Biodiversity Profile of Afghanistan - Disasters and Conflicts - UNEP

Appendix 11 Afghan Species Listed on Appendices I and II
of the Convention on the Trade in Endangered
Species (CITES)
Afghan Species on CITES Appendices I and II
FAUNA (ANIMALS)
Common Name Scientific Name Appendix Notes
Class: MAMMALIA (Mammals)
Rhesus Macaque Macaca mulatta II
Wolf Canis lupus II
Blandford’s Fox Vulpes cana II
Brown Bear Ursus arctos isabellinus I
Asiatic Black Bear Ursus thibetanus I
Common Otter Lutra lutra I
Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus I Extirpated in Afghanistan
Caracal Caracal caracal I
Jungle Cat Felis chaus II
Sand Cat Felis margarita II Unconfirmed from Afghanistan
Wildcat Felis silvestris II
Lynx Lynx lynx II
Pallas’s Cat Otocolobus manul II
Leopard Panthera pardus I
Tiger Panthera tigris I Extirpated in Afghanistan
Leopard Cat Prionailurus bengalensis II
Snow Leopard Uncia uncia I
Onager or wild ass Equus onager II O. e. onager and O.e . khulan occur in
Afghanistan. O. e. khur occurs in India and
Pakistan and is Appendix I. Considered
Equus hemionus by Duff and Lawson (2004).
Himalayan Musk Deer Moschus chrysogaster I
Bactrian Deer Cervus elaphus bactrianus II Subspecies only, probably extirpated in
Afghanistan
Wild yak Bos mutus I Unconfirmed from Afghanistan
Markhor Capra falconeri I
Goral Naemorhedus goral I Unconfirmed from Afghanistan
Argali Ovis ammon II Only O. a. poli in Afghanistan
Urial/Mouflon Ovis vignei [orientalis] II The Afghan subspecies (cycloceros) is
considered O. orientalus by IUCN and Duff
and Lawson (2004). Considered O. vignei by
CITES.
Class : AVES (Birds)
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus I
Black Stork Ciconia nigra II
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia II
for Global Environment Management (NCSA) for Afghanistan
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