Mountain Animals

Anusuya Mukherjee
Sep 16, 2022 By Anusuya Mukherjee
Originally Published on Mar 29, 2021
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This free printable mountain animals coloring pages resources is a great way for kids to learn more about mountain animals. Mountain animals are the animals who inhabit mountains, mountain snow, and mountain forests.

Some of these animals include the brown bear, Himalayan tahr, Tibetan sand fox, chiru, yak. There are not many animals who live in such high altitudes.


The reason being, the higher you go, the thinner the air becomes, which makes it hard to breathe. Brown bear lives up to 5000 m above sea level and inhabits the mountains of North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and to an extent North Africa.

Himalayan tahr is mostly found 5000 m above sea level. They inhabit areas and mountains of India, China, and Nepal.

Tibetan sand foxes live up to 5500 m above sea level and are endemic to Nepal, India and China. Chiru on the other hand, is found in India and China and mostly inhabit mountains at 5500 m above sea level.

These animals have been equipped with the required physical characteristics that help them survive in such places. Other animals like bighorn sheep, snakes, and eagles also live in such regions.

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