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Animals of Israel Flowers of Israel. The wildlife of Israel includes the flora and fauna of Israel, which is extremely diverse due to the country's location between the temperate and the tropical zones, bordering the Mediterranean Sea in the west and the desert in the east.
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Israel. There are ninety-seven mammal species in Israel , of which one is critically endangered, four are endangered, eleven are vulnerable, and three are near threatened.
The region is home to a variety of plants and animals; at least 47,000 living species have been identified, with another 4,000 assumed to exist. At least 116 mammal species are native to Palestine/Israel, as well as 511 bird species, 97 reptile species, and 7 amphibian species. There are also an estimated 2,780 plant species.
The reptiles of Israel live in environments ranging from the Negev Desert to the Red Sea, from the Jordan River to the Judaean Mountains. The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature :
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 ...
The goat of Israel, particularly the capra membrica, affords numerous illustrations and allusions, Its remarkably long ears are referred to by Amos, iii, 12; its glossy dark hair furnishes a graphic comparison to the author of Cant., iv, 1; vi, 4; this hair was woven into a strong cloth; the skin tanned with the hair on served to make bottles ...
The Animal Experimentation law regulates animal experiments in Israel and creates a 23-member National Council for Animal Experimentation that may ban animal use if a "reasonable alternative" is available. For 2017, the Ministry of Health's Council for Animals published a report showing that 1,238,178 vertebrate animals were used in research. [7]
Animal welfare and rights in Israel (2 C, 3 P) E. ... Pages in category "Fauna of Israel" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.