Rodents, shrews and hares of Tamil Nadu
45 rodents, shrews and hares on the India list have an open record placed in Tamil Nadu, 8 of them threatened (1 Critically Endangered, 4 Endangered and 3 Vulnerable).
A species is in a state when it has an open record placed there: a record anyone can check online (a GBIF record, or a research-grade iNaturalist observation). 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 Tamil Nadu (8)
- Cremnomys elvira Elvira Rat CR
- Feroculus feroculus Kelaart's Long-clawed Shrew EN
- Mus famulus Bonhote’s Mouse EN
- Suncus dayi Day's Shrew EN
- Vandeleuria nilagirica Indian long-tailed tree mouse EN
- Funambulus sublineatus Nilgiri Palm Squirrel VU
- Platacanthomys lasiurus Malabar Spiny Dormouse VU
- Rattus satarae Sahyadris Forest Rat VU
All rodents, shrews and hares of Tamil Nadu on the list (45)
- Anathana ellioti Madras Treeshrew
- Apodemus pallipes Himalayan Field Mouse
- Bandicota bengalensis Lesser Bandicoot-rat
- Bandicota indica Greater Bandicoot-rat
- Callosciurus prevostii Prevost's Squirrel
- Cremnomys elvira Elvira Rat CR
- Crocidura fuliginosa Southeast Asian Shrew
- Feroculus feroculus Kelaart's Long-clawed Shrew EN
- Funambulus palmarum Three-striped Palm Squirrel
- Funambulus pennantii Five-striped Palm Squirrel
- Funambulus sublineatus Nilgiri Palm Squirrel VU
- Funambulus tristriatus Jungle Palm Squirrel
- Golunda ellioti Indian Bush Rat
- Hystrix indica Indian Crested Porcupine
- Lepus nigricollis Indian Hare
- Madromys blanfordi White-tailed Wood Rat
- Millardia meltada Soft-furred Metad
- Mus booduga Common Indian Field Mouse
- Mus cervicolor Fawn-coloured Mouse
- Mus cookii Cook's Mouse
- Mus famulus Bonhote’s Mouse EN
- Mus musculus House Mouse
- Mus phillipsi Wroughton’s Small Spiny Mouse
- Mus platythrix Flat-haired Mouse
- Mus saxicola Brown Spiny Mouse
- Paraechinus nudiventris Bare-bellied Hedgehog
- Petaurista petaurista Red Giant Flying Squirrel
- Petaurista philippensis Common Giant Flying Squirrel
- Petinomys fuscocapillus Travancore Flying Squirrel
- Platacanthomys lasiurus Malabar Spiny Dormouse VU
- Rattus norvegicus Brown Rat
- Rattus rattus Black Rat
- Rattus satarae Sahyadris Forest Rat VU
- Rattus tanezumi Oriental House Rat
- Ratufa bicolor Black Giant Squirrel NT
- Ratufa indica Indian Giant Squirrel
- Ratufa macroura Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel NT
- Suncus dayi Day's Shrew EN
- Suncus etruscus Etruscan Shrew
- Suncus montanus Asian Highland Shrew
- Suncus murinus Asian House Shrew
- Suncus niger
- Tatera indica Indian Gerbil
- Vandeleuria nilagirica Indian long-tailed tree mouse EN
- Vandeleuria oleracea Asian Long-tailed Climbing Mouse
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