{"id":25522,"date":"2013-12-11T14:38:33","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T19:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/wildwire\/?p=25522"},"modified":"2025-06-13T13:57:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T17:57:59","slug":"top-ten-mountain-animals-at-the-highest-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/top-10\/top-ten-mountain-animals-at-the-highest-heights\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Ten Mountain Animals at the Highest Heights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Believe it or not, the world isn\u2019t flat. Yeah, we all know the earth is round but that\u2019s not what we\u2019re talking about here. We\u2019re talking about slopes and hills, cliffs and mountains. We\u2019re talking about elevation!<\/p>\n

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Mount Everest. Copyright: Luca Galuzzi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Elevation measures how high something is above sea level (asl)<\/strong>. Everything has an elevation, even cities. The highest point in Toronto is about 200 m asl while Calgary is over 1,000 m asl. Canada\u2019s highest point is the Yukon\u2019s Mount Logan (5,959 m asl) and North America\u2019s highest point is Mouth McKinley (6,194 m asl) in Alaska. However, none of these compare to the highest point in the world, Mount Everest, standing at a towering 8,848 m asl!<\/p>\n

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There aren\u2019t very many animals that live at high elevations. That\u2019s because the higher you go, the thinner the air becomes, making it harder to breath. In this top ten we look at 10 animals that have what it takes to live at the top of the world.<\/p>\n

*note: there are other species that live at high elevations including insects and plants. The Himalayan jumping spider (Euophrys omnisuperstes)<\/em> is found at as high as 6,700 m asl and considered to have the highest home in the world. <\/em><\/p>\n

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\nhttp:\/\/www.calgary.ca\/CA\/fs\/Documents\/Plans-Budgets-and-Financial-Reports\/Annual-Reports\/Annual-Report-2008.pdf<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/nature\/life\/Euophrys_omnisuperstes<\/p>\n

Brown Bear (Ursus arctos)<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n

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Where:<\/strong> Across North America, throughout Europe, Asia, the Middle East and even North Africa
\nHow high: <\/strong>Lives up to 5,000 m (16,400 ft) asl
\nRef: http:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/details\/41688\/0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Himalayan Tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus)<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n
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Copyright: OZinOH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Where:<\/strong> China, India, Nepal
\nHow high:<\/strong> Lives up to 5,000 m (16,400 ft) asl
\nRef: http:\/\/www.arkive.org\/himalayan-tahr\/hemitragus-jemlahicus\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus)<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n

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\nWhere:<\/strong> Southern Europe, Middle East, Northeastern China and parts of Africa
\nHow high:<\/strong> Lives up to 5,000 m (16,400 ft) asl but has been spotted at 7,500 m (24,600 ft)
\nRef: http:\/\/www.arkive.org\/lammergeier\/gypaetus-barbatus\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Tibetan sand fox (Vulpes ferrilata)<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n

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\nWhere:<\/strong> China, India, Nepal
\nHow high:<\/strong> Lives up to 5,200 m (17,100 ft) asl
\nRef: http:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/details\/23061\/0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Himalayan Marmot (Marmota himalayana)<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n
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Copyright: Christopher Fynn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Where:<\/strong> China, India, Nepal, Pakistan
\nHow high:<\/strong> Lives up to 5,200 (17,100 ft) asl
\nRef: http:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/details\/12826\/0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Kiang (Equus kiang)<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n

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\nWhere:<\/strong> China, India, Nepal, Pakistan
\nHow high:<\/strong> Lives up to 5,400 m (17,700 ft) asl
\nRef: http:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/details\/7953\/0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii)<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n
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Copyright<\/a>: \u4e2d\u56fd\u7269\u79cd\u4fe1\u606f\u7cfb\u7edf\uff08CSIS\uff09<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Where:<\/strong> China, India
\nHow high:<\/strong> Lives up to 5,500 m (18,000 ft) asl
\nRef: http:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/details\/15967\/0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Tibetan gazelle (Procapra picticaudata)<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n
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Copyright<\/a>: David Blank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Where:<\/strong> China, India
\nHow high:<\/strong> Lives up to 5,750 m (18,900 ft) asl
\nRef: http:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/details\/18231\/0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Yak (Bos mutus)<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n

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\nWhere:<\/strong> China, India
\nHow high:<\/strong> Lives up to 6,100 m (20,000 ft) asl
\nRef: http:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/details\/2892\/0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus)<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n

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\nWhere:<\/strong> Europe, Asia, North Africa
\nHow high:<\/strong> Lives up to 6,500 m (21,300 ft) asl but has been spotted 8,200 m (26,900 ft) asl
\nRef: http:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/details\/22705921\/0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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If you think animals are amazing, the<\/span> Earth Rangers Podcast<\/a> is for you!<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n

Join Earth Ranger Emma as she travels the world on a quest to solve some of nature\u2019s greatest mysteries! With top ten countdowns, animal guessing games and epic animal showdowns, this is a journey you won\u2019t want to miss!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this top ten we take a look at 10 animals that have what it takes to live at the top of the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1353,411,931],"tags":[62,131,289],"class_list":["post-25522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-to-edit","category-top-10","category-all","tag-birds","tag-mammal","tag-mountain"],"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t