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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)
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 ...
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.
Cape hyrax. The hyraxes are any of four species of fairly small, thickset, herbivorous mammals in the order Hyracoidea. About the size of a domestic cat they are well-furred, with rounded bodies and a stumpy tail. They are native to Africa and the Middle East. Family: Procaviidae (hyraxes) Genus: Procavia.
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.
It is the only known bear in the world to have white claws. It is a rather small bear. Adult males have skulls measuring approximately 30–40 cm (12–16 inches). The Syrian brown bear weighs up to 1,102 lb (500 kilograms), and measures from 101–140 cm (40–55 inches) from nose to tail. Populations in the Caucasus were thought to belong to ...
Persian fallow deer. The Persian fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica) is a deer species once native to all of the Middle East, but currently only living in Iran and Israel. It was reintroduced in Israel. It has been listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2008. [1]
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 ...