Animal Info - Mongolia

Threatened Species, Environmental and Social Data (Mammals, Biodiversity/Ecosystems, Population, Area/Land Use, Protected Lands, Economy), References and Links

Threatened Species

Threatened Species: The following list includes all mammals which occur in Mongolia and are rated as Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the 2003 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.

Critically Endangered:
- Wild Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus).
Endangered:
- Long-eared Jerboa (Euchoreutes naso).
- Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia).
Vulnerable:
- Argali (Ovis ammon).
- Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus).
- Asiatic Wild Ass (Equus hemionus).
- Dhole (Cuon alpinus).
- Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra).
- Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa (Cardiocranius paradoxus).
- Siberian Musk Deer (Moschus moschiferus).
- Thick-tailed Pygmy Jerboa (Salpingotus crassicauda).
- Wolverine (Gulo gulo).
Other:
- Saiga (Saiga tatarica). (Rated Vulnerable in the 1996 Red List; rated Lower Risk: Conservation Dependent in the 2000 Red List.)

Environmental and Social Data

Mammals

Total number of species: 134 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of endemic species: 6 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of threatened species: 1996 and 2000: 12 (9 % of total species) (IUCN 1996, IUCN 2000)

Biodiversity/Ecosystems

Mongolia contains portions of the Altai-Sayan Montane Forests, Middle Asian Mountains Temperate Forests, Daurian Steppe, and Russian Far East Rivers & Wetlands Global 200 Ecoregions (Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999)

Population

Population in 1995: 2,297,000 (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population density in 1995: 1.5 people/sq km (3.8 people/sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population in 1998: 2,578,530 (World Almanac 1999)
Average population growth rate, 1980 - 1990: 2.8 % (World Bank 1992)

Area/Land Use

Area: 1,565,000 sq km (604,250 sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Percentages of primary world ecosystem types:

Desert and Semi-desert: 32 %
Polar and Alpine: 5 %
Grass and Shrub: 52 %
Crop and Settlements: 1 %
Interrupted Woods: 3 %
Major Forests: 7 %

(Groombridge 1992)

Percent of land area classified as the following degree of human disturbance: Low: 60 %, Medium: 35 %, High: 6 % (WRI 1994)

Protected Lands

Area: 61,680 sq km (23,808 sq mi) (Groombridge 1992)
Percent of land protected: 3.94 % totally protected, 0 % partially protected, 3.94 % totally or partially protected (Groombridge 1992)

Economy

Per capita GDP ($ U.S.) (1996): $2,060 (World Almanac 1999)

References and Links

References: Groombridge 1992, Groombridge & Jenkins 1994, IUCN 1994, IUCN 1996, IUCN 2000, IUCN 2003a, Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995, Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999, World Almanac 1999, World Bank 1992, WRI 1994

General Links (After you get to one of these sites, click on the link for Mongolia): 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 Mongolia: The United Nations in Mongolia, WWF Mongolia

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