User:Altaileopard

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I am from Nürnberg in Franconia, Germany. Here, in the english Wikipedia, I work almost exclusively on vertebrates, escpecially wild, recent mammals and pleistocene mammals. I am also active as [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Altaileopard Altaileopard in the german Wikipedia].

The World´s Greatest Wildlife Reserves

This list is a work base for me and might also inspire people to visit these places. Tourism could be on a long term the best chance to save large wildlife reserves especially in poor countries. So please do keep visiting wildlife sanctuaries and help conserve the big game of our earth (...if you have the opportunity).

Some of the listed reserves are also important areas for birds and some include marine habitats, but the focus is on large terrestrial animals, which often rely on large, undisturbed reserves.

==Australian Region==

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Tasmanian Wilderness (Tasmania, Australien)

| style="text-align:right" | 13,800 km²

| style="text-align:right" | Tasmanian devil, common wombat, Eastern grey kangaroo, Bennett's wallaby, Tasmanian pademelon, platypus, short-beaked echidna

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Wilsons Promontory (Victoria, Australia)

| style="text-align:right" | ca. 500 km²

| style="text-align:right" | Eastern grey kangaroo, Common wombat, Swamp Wallabys, Koalas and Emus

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Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves (New South Wales/Victoria/ACT, Australien)

| style="text-align:right" | ca. 16,500 km²

| style="text-align:right" | Dingo, Eastern grey kangaroo, common wombat, Koala, tiger quoll, Emu

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Kakadu (Northern Territory, Australia)

| style="text-align:right" | 19,804 km²

| style="text-align:right" | Dingo, antilopine kangaroo, black wallaroo, saltwater crocodile

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:::Shrubland, semi desert, and desert with dingo, large population of the Southern hairy-nosed wombat, red kangaroo, emu. In Gawler Ranges also a population of the rare yellow-footed rock-wallaby

:::Kangaroo Island kangaroo, tammar wallaby koala, platypus, short-beaked echidna

:::Australian rainforest with Southern cassowary, Bennett's tree-kangaroo, musky rat-kangaroo, swamp wallaby, platypus, and short-beaked echidna

:::Rainforests between sea shore and alpine areas inhabited by Southern cassowary, long-beaked echidna, short-beaked echidna, dingiso and other tree kangaroos

==Southern Asia==

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Komodo National Park (Indonesia)

| style="text-align:right" | ca. 1800 km²

| style="text-align:right" | Komodo dragon, Javan rusa deer, wild boar

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Ujung Kulon (Java, Indonesia)

| style="text-align:right" | 1.206 km²

| style="text-align:right" | Last refuge of the Javan rhinoceros; also Java leopard, Javan rusa and Javan banteng

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Way Kambas National Park (Sumatra, Indonesia)

| style="text-align:right" | 1.300 km²

| style="text-align:right" | Important stronghold for Sumatran tiger, Sumatran rhinoceros, Sumatran elephant, and Malayan tapir

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Gunung Leuser National Park (Sumatra, Indonesia)

| style="text-align:right" | 9.000 km²

| style="text-align:right" | One of the largest populations of Sumatran tiger, Sumatran rhinoceros, Sumatran orang utan, and Sumatran elephant

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Kinabatangan and Danum Valley (Borneo, Malaysia)

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| style="text-align:right" | ne of the most important refugees for Borneo elephant, Sumatran rhinoceros and Bornean banteng, also home to Bornean orang-utan (mainly Danum valley), Bornean clouded leopard, sambar deer, and proboscis monkey (especially Kinabatangan)

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Taman-Negara (Malay Peninsula, Malaysia)

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| style="text-align:right" | One of the last refugees for Malayan tiger, Indochinese leopard, Sumatran rhinoceros, Malayan gaur (seladang) and Asian elephant

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Western Forest Complex (Thailand)

| style="text-align:right" | 18,730 km²

| style="text-align:right" | Largest protected area in mainland South East Asia with almost complete forest large mammal fauna, including Indochinese tiger, leopard, clouded leopard, dhole, Asian elephant, wild water buffalo (perhaps last population of southeast Asia), gaur, banteng, sambar deer

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Mondulkiri Plains (Laos)

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| style="text-align:right" | Dry forest and evergreen forest landscape, holding the worldwide largest population of banteng, large population of Asian elephant. It is one of the last refuges of brow-antlered deer and has good potential for a large tiger population. Also other mammals like leopard, dhole, wild boar.

