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  • ...ts are ''Astragalus'', ''Gagea'', ''Allium'', ''Carex'' and ''Oxytropis''; endangered plant species include native wild apple (''[[Malus sieversii]]''), wild gra
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  • ...nges are found throughout the country and pose health risks for humans and animals; industrial pollution is severe in some cities; because the two main rivers ...work Convention on Climate Change|Climate Change]], [[Desertification]], [[Endangered Species]], [[Ozone Layer Protection]], Ship Pollution ([[MARPOL 73/78]])
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  • ...op-over along the Asian flyway.<ref name=NASA/> They host many endemic and endangered species, such as [[great white pelican]], [[Dalmatian pelican]], [[pygmy co With an estimated 5,000 to 10,000 species, insects exceed all other animals of the region by diversity and biomass. Terrestrial and aquatic insects mak
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  • ....800-iceage-animals-live-on-in-eurasian-mountain-range.html |title=Ice-age animals live on in Eurasian mountain range |work=[[New Scientist]] |author=Colin Ba ...SCO also cited Russian Altai's importance for preservation of the globally endangered mammals, such as [[snow leopard]] and the [[Altai argali]]. [[Siberian ibex
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  • ...ng one of its least studied predatory animals: the [[snow leopard]]. Other endangered species protected there include the [[Argali|argali mountain sheep]], the [
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  • ...rel]]. The park is particularly proud of its argali population, a rare and endangered species in need of protection, and included on the [[IUCN Red List]]. ...es due to many centuries of erosion by wind and water. They often resemble animals, people, and other objects, such as a truck coming down the mountain. Among
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  • ...clopedia|language=Russian}}</ref> and was trapped for fur, up to 1 million animals per year. However, recent changes in the water level destroyed its habitat, ...al]], [[pheasant]]s, [[golden eagle]] and [[great egret]]; 12 of those are endangered, including [[great white pelican]], [[Dalmatian pelican]], [[Eurasian spoon
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  • ...ies with low [[population density]]). Therefore, recovery of this formerly endangered species is a true success story for nature conservation. The story also sho ...er.com fatbirder.com] |title=Arrivals & Alarms: White-tailed Eagle Imports Endangered by Windfarms}}</ref>
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  • ...hat of swordfish. Beluga caviar has long been scarce and expensive and its endangered status has made its caviar more expensive in worldwide markets outside of t [[IUCN]] classifies the beluga as [[critically endangered]]. It is a protected species listed in appendix III of the [[Bern Conventio
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  • [[Category:Animals described in 1844]] [[Category:Species endangered by the pet trade]]
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  • ...t:riparian|riparian]] vegetation which provides important cover to conceal animals when they are above ground adjacent to the water body. Areas of heavily gra ...od survey indicator of this species, and can be used to gauge abundance of animals.<ref>Strachan, R. and Moorhouse, T. (2006). Water Vole Conservation Handboo
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  • ...an desman often lives in small (usually not related) groups of two to five animals, and appears to have a complex (but largely unstudied) communication and [[ [[Category:Endangered animals|Desman, Russian]]
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  • ...lope''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|aɪ|ɡ|ə}}, ''Saiga tatarica'') is a [[critically endangered]] [[antelope]] that originally inhabited a vast area of the [[Eurasian step ...mammals/species_info.php?id=62 |work= Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered|publisher=[[Zoological Society of London]]| accessdate= 19 December 2012}}<
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  • ...wild ass) native to [[Central Asia]]. It was declared [[Endangered species|Endangered]] in 2016.<ref name=IUCN/> ...on of the Turkmenistan populations, but hope remained that small groups of animals still resided in inaccessible areas around Badkhyz, and were thriving in th
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  • It is listed as an endangered species in [[Pakistan]].{{citation needed|date=June 2014}} [[Category:Animals described in 1780]]
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  • ...[conservation status]] of the species is evaluated as [[Endangered species|endangered]].<ref name=iucn/> ...to provide a substitute or even a cheap alternative to meat from domestic animals.<ref>P. Kaczensky & O. Gambatar unpubl. Data</ref> In 2005, a national surv
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  • ...} Database entry includes justification for why this species is critically endangered</ref> Their name comes from the ancient historical region of [[Bactria]].<r ...e]] the species of ''Camelus''. He named two species in his ''[[History of Animals]]'': the one-humped Arabian camel and the two-humped Bactrian camel.<ref>{{
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  • ...in larger groups, regularly up to 92 individuals and exceptionally to 200 animals. Migrating herds, especially males, have been reported. Most migration appe ...est of the range. Water is needed by argali, which is rarely a problem for animals living at high elevation, where melting snow and small waterways are regula
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  • ...ech1981>Mech, L. David (1981), ''The Wolf: The Ecology and Behaviour of an Endangered Species'', University of Minnesota Press, p. 354, ISBN 0-8166-1026-6</ref> ...een reported in Ukraine, though the circumstances under which these latter animals were weighed are not known.<ref name="heptner1998a" />{{rp|174}} Although s
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  • ...tp://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/15741/all Entry in the list of endangered species]</ref> [[Category:Animals described in 1758]]
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  • ...auspices of the [[Bonn Convention|Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)]], also known as the [[Bonn Convention]]. The MoU covers five range S ...Saiga tatarica)'' on Appendix II of the Convention as a consequence of its endangered status and the conviction that conservation efforts of this species are dep
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