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Saudi Arabia: Arabian camel (national animal) Camelus dromedarius [54] South Africa: Springbok (national animal) Antidorcas marsupialis [55] Blue crane (national bird) Anthropoides paradiseus [56] Galjoen (national fish) Dichistius capensis [57] Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan junglefowl (national bird) Gallus lafayettii [58] Tanzania: Giraffe (national ...
Almost 3,500 species of plant have been recorded in the country, with nearly 1,000 species known from the southwestern region of Asir with its higher rainfall. [7] Plants in general are xerophytic and mostly dwarf shrubs or small herbs. There are few species of tree but date palms are abundant in places. [3]
The national symbols of Saudi Arabia are official and unofficial flags, ... National flower: ... National bird: Falcon [3] National animal: Arabian camel [4] National ...
Nymphaea nouchali is the national flower of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The national flower of Sri Lanka is Nil mānel (නිල් මානෙල්), the blue-star water-lily (Nymphaea stellata). [33] [34] Although nil means "blue" in Sinhala, the Sinhalese name of this plant is often rendered as "water-lily" in English.
The arfaj flower is also the national flower of Kuwait [2] and Saudi Arabia. [3] It is a bushy shrub approximately 80 cm in height. The leaves are small and narrow, and in late spring it will start flowering (April–May). It is considered one of the main desert forage plants for camels and sheep.
Rhanterium epapposum. Over 400 species of wild plant have been recorded in Kuwait. The arfaj is the national flower of Kuwait. [3] Desert plants are typically coarse grasses and salt-tolerant shrubs which tend to be low growing and often spiny; one of the most common plants is Rhanterium epapposum, known locally as arfaj, which is used for forage by camels and sheep.
Bahrain's national bird is the bulbul while its national animal is the Arabian oryx. And the national flower of Bahrain is the beloved Deena. [6] The only protected area in the country is the Al Areen Wildlife Park in Sakhir, a nature reserve and zoo. It was established in 1976 and covers a total area of 7 square kilometres (2.7 sq mi). [7]
National animals of the Levant: Arabian oryx (Jordan), mountain gazelle and hoopoe (), striped hyena (Lebanon), Palestine sunbird (Palestine), and saker falcon (Syria). The wildlife of the Levant encompasses all types of wild plants and animals, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fresh and saltwater fish, and invertebrates, that inhabit the region historically known as the Levant ...