Hailing from northern and northeastern Borneo, Malaysia, and Indonesia, the Borneo pygmy elephant is the smallest pachyderm in Asia. They prefer lowland rainforests and valleys, near water sources. They have a long tail that can even
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The Japanese macaque monkey, aka snowy monkey, is found on 3 of the 4 main Japanese islands: Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. Their preferred habitat is evergreen and broad-leaved deciduous forests, from subtropical lowlands to
The sun bear, aka honey bear, basindo nan tenggil, or beruang madu, is the smallest recognized bear in the world, with the longest tongue. Their crescent shaped chest marking is like a fingerprint, in that it’s different on each bear. It’s also
The leopard cat is a forest-dwelling feline found in southern and eastern Asia. They inhabit tropical rainforests, coniferous forests, deciduous forests, scrublands, and semi-desert areas; based on the subspecies (of which there are 10
Due to its size, temperament, venom, and overall reputation, the king cobra (not a true cobra, by the way) is a snake to be respected and feared. These snakes are more closely related to mambas than to cobras. Kings are the largest known venomous snake in the world. A few […]
Found in northeast China, southeastern Russia, Mongolia, and eastern Japan, the red-crowned crane is one of the world’s largest crane species. They forage in pasturelands and winter in rivers, coastal salt marshes, freshwater marshes, rice
The incredible, phantom-like dhole (pronounced “dole”), aka red dog, Asiatic wild dog, or whistling dog is found from Siberia in northern Asia to the Malay Peninsula down south. They like scrub, steppes, dense forests, and even alpine regions up to 9,000 feet. They are
You heard that right: flying paradise tree snake. And I don’t mean snakes on a plane. These snakes actually leap from tree to tree and glide through the air to get from place to place! You might be thinking that hopefully this is a rare oddity and what kind of […]
The Asiatic black bear, aka Asian Black Bear, Himalayan Black Bear, and the Tibetan Black Bear, is a medium sized bear that hails from western, central, eastern, and southern Asia. They prefer low altitude subtropical, tropical, deciduous, and temperate forests. These bears are 1 of 8 known true bear species […]
Touted as one of the smallest cat species in the world, it’s the rusty-spotted cat. These cats can be found in India and Sri Lanka. The Indian subspecies of rusty-spotted cats prefer grasslands and the Sri Lankan subspecies likes mountain