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Myanmar - Animals in the Habitats and the Fossil sites, and Biodiversity
The following fossils from the geologic age to the prehistorical age are excavated in Myanmar. The explanation in brackets is the ages they lived in extinct species. Note that Mya is million years ago. For example, "48.6～40.4 Mya" shows a range between 48.6 and 40.4 million years ago. The time range is shown in the Geological Time Table. The followings are a part of the Evolutionary Tree.
Myanmar is a country located in the Indochinese Peninsula of Southeast Asia. It is bordered by India, China and Thailand, and by the Bay of Bengal to the south. Myanmar is one of Biodiversity hotspots in the world. The following shows the distribution of animals in naMyanmart.
| Myanmar | |
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Myanmar
regionally extinct
in historic age |
 | Odd-toed ungulate |
Javan Rhinoceros ,
Sumatran Rhinoceros |  | Turtle |
Giant river turtle,
Burmese Flap-Shelled Turtle (？～1995) |  | Crocodile |
Indian gavial |  | Pelican |
Spot-billed Pelican |  | Bird |
Pink-headed Duck |
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Myanmar
extant species |
 | Elephant |
Indian Elephant* |  | Treeshrew |
Northern Treeshrew | | Colugo |
Sunda Flying Lemur |  | Primate |
Sunda Loris ,
Crab-eating Macaque,
Stump-tailed Macaque,
Rhesus Macaque,
Assam Macaque,
Northern Pig-tailed Macaque,
Dusky Leaf Monkey,
Capped Langur,
Banded Surili,
White-handed Gibbon,
Western Hoolock Gibbon |  | Rodent |
Malayan Porcupine,
Asiatic Brush-tailed Porcupine |  | Squirrel |
Black Giant Squirrel,
Hairy-footed flying squirrel,
Particolored Flying Squirrel,
Indochinese Flying Squirrel,
Red-cheeked Flying Squirrel,
Red Giant Flying Squirrel,
Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel,
Indian Giant Flying Squirrel,
Temminck's Flying Squirrel,
Vordermann's Flying Squirrel … total 22 species |  | Rabbit |
Forrest's Pika,
Burmese Hare |  | Hedgehog |
Greater Moonrat,
Short-tailed Gymnure,
Shrew Gymnure |  | Even-toed ungulate |
Wild Boar,
Java Mouse-deer (Smallest deer),
Greater Mouse-deer,
Himalayan Musk Deer,
Black Musk Deer,
Indian Muntjac,
Hairy-fronted Muntjac,
Fea's Muntjac,
Gongshan muntjac,
Leaf muntjac (Smallest deer),
Tufted deer,
Indian Sambar,
Eld's Deer,
Banteng,
Gayal,
Takin,
Mainland serow,
Red goral,
Chinese goral,
Grey goral |  | Megabat |
Long-tongued Fruit Bat,
Cave Nectar Bat,
Geoffroy's Rousette,
Indian Flying-fox,
Andersen's Flying Fox,
Large Flying Fox,
Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat,
Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat,
Blanford's Fruit Bat | | Odd-toed ungulate |
Malayan Tapir |  | Pangolin |
Chinese Pangolin,
Sunda Pangolin |  | Carnivora |
Jungle Cat,
Flat-headed Cat (Spotted),
Fishing Cat (Spotted),
Asian Golden Cat,
Marbled Cat (Spotted),
Clouded Leopard (Spotted),
Leopard (Spotted),
Tiger (Stripe),
Binturong,
Small-toothed Palm Civet,
Masked Palm Civet,
Asian Palm Civet,
Banded Palm Civet (Stripe),
Banded Linsang (Stripe),
Spotted Linsang (Stripe),
Large Indian Civet (Spotted),
Large-spotted Civet (Spotted),
Small Indian Civet (Spotted),
Small Asian Mongoose,
Crab-eating Mongoose,
