Vertebrates on Singapore shores: text index

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Text index of vertebrates on Singapore shores
currently mainly mangroves, shores, coastal forests with some also found in other wild places.
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Mammals

Family Cercopithecidae

Macaca fascicularis (Long-tailed macaque)

Family Dugongidae

Dugong dugon (Dugong) (CR: Critically Endangered)

Family Delphinidae

Sousa chinensis (Indo-Pacific hump-backed dolphin) (EN: Endangered)

Family Emballonuridae

Saccolaimus saccolaimus (Pouched tomb bat)

Family Mustelidae

Lutrogale perspicillata (Smooth otter) (CR: Critically Endangered)

Family Pteropodidae

Cynopterus brachyotis (Lesser dog-faced fruit bat)

Family Sciuridae

Callosciurus notatus (Plantain squirrel)

Family Suidae

Sus scrofa (Wild boar)

Family Viverridae

Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Toddycat or Common palm civet)

Other reptiles

Family Agamidae

Bronchodela cristatella (Green crested lizard)
Calotes versicolor (Changeable lizard)

Family Cheloniidae (sea turtles)

Chelonia mydas (Green sea turtle) (CR: Critically Endangered)
Eretmochelys imbricata (Hawksbill turtle) (CR: Critically Endangered)

Family Crocodylidae

Crocodylus porosus (Estuarine crocodile) (CR: Critically Endangered)

Family Scincidae

Eutropis multifasciata (Common sun skink)

Family Varanidae

Varanus salvator (Malayan water monitor)

Amphibians

Family Dicroglossidae

Fejervarya/Rana crancrivora (Crab-eating frog)

Birds

Shorebirds and seabirds in general

Family Bucerotidae

Anthracoceros albirostris (Oriental pied-hornbill) (CR: Critically Endangered)

Family Phasianidae

Gallus gallus (Red junglefowl) (EN: Endangered)

in red are those listed among the threatened plants of Singapore from Davison, G.W. H. and P. K. L. Ng and Ho Hua Chew, 2008. The Singapore Red Data Book: Threatened plants and animals of Singapore.

About citing this checklist.

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vertebrates on this site

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marine fishes

shore snakes

other reptiles

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