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Three
ecological units may be distinguished within Bhutan: High - altitude, temperate,
and tropical. Snow leopard, blue sheep, red panda, tiger, takin, marmot,
and musk deer are some of the species found in the high altitudes. Temperate
zone fauna include tiger, leopard, goral, serow, gray langur, macaques,
Himalayan black bear, red panda, squirrels, sambar, wild pig, and barking
deer. The tropical forests in the south have tiger, clouded leopard, elephant,
greater one-horned rhinoceros, water buffalo, golden langur; gaur, swamp
deer, hog deer, pygmy hog, hispid hare, piliated langur, sloth bear, and
hornbills.
