Country ยท Asia
Animals of Thailand
24 animals on this site have a range that includes Thailand. Each fact file has a map with the whole range.
24 profiles
VUMammals
Asian black bear
Ursus thibetanus
The Asian black bear is a medium-sized forest bear of Asia with a pale crescent on its chest and a gift for climbing.
Living
LCMammals
Asian palm civet
Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
The Asian palm civet is a small, cat-like viverrid of South and Southeast Asia that climbs trees at night to eat fruit.
Living
EXMammals
Aurochs
Bos primigenius
The aurochs was the wild ox of Europe, North Africa and much of Asia, and the ancestor of domestic cattle.
ExtinctAI reconstruction
VUMammals
Binturong
Arctictis binturong
The binturong is a large, shaggy civet of the South and Southeast Asian forest canopy.
Living
VUMammals
Clouded leopard
Neofelis nebulosa
The clouded leopard is a mid-sized cat of the forests of the Himalayan foothills, Southeast Asia and southern China.
Living
LCFish
Clownfish
Amphiprion ocellaris
The clownfish lives inside the stinging tentacles of a sea anemone, which it cleans and defends in return.
Living
LCBirds
Cockatiel
Nymphicus hollandicus
The cockatiel is the smallest cockatoo, and it lives across the dry inland of Australia.
Living
VUCrustaceans
Coconut crab
Birgus latro
The coconut crab is the largest land-living arthropod.
Living
LCBirds
Common kingfisher
Alcedo atthis
The common kingfisher is a small blue and orange bird of clear, slow rivers across Europe, Asia and North Africa.
Living
LCBirds
Common myna
Acridotheres tristis
The common myna is a brown starling with a black head and a bare yellow patch behind the eye, native to southern Asia.
Living
NTMammals
False killer whale
Pseudorca crassidens
The false killer whale is a large black dolphin of warm, deep seas that hunts tuna and squid in pods bound by lifelong ties.
Living
VUMammals
Gaur
Bos gaurus
The gaur, or Indian bison, is the largest of all wild cattle, a forest bovine of India and Southeast Asia.
Living
LCMammals
Golden jackal
Canis aureus
The golden jackal is a small wolf-like canid of Europe and southern Asia that lives in lifelong pairs and eats anything from voles to fruit.
Living
VUReptiles
King cobra
Ophiophagus hannah
The king cobra is the longest venomous snake.
Living
VUMammals
Leopard
Panthera pardus
The leopard is a spotted big cat that lives across Africa and Asia in more kinds of country than any other cat.
Living
LCMammals
Leopard cat
Prionailurus bengalensis
The leopard cat is a small spotted cat found across South, Southeast and East Asia, from Pakistan to the Russian Far East.
Living
LCBirds
Peregrine falcon
Falco peregrinus
The peregrine falcon is the fastest animal on Earth.
Living
LCBirds
Red junglefowl
Gallus gallus
The red junglefowl is a shy forest-edge bird of South and Southeast Asia, and the wild ancestor of the domestic chicken.
Living
LCMammals
Rhesus macaque
Macaca mulatta
The rhesus macaque is a brown monkey with a pink face that lives in large, rank-ordered troops across South and East Asia.
Living
LCBirds
Rock dove
Columba livia
The rock dove is the wild pigeon of sea cliffs and rocky gorges in Europe, North Africa and southern Asia.
Living
LCReptiles
Saltwater crocodile
Crocodylus porosus
The saltwater crocodile is the largest living reptile.
Living
VUMammals
Sun bear
Helarctos malayanus
The sun bear is the smallest and most arboreal bear, a black bear of the Southeast Asian rainforest with an orange crescent on its chest.
Living
ENMammals
Tiger
Panthera tigris
The tiger is the largest living cat and the only one with stripes.
Living
ENFish
Whale shark
Rhincodon typus
The whale shark is the largest fish in the sea.
Living
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