Wildlife National Parks of Pakistan (Modified Version) (1)

national parks of
pakistan
(FAUNA)
DR. SAJID MAHMOOD
WILDLIFE BIOLOGY
Department of Zoology
Hazara University Mansehra
NATIONAL PARKS OF PAKISTAN
(Fauna)
AYUBIA NATIONAL PARK, KP
ESTABLISHED 1984
AREA 3,122 ha
Common Name Scientific name Picture
Grey Goral Naemorhedus goral
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: On Himalayan mountains.

Size: 52-73 inches length, 26-45 inches height.
Breeding season: Winter.
Offspring: 1-2 young ones.
Gestation Period: 135-170 days.
Feeding Habit: Herbivorous.
Conservation Status: Near threatened.
Life Span: 14-15 years
Common Leopard Panthera pardus

DESCRIPTION
Habitat: From tropical rainforests to temperate

forests.
Size: 60-70 cm tall; 37-90 kg weight.
Breeding season: No distinctive breeding season.
Feeding Habit: Carnivorous.
Conservation Status: Threatened.

Rhesus Macaque Macaca mulatta Picture
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Arid and open areas, grasslands,

woodlands and mountainous regions.
Size: 53 cm length, 53 cm height & 7.7 kg weight.
Breeding season: Variation on year to year basis.
Gestation Period: 166 days.
Conservation Status: Least concern.
Life Span: 25 years
Yellow-throated Marten Martes flavigula Picture

DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Afghanistan & Pakistan.

Size: 50-72 cm length; 38-43cm height & weight
2.5-5.7 kg.
Breeding season: Mid-February to late-March.
Feeding Habit: Omnivorous.
Life Span: 168 months (10 and a half years)

Giant Indian Flying Squirrel Petaurista Picture
philippensis
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: South Asia & Gujarat.

Size: 43cm length, 50cm height & 2 kg.
Breeding season: Mid-June.
Offspring: One young ones.
Feeding Habitat: Herbivorous.
Conservation Status: least concern.
Life Span: 6 years
Small Kashmir Flying Eoglaucomys Picture

Squirrel fimbriatus
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Subtropical or tropical dry forests.

Behavior: Nocturnal animal.
Size: Body length 24-31 cm.
Breeding season: February and March.
Feeding Habit: Feed on fruits and nuts.

AYUBIA NATIONAL PARK, KP
BIRDS
Koklass Pheasant Pucrasia macrolopha
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Coniferous and mixed forests.

Size: 58-64cm length;1.1kg-1.4kg weight
Breeding season: April-June.
Feeding Habit: Vegetarian, insectivorous.
Kalij Pheasant Lophura

leucomelanos
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Evergreen and deciduous forests.

Size: 63-70 cm long (male); 50-60 cm (female).
Breeding season: Varies with races.
Offspring: 6-9.

CHITRAL GOL NATIONAL PARK, KP
ESTABLISHED 1984
AREA 7,750 ha
Kashmir Markhor Capra falconeri
cashmiriensis
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Middle Asian mountains.

Size: 132-186 cm length; 65-115cm height &
weight 40-110kg.
Breeding season: Winter.
Urial Ovis orientalis Picture

vignei
DESCRIPTION
Habitats: Steep grassy terrain below tree line.

Size: 100 cm length; 80-90cm height & weight
60kg.
Breeding season: September.
No. Offspring: 4-5 young ones.

Snow Leopard Panthera uncia Picture
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Mountains of Central Asia.

Size: 1.1 m length, 32 kg weight.
Breeding season: December & March.
Offspring: 5 young ones.
Gestation Period: 93-110days.
Conservation Status: Critically Endangered.
Black Bear Ursus Picture

thibetanus
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Steep mountains, moist forests, and in

areas of thick vegetation.
Size: 1.4 m length; 59-300kg weight.
Breeding season: June & mid-July.
Gestation Period: 220 days
Conservation Status: Endangered.
Life Span: 18 years

Long-tailed Marmot Marmota Picture
caudata
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Alpine grasslands throughout

Himalayas and on Tibetan plateaus.
Size: 46-67 cm long.
Breeding season: February-March.
Offspring: 2-11.
Gestation Period: 1 month.
Cape Hare Lepus capensis Picture

DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Grassland, bushveld, Sahara desert

and semi desert area.
Size: Body length 52-60 cm; Weight 4-5 kg.
Breeding season: January-June.
Offspring: 2-4 litters of 1-6 leverets per year.

