What is Wildlife of Afghanistan?
[[Afghanistan]] is a [[country]] that has lots of amazing [[Animal|animals]]. Many of the large mammals in Afghanistan are threatened. These include the [[snow leopard]], [[Marco Polo sheep]], [[Siberian Musk Deer|Siberian musk deer]], [[markhor]], [[urial]], and the [[Asian black bear|Asiatic black bear]]. Most of the Marco Polo sheep and [[ibex]] are being killed for food. While wolves, snow leopards and bears are being killed for prevent damage.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Butler|first=R. A.|date=|title=Adventures in conservation: protecting wildlife in Afghanistan: An interview with Dr. Alex Dehgan, Afghanistan Country Director for the Wildlife Conservation Society|url=http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0807-interview-dehgan.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130208120534/http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0807-interview-dehgan.html|archive-date=2013-02-08|access-date=|website=Mongabay.com}}</ref> ==Fauna== Here is a list of the animals that live in Afghanistan. They are: ===Mammals=== * [[Afghan flying squirrel]] * [[Afghan mouse-like hamster]] * [[Afghan pika]] * [[Afghan vole]] * [[Asian house shrew]] * [[Asian black bear|Asiatic black bear]] * [[Asiatic brown bear]] * [[Balochistan gerbil]] * * [[Baluchi mouse-like hamster]] * [[Blanford's jerboa]] * [[Brandt's hedgehog]] * [[Bucharian vole]] * [[Cape hare]] * [[Etruscan shrew]] * [[Euphrates jerboa]] * [[Eurasian otter]] * [[Eurasian pygmy shrew]] * [[Forest dormouse]] * [[Geoffroy's bat]] * [[Gmelin's white-toothed shrew]] * [[Great gerbil]] * [[Grey dwarf hamster]] * [[Wolf|Gray wolf]] * [[Hotson's jerboa]] * [[Indian gerbil]] * [[Juniper vole]] * [[Kashmir cave bat]] * [[Large-eared pika]] * [[Leopard]] * [[Lesser horseshoe bat]] * [[Lesser white-toothed shrew]] * [[Libyan jird]] * [[Long-clawed ground squirrel]] * [[Long-eared hedgehog]] * [[Long-tailed marmot]] * [[Marco Polo sheep]] * [[Markhor]] * [[Mehely's horseshoe bat]] * [[Mid-day jird]] * [[Mountain weasel]] * [[Northern palm squirrel]] * [[Pallas's cat|Palla's cat]] * [[Persian Jird|