This article is about the wild animals of the Eurasian country. For an overview of its biodiversity also including plants, fungi and human influence on the ecosystems see Wildlife of Turkey.
Wild animals of the Eurasian country
Caracal: One of Türkiye's wildcatsCommon bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncates)
The fauna of Türkiye is abundant and very varied. The wildlife of Türkiye includes a great diversity of plants and animals, each suited to its own particular habitat, as it is a large country with many geographic and climatic regions About 1500 species of vertebrates have been recorded in the country and around 19,000 species of invertebrate. The country acts as a crossroads with links to Europe, Asia, and the Near East, and many birds use the country as a staging post during migration.
rewilding. Faunaof Europe Faunaof Asia "Biodiversity in Turkey". IUCN. 7 May 2012. "First annotated checklist of the ant faunaofTurkey (Hymenoptera:...
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It...
hamster native to Turkey, Azerbaijan and other surrounding nations. The Turkish hamster, first catalogued in 1878, is a fairly close relative of the Syrian or...
with access to water resources. In Turkey, the bear is threatened by large-scale forest fragmentation, degradation of habitat, and persecution in areas...
(Clerck, 1757), a new species for the spider faunaofTurkey (Araneae, Sparassidae)" (PDF). Turkish Journal of Zoology. 26 (3): 305–307. ISSN 1300-0179....
a species of bivalve, a marine mollusc in the family Mytilidae. It is an invasive species in many parts of the world, and also an object of aquaculture...
2001, pp. 1253–1254 Graells, M. de la P. (1897). "Meles Taxus. (Schreb.)". Fauna Mastodológica Ibérica. Memorias de la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas...
This list shows the IUCN Red List status of the 150 wild mammal faunaofTurkey. Two are critically endangered, two are endangered, fourteen are vulnerable...
The faunaof Australia consists of a large variety of animals; some 46% of birds, 69% of mammals, 94% of amphibians, and 93% of reptiles that inhabit...
The animal name changes in Turkey is the revision of taxonomic nomenclature of three subspecies by the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forestry. The...
extinct species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinodontidae. It was endemic to Lake Gölçük in Turkey. It became extinct due to the effects of fish introduced...
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meaning commercial international trade is prohibited. In northern Africa, central Asia, and parts of India, the...
species of ray-finned fish in the genus Paraschistura. It was recorded from two locations from the Batman River (a tributary of the upper Tigris in Turkey) in...
(October 27, 2017). "Further contribution to the Heteroptera (Hemiptera) faunaofTurkey with a new synonymy". Acta Biologica Turcica. 30 (4): 121–127. ISSN 2458-7893...
trout, Ala balik or the Turkish trout, is a type of trout, a fish in the family Salmonidae. It is endemic to southeastern Turkey. It is known only from...
Montivipera albizona, the central Turkish mountain viper, is a viper species endemic to the mountainous regions of central Turkey. Like all other vipers, it...
pearl mullet, Van fish or Van shah kuli, is a species of cyprinid fish, found only in Turkey, where it is the only fish known to inhabit Lake Van. It...
species of Cyprinid fish. It is found in drainages in central Anatolia in Turkey. Freyhof, J. (2014). "Pseudophoxinus hittitorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened...
longitudinal lines and the other with gray dorsum void of lines. This species found in Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan extending to...
one of five species of salamander in the genus Neurergus. It is more specifically a newt, in the family Salamandridae, and is found only in Turkey. Its...
third ofTurkey, but ten thousand years ago the land was mostly wooded. The country is reforesting, which is important for the wildlife ofTurkey. The...
diverse faunaof beetles, including Carabidae, Chrysomelidae, and Scarabaeidae. The heaviest beetle, indeed the heaviest insect stage, is the larva of the...
side ofTurkey is the largest portion in the country that bridges southeastern Europe and west Asia. East Thrace, the European portion ofTurkey comprises...
regular basis. These species are distributed in the Black Sea basin, northern Turkey, south and east to the Yangtze River drainage in China and south throughout...
(Clerck, 1757), a new species for the spider faunaofTurkey (Araneae, Sparassidae). Turkish Journal of Zool 26: 305–307 PDF Media related to Micrommata...
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