CHITRAL GOL NATIONAL PARK, KP
BIRDS
Himalayan Snowcock Tetraogallus
himalayensis
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: High alpine meadow, alpine pastures and

on steep rocky cliffs.
Size: 22-29 inches long, 4.4-6.8 pounds weight.
Offspring:
Feeding Habit: Tubers, leaves, young shoots,
berries, grasses.
Life Span: unknown
Monal Pheasant Lophophorus Picture

impejanus
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Cool, upper temperate oak-conifer forests.

Size: Length 2.3 feet; Weight 1980 gram-2380
gram.
Breeding season: April through June.
Feeding Habit: Seeds, tubers, berries, insects etc.
Life Span: unknown

Snow Partridge Lerwa lerwa Picture
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Alpine pastures and open hillside above

tree line.
Size: Length 30-40 cm, weight 454-709 gram.
Breeding season: May-July.
Feeding Habit: Lichen, moss and plant matter
predominates.
Life Span: unknown
Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar Picture

DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Mountainous regions with rocky

outcrops, deserts and open regions with grasses
and shrubs.
Size: 14 inches long, 16-29 ounces in weight.
Breeding season: February-April.
Life Span: 5 years

SHEIKH BADIN NATIONAL PARK, KP
ESTABLISHED 1999, AREA 15,540 ha
Wolf Canis lupus
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Subtropical scrubland, hot desert, open areas,

tropical thorn forest.
Size: Height 66-81 cm, length 1.2-2 m.
Breeding season: Between the months of January and
April.
Offspring: 6-7 pups.
Feeding Habit: Carnivores.
Jackal Canis aureus Picture

DESCRIPTION
Habitat: In open country with trees and brush, grass

and copse. Found throughout the country except the
northern mountainous regions.
Size: Head and body length 60-106 cm, weight 7-15

kg.
Breeding season: October-March.

Indian Hare/Black-naped Hare Lepus nigricollis Picture
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Short grasslands, barren agriculture fields, crop

fields.
Size: Body length 52-60 cm, Weight kg.
Breeding season: January-June.
Offspring: 1-8 young.
Life Span: 5 years

SHEIKH BADIN NATIONAL PARK, KP
Birds
Grey Partridge Francolinis
pendiceranus
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Grasslands, hedgerows.

Size: Length 32 cm; Weight 390 gram.
Feeding Habit: Seeds (wheat, barley, oat etc),
insects.
Life Span: 3 years
Black Partridge Fracolinus Picture

francolinus
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Primary and tall secondary lowland

forest, with many stem less palms.
Size: Length 27cm; Weight 450 gram.
Life Span: 7 years

SAIFUL MALUK NATIONAL PARK, KP
ESTABLISHED 2003
AREA 12,026 ha
Himalayan Ibex Capra sibirica
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Mountainous rocky regions, both

open meadows and cliffs, tracking out to low
elevations during winter.
Size: Length 103-132 cm (male); 85-101 cm
(female).
Weight 130 kg.
Breeding season: October-January.
Offspring: 1.
Feeding Habit: Alpine plump and sages.
Life Span: 17 years
Brown Bear Ursus arctos Picture
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Temperate grasslands, alpine

meadows, subalpine scrub zones.
Size: Length 1.4-2.8 cm; Weight 80-600 kg.
Breeding season: May-July.
Offspring: 1-6.
Conservation Status: Critically endangered.
Long-tailed Marmot Marmota caudata
Snow Leopard Panthera uncia
Black Bear Ursus thibetanus

SAIFUL MALUK NATIONAL PARK, KP
BIRDS
Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
Snow Partridge Lerwa lerwa
Monal Pheasant Lophophorus impajenus
Black Partridge Francolinus francolinus
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
LULUSAR-DODIPAT NATIONAL PARK, KP
ESTABLISHED 2003
AREA 75,058 ha

Himalayan Lynx Lynx lynx isabelline
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Moist, boreal forests, alpine slopes

above tree lines.
Size: Length 80-130 cm.
Feeding Habit: Wide range of animals, hoofed
animals, rodents, hares etc.
Life Span: 15 years

BROGHIL VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, KP
ESTABLISHED 2010
AREA 134,744 ha
Common name Scientific name Pictures
Domestic Yak Bos grunniens
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: treeless uplands, alpine tundra with

thick carpet of grasses and sedges.
Size: Length 2.5-3.3m; Height 1.6-2.2m; Weight
350-580 kg.
Breeding season: Begins in September.
Offspring: 1.
Feeding Habit: Grasses and sedges, herbs and
shrubs, mosses and lichens.
Conservation Status: Vulnerable.
Life Span: 20 years

