The animal world of Uzbekistan
Animals in Uzbekistan are adapted to where they live. In the desert you find sand mice, jerboas, the desert monitor, jackals and solifugids; many tortoises and lizards live there too. In the mountains live the snow leopard, the argali (wild sheep) and the brown bear. By the rivers (riverside woods) live foxes, jackals, hares and many birds. The Red Book is a list of animals and plants that are disappearing; it is red because red is a warning colour. Animals become fewer because of hunting, loss of habitat and human activity. The Turan tiger once lived in the riverside woods of our rivers and has now disappeared completely. Nature reserves, limits on hunting and caring for nature help protect animals.
“Red Book page”: choose one rare animal (for example, the snow leopard). On a sheet draw it and write where it lives, what it eats, why it has become rare, and how it can be protected.