Wildlife of Thailand

Thailand is an Asian country situated in the heart of Southeast Asia. The country has many different habitats for wildlife like lush rainforests, wetlands, mountains, highlands, and floodplains.

Official National Animals

Asian Elephant

Tokay geckos are lizards with colorful skin

Asian water monitor lizards are giant lizards

Bumblebee bats are the smallest mammals in the world, They live in colonies of 100 in limestone caves in Thailand

Asian giant softshell turtles are a freshwater species

Malaysian sun bears live in lowland forests

Gibbons are widely distributed

Indonesian leopards

Binturongs which are bearcats

Pangolins with their interesting scales

National Parks

Khao Yai National Park is the oldest national park in the country and a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is home to elephants which are the main tourist attraction here

You can see gibbons, maques, mutjacs, barking and sambar deer, porcupines, and jackals

Among birds are hornbills, barbets, broadbills, woodpeckers, jungle fowls, partridges, and Siamese firebacks

At Erawan National Park you can enjoy birds such as crested serpent eagles, black-names monarchs, black-crested bulbuls, and green-billed malkohas among others

There are macaques, monitor lizards, and squirrels

As well as Indochinese serows, Siamese hares, elephants, and boars

Kaeng Krachan National Park is the largest national park in Thailand. There are about 57 mammals and 400 bird species

Animals making their homes here include leopards, elephants, bears, deer, porcupines, owls, stocks, eagles, and hornbills.

Marine Animals

Manta rays found off the west coast of Thailand

Gigantic whale sharks

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