GHAMOT NATIONAL PARK, AJK
ESTABLISHED 2004
AREA 27,271 ha
Common name Scientific name Picture
Musk Deer Moschus moschiferous
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Mixed coniferous forest in winter and

Birch forest in summer, grasslands and scrublands.
Size: Body length 86-100 cm, weight 11-18 kg.
Breeding season: November-December.
Offspring: 1 young per birth.
Gestation Period: 6.5 months.
Feeding Habit: Grass, moss, tender shoots, twigs,
buds and lichens.
Conservation Status: Critically endangered.
Life Span: 7 years
Asian Palm Civet Paradoxurus Picture

hermaphrodites
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Tropical forests.

Size: Length 53 cm; Weight 3.2 kg.
Breeding season: Year-round.
Offspring: 2-5.
Feeding Habit: Carnivore, herbivore, insectivore.
Himalayan ibex Capra sibirica
Grey Goral Neomorhedus goral
Rhesus Monkey Macaca mulatta
GHAMOT NATIONAL PARK, AJK
BIRDS
Western Horned tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Temperate, dense coniferous and broad leaved

forests.
Size: Male; length 55-60 cm. Weight 1800-2200g.
Female; length 48-50 cm. Weight 1300-1400g.
Offspring:
Feeding Habit: Arboreal. Feed on leaves, shoots, seeds,
insects.
Life Span: unknown
Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos

Yellow-throated Marten Martes flavigula
Monal Pheasant Lophophorus impejanus
PIR LASURA NATIONAL PARK, AJK
ESTABLISHED 2005
AREA 1,580 ha
Nilgai Boselaphus tragocamelus
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Grassy steppe and woodlands area.

Breeding season: December-March.
Offspring: Generally 2 young per birth.
Gestation Period: 8 months.
Feeding Habit: Leaves, buds, grasses, fruits.
Life Span: 10 years
Indian Munjac/Southern Muntiacus muntjak Picture

Red Muntjac/Barking deer
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Himalayan foothill zone, tropical dry and thorn

forests.
Size: Shoulder height 1-2 feet, weight 45 lbs.
Breeding season: Year-round.
Offspring: 1-2.
Feeding Habit: Browser and grazer.
Conservation Status: Endangered

Indian Hare/Black-naped Lepus nigricollis
Hare
Indian porcupine Hystrix indica Picture
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Tropical and temperate shrub lands, grasslands,

forests etc.
Size: Length 70-90 cm; Weight 11-18 kg.
Breeding season: February-March.
Offspring: 2-4.
Common leopard Panthera pardus

Jackal Canis aureus
PIR LASURA NATIONAL PARK, AJK
BIRDS
Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Forests.
Size: Length 100-120 cm (male), 95 cm (female); Weight
4-6 kg.
Breeding season: Begins in July.
Offspring: 3-6.
Quail Coturnix coturnix Picture

DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Amid wild grasses, scrub, brush and open

woodlands.
Size: Length 18 cm; Weight 96g.
Breeding season: Spring-Autumn.
Feeding Habit: Seeds, berries, fruits and insects.
Grey Partridge Francolinus pendeceranus

TOLI PIR NATIONAL PARK, AJK
ESTABLISHED 2005
AREA 1000 ha
Rhesus Macaque Macaca mulatta

Yellow-throated Marten Martes flavigula
Palm Civet Paradoxurus
hermaphroditus
TOLI PIR NATIONAL PARK, AJK

BIRDS
Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Highlands and scrublands of Himalayas region.

Size: Length 90-118 cm (male); 61-76 cm (female).
Feeding Habit: Roots, tubers, bulbs, seeds, insects and
small animals.
Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanus

MUSK DEER NATIONAL PARK, AJK
ESTABLISHED 2007
AREA 52,815 ha
Yellow throated Marten Martes flavigula
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Moist tropical rainforests of southern India.

Size: Weight 2 kg; Length 55-65 cm.
Breeding season: February- March
Offspring: 2-6.
Wolf Canis lupus

Brown Bear Ursus arctos
Nilgai Boselophus tragocamelus
Barking Deer Muntiacus muntjak
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
MUSK DEER NATIONAL PARK, AJK
BIRDS
Red Jungle Fowl/ Indian Gallus gallus murgi
jungle fowl
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Thick secondary forests.
Size: Weight 780 g; Length 70 cm.
Breeding season: Spring and Summer.
Feeding Habit: Herbivore and Insectivore.

