Wildlife of Kazakhstan
Appearance
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Thewildlife ofKazakhstanincludes itsflora,fauna,andfunga[1][2]and their naturalhabitats.
Fauna
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- Argali
- Bactrian camel
- Barbel
- Beluga sturgeon
- Caspian seal
- Caspian Sea wolf
- Central Asian red deer
- Channidae
- Common spoonbill
- Eurasian brown bear
- Goitered gazelle
- Golden eagle
- Gray wolf
- Great bustard
- Great gerbil
- Greater flamingo
- Spotted whip snake
- Jerboa
- Moose
- Banded Apollo butterfly
- Reticulated toad-headed agama lizard
- Russian desman
- Russian tortoise
- Saiga antelope
- Squacco heron
- Steppe eagle
- Sterlet
- Tien Shan dhole
- Brilliant ground agama lizard
- Turkmenian kulan
- Urial
- Desert monitor
- White stork
Felidae
[edit]Birds
[edit]The avifauna of Kazakhstan includes a total of 513 species, of which 5 are rare or accidental.
Flora and funga
[edit]The diversity of a flora of Kazakhstan varies considerably both by structure and number of taxa, and by geography, in particular, by nature-climatic zones and high-altitude belts. In Kazakhstan there are more than 6,000 species of highestvascular plants,about 5,000 species ofmushrooms,485 species oflichen,and more than 2,010 species ofseaweed.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abGeptner, V. G., Sludskij, A. A. (1972).Mlekopitajuščie Sovetskogo Soiuza.Vysšaia Škola, Moskva. (In Russian; English translation: Heptner, V.G., Sludskii, A. A., Komarov, A., Komorov, N.; Hoffmann, R. S. (1992).Mammals of the Soviet Union. Vol III: Carnivores (Feloidea).Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation, Washington DC).
- ^abNowell, Kristin; Jackson, Peter (1996)."Panthera Leo"(PDF).Wild Cats: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan.Gland, Switzerland: IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group. pp. 17–21.ISBN978-2-8317-0045-8.
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