Animals by Scientific Class Names

Gyps himalayensis,Himalayan Vulture,Yellow vulture

Features：It can fly over Mount Everest and is one of the highest flying birds in the world.

The Himalayan Vulture is a large bird of prey with no subspecies.The Himalayan Vulture is a resident bird. It often soars at an altitude of 6,000 meters, spends a long time in the air searching for animal carcasses or debris, and then lands to tear them apart after finding them. It is one of the hig...

Gyps bengalensis,White-rumped Vulture,White-rumped vulture, white-rumped vulture

Features：Its claws are not sharp, so it cannot catch prey alive, and its head and neck are completely exposed.

White-rumped vulture is a medium-sized vulture, which is only found in Asia and has no subspecies.White-rumped vulture is a gregarious animal that feeds on the ground or on rocky slopes, often in small groups. It is active during the day and rests in trees at night. The flight speed is generally 50...

Gyps indicus,Long-billed vulture, Indian vulture, long-billed vulture, painted vulture,Indian Vulture, Indian Griffon, Long-billed Griffon, Long-billed Vulture, Painted Vulture

Features：Nature's Cleaner

The Indian Vulture is the smallest species in the genus Vulture and has no subspecies.The Indian Vulture is a scavenger. Its main food is the carcasses of dead animals. It patrols over tropical savannas or human settlements in search of food. When it finds food, it moves out in groups. Most members...

Black Baza,Aviceda leuphotes

Features：The top of the head has a long, vertical blue-black crest

The Black-crowned Bazaar is a small to medium-sized bird of prey with four subspecies.The Black-crowned Bazaar often moves alone, sometimes in small groups of 3-5 or so. It often soars and hovers over the forest, occasionally flapping its wings and flying. It is very leisurely, and sometimes it move...

Aviceda jerdoni,Jerdon's Baza,Crested Eagle

Features：The top of the head has a long black crest consisting of 2-3 feathers, often standing vertically on the head with white tips.

Jerdon's Baza, also known as the Brown-crowned Cuckoo Falcon, is a medium-sized bird of prey with five subspecies.The Brown-crowned Cuckoo Falcon is a resident bird and does not migrate. Usually active alone, mainly during the day, especially in the morning and dusk, with a low call, soaring in...

Batrachuperus pinchonii,Qianghuo fish, fir fish, white dragon

Features：The body color varies greatly, the back is generally dark brown or brownish yellow, but there are also black gray, olive green or brown red;

The stream salamander is an amphibian of the genus Hynomaria, family Hynomaria. It lives in mountain streams at an altitude of 1500 to 3950 meters, where the water flow is relatively fast; the banks of the stream are mostly fir trees and shrubs, with many dead branches and fallen leaves, and there a...

Batrachuperus londongensis,Small giant salamander

Features：The body is enlarged, the back and sides are dark brown, and some have irregular brown-yellow or orange-yellow spots.

Longdong Stream Salamander is a tailed amphibian of the family Hynomidae and the genus Hynomidae. It lives in spring caves at an altitude of about 1,200 meters and in the downstream river. The upper part of the river is deep, the lower part is open, the flow is fast, and there are many stones on the...

Batrachuperus londongensis,Qianghuo fish, fir fish, white dragon

Features：The skin has no spots or patterns, the back of the body is dark brown or black gray, and the ventral side is slightly brighter.

The spotted stream salamander is a species of the genus Hynomialidae. This species has been included in the "List of Terrestrial Wildlife with Important Economic and Scientific Research Value under State Protection" issued by the State Forestry Administration of China on August 1, 2000.The...

Batrachuperus cochranae,Qianghuo fish, fir fish, white dragon

Features：When alive, the back is yellowish brown, and except for the snout, it is scattered with dark brown spots. The spots are clearer in smaller ones; the belly is grayish yellow.

The weak-lipped stream salamander is a tailed amphibian of the family Hynomidae and the genus Hynomidae. It lives in high mountainous areas at an altitude of 3,500 to 3,900 meters, often inhabiting lush vegetation and extremely humid environments on the ground. It is often found in the moist environ...

Pseudohynobius shuichengensis

Features：The entire back is purple-brown with no different colored markings.

The Shuicheng Salamander is a tailed amphibian of the family Salamanderidae and the genus Salamander. This species is similar to Pseudomonas maculata, but the body tail and the back of the limbs of this species are purple-brown without yellow patches; the limbs are long, and the front half of the pa...

