Turkey Country Animals
Either wild native or pet owned the photos includes birds tortoises horses cats and dogs.
Turkey country animals. Photos of animals in turkey the country. The turkey is a large bird in the genus meleagris which is native to the americas. The turkey is a group of large birds in the pheasant or phasianidae family. There are about 11 000 species of flowering plants.
About 1500 species of vertebrates have been recorded in the country and around 19 000 species of invertebrate. Animals that are native to turkey include the brown bear wolf caucasian lynx caracal and striped hyena. The wild turkey of eastern and central north america and the ocellated turkey of the yucatán peninsula. The genus has two extant species.
For their wild counterparts please see the wild turkey article. Turkey is a large country with many geographic and climatic regions and a great diversity of plants and animals each suited to its own particular habitat. Türkiye cumhuriyeti ˈtyɾcije dʒumˈhuːɾijeti is a transcontinental country located mainly on the anatolian peninsula in western asia with a smaller portion on the balkan peninsula in southeastern europe turkey is bordered on its northwest by greece and bulgaria. Either wild native or pet owned the photos includes birds tortoises horses cats and dogs.
It can be found living in empty rocky near desert environments. Northeast by georgia. They are closely related to chickens quail pheasants peacocks and partridges. This article will focus on the domestic species.
The wildlife of turkey is abundant and very varied. Also known as the hermit ibis or waldrapp the northern bald ibis is an endangered migratory bird which inhabits parts of turkey and morocco. Typically reaching lengths of between 28 and 31 inches this non wading migratory bird s body is shiny black in. Türkiye officially the republic of turkey turkish.
North by the black sea. Leopards are also thought to reside in turkey as well as about 400 species of birds. Some of the world s staple crops were first cultivated in this area and many of their wild relatives are still. As an omnivore the turtle consumes both plants and animals including a wide variety of fish sponges coral jellyfish sea urchins starfish and squid.
Animals unique to turkey include the asia minor spiny mouse taurus ground squirrel jackass shrew anatolian vole do ramaci s vole baran s adder central turkish mountain viper fringe fingered lizard blue rock lizard a kukri snake a dwarf racer pamphylian lizard basoglu s racerunner the anatolian rock lizard anatolia lycian salamander anatolian marsh frog marmaris lycian salamander atif s lycian salamander the anatolia newt fazil lycian salamander fazil lycian salamander.