• The Ustyurt mountain sheep (Ovis vignei cycloceros), often referred to as the Turkmenian mountain sheep, is a subspecies of the urial that inhabits the...
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    Kazakhstan. The plateau's semi-nomadic population raises sheep, goats, and camels. The Ustyurt is located between the Dead Kultuk, Mangyshlak Peninsula...
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    Astrakhan Oblast of Russia and in the Ural, Ustyurt and Betpak-Dala regions of Kazakhstan. A portion of the Ustyurt population migrates south to Uzbekistan...
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  • animals found in the reserve include, Central Asian gazelle, the Ustyurt Mountain sheep, honey badger as well as substantial population of the Saiga antelope...
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    Species found in the mountains include the aoudad, a mountain dwelling species of sheep, the Nubian ibex and the Dorcus gazelle. The mountain range also provides...
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    In Uzbekistan, caracals were recorded only in the desert regions of the Ustyurt Plateau and Kyzylkum Desert. Between 2000 and 2017, 15 individuals were...
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    conflictive borderland zone to an integral part of Argentina, with cattle, sheep and horse husbandry being the primary land uses. The Patagonian Desert has...
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    including the western Sahara, the central Ahaggar Mountains, the Tibesti Mountains, the Aïr Mountains, the Ténéré desert, and the Libyan Desert. For several...
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    delineates the bird habitat. The nearby Steens Mountain Wilderness contains populations of bighorn sheep, mule deer, elk, and pronghorn. Further west is...
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    gazelles live in parts of steppe and desert areas of the central plateau. Wild sheep (Ovis orientalis), camels, wild goats (Capra aegagrus) and Persian leopards...
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