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Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (Karnataka / Tamil Nadu / Kerala, India)

| style="text-align:right" | 5,520 km²

| style="text-align:right" | Asian elephant, gaur, Bengal tiger, leopard, Asian wild dog, chital, sambar, black buck, four-horned antelope, wild boar and some species endemic to South India, like Nilgiri tahr, Nilgiri langur, and lion-tailed macaque

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Kaziranga National Park (Assam, India)

| style="text-align:right" | 430 km²

| style="text-align:right" | Very large populations of Asian elephant, Indian rhinoceros, and wild water buffalo; also large populations of bengal tiger, barasingha, sambar deer, and hog deer

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Manas (Assam,India/Bhutan)

| style="text-align:right" |  km²

| style="text-align:right" | Manas and Royal Manas: Bengal tiger, leopard, clouded leopard, sloth bear, Asian elephant, Indian rhinoceros, wild water buffalo, gaur, barasingha, pygmy hog, hoolock gibbon, barking deer, hog deer, sambar deer; Jigme Dorji: snow leopard and blue sheep.Phibsoo: chital

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Chitwan (Nepal/India)

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| style="text-align:right" | Bengal tiger, leopard, Indian rhinoceros (one of the largest populations), Asian elephant, sambar deer, axis deer

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Corbett-Rajaji (Uttarakhand,India)

| style="text-align:right" |  km²

| style="text-align:right" | Indian elephant, tiger, leopard, spotted deer, sambar deer, nilgai

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Kanha (Madhya Pradesh, India)

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| style="text-align:right" | Large population of bengal tiger; also dhole, gaur, barasingha, chital

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Ranthambore-Kuno (Rajasthan, India)

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| style="text-align:right" | Bengal tigers, sloth bear, Indian leopard, nilgai, sambar deer, chital, and Indian gazelles in a dry savannah habitat, Kuno is also possible reintroduction site of Asian lion and cheetah and has feral zebu cattle (proxy to extinct Indian aurochs)

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Gir Forest (Gujarat,India)

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| style="text-align:right" | Last stronghold of the Asiatic lion; also leopard, nilgai, chital, sambar

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Wild Ass Wildlife Sanctuary (Gujarat, India)

| style="text-align:right" | ca. 5000 km²

| style="text-align:right" | Last strongjold of the Asian wild ass; also Indian wolf, nilgai,

blackbuck

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:::Important refuge for the larger mammals of Sulawesi, like Lowland anoa, babirusa, Sulawesi warty pig

:::Indochinese Tiger (few), leopard, clouded leopard, dhole, Asian elephant, gaur, sambar deer; originally also kouprey

:::saola, giant muntjac, Red-shanked douc, gaur

:::Large population of bengal tigers in a Mangrove Swamp, other animals include chital, wild boar and saltwater crocodile

:::Asian elephant, Indian rhinoceros, bengal tiger, barasingha, sambar deer, chital

:::Bengal tiger, Asian elephant, leopard, gaur, nilgai, sambar deer, chital, indian gazelle

:::Sri Lankan leopard, Asian elephant, water buffalo

:::Large population of black buck antelope and also nilgai, Indian wolf, striped hyena

:::Arabian wolf, Small relict population of Arabian leopard; also Nubian ibex, dorcas gazelle, as well as introduced Asian wild ass and Arabian oryx

:::Very large enclosured desert area free from domestic live stock, large population of Arabian oryx and Arabian goitered gazelle

==Africa==

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Tsavo and Kilimanjaro (Kenya/Tansania)

| style="text-align:right" | >20.000 km²

| style="text-align:right" | Typical East African dry savannah elements like gerenuk, hirola, Grevy's zebra, and fringe-eared oryx; also Tsavo lion, leopard, cheetah, spotted hyena, striped hyena, African hunting dog, African elephant, black rhinoceros, common zebra, warthog, cape buffalo, eland, masai giraffe, lesser kudu, Coke's hartebeest, waterbuck, impala, bohor reedbuck, bushbuck, Blue Duiker, bush duiker, red duiker, klipspringer, suni, yellow baboon

