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  • Other notable mammals include carnivores, such as leopard Panthera pardus, wild dog or dhole Cuon alpinus (VU), leopard cat Felis bengalensis, fishing cat F. viverrina (LR), Javan mongoose Herpestes javanicus and several civets, including binturong Arctictis binturong.

    Ujung Kulon National Park and Krakatau Nature Reserve, Indonesia 2009

  • Tiger (Panthera tigris), leopard (Panthera pardus), wild dog (Cuon apinus), and otter (Lutra spp.) were reported in 1982 but probably have been extirpated or survive only in low numbers.

    Myanmar Coast mangroves 2008

  • Several other mammal species are found in this ecoregion, including numerous primate species such as several leaf-monkeys, siamang (Hylobates syndactylus), the region's largest gibbon, wild dog (Cuon alpinus), sun bear (Ursus malayanus), and clouded leopard (Pardofelis nebulosa).

    Sumatran montane rain forests 2008

  • Large carnivores such as tigers (Panthera tigris), clouded leopards (Felis nebulosa), leopards (Panthera pardus), and packs of wild dogs (Cuon alpinus) hunted these herbivores.

    Central Indochina dry forests 2008

  • Steppe forest species include red wolf Cuon alpinus (VU), and steppe species, marbled polecat Vormela peregusna and the rare Mongolian gazelle Procapra gutturosa.

    Uvs Nuur Basin, Russian Federation, Republic of Tuva and Mongolia 2008

  • There are no ecoregional endemic species, but the threatened species include the tiger, wild dog (Cuon alpinus), sloth bear (Ursus ursinus), and chousingha (Tetracerus quadricornis).

    Northern dry deciduous forests 2008

  • But the sixty-six known mammal species include two threatened species: the wild dog (Cuon alpinus) and sloth bear (Melursus ursinus).

    East Deccan dry-evergreen forests 2008

  • Among the larger threatened mammal species in this ecoregion are the tiger, Asian elephant, gaur, Nilgiri langur, wild dog (Cuon alpinus), and sloth bear.

    South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests 2008

  • Among the mammals of conservation significance are the wild dog (Cuon alpinus) and endangered Javan leopard (Panthera pardus melas).

    Eastern Java-Bali montane rain forests 2008

  • Landscape-scale action, through biodiversity conservation corridors, will be necessary for wide ranging species such as the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus, EN), tiger (Panthera tigris, EN), Asiatic wild dog (Cuon alpinus, EN), and greater spotted eagle (Aquila clanga, VU).

    Biological diversity in the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka 2008

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