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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. .
Other large animal species found in the Himalayas include Asiatic black bear, clouded leopard, and herbivores such as bharal, Himalayan tahr, takin, Himalayan serow, Himalayan musk deer, and Himalayan goral. Animals found at higher altitudes include brown bear, and the elusive snow leopard, which mainly feed on bharal. The red panda is found in ...
1 List of species. Toggle List of species subsection. 1.1 Western Himalayan endemics. ... Himalayan black-lored tit (Machlolophus xanthogenys) Himalayan bluetail ...
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.
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 ...
The Siberian ibex (skin), also known as the Himalayan ibex, is a species of wild goat found in the high, craggy terrain of Ladakh, one of the snow leopard's top prey choices. Several thousand are believed to inhabit the mountains of Ladakh.
The Himalayan brown bear (Ursus arctos isabellinus), also known as the Himalayan red bear or isabelline bear, is a subspecies of the brown bear occurring in the western Himalayas. It is the largest mammal in the region, males reaching up to 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) long, while females are a little smaller.
Alpine Tibet hosts a limited diversity of animal species, among which snakes are common. There are only two endemic reptiles and ten endemic amphibians in the Tibetan highlands. [ 74 ] Gloydius himalayanus is perhaps the geographically highest living snake in the world, living at as high as 4,900 m (16,100 ft) in the Himalayas. [ 80 ]