Terrestrial and Marine Mammals

The following table lists the species in this taxon assessed under the Singapore Red List, which is intended to be published in the third edition of the Singapore Red Data Book in future.

You may find information regarding the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), RDB2 and RDB3 conservation statuses. The IUCN conservation status is assessed globally while the RDB2 and RDB3 conservation statuses are assessed locally.

The information below is accurate as at the time of the listing on-line for the taxon.

Checklist of mammals from Singapore

No.	Order	Family	Genus	Species	Common name	Origin	Global IUCN status	RDB2 status	RDB3 status
1	Dermoptera	Cynocephalidae	Galeopterus	variegatus	Sunda Colugo	Native	LC	Not Listed	NT
2	Pholidota	Manidae	Manis	javanica	Sunda Pangolin	Native	CR	CR	CR
3	Rodentia	Sciuridae	Callosciurus	notatus	Plantain Squirrel	Native	LC	Not Listed	LC
4	Rodentia	Sciuridae	Callosciurus	finlaysonii	Variable Squirrel	Introduced	LC	Not Listed	Not Applicable
5	Rodentia	Sciuridae	Hylopetes	spadiceus	Red-cheeked Flying Squirrel	Native	LC	CR	CR
6	Rodentia	Sciuridae	Iomys	horsfieldii	Horsfield’s Flying Squirrel	Native	LC	Not Listed	EN
7	Rodentia	Sciuridae	Lariscus	insignis	Three-striped Ground Squirrel	Native	LC	Not Listed	NEx
8	Rodentia	Sciuridae	Petaurista	petaurista	Red Giant Flying Squirrel	Native	LC	CR	CR
9	Rodentia	Sciuridae	Ratufa	affinis	Cream-coloured Giant Squirrel	Native	NT	CR	NEx
10	Rodentia	Sciuridae	Rhinosciurus	laticaudatus	Shrew-faced Ground Squirrel	Native	NT	CR	CR
11	Rodentia	Sciuridae	Sundasciurus	tenuis	Slender Squirrel	Native	LC	Not Listed	LC
12	Rodentia	Muridae	Maxomys	rajah	Brown Spiny Rat	Native	VU	EN	EN
13	Rodentia	Muridae	Maxomys	surifer	Red Spiny Rat	Native	LC	Not Listed	NEx
14	Rodentia	Muridae	Mus	musculus	Asian House Mouse	Native	LC	Not Listed	LC
15	Rodentia	Muridae	Rattus	exulans	Pacific Rat	Native	LC	Not Listed	LC
16	Rodentia	Muridae	Rattus	norvegicus	Brown Rat	Introduced	LC	Not Listed	Not Applicable
17	Rodentia	Muridae	Rattus	tanezumi	Asian House Rat	Native	LC	Not Listed	LC
18	Rodentia	Muridae	Rattus	tiomanicus	Malaysian Wood Rat	Native	LC	Not Listed	LC
19	Rodentia	Muridae	Sundamys	annandalei	Annandale’s Rat	Native	Not Listed	Not Listed	LC
20	Rodentia	Hystricidae	Hystrix	brachyura	Malayan Porcupine	Native	LC	CR	CR
21	Carnivora	Felidae	Panthera	pardus	Leopard	Native	VU	Not Listed	NEx
22	Carnivora	Felidae	Panthera	tigris	Tiger	Native	EN	Not Listed	NEx
23	Carnivora	Felidae	Prionailurus	bengalensis	Leopard Cat	Native	LC	CR	CR
24	Carnivora	Viverridae	Arctogalidia	trivirgata	Small-toothed Palm Civet	Native	LC	CR	CR
25	Carnivora	Viverridae	Paguma	larvata	Masked Palm Civet	Native	LC	CR	CR
26	Carnivora	Viverridae	Paradoxurus	musangus	Sumatran Palm Civet	Native	LC	Not Listed	LC
27	Carnivora	Viverridae	Viverra	tangalunga	Malay Civet	Native	LC	Not Listed	CR
28	Carnivora	Viverridae	Viverra	zibetha	Large Indian Civet	Native	LC	CR	CR
29	Carnivora	Mustelidae	Aonyx	cinereus	Oriental Small-clawed Otter	Native	VU	CR	CR
30	Carnivora	Mustelidae	Lutra	sumatrana	Hairy-nosed Otter	Native	EN	Not Listed	NEx
31	Carnivora	Mustelidae	Lutrogale	perspicillata	Smooth Otter	Native	VU	CR	EN
32	Artiodactyla	Suidae	Sus	scrofa	Eurasian Wild Boar	Native	LC	Not Listed	LC
33	Artiodactyla	Tragulidae	Tragulus	kanchil	Lesser Mousedeer	Native	LC	CR	EN
34	Artiodactyla	Tragulidae	Tragulus	napu	Greater Mousedeer	Native	LC	Not Listed	CR
35	Artiodactyla	Cervidae	Muntiacus	muntjak	Red Muntjac	Native	LC	Not Listed	CR
36	Artiodactyla	Cervidae	Rusa	unicolor	Sambar Deer	Origin Uncertain	VU	Not Listed	Not Applicable
37	Primates	Lorisidae	Nycticebus	coucang	Sunda Slow Loris	Native	EN	CR	EN
38	Primates	Cercopithecidae	Macaca	fascicularis	Long-tailed Macaque	Native	VU	Not Listed	LC
39	Primates	Cercopithecidae	Presbytis	femoralis	Raffles’ Banded Langur	Native	EN	CR	CR
40	Primates	Cercopithecidae	Trachypithecus	obscurus	Dusky Langur	Origin Uncertain	EN	Not Listed	Not Applicable
41	Scandentia	Tupaiidae	Tupaia	glis	Common Treeshrew	Native	LC	Not Listed	LC
