Persian leopard
The Caspian tiger ("Panthera tigris virgata") once roamed these mountains, but is now extinct. Other large mammals here are the Persian leopard ("Panthera pardus saxicolor"), lynx ("Lynx lynx"), brown bear ("Ursus arctos"), wild boar ("Sus scrofa"), wolf ("Canis lupus"), golden jackal ("Canis aureus"), jungle cat ("Felis chaus"), red fox ("Vulpes vulpes"), roe deer ("Capreolus capreolus"), badger ("Meles meles"), otter ("Lutra lutra"), etc.