- Rattus exulans Polynesian Rat
- Rattus nitidus Himalayan Field Rat
- Rattus norvegicus Brown Rat
- Rattus palmarum Zelebor’s Nicobar Rat VU
- Rattus pyctoris Himalayan Rat
- Rattus ranjiniae Ranjini’s Field Rat EN
- Rattus rattus Black Rat
- Rattus satarae Sahyadris Forest Rat VU
- Rattus stoicus Andaman Rat VU
- Rattus tanezumi Oriental House Rat
- Rattus tiomanicus Malaysian Field Rat
- Ratufa affinis Pale Giant Squirrel NT
- Ratufa bicolor Black Giant Squirrel NT
- Ratufa indica Indian Giant Squirrel
- Ratufa macroura Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel NT
- Rhizomys pruinosus Hoary Bamboo Rat
- Sciurus vulgaris Eurasian Red Squirrel
- Sicista concolor Chinese Birch Mouse
- Sorex minutus Eurasian Pygmy Shrew
- Sorex planiceps Kashmir Pygmy Shrew
- Sorex thibetanus Tibetan Shrew
- Soriculus minor
- Soriculus nigrescens Himalayan Shrew
- Suncus dayi Day's Shrew EN
- Suncus etruscus Etruscan Shrew
- Suncus montanus Asian Highland Shrew
- Suncus murinus Asian House Shrew
- Suncus niger
- Suncus stoliczkanus Anderson's Shrew
- Tamiops mcclellandii Himalayan Striped Squirrel
- Tamiops swinhoei Swinhoe's Striped Squirrel
- Tatera indica Indian Gerbil
- Tupaia belangeri Northern Treeshrew
- Tupaia dorsalis Striped Treeshrew DD
- Tupaia glis Common Treeshrew
- Tupaia minor Lesser Treeshrew
- Tupaia nicobarica Nicobar Treeshrew EN
- Tupaia tana Large Treeshrew
- Urocricetus lama
- Vandeleuria nilagirica Indian long-tailed tree mouse EN
- Vandeleuria oleracea Asian Long-tailed Climbing Mouse
Rodents, shrews and hares elsewhere
Andaman and Nicobar · Andhra Pradesh · Arunachal Pradesh · Assam · Bihar · Chandigarh · Chhattisgarh · Dadra, Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu · Delhi · Goa · Gujarat · Haryana · Himachal Pradesh · Jammu and Kashmir · Jharkhand · Karnataka · Kerala · Ladakh · Lakshadweep · Madhya Pradesh · Maharashtra · Manipur · Meghalaya · Mizoram · Nagaland · Odisha · Puducherry · Punjab · Rajasthan · Sikkim · Tamil Nadu · Telangana · Tripura · Uttar Pradesh · Uttarakhand · West Bengal · Trans-Himalaya · Himalaya · Desert · Semi-Arid · Western Ghats · Deccan Peninsula · Gangetic Plain · Coasts · North-East · Islands
Other species of India
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