Rodents, shrews and hares of the Western Ghats
38 rodents, shrews and hares on the India list have a GBIF record placed in the Western Ghats, 5 of them threatened (2 Endangered and 3 Vulnerable).
A species is in a region when a GBIF record of it is placed there (the biogeographic zones of the Wildlife Institute of India). 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 the Western Ghats (5)
- Mus famulus Bonhote’s Mouse EN
- Suncus dayi Day's Shrew 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 the Western Ghats on the list (38)
- Anathana ellioti Madras Treeshrew
- Apodemus pallipes Himalayan Field Mouse
- Bandicota bengalensis Lesser Bandicoot-rat
- Bandicota indica Greater Bandicoot-rat
- Callosciurus prevostii Prevost's Squirrel
- Crocidura fuliginosa Southeast Asian Shrew
- Crocidura horsfieldii Horsfield's Shrew DD
- 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
- 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 platythrix Flat-haired Mouse
- Mus saxicola Brown Spiny Mouse
- 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 indica Indian Giant Squirrel
- Ratufa macroura Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel NT
- Suncus dayi Day's Shrew EN
- Suncus etruscus Etruscan Shrew
- Suncus murinus Asian House Shrew
- Suncus niger
- Tatera indica Indian Gerbil
- Vandeleuria oleracea Asian Long-tailed Climbing Mouse
Rodents, shrews and hares elsewhere
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Other species of the Western Ghats
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