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Topographic map of Spain. The wildlife of Spain includes the diverse flora and fauna of Spain.The country located at the south of France has two long coastlines, one on the north on the Cantabrian Sea, another on the East and South East on the Mediterranean Sea, and a smaller one on the west and south west on the Atlantic Ocean, its territory includes a big part of the Iberian Peninsula, the ...
Individual animals in Spain (9 P) * Lists of mammals of Spain (5 P) A. Animal welfare and rights in Spain (4 C, 2 P) B. Fauna of the Balearic Islands (3 C, 14 P) C.
This category includes the endemic and native plants of Spain. According to the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions , this excludes the Balearic Islands , Canary Islands , and the Spanish North African Territories, but includes Andorra and Gibraltar .
Many of the plants are pyrophytes, or fire-loving, adapted or even depending on fire for reproduction, recycling of nutrients, and the removal of dead or senescent vegetation. In both the Australian and Californian Mediterranean-climate eco-regions, native peoples used fire extensively to clear brush and trees, making way for the grasses and ...
The Iberian Peninsula is in the south west of Europe and located near North Africa, and as a result, saw the arrival from both regions of many types of plant species, including wetland thermophilic plant species (those that require a great deal of heat), xerophilic plants (those that require a dry climate), orophilic (sub-alpine) plants, boreo ...
The islands are home to dozens of endemic species and subspecies of plants, and endemic genera Femeniasia, Naufraga, and Spiroceratium. [1] Although it is politically part of Spain, the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions treats the Balearic Islands as distinct botanical country. [2]
The Tabernas Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Tabernas) is a desert located within Spain's south-eastern province of Almería. It is in the interior, about 30 kilometers (19 mi) north of the provincial capital Almería, in the Tabernas municipality in Andalusia. [1] It is the only desert in Europe, since most of its area has a desert climate. [2]
This list shows the IUCN Red List status of 115 mammal species occurring in Spanish territory in the Iberian Peninsula.Seven species are endangered, thirteen are vulnerable, and three are near threatened.