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A Nubian ibex in the Negev desert An Arabian oryx in the Yotvata wildlife reserve Fin whale in distress swims off national park of Caesarea Maritima Short-beaked common dolphins bow-riding off Ashdod. Israel contains a variety of mammals due to its geographical and climatic diversity. For many of the mammals, Israel is the border of their ...
National animals of the Levant: Arabian oryx (Jordan), mountain gazelle and hoopoe (), striped hyena (Lebanon), Palestine sunbird (Palestine), and saker falcon (Syria). The wildlife of the Levant encompasses all types of wild plants and animals, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fresh and saltwater fish, and invertebrates, that inhabit the region historically known as the Levant ...
The reptiles of Israel live in environments ranging from the Negev Desert to the Red Sea, from the Jordan River to the Judaean Mountains. The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature :
The Desert climate zone, which is the largest climate zone of Israel and Palestine, covers the country's southern half as the Negev, while the Judean Desert extends to the Dead Sea region through the West Bank and into the southern Jordan Valley. Rainfall is as low as 32 mm per year in the southernmost tip of Palestine/Israel in the Arabah ...
The "shrew-forms" are insectivorous mammals. Shrews and solenodons closely resemble mice, while moles are stout-bodied burrowers. Family: Soricidae (shrews) Subfamily: Crocidurinae. Genus: Crocidura. Bicolored shrew, C. leucodon LC; Lesser white-toothed shrew, C. suaveolens LC [13] Genus: Suncus. Etruscan shrew, S. etruscus LC
The "shrew-forms" are insectivorous mammals. The shrews and solenodons closely resemble mice while the moles are stout bodied burrowers. Family: Soricidae (shrews) Subfamily: Crocidurinae. Genus: Crocidura. Bicolored shrew, Crocidura leucodon LC; Lesser white-toothed shrew, Crocidura suaveolens LC; Negev shrew, Crocidura ramona LC; Genus: Suncus
Torgos tracheliotos negevensis Arabian giant vulture in Saudi Arabia Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Accipitriformes Family: Accipitridae Genus: Torgos Species: T. tracheliotos Subspecies: T. t. negevensis Trinomial name Torgos tracheliotos negevensis Bruun, Mendelssohn & Bull, 1981 Torgos tracheliotos negevensis, the Arabian ...
The Yotvata Hai-Bar is the desert counterpart of the Carmel Hai-Bar Nature Reserve which operates in the country's Northern Mediterranean forest. [ 1 ] Endangered and locally extinct animals mentioned in the Bible are bred here for possible reintroduction to the Negev desert .