Wildlife of Kazakhstan
The wildlife of Kazakhstan includes its flora, fauna, and funga[1][2] and their natural habitats.
Fauna
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- Argali
- Bactrian camel
- Barbel
- Beluga sturgeon
- Caspian seal
- Steppe wolf
- Central Asian red deer
- Channidae
- Eurasian brown bear
- Goitered gazelle
- Gray wolf
- Great gerbil
- Spotted whip snake
- Jerboa
- Moose
- Banded Apollo butterfly
- Reticulated toad-headed agama lizard
- Russian desman
- Russian tortoise
- Saiga antelope
- Sterlet
- Dhole
- Brilliant ground agama lizard
- Turkmenian kulan
- Urial
- Desert monitor
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 highest vascular plants, about 5,000 species of mushrooms, 485 species of lichen, and more than 2,010 species of seaweed.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Geptner, 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).
- ^ a b Nowell, 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. ISBN 978-2-8317-0045-8.
External links
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