Mammal · Terai icons
Meet the tiger
Nepal's tigers roam the sal forests and tall grasslands of the Terai, from Chitwan and Parsa in the east to Bardia and Shuklaphanta in the far west.
Meet the tiger
Mammal · Terai icons
One-horned rhino
Chitwan's floodplain grasslands hold most of Nepal's rhinos, one of Asia's great conservation recoveries.
Meet the rhino
Bird · Nepal specialities
Himalayan monal
Nepal's national bird, the danphe: a pheasant of high forest and alpine meadow whose male shines like metal in the sun.
Meet the monal
Reptile · Crocodilians
Gharial
A slender-snouted fish-eater of the Narayani and Rapti rivers, helped along by the breeding centre at Kasara in Chitwan.
Meet the gharial
Mammal · Forest & grassland
Sloth bear
A termite specialist with a shaggy coat and a vacuum-like snout; mothers carry their cubs on their backs for months.
Meet the sloth bear
Bird · Raptors
Bearded vulture
The lammergeier glides the Himalayan ridges looking for bones, and drops the big ones onto rocks to get at the marrow.
Meet the lammergeier350+ mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians
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