Tibet wild animals and birds

The mountains and forests of Tibet are home to a vast range of animal life found only in Tibet. There are a variety of wild animals in Tibet, about 142 species of mammals, 473 species of birds, 49 species of reptiles, 44 species of amphibians, 64 species of fish and more than 2,300 species of insects.
Famous Tibet wild animals include Cercopithecus, Assamese macaque, rhesus monkey, muntjak, head-haired deer, wild cattle, red-spotted antelopes, serows, leopards, clouded leopards, black bears, wild cats, weasels, little pandas, red deer, river deer, whitelipped deer, wild yaks, Tibetan antelopes, wild donkeys, argalis, Mongolian gazelles, foxes, wolves, iynxes, brown bears, jackals, blue sheep, and snow leopards.

Tibetan antelopes with elegant posture 

 A wild yak is enjoying sunshine beside a lake.  

The Tibetan antelope, wild yak, wild donkey and argali are all rare species particular to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and are under state protection. The white-lipped deer, found only in China, is of particular rarity. The black-necked crane and the Tibetan pheasant are under first-grade state protection. Wild yak is one of rare species particular to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and under state protection.
These rare and threaten animals include: the snow leopard, Tibetan takin, Himalayan black bear, wild yak (drong in Tibetan), blue sheep, musk deer, golden monkey, wild ass (kyang in Tibetan), Tibetan gazelle, Himalayan mouse hare, Tibetan antelope, giant panda and red panda.
In Tibet, there are over 532 different species of birds in 57 families, which is about 70 percent of the total families found in China. Some of the birds include: storks, wild swans, Blyth’s kingfisher, geese, ducks, shorebirds, raptors, brown-chested jungle flycatchers, redstarts, finches, grey-sided thrushes, Przewalski’s parrotbills, wagtails, chickadees, large-billed bush warblers, bearded vultures, woodpeckers and nuthatches. The most famous being the black-necked crane called trung trung kaynak in Tibetan. Unfortunately, without the Tibetan sense of enviromentalism, several of these birds are threatened with extinction.