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Birds of Southeast Asia (4 C, 320 P) Fish of Southeast Asia (10 C, 98 P) ... Domesticated plants and animals of Austronesia; Dwarf sperm whale; E. Enigmonia ...
Bats of Southeast Asia (4 C, 204 P) Primates of Southeast Asia (5 C, 40 P) Rodents of Southeast Asia (10 C, 17 P) B. Mammals of Borneo (5 C, 29 P) Mammals of Brunei ...
The tiger is the largest carnivorous mammal in Asia. [1] [2]The animals living in Asia and its surrounding seas and islands are considered the fauna of Asia.Since there is no natural biogeographic boundary in the west between Europe and Asia, the term "fauna of Asia" is somewhat elusive but it is a geographical name given.
A recent report from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) listed 234 new species from the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia. Some of the animals discovered include the lightweight shrew mole ...
Mammals of Southeast Asia (16 C, 75 P) ... Pages in category "Mammals of Asia" The following 136 pages are in this category, out of 136 total.
Chickens were one of the ancestral domesticated animals of the Austronesian peoples. They were transported to Taiwan and the Philippines around 5,500 to 4,500 years ago. From there, they spread outwards with the Austronesian migrations to the rest of Island Southeast Asia, Micronesia, Island Melanesia, and Polynesia in prehistoric times. [37]
The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), also known as the Asiatic elephant, is a species of elephant distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west to Borneo in the east, and Nepal in the north to Sumatra in the south. Three subspecies are recognised—E. m. maximus, E. m. indicus and E. m. sumatranus.
These migrations were accompanied by a set of domesticated, semi-domesticated, and commensal plants and animals transported via outrigger ships and catamarans that enabled early Austronesians to thrive in the islands of Maritime Southeast Asia (also known as 'Island Southeast Asia'. e.g.: Philippines, Indonesia), Near Oceania , Remote Oceania ...