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Pakistan's remarkable animals, from the snow leopard to the blind Indus river dolphin, and the threats they face.
12 of 12 wildlife & endangered species
Ghost of the mountains
A rare big cat of the high mountains, with thick grey-white spotted fur and a very long tail that it wraps around itself for warmth.
A blind dolphin found only in the Indus
One of the world's rarest freshwater dolphins, almost blind, that 'sees' with sound. It lives only in the Indus river system.
Pakistan's largest land carnivore
A large brown bear of the high plateaus and alpine meadows of Gilgit-Baltistan, especially the Deosai Plains.
The world's largest wild sheep
A huge wild sheep with enormous spiralling horns, found in Pakistan only on the high border with China.
A desert bird that migrates to Pakistan in winter
A shy, sandy-coloured bird that flies from Central Asia to spend the winter in the deserts of Balochistan, Punjab and Sindh.
The scaly anteater
A shy, nocturnal mammal covered in overlapping scales, which rolls into a ball when threatened.
Sea turtles that nest on Pakistan's beaches
Large sea turtles that come ashore at night on beaches near Karachi and along the Balochistan coast to lay their eggs.
A wild goat of the high peaks
A sturdy wild goat with long, backward-curving ridged horns, living on cliffs in the Karakoram and Hindu Kush.
A wild sheep of the Salt Range
A wild sheep with a reddish coat and large curling horns, found mainly in the Salt Range and Kala Chitta hills of Punjab.
An antelope brought back from local extinction
An elegant antelope with spiral horns; the males are dark brown or black with white underparts.
A bird that nearly vanished
A large scavenging vulture whose numbers in Pakistan crashed by more than 95% in a few years.
Pakistan's freshwater crocodile
A broad-snouted freshwater crocodile found in lakes, rivers and marshes of Sindh and Balochistan.