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Chitwan National Park is a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Nepal. The park contains significant breeding populations of more than 68 mammalian species, out of which 14 are threatened according to the IUCN Red List. It is refuge for the world's second largest population of great one-horned rhinoceros. Chitwan has the highest population of tigers among protected areas in Nepal. The park has large breeding populations of elephant, Gaur and Various Species of Deer.
List of mammals (incomplete)
- Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)
- Wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee)
- Asian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus)
- Royal Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)
- Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
- Indian leopard (Panthera pardus fusca)
- Dhole (Cuon alpinus)
- Wild boar (Sus scrofa cristatus)
- Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata)
- Gaur (Bos gaurus)
- Chital (Axis axis)
- Sambar deer (Rusa unicolor)
- Indian muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak)
- Hog deer (Hyelaphus porcinus)
- Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatto)
- Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus)
- Indian porcupine (Hystrix indica)
- Fishing cat (Felis viverrina)
- Jungle cat (Felis chaus)
- Large Indian civet (Viverra zibetha)
- Small Indian civet (Viverricula indica)
- Indian gray mongoose (Urva edwardsii)
- Small Indian mongoose (Urva auropunctata)
- Bengal fox (Vulpes bengalensis)
- Indian jackal (Canis aureus indicus)
- Common otter (Lutra lutra)
- Ganges and Indus river dolphin (Platanista gangetica)
- Bat, various species
References
- Bhuju, U. R., Shakya, P. R., Basnet, T. B., Shrestha, S. (2007). Nepal Biodiversity Resource Book. Protected Areas, Ramsar Sites, and World Heritage Sites. Archived 2012-03-01 at the Wayback Machine International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology, in cooperation with United Nations Environment Programme, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Kathmandu, ISBN 978-92-9115-033-5
- Gee, E. P. (1959). Report on a survey of the rhinoceros area of Nepal. Oryx 5: 67–76.
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