Biodiversity Profile of Afghanistan - Disasters and Conflicts - UNEP
Biodiversity Profile of Afghanistan - Disasters and Conflicts - UNEP
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Bovidae Oxen <strong>and</strong> relatives (Continued)<br />
Naemorhedus goral Goral I Listed by IUCN as<br />
? For <strong>Afghanistan</strong><br />
(http://www.<br />
iucnredlist.org/search/<br />
details.php/14296/<br />
dist)<br />
Bos mutus Wild yak VU I Cited for <strong>Afghanistan</strong><br />
by the CITES<br />
database. See<br />
Naumann 1970.<br />
Equidae Horses<br />
Equus onager Onager or Asian<br />
Wild Ass<br />
Rhinoceritidae<br />
“Hearsay”<br />
reports from<br />
Nangarhar <strong>and</strong><br />
Kunar (Sayer<br />
<strong>and</strong> van der Zon<br />
1981; p. 33).<br />
Range maps<br />
in Shackleton<br />
(1997) do<br />
not suggest<br />
occurrence in<br />
<strong>Afghanistan</strong>.<br />
Uncertain for<br />
<strong>Afghanistan</strong>.<br />
Sometimes<br />
considered Bos<br />
grunniens.<br />
Threatened II Habibi (2003) Considered<br />
E. hemionus by<br />
Habibi (2003)<br />
<strong>and</strong> IUCN.<br />
Considered E.<br />
onager by IUCN<br />
<strong>and</strong> by Duff <strong>and</strong><br />
Lawson (2004).<br />
Regardless,<br />
the Afghan<br />
subspecies are<br />
onager <strong>and</strong> kulan.<br />
Rhinoceros unicornis Indian Rhinoceros I Fitzherbert (2005)<br />
says cited for<br />
Nangahar in early<br />
“namas”. Rookmaaker<br />
(2000) notes a 1556<br />
report <strong>of</strong> rhinoceros<br />
on either the Afghan<br />
or the Pakistan side <strong>of</strong><br />
the mountains.<br />
Uncertain for<br />
<strong>Afghanistan</strong>.<br />
Note: this list follows the McKenna-Bell sequence <strong>of</strong> mammalian orders (McKenna, M.C. <strong>and</strong> Bell S.K. 1997. Classification <strong>of</strong><br />
Mammals Above the Species Level. New york, Columbia University Press)<br />
References:<br />
• Duff, A. <strong>and</strong> Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals <strong>of</strong> the World- A Checklist. A&C Black, London<br />
• Fitzherbert, A. 2005. Wildlife <strong>of</strong> <strong>Afghanistan</strong>. Pages 659 - 709 In Omrani, B. <strong>and</strong> M. Leeming. <strong>Afghanistan</strong>: A companion <strong>and</strong><br />
guide. Pp. 659 - 709. Odyssey Books <strong>and</strong> Guides.<br />
• Habibi, K. 2003. Mammals <strong>of</strong> <strong>Afghanistan</strong>. Zoo Outreach <strong>and</strong> US Fish <strong>and</strong> Wildlife Service. 168 pp.<br />
• Habibi, K. 2001. <strong>Afghanistan</strong>. In: D.P. Mallon <strong>and</strong> S.K. Kingswood (compilers). Antelopes. Part 4: North Africa, the Middle East, <strong>and</strong><br />
Asia. Global Survey <strong>and</strong> Regional Action Plans. pp.119-121. IUCN, Gl<strong>and</strong>.<br />
• Koopman, K. 1993. Order Chiroptera. In Wilson, D.E. <strong>and</strong> Reeder, D.M. Mammal species <strong>of</strong> the world: a taxonomic <strong>and</strong><br />
geographic reference. 2nd edition. Smithsonian Pr., Washington. 1206 pp.<br />
• Naumann, C. 1970. Ein ehemaliges Wildyak-vorkommen im afghanischen Pamir. Bonn. Zool. Beitr. 24: 249-253.<br />
• Roberts, T.J. 1997. The mammals <strong>of</strong> Pakistan. 2nd ed: Ernest Benn Ltd., London, United Kingdom<br />
• Rookmaaker, L.C. 2000. Records <strong>of</strong> the rhinoceros in Pakistan <strong>and</strong> <strong>Afghanistan</strong>. Pakistan J. Zool. 32(1):65-74.<br />
• Sayer, J.A. <strong>and</strong> Van der Zon, A.P.M. 1981. National parks <strong>and</strong> wildlife conservation, <strong>Afghanistan</strong>: A contriubtion to a<br />
conservation strategy. FAO FO:DP/AFG/78/007, Rome. 2 vols.<br />
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