Koklass Pheasant Pucrasia mocrolopha
MACHIARA NATIONAL PARK, AJK

ESTABLISHED 1996
AREA 13,532 ha
Wolf Canis lupus
Nilgiri Marten Martes gwatkinsii
MACHIARA NATIONAL PARK, AJK
BIRDS

Himalayan Gyps himalayensis
Griffon/Himalayan Vulture
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Temperate and terrestrial.

Size: Weight 9 kg; Length 2.56-3.1 m.
Breeding season: December-March.
Feeding Habit: Carnivore, eat carrion.
Life Span: 20 years
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus

DESCRIPTION
Habitat: High rock ledges and high mountain areas.
Size: Weight 5.7 kg; Length 94-120 cm.
Breeding season: Mid winter.
Feeding Habit: Scavenger, bone-eater.
Life Span: 21.4 years

Western Horned Tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus
Himalayan Snowcock Tetraogallus himalayensis
DEVA VATALA NATIONAL PARK, AJK
ESTABLISHED 2007
AREA 2,993 ha
Barking Deer Muntiacus muntjak
Jackal Canis aureus
Hare
Indian Porcupine Hystrix indica
DEVA VATALA NATIONAL PARK, AJK
BIRDS
Grey Partridge Francolinus pendeceranus

HUNDERAB SHANDUR NATIONAL, GB
ESTABLISHED
AREA 165,000 ha
HUNDERAB SHANDUR NATIONAL, GB
BIRDS
Western Horned Tragopan Tragopan
melanocephalus
DEOSAI NATIONAL PARK, GB

ESTABLISHED 1993
AREA 363,600 ha
CENTRAL KARAKORAM NATIONAL PARK, GB
ESTABLISHED 1993
AREA 973,845
Markhor Capra falconeri
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Adapted to mountainous terrain, inhabit scrub

forests made primarily of oaks, pines and junipers.
Size: Length 1.6 m; Weight 41 kg.
Offspring: 1-2.
Life Span: 12 years

Himalayan Ibex Capra siberica
Musk deer Moschus moschiferous
Urial Ovis orientalis vignei
Long-tailed Marmot Marmota caudata
Wolf Canis lupus
CENTRAL KARAKORAM NATIONAL PARK, GB

BIRDS
Western Horned Tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus
Cheer pheasant Catreus wallichii
Koklass pheasant Pucrasia macrolopha
Monal pheasant Lophophorus impejanus
Kalij pheasant Lophura leucomelanos
KHUNJERAB NATIONAL PARK, GB
ESTABLISHEFD 1975
AREA 2,27143 ha
Bharal Pseudois nayaur
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Open grassy slopes in high mountains and found
near cliffs
Breeding season: Between October and January.
Offspring: 1-2.
Morcopolo Sheep Ovis ammon polii

DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Mountainous regions of Central Asia.
Size: Length 6 feet; Weight 278 pounds.
Breeding season: December.

Indian Wolf Canis lupus
Cape Hare Lepus capensis
KHUNJERAB NATIONAL PARK, GB

BIRDS
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Mountains, hills, cliffs.
Size: Weight 3.6 kg; Length 66-100 cm.
Breeding season: April-May.
Feeding Habit: Carnivore.
Life Span: 30 years
Bearded Vulture/Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus

Vulture
LAL SUHANRA NATIONAL PARK, PUNJAB
ESTABLISHED 1972
AREA 65,286 ha
Blackbuck/Indian Antelope cervicapra
Antelope
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Plains, open woodlands, semi desert areas.

Breeding season: March-May and August-October.
Offspring: 1 young per birth.
Gestation Period: 5-6 months.
Feeding Habit: Leaves, buds, grasses, field fruits.
Indian Desert cat Felis silvestris Picture

DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Desert and sandy areas.

Size: Length 51 cm; Weight 2.8 kg.
Breeding season: January-April.
Offspring: 1-8.

Wild Boar Sus scrofa Picture
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Tropical jungles and grasslands, broad leaved

forests.
Breeding season: November-January.
Honey Badger Mellivora capensis Picture
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Dry areas, forests and grasslands.

Breeding season: September-December.

