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Animals in Iran
Among the more surprising animals indigenous to Iran are Big Cats such as panthers, the Eurasian Lynx, and Persian Leopard. Iran is the last remaining refuge of the Asiatic Cheetah which is an endangered species.
In addition to a large number of big cats, wild canines live in the region as well. Iran is one of the few nations with a sizeable population of wolves and alongside the feral wolves are their animal kingdom cousins jackals and foxes.
Animals that need to be 'aware' of these big cats include gazelles, boars, wild sheep, and deer. These animals live throughout Iran in abundance.
Wild pigs and bears are other animals not commonly associated with the Middle East that live in Iran.
Of course, there is a significant volume of bird life in Iran which would be rather expansive to list. Some of the more popular of this bird life would be storks, eagles, falcons, partridges, and pheasants.
Iran also maintains a sizeable population of domestic animals which have long since lived side by side with humans in the nation dating back to the Persian Empire of antiquity. These animals include horses, cattle, sheep, goats, donkeys, camels, and even water buffalo.
This is but a small fraction of the animals that live in Iran. There are thousands of different species of animals in Iran. This includes both domestic and wild animals and, unfortunately, it also includes a fraction of animals which are considered endangered.
Click here for a list of endangered animals in Iran.
Even-toed ungulates in Iran
Goitered gazelle Chinkara Wild boar Elk Fallow deerCarnivores in Iran
Asiatic black bear Jungle cat Wild cat Afghan fox Cheetah Corsac fox Least weasel Pallas's cat Cross fox Beech marten African lion Badger Leopard Marbled polecat Tiger Striped hyaena Indian grey mongoose Honey badger American mink Common otter Brown bear Eurasian lynx Asiatic jackal European pine martin Arctic wolf African caracalDolphins, porpoises, and whales in Iran
Pygmy killer whale Grey dolphin Fraser's dolphin Chinese white dolphin Long-beaked dolphin Black finless porpoiseBats in Iran
Particoloured bat Giant noctule Lesser noctule Noctule Bechstein's bat Lesser mouse-eared bat Kuhl's pipistrelle Common pipistrelle Brown big-eared bat Gray big-eared bat Trident bat Asian barbastelle Blasius's horseshoe bat Mediterranean horseshoe bat Greater horseshoe bat Lesser horseshoe bat Mehely's horseshoe bat Lesser mouse-tailed bat Greater mouse-tailed bat Small mouse-tailed bat Long-fingered bat Geoffroy's bat Northern bat Whiskered bat Serotine Egyptian tomb bat Natterer's bat Botta's serotine Schaub's myotis Sind bat Persian trident batHares, pikas, and rabbits in Iran
Afghan pika Brown hareHorses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs in Iran
Asian wild assRodents in Iran
Transcaspian vole Short-tailed bandicoot rat Günther's vole Macedonian mouse Northern palm squirrel Cairo spiny mouse Small five-toed jerboa Masked mouse-tailed dormouse Euphrates jerboa Setzer's mouse-tailed dormouse Swarthy gerbil Iranian jerboa Cheesman's gerbil Hotson's jerboa Mesopotamian gerbil Persian field mouse Baluchistan gerbil Yellow-breasted field mouse Indian bush rat Broad-toothed field mouse Ward's field mouse Dwarf fat-tailed jerboa Blanford's jerboa Turkestan rat Lesser egyptian jerboa Mouse-like hamster Afghan mouse-like hamster Urartsk mouse-like hamster Sundevall's jird Indian desert jird Gray dwarf hamster Libyan jird Mid-day jird Northern three-toed jerboa Great gerbil Persian jird Forest dormouse Caucasian squirrel Tristram's jird Vinogradov's jird Southern mole vole Long-clawed ground squirrel Zarundny's jird Transcaucasian mole vole Yellow ground squirrel Brandt's hamster Persian vole Baluchistan vole Indian gerbil Altai vole Social vole
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