Animal Info - Bhutan
Contents
Threatened Species, Environmental
and Social Data (Mammals, Biodiversity/Ecosystems,
Population, Area/Land Use, Protected Lands, Economy, Education), References
and Links
Threatened Species
Threatened Species: The following list
includes all mammals which occur in Bhutan and are rated as Critically
Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.
- Critically Endangered:
- Endangered:
- Vulnerable:
- Argali (Ovis ammon).
- Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus).
- Asiatic Golden Cat
(Catopuma temminckii).
- Assamese Macaque (Macaca assamensis).
- Back-striped Weasel (Mustela strigidorsa).
- Clouded Leopard
(Neofelis nebulosa).
- Dhole (Cuon alpinus).
- Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra).
- Fishing Cat (Prionailurus
viverrinus).
- Gaur (Bos frontalis).
- Mainland Serow (Capricornis sumatraensis).
- Sikkim Rat (Rattus sikkimensis).
- Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus).
- Smooth-coated Otter (Lutrogale perspicillata).
- Takin (Budorcas taxicolor).
Environmental and Social Data
Mammals
Total number of species: 99 (Groombridge
& Jenkins 1994)
Number of endemic species: 0 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of threatened species: 1996: 20
(20 % of total species) (IUCN 1996);
2000: 23 (23 % of total species) (IUCN 2000)
Biodiversity/Ecosystems
Bhutan contains portions of the Eastern Himalayan Broadleaf & Conifer
Forests, Eastern Himalayan Alpine Meadows, and Terai-Duar Savannas & Grasslands Global 200 Ecoregions (Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999)
Bhutan contains portions of the Eastern Himalayas Global
Biodiversity Hotspot (Cons. Intl. 1999a)
Population
Population in 1995: 823,000 (Natl.
Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population density in 1995: 17.5 people/sq km (45.4 people/sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population in 1998: 1,908,307 (World
Almanac 1999)
Average population growth rate, 1980 - 1990: 2.1 % (World Bank 1992)
Area/Land Use
Area: 47,001 sq km (18,147 sq mi) (Natl.
Geog. Soc. 1995)
Percentages of primary world ecosystem types:
- Polar and Alpine: 25 %
- Crop and Settlements: 25 %
- Interrupted Woods: 19 %
- Major Forests: 31 %
(Groombridge 1992)
Percent of land area classified as the following degree of human disturbance:
Low: 29 %; Medium: 58 %; High: 13 % (WRI 1994)
Protected Lands
Area: 9,060 sq km (3,497 sq mi) (Groombridge
1992)
Percent of land protected: 1.41 % totally protected; 18.03 % partially protected;
19.44 % totally or partially protected (Groombridge
1992)
Economy
Per capita GNP ($ U.S.) (1991): $174 (WRI 1994)
Per capita GDP ($ U.S.) (1996): $730 (World
Almanac 1999)
Education
Percent of females in secondary education (1989): 2 % (World Bank 1992)
Percent adult literacy: Female: 25 % (1990); Male: 51 % (1990) (WRI 1994)
References and Links
References: Cons. Intl. 1999a, Groombridge 1992, Groombridge
& Jenkins 1994, IUCN 1994, IUCN 1996, IUCN 2000,
IUCN 2004, Natl. Geog.
Soc. 1995, Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999, World Almanac 1999, World Bank 1992, WRI 1994
General Links (After you get to one of these sites, click on the link
for Bhutan): CIA
World Factbook, Foreign
Embassies of Washington, D.C., Library
of Congress - Country Studies, University
of Texas - Country Maps, Washington
Post - Countries, World
Resources Institute - Country Profiles; Links for Bhutan: Bhutan -
The Last Shangri-La (PBS), United
Nations Environment Program - Bhutan, World
Wildlife Fund/Bhutan
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