Mammals of North Africa and the Middle East (Pocket Photo Guides)

NORTH AFRICA and the MIDDLE EAST MAMMALS of Chris and Tilde Stuart Pocket Photo Guide 01/12/2015 17: http://www.ebook3000.com ...

NORTH AFRICA and the MIDDLE EAST Chris and Tilde Stuart POCKET PHOTO GUIDE MAMMALS of ...

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4 INTRODUCTION We have long had a fascination with deserts and other dry landscapes, and the many plants and animals that not on ...

5 coastal waters of the region, and it is certain that more species will be discovered over time. Because of the difficulty of o ...

6 Desert North Africa is dominated by the Sahara, a mixture of sand ergs, gravel plains and vast rocky massifs that rise high ab ...

7 This vegetation type is found on the coastal plain and north-facing slopes of the Atlas in north-west Africa, from Morocco acr ...

8 thus distinguishing: a bushy or sparsely haired tail; spots or stripes; particularly long or short ears? Make a note of the an ...

9 been collected on the Farasan Islands (the remaining gazelles on these islands are not of this species). The Saudi Gazelle (Ga ...

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12 SPECIES DESCRIPTIONS EVEN-TOED UNGULATES (Ruminantia) This order includes all antelopes, sheep, goats and deer in the region. ...

13 SCIMITAR-HORNED ORYX Oryx dammah Identification This is a large, powerfully built antelope. Both sexes carry long horns (> ...

14 available. Scimitar-horned Oryx once lived in herds of 20–40 animals, and several hundred animals would gather in areas where ...

15 ADDAX Addax nasomaculatus Addax cow – both sexes carry long, spiralled horns Identification The Addax is a fairly stocky ante ...

16 herd is around 20 animals, and the home range of the antelopes can extend over several thousand square kilometres. The single ...

17 populations may continue to exist in Mauritania, Mali, Niger and Chad. Reintroductions of Dama Gazelle have been undertaken i ...

18 SLENDER-HORNED GAZELLE Gazella leptoceros Identification Known also as the Sand, Rhim or Loder’s Gazelle, the Slender-horned ...

Introduction How to use this book Habitats Successful mammal watching Conservation Even-toed ungulates SPECIES DESCRIPTIONS Eve ...