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Endangered Animals of Nepal
By arrna Published: 11/19/2009
Threatened Species: The following list includes all mammals which occur in Nepaland are rated as Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.
* Critically Endangered:
o Pygmy Hog (Sus salvanius).
* Endangered:
o Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus).
o Chiru (Tibetan Antelope) (Pantholops hodgsonii).
o Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica).
o Hispid Hare (Caprolagus hispidus).
o Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis).
o Particolored Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger).
o Red Panda (Lesser Panda) (Ailurus fulgens).
o Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia).
o Tiger (Panthera tigris).
o Wild Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis).
* Vulnerable:
o Argali (Ovis ammon).
o Asiatic Golden Cat (Catopuma temminckii).
o Assamese Macaque (Macaca assamensis).
o Barasingha (Cervus duvauceli).
o Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra).
o Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa).
o Dhole (Cuon alpinus).
o Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra).
o Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus).
o Four-horned Antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis).
o Gaur (Bos frontalis).
o Himalayan Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus).
o Himalayan Tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus).
o Irrawaddy Squirrel (Callosciurus pygerythrus).
o Mainland Serow (Capricornis sumatraensis).
o Malayan Porcupine (Hystrix brachyura).
o Mandelli's Mouse-eared Bat (Myotis sicarius).
o Marbled Cat (Pardofelis marmorata).
o Sikkim Rat (Rattus sikkimensis).
o Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus).
o Smooth-coated Otter (Lutra perspicillata).
o Wild Yak (Bos grunniens).One of the rare tigers found in Chitwan National Park
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