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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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