🇳🇵Animals recorded in Nepal

Which animals have been recorded in Nepal? 11,199 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 359 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include leopard, jungle cat, sambar.

• 11,199 records
• 1,200+ species
• 15 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include leopard, jungle cat, sambar. 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 Nepal

	Animal	Group	Records
	leopard Panthera pardus	Mammalia Felidae	430
	jungle cat Felis chaus	Mammalia Felidae	328
	sambar Rusa unicolor	Mammalia Cervidae	238
	Sikkim Mountain Vole Neodon sikimensis	Mammalia Cricetidae	238
	Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus	Insecta Culicidae	220
	Indian muntjac Muntiacus muntjak	Mammalia Cervidae	219
	large Indian civet Viverra zibetha	Mammalia Viverridae	207
	chital Axis axis	Mammalia Cervidae	198
	Small Indian Civet Viverricula indica	Mammalia Viverridae	194
	tiger Panthera tigris	Mammalia Felidae	194
	house mouse Mus musculus	Mammalia Muridae	174
	Tarai Gray Langur Semnopithecus hector	Mammalia Cercopithecidae	167
	Skipper frog Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis	Amphibia Dicroglossidae	114
	Little Himalayan Rat Niviventer eha	Mammalia Muridae	113
	sloth bear Melursus ursinus	Mammalia Ursidae	109
	dhole Cuon alpinus	Mammalia Canidae	104
	striped hyaena Hyaena hyaena	Mammalia Hyaenidae	102
	Asian house shrew Suncus murinus	Mammalia Soricidae	92
	Himalayan Shrew Soriculus nigrescens	Mammalia Soricidae	92
	Nepalese Field Mouse Apodemus gurkha	Mammalia Muridae	88
	rhesus monkey Macaca mulatta	Mammalia Cercopithecidae	84
	Lefroyothrips lefroyi	Insecta Thripidae	83
	wild boar Sus scrofa	Mammalia Suidae	75
	Hodgson's Brown-toothed Shrew Episoriculus caudatus	Mammalia Soricidae	74
	black rat Rattus rattus	Mammalia Muridae	70
	Asian elephant Elephas maximus	Mammalia Elephantidae	68
	yellow-throated marten Martes flavigula	Mammalia Mustelidae	66
	Asian Grass Frog Fejervarya limnocharis	Amphibia Dicroglossidae	64
	Chinese Pangolin Manis pentadactyla	Mammalia Manidae	63
	hog deer Axis porcinus	Mammalia Cervidae	61
	Indian gray mongoose Herpestes edwardsi	Mammalia Herpestidae	57
	Indian rhinoceros Rhinoceros unicornis	Mammalia Rhinocerotidae	57
	Indian Hare Lepus nigricollis	Mammalia Leporidae	55
	Bengal fox Vulpes bengalensis	Mammalia Canidae	54
	Irrawaddy Squirrel Callosciurus pygerythrus	Mammalia Sciuridae	53
	hispid hare Caprolagus hispidus	Mammalia Leporidae	52
	golden jackal Canis aureus	Mammalia Canidae	52
	Chestnut Rat Niviventer fulvescens	Mammalia Muridae	51
	fishing cat Prionailurus viverrinus	Mammalia Felidae	49
	large flying fox Pteropus vampyrus	Mammalia Pteropodidae	47
	Himalayan Field Mouse Apodemus pallipes	Mammalia Muridae	47
	Bombus lemniscatus	Insecta Apidae	45
	Indian Crested Porcupine Hystrix indica	Mammalia Hystricidae	45
	Indian Flying Fox Pteropus medius	Mammalia Pteropodidae	43
	Swamp Deer Rucervus duvaucelii	Mammalia Cervidae	41
	Smooth-coated otter Lutrogale perspicillata	Mammalia Mustelidae	40
	four-horned antelope Tetracerus quadricornis	Mammalia Bovidae	40
	Assam Macaque Macaca assamensis	Mammalia Cercopithecidae	37
	leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis	Mammalia Felidae	36
	northern plains gray langur Semnopithecus entellus	Mammalia Cercopithecidae	34
	crab-eating mongoose Herpestes urva	Mammalia Herpestidae	33
	Himalayan Mouse Hare Ochotona roylii	Mammalia Ochotonidae	33
	Gayal Bos frontalis	Mammalia Bovidae	32
	Platymetopus flavilabris	Insecta Carabidae	32
	Himalayan Rat Rattus pyctoris	Mammalia Muridae	31
	Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata	Aves Leiothrichidae	30
	Painted Woolly Bat Kerivoula picta	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	30
	Zadadra confusa	Insecta Erebidae	29
	Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer	Aves Pycnonotidae	29
	masked palm civet Paguma larvata	Mammalia Viverridae	28