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A strait separates Qatar from the island kingdom of Bahrain. Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation was a private zoological park and conservation centre founded by the late Sheikh Saoud bin Mohammed Bin Ali Al Thani to provide sanctuary for various rare species.
Dromedary in northern Qatar. The even-toed ungulates are ungulates whose weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in perissodactyls. There are about 220 artiodactyl species, including many that are of great economic importance to humans. Family: Bovidae (cattle, antelope, sheep ...
Arabian oryx, the national animal of Qatar. The wildlife of Qatar includes the peninsula's flora and fauna and their natural habitats. The country's terrestrial wildlife includes numerous small nocturnal mammals, a number of reptiles which mainly consist of lizard species, and arthropods. Aquatic animals primarily include fish, shrimp and pearl ...
Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation (AWWP) is a privately owned zoological facility in central Qatar near Al-Shahaniya founded by Qatari Prince Saud bin Muhammed Al Thani.The preservation accommodates the World Heritage Cycad Gene Bank (WHCGB), which operates in conjunction under formal agreement with several overseas national governments to protect both in situ and ex situ this family of ...
Al Reem Biosphere Reserve is an inhabited area of 120,000 hectares in northwest Qatar that includes semi-arid desert landscapes that are home to gazelles and Arabian oryx, among other wildlife. It is one of 24 UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in the Middle East ( World Network of Biosphere Reserves in the Arab States ). [ 1 ]
The Enderby Island Rabbit, or simply Enderby rabbit, is a rare breed. It originates from rabbits introduced to Enderby Island, [55] an uninhabited subantarctic island in New Zealand's Auckland Islands group, from Australia in October 1865 to serve as castaway food. [55] Over 130 years the isolated population became a distinctive variety.
Al Kharrara is situated in south-central Qatar. The villages of Al Aamriya and Umm Hawta in Al Rayyan Municipality are nearby to the west. [7] It forms part of the southern desert region, which occupies 34.7% of Qatar's total area. Of the four sub-regions of the southern desert, Al Kharrara is a part of the southern zone of the Miocene-Tiwar ...
Protected areas of Qatar include: Al Reem Biosphere Preserve (designated in 2007) is part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves in the Arab States; Al Shahaniyah Park in Al-Shahaniya; Al Thakira Nature Reserve in Al Thakhira [1] Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation; Dahl Al Hammam Park, a sinkhole in Doha (entrance to the hole is now closed to ...