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David Blank Przewalski's Horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) is considered to be critically endangered.
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Wild Horses Equus ferus przewalskii have 66 chromosomes.
The Rise of Human Chromosome 2: Beyond the Deme - The Panda's Thumb 2009
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Other species of special significance include the plate-tailed gecko (Teratoscincus przewalskii) a beautifully colored, nocturnal lizard endemic to Central Asia, and other reptiles such as the Gobi gecko (Cyrtapodion elongatus) and sand boa (Eryx tataricus).
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Qaidam Basin is one of the few places in China where Bactrian camels (Camelus bactrianus) and Przewalski's horse (Equus przewalskii) have been reported in recent years, although it is unlikely that either of these severely endangered mammals remains in the Qaidam Basin today.
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Vegetation within the desert consists of a thin scrub of Anabasis brevifolia while the peripheral areas support a dwarf woodland dominated by saxaul bush (Haloxylon ammodendron) and the gymnosperm Ephedra przewalskii.
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A single mammal, Przewalski's gerbil (Brachiones przewalskii) is considered endemic to this ecoregion.
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Among the reptiles are isolated populations of four species: toad-headed agama Phrynocephalus versocolor, multicellated racerunner Eremias multiocellata, Gobi racerunner Eremias przewalskii and patterned grass-snake Elapha dione; also the locally rare adder Vipera berus, moccasin snake Aghistrodon halys, Tlafe agilis and sand lizard Lacerta agilis.
Uvs Nuur Basin, Russian Federation, Republic of Tuva and Mongolia 2008
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This ecoregion has historically supported populations of wild ungulates including goitered gazelle, blue sheep, wild yak, Asiatic wild ass, and argali as well as predators such as brown bears, wolves and lynx, as well as the rare Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) and Przewalski's horse (Equus przewalskii).
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Kazakhstan semi-deserts are historic areas for the Przewalskii horse (Equus przewalskii), which has not been sighted in the wild since 1968.
Kazakh semi-desert 2008
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Associated herbs are gentians, Gentiana ornata and G. algida var. przewalskii, edelweiss Leontopodium jacotianum and Himalayan blue poppy Meconopsis horridula.
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