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The wildlife of Iran include the fauna and flora of Iran. One of the most famous animals of Iran is the critically endangered Asiatic cheetah ( Acinonyx jubatus venaticus ), which today survives only in Iran.
Lion in Iran photographed by Antoin Sevruguin (1830s–1933). The Asiatic lion reportedly disappeared here before the end of the 20th century. Persian leopard Turkestan sand cat Striped hyena Indian wolf Asiatic black bear. There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which feed primarily on meat.
The biosphere reserves of Iran have a total land area of 1.64 million km 2. They support more than 8,000 recorded species of plants (almost 2,421 are endemic ), 502 species of birds , 164 species of mammals , 209 species of reptiles , and 375 species of butterflies .
Notice that all National Parks of Iran are safe to visit but you need a permit to enter any of the National Parks and it's best to take a tour leader or a ranger with yourself to get close to any of the wild animals you like to see. [1] The complete national parks, protected areas, and wildlife refuges in Iran include:
Individual animals in Iran (4 P) R. Reptiles of Iran (1 C, 121 P) Pages in category "Fauna of Iran" The following 79 pages are in this category, out of 79 total.
A painting of Akbar, a Mughal emperor of India, hunting with locally trapped Asiatic cheetahs, ca. 1602. The Asiatic cheetah has been listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 1996. [1] Following the Iranian Revolution of 1979, wildlife conservation was interrupted for several years. Manoeuvres with armed vehicles were carried ...
From 1941 to 1979, Iran was ruled by King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah. On February 11, 1979, the Islamic Revolution swept the country.
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Iran.The avifauna of Iran include a total of 573 species, of which two are endemic, and 4 have been introduced by humans.. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition.