Editing Indomalayan realm (section)

== Fauna ==
Two orders of mammals, the [[colugo]]s (Dermoptera) and [[treeshrew]]s (Scandentia), are [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to the realm, as are families Craseonycteridae ([[Kitti's hog-nosed bat]]), [[Diatomyidae]], [[Platacanthomyidae]], Tarsiidae ([[tarsier]]s) and Hylobatidae ([[gibbon]]s). Large mammals characteristic of Indomalaya include the [[leopard]], [[tiger]]s, [[Bubalus|water buffalos]], [[Asian elephant]], [[Indian rhinoceros]], [[Javan rhinoceros]], [[Malayan tapir]], [[orangutan]]s, and [[gibbon]]s.

Indomalaya has three endemic bird families, the Irenidae ([[fairy bluebird]]s), [[Megalaimidae]] and Rhabdornithidae ([[Philippine creeper]]s). Also characteristic are [[pheasant]]s, [[Pitta (bird)|pittas]], [[Old World babbler]]s, and [[flowerpecker]]s.

Indomalaya has 1000 species of [[amphibian]]s in 81 genera, about 17 of global species. 800 Indomalayan species, or 80%, are endemic. Indomalaya has three endemic families of amphibians, [[Nasikabatrachidae]], [[Ichthyophiidae]], and [[Uraeotyphlidae]]. 329, or 33%, of Indomalayan amphibians are considered threatened or extinct, with habitat loss as the principal cause.<ref>Bain, R.H., Biju, S.D., Brown, R.M., Das, I., Diesmos, A.C., Dutta, S.K., Gower, D.J., Inger, R.F., Iskandar, D.T., Kaneko, Y., Neng, M.W., Lau, Meegaskumbura, M., Ohler, A., Papenfuss, T., Pethiyagoda, R., Stuart, B.L., & Wilkinson, M. (2008). ''Amphibians of the Indomalayan Realm''. [https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/AMPHIBIANS-OF-THE-INDOMALAYAN-REALM-Bain-Biju/b78802b0da3523e3164cc48a35f14ad04e9f0429]</ref>

More information is available under [[:Category:Indomalayan realm fauna|Indomalayan realm fauna]].