Country ยท Asia
Animals of Vietnam
11 animals on this site have a range that includes Vietnam. Each fact file has a map with the whole range.
11 profiles
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
LCBirds
Black kite
Milvus migrans
The black kite is a medium-sized raptor with angled wings and a forked tail.
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
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
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
VUReptiles
King cobra
Ophiophagus hannah
The king cobra is the longest venomous snake.
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
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
LCReptiles
Saltwater crocodile
Crocodylus porosus
The saltwater crocodile is the largest living reptile.
Living
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