Biodiversity Hotspots Part 4.: Himalayas- Lowland to Peak

Next part will be an exception: Ituri Rainforest isn't a biodiversity hotspot, but it has got some endemic species, for example Okapi, Water genet, L'Hoest's guenon and Congo peafowl.

What about Sonoran desert

@Noah Butas Maybe I will do a Sonoran desert but next part is Ituri+Madagascar. Here is:Biodiversity Hotspots Part 5.: Ituri Forest(an exception) and Madagascar - ZooChat

Species list
Mammals
Indian elephant
Rhesus monkey
Grey langur
Snow leopard
Clouded panther
Fishing cat
Manul
Dhole
Red panda
Asian black bear
Yellow-throated marten
Binturong
Indian rhino
Kiang
Musk deer
White-lipped deer
Swamp deer
Axis deer
Indian muntjac
Yak
Gaur
Tibetan pig
Kashmir goat
Himalayan tahr
24 mammal taxa

Birds
Golden pheasant
White-eared pheasant
Satyr tragopan
Red junglefowl
Peafowl
Cinereous vulture
Bar-headed goose
Lesser adjutant
Alexandrine parakeet
Greater hornbill
10 bird taxa

Herps
Himalayan salamander
Shinisaurus crocodilurus
Reticulated python
Monocled cobra
Chinese softshell turtle
Gharial
6 herp taxa

40 taxa