The forested areas of the Terai are home to tigers and leopards, gaurs (wild ox), elephants, buffalo, and many deer; the deer include chital, or axis, deer (which have white-spotted bodies), sambar (a large Asiatic deer with coarse hair on the throat and strong antlers), and swamp deer. The Lesser Rapti Valley, in south-central Nepal, is one of the last homes to the great Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicorns).

There are wild animals like-leopards, bears, and smaller carnivores, ravines, and muntjacs (a kind of small deer, also called the barking deer) in small number at the central zone. In the Alpine zone, musk deer - widely hunted for the musk pods they carry, the tahr (a Himalayan beardless wild goat), the goral (any of several goat antelopes, closely related to the Rocky Mountain goat), and wild sheep, snow leopards can be found.

Rhino:
Nepal is the habitat of different kinds of animals. Among them one horned rhinos, well known all over the world, are abundant. They are 5 to 6 feet tall, males slightly larger than females, and weigh up to 6000 pounds (2700 kg), and are the only mammal on planet with a horn on its nose. Rhino is one of the endangered species. Humans continue to hunt Rhino smuggling its horn which is said to have medicinal values. Especially it resides in Chitwan National Park. We have also found two horned rhinos in Nepal.

Tiger:
There are many species of tigers in Nepal such as-Siberian tiger, Penthera tiger and Bengal tiger. Bengal tigers reside in Nepal with more than 80% of its population living in Nepal. It is an endangered species and found in less than 50 countries. According to the data of WWF, 2006 – less than 5000 Bengal tigers are surviving on the planet.

Elephant:
The Asian elephant is unique, being the only species of its kind. The mammoth, after a few months of human teaching, behaves with patience and understanding. This touching relationship between man and elephant can be observed in Nepal.