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Serengeti (Tansania/Kenia)

| style="text-align:right" | ca. 25,000 km²

| style="text-align:right" | biggest herds of big game in the world, among them blue wildebeest, plains zebra, and African buffalos; in addtition complete African savannah fauna with African elephant, lion, wild dog, spotted hyena, leopard, hippopotamus, giraffe, common eland and a few remaining black rhinos

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KAZA (Botswana)

| style="text-align:right" | ca. 444.000 km²

| style="text-align:right" | worldwide largest population of African elephant and one of few viable wild dog populations; in addition complete megafauna of Southern African savannah, including lion, leopard, cheetah, spotted hyena, white rhinoceros, black rhinoceros, hippopotamus, plains zebra, African buffalo, giraffe, blue wildebeest, sable, greater kudu, hartebeest, sassaby, impala, warthog; in the swamps also red lechwe, sitatunga and Nile corocodile

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Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park (South Africa/Mosambique)

| style="text-align:right" | ca. 30,000 km²

| style="text-align:right" | Complete Southern African savannah fauna with African lion, leopard, cheetah, wild dog, spotted hyena, African elephant, white rhinoceros, black rhinoceros, plains zebra, African Cape buffalo, giraffe, greater kudu, blue wildebeet, impala ect.

Lion

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Etosha-Skeleton Coast (Nambibia)

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| style="text-align:right" | Typical fauna of the Namib-Etosha area, like gemsbock, springbuck, desert elephants, mountain zebra, lion, leopard, cheetah; also typical savannah fauna with plains zebra, impala, giraffe

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South Luangwa National Park (Zambia)

| style="text-align:right" | 9.050 km²

| style="text-align:right" | Complete African savannah fauna including some large mammal forms restricted to the Luangwa valley region, like Cookson's wildebeest, Crawshay's zebra, and Thornicroft giraffe; also lion, leopard, spotted hyena, African elephant, African buffalo, hippo, kob, impala

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W.A.P. National Park Complex (Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso)

| style="text-align:right" | > 14,000 km²

| style="text-align:right" | One of the largest populations of the West African lion, largest elephant population of western Africa, one of the last populations of the Northwest African cheetah; also leopard, wild dog, spotted hyena, Sudanese buffalo, korrigum, Western hartebeest, roan antelope, Defassa waterbuck, Buffon kob, red-fronted gazelle, warthog

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Nature Reserves of the Virunga Mountains (Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Ruanda)

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| style="text-align:right" | Last populations of the mountain gorilla; in addition chimpanzee, okapi, bongo, giant forest hog, red river hog, African elephant, lion, leopard, African buffalo, defassa waterbuck, buffon kob, yellow-backed duiker

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Dzanga-Sangha Complex ((Cameroon / Republic of the Congo / Central African Republic))

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| style="text-align:right" | Central African rainforest area with large clearings inhabited by forest elephants, forest buffaloes, bongo antelopes, leopards

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:::Fenced areas with scimitar oryx, addax, dama gazelle; wild population of dorcas gazelle; potential reintroduction site for Cuvier's gazelle and hartebeest (entirely extinct in North Africa)

:::Large reserves in the Sahara desert with Northwest African cheetah, dorcas gazelle, Barbary sheep

:::One of the last refugees for the critically endangered African wild ass.