Gray Wolf,
Golden Jackal,
Dhole,
Red Fox,
Asiatic Black Bear,
Sun Bear,
Red Panda (Living fossil),
Oriental Small-clawed Otter,
European otter,
Smooth-coated Otter,
Hog Badger,
Yellow-throated Marten,
Chinese Ferret-badger,
Burmese Ferret-badger,
Yellow-bellied weasel,
Siberian weasel,
Black-striped weasel | | Turtle |
Arakan forest turtle,
Burmese Star Tortoise | | Crocodile |
Saltwater Crocodile |  | Monitor |
Water Monitor |  | Snake |
Reticulated python Largest snakes |  | Goose |
White-fronted Goose,
Taiga Bean-Goose,
Greylag Goose,
Bar-headed Goose | | Duck |
Pink-headed Duck |  | Junglefowl |
Red Junglefowl |  | Pheasant |
Blood Pheasant,
Silver Pheasant,
Kalij Pheasant,
Crestless Fireback Pheasant ,
Crested Fireback Pheasant ,
Siamese Fireback ,
Bar-tailed Pheasant ,
Common Pheasant,
Himalayan Monal ,
Sclater's Monal |  | Peafowl |
Grey Peacock Pheasant ,
Malaysian Peacock Pheasant ,
Green Peafowl | | Great Argus |
Great Argus Pheasant |  | Stork |
Painted Stork ,
Asian Openbill Stork,
Woolly-necked Stork,
Oriental Stork,
Black Stork,
Black-necked Stork,
Lesser Adjutant,
Greater Adjutant |  | Ibis |
Black-headed Ibis,
Indian Black Ibis,
White-shouldered Ibis,
Glossy Ibis,
Common Spoonbill |  | Hornbill |
Oriental Pied Hornbill ,
Great Hornbill ,
Helmeted Hornbill ,
Tickell's Brown Hornbill,
Bushy-crested Hornbill ,
White-crowned Hornbill ,
Rufous-necked Hornbill,
Wreathed Hornbill ,
Plain-pouched Hornbill |  | Raptor |
Indian White-rumped Vulture,
Slender-billed Vulture |  | Crane |
Common Crane ,
Sarus Crane ,
Black-necked Crane ,
Demoiselle Crane (Highest flying) | | Pelican |
White Pelican |  | Parrot |
Blue-rumped Parrot ,
Alexandrine Parakeet ,
Rose-ringed Parakeet ,
Grey-headed Parakeet ,
Blossom-headed Parakeet ,
Red-breasted Parakeet ,
Long-tailed Parakeet ,
Vernal Hanging Parrot | | endemic bird |
Hooded Treepie,
Burmese Bushlark,
White-throated Babbler,
Rusty-capped Fulvetta | | bird (CR) |
Pink-headed Duck,
Spoon-billed Sandpiper,
White-bellied Heron,
Red-headed Vulture | | bird (EN) |
Baer's Pochard,
Chinese Merganser,
White-winged Duck,
Spotted Greenshank,
Gurney's Pitta,
White-browed Nuthatch |
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Myanmar
marine extant
species |
 | Sea-cow |
Dugong | | Turtle |
Green turtle,
Hawksbill turtle,
Olive Ridley,
Leatherback turtle |  | Frigatebird |
Christmas Island Frigatebird |  | Ray |
Knifetooth sawfish,
Largetooth sawfish,
Longcomb sawfish |  | Shark |
Whale shark (１２m),
Scalloped hammerhead,
Great hammerhead,
Shortfin mako |  | Coral |
Table coral',
Brain corals' |
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Myanmar
small extant
species |
 | Mouse (EN) |
Marmoset Rat | | Turtle (CR) |
Arakan forest turtle,
Burmese Star Tortoise | | Turtle (EN) |
Big-headed Turtle,
Keeled box turtle,
Elongated Tortoise,
Asian Forest Tortoise,
Narrow Headed Soft Shelled Turtle,
Burmese Peacock Softshell,
Cantor's Giant Soft Shelled Turtle |  | Swallowtail
butterfly |
Bhuttan Glory ,
Lesser Batwing ,
Rose Windmill ,
De Nicéville's Windmill ,
Priapus Batwing ,
Common Rose ,
Crimson Rose ,
Nevill's Windmill ,
Common Windmill ,
Tailed Jay … total 28 species |
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