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Saudi Arabia: Arabian camel (national animal) Camelus dromedarius [55] South Africa: Springbok (national animal) Antidorcas marsupialis [56] Blue crane (national bird) Anthropoides paradiseus [57] Galjoen (national fish) Dichistius capensis [58] Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan junglefowl (national bird) Gallus lafayettii [59] Tanzania: Giraffe (national ...
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.
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.
Pages in category "Lists of animals of the Arabian Peninsula" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The island of Socotra and its archipelago are also part of Yemen, about 240 km (150 mi) east of the Horn of Africa and 380 km (240 mi) south of the Arabian Peninsula. These islands have a unique flora and are fringed by coral reefs. Some seven hundred species of plant and animal are endemic to the Socotra island group. [13]
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 ...
This is a list of countries that have officially designated one or more trees as their national trees. Most species in the list are officially designated. Some species hold only an "unofficial" status.
This category contains articles related to the native flora of Africa. For the purposes of this category, " Africa " is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD), namely as one of the nine "botanical continents".