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Fauna of Australia. The red kangaroo is the largest extant macropod and is one of Australia's heraldic animals, appearing with the emu on the coat of arms of Australia. [ 1 ] The fauna of Australia consists of a large variety of animals; some 46% of birds, 69% of mammals, 94% of amphibians, and 93% of reptiles that inhabit the continent are ...
Batang Gadis is a national park covering 1,080 km 2 in North Sumatra province, Indonesia extending between 300 and 2,145 metres altitude. It is named after the Batang Gadis river that flows through the park. [1] Signs of the endangered Sumatran tiger and the threatened Asian golden cat, leopard cat and clouded leopard were seen in the park.
Fauna of Asia. The tiger is the largest carnivorous mammal in Asia. [1][2] In our whole Earth and the soil, all of 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 ...
Fauna of Indonesia. The Sumatran tiger, the smallest tiger subspecies, is only found in Indonesia. The fauna of Indonesia is characterised by high levels of biodiversity and endemicity due to its distribution over a vast tropical archipelago. [1] Indonesia divides into two ecological regions; western Indonesia which is more influenced by Asian ...
Fauna of New Zealand. The kiwi is a national symbol of New Zealand. The animals of New Zealand, part of its biota, have an unusual history because, before the arrival of humans, less than 900 years ago, the country was mostly free of mammals, except those that could swim there (seals, sea lions, and, off-shore, whales and dolphins) or fly there ...
The fauna of New Guinea comprises a large number of species of mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, invertebrates and amphibians. As the world's largest and highest tropical island, New Guinea occupies less than 0.5% of world's land surface, yet supports a high percentage of global biodiversity.
The Vultur gryphus also known as the Andean condor is the national bird of Colombia. The Andean condor inhabits the Andes mountain range. Although it is primarily a scavenger, feeding on carrion, this species belongs to the New World vulture family Cathartidae. The condor is one of the largest birds on earth with a wingspan ranging from 274 to ...
Banded palm civet. Bare-backed rousette. Bicolored roundleaf bat. Black-capped fruit bat. Blyth's horseshoe bat. Borneo roundleaf bat. Brooks's dyak fruit bat. Neriad horseshoe bat. Sumatran mastiff bat.