Wildlife Reserve of Tibet :

Wildlife Reserve of Tibet :
A variety of large mammals can be found in Tibet including leopards, tigers, bears, wolves, foxes and monkeys. Other animals include musk deer, yaks and Tibetan antelope as well as wild animals such as sheep, goats, and donkeys.

The Chang Tang Wildlife Reserve :

WITH the establishment of the Chang Tang Wildlife Reserve, Tibet in 1993, approximately 300 000 km2 of Tibetan wilderness were brought under protection. The Reserve, which is the second largest protected area in the world, includes one of the earth's last, largely undisturbed rangeland ecosystems and provides habitat for a unique assemblage of wildlife, several species of which are endangered and endemic to the Tibetan plateau. The southern and western most parts of the Reserve also support Tibetan pastoralists and their livestock.
The Chang Tang Reserve maintains an exceptional community of large mammals which includes six wild ungulate species: chiru or Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii), Tibetan gazelle (Procapra picticaudata), Tibetan argali (Ovis ammon), blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur), kiang or Tibetan wild ass (Equus kiang), and wild yak (Bos grunniens). Predators on these ungulates include the common wolf (Canis lupus), snow leopard (Panthera uncia), brown bear (Ursus arctos) and lynx (Felis lynx). Among the widespread small mammals are: plateau pikas (0chotona curzoniae), Tibetan fox (Vulpesferrilata), red fox (Vulpes vulpes), Himalayan marmots (Marmota himalayana), and Tibetan woolly hares (Lepus oiostolus). The Reserve now represents the last and best place on the Tibetan plateau affording most of these species a future. All species of wild mammals, except wolves, are officially protected from hunting in the Reserve.


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