🇲🇾Animals recorded in Malaysia

Which animals have been recorded in Malaysia? 97,824 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 216 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Common Parasol, Drepanosticta rufostigma, Coeliccia nigrohamata.

• 97,824 records
• 1,200+ species
• 50 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Common Parasol, Drepanosticta rufostigma, Coeliccia nigrohamata. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Malaysia

	Animal	Group	Records
	Common Parasol Neurothemis fluctuans	Insecta Libellulidae	654
	Drepanosticta rufostigma	Insecta Platystictidae	621
	Coeliccia nigrohamata	Insecta Platycnemididae	547
	Blue-sided Satinwing Euphaea impar	Insecta Euphaeidae	524
	Nepalese Whiskered Myotis Myotis muricola	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	517
	Charming Flashwing Vestalis amoena	Insecta Calopterygidae	480
	Euphaea subcostalis	Insecta Euphaeidae	433
	Stenagrion dubium	Insecta Coenagrionidae	427
	Devadatta clavicauda	Insecta Devadattidae	424
	Heliocypha biseriata	Insecta Chlorocyphidae	417
	Bornean Signaltail Rhinagrion borneense	Insecta Philosinidae	396
	Fawn-colored Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros cervinus	Mammalia Hipposideridae	386
	Brown-backed Red Marsh Hawk Orthetrum chrysis	Insecta Libellulidae	369
	Blue Marsh Hawk Orthetrum glaucum	Insecta Libellulidae	368
	Blue Bush Dart Copera vittata	Insecta Platycnemididae	360
	Treehugger Tyriobapta torrida	Insecta Libellulidae	355
	Orange Skimmer Orthetrum testaceum	Insecta Libellulidae	343
	Müller's Rat Sundamys muelleri	Mammalia Muridae	336
	Green Marsh Hawk Orthetrum sabina	Insecta Libellulidae	331
	Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra	Aves Nectariniidae	329
	Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus	Aves Pycnonotidae	327
	Black Velvetwing Dysphaea dimidiata	Insecta Euphaeidae	325
	Coeliccia nemoricola	Insecta Platycnemididae	314
	Plantain Squirrel Callosciurus notatus	Mammalia Sciuridae	303
	Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis	Aves Muscicapidae	295
	Long-legged Metalwing Neurobasis longipes	Insecta Calopterygidae	292
	Club-footed Bat Tylonycteris pachypus	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	292
	Asian Crimson Dropwing Trithemis aurora	Insecta Libellulidae	286
	Elattoneura analis	Insecta Platycnemididae	283
	Orange-tailed Marsh Dart Ceriagrion cerinorubellum	Insecta Coenagrionidae	281
	Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus	Insecta Culicidae	277
	Black Bambootail Prodasineura verticalis	Insecta Platycnemididae	275
	Dark-tipped Forest-skimmer Cratilla metallica	Insecta Libellulidae	266
	Vestalis amnicola	Insecta Calopterygidae	262
	Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus brachyotis	Mammalia Pteropodidae	258
	Vestalis amaryllis	Insecta Calopterygidae	253
	Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier	Aves Pycnonotidae	253
	Black Stream Glider Trithemis festiva	Insecta Libellulidae	252
	Plain-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis	Aves Nectariniidae	251
	crab eating macaque Macaca fascicularis	Mammalia Cercopithecidae	246
	Lucas's Short-nosed Fruit Bat Penthetor lucasii	Mammalia Pteropodidae	244
	Telosticta longigaster	Insecta Platystictidae	241
	Amphicnemis wallacii	Insecta Coenagrionidae	241
	Coeliccia borneensis	Insecta Platycnemididae	234
	Bicolored Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros bicolor	Mammalia Hipposideridae	234
	Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus	Aves Dicruridae	231
	Black-and-yellow Broadbill Eurylaimus ochromalus	Aves Eurylaimidae	230
	Devadatta somoh	Insecta Devadattidae	230
	Variable Wisp Agriocnemis femina	Insecta Coenagrionidae	228
	Indomalayan Leopoldamys Leopoldamys sabanus	Mammalia Muridae	228
	Vestalis atropha	Insecta Calopterygidae	222
	Variable Sentinel Orchithemis pulcherrima	Insecta Libellulidae	222
	Prevost's Squirrel Callosciurus prevostii	Mammalia Sciuridae	222
	Common Flangetail Ictinogomphus decoratus	Insecta Gomphidae	221
	Oriental Blue Dasher Brachydiplax chalybea	Insecta Libellulidae	220
	Nannophya pygmaea	Insecta Libellulidae	208
	Prodasineura dorsalis	Insecta Platycnemididae	200
	Chestnut-winged Babbler Stachyris erythroptera	Aves Timaliidae	200
	Lyriothemis biappendiculata	Insecta Libellulidae	196
	Clearwing Gem Libellago hyalina	Insecta Chlorocyphidae	192