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 on its banks. No fewer than six small streams flow into the Gulf of İzmir between the northeastern tip of its outlying waters, where old Smyrna was built, to the city's ancient hilltop castle commanding the inner Gulf's southern shores (Kadifekale today, Pagus and Mount Pagus in ancient times) on the slopes of which, according to tradition, Alexander the Great had the dream of refounding a new Smyrna. Among these, the stream which rises ten miles south of the castle and flows round the base of its mountain had acquired the name of Meles in modern times and kept it