Indian/Common Grey Herpestes edwardsii Picture
Mongoose
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Open forests, scrublands and cultivated fields.

Size: Length 55-75 cm; Weight 0.5-1.2 kg.
Breeding season: March-October.
Offspring: 2-4.
Feeding Habit: Catholic diet.
Life Span: 7 years
Chinkara/Indian Gazelle Gazaella benettii Picture
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Sand dune areas, stony plateaus and low hilly

regions.
Size: Shoulder height 65cm, weight 23 kg.
Breeding season: March-April.
Offspring: Generally 1 young per birth.
Gestation Period: About 5 months.
Feeding Habit: Bushes and green twigs, leaves of
different plants.

Caracal Caracal caracal Picture
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Drier savannah and woodlands, inhabits

evergreen and montane forests.
Size: Length 74 cm; Weight 12 kg.
Breeding season: August-December.
Offspring: Average 3.
Feeding Habit: Rodents, hares, antelope etc.
Life Span: 12 years
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Picture
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Dry, mixed landscape, with abundant edge of

scrub and woodland. In deserts, sand dunes and farmland.
Size: head and body length 58-90 cm, weight 3-11 kg.
Breeding season: In late winter/ early spring.
Offspring: litter size 3-12.
Feeding Habit: extremely varied, including invertebrates,
small mammals, fruit along with carrion.

Wolf Canis lupus
Jackal Canis aureus
Indian Hare Lepus nigricollis
Asian Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphrodites
LAL SUHANRA NATIONAL PARK, PUNJAB
BIRDS
Painted Sand Grouse Pterocles indicus Picture
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Deserts and arid areas.

Size: Length 25-30 cm; Weight 170-240 g.
Breeding season: At any time of year.
Gestation period: 20-25 days.
Feeding habit: Seeds, shoots, leaves, berries, ants and
termites.
Conservation status: Least concern.
Life Span: unknown
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus tunstall Picture
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Tundra to deserts.

Breeding season: March-May.
Gestation period: 32 days.
Feeding habit: Shorebirds, grebes, gulls, bats, fish, and
rodents.
Life Span: 13 years
Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata Picture
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Open and arid to semi-arid areas.

Size: Length 55-65 cm.
Breeding season: March-May.
Feeding habit: Omnivorous.
Conservation status: Vulnerable.
Crow Pheasant/Greater Centropus sinensis Picture
Coucal
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Grasslands.
Size: Length 48 cm.
Breeding season: June-September.
Feeding habit: Insects, caterpillars, bird eggs, fruit and
seeds.

Grey Partridge Francolinus francolinus
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
Owl Strigiformes
KALA CHITTA NATIONAL PARK, PUNJAB
ESTABLISHED 2008
AREA 36,965 ha
Common name Scientific name
Punjab Urial Ovis vignei punjabiensis
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Dry sub-tropical, semi evergreen scrub forest
Size: 40 kg weight,100 cm length
Breeding season: September
Gestation period: 5 months
Feeding habit: Trees & small shrubs
Conservation status: Vulnerable

Jackal Canis aureus
Hare
KALA CHITTA NATIONAL PARK, PUNJAB
BIRDS
Grey Partridge
Black Partridge
MARGALLA HILLS NATIONAL PARK, PUNJAB

ESTABLISHED 1980
AREA 15,883 ha

Barking Deer Mutikus muntjac
MARGALLA HILLS NATIONAL PARK, PUNJAB
BIRDS
Grey Partridge
Black Partridge
HINGOL NATIONAL PARK, BALOCHISTAN

ESTABLISHED 1997
AREA 616,043
Sindh Wild Goat Capra aegagrus
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Shrub land, forests, rocky areas, grassland, desert.
Size: Length 140 cm; Weight 90 kg.
Breeding season: August-September.
Feeding habit: Leaves, shrubs and forbs.
Conservation status: Vulnerable.
Chinkara/Indian Gazelle Gazella bennetti

Caracal Caracal caracal
Houbara Bustard Chalamydotis undulate
Striped Hyaena Hyaena hyaena
Asian Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus
HINGOL NATIONAL PARK, BALOCHISTAN
BIRDS
Osprey/Sea Hawk Pandion haliaetus
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Near lakes, streams, marshes, rivers, lagoons.

Size: Length 50-65 cm; Weight 1.4 kg.
Breeding season: April-May.
Feeding habit: Fish eater.
White Stork Ciconia Ciconia Picture

DESCRIPTION
Habitat: River banks, marshes, swamps, ditches and

meadows.
Breeding season: March and April.
Feeding habit: Carnivore.
Life Span: 35 years
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Swamps, freshwater lakes,, marshes.

