Large mammal species, especially large predators, are crucial for healthy ecosystems. They have a regulatory role in the ecosystem and balance the populations of herbivorous mammal species by hunting. There is a similar interaction on herbivorous mammals and vegetation. Herbivorous mammals can shape an ecosystem by suppressing vegetation in an area. In addition, large mammals enable plants to spread in an area by spreading their seeds, they are important for the functioning of the nutrient cycle and can work like an ecosystem engineer by influencing the shaping of habitats. In this context, 24 species continue to live in Türkiye.
In addition to large terrestrial mammals, Türkiye is home to 96 terrestrial small mammals, 39 bats and 13 marine mammals.
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Bozayı |
Brown Bear |
Ursus arctos |
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Kurt |
Grey Wolf |
Canis lupus |
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Vaşak |
Eurasian Lynx |
Lynx lynx |
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Pars |
Leopard |
Panthera pardus |
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Çizgili Sırtlan |
Striped Hyena |
Hyaena hyaena |
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Saz Kedisi |
Jungle Cat |
Felis chaus |
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Karakulak |
Caracal |
Caracal caracal |
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Yaban Kedisi |
Wildcat |
Felis silvestris |
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Çakal |
Golden Jackal |
Canis aureus |
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Tilki |
Red Fox |
Vulpes vulpes |
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Yaban Domuzu |
Wild Boar |
Sus scrofa |
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Kızılgeyik |
Red Deer |
Cervus elaphus |
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Alageyik |
Fallow Deer |
Dama dama |
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Karaca |
Roe Deer |
Capreolus capreolus |
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Çengel Boynuzlu Dağ Keçisi |
Chamois |
Rupicapra rupicapra |
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Yaban Keçisi |
Wild Goat |
Capra aegagrus |
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Yaban Koyunu |
Mouflon |
Ovis aries gmelini |
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Anadolu Yaban Koyunu |
Anatolian Mouflon |
Ovis aries anatolica |
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Ceylan |
Sand Gazelle |
Gazella marica |
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Dağ ceylanı |
Mountain Gazelle |
Gazella gazella |
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Yabani Tavşan |
European Hare |
Lepus europaeus |
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Porsuk |
European Badger |
Meles meles |
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Su Samuru |
Eurasian Otter |
Lutra lutra |
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Kuyruksüren |
Egyptian Mongoose |
Herpestes ichneumon |