The major animal species are Tiger, Leopard, snow leopard, Asian elephant, Sambhar deer, Chital deer, Barking deer, Sloth bear, Mithuna(Bos frontalis), Gaur, Dhole, Giant squirrel,Marbled cat, Leopard cat.[59] A new subspecies of hoolock gibbon has been described from the state which has been named as the Mishmi Hills hoolock gibbon (H. h. mishmiensis).[60] Three new giant flying squirrels were also described from the state during the last one and half-decade.