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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.
Vachellia tortilis in a mountainous landscape in Fujairah. A wide range of plants is associated with the many types of habitat in the United Arab Emirates. One of these types is the sabkha, an area in which salty water has flooded the land shallowly and later evaporated, leaving crusty salt pans.
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 ...
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 ...
The Green Planet is an indoor zoo and garden in the City Walk area of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [1] [2] It has over 3,000 plants and animals in its artificial "bio-dome" tropical rainforest including birds, reptiles, and fish. They are kept in open environments, but may not be touched. [3]
The park has around 3000 animals from 78 species of mammals – including 10 different carnivores and 17 primates, 50 types of reptiles, 111 kinds of birds, and amphibians and invertebrates. [7] [8] The park replaced the Dubai Zoo on its 50th anniversary.
A white desert black tip Euchloe transcaspica amseli in the United Arab Emirates. Euchloe belemia (Esper, 1800) green striped white. Pieris krueperi (de Nicéville, 1883) Krueper's small white. Pieris rapae (Le Cerf, 1913) small cabbage white. Pontia glauconome (Klug, 1829) desert white.
Camel Museum. The Camel Museum is a museum dedicated to species of camels and is located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The museum displays the important and traditional history of the Arab World and is one of Dubai’s most visited buildings. The different types of camels are exhibited in the Camel Museum in Dubai according to their ancestry ...