An example of the famous Burmese Cat. It may originally have come from Siam, and has been extensively interbred with Siamese cats in the West anyway.
The Burmese gets on very well with people and has some more doglike characteristics as pets than is usual amongst cats.
The Burmese gets on very well with people and has some more doglike characteristics as pets than is usual amongst cats.
Burma is one of the last hopes for the Asian elephant, although it's forests are rapidly being depleted.
About 5,000 to 10,000 are still living wild and some elephants are still used for logging.
In recent decades though definite information on Burmese flora and fauna has been hard to come by.
The Pangolin is a sort of armoured anteater with powerful claws for digging up the ants and termites.
Burma has both the Chinese and the Malayan Pangolin.
Burma has both the Chinese and the Malayan Pangolin.
The famous Mongoose which can even tackle a Cobra because of it's thick protective fur that stops the snake's fangs and it's great speed and razor sharp teeth.
Civet cats come in various forms, and are often hunted for meat and as pets.
The Red panda or Cat Bear is not really a Panda but closer related to the Weasel family. It lives in trees and is endangered due to habitat loss mainly, and inbreeding from fragmented populations.
Red Pandas are good mothers, and also are breeding in zoos so there is hope at least for the species. They live in China, Tibet, Nepal and Burma.
Red Pandas are good mothers, and also are breeding in zoos so there is hope at least for the species. They live in China, Tibet, Nepal and Burma.
The Giant Panda is apparently not closely related to the Red Panda.
It is now placed by DNA in the bear family and the Red Panda was previously thought to be in the Raccoon family but now that has been at least questioned by DNA studies.
It is now placed by DNA in the bear family and the Red Panda was previously thought to be in the Raccoon family but now that has been at least questioned by DNA studies.
The Burmese Python grows to about 6 metres or around nineteen feet long but some say it can grow bigger.
In USA it is becoming naturalised (escaped pets) in the Florida Everglades and South Carolina for example, which is of course very worrying for the locals.
The Tapir lives in both Southeast Asia and South America and has a nose or trunk rather similar to an Elephant.
Tapirs can use this prehensile nose to forage with and Tapirs can
reach over two metres long and a metre high. They like water and wallowing in mud and are hunted by crocodiles, pythons and other large predators like leopards and tigers.
Tapirs can use this prehensile nose to forage with and Tapirs can
reach over two metres long and a metre high. They like water and wallowing in mud and are hunted by crocodiles, pythons and other large predators like leopards and tigers.
The Sumatran rhinoceros is critically endangered in Asia and breeding in zoos has been very problematic.
Habitat loss and human hunting is driving them towards extinction sadly.
Habitat loss and human hunting is driving them towards extinction sadly.
