NC Animals

This is a list of important animals and their native regions.

Elephants
Finnish: Norsu

Eurasian Elephant
 * Binomial name: Elephas maximus
 * Wild populations in Southern Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Greece, Kazakstan, Caucasian republics.

Mediterranean Elephant
 * Binomial name: Loxodonta mediterraneana
 * Wild populations in Egypt, Libya, Middle East.

Palestine Elephant
 * Binomial name: Loxodonta cyclotis
 * Wild populations in Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey.

Apes
Finnish: Apina

Gorillas
 * Genus name: Gorilla
 * Wild populations in Kamerun, Nigeria, Chad, Niger etc.

Chimpanzees
 * Binomial name: Pan troglodytes
 * Wild populations in West + Northwest Africa

Gibbons
 * Genus name: Hylobatinae
 * Wild populations in China, Mongolia, South Siberia

Felines
Lion
 * Finnish name: jalopeura
 * Binomial name: Panthera leo
 * Wild populations in Middle East, South + Central + West Africa, Black Sea basin, Eastern Europe

Tiger