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Part 4: North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Global Survey and Regional Action Plans. SSC Antelope Specialist Group.IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.viii + 260pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0594-0 Cover photo: Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx). Tim Wacher. Layout by: IUCN Publications Services Unit Produced by: IUCN Publications Services Unit Printed by: Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, UK Available from: IUCN Publications Services Unit 219c Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, United Kingdom Tel: +44 1223 277894, Fax: +44 1223 277175 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.iucn.org A catalogue of IUCN publications is also available. The text of this book is printed on Fineblade Extra 90gsm made from low-chlorine pulp. Contents Foreword R. East..............................iv Chapter 20.Turkey S.Y. Ölçer...................112 Chapter 21.Iran M.R. Hemami and C.P. Groves ....114 Compilers’ Note and Acknowledgements Chapter 22.Afghanistan K. Habibi ...............119 D.P. Mallon and S.C. Kingswood ...............v Chapter 23.Pakistan K. Habibi ..................122 Executive Summary ...........................vi Chapter 24.Azerbaijan Yu. M. Shchadilov and E.M. Hadjiev .............................129 Current Addresses of Authors ..................vii Chapter 25.Georgia I. Shavgulidze ...............132 SECTION 1. Introduction.......................1 Chapter 26.Kazakhstan A.B. Bekenov, D.A. Blank, Chapter 1.Objectives, Scope, and Limitations Yu. A. Grachev, and K.N. Plakhov.............134 of the Antelope Survey D.P. Mallon, Chapter 27.Uzbekistan N.V. Marmazinskaya and S.C. Kingswood, and R. East ...................3 B.K. Mardanov ............................141 Chapter 2.Classification of Antelopes Adopted for Chapter 28.Kyrgyzstan A.T. Toktosunov and the Antelope Survey S.C. Kingswood, D.P. Mallon, D.P. Mallon ..............................146 and P. Grubb ...............................7 Chapter 29.Tajikistan I.A. Abdusalyamov .........148 Chapter 30.Turkmenistan Yu.K. Gorelov ..........150 SECTION 2. Country Reports ..................11 Chapter 31.Russia L.V. Zhirnov .................155 Chapter 3.Morocco S. Aulagnier, F. Cuzin, Chapter 32.Mongolia B. Lhagvasuren, M. Thévenot, and C. Loggers ..................13 S. Dulamtseren, and L. Amgalan ..............159 Chapter 4.Algeria K. De Smet and T.R. Smith .......22 Chapter 33.China Zhigang Jiang and Wang Sung ...168 Chapter 5.Tunisia T.R. Smith, D.P. Mallon, Chapter 34.India A.R. Rahmani