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This is a list of animals found in Malaysia. Malaysia is a humid country, [1] with rainforests hosting a wide array of animal species. There are around 361 mammal species, [2] 250 reptile species, [3] and 150 frog species found in Malaysia. [4] Approximately 677 bird species are found on Peninsular Malaysia alone (and 694 for Malaysia).
The wildlife of Malaysia is diverse, with Malaysia being a megadiverse country. Most of the country is covered in rainforest, which hosts a huge diversity of plant and animal species. There are approximately 361 mammal species, 694 bird species, 250 reptile species, and 150 frog species
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Malaysia. There are 313 mammal species in Malaysia, of which six are critically endangered, seventeen are endangered, twenty-eight are vulnerable, and one is near threatened. Every mammal in Malaysia belongs to the subclass Theria, and the infraclass Eutheria, as all are placental mammals.
There are about 655 wildlife species comprising 292 avian species, 65 amphibian species, 79 reptile species, 71 bat species, 79 mammal species, and 69 fish species. Of the 655 fauna species, 322 are totally protected, and 70 are protected under the Wildlife Conservation Act 2010 (Act 716) and Fisheries Act 1985 (Act 317).
The mammal species of Borneo include 288 species of terrestrial and 91 species of marine mammals recorded within the territorial boundaries of Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia. The terrestrial mammals are dominated by the chiroptera (102 species of bats ) and rodents (61 species of rats and mice).
Pages in category "Mammals of Malaysia" The following 72 pages are in this category, out of 72 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. .
Freshwater fish of Malaysia (1 C, 104 P) Pages in category "Fish of Malaysia" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total.
The toli shad or Chinese herring (Tenualosa toli) is a fish of the family Clupeidae, a species of shad distributed in the western Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal to the Java Sea and the South China Sea. It may be found in Mauritius [2] and the Cambodian Mekong near the Vietnam border. [3]