Gaplaňgyr Nature Reserve
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The Kaplankyr Nature Reserve is situated on the southern edge of the Ust- Urt plateau in the province Dasoguz in northern Turkmenistan. It covers an area of over 8000 square kilometers and includes two specially protected areas Sarykamysh Reserve and Shakhsenem Reserve.
Kaplankyr means " cheetah plateau ", but the big cats are extinct in the entire area of the Ust- Urt now. At large animals still Trans-Caspian Urials, gazelle, honey badgers, and re-introduced in the 1980s, half donkey occur in the reserve. In winter Saigaantilopen penetrate from the Trans Caspian steppes ago to the Kaplankyr Reserve. Overall, the reserve is home to 26 species of mammals and 147 species of birds.