Tibet

=== Wildlife ===
''[[Sus scrofa]]'' expanded from its origin in southeast Asia into the Plateau, acquiring and [[fixation (population genetics)|fixing]] adaptive alleles for the high-altitude environment.<ref name="Frantz-et-al-2016">{{cite journal | last1=Frantz | first1=Laurent | last2=Meijaard | first2=Erik | last3=Gongora | first3=Jaime | last4=Haile | first4=James | last5=Groenen | first5=Martien A.M. | last6=Larson | first6=Greger | title=The Evolution of Suidae | journal=[[Annual Review of Animal Biosciences]] | publisher=[[Annual Reviews (publisher)|Annual Reviews]] | volume=4 | issue=1 | date=2016-02-15 | issn=2165-8102 | doi=10.1146/annurev-animal-021815-111155 | pages=61–85| pmid=26526544 }}</ref> The forests of Tibet are home to black bears, red pandas, musk deer, barking deer, and squirrels. Monkeys such as [[rhesus macaque]]s and [[Colobinae|langurs]] live in the warmer forest zones. Tibetan antelopes, gazelles, and kiangs gaze on the grasslands of the Tibetan plateau. There are more than 500 bird species in Tibet. Because of the high altitude and harsh climate, there are few insects in Tibet.<ref name=":0" />

Snow leopards are hunted for their fur and the eggs of black-necked cranes have been collected as a delicacy food.