Wildlife of Kazakhstan

The wildlife of Kazakhstan includes its flora, fauna, and funga^[1][2] and their natural habitats.

Sand dunes in the valley of the Ili River, Altyn-Emel National Park.

Fauna

Parnassius delphius

• 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

• Caracal
• Asiatic wildcat
• Jungle cat
• Pallas's cat
• Snow leopard
• Turkestan lynx
• Sand cat^[1][2]

Birds

Main article: List of birds of Kazakhstan

The avifauna of Kazakhstan includes a total of 513 species, of which 5 are rare or accidental.

• White stork
• Golden eagle
• Squacco heron
• Steppe eagle
• Great bustard
• Greater flamingo
• Common spoonbill

Flora and funga

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

• List of mammals of Kazakhstan