Asia, the largest of all continents, features a wide variety of habitats - from eternal ice to large forests to vast mountain ranges. The flora and fauna are equally diverse. The tropical forests of Southeast Asia, as well as the great steppe regions of Central Asia, are home to a fascinating array of species, including many rare animals.
Asian ElephantElephas maximus
Asian small-clawed otterAonyx cinereus
Bactrian CamelCamelus bactrianus
BinturongArctictis binturong
Black-naped fruit-dovePtilinopus melanospilus
BlackbuckAntilope cervicapra
Blue-crowned hangig-parrotLoriculus galgulus
Chattering loryLorius garrulus
Chestnut-backed thrushGeokichla dohertyi
Crested PartridgeRollulus rouloul
Domestic YakBos mutus grunniens
Fishing catPrionailurus viverrinus
Great ArgusArgusianus argus
Grosbeak starlingScissirostrum dubium
Hog DeerAxis porcinus
Indian crested PorcupineHystrix indica
Indian RhinocerosRhinoceros unicornis
Java mouse-deerTragulus javanicus
Javan BantengBos javanicus javanicus
Large flying-foxPteropus vampyrus
Lord derby's parakeetPsittacula derbiana
MarkhorCapra falconeri
Mindanao Bleeding-HeartGallicolumba crinigera
Mishmi TakinBudorcas taxicolor taxicolor
Mitchell´s LorikeetTrichoglossus forsteni mitchellii
Nicobar pigeonCaloenas nicobarica
NilgaiBoselaphus tragocamelus
Oriental magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
Pallas' CatOtocolobus manul
Papuan HornbillRhyticeros plicatus
Persian Fallow DeerDama mesopotamica
Przewalski's HorseEquus przewalskii
Red PandaAilurus fulgens
Red-Billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythroryncha
Red-flanked lorikeetHypocharmosyna placentis
Reeves' MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
SiamangSymphalangus syndactylus
Siberian TigerPanthera tigris altaica
Silver PheasantLophura nycthemera
Silvery GibbonHylobates moloch
Sumatran OrangutanPongo abelii
Tricoloured parrotfinchErythrura tricolor
Victoria crowned pigeonGoura victoria
Vietnamese pheasantLophura edwardsi
Visayan Warty PigSus cebifrons negrinus
White-rumped shamaCopsychus malabaricus
WolverineGulo gulo