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This is a list of the bird species recorded in Vietnam.The avifauna of Vietnam include a total of 963 species, of which 18 are endemic, and 5 have been introduced.. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition.
Faunal species noted are accounted as 11,217 species of animals, in Vietnam's hot and humid climate. These are broadly: Indian elephants , bears ( black bear and honey bear ), Indochinese tigers and Indochinese leopards as well as smaller animals like pygmy lorises, [ 21 ] monkeys (such as snub-nosed monkey), bats, flying squirrels , turtles ...
The Indochinese box turtle, Vietnamese box turtle, or flowerback box turtle (Cuora galbinifrons) is a species of Asian box turtles from China (Hainan and Guangxi), northern and central Vietnam, Laos, and possibly northeastern Cambodia. It is found in high altitude woodland where it tends to hide in the undergrowth.
2h Other birds: Tawny owl (Strix aluco) [102] date uncertain Europe (including the United Kingdom) pest control, show, pets 2h Other birds: Puna ibis (Plegadis ridgwayi) date uncertain Peru: meat, eggs, pest control 2h Other birds: Celebes warty pig (Sus celebensis) [103] date uncertain Sulawesi: meat, tusks, pets Historically farmed 1a ...
Conservationists have focused on captive breeding as a primary strategy to save the Yangtze giant softshell turtle. In 2008, the last known fertile female, housed at the Changsha Zoo, was transferred to the Suzhou Zoo to breed with the sole known male in captivity. Despite six breeding seasons and numerous eggs laid, no viable offspring were ...
Turtle farms primarily raise freshwater turtles (primarily, Chinese softshell turtles as a food source [1] and sliders and cooter turtles for the pet trade); [3] [4] therefore, turtle farming is usually classified as aquaculture. However, some terrestrial tortoises (e.g. Cuora mouhotii) are also raised on farms for the pet trade. [1]
The benefits of returning to the precise location of an animal's birth may be largely associated with its safety and suitability as a breeding ground. When seabirds like the Atlantic puffin return to their natal breeding colony, which are mostly on islands, they are assured of a suitable climate and a sufficient lack of land-based predators.
The Hoàn Kiếm turtle, also Rafetus leloii, was an obsolete or controversial taxon of turtle from Southeast Asia, based on specimens from Hoàn Kiếm Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam. Most experts classify this turtle as synonymous with the rare Yangtze giant softshell turtle ( Rafetus swinhoei ), although some Vietnamese biologists asserted that R ...