Abstract
<p>A checklist of mammals of Kerala State is presented in this paper. Accepted English names, scientific binomen, prevalent vernacular names in Malayalam, IUCN conservation status, endemism, Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act schedules, and the appendices in the CITES, pertaining to the mammals of Kerala are also given. The State of Kerala has 118 species of mammals, 15 of which are endemic to Western Ghats, and 29 species fall under the various threatened categories of IUCN. </p><div> </div>
Highlights
A checklist of mammals of Kerala State is presented in this paper
As part of the Bombay Natural History Society’s (BNHS) Mammal Survey of India held between 1912 to 1923, systematic collections of mammals were carried out from Kerala, the results of which were published by Thomas (1914–1924), Wroughton (1913–1921), Ryley (1913, 1914), Hinton
The two ubiquitous and historically introduced species have been included in the list (e.g., Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus and House Mouse Mus musculus)
Summary
(Erxleben, 1777) (Pennant, 1769) (Elliot, 1839) (Jerdon, 1847) (Linnaeus, 1766) (Waterhouse, 1838) (Waterhouse, 1837). Nāṭan Kuraṅṅ Sinhavālan Kuraṅṅ Kariṅkayyan Kuraṅṅ Kariṅkuraṅṅ Teāppi hanumān kuraṅṅ. Malayaṇṇān Chāmpal Aṇṇān Pāṟān Kunnan Pāṟān Aṇṇāṟakkaṇṇan Kunnan Aṇṇān Kāṭṭuvarayaṇṇān
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