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Several species of fauna that are on the Red List of IUCN as Critically Endangered Species are found here such as the snow leopard, Tibetan antelope and Himalayan wolf. [2] Other species of fauna include woolly hare, Himalayan black bear, Himalayan brown bear, red fox, Himalayan ibex, Himalayan marmot, Himalayan blue sheep, red billed chough ...
Pages in category "Fauna of the Himalayas" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. .
Indian rhinoceros in the Terai. Above the alluvial plain lies the Terai strip, a seasonally marshy zone of sand and clay soils. The Terai has higher rainfall than the plains, and the downward-rushing rivers of the Himalaya slow down and spread out in the flatter Terai zone, depositing fertile silt during the monsoon season and receding in the dry season.
Of these plants, 5 out of 6 species globally threatened are not found in Nanda Devi National Park or elsewhere in Uttarakhand: Aconitum falconeri, A. balfouri, Himalayan maple (Acer caesium), the blue Himalayan poppy (Meconopsis aculeata) and Saussurea atkinsoni. 31 species of rare and endangered categories were observed within the national ...
The Himalayas, or Himalaya (/ ˌ h ɪ m ə ˈ l eɪ. ə, h ɪ ˈ m ɑː l ə j ə / HIM-ə-LAY-ə, hih-MAH-lə-yə) [b] is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.
The black-necked crane (trhung-trhung) is a rare species found scattered in the Tibetan Plateau, and is also found nesting in summer in parts of Ladakh. Other birds include the raven , red-billed chough ( chungka ), Tibetan snowcock and chukar (a partridge, srakpa ). [ 1 ]
Himalayan black-lored tit (Machlolophus xanthogenys) Himalayan bluetail (Tarsiger rufilatus) Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus) Himalayan shrike-babbler (Pteruthius ripleyi) Himalayan snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis) Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis) Hodgson's treecreeper (Certhia hodgsoni) Kashmir flycatcher (Ficedula subrubra) [1]
The species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. VU: Vulnerable: The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT: Near threatened: The species does not meet any of the criteria that would categorise it as risking extinction but it is likely to do so in the future. LC: Least concern