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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.
An Arabian oryx in Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve. The wildlife of the United Arab Emirates is the flora and fauna of the country on the eastern side of the Arabian Peninsula and the southern end of the Persian Gulf. The country offers a variety of habitats for wildlife including the coast, offshore islands, mangrove areas, mudflats, salt ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in the United Arab Emirates. The avifauna of the United Arab Emirates include a total of 478 species, of which 17 have been introduced by humans. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the ...
Dubai International Airport. Dubai International Airport (Arabic: مطار دبي الدولي) (IATA: DXB, ICAO: OMDB) is the primary international airport serving Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the world's busiest airport by international passenger traffic. [6]
This is a list of airports in the United Arab Emirates, sorted by location. Airports in bold have commercial service. ... (Dubai World Central Airport) DWC Dubai:
Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary (Arabic: رَأْس ٱلْخَوْر, romanized: Raʾs al-Khawr) is a wetland reserve in Dubai, renowned for attracting large numbers of migratory birds. [2] It is also home to a large population of crustaceans, small mammals, and fish. [3] It was the end of Dubai Creek before the construction of Dubai Canal, [4 ...
Al Maktoum International Airport (IATA: DWC, ICAO: OMDW), also known as Dubai World Central, [3] is an international airport in Jebel Ali, 37 kilometres (23 mi) southwest of [2] Dubai, United Arab Emirates, that opened on 27 June 2010. [1] It is the main part of Dubai South, a planned residential, commercial and logistics complex.
Falconry. A goshawk. Flying a saker falcon. Falconry is the hunting of wild animals in their natural state and habitat by means of a trained bird of prey. Small animals are hunted; squirrels and rabbits often fall prey to these birds. Two traditional terms are used to describe a person involved in falconry: a "falconer" flies a falcon; an ...