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<div>[[Image:Altynemel dune.jpg|thumb|[[Sand dune]]s in the valley of the [[Ili River]], [[Altyn-Emel National Park]].]]<br />
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The '''wildlife of [[Kazakhstan]]''' includes its [[flora]] and [[fauna]],<ref name=Geptner1972>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). [https://books.google.com/books?id=UxWZ-OmTqVoC&lpg=PA636&ots=RCsYKk2xt4&pg=PA83#v=onepage&f=true ''Mammals of the Soviet Union. Vol III: Carnivores (Feloidea).''] Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation, Washington DC).</ref><ref name=CAP>{{Cite book |author1=Nowell, Kristin |author2=Jackson, Peter |title= Wild Cats: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan |url=http://carnivoractionplans1.free.fr/wildcats.pdf |format=PDF |year=1996 |publisher=IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group |location= Gland, Switzerland |isbn=2-8317-0045-0 |pages= 17–21 |chapter= Panthera Leo}}</ref> and their natural [[habitat]]s.<br />
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==Fauna==<br />
[[Image:Delphius maximinusCRW 4333.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Parnassius delphius]]''.]]<br />
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*[[Argali]]<br />
*[[Bactrian camel]]<br />
*[[Barbel (fish species)|Barbel]]<br />
*[[Beluga sturgeon]]<br />
*[[Caracal]]<br />
*[[Caspian seal]]<br />
*[[Caspian Sea wolf]]<br />
*[[Central Asian red deer]]<br />
*[[Channidae]]<br />
*[[Common spoonbill]]<br />
*[[Dog]]s<br />
*[[Eurasian brown bear]]<br />
*[[Goitered gazelle]]<br />
*[[Golden eagle]]<br />
*[[Gray wolf]]<br />
*[[Great bustard]]<br />
*[[Great gerbil]]<br />
*[[Greater flamingo]]<br />
*''[[Hemorrhois ravergieri]]''<br />
*[[Jerboa]]<br />
*''[[Parnassius delphius]]''<br />
*''[[Phrynocephalus reticulatus]]''<br />
*[[Russian desman]]<br />
*[[Russian tortoise]]<br />
*[[Saiga antelope]]<br />
*[[Squacco heron]]<br />
*[[Steppe eagle]]<br />
*[[Sterlet]]<br />
*[[Tien Shan dhole]]<br />
*''[[Trapelus agilis]]''<br />
*[[Turkmenian kulan]]<br />
*[[Urial]]<br />
*''[[Varanus griseus]]''<br />
*[[White stork]]<br />
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===''Felidae''===<br />
[[Image:Lynx lynx.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Eurasian lynx]].]]<br />
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*[[Asiatic cheetah]] CR – Extinct in the country<br />
*[[Asiatic wildcat]]<br />
*[[Jungle cat]]<br />
*[[Snow leopard]]<br />
*[[Turanian tiger]] (Extinct)<br />
*[[Turkestan lynx]]<br />
*[[Turkestan sand cat]]<ref name=Geptner1972/><ref name=CAP/><br />
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===Birds===<br />
{{main|List of birds of Kazakhstan}}<br />
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The avifauna of Kazakhstan includes a total of 513 species, of which 5 are rare or accidental.<br />
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==Flora==<br />
The diversity of a flora of Kazakhstan considerably varies both by structure and number of various systematic taxones of plants, 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 2,000 species of seaweed.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of mammals of Kazakhstan]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Asia in topic|Wildlife of}}<br />
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[[Category:Biota of Kazakhstan]]<br />
[[Category:Wildlife by country|Kazakhstan]]<br />
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