Found above the falls are whitebacked night heron Gorsachius leuconotus, African finfoot Podica senegalensis and rock pratincole Glareola nuchalis. From Wordnik.com. [Mosi-oa-Tunya Victoria Falls, Zambia] Reference
The following animals from this ecoregion included in the IUCN Red Data List: (1) Mammals: corsac fox (Vulpes corsac), saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica tatarica), giant mole-rat (Spalax giganteus), steppe pika (Ochotona pusilla), bobac marmot (Marmota bobac), ground squirrel (Spermophilus major), birch ouse (Sicista subtilis), migratory hamster (Cricetulus migratorius); and (2) Birds: white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala), imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca), lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni), pallid harrier (Circus macrourus), great bustard (Otis tarda), little bustard (Tetrax tetrax), black-winged pratincole (Glareola nordmanni) and sociable plover (Vanellus gregarius). From Wordnik.com. [Kazakh steppe] Reference
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