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Qaidam Shan - Eurasia

China

Area

8474 km²

Elevation

2790 - 5720 m

Hierarchy

Higher Ranges

Eurasia
Central Asia
Tibetan Plateau
Nan Shan
Qilian Mountains
Qaidam Shan

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Artiodactyla

Goitered gazelle

Goitered gazelle

Gazella subgutturosa

Ovis darwini

Goa (antelope)

Goa (antelope)

Procapra picticaudata

Bharal

Bharal

Pseudois nayaur

Carnivora

Wolf

Wolf

Canis lupus

Beech marten

Beech marten

Martes foina

Steppe polecat

Steppe polecat

Mustela eversmanii

Leopard

Leopard

Panthera pardus

Brown bear

Brown bear

Ursus arctos

Tibetan fox

Tibetan fox

Vulpes ferrilata

Red fox

Red fox

Vulpes vulpes

Chiroptera

Gobi big brown bat

Gobi big brown bat

Eptesicus gobiensis

Thick-eared bat

Thick-eared bat

Eptesicus pachyotis

Lagomorpha

Woolly hare

Woolly hare

Lepus oiostolus

Plateau pika

Plateau pika

Ochotona curzoniae

Perissodactyla

Kiang

Kiang

Equus kiang

Rodentia

House mouse

House mouse

Mus musculus

Blyth's vole

Blyth's vole

Neodon leucurus

Roborovski dwarf hamster

Roborovski dwarf hamster

Phodopus roborovskii

Soricomorpha

Asian lesser white-toothed shrew

Asian lesser white-toothed shrew

Crocidura shantungensis

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