Animal diversity of district Karak, KP, Pakistan

Abstract

The present study was conducted to explore the vertebrate and invertebrate fauna of district Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan during the period from May 2016 to May 2017. Karak includes all the vertebrates, including fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. During the present survey, 184 different species of the both vertebrates and invertebrates fauna of the district Karak were observed. Out of which, 28 species of mammals,6 species of amphibians, 12 species of reptiles,54 species of birds, 28 species of fishes, and 56 species of invertebrates. So from the present study, it may be concluded that the families Cyprinidae, Ranidea, Agamidae, Phasianidae, Equidae, Bovidae, Libellulidae, Formicidae were very dominant in the district Karak.