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[[File:Uncia_uncia.jpg|thumb|250px|A wild snow leopard in Biritan]]The wildlife of Kituk is very diverse. | [[File:Uncia_uncia.jpg|thumb|250px|A wild snow leopard in Biritan]]The wildlife of Kituk is very diverse. | ||
The snow leopard is the national animal of Kituk. Once much more common, it was hunted to near extinction in the 1800s and early 1900s. In Kituki elites, it was considered a status symbol to have the hide of these animals at home. In rural areas, their paws were sold as lucky charms. It took the the intervention of the government to slow the slaughtering of snow leopards in Kituk. Nowadays, they mostly roam in the mountainous Principality of Biritan, where they feed on musk deer and markhor, among others. Vultures are another common sight in the Biritan region, as well as the birds Phoenicurus erythrogastrus, Lophophorus impejanus Carpodacus. | The snow leopard is the national animal of Kituk. Once much more common, it was hunted to near extinction in the 1800s and early 1900s. In Kituki elites, it was considered a status symbol to have the hide of these animals at home. In rural areas, their paws were sold as lucky charms. It took the the intervention of the government to slow the slaughtering of snow leopards in Kituk. Nowadays, they mostly roam in the mountainous Principality of Biritan, where they feed on musk deer and markhor, among others. Vultures are another common sight in the Biritan region, as well as the birds Phoenicurus erythrogastrus, Lophophorus impejanus and the Carpodacus. | ||
[[File:Saiga_tartarica_(cropped).jpg|thumb|250px|left|A saiga in the the wild of the Principality of Keng Maydon]] In the steppe regions of Kituk, the wildlife is very different. Rare animals such as the saiga or the endangered sociable lapwing roam the area. Other animals include wild horses, camels, marmots and urials, who often fall prey to the foxes and wolves inhabiting the steppes of Kituk. | [[File:Saiga_tartarica_(cropped).jpg|thumb|250px|left|A saiga in the the wild of the Principality of Keng Maydon]] In the steppe regions of Kituk, the wildlife is very different. Rare animals such as the saiga or the endangered sociable lapwing roam the area. Other animals include wild horses, camels, marmots and urials, who often fall prey to the foxes and wolves inhabiting the steppes of Kituk. | ||
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The Kituki Union of Principalities | |
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 Flag | |
| Largest city | Esketin Yo'li |
| Official languages | Standard Kituki |
| Demonym(s) | Kituki |
| Government | Federal Constitutional Quintarchy |
• High Representative | Ervin ir Indolyir |
| Legislature | Senate of Kituk |
| Area | |
• | 420,726 km2 (162,443 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Estimate | 14,387,120 |
• Density | 34.2/km2 (88.6/sq mi) |
| GDP (nominal) | estimate |
• Total | $20,573,581,600 |
• Per capita | 1,430 |
| Driving side | right |
The Kituki Union of Principalities is a nation in Coius.
Etymology
Geography
Physical Geography
Flora
Fauna
The wildlife of Kituk is very diverse.
The snow leopard is the national animal of Kituk. Once much more common, it was hunted to near extinction in the 1800s and early 1900s. In Kituki elites, it was considered a status symbol to have the hide of these animals at home. In rural areas, their paws were sold as lucky charms. It took the the intervention of the government to slow the slaughtering of snow leopards in Kituk. Nowadays, they mostly roam in the mountainous Principality of Biritan, where they feed on musk deer and markhor, among others. Vultures are another common sight in the Biritan region, as well as the birds Phoenicurus erythrogastrus, Lophophorus impejanus and the Carpodacus.
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In the steppe regions of Kituk, the wildlife is very different. Rare animals such as the saiga or the endangered sociable lapwing roam the area. Other animals include wild horses, camels, marmots and urials, who often fall prey to the foxes and wolves inhabiting the steppes of Kituk.
Since Kituk does not have access to the oceans, most of its local fish are freshwater fish. These include the schizopygopsis stoliczkai, who are often found in the highlands; catfish like glyptosternon, rita rita, the giant river-catfish and wallago catfish and, in the mountain streams of Kituk, commonly the endemic triplophysa kullmanni or other fish.