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As of 2018, the global gray wolf population is estimated to be 200,000–250,000. [1] Once abundant over much of North America and Eurasia, the gray wolf inhabits a smaller portion of its former range because of widespread human encroachment and destruction of its habitat, and the resulting human-wolf encounters that sparked broad extirpation.
The population increased again by 1980 to about 75,000, with 32,000 being killed in 1979. [26] Wolf populations in northern Inner Mongolia declined during the 1940s, primarily because of poaching of gazelles, the wolf's main prey. [27] In British-ruled India, wolves were heavily persecuted because of their attacks on sheep, goats and children.
Striped hyena Arabian wolf Golden jackal. There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which feed primarily on meat. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition. Suborder: Feliformia. Family: Felidae (cats) Subfamily: Felinae. Genus: Caracal. Caracal, C. caracal LC [25] Genus: Felis. Jungle cat, F. chaus LC [26] African ...
The banded newt is critically endangered in Israel (only 5% of the 1950s population remains) and is thus a protected species. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] Fire salamanders ( Salamandra salamandra salamandra or S. s. infraimmacullata ) reside near the Mediterranean shores and are the least widespread of the amphibians of Israel.
A wolf in southern Israel. In the Middle East, only Israel and Oman give wolves explicit legal protection. [148] Israel has protected its wolves since 1954 and has maintained a moderately sized population of 150 through effective enforcement of conservation policies. These wolves have moved into neighboring countries.
The Indian gray wolf is endangered and its population is estimated at 2,000-3,000. [4] ... Israel's conservation policies and effective law enforcement maintain a ...
The Arabian wolf (Canis lupus arabs) is a subspecies of gray wolf native to the Arabian Peninsula—to the west of Bahrain, as well as Oman, southern Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. It is also found in Israel ’s Negev and Arava Deserts, Jordan , Palestine , and Egypt 's Sinai Peninsula .
The Syrian jackal was common in Israel and Lebanon in the 1930s–40s, but their populations were reduced during an anti-rabies campaign. Its current status is difficult to ascertain, due to possible hybridisation with pariah dogs and African golden wolves. [16] [61] The jackal population for the Indian subcontinent is estimated to be over ...