:::One of the last populations of lion and elephant in western Africa and one of the last populations of the Kordofan giraffe; also leopard, kob antelope, warthog, roan, red-fronted gazelle and korrigum

:::Typical dry savannah animals of northern Kenya like gerenuk, warthog, Grant's gazelle, Kirk's dik-dik, Grevy's zebra, Beisa oryx and reticulated giraffe; in addition lion, cheetah, leopard, African elephant, buffalo, hippopotamus, impala, and waterbuck

:::One of the largest reserves in Africa and home to large populations of elephants, hippos, African wild dogs, Cape buffaloes and Nyassaland wildebeest

:::Typical fauna of the Cape including Cape mountain zebra, black wildebeest, blesbuck, red hartebeest, gemsbock; in addition also Cape buffalo, cheetah and black rhino (in Addo also african elephant, lion and spotted hyena

:::Last refuge for the Western giant eland, also West African lion, leopard, African buffalo, hippo

:::Large herds of white-eared kob and tiang

:::Large rainforest south of the Kongo River, home to bonobos, leopards and a few African forest elephants

:::African forest elephant, Central chimpanzee, Western lowland gorilla, leopard, bongo; Lopé NP has one of the largest populations of the mandrill

:::One of the last populations of the Pygmy Hippo, also African forest elephant, Western chimpanzee, leopard, giant forest hog, red river hog, bongo

:::Last refuge for the Walia ibex; also Ethiopian wolf and gelada

:::Rocky savannah with fossa, ring-tailed lemur, Verreaux's sifaka, red-fronted lemur

:::Rainforest with red ruffed lemur and aye-aye

==Northern Eurasia==

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Northwest-Gobi (Mongolia)

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| style="text-align:right" | Mongolin steppes, deserts and mountains with wolf, argali, Siberian ibex,

snow leopard, Mongolian gazelle (Gurvansaikhan), goitered gazelle, Asian wild ass, wild Bactrian camel (Great Gobi A), Gobi bear (Great Gobi A), Przewalski horse (Great Gobi B), wild boar (Gurvansaikhan) and one of the two last populations of the Mongolian saiga antelope in Sharga Nature Reserve

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Changtang (Tibet, China)

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| style="text-align:right" | Large reserves with Tibetan steppe with snow leopard, wolf, wild yak, kiang, argali, chiru. In Sanjiangyuan also white-lipped deer

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Sikhote-Alin (Far East, Russia)

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| style="text-align:right" | Ussuri Taiga with Siberian tiger, Isubra deer, Ussuri wild boar, sika deer, moose, Siberian roe deer, musk deer, Asian black bear, brown bear

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Western Caucasus and Central Caucasus (Russia)

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| style="text-align:right" | West Caucasian tur, East Caucasian tur, wisent, wolf, maral, chamois, roe deer, wild boar, brown bear, Eurasian lynx, leopard

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Vashlovani (Armenia/Gerogia)

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| style="text-align:right" | Persian leopard, wolf, brown bear, wild goat, Armenian mouflon, wild boar, goitered gazelle (extinct)

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Golden Mountains of Altai (Russland / Mongolei / China / Kasachstan) * (includes Altai and Katun zapovedniks)

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| style="text-align:right" | snow leopard, wolf, lynx, brown bear, Altai argali, Siberian ibex, Altai maral, Elk, Siberian roe deer, Siberian musk deer, raindeer

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Everest Region (Nepal, China)

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| style="text-align:right" | snow leopard, wolf, Himalayan tahr, serow, goral, bharal, Tibetan argali)

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Hemis and Dachigam (Jammu and Kashmir, India)

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| style="text-align:right" | Hemis: Large population of snow leopards, also Tibetan argali, Ladakh urial, blue sheep and Siberian ibex; Dachigam: Last stronghold of the Kashmir stag

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Altyn Emel-Almaty Region (Kazaksthan)

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| style="text-align:right" | Asian wild ass, argali, goitered gazelle, snow leopard, wolf, Siberian ibex

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Reserves of Kamchatka (Russia)

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| style="text-align:right" | Stunning landscape with vulcanoes, boreal forest and mountain tundra: Kamchatka snow sheep, brown bear, wolf, caribou, moose

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:::Persian leopard, wolf, wild boar, maral, roe deer, urial, wild goat, goitered gazelle; in Touran also Asiatic cheetah, Persian onager

:::Giant panda, takin, leopard

:::Saiga antelope, wolf

:::One of the last populations of the European bison

:::One of the last populations of the Spanish lynx. In addition Iberian red deer, European fallow deer, wild boar, mouflon, Spanish ibex

