Asian Animals Nepal and Oman

Wildlife of Nepal

Nepal is an Asian country bordered by Tibet and India. In the lowland Tarai Valley are subtropical forests and there is snow and ice in the Himalayas. The country is home to eight of the tallest mountains in the world.

Official National Animal

The cow is the holiest animal and cannot be mistreated or killed. Tihar a three-day long festival celebrates cows.

Yaks are needed by the Nepali people for survival in the mountains, They provide milk, butter, and dung. The local sherpas rely on these animals to ride the treacherous trails of the high Himalayas.

Sagarmatha National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage site and includes Mount Everest.

Here you’ll find wildlife like the Himalayan tahr, goral, musk deer, and serow.

Bardia National Park is a protected area.

This is home to rare, exotic animals like wild elephants, one-horned rhinos, blackbucks, swamp deer, gharial crocodiles, and the Ganges River dolphin. The park protects over 200 endangered bird species.

Rolwaling Valley Sanctuary is a protected area for yaks. Other wildlife include wild cows and sheep.

Shey Phoksundo National Park is the largest national park in Nepal. Phokosundo Lake has the highest waterfall in the country.

You can see snow leopards, Himalayan tahrs, and rhesus monkeys.

One-horned rhinos or Indian rhinos enjoy Chitwan National Park.

Asian elephants are the largest of all mammals in Nepal.

Royal Bengal tigers are the most charismatic and well-known of all big cats in Asia. They live in the jungle.

Red Pandas are found in the Eastern Himalayan range spending most of their time in the treetops.

Blue sheep are among the most commonly seen wildlife in the Himalayas.

Pangolins are scaly ant and termite eaters.

Honey Badgers are found burrowing in Denkhuri Valley.

Sloth Bears are found only in three countries Nepal, India, and Sri Lanka.

Marine Animals

Otters are small semi-aquatic mammals, They’re excellent swimmers. In Nepal, they can be found Terai, Rara region northwest, Annapurna Conservation Area, and outside of Pokhara.

Ganges River dolphins are blind, freshwater dolphins. They navigate the rivers of Asia.

Gharial crocodiles are interesting=looking freshwater river crocodiles.

Wildlife of Oman

Oman is an Asian country located in the southeast corner of the Arabian Peninsula. The country sits at the mouth of the Persian Gulf. It is a desert region bisected by a range of mountains. Wildlife is divided into three basic categories – animals of the desert regions, animals of the mountains, and animals found along the coast of the Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf.

Official National Animal

Arabian oryx

Official National Bird

Barbary Falcon

Native Animals

Nubian ibexes are a species of wild goats.

Arabian wildcats are a subspecies of wildcats native to the Arabian Peninsula.

Striped hyenas make their home at the Samhan Nature Reserve in the southwest.

Blanford’s foxes are a small species of canids native to Central Asia and the Middle East. They live in the forests of Oman.

Caracals are a medium-sized species of wild cats and can be found at the Arabian Oryx Sanctuary

Birds

Egyptian vultures are a species of Old World vultures native to the Arabian Peninsula. They live in the mountains of Oman.

Also in the Oman Mountains, you can find golden eagles.

Omani owls are the only birds endemic to Oman

Marine Animals

Humpback whales are among the largest mammals in the world. They can be seen off the coast of the Dhofar Governorate in the southeastern parts of the country.

Spinner dolphins are a small species of dolphins known for their aerial prowess. They can be seen off the coast of Muscat in southern Oman.

Also off the coast of Muscat, you can see sperm whales which are the largest toothed whales as well as largest toothed predators in the world