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The tiger is the largest carnivorous mammal in Asia. [1] [2]The animals living in Asia and its surrounding seas and islands are considered the fauna of Asia.Since there is no natural biogeographic boundary in the west between Europe and Asia, the term "fauna of Asia" is somewhat elusive but it is a geographical name given.
Lists of Central Asian domestic animal breeds (1 P) M. Lists of mammals of Asia (1 C, 45 P) Lists of moths of Asia (5 C, 11 P) R. Lists of reptiles of Asia (23 P)
South Asian river dolphins are toothed whales in the genus Platanista, which inhabit the waterways of the Indian subcontinent. They were historically considered to be one species ( P. gangetica ) with the Ganges river dolphin and the Indus river dolphin being subspecies ( P. g. gangetica and P. g. minor respectively).
Tertiary consumers, which are sometimes also known as apex predators, are hypercarnivorous or omnivorous animals usually at the top of food chains, capable of feeding on both secondary consumers and primary consumers. Tertiary consumers are usually the largest, strongest and most aggressive animal in the local environment. Both secondary and ...
The honeyeaters are a large and diverse family, Meliphagidae, of small to medium-sized birds.The family includes the Australian chats, myzomelas, friarbirds, wattlebirds, miners and melidectes.
The Asian swamp eel is a freshwater, eel-like fish belonging to the family Synbranchidae (swamp eels). [ 4 ] Some work indicates that the species should be split into three geographical clades or cryptic species , although these were not given nomenclatural names, as the taxonomic synonymy was too complex to sort out at the time.
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In Japan, the water buffalo was used as a domestic animal throughout the Ryukyu Islands or Okinawa prefecture, however it is almost extinct now and mainly used as a tourist attraction. [37] Per a 2015 report, about 836,500 water buffaloes were in Nepal. [38] The water buffalo is the main dairy animal in Pakistan, with 23.47 million head in 2010 ...