Practice question

Typical fauna of Trans-Himalayan zone shows Tibetan Palaearctic affinities adapted to hypoxia, extreme cold, and low productivity. Herbivores include bharal blue sheep main prey of snow leopard, Tibetan antelope chiru prized for shahtoosh wool now banned, Tibetan gazelle, kiang wild ass, and Ladakh urial. Carnivores encompass snow leopard ghost of mountains, Tibetan wolf, red fox. Avifauna includes black-necked crane breeding in high marshes, lammergeier bearded vulture. These species highlight cold desert biogeographic uniqueness and endemism. Remembering this distinction is crucial for solving taxonomy application questions in GATE and CSIR-NET life sciences papers.