Badhyz nature reserve

	Badhyz nature reserve
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location	Turkmenistan
surface	876 km²
Geographical location	35 ° 52 ′ N , 61 ° 40 ′ E Coordinates: 35 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ N , 61 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ E
Setup date	1941
administration	Ministry of Nature Conservation of Turkmenistan

The Badhyz Nature Reserve (also Badkhyz ) is a nature reserve in the southwest of Turkmenistan.

The nature reserve has an area of 876 square kilometers. It lies between the Murgab and Tejen rivers . It was founded in 1941. The landscape is dominated by steppes and bush areas of a highland that is cut up by mighty cliffs.

The Badhyz nature reserve is an important refuge for the Asiatic donkey . The reserve was the last natural occurrence of the Turkmen subspecies of the half donkey ( E. h. Kulan ). Although the animals are protected in the reserve, they migrate up to 100 km from the protected area to the Kuska River in the summer months . The population was around 200 when the reserve was set up and then increased to around 5,000. Today the population is estimated at around 650 animals. In the meantime, Turkmen half-donkeys from Badhyz have also been released back into the wild in other parts of the Middle East.

The area is also a refuge for Afghan urials , wild boars , striped hyenas , leopards and goitered gazelles . After a maximum population of 5,000 to 7,000 of these gazelles in the 1980s, the populations fell to around 2,000 animals due to unstable political conditions.

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↑ Shackleton, D., M., (ed.) And the IUCN / SSC Caprinae Specialist Group, 1997. Wild Sheep and Goats and their Relatives. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan for Caprinae. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. P. 176
↑ ^a ^b V. G. Heptner and AA Sludskii: Mammals of the Soviet Union Vol II, Part 2 CARNIVORA (Hyaenas and Cats). . Leiden, New York, 1992 ISBN 90-04-08876-8 .
↑ Moehlman, Patricia D. (ed. 2002). Equids: Zebra, Asses, and Horses. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN / SSC Equid Specialist Group., Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
↑ Mallon, DP and Kingswood, SC (compilers). (2001). Antelopes. Part 4: North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Global Survey and Regional Action Plans. SSC Antelope Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Web links

Badkhyz, Step ', Turkmenistan. Badhyz Nature Reserve map. In: itouchmap.com. Retrieved February 11, 2020
Badkyz Nature Reserve. Description of the reserve. In: eurasia.travel. Retrieved February 11, 2020(English).

[1] Shackleton, D., M., (ed.) And the IUCN / SSC Caprinae Specialist Group, 1997. Wild Sheep and Goats and their Relatives. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan for Caprinae. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. P. 176

[hept-2] V. G. Heptner and AA Sludskii: Mammals of the Soviet Union Vol II, Part 2 CARNIVORA (Hyaenas and Cats). . Leiden, New York, 1992 ISBN 90-04-08876-8 .

[3] Moehlman, Patricia D. (ed. 2002). Equids: Zebra, Asses, and Horses. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN / SSC Equid Specialist Group., Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

[4] Mallon, DP and Kingswood, SC (compilers). (2001). Antelopes. Part 4: North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Global Survey and Regional Action Plans. SSC Antelope Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.