Naurzum Nature Reserve are inhabited by elk ("Alces alces"), Tartarian roe deer ("Capreolus pygargus"), Eurasian lynx ("Lynx lynx"), badger ("Meles meles"), ermine ("Mustela erminea"), weasel ("Mustela nivalis"), pine marten ("Martes martes") and raccoon dog ("Nyctereutes procyonoides"), red squirrel ("Sciurus vulgaris"), European hedgehog ("Erinaceus europaeus"), Blue Hare ("Lepus timidus"). Mainly along rivers one can also find wild boar ("Sus scrofa"). Among the species, which can be found occasionally in the deserts and semi deserts of the reserve is the rare saiga antelope ("Saiga tatarica"). Naurzum Nature Reserve Naurzum State Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Kazakhstan. It is part of the UNESCO heritage
River Meles until recently. This stream was alternatively called "Kemer Brook" ("Kemer Çayı") or, especially in western sources, as the "Caravan Bridge Brook", by the name of a historic bridge, also celebrated in literature, which checked the entry into the city of İzmir throughout the 19th century. The flow of this stream varies from a full rush of water in winter to a trickle, even a dry bed, in summer. In the light of descriptions by Aristides and other accounts dating from the Roman imperial age, this stream seems, in fact, to be the weakest candidate for association with Homer's Meles. Roman-era