42	Soricomorpha	Soricidae	Crocidura	malayana	Malayan Shrew	Native	LC	Not Listed	DD
43	Soricomorpha	Soricidae	Suncus	murinus	House Shrew	Native	LC	Not Listed	LC
44	Chiroptera	Pteropodidae	Cynopterus	brachyotis	Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat	Native	LC	Not Listed	LC
45	Chiroptera	Pteropodidae	Eonycteris	spelaea	Cave Nectar Bat	Native	LC	Not Listed	VU
46	Chiroptera	Pteropodidae	Macroglossus	minimus	Lesser Long-tongued Nectar Bat	Native	LC	VU	VU
47	Chiroptera	Pteropodidae	Penthetor	lucasi	Dusky Fruit Bat	Native	LC	EN	CR
48	Chiroptera	Pteropodidae	Pteropus	vampyrus	Large Flying-Fox	Native	NT	Not Listed	CR
49	Chiroptera	Rhinolophidae	Rhinolophus	refulgens	Glossy Horseshoe Bat	Native	NA	Not Listed	LC
50	Chiroptera	Rhinolophidae	Rhinolophus	morio	Greater Woolly Horseshoe Bat	Native	LC	CR	CR
51	Chiroptera	Rhinolophidae	Rhinolophus	stheno	Lesser Brown Horseshoe Bat	Native	LC	Not Listed	CR
52	Chiroptera	Rhinolophidae	Rhinolophus	trifoliatus	Trefoil Horseshoe Bat	Native	NT	CR	EN
53	Chiroptera	Hipposideridae	Hipposideros	bicolor	Bicoloured Roundleaf Bat	Native	LC	Not Listed	EN
54	Chiroptera	Hipposideridae	Hipposideros	cervinus	Fawn Roundleaf Bat	Native	LC	Not Listed	CR
55	Chiroptera	Hipposideridae	Hipposideros	cineraceus	Ashy Roundleaf Bat	Native	LC	Not Listed	CR
56	Chiroptera	Hipposideridae	Hipposideros	ridleyi	Ridley’s Roundleaf Bat	Native	VU	Not Listed	CR
57	Chiroptera	Megadermatidae	Megaderma	spasma	Lesser False-Vampire	Native	LC	CR	EN
58	Chiroptera	Emballonuridae	Emballonura	monticola	Lesser Sheath-tailed Bat	Native	LC	CR	CR
59	Chiroptera	Emballonuridae	Saccolaimus	saccolaimus	Pouched Tomb Bat	Native	LC	Not Listed	LC
60	Chiroptera	Emballonuridae	Taphozous	longimanus	Long-winged Tomb Bat	Native	LC	Not Listed	CR
61	Chiroptera	Emballonuridae	Taphozous	melanopogon	Black-bearded Tomb Bat	Native	LC	EN	LC
62	Chiroptera	Nycteridae	Nycteris	tragata	Malayan Slit-faced Bat	Native	NT	CR	CR
63	Chiroptera	Molossidae	Chaerephon	plicata	Asian Wrinkle-lipped Bat	Native	LC	Not Listed	NEx
64	Chiroptera	Molossidae	Cheiromeles	torquatus	Naked Bat	Native	LC	CR	CR
65	Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	Hypsugo	macrotis	Big-eared Pipistrelle	Native	DD	Not Listed	CR
66	Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	Kerivoula	hardwickii	Hardwicke’s Woolly Bat	Native	LC	Not Listed	CR
67	Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	Murina	suilla	Lesser Tube-nosed Bat	Native	LC	CR	CR
68	Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	Myotis	horsfieldii	Horsfield’s Myotis	Native	LC	Not Listed	LC
69	Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	Myotis	muricola	Asian Whiskered Myotis	Native	LC	Not Listed	LC
70	Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	Pipistrellus	javanicus	Javan Pipistrelle	Native	LC	Not Listed	LC
71	Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	Pipistrellus	stenopterus	Narrow-winged Pipistrelle	Native	LC	CR	LC
72	Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	Scotophilus	kuhlii	Lesser Asian House Bat	Native	LC	Not Listed	LC
73	Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	Tylonycteris	fulvida	Lesser Bamboo Bat	Native	NA	CR	VU
74	Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	Tylonycteris	malayana	Greater Bamboo Bat	Native	LC	Not Listed	VU
75	Perissodactyla	Tapiridae	Tapirus	indicus	Malayan Tapir	Vagrant	EN	Not Listed	Not Applicable
76	Proboscidea	Elephantidae	Elephas	maximus	Asian Elephant	Vagrant	EN	Not Listed	Not Applicable
77	Cetacea	Delphinidae	Orcaella	brevirostris	Irrawaddy Dolphin		EN	Not Listed	CR
78	Cetacea	Delphinidae	Pseudorca	crassidens	Indo-Pacific False Killer Whale		NT	Not Listed	Not Evaluated
79	Cetacea	Delphinidae	Sousa	chinensis	Indo-Pacific Humpbacked Dolphin		VU	EN	CR
80	Cetacea	Delphinidae	Tursiops	aduncus	Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin		NT	Not Listed	CR
81	Cetacea	Phocoenidae	Neophocaena	phocaenoides	Finless Porpoise		VU	CR	CR
82	Cetacea	Physeteridae	Physeter	macrocephalus	Sperm Whale		EN	Not Listed	Not Evaluated
83	Sirenia	Dugongidae	Dugong	dugon	Dugong		VU	CR	CR

