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Syrian elephants were among the largest Asian elephant subspecies to have survived into historic times, measuring 3.5 metres (11 ft 6 in) or more at the shoulder; on par with the largest reported Indian elephants. Skeletal remains show it did not differ much from the Indian subspecies, except in size.
This list shows the IUCN Red List status of the 150 wild mammal fauna of Turkey. Two are critically endangered, two are endangered, fourteen are vulnerable, and three are near threatened. The following tags are used to highlight each species' global status as published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
Asian elephants in the park. As of November 2023, there are nearly 1,800 animals from 132 species in İzmir Wildlife Park. [8] Swans, ducks and waterfowl are exhibited in the 8,450 m 2 pond. [9] There are giraffes, zebras, hippos, ostriches and nyalas in the African savannah, which is built on an area of 18,000 m 2.
In some areas, elephant camps continue to train these animals for tourism, offering rides and entertainment. However, there are also many protected areas where wild elephants can roam freely ...
The elephants use their trunks to throw dirt on their own backs in the mornings, to act as a sun block throughout the day. In the afternoons, they go to the river to wash off the dirt from their ...
Caracal: One of Turkey's wild cats Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncates). The fauna of Turkey is abundant and very varied. The wildlife of Turkey includes a great diversity of plants and animals, each suited to its own particular habitat, as it is a large country with many geographic and climatic regions About 1500 species of vertebrates have been recorded in the country and around ...
Mahouts, or elephant trainers, trained elephants using chains and a hook called an “elephant goad.” The animal grew accustomed to being led, raising its leg to provide a stepstool for riders ...
The flora of Turkey consists of more than 11,000 species of plants, as well as a poorly known number of fungi and algae. Around a third of Turkey's vascular plants are found only in the country. One reason there are so many of these endemics is because Anatolia is both mountainous and quite fragmented.