Species in Thailand

Stump Tailed Macaque

Northern Pig-Tailed Macaque

Short-tailed gymnure

Moonrat

Sunbear

small ears, short fur, small body

Asian Black Bear/ Moonbear

Mickey mouse ears, darker snout, fur longer than sun bear

Asian golden cat

Mainly terrestrial, eats small vertebrates, can hunt small ungulates

Jungle Cat/ Reed Cat/ Swamp Cat

lives in wetlands and swamps, small prey eater

Clouded Leopard

arboreal, hunt primates, porcupines, pangolins, and squirrels, careful management needed because of male on female aggression

Marbled cat

nocturnal, small prey diet, arboreal

Leopard cat

foundation stock for bengal cat(domestic)

Flat-headed cat

semi-aquatic, eats fish, been observed washing objects

Fishing cat

comfortable in water, eats fish, crabs, and mollusks

Leopard

spotted and melanistic forms, 9 subspecies, all habitat types, often found in trees, wider prey range than other cats

Leopard vs Jaguar

Leopard is smaller, more densely packed rosettes, rosettes don't have central spots, have longer tails. Jaguars have rounder heads.

Tiger

largest cat species, 10 recognized subspecies(6 extant), deer and wild pig diet, significant conflict with humans, lost 93% of historic range

White Tiger

Allele found in Bengal subspecies that is recessive, bred in captivity

Golden Tiger

recessive gene, Bengal subspecies, may carry white gene, few kept in captivity

Binturong, Bearcat

Prehensile tail, arboreal, sluggish, eats fruits and small animals

Asiatic linsangs

small, nocturnal. long bodies and tails

Golden Jackal

more closely related to wolves, indochinese subspecies in Thailand, social breeding pair and offspring, adaptable diet

Asiatic wild dog/ whistling dog

social clans of 5-12 w/o rigid hierarchy, cooperative hunting, diet includes berries, insects, and small and medium mammals

Sunda Pangolin

Chinese Pangolin

more prominent ears, scales extend part way to nostrils, less flexible and shorter tail than Sunda Pangolin

Malayan Tapir

prehensile proboscis, poor eyesight, herbivourous, 250-540 kg

Gaur/Indian Bison

largest extant bovid, nocturnal, small matriarchal herds(single bull), forrest habitat, Gayal= domesticated form

Banteng

Nocturnal, herds of 2-40(single bull), bali cattle= domesticated form, largest remaining natural populations in Java

Wild water buffalo/ wild asian buffalo

Broadest horns of any bovid

Chinese Goral

groups up to 12, browsers, taxonomic question of where to place

Mainland Serow

steep hills and rocky terrain habitat, forest browsers, solitary or small groups, >150 kg

Wild Boar

Omnivore, large herds

Irawaddy Dolphin

Brackish water habitat

Finless Porpoise

Asian Openbill

Red-wattled lapwing

Asian Barred Owlet

Kingfishers(White Breasted Kingfisher)

small-medium, colorful, large heads, large sharp bills, short legs, short tails, swoop on prey from perch

Indian Roller

Hornbills(Great hornbill, Helmeted hornbill)

omnivorous, Bills topped with horny casques, females sealed in nest with chicks

Greater Coucal/ Crow Pheasant

long tails, poor fliers, eats insects, snails, and small vertebrates

Asian Koel

Parasitic, eats fruit

Common Hill myna

great ability to mimic speech

Tokay Gecko

Asian water monitor

Elapidae(monocled or king cobras)

Yellow striped caecillian