Pseudohynobius kuankuoshuiensis

Features：The whole body is engraved with dark colors.

The broadwater salamander is a tailed amphibian of the family Hynobiidae and the genus Hynobiidae. It is similar to the yellow-spotted Hynobiidae, but the dorsal patches of this species are nearly circular, and the head length is about 1.55 times the head width.This salamander lives in higher mounta...

Pseudohynobius jinfo

Features：The back and tail are grayish yellow with dark brown spots, while the ventral side of the body is lighter in color.

The Golden Buddha's Pseudohylid Salamander lives in high mountainous areas with an altitude of 1980-2150m, where vegetation is lush. During the day, adults hide in the grass by the stream and move in the water at night. During the non-breeding season, adults stay away from water and live in a mo...

Manis javanica, pangolin, dace carp

Features：There is a white scale on the tail and dark brown scales all over the body.

Malayan pangolins are nocturnal animals that rest during the day curled up in tree holes or burrows and come out to forage throughout the night, using their prehensile tails to climb trees in pursuit of prey. The diet consists mainly of ants and termites. They can easily locate ant nests with their...

Manis crassicaudata,Thick-tailed pangolin, scaly anteater

Features：The head is small and triangular, and the body is slender and long.

Although it is a ground-dwelling animal, it is good at climbing using its prehensile tail. It lives alone most of the time, except during the mating season. It mainly feeds on ants and termites. It spends most of its time in caves or rocks. When frightened, it curls up into a ball. It usually gives...

Manis pentadactyla,Pangolin, anteater

Features：Slender. Large, conical skull. Small eyes. Long and narrow body. Scales all over the body. Short and thick limbs. Long and flat tail.

The Chinese pangolin is a specialized species with basically degenerated vision and a particularly keen sense of smell. The pangolin has a small liver, weak liver detoxification function, and a weak immune system. It has a single-chamber stomach covered with a keratin membrane, and the mucous membra...

Pseudohynobius guizhouensis

Features：The back is purple-brown with irregular orange-red or khaki-yellow nearly circular spots.

Juveniles live in the backwater of a stream, which is about 2.0m wide. There are dense bamboos and shrubs on the edge of the stream, covering the sky above the stream. Adults stay away from water during the non-breeding period and live on land, hiding in a cool and humid environment.Listed in the se...

Pernis ptilorhynchus,Oriental Honey-buzzard,Octagonal eagle, eagle-headed eagle, honey eagle, oriental honey eagle

Features：The sides of the head have short, hard, scaly feathers that are thick and dense.

Oriental Honey-buzzard is a medium-sized bird of prey with 6 subspecies.Some of the Crested Honey-buzzards are resident birds, while others are migratory birds, but both are relatively rare. Except for Hainan Island, all the birds distributed in China are summer migrants. They migrate here in spring...

Neophron percnopterus,Egyptian vulture,Egyptian vulture, Pharaoh's chicken, Egyptian vulture, scavenger vulture

Features：Eating feces to attract the attention of the opposite sex has cultural significance in many places

The Egyptian vulture is very large and has three subspecies.The white vulture is a gregarious bird. It often rises with the heat when flying. They eat a variety of foods, including mammal feces (especially human), insects, corpses, plants and small prey. Studies have shown that eating mammal feces h...

Gypaetus barbatus,Bearded Vulture,Bearded vulture, bearded vulture, bearded vulture, bearded vulture

Features：It is named after the black "beard" hanging under its mouth.

Bearded Vulture, also known as Bearded Vulture, has three subspecies.Bearded Vultures often move alone or in pairs, and rarely mix with other birds of prey. They often fly and soar slowly over the top of a mountain or hillside, with their heads hanging down and turning left and right from time to ti...

Elanus caeruleus,Black-winged Kite,Ash owl

Features：Blue-grey upper body, white lower body, yellow feet, black beak

Black-winged Kite is a small bird of prey with 5 subspecies.In most areas, black-winged kites are resident birds and do not migrate. In China, they are resident birds in Yunnan Province and summer migratory birds in Zhejiang, Guangxi, and Hebei. They arrive at their breeding grounds in April and May...

Pelecanus crispus,Dalmatian Pelican

Features：The neck is often bent into an "S" shape and tucked into the shoulders

The Dalmatian Pelican, whose foreign name is Dalmatian Pelican, is a large white waterbird with no subspecies.Curly-feathered pelicans like to live in groups. The sound is low and hoarse. It likes to live in groups and swim, but it cannot dive and is good at walking on land. The neck is often bent i...