One of the largest in the world and the most exten­sive in the Arc­tic lat­i­tudes of the plan­et. The reserve is home to lynx­es and wolves, ermines, rein­deer, and polar bears. Ornithol­o­gists count 110 species of birds here. In 1995, the unique ecosys­tem of the Taimyr Reserve acquired the sta­tus of a bios­phere reserve and was includ­ed in the glob­al inter­na­tion­al project “Man and the Bios­phere” under the aus­pices of UNESCO. Square: 17 819,28 sq.m.