Mongolian Horses
There is some scientific supposition that horses originated in Mongolia. The ancestor of hoofed animals — toe-nailed animals (condylarter) was found in 1924 in Mongolia by Andrew’s expedition. Later, international expeditions have found proof of these suppositions in Mongolian territory and have made a comparative research. Mongolia is often described as the “land of the horse”. Children learn to ride as young as four or five years old and about half the country’s 2.5 million people who are semi-nomadic breed horses. But the animals are domestic.
The Mongolian wild horse is known in the West as the Prezewalski horse after the Russian naturalist, Nicole Prezewalski, who first sighted several herds in 1879. In Mongolia it is called takhi. The horse resembles animals in cave drawings and paintings by Stone Age people in Mongolia and other countries. The paintings suggest that in prehistoric times the horse ranged over large parts of Asia. So, it is thought that Mongolian horses descended from the Mongolian wild horses (takhi).
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Mongol Daguur
The Mongolian Dagurian Strictly Protected Area is divided into two parts. The larger northern part (Chuluunkhoroot soum territory of Dornod aimag), contiguous to Russia’s Daurski Reserve, takes the rolling steppe and wet lands on the south shore of white-tinted Tari lake. The southern part of the protected area (Chuluunkhoroot, Gurvanzagal, and Dashbalbar soums) encompasses a narrow strip of the clear Ulz River and its pristine wetlands, which was classified as a protected area because of the high density of nesting white-napped cranes. The protected area was established in 1992 by PMH Resolution No. 11 with the purpose of preserving a representative portion of Dagurian steppe with its characteristic flora, fauna and landscape, and creating an endangered species reserve for some of the world’s rarest birds. Readmore…
Gobi Desert of Mongolia
One of the world’s great deserts, much of the Gobi is a daunting place of bare rocky mountains, sand dunes, and huge desert flats, relieved by well-watered oases. The climate is harsh, from 40C in summer to -40C in winter, and ravaged by savage winds and dust storms up to 140 kilometers per hour. Gobi is home to desert animals, such as Wild Camel, Gobi Bear and 11 species of nocturnal Jerboa. Oases and sheltered areas support mammals typical of the Desert-Steppe Zone. Rocky Desert Mountains are home to Ibex and Gobi Argali. The harshness favors lizards such as Geckos and snakes such as Tartar Sand Boa. Vegetation is sparse, with Poplar trees fringing oases, and 4.5 million hectares of “Saxaul Forests”. Saxauls a woody shrub (Haloxylon ammodendron), 2 to 4 meters high, crucial to the desert ecology. Readmore…
Goats
{mosimage}The Mongolian goat is a beneficial livestock that has high effectiveness and independent capabilities. Goats account for 20 percent of Mongolian livestock. But since 1990 numbers of ox have increased substantially, horses increased a little, sheep decreased, camel stayed the same but goats increased by leaps and bounds.
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Sheep
{mosimage}The main part of Mongolian livestock is the sheep flock. Sheep herding in Mongolia is one of the biggest in the world. By number of sheep per population Mongolia is the third after Australia and New Zealand. Mongolia has about 15 million of sheep. Annual demand of Mongolia in mutton is 5 million head of sheep.
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Two Hump Camel
{mosimage}Camels are divided into 5 types. Camels in Mongolia are of the two-humped Bactrian variety. They have traditionally been important for transport (they are used for moving gers) and status, but have been steadily reducing in numbers, perhaps because of the introduction of mechanized transport.
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Domestic Animals
{mosimage}The total numbers of livestock (sheep, goat, camels, horses and cattle) reached 32.9 million in 1998. 129 million hectares of land is designated as agricultural land of which 326.6 thousand hectares is cropped. 194.9 thousand tons of wheat, 65.2 thousands tons of potato and 45.7 thousand tons of vegetables were harvested in 1998.
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Fish
{mosimage}Mongolia is a landlocked country and is situated in the Center of the Asian continent. So there are only fishes of river and lake varieties in the country. Mongolian rivers and lakes are classified into three basins: Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Central Asia. Animals in each basin create a specific composition. There are 75 species of fish, belonging to 36 genera and 11 families living in the Mongolian water basin.
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Birds
{mosimage}More than 330 species from this are migratory and the remaining 104 species inhabit Mongolia year-round. Approximately 50 species migrate through Mongolia and 20 species are observed here occasionally. Approximately 50 species migrate through Mongolia and 20 species are observed here occasionally.
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Wild Horse
{mosimage}The Takhi are the last remaining wild horses worldwide. It is also known as the (named after the Russian explorer who first discovered the horse in 1878 in Mongolia) is probably the most recognised and successful symbol of the preservation and protection of Mongolia's diverse and unique wildlife.
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There is some scientific supposition that horses originated in Mongolia. The ancestor of hoofed animals — toe-nailed animals (condylarter) was found in 1924 in Mongolia by Andrew’s expedition. Later, international expeditions have found proof of these suppositions in Mongolian territory and have made a comparative research. Mongolia is often described as the “land of the horse”. Children learn to ride as young as four or five years old and about half the country’s 2.5 million people who are semi-nomadic breed horses. But the animals are domestic.
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