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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 ...
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 ...
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 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 .
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Israel. There are ninety-seven mammal species in Israel, of which one is critically endangered, four are endangered, eleven are vulnerable, and three are near threatened. [1]
Southern District: the Negev: Masada National Park: Southern District: Judean Desert and the Dead Sea: Mount Carmel National Park: Northern District: Mount Carmel: Ramon Park at Makhtesh Ramon (nature reserve with archaeological sites) Southern District: the Negev: Ben-Gurion's Tomb National Park at Midreshet Ben-Gurion near Sde Boker [9]
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 ...
In October 2012, global travel guide publisher Lonely Planet rated the Negev second on a list of the world's top ten regional travel destinations for 2013, noting its current transformation through development. [4] [5] The Negev (red), Israel's parts of the Judaean Mountains (salmon) and Judaean Desert (pink) on a map of Israel