Fauna
Although home to a smaller variety of wildlife than the surrounding rainforest these pine forests are relatively unspoilt and therefore still important habitat for a number of species adapted to the rocky heights. When the area was surveyed by the Wildlife Conservation Society in the 1950s mammals of the pine forest included Sumatran Serow (Capricornis sumatrensis), sambar (rusa unicolor), Indian Muntjac (Muntiacus muntjac), wild boar (Sus scrofa), and Asian Black Bear (ursus thibetanus) while smaller mammals include Oriental giant squirrels, Indian Giant Flying Squirrel and civets. None of these mammals are endemic to this ecoregion.
Birds reported in the survey include the Silver-breasted Broadbill (Serilophus lunatus), White-naped Yuhina (Yuhina bakeri), Rufous-vented Tit (Periparus rubidiventris), Stripe-throated Yuhina (Yuhina gularis), a number of Old World babblers, Grey-sided Laughingthrush (Garrulax caerulatus), Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush (Garrulax rufogularis), Striated Laughingthrush (Garrulax striatus), Purple and Green Cochoas, Beautiful Nuthatch (Sitta formosa), Sultan Tit (Melanochlora sultana), some Leafbirds and White-browed Fulvetta (fulvetta vinipectus) while large numbers of Shelduck and Bar-headed Goose were seen on the Chindwin River. Two more species of laughingthrush are thought to be endemic to these mountains: Brown-capped Laughingthrush (Garrulax austeni) and Striped laughingthrush (Garrulax virgatus).
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