The Ural forests are inhabited by animals typical of Siberia, such as elk, brown bear, fox, wolf, wolverine, lynx, squirrel, and sable (north only).
Because of the easy accessibility of the mountains there are no specifically mountainous species.
In the Middle Urals, one can see a rare mixture of sable and pine marten named kidus.
In the Southern Urals, badger and black polecat are common.
Reptiles and amphibians live mostly in the Southern and Central Ural and are represented by the common viper, lizards and grass snakes.
Bird species are represented by capercaillie, black grouse, hazel grouse, spotted nutcracker, and cuckoos.
In summers, the South and Middle Urals are visited by songbirds, such as nightingale and redstart.

The steppes of the Southern Urals are dominated by hares and rodents such as hamsters, susliks, and jerboa.
There are many birds of prey such as lesser kestrel and buzzards.
The animals of the Polar Urals are few and are characteristic of the tundra; they include Arctic fox, lemming, and reindeer.
The birds of these areas include rough-legged buzzard, snowy owl, tundra partridge, and rock ptarmigan.
The Ural forests are inhabited by animals typical of Siberia, such as elk, brown bear, fox, wolf, wolverine, lynx, squirrel, and sable (north only). Because of the easy accessibility of the mountains there are no specifically mountainous species. In the Middle Urals, one can see a rare mixture of sable and pine marten named kidus. In the Southern Urals, badger and black polecat are common. Reptiles and amphibians live mostly in the Southern and Central Ural and are represented by the common viper, lizards and grass snakes. Bird species are represented by capercaillie, black grouse, hazel grouse, spotted nutcracker, and cuckoos. In summers, the South and Middle Urals are visited by songbirds, such as nightingale and redstart.
The steppes of the Southern Urals are dominated by hares and rodents such as hamsters, susliks, and jerboa. There are many birds of prey such as lesser kestrel and buzzards. The animals of the Polar Urals are few and are characteristic of the tundra; they include Arctic fox, lemming, and reindeer. The birds of these areas include rough-legged buzzard, snowy owl, tundra partridge, and rock ptarmigan.
Ural Mountains