Like its vegetation, Mongolia features diverse wildlife species from the Siberian forest, the steppe and desert. Mongolia has 136 mammal species, more than 400 different types of birds, 76 species of fish, 8 amphibians, and 22 reptiles. From the abundance of wolves to the globally endangered snow leopard, there is a myriad of wildlife to track, photograph anf hunt.
The central and northern forest area is home to wolf, wild boar, elk, roedeer, and brown bear. Steppe and forest margins support marmot, muskrat, fox, steppe fox, and sable. Western high Altai Mountain boasts a rich wildlife. Apart from common wolf and wild cats, such as lynx and snow leopard, Altai is home to the word’s largest wild sheep-argali and Siberian ibex.
Species endemic to Central Asia are found primary in the Gobi desert and steppe including the Mongolian subspecies of the saiga antelope, four species of jerboa, and a vole. The Gobi desert and the eastern Mongolian steppe and inhabited by thousands of gazelles. The rarest animal in the world-the Gobi bear is found in the south-western part of Gobi. Wild ass and wild camels are abundantly found in the desert while argali and Gobi ibex also inhabit the rocky mountains within the Gobi region.
Takhi kown as Przewalski horse, which in the last remaining true wild horse has been reintroduced to the country from captivity abroad after being unseen for about thirty years in their home country.
Bird life is rich and included the golden eagle, bearded vulture and other birds of prey, while the country’s 2000 lakes are a magnet for water birds including storks and gulls. The east of Mongolia is famous for its birds life, boasting lakes of storks and pelicans, while vultures can be seen at will across the country and species are rare as the Altai snowcock and the mute swan are still observed in the countryside.

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Mongolian Naadam Festival

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Eagle hunting festival

Tsam Dancing festival

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