Protected Animals of Nepal

Protected Animals of Nepal

Protected Animals of Nepal

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The current list of protected species in Nepal has 27 species of mammals, nine species of birds, and three species of reptiles. Here are the protected mammal species of Nepal.

 

Protected Mammals

 

Protected Mammals

S.N Name Scientific Name
1 Royal Bengal Tiger Panthera Tigris
2 Pangolin Manis Pantadactyla
3 Hyaena Hyaena Hyaena
4 Four-Horned Antelope Tetraceurs Quadricornis
5 Asian Elephant Elephas Maximus
6 Hispid Hare Caprolagus Hispidus
7 One-Horned Rhino Rhinoceros Unicornis
8 Ganges River Dolphin Platanista Gangetica
9 Gray Wolf Canis Lupus
10 Swamp Deer Cervus Duvauceli
11 Leopard Cat Prinailurus Bengalensis
12 Assamese Monkey Macaca Assamensis
13 Musk Deer Moschus Cyrysogaster
14 Himalayan Brown Bear Ursus Arctos
15 Great Tibetan Sheep Ovis Ammon
16 Red Panda Ailurus Fulgens
17 Black Buck Antiope Cervicapra
18 Spotted Linsang Prionodon Pardicolor
19 Lynx Felis Lynx
20 Clouded Leopard Pardofelis Nebulosa
21 Snow Leopard Panthera Uncia
22 Bison Bos Gaurus
23 Wild Yak Bos Mutus
24 Wild Water Buffalo Bubalus Arnee
25 Tibetan Antelope Pantholops Hadgsoni
26 Pygmy Hog Porcula salvania

 

Protected Birds

 

Protected Birds

S.N Name Scientific Name
1 Black Stork Ciconia Nigra
2 Giant Hornbill Buceros Bicornis
3 White Stork Ciconia Ciconia
4 Sarus Carne Grus Antigone
5 Bengal Florican Houbaropsis Bengalesis
6 Lesser Florican Syphoetides Indica
7 Impeyan Pheasant Lophophorus Impejanus
8 Crimson Horned Pheasant Tragopan Satyra
9 Cheer Pheasant Catreus Wallichii

 

Protected Reptiles

 

Protected Reptiles

S.N Name Scientific Name
1 Asiatic Rock Python Python Molurus
2 Golden Monitor Lizard Varanus Flavescens
3 Gharial Crocodile Gavialis Gangetica

 

There is plenty of incredible wildlife experience all over the world but, Wildlife in Nepal is the emerging wildlife destination to explore the variety of most endangered and rare species in the world.

 

♦Protected Areas of Nepal

♦Royal Bengal Tiger Track

♦Wildlife Safari in Nepal