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A full-body African elephant on a rock in the savannah at sunset, with zebras and giraffes behind

Species

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2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

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Conservation

Showing 27 species · Nam Ha

Showing 27 species · Nam Ha

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Red-whiskered Bulbul

Pycnonotus jocosus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Near Threatened

Asian Golden Cat

Catopuma temminckii

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Banded Krait

Bungarus fasciatus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Southern Pig-tailed Macaque

Macaca nemestrina

HerbivoreOmnivoreDiurnal

Oriental Small-clawed Otter

Aonyx cinereus

CarnivoreDiurnalFamily group

Sunbeam Snake

Xenopeltis unicolor

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Southeast Asian Box Turtle

Cuora amboinensis

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Chinese Hwamei

Garrulax canorus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Chinese Water Dragon

Physignathus cocincinus

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Indian Muntjac

Muntiacus muntjak

HerbivoreVariable activitySolitary

Western Hooded Pitta

Pitta sordida

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary

Critically Endangered

Mekong Giant Catfish

Pangasianodon gigas

HerbivoreCritically EndangeredFish

Short-tailed Gymnure

Hylomys suillus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Near Threatened

Assamese Macaque

Macaca assamensis

OmnivoreDiurnalNear Threatened

Phayre’s Leaf-monkey

Trachypithecus phayrei

HerbivoreDiurnalEndangered

Pileated Gibbon

Hylobates pileatus

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Critically Endangered

Northern White-cheeked Gibbon

Nomascus leucogenys

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Common Flying Dragon

Draco volans

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary

13 countries26 parks

Clouded Leopard

Neofelis nebulosa

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

19 countries25 parks

Common Water Monitor

Varanus salvator

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

20 countries72 parks44 dive sites

Giant Honey Bee

Apis dorsata

NectarivoreDiurnalColonial

19 countries51 parks

King Cobra

Ophiophagus hannah

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

16 countries57 parks

Critically Endangered

Sunda Pangolin

Manis javanica

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

13 countries34 parks

Burmese Python

Python bivittatus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

17 countries20 parks

Giant Leaf Insect

Phyllium giganteum

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

14 countries40 parks

Tokay Gecko

Gekko gecko

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

19 countries53 parks

Ghost Catfish

Kryptopterus vitreolus

CarnivoreIn schoolsFish

13 countries10 parks

37 countries36 parks

17 countries18 parks

16 countries19 parks

13 countries33 parks

16 countries56 parks

11 countries24 parks

15 countries25 parks

9 countries17 parks

6 countries12 parks

16 countries75 parks

13 countries26 parks

6 countries9 parks

9 countries23 parks

9 countries14 parks

7 countries8 parks

5 countries5 parks

3 countries3 parks