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Ladakh is the home to endemic Himalayan wildlife, such as the bharal, yak, Himalayan brown bear, Himalayan wolf and the iconic snow leopard. Hemis National Park , Changthang Cold Desert Wildlife Sanctuary , and Karakorum Wildlife Sanctuary are protected wildlife areas of Ladakh.
Changpa nomad with a kid Herd in Ladakh. The Changthangi or Changpa is a breed of cashmere goat native to the high plateaus of Ladakh in northern India. It is closely associated with the nomadic Changpa people of the Changthang plateau. It may also be known as the Ladakh Pashmina or Kashmiri.
All Indian states and some of the union territories have their own elected government and the union territories come under the jurisdiction of the Central Government. India has its own national symbols. [2] Apart from the national symbols, the states and union territories have adopted their own seals and symbols including animals listed below.
The bharal (Pseudois nayaur), also called the blue sheep, is a caprine native to the high Himalayas.It is the only member of the genus Pseudois. [3] It occurs in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, and in China in the provinces of Gansu, Ningxia, Sichuan, Tibet, and Inner Mongolia. [1]
Asiatic lion is an endangered species only found in Gir National Park of India. [5] The Indian wolf is an endangered subspecies of gray wolf. [6] The tiger numbers are of animals aged above 1.5 years. [7] [8] India is home to 75% of the world's tiger population [9] as well as 60% of Asian elephant population. [10]
Ladakh urial (Ovis vignei vignei): India , northern Pakistan, Kashmir Transcaspian urial ( Ovis vignei arkal ): Ustjurt-Plateau (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan , northern Iran) and western Kazakhstan Blanford's urial or Baluchistan urial ( Ovis vignei blanfordi ): Pakistan (Balochistan)
Wetlands and lush green meadows are all around it. The water in the lake is slightly salty. There are wide range of birds. A significant quantity of grebes and brown-headed gulls, as well as a few strip geese, rust geese, and terns, can be observed. Tso Kar Lake supports various other animals like Kiang, Tibetan gazelles, Tibetan wolves.
bakarwal dog. The origin of the Bakharwal Dog lies in Ladakh, northern India, and found in the states of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. [4]The Bakharwal Dog may be descended from crossbreeding the Tibetan Mastiff with the Indian pariah dog, though other scholars state that the Bakharwal Dog is the "oldest Indian Dog which since centuries has been surviving with the Kashmiri nomads."