The Asiatic Black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus) and Sun Bear (Helarctos malayanus) are confirmed. From Wordnik.com. [Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam] Reference
Resident mammals include sables, Asiatic black bears (Selenarctos thibetanus) and otters (Lutra lutra). From Wordnik.com. [Manchurian mixed forests] Reference
Wild pig (Sus scrofa), Himalayan black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus), and Macaca mulatta are among the more troublesome. From Wordnik.com. [Daba Mountains evergreen forests] Reference
Snow monkeys Macaca fuscata (1996 EN, 2000 DD) are found and the Japanese black bear Selenarctos thibetanus (VU), hunted elsewhere, is common. From Wordnik.com. [Shirakami-sanchi (Shirakami mountains), Japan] Reference
Other large carnivores are Himalayan black bear Selenarctos thibetanus (VU) and brown bear Ursus arctos, the existence of which has yet to be confirmed, and common leopard P. pardus. From Wordnik.com. [Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Park, India] Reference
Mammal species that occupy these ridge crest mountain refuges include black gibbons (Hylobates concolor), bamboo rats, Asiatic black bears (Selenarctos thibeticus), and some large cats. From Wordnik.com. [Yunnan Plateau subtropical evergreen forests] Reference
In the late 1950s the Burma Wildlife Survey team found few species except sambar (Cervus unicolor), barking deer (Muntiacus muntjac), wild boar (Sus scrofa), and Asiatic black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus) in this region. From Wordnik.com. [Northeast India-Myanmar pine forests] Reference
Additional mammals found in this ecoregion include the Altai weasel (Mustela altaica), stone marten (Martes foina), brown bear (Ursos arctos), Himalayan black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus), lynx (Felis lynx), fox (Vulpes vulpes), and wolf (Canis lupus). From Wordnik.com. [Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe] Reference
A number of these species are globally threatened with extinction: Chinese giant salamander Andrias davidianus (I), Asiatic wild dog Cuon alpinus (V), Asiatic black bear Selenarctos thibetanus (V), clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa (V), leopard Panthera pardus and Chinese water deer Hydropotes inermis (V). From Wordnik.com. [Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area, China] Reference
A number of internationally threatened species are found including lesser (red) panda Ailurus fulgens (V), Asiatic black bear Selenarctos thibetanus (V), mainland serow Capricornis sumatrensis (I), Asiatic golden cat Felis temmincki (I), Tibetan macaque Macaca thibetana (K), Chinese giant salamander Andrias davidianus (I) and Grey-hooded parrotbill Paradoxornis zappeyi (R). From Wordnik.com. [Mount Emei and Leshan Giant Buddha, China] Reference
Globally endangered mammals, apart from the giant panda, are the red panda Ailurus fulgens (EN), the snow and cloud leopards Panthera uncia (EN) and Neofelis nebulosa (VU), the golden monkey Rhinopithecus roxellana (VU), Asiatic wild dog Cuon alpinus (VU), Asiatic black bear Selenarctos thibetanus (VU), whitelipped deer Cervus albirostris (VU), serow Capricornus sumatraensis (VU), goral Naemorhedus goral (VU) and argali sheep Ovis ammon (VU). From Wordnik.com. [The Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries, China] Reference
These include sambar deer (Rusa unicolor), Taiwan black bears (Selenarctos thibetanus formosanus), and Swinhoe’s pheasant (Lophura swinhoei). From Wordnik.com. [South Taiwan monsoon rain forests] Reference
Other notable mammal species include the thamin, an endemic subspecies of Eld’s deer (Cervus eldi hainanus), black gibbon (Hylobates concolor), Asiatic black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus), and Hainan mole (Talpa insularis). From Wordnik.com. [Hainan Island monsoon rain forests] Reference
It supports rare mammals such as Taiwan muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi micrurus), Taiwan serow (Naemorhedus swinhoei), and Taiwan black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus formosanus) as well as the two pheasants endemic to Taiwan, the Mikado pheasant (Syrmaticus mikado) and Swinhoe’s pheasant (Lophura swinhoei). From Wordnik.com. [Taiwan subtropical evergreen forests] Reference
Large mammals include rhesus and stump-tailed macaques Macaca mulatta and M. speciosa, Asiatic black bear Selenarctos thibetanus (V), wild dog Cuon alpinus (V), civet Viverra zibetha, Chinese ferret-badger Melogale moschata, clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa (V), wild boar Sus scrofa, sika deer Cervus nippon, mainland serow Capricornis sumatraensis (I), red-bellied and spotted squirrels Callosciurus erythraeus and Tamiops swinhoei, and pangolin Manis pentadactyla. From Wordnik.com. [Mount Huangshan Scenic Beauty and Historic Interest Site, China] Reference
Wild species that persist in the ecoregion's national parks include the gaur (Bos gaurus), sambar (Cervus unicolor), serow (Capricornis sumatrensis), golden cat (Felix temmincki), masked palm civet (Paguma larvata), marbled cat (Felis marmorata), leopard cat (Felis bengalensis), spotted linsang (Prionodon pardicolor), Himalayan black-bear (Selenarctos thibetanus), Himalayan sun-bear (Helarctos malayanus), binturong (Arctictis binturong), dhole (Cuon alpinus), and capped langur (Presbytis pileatus). From Wordnik.com. [Irrawaddy moist deciduous forests] Reference
Mammals include such notable species as giant panda Ailuropoda melanoleuca (EN), lesser panda Ailurus fulgens (EN), golden snub-nosed monkey Rhinopithecus roxellanae roxellanae (VU), Asiatic black bear Selenarctos thibetanus (VU), brown bear Ursus arctos, Asiatic wild dog Cuon alpinus (VU), leopard Panthera pardus fusca, lynx Felis lynx, Pallas 'cat Felis manul, Sichuan takin Budorcas taxicolor thibetana (VU), mainland serow Capricornis sumatraensis (VU), common goral Nemorhaedus goral, argali sheep Ovis ammon (VU) and three species of deer, one being the white-lipped deer, Cervus albirostris (VU). From Wordnik.com. [Huanglong National Scenic Area, China] Reference
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