Animals that are Found Only in Pakistan

The markhor is the national animal of Pakistan, where it is also known as the "screw-horn" or screw-horned goat.

Markhor

The Indus river dolphin is endemic to the Indus River Basin of Pakistan. This dolphin was the first discovered side-swimming cetacean.

Indus River Dolphin

The Pakistan sand cat is a subspecies of the sand cat found in the deserts of Pakistan. It is the size of a domestic cat and the smallest of wild cats.

Pakistan Sand Cat

It is a bovid species native to the Himalayas. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.

Pakistan Gray Goral

The Chiltan ibex or Chiltan goat is a wild goat endemic to Chiltan, Balochistan, Pakistan.

Chiltan Wild Goat

The Sindh ibex or Turkman wild goat is a vulnerable subspecies of wild goat endemic to southwest Pakistan, and southeast Iran.

Sindh Ibex

The snow leopard finds a home in the Hindu Kush and Karakoram mountains in Pakistan’s northern provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan, and PoK.

Snow Leopard

Indus Valley toad is the most common amphibian in the Indus Valley, however increasing use of chemicals in agricultural fields is taking its toll.

Indus Valley Toad

Chukars are chickenlike game birds with a plump body, short legs, and a small round head. In flight, the tail is square and the wings are broad and rounded. 

Chukar Partridge