On the track of large animals in wilderness of Central Asia and conservation of nature by Thomasz Pietrzak
still on the track........ ale? It is believed that Central Asia has gaps in knowledge, a region where large animals coexist. Many of them are still unknown for zoological exploration. The most charismatic are so-called unknown primates of Xinjiang-kashgaria and some sort of reptile, dinosaur-like varanid that occur in the wild areas. So, the mountainous Dżungaria are occupied by forest--and rocky dwellers such as wolverine ( Gulo gulo ) which is little known and some kind of dinosaur-like varanid is reported around Saryam Lake in Borohoro (Lai Kuan and Jian Qun, 1993). As for Kashgaria there is an unrecognized terrestrial animal resembling american badger (Lydekker, 1878). Natural history of that part of the world (esp. Xinjiang) is overlooked for years, lost species are lost and only some studies conducted by " european scientists and philosophers" remain. Natural history of remote forests and mountains in the wild terra silvestre of North and Inner Afghanistan and Uzbek...