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Refers to the lower vegetation belt on mountains.

Mammals (6)

Caenolestidae (Family) Trouessart, 1898 - "shrew" opossums

Gracilinanus marica (Thomas, 1898)

Microcebus bongolavensis G. Olivieri et al., 2006

Microcebus danfossi G. Olivieri et al., 2006

Microcebus lokobensis G. Olivieri et al., 2006

Rhynchocyon udzungwensis F. Rovero & G. Rathbun, 2008 - grey-faced sengi

Birds (56)

Aburria aburri (Lesson, 1828) - wattled guan

Alectoris graeca (Meisner, 1804) - rock partridge

Alectoris magna (Przevalski, 1876) - rusty-necklaced partridge

Anser indicus (Latham, 1790) - bar-headed goose

Anurophasis monorthonyx van Oort, 1910 - Snow Mountain quail

Arborophila ardens (Styan, 1892) - Hainan partridge

Arborophila hyperythra (Sharpe, 1879) - red-breasted partridge

Chamaepetes goudotii (Lesson, 1828) - sickle-winged guan

Chamaepetes unicolor Salvin, 1867 - black guan

Chloephaga picta (J.F. Gmelin, 1789) - upland goose

Chrysolophus amherstiae (Leadbeater, 1829) - Lady Amherst's pheasant

Chrysolophus pictus (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - golden pheasant

Crossoptilon auritum (Pallas, 1811) - blue eared-pheasant

Crossoptilon crossoptilon (Hodgson, 1838) - white eared-pheasant

Cyrtonyx ocellatus (Gould, 1837) - ocellated quail

Dendragapus obscurus (Say, 1823) - blue grouse

Dendrortyx barbatus Gould, 1846 - bearded wood-partridge

Eriocnemis isabellae 2007 - gorgeted puffleg

Francolinus camerunensis Alexander, 1909 - Mount Cameroon francolin

Francolinus jacksoni Ogilvie-Grant, 1891 - Jackson's francolin

Francolinus nobilis Reichenow, 1908 - handsome francolin

Francolinus ochropectus Dorst & Jouanin, 1952 - ochre-breasted francolin

Francolinus shelleyi elgonensis - Elgon francolin

Francolinus streptophorus Ogilvie-Grant, 1891 - ring-necked francolin

Francolinus swierstrai (Roberts, 1929) - Swierstra's francolin

Glaucidium nubicola Robbins & Stiles, 1999 - cloud-forest pygmy-owl

Lipaugus weberi Cuervo et al., 2001 - chestnut-capped piha

Lophophorus lhuysii A. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1866 - Chinese monal

Lophura imperialis (Delacour & Jabouille, 1924) - imperial pheasant

Lophura inornata (Salvadori, 1879) - Salvadori's pheasant

Lophura leucomelanos (Latham, 1790) - Kalij pheasant

Lophura leucomelanos lineata - lineated pheasant

Lophura nycthemera (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - silver pheasant

Lophura swinhoii (Gould, 1863) - Swinhoe's pheasant

Myiopagis olallai Coopmans & Krabbe, 2000 - foothill elaenia

Nothocercus bonapartei (G.R. Gray, 1867) - highland tinamou

Nothura darwinii G.R. Gray, 1867 - Darwin's nothura

Oreophasis derbianus G.R. Gray, 1844 - horned guan

Oreortyx pictus (Douglas, 1829) - mountain quail

Oxyura maccoa (Eyton, 1838) - Maccoa duck

Pauxi pauxi (C. Linnaeus, 1766) - helmeted curassow

Penelope montagnii (Bonaparte, 1856) - Andean guan

Penelopina nigra (Fraser, 1850[1852]) - highland guan

Phylloscartes beckeri Gonzaga & Pacheco, 1995 - Bahia tyrannulet

Poecilotriccus luluae Johnson & Jones, 2001 - Lulu's tody-tyrant

Pucrasia macrolopha (Lesson, 1829) - Koklass pheasant

Scolopax bukidnonensis Kennedy et al., 2001 - Bukidnon woodcock

Syrmaticus ellioti (Swinhoe, 1872) - Elliot's pheasant

Syrmaticus humiae (Hume, 1881) - Hume's pheasant

Syrmaticus mikado (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906) - Mikado pheasant

Syrmaticus reevesii (J.E. Gray, 1829) - Reeves's pheasant

Tetraogallus altaicus (Gebler, 1836) - Altai snowcock

Tetraogallus caspius (S.G. Gmelin, 1784) - Caspian snowcock

Tetraogallus caucasicus (Pallas, 1811) - Caucasian snowcock

Tragopan caboti (Gould, 1857) - Cabot’s tragopan

Tragopan temminckii (J.E. Gray, 1831) - Temminck's tragopan

Amphibians (2)

Litoria megalops Richards & Iskandar, 2006

Odorrana aureola Stuart et al., 2006 - Phu Luang Cliff frog

Insects (8)

Eotrechus (Genus) Kirkaldy

Nysius aa D.A. Polhemus, 1998 - Mauna Loa wekiu bug

Nysius wekiuicola - Mauna Kea wekiu bug

Pogonomyrmex barbatus (Smith, 1858) - red harvester ant

Ptilomera jariyae A. Vitheepradit & R.W. Sites, 2007

Ptilomera kra A. Vitheepradit & R.W. Sites, 2007

Ptilomera tennaserim A. Vitheepradit & R.W. Sites, 2007

Thyrocopa apatela

Invertebrates (1)

Tardigrada (Phylum) (Spallanzani, 1777) Ramazzotti, 1962 - tardigrades

Plants (1)

Disa linderiana 2006

Links

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