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The Arabian or Arab horse (Arabic: الحصان العربي [alħisˤaːn alʕarabijj], DMG al-ḥiṣān al-ʿarabī) is a breed of horse with historic roots on the Arabian Peninsula. With a distinctive head shape and high tail carriage, the Arabian is one of the most easily recognizable horse breeds in the world. It is also one of the oldest ...
This category has the following 27 subcategories, out of 27 total. Amphibians of the Middle East (3 C, 10 P) Animal breeds originating in the Middle East (7 C) Birds of the Middle East (4 C, 120 P) Endemic fauna of the Middle East (10 C, 2 P) Fish of the Middle East (3 P) Invertebrates of the Middle East (3 C, 3 P)
P. p. jarvisl Pocock, 1932. The Arabian leopard (Panthera pardus nimr) is the smallest leopard subspecies. It was described in 1830 and is native to the Arabian Peninsula, where it was widely distributed in rugged hilly and montane terrain until the late 1970s. Today, the population is severely fragmented and thought to decline continuously.
The Arabian oryx or white oryx (Oryx leucoryx) is a medium-sized antelope with a distinct shoulder bump, long, straight horns, and a tufted tail. [2] It is a bovid, and the smallest member of the genus Oryx, native to desert and steppe areas of the Arabian Peninsula.
It is the smallest Gray wolf subspecies, and a specialized xerocole (arid-adapted) animal that normally lives in smaller familial packs. Arabian wolves are omnivorous and opportunistic eaters; they consume small to medium-sized prey, from insects, reptiles and birds to rodents and small ungulates , such as young Nubian ibex and several species ...
Egyptian free-tailed bat. Egyptian fruit bat. Egyptian pygmy shrew. Egyptian wolf. Erlanger's gazelle. Eurasian brown bear. Eurasian harvest mouse. European badger. European edible dormouse.
Lists of native mammals of the Middle East (mainly in Asia, Cyprus and Turkey also in Europe, Egypt also in Africa). Pages in category "Lists of mammals of the Middle East" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
The wildlife of Saudi Arabia is substantial and varied. Saudi Arabia is a very large country forming the biggest part of the Arabian Peninsula. It has several geographic regions, each with a diversity of plants and animals adapted to their own particular habitats. The country has several extensive mountain ranges, deserts, highlands, steppes ...