Feeding habit: Carp and cichlids, small invertebrates.
Life Span: 16 years
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Picture

DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Lakes, rivers, deltas.

Size: Length 160-183 cm; Weight 7.25-15 kg.
Breeding season: March-April.

Spot-billed pelican/Grey Pelecanus philippensis Picture
Pelican
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Shallow lowland freshwater.

Breeding season: October-March.
Feeding Habit: Fish.
Life Span: 43 years
KIRTHAR NATIONAL PARK, SINDH

ESTABLISHED 1974
AREA 3087 SQ.KM
Bengal Fox Vulpes bengalensis Picture
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Thorny scrub or semi desert.

Size: Head and body length 50-60 cm, weight 1.8-3.2 kg.
Offspring: Litter size 2-4.
Feeding Habit: Insects, ground nesting birds and smaller
mammals, melons, shoots and pods of Cicer arietum.

Black-naped Hare Lepus nigricollis
Wolf Canis lupus
Sindh Wild Goat Capra aegagrus blythi
Jackal Canis aureus
Chinkara Gazelle Gazaella bennettii
Jungle Cat/Reed Felis chaus
Cat/Swamp Cat
Desert Cat Felis silvestris lybica
Urial Ovis orientalis vignei
Striped Hyena Hyaena hyaena
Honey Badger Mellivora capensis
KIRTHAR NATIONAL PARK, SINDH

BIRDS
Common Name Scientific name

Painted Sand Grouse Pterocles indicus
White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus Picture
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Wooded areas.

Breeding season: Dry season.
Gestation Period: 8 weeks.
Feeding Habit: Carnivore and scavenger.
Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata

Grey Partridge
Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
Indus dolphin Platanista minor
DESCRIPTION
Habitat: Freshwater.
Size: Length 2.5 m; Weight 76 kg.
Breeding season: No specific breeding season.
Gestation Period: 10 months.
Life Span: 28 years

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Habitat: On Himalayan mountains.

Common Leopard Panthera pardus

Habitat: From tropical rainforests to temperate

Life Span: 12-17 years

Habitat: Arid and open areas, grasslands,

Life Span: 25 years

Yellow-throated Marten Martes flavigula Picture

Habitat: Afghanistan & Pakistan.

Life Span: 168 months (10 and a half years)

Habitat: South Asia & Gujarat.

Life Span: 6 years

Small Kashmir Flying Eoglaucomys Picture

Habitat: Subtropical or tropical dry forests.

Life Span: 5-10 years

Habitat: Coniferous and mixed forests.

Conservation Status: Least concern.

Kalij Pheasant Lophura

Habitat: Evergreen and deciduous forests.

Life Span: 10-15 years

Habitat: Middle Asian mountains.

Life Span: 12-13 years

Urial Ovis orientalis Picture

Habitats: Steep grassy terrain below tree line.

Life Span: 10-12 years

Habitat: Mountains of Central Asia.

Life Span: 10-12 years

Black Bear Ursus Picture

Habitat: Steep mountains, moist forests, and in

Life Span: 18 years

Habitat: Alpine grasslands throughout

Life Span: 13-15 years

Cape Hare Lepus capensis Picture

Habitat: Grassland, bushveld, Sahara desert

Life Span: 4-5 years

Habitat: High alpine meadow, alpine pastures and

Monal Pheasant Lophophorus Picture

Habitat: Cool, upper temperate oak-conifer forests.

Life Span: unknown

Habitat: Alpine pastures and open hillside above

Life Span: unknown

Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar Picture

Habitat: Mountainous regions with rocky

Life Span: 5 years

Habitat: Subtropical scrubland, hot desert, open areas,

Life Span: 6-8 years

Jackal Canis aureus Picture

Habitat: In open country with trees and brush, grass

Size: Head and body length 60-106 cm, weight 7-15

Life Span: 10-12 years

Habitat: Short grasslands, barren agriculture fields, crop

Life Span: 5 years

Habitat: Grasslands, hedgerows.

Black Partridge Fracolinus Picture

Habitat: Primary and tall secondary lowland

Life Span: 7 years

Habitat: Mountainous rocky regions, both

Life Span: 17 years

Brown Bear Ursus arctos Picture

Habitat: Temperate grasslands, alpine