Azerbaijan - Animals in the Habitats and the Fossil sites, and Biodiversity

Is the endangered species of Caspian Seal an influence on the deterioration of the environment of Caspian Sea?　The lion and the tiger lived as well as the Middle East various places. The perissodactyl and the mammoth lived, too. Was there the whales in Caspian Sea? Caspian Sea became an inland sea 5.5 million years ago.

The following fossils from the geologic age to the prehistorical age are excavated in Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan prehistoric age
	Azerbaijan extinct species Cenozoic		Elephant	Southern mammoth, Flat-browed Mammoth
			Whale	Iniopsis, Schizodelphis, Squalodon, Ferecetotherium
			Odd-toed ungulate	Hipparion (Horse)
			Marine mammal	Pontophoca
			bird	Caspiodontornis

Azerbaijan is a country located in the Caucasus region in West Asia. It is borderd by Armenia, Turkey, Geogia, Russia and Iran, and by the The Caspian Sea to the east.
Azerbaijan
	Azerbaijan regionally extinct in historic age		Carnivore	Asiatic Lion*, Caspian Tiger*
	Azerbaijan extant species		Rodent	Indian Porcupine, Nutria, Persian Squirrel, Eurasian Red Squirrel
			Lagomorph	European Rabbit, European Hare
			Hedgehog	Southern White-breasted Hedgehog, Northern White-breasted Hedgehog, Long-eared Hedgehog
			Even-toed ungulate	Wild Boar, European red deer, European Roe Deer, Goitered Gazelle, Wild goat, East Caucasian tur, Urial, Chamois
			Carnivore	Jungle Cat, Wild Cat, Eurasian Lynx, Persian leopard*, Pallas's Cat, Striped Hyena, Golden Jackal, Gray Wolf, Red Fox, Brown Bear, European otter, Beech Marten, European Pine Marten, Eurasian Badger, Least weasel, Marbled Polecat, Common Raccoon
			Goose	White-fronted Goose, Lesser White-fronted Goose, Greylag Goose, Red-breasted Goose
			Swan	Mute swan, Whooper swan, Tundra swan
			Pheasant	Common Pheasant
			Stork	White Stork, Black Stork
			Ibis	Sacred Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Common Spoonbill
			Crane	Common Crane, Siberian Crane, Demoiselle Crane
			Flamingo	American Flamingo
	Azerbaijan marine species		Marine mammal	Caspian Seal

Wildlife's class - mammal, reptile (dinosaur), amphibia, bird, fish, arthropod (insect), molluscs, cnidarian, echinoderm (others), plant
Redlist Categories & Criteria - Extinct, Extinct in the Wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, others
The italic shows endemic species.
          shows magafauna or rare species.
Area attribute - regionally extinct in historic age, regionally extant species, regionally marine species, UNESCO World Heritage, UNESCO World Hertage Tentative List, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Ramsar Site
Habitat environment - Rainforest, Savannah, Desert area, Mountainous area, Wetland, Forest area, Coastal area, Marine park, Tundra area, Colony, Nesting site
Geologic age - Paleozoic (Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian), Mesozoic (Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous), Cenozoic (Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, Holocene), Quaternary (Pleistocene, Holocene)