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APPENDIX IV: COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF MAMMALS AND BIRDS IN TEXT

Common Name         Latin Name               Order (Family)

Mammals Species (also see Chapter 7, Table 21)

Argali                                          Ovis ammon                                 Artiodactyla (Bovidae)

Blue sheep                                   Pseudois nayaur                            Artiodactyla (Bovidae)

Chinese desert cat                          Felis bieti                                    Carnivora

Eurasian badger                             Meles meles                                  Carnivora

Giant panda                                  Ailuropoda melanoleuca                 Carnivora

Glover’s pika                                Ochotona gloveri                           Lagormorpha

Goitred gazelle                              Gazella subgutturosa                     Artiodactyla (Bovidae)

Golden monkey                             Rhinopithecus roxellanae                Primata

Gray wolf                                     Canis lupus                                  Carnivora

Himalayan marmot                        Marmota himalayana                     Rodentia

Lynx                                           Felix (Lynx) lynx                           Carnivora

Musk deer                                    Moschus spp.                                Artiodactyla (Moschidae)

Pallas’ cat                                    Felis manul                                  Carnivora

Plateau pika                                  Ochotona curzoniae                       Lagomorpha

Przewalski’s gazelle                       Procapra przewalskii                     Artiodactyla (Bovidae)

Red fox                                        Vulpes vulpes                                Carnivora

Red-eared pika                              Ochotona erythrotis                       Lagomorpha

Snow leopard                                Uncia uncia                                  Carnivora

Steppe polecat                                       Mustela eversmanni                                              Carnivora

Tibetan antelope (chiru)                  Pantholops hodgsoni                     Artiodactyla (Bovidae)

Tibetan brown bear                        Ursus arctos pruinosus                   Carnivora

Tibetan gazelle                              Procapra picticaudata                    Artiodactyla (Bovidae)

Tibetan sand fox                            Vulpes ferrilata                             Carnivora

Tibetan wild ass (kiang)                 Equus kiang                                 Perissodactyla

Tibetan wild yak                           Bos grunniens                               Artiodactyla (Bovidae)

Tibetan woolly hare                       Lepus oiostolus                             Lagomorpha

White-lipped deer                          Cervus albirostris                         Artiodactyla (Cervidae)

Zokor                                          Myospalax fontanieri                     Rodentia

 

 

Common Name         Latin Name               Family

Birds Species (also see Chapter 7, Table 20)

Accentors                                     Prunella spp.                                Prunellidae

Bar-headed goose                           Anser indicus                                Anatidae

Black kite                                    Milvus migrans                             Accipitridae

Black-necked crane                         Grus nigricollis                            Gruidae     

Brown-headed gull                                Larus brunnicephalus                                               Laridae

Buntings                                      Emberiza spp.                               Emberizidae

Chinese hazel grouse                      Tetrastes sewerzowi                       Tetraonidae

Chinese monal pheasant                  Lophophorus ihuysi                       Phasianidae

Cinereous vulture                          Aegypius monachus                        Accipitridae

Golden eagle                                 Aquila chrysaetos                          Accipitridae

Great black-headed gull                   Larus ichthyaetus                          Laridae

Great cormorant                             Phalacrocorax carbo                      Phalacrocoracidae

Himalayan griffon                          Gyps himalayensis                         Accipitridae

Hume’s ground jay                        Pseudopodoces humilis                   Corvidae

Lammergeyer                                Gypaetus barbatus                         Accipitridae

Larks                                           Calandrella and Eremophila spp                                    Alaudidae

Long-billed calandra lark                 Melanocorypha maxima                  Alaudidae

Pheasant grouse                             Tetraophasius obscurus                  Tetraonidae

Redstarts                                      Phoenicurus and Rhyacornis spp.     Turdidae

Rosefinches                                  Carpodacus spp.                           Fringillidae

Shrikes                                        Lanius spp.                                  Laniidae

Snowfinches                                 Montifringilla spp.                        Ploceidae

Tibetan sandgrouse                                Syrrhaptes tibetanus                                         Pteroclididae

Tibetan snowcock                          Tetraogallus tibetanus                   Phasianidae

Upland buzzard                             Buteo hemilasius                           Accipitridae

Wagtails                                      Motacilla spp.                              Motacillidae

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