Mountain Animals

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

The giant panda is a bear native to the mountain forests of central China, famous for a diet made up almost entirely of bamboo despite a digestive system built for meat.

Gorilla beringei beringei

The mountain gorilla is a critically-studied great ape subspecies living in the misty forested slopes of the Virunga Mountains and Bwindi in central Africa, and one of conservation's most notable recovery stories.

Ailurus fulgens

The red panda is a small, tree-dwelling mammal native to the temperate forests of the eastern Himalayas, unrelated to the giant panda despite the shared name and bamboo diet.

Panthera uncia

The snow leopard is an elusive big cat adapted to life in the high, cold mountains of Central and South Asia, so rarely seen it's often called the 'ghost of the mountains'.

Ovis vignei

The urial is a wild sheep species native to the dry hills and mountains of Central and South Asia, recognized by the male's large curling horns.

Bos grunniens

The yak is a large, long-haired bovine adapted to the extreme cold and thin air of the high Himalayan plateau, long domesticated as a vital pack animal.

Marmota flaviventris

The yellow-bellied marmot is a large ground squirrel found in the mountains of western North America, spending nearly eight months of the year in deep hibernation.