:::Largest herds of wild animals in Europe: heck cattle, konik, red deer

:::Reintroduced Przewalski horses; also wolf, argali, Siberian ibex, Siberian wapiti, wild boar, roe deer

:::Important reserves for Marco Polo sheep and snow leopard, also Flare-horned markhor, Asiatic ibex, blue sheep, Ladakh urial, wolf, brown bear

:::Important refuge for kulan, urial, wild goat, wild boar, striped hyena, Persian leopard

  • Ili Delta (Kazakhstan): Planned National Park by joining the Nature Reserves Karoiskiy Zakaznik (509.00ha), Pribalhashaskiy Zakaznik (503.00 ha) and Kukanskkiy Zakaznik (49.100 ha)

:::wolf, goitered gazelle, wild boar, roe deer, in the desert a few saiga antelopes; planned reintroduction of the Tiger, Bukhara deer and wild ass

:::Bukhara deer, urial; One of the occurences of the extinct Caspian tiger and possible reintroduction site for closely related Siberian tiger

:::Several thousand sqkm mountain wilderness with one of the largest population of the wild reindeer in Europe, also musk ox, moose, brown bear, volverine, wolf

==North America (except South)==

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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska, USA)

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| style="text-align:right" | Large herds of migrating caribou; also dall sheep, musk ox, moose, wolf, grizzly

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Yellowstone (Wyoming, USA)

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| style="text-align:right" | One of the largest herds of American bison and almost all larger mammals of Northern America: wolf (reintroduced), puma, grizzly, American black bear, moose, pronghorn, elk, mule deer, mountain goat, bighorn sheep

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Grand Canyon and Bryce Canyon (Arizona/Utah, USA)

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| style="text-align:right" | Great landscape with puma, American black bear, desert bighorn sheep, wapiti, mule deer, feral donkeys

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Sonora & Coronado Forest (including proposed Madrean Sky Islands; Arizona / New Mexico, USA)

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| style="text-align:right" | Semi desert and mountain forests with puma, jaguar (very few), American black bear, collared peccary, pronghorn, mule deer, white-tailed deer, wapiti; Mexican wolf further north in Apache Sitgreaves

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::: Musk ox, Peary caribou, Arctic wolf

:::Great landscape with grizzly, wolf, volverine, dalls sheep, caribou, moose

::: Very large brown bears, wolf, volverine, caribou, moose

::: One of the largest populations of the dall sheep; also wolf, American black bear, grizzly, sitka black-tailed deer, moose, caribou, mountain goat, and introduced bison

:::wolf, grizzly, American black bear, Canadian lynx, volverine, moose, bighorn sheep, wapiti

:::Largest population of the American wood bison; also wolves, moose

:::grasland and badlands with bison, bighorn sheep, mule deer, white-tailed deer, pronghorn at Theodore Roosevelt National Park also mustang as a proxy for extinct pleistocene horses and wapiti

:::Puma, American Black Bear, and Mule Deer in stunning landscape with Giant Sequoias

:::puma, bobcat, American black bear, mule deer, white-tailed deer, collared peccary

:::puma, white-tailed deer, Mississippi alligator

==South- and Middle-America==

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Manu National Park (Peru)

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| style="text-align:right" | Large Reserve with diverse habitatas from lowland rainforest to Andean wet puna: jaguar, puma, ocelot, giant otter, giant anteater, southern tamandua, giant armadillo, nine-banded armadillo, brown-throated sloth, Hoffmann's two-toed sloth, Brazilian tapir, capybara, pacarana, lowland paca, collared peccary, white-lipped peccary, South American red brocket, South American brown brocket, marsh deer, Goeldi's marmoset, pygmy marmoset, shock-headed capuchin, tufted capuchin, Brown-mantled tamarin, emperor tamarin, moustached tamarin, black-capped squirrel monkey, black-headed night monkey, brown titi, Rio Tapajós saki, Bolivian red howler, Peruvian spider monkey, and gray woolly monkey. Confined to the mountainous areas above ca. 2000 m: Peruvian white-tailed deer, dwarf brocket, culpeo, mountain paca, and spectacled bear.

