Endemic Animals of Kazakhstan

The desert dormouse (Selevinia betpakdalaensis ) is a species of rodent in the dormouse family, Gliridae. This species was formerly placed in its own family, Seleviniidae, but it is now considered to be a dormouse, monotypic within the genus Selevinia.It is endemic to Kazakhstan. Less

The greater fat-tailed jerboa (Pygeretmus shitkovi ) is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae. It is endemic to Kazakhstan. Its natural habitat is temperate desert. Less

The pale pygmy jerboa or pallid pygmy jerboa (Salpingotus pallidus ) is a species of rodent in the family Dipodidae endemic to Kazakhstan. Less

The Kazakhstan blind mole-rat or Ural blind mole-rat (Spalax uralensis ) is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It is endemic to Kazakhstan, along the Ural River basin and the flood plains of the Uil, Temir, and Emba rivers.Whereas the species inhabits an area approximately 100,000 km2 in size, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) describes S. uralensis as rare and its habitat prone to overgrazing. In 1993, ...
Puzachenko's morphometric analysis demonstrated that the species was distinct from the giant blind mole-rat (S. giganteus ). Less