The list of the Categories used in 3^rd edition of the Red List is:

	Category	Abbreviation	Criteria
Not Threatened	Least Concern	LC	Not approaching the above criteria
Not Threatened	Near-Threatened	NT	Approaching but not yet reaching the threshold for the above criteria
Threatened	Vulnerable	VU	There are fewer than 1,000 mature individuals but more than 250 and there may or may not be any other evidence of decline, small range size of fragmentation.
	Endangered	EN	There are fewer than 250 mature individuals and no other evidence of decline or fragmentation.
	Critically Endangered	CR	There are fewer than 50 mature individuals, OR if more than 50 mature individuals but less than 250, with some evidence of decline or fragmentation.
Extirpation & Extinction	Presumed Nationally Extinct	NEx	The species is extinct (extirpated) within Singapore but it still survives outside Singapore.
Extirpation & Extinction	Globally Extinct	EX	The species is extinct all over the world, both in the wild and in cultivation
Other Categories	Data Deficient	DD	Inadequate information to make an informed assessment
	Not Applicable	NA	Species that are not eligible for assessment at the national level (mainly introduced taxa and vagrants)
	Not Evaluated	NE	Species that are possibly eligible for assessment but have not yet been evaluated against the criteria
	Not Listed	NL	Species not listed in the records (in the IUCN Global Red List database, or the first edition Singapore Red Data Book - RDB 1 and second edition Singapore Red Data Book - RDB 2) for whatever reason

Reference

Lee, B. P. Y.-H., & Teo., R. C. H. (2018). First record of the big-eared pipistrelle in Singapore. Singapore Biodiversity Records, 2018, 57-58.

Lim, K. K. P. & Leong, T. M. (2014). New record of the Horsfield’s large-footed myotis in Singapore. Singapore Biodiversity Records, 2014, 106-107.

NParks. (2017). Factsheet on newly discovered and rediscovered species.

NSS Vertebrate Study Group. (2014). A Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes, Amphibians, Reptiles and Mammals of Singapore.

Teo, R. C. H. (2018). First record of the long-winged tomb bat in Singapore. Singapore Biodiversity Records, 2018, 59-61.