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Wildlife of Vietnam. The wildlife of Vietnam is rich in flora and fauna as reflected by its unique biodiversity. Saola, rare and antelope-like animal categorized under the bovine subfamily, was found in 1992 in Vũ Quang National Park. In the 1990s, three other muntjac species, the deer-like Truong Son muntjac (found in Bạch Mã National Park ...
Order: Sirenia (manatees and dugongs) [] Dugongs. Sirenia is an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that live in rivers and marine wetlands. It includes four extant species, three manatees and the dugong, and the extinct Stellar's sea cow. Family: Dugongidae.
The species was first reported in 1992 by Do Tuoc, a forest ecologist, and his associates. [5] The first photograph of a living saola was taken in captivity in 1993. The most recent one was taken in 2013 by a movement-triggered camera in the forest of central Vietnam. [6] [7] It is the only species in the genus Pseudoryx.
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Vietnam.The avifauna of Vietnam include a total of 963 species, of which 18 are endemic, and 5 have been introduced.. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition.
The Cat Ba langur (Trachypithecus poliocephalus), also known as the golden-headed langur, is a critically endangered species of langur endemic to Cát Bà Island, Vietnam.It is among the rarest primates in the world, and possibly the rarest primate in Asia, with population size estimated at less than 70 individuals.
Vietnamese leaf turtle (Geoemyda spengleri) Vietnam mouse-deer (Tragulus versicolor) Vietnamese pheasant (Lophura hatinhensis) Vietnamese pond turtle (Mauremys annamensis) Vietnam sucker frog (Odorrana chapaensis) Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) References. List of endangered species in Vietnam. Appearance.
[29] [30] Pongo is found as part of the faunal complex in the Pleistocene cave assemblage in Vietnam, alongside Giganopithecus, though it is known only from teeth. Some fossils described under the name P. hooijeri have been found in Vietnam, and multiple fossil subspecies have been described from several parts of southeastern Asia.
Binomial name. Paramesotriton deloustali. (Bourret, 1934) The Tam Dao salamander, Vietnamese salamander, or Vietnam warty newt (Paramesotriton deloustali) is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae found only in Vietnam and Yunnan, China. [2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or ...