Qeshm Island UNESCO Global Geopark

More than 3,000 samples

This museum is one of the most integrated wildlife museums in Iran in terms of biodiversity, with an area of more than 2000 square meters and houses more than 3000 animal species. One of the distinguishing features of this place in comparison with museums in other countries is that over 95 percent of its examples are indigenous.

Birds

Aquatic

Minerals & Rocks

Mammals

Others

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The Dwarf shrew,  is one of the smallest mammals in the world that can fit through a hole the size of a pencil. Its weight is the same as a sugar cube, and more than 10% of it is the brain. Some people call them “snouted mice” because of their resemblance to mice, albeit with a smaller size and a longer snout. This mammal is so small and delicate that if touched by a human, it may die of cardiac arrest.

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Brown bear

Order: Carnivores

Brown bear does not live naturally in Qeshm Island. The brown bear in the Qeshm Island Global Geopark Museum is a remnant of the performance of a Circus, which lost its life in 1998 during the performance of the show…

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Qeshm Island with an area of 1500 square kilometers, which is the largest island in the Persian Gulf in a coastal area with a warm and dry climate, an average annual rainfall of 120 millimeters, located in a semi-tropical or subtropical climate and it is situated in the vegetative area of the Persian and Oman, Gulf which its main vegetation includes Konar (Ziziphus Spina-Christi), Kahur (Prosopis), and Kerat (Vachellia nilotica, commonly known as Egyptian acacia) trees. In addition to having a special strategic position and various other advantages, this island has a very diverse and valuable nature. Special habitats, animal species and rare plants, various geological phenomena, and picturesque perspectives are abundantly found on land and coast across the island.

Qeshm Island UNESCO Global Geopark

Qeshm Global Geopark is one of the first geoparks in the Middle East.

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