Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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. [1] The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for ...
Most of the mammals in Israel are of a Palearctic origin and about a tenth of the mammals are endemic to its general area. The land of Israel once contained a greater variety of mammals, however in recent times many mammals such as the European water vole, the Asiatic cheetah and the Caucasian squirrel went locally extinct.
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.
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 ...
As of 2020, Israel's Nature and Parks Authority and other researchers have recorded a slow recovery, with approximately 5,000 gazelles across the country. [ 8 ] In April 2024, an Israeli mountain gazelle, with six legs (with polymelia disorder) was sighted along the Nahal Habesor riverbed.
The rock hyrax (/ ˈ h aɪ. r æ k s /; Procavia capensis), also called dassie, Cape hyrax, rock rabbit, and (from some [3] interpretations of a word used in the King James Bible) coney, is a medium-sized terrestrial mammal native to Africa and the Middle East.
The largest bat hibernation site in Israel is the Twins Cave, south of Beit Shemesh. [6] The cave is a karstic formation measuring 50m x 70m and takes its name from a local Arab legend about a woman who drank from a spring in the cave and subsequently gave birth to a pair of twins.
Pages for logged out editors learn more. Contributions; Talk; List of mammals in Israel