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Animals in Malaysia
Malaysia has a total of 210 different mammal species, and and 620 species of birds. Two thirds of this country is actually covered in forests. There are 20 different sea snakes that exist in the marine life. Out of the 150 species of snakes that exist, only 16 of them are venemous. Some of those snakes include the king cobra, and the viper. People who live in Malaysia, get to see many habitats everywhere. The wild is definitely very existant in Malaysia. There are many different rain forests as well as heath forests. The marine life have actually posed a threat because of the habitat destruction that has been occuring. Animal trafficking is also a big problem in Malaysia.
There are so many sharks that exist in the Coral Triangle and are also a big part of the marine life in Malaysia. Some of these sharks include whale sharks, hammerhead sharks, and reef sharks.
Malaysia has a wide diversity of animals and many different habitats exist within the country. People who live there have adjusted to it, but they can come to a surprise for most tourists that visit.
Click here for a list of endangered animals in Malaysia.
Even-toed ungulates in Malaysia
Banteng Gaur Bearded pig Wild boar Kanchil Greater mouse deer Sambar Bornean yellow muntjack Indian muntjacCarnivores in Malaysia
Indian smooth-coated otter Short-tailed mongoose Javan mongoose Collared mongoose Crab-eating mongoose Asiatic wild dog Hog badger Otter civet Burmese ferret-badger Malayan stink badger Yellow-throated marten Malayan weasel Banded palm civet Bearcat Hose's palm civet Small-toothed palm civet Gem-faced civet Clouded leopard Asian palm civet Banded linsang Large-spotted civet Malayan civet Leopard cat Large indian civet Flat-headed cat Small indian civet Fishing cat Everett's ferret-badger Leopard Bay cat Tiger Asiatic golden cat Marbled cat Malayan sun bear Hairy-nosed otterDolphins, porpoises, and whales in Malaysia
Common minke whale Coalfish whale Bryde's whale Blue whale Bottle-nosed dolphin Black finless porpoise Bunch Blainville's beaked whale Irrawaddy dolphin Killer whale Pygmy sperm whale Fraser's dolphin Grey dolphin Chinese white dolphin Bridled dolphin Long-beaked dolphin Melon-headed whale Rough-toothed dolphinBats in Malaysia
Whiskered bat False serotine bat Shield-faced roundleaf bat Acuminate horseshoe bat Large false serotine Malayan roundleaf bat Intermediat horseshoe bat Large-footed bat Ridley's leaf-nosed bat Pomona roundleaf bat Arcuate horseshoe bat Hodgson's bat Great roundleaf bat Pratt's roundleaf bat Malayan tailless leaf-nosed bat Bornean horseshoe bat Rohu's bat Lesser large-footed bat Lesser long-tongued frut bat Dusky roundleaf bat Least roundleaf bat Pygmy fruit bat Croslet horseshoe bat Kelaart's pipistrelle Horsfield's bat Greater long-tongued fruit bat Bicolored roundleaf bat Stoliczka's trident bat Long-winged tomb bat Creagh's horseshoe bat Pallid large-footed myotis Fawn roundleaf bat Lesser dog-faced fruit bat Black-bearded tomb bat Blyth's horseshoe bat Javan pipistrelle Burmese whiskered bat Ashy roundleaf bat Horsefield's fruit bat Woolly horseshoe bat Big-eared horseshoe bat Whiskered myotis Cox's roundleaf bat Greater short-nosed fruit bat Ridley's bat Malayan horseshoe bat Narrow-winged pipistrelle Himalayan whiskered bat Marshall's horseshoe bat Spotted-winged fruit bat Smaller horseshoe bat Lesser bamboo bat Greater bamboo bat Large-eared horseshoe bat Greater false vampire bat Flores woolly bat Least horseshoe bat Lesser false vampire bat Hardwicke's