Mammals of North Africa and the Middle East (Pocket Photo Guides)
20 nomadic, unlike many North African antelopes. Surprisingly little is known about it, but it is believed that births are seaso ...
21 Size Shoulder height 60 cm. Weight 15 –>20 kg. Habitat and Behaviour The Dorcas Gazelle shows a preference for desert and ...
22 MOUNTAIN GAZELLE Gazella gazella Identification The Mountain Gazelle is also known as the Idmi, or Arabian Gazelle. It is a s ...
23 Distribution and Status The Mountain Gazelle occurs in the UAE, where only the Jebel Ali sand desert holds a substantial popu ...
24 Size Shoulder height 75 cm. Weight 2