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Animals in Turkey
Turkey is also home to many bird species, including five species of grebe, three species of shearwater, one species of petrel, one species of tropicbird, two species of pelican, one species of gannet, three species of cormorant, one species of darter, five species of heron, three species of egret, two species of bittern, three species of stork, two species of ibis, one species of spoonbill, two species of flamingo, three species of swan, ten species of goose, twenty-five species of duck, the osprey, twenty-eight species of hawks, kites and eagles, eleven species of caracaras and falcons, two species of grouse, three species of crane, nine species of owl, and much more. While there are no birds unique to Turkey, the country has long been a merging point for Asian and European species, thus the huge variety.
Animals unique to Turkey include the Asia Minor Spiny Mouse, Taurus Ground Squirrel, Jackass Shrew, Anatolian Vole, Do'ramaci's Vole, Baran's Adder, Central Turkish Mountain Viper, fringe-fingered lizard, Blue Rock Lizard, a kukri snake, a dwarf racer, Pamphylian Lizard, Basoglu's Racerunner, the Anatolian Rock Lizard, Anatolia Lycian Salamander, Anatolian Marsh Frog, Marmaris Lycian Salamander, Atif's Lycian Salamander, the Anatolia Newt, Fazil Lycian Salamander, Fazil Lycian Salamander, the Tavas Frog, Taurus Frog, several species of killfish as well as several species of butterflies and insects.
Click here for a list of endangered animals in Turkey.
Even-toed ungulates in Turkey
Goitered gazelle Chamois Wild boar Elk Fallow deer Roe deerCarnivores in Turkey
Striped hyaena Common otter African lion Eurasian lynx Leopard European pine martin Tiger Cross fox Asiatic jackal Beech marten Arctic wolf Badger Ermine African caracal Marbled polecat Mediterranean monk seal Egyptian mongoose Least weasel Asiatic wild dog European polecat Brown bear Jungle cat Wild catDolphins, porpoises, and whales in Turkey
Grey dolphin Common porpoise Bottle-nosed dolphin Atlantic dolphinBats in Turkey
Giant noctule Blasius's horseshoe bat Lesser noctule Mediterranean horseshoe bat Noctule Greater horseshoe bat Egyptian slit-faced bat Lesser horseshoe bat Mehely's horseshoe bat European free-tailed bat Naked-rumped tomb bat Particoloured bat Western barbastelle Bechstein's bat Brandt's bat Long-fingered bat Geoffroy's bat Kuhl's pipistrelle Greater mouse-eared bat Nathusius' pipistrelle Northern bat Whiskered bat Common pipistrelle Serotine Natterer's bat Brown big-eared bat Botta's serotine Gray big-eared batHyraxes in Turkey
Rock dassieRodents in Turkey
Asia minor spiny mouse Indian crested porcupine Small five-toed jerboa Euphrates jerboa Caucasian squirrel Striped field mouse European ground squirrel Yellow-necked field mouse Asia minor ground squirrel Persian jird Yellow-breasted field mouse Tristram's jird Black sea field mouse Vinogradov's jird Long-tailed field mouse Brandt's hamster Ural field mouse Eurasian harvest mouse Persian vole Social vole Günther's vole European pine vole Caucasian snow vole European snow vole Macedonian mouse Robert's snow vole Common dormouse Gray dwarf hamster Black-bellied hamster Mouse-tailed dormouse Forest dormouse Woolly dormouse Asian garden dormouse Transcaucasian mole vole Nehring's bilind mole rat Lesser mole rat Long-clawed mole vole
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