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The wildlife of Oman is the flora and fauna of this country in the southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, with coasts on the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. The climate is hot and dry, apart from the southeastern coast, and the country offers a variety of habitats for wildlife including mountains, valleys, deserts, coastal plains and ...
Kuwait is situated at the crossroads of several major bird migration routes and between two and three million birds pass each year. [7] The marshes in northern Kuwait and Jahra have become increasingly important as a refuge for passage migrants. [7] Kuwaiti islands are important breeding areas for four species of tern and the socotra cormorant. [7]
Arabian humpback whales off Dhofar, Oman. The order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater. Suborder: Mysticeti. Family: Balaenopteridae
A list of protected areas of Oman: [1] Al Jabal Algharbi Nature Reserve; Aldhahra Nature Reserve; Alburaimi Oasis Nature Reserve; Oryx Nature Reserve; Turtle Reserve; Ad Dimaniyat Islands Reserve; Al Saleel National Park (As Salil Natural Park) Jabal Samhan Nature Reserve; Al Jabal Al Akhdar Scenic Reserve; Western Hajer Stars Lights Reserve ...
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Oman. There are at least 62 mammal species in Oman that have been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), of these, one is critically endangered, four are endangered, eight are vulnerable, and two are near threatened.
The Al Saleel National Park is a wildlife reserve in the Sharqiyah region of Oman.. The park extends over an area of 220 square kilometres (85 sq mi), and is predominantly covered by forests of acacia trees.
The Wildlife Reserve in Al Wusta, formerly the Arabian Oryx Sanctuary, is a nature reserve in the Omani Central Desert and Coastal Hills. In a much larger form, it was included in the UNESCO World Heritage list, but in 2007 it became the first site to be removed from the World Heritage list. [ 1 ]
Qurm Nature Reserve protects one of the largest mangrove forests in the Gulf of Oman ecoregion, a biome that supports a diverse variety of marine, terrestrial, and avian wildlife. [2] Plankton and detritus from the reserve are transported out to sea by the tides, providing raw material for the marine ecosystems in the adjoining coastal waters.