Animal Info - Russia(Part of the former Soviet Union)ContentsThreatened Species, Environmental and Social Data (Mammals, Biodiversity/Ecosystems, Population, Area, Economy), References and Links Threatened SpeciesThreatened Species: The following list includes all mammals which occur in Russia and are rated as Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.
Environmental and Social DataMammalsNumber of endemic species: 20 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994) Biodiversity/EcosystemsRussia contains the Central & Eastern Siberian Boreal Forests & Taiga, Ural Mountains Boreal Forests & Taiga, Kamchatka Boreal Taiga & Grasslands, Chukotsky Coastal Tundra, Taimyr Coastal Tundra, Lake Baikal, and Lena River Delta Global 200 Ecoregions as well as portions of the Russian Far East Temperate Forests, Altai-Sayan Montane Forests, Caucasus & Northeast Anatolia Temperate Forests, Daurian Steppe, Russian Far East Rivers & Wetlands, Volga River Delta, Bering & Beaufort Seas, Sea of Okhotsk & Northern Sea of Japan, and Svalbard/Franz Joseph Land Marine Ecosystems Global 200 Ecoregions (Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999) PopulationPopulation in 1995: 147,480,000 (Natl.
Geog. Soc. 1995) AreaArea: 17,074,996 sq km (6,592,692 sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995) EconomyPer capita GNP ($ U.S.) (1991): $3,469 (WRI
1994) References and LinksReferences: Groombridge & Jenkins 1994, IUCN 1994, IUCN 1996, IUCN 2000, IUCN 2004, Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995, Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999, Polar Bear Spec. Gr. 2005, World Almanac 1999, WRI 1994 General Links (After you get to one of these sites, click on the link for Russia): CIA World Factbook, Foreign Embassies of Washington, D.C., Library of Congress - Country Studies, University of Texas - Country Maps, Washington Post - Countries, World Resources Institute - Country Profiles; Links for Russia: United Nations Development Program - Russia (English and русский язык), U.S. Agency for International Development - Russia, WWF - Russia (English and русский язык) Top of Page | Search This Site Home | Rarest Mammals | Species Index | Species Groups Index | Country Index | Links Last modified: April 17, 2006; |
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