Large mammals of West Bengal
68 large mammals on the India list have an open record placed in West Bengal, 24 of them threatened (1 Critically Endangered, 9 Endangered and 14 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 large mammals yet. List of the week of 2026-11-09.
Threatened large mammals of West Bengal (24)
- Manis pentadactyla Short-tailed Pangolin CR
- Ailurus fulgens Red Panda EN
- Axis porcinus Indochinese Hog Deer EN
- Cuon alpinus Dhole EN
- Elephas maximus Asian Elephant EN
- Hoolock hoolock Western Hoolock Gibbon EN
- Hylobates agilis Agile Gibbon EN
- Macaca fascicularis Long-tailed Macaque EN
- Manis crassicaudata Thick-tailed Pangolin EN
- Panthera tigris Tiger EN
- Aonyx cinereus VU
- Aonyx cinereus Oriental Small-clawed Otter VU
- Bos gaurus Gaur VU
- Capricornis sumatraensis Mainland Serow VU
- Catopuma temminckii Asian Golden Cat VU
- Lutrogale perspicillata Smooth-coated Otter VU
- Macaca radiata Bonnet Macaque VU
- Melursus ursinus Sloth Bear VU
- Neofelis nebulosa Mainland Clouded Leopard VU
- Panthera pardus Leopard VU
- Prionailurus viverrinus Fishing Cat VU
- Rhinoceros unicornis Indian Rhinoceros VU
- Rusa unicolor Sambar VU
- Ursus thibetanus Asian Black Bear VU
All large mammals of West Bengal on the list (68)
- Ailurus fulgens Red Panda EN
- Aonyx cinereus VU
- Aonyx cinereus Oriental Small-clawed Otter VU
- Axis axis Chital
- Axis porcinus Indochinese Hog Deer EN
- Bos gaurus Gaur VU
- Bos grunniens Domestic Yak
- Bos indicus Zebu
- Bos taurus Domestic Cattle
- Bubalus bubalis Domestic Water Buffalo
- Canis aureus Golden Jackal
- Canis familiaris Domestic Dog
- Canis lupus Gray Wolf
- Capra hircus Domestic Goat
- Capricornis sumatraensis Mainland Serow VU
- Catopuma temminckii Asian Golden Cat VU
- Cuon alpinus Dhole EN
- Elephas maximus Asian Elephant EN
- Equus caballus Domestic Horse
- Felis catus Domestic Cat
- Felis chaus Jungle Cat
- Hoolock hoolock Western Hoolock Gibbon EN
- Hyaena hyaena Striped Hyaena NT
- Hylobates agilis Agile Gibbon EN
- Lutrogale perspicillata Smooth-coated Otter VU
- Macaca assamensis Assam Macaque NT
- Macaca fascicularis Long-tailed Macaque EN
- Macaca mulatta Rhesus Macaque
- Macaca radiata Bonnet Macaque VU
- Manis crassicaudata Thick-tailed Pangolin EN
- Manis pentadactyla Short-tailed Pangolin CR
- Martes flavigula Yellow-throated Marten
- Melursus ursinus Sloth Bear VU
- Muntiacus muntjak Southern Red Muntjac
- Muntiacus vaginalis Northern Red Muntjac
- Mustela kathiah Yellow-bellied Weasel
- Mustela sibirica Siberian Weasel
- Naemorhedus goral Grey Himalayan Goral NT
- Neofelis nebulosa Mainland Clouded Leopard VU
- Ovis aries Domestic Sheep
- Paguma larvata Masked Palm Civet
- Panthera pardus Leopard VU
- Panthera tigris Tiger EN
- Paradoxurus hermaphrodites
- Paradoxurus hermaphroditus Northern Palm Civet
- Pardofelis marmorata Marbled Cat NT
- Prionailurus bengalensis Leopard Cat
- Prionailurus viverrinus Fishing Cat VU
- Prionodon pardicolor Spotted Linsang
- Pseudois nayaur Bharal
- Rhinoceros unicornis Indian Rhinoceros VU
- Rusa unicolor Sambar VU
- Semnopithecus entellus Bengal Sacred Langur
- Semnopithecus hector Terai Sacred Langur NT
- Semnopithecus schistaceus Nepal Sacred Langur
- Sus domesticus
- Sus scrofa Wild Boar
- Ursus thibetanus Asian Black Bear VU
- Urva auropunctata
- Urva brachyura NT
- Urva edwardsii
- Urva javanica
- Urva smithii Ruddy Mongoose
- Urva urva Crab-eating Mongoose
- Viverra zibetha Large Indian Civet
- Viverricula indica
- Vulpes bengalensis Indian Fox
- Vulpes vulpes Red Fox
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Other species of West Bengal
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