Selenarctos

Snow monkeys Macaca fuscata (1996 EN, 2000 DD) are found and the Japanese black bear Selenarctos thibetanus (VU), hunted elsewhere, is common.

Shirakami-sanchi (Shirakami mountains), Japan 2009

Other large carnivores are Himalayan black bear Selenarctos thibetanus (VU) and brown bear Ursus arctos, the existence of which has yet to be confirmed, and common leopard P. pardus.

Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Park, India 2008

Mammal species that occupy these ridge crest mountain refuges include black gibbons (Hylobates concolor), bamboo rats, Asiatic black bears (Selenarctos thibeticus), and some large cats.

Yunnan Plateau subtropical evergreen forests 2008

In the late 1950s the Burma Wildlife Survey team found few species except sambar (Cervus unicolor), barking deer (Muntiacus muntjac), wild boar (Sus scrofa), and Asiatic black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus) in this region.

Northeast India-Myanmar pine forests 2008

The Asiatic Black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus) and Sun Bear (Helarctos malayanus) are confirmed.

Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam 2008

Resident mammals include sables, Asiatic black bears (Selenarctos thibetanus) and otters (Lutra lutra).

Manchurian mixed forests 2008

Wild pig (Sus scrofa), Himalayan black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus), and Macaca mulatta are among the more troublesome.

Daba Mountains evergreen forests 2007

A number of these species are globally threatened with extinction: Chinese giant salamander Andrias davidianus (I), Asiatic wild dog Cuon alpinus (V), Asiatic black bear Selenarctos thibetanus (V), clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa (V), leopard Panthera pardus and Chinese water deer Hydropotes inermis (V).

Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area, China 2009

Globally endangered mammals, apart from the giant panda, are the red panda Ailurus fulgens (EN), the snow and cloud leopards Panthera uncia (EN) and Neofelis nebulosa (VU), the golden monkey Rhinopithecus roxellana (VU), Asiatic wild dog Cuon alpinus (VU), Asiatic black bear Selenarctos thibetanus (VU), whitelipped deer Cervus albirostris (VU), serow Capricornus sumatraensis (VU), goral Naemorhedus goral (VU) and argali sheep Ovis ammon (VU).

The Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries, China 2009

The density of wild animals in the Valley is not high but all the animals found are nationally rare or endangered. 13 species of mammals are recorded for the Park and its vicinity although only 9 species have been sighted directly: common langur Presbytes entellus, flying squirrel Petaurista petaurista, Himalayan black bear Selenarctos thibetanus (VU), red fox Vulpes vulpes, Himalayan weasel Mustela sibirica, and Himalayan yellow marten Martes flavigula, goral Naemorhedus goral, Himalayan musk deer Moschus chrysogaste, Indian mouse deer Moschiola meminna, Himalayan thar Hemitragus jemlahicus (VU) and serow Capricornis sumatrensis (VU).

Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Park, India 2008