Wildlife of Kazakhstan


The wildlife of Kazakhstan includes its flora, fauna, and funga and their natural habitats.

Fauna

Felidae

Birds

The avifauna of Kazakhstan includes a total of 513 species, of which 5 are rare or accidental.

Flora and funga

The diversity of a flora of Kazakhstan varies considerably both by structure and number of taxa, and by geography, in particular, by nature-climatic zones and high-altitude belts. In Kazakhstan there are more than 6,000 species of highest vascular plants, about 5,000 species of mushrooms, 485 species of lichen, and more than 2,010 species of seaweed.