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Pallas catThe Pallas Cat, or Manul, is a small cat ranging from the eastern shoreline of the Caspian Sea and Iran to western China, central Kazakhstan, the Altai Mountains and Inner Mongolia and reaching Tibet and Ladakha. The Pallas cat was named after a German naturalist, Peter Pallas, who discovered the species in 1778. These cats inhabit both desert and the rocky terrain and woodlands of the mountain steppe environments, where they have been observed on rocky plateaus at altitudes of 13,000 feet. It is oldest living species of the cat family, evolving some ten million years ago.
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Mongolian Saiga Print E-mail
Baby SaigaThe Saiga (Saiga tatarica) is an antelope which originally inhabited a vast area of the Eurasian streppe, from the foothils of the Carpathians and Caucasus into Dzungaria and Mongolia. Today they are found only in a few areas in Kalmykia (Russia), Kazakhstan, and western Mongolia. The populations of Mongolia represent a distinct subspecies, the Mongolian Saiga (Saiga tatarica mongolica), with 750 individuals. All other populations belong to the nominal subspecies Saiga tatarica tatarica.
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Snow Leopard Print E-mail
snowleopard.jpgThe total wild population of the snow leopard is estimated at between 4,000 and 7,500 individuals, with 500 to 1000 in Mongolia. In 1972 the International Union for the Conservation of Nature placed the snow leopard on its Red List of Threatened Species as "Endangered," the same classification given the panda and the tiger.
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Biodiversity Print E-mail

Biodiversity-argali.jpgMongolia boasts a wide variety of wildlife: with 139 species of mammals; 450 species of birds (331 migratory and 119 resident within Mongolia year round); 22 species of reptiles; 6 species of amphibians; and 76 fish species.


Mongolia is famous for its unique fauna, where most of the species are endemic to the region and endangered worldwide. Some of the species that are wild ancestors of the domesticated animals still roam in Altai Mountains. They include:

  • Snow Leopards (Uncia uncia)
  • Wild sheep (Ovis ammon) or Argali
  • Siberian Ibex (Capra sibirica), 
  • Mongolian Saiga (Saiga tatarica mongolica)
  • Musk Deer (Moschus moschiferus)
  • Pallas’ cat (Felis manul) or Manul
  • Black Tailed Gazelle (Gazelle subgutturosa)
  • Wild Boar (Sus scrofa nigipes)
  • Stone Martin (Martes foina)
  • Marbeled Polecat (Vormela peregusna)
  • Elk (Cervus elaphus) or Red Deer
  • Snowcock (Tetraogallus altaicus) or Altain ular
  • Cenereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus)
  • Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
  • Lammergeyer (Gypaetus barbatus)
  • Spoonbills (Platalea Leucorodia)
  • Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
  • Great White Egrets (Egretta alba)
  • Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus)
  • Greet Black-Headed Gulls (Larus ichthyatus)
  • Black Storks (Ciconia nigra); and
  • The Swan Goose (Anser cygnoides).
 
Horses Print E-mail

TakhiMongolia is home to two famous types of horse: the wild Przewalski's Horse, or Takhi in Mongolian, and the familiar Mongolian Domestic Horse.

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