the endangered mammals include the blasius's horseshoe bat, two subspecies of the eurasian brown bear, the eurasian lynx, the asian subspecies of cheetah (extinct) , the leopard, the striped hyena, the pallas's cat, the sand cat, the caracal, the caspian seal, the red deer, the turkmen wild goat, the markhor and the turkmen mountain sheep. the great balkan mouse-like hamster is one of a number of mammals endemic to this region. another is the turkmen ratel, a subspecies of the honey badger.