woolly bat Dayak fruit bat Lesser woolly horseshoe bat Temminck's tailless fruit bat Small woolly bat Shamel's horseshoe bat White-collared fruit bat Small asian sheath-tailed bat Lesser brown horseshoe bat Noctule Least woolly bat Lesser sheath-tailed bat Trefoil horseshoe bat Malayan slit-faced bat Papillose woolly bat Greater dawn bat Clear-winged woolly bat Lesser dawn bat Small flying-fox Painted bat Bare-backed rousette Large flying fox Western bent-winged bat Whitehead's woolly bat Naked-rumped pouched bat Common thick-thumbed bat Lesser asiatic yellow bat Small bent-winged bat Malayan free-tailed bat Diadem roundleaf bat Northern free-tailed bat Lucas' short-nosed fruit bat Bronze tube-nosed bat Borneo roundleaf bat Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat Round-eared tube-nosed bat Dayak roundleaf bat Hairless bat Hutton's tube-nosed bat Cantor's roundleaf bat Black-capped fruit bat Gilded tube-nosed bat Brown tube-nosed bat Intermediat roundleaf bat Blanford's bat Large asian roundleaf batFlying lemurs in Malaysia
Malayan flying lemurHorses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs in Malaysia
Asian tapir Sumatran rhinoceros Javan rhinocerosPangolins in Malaysia
Malayan pangolinPrimates in Malaysia
Bear macaque Crab-eating macaque Pig-tailed macaque Agile gibbon Common gibbon Bornean gibbon Horsfield's tarsier Dusky leaf monkey Orang-utan Long-nosed monkey Banded langur White-faced langur Gray leaf monkey Maroon langur Slow lorisElephants in Malaysia
Asian elephantRodents in Malaysia
Gray-bellied pencil-tailed tree mouse Horse-tailed squirrel Red giant flying squirrel Small pencil-tailed tree mouse Jentink's squirrel Whiskered flying squirrel Black flying squirrel Low's squirrel Temminck's flying squirrel Vordermann's flying squirrel Thomas's flying squirrel Slender squirrel Himalayan striped squirrel Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine Mountain spiny rat Small spiny rat Gray-cheeked flying squirrel Malayan mountain spiny rat Red-cheeked flying squirrel Chestnut-bellied spiny rat Malayan porcupine Long-tailed porcupine Malayan tree rat Black-eared squirrel Rajah spiny rat Thick-spined porcupine Red spiny rat Bornean mountain ground squirrel Bower's white-toothed rat Whitehead's spiny rat Asian red-cheeked squirrel Dark-tailed tree rat Ear-spot squirrel Chestnut white-bellied rat Inabalu squirrel Long-tailed mountain rat Gray-bellied squirrel Pallas's squirrel Black-striped squirrel Plantain squirrel Hoary bamboo rat Smoky flying squirrel Borneo black-banded squirrel Large bamboo rat Least pygmy squirrel Prevost's squirrel Tufted pygmy squirrel Annandale's rat Rice-field rat Sculptor squirrel Summit rat Four-striped ground squirrel Ranee mouse Timor rat Three-striped ground squirrel Lesser ranee mouse Malayan field rat Gray tree rat Marmoset rat Shrew-faced squirrel Cream-coloured giant squirrel Lesser pygmy flying squirrel Edwards's long-tailed giant rat Mountain giant rat Black giant squirrel Hose's pygmy flying squirrel Long-tailed giant rat Pencil-tailed tree mouse Müller's giant sunda rat Tufted ground squirrel Selangor pygmy flying squirrel Ryukyu mouse Large pencil-tailed tree mouse Brooke's squirrel Spotted giant flying squirrelTree shrews in Malaysia
Bornean smooth-tailed tree shrew Bornean tree shrew Pen-tailed tree shrew Northern tree shrew Striped tree shrew Common tree shrew Slender tree shrew Pygmy tree shrew Mountain tree shrew Painted tree shrew Large tree shrewDugongs, manatees, and sea cows in Malaysia
Dugong
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