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Protected areas of the Pantanal (Brazil, Paraguay)

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| style="text-align:right" | Large swamp-savannah wilderness with giant anteater, marsh deer, Brazilian tapir, jaguar, puma, maned wolf, bush dog, capybara

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Pantanal Matogrossense National Park

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Torres del Paine (Chile/Argentinia)

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:::Jaguar, puma, bobcat and ocelot. Important prey species of the large cats are white-tailed deer and javelinas.

:::Good population of Baird´s tapir and one of the final strongholds of the Jaguar in Central America; also ocelot, puma Central American squirrel monkey, white-faced capuchin, mantled howler, Geoffroy's spider monkey, two-toed and three-toed sloth, collared peccary, Northern tamandua and silky anteater.

:::Large populations of capybaras and many other wildlife in a wet savanna landscape.

:::One of the mst important strongholds of the mountain tapir; also spectacled bears, pumas and Andean foxes, giant otters, jaguars, ozelots, margays, Brazilian tapirs, white-tailed deer, little red brocket deer and Northern pudus

:::Gran Chaco with Chacoan peccary, a large population of jaguar, puma, Brazilian tapir and one of the northernmost populations of the guanaco

:::Cerrado savannah with giant anteater, maned wolf, giant armadillo, pampas deer, greater rhea, puma, ozelot, Brazilian tapir, collared peccary, white-lipped peccary, marsh deer, red brocket, gray brocket, black howler monkey, capybara and a small population of jaguars

:::Important area for the vicugna and other animals of the Altiplano

Contribution

Links

= Important Literature =

  • Ronald M. Nowak: Walker's Mammals of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999 {{ISBN|0-8018-5789-9}}
  • Malcolm C. Mc Kenna, Susan K. Bell: Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press; Auflage: New Ed (15. Februar 2000). ISBN: 978-0231110136
  • David Macdonald: Die große Enzyklopädie der Säugetiere. Deutsche Ausgabe: Könemann in der Tandem Verlag GmbH, 2004 {{ISBN|3-8331-1006-6}}
  • Paul S. Martin: Quaternary Extinctions. The University of Arizona Press, 1984. {{ISBN|0-8165-1100-4}}
  • A. Turner: The big cats and their fossil relatives. Columbia University Press, 1997.{{ISBN|0-231-10229-1}}
  • A. H. Müller: Lehrbuch der Paläozoologie, Band III Vertebraten, Teil 3 Mammalia, 2. Auflage. Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1989. {{ISBN|3-334-00223-3}}
  • M. Barton: Wildes Amerika Zeugen der Eiszeit. Egmont Verlag, 2003. {{ISBN|3-8025-1558-7}}
  • E. Thenius: Grundzüge der Faunen- und Verbreitungsgeschichte der Säugetiere, 2.Auflage, Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1980
  • Jean Dorst und Pierre Dandelot: Säugetiere Afrikas, Paul Parey Verlag, 1970. {{ISBN|3-490-01018-3}}
  • K K Gurung & Raj Singh: Field Guide to the Mammals of the Indian Subcontinent, Academic Press, San Diego, {{ISBN|0-12-309350-3}}
  • V. G. Heptner: Mammals of the Sowjetunion Vol. I Ungulates. Leiden, New York, 1989 {{ISBN|9004088741}}
  • Jordi Augusti: Mammoths, Sabertooths and Hominids 65 Million Years of Mammalian Evolution in Europe, Columbia University Press, 2002. {{ISBN|2001042251}}
  • Claus Hilschmann: Fauna Band 8 Die Neotropische Region, Novaria-Verlag, 1971. {{ISBN|3-87991-048-0}}
  • Vratislav Mazak: Der Tiger. Nachdruck der 3. Auflage von 1983. Westarp Wissenschaften Hohenwarsleben, 2004 {{ISBN|3 894327596}}
  • Alan Turner & Mauricio Anton: Evolving Eden. An Illustrated Guide to the Evolution of the African Large-Mammal Fauna. Columbia University Press, New York, 2004. {{ISBN|0-231-11944-5}}

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