Number: unknown
Status. Category III. A rare species whose numbers are declining
Dissemination. Africa, mountains of Southern Europe, Arabia, Asia Minor, Iran, Afghanistan, India, Central Asia. In Kazakhstan, it lives in the spurs of the Tien Shan and Dzungar Alatau, on the ranks of Ustyurtai Mangyshlak, penetrating north to 46° N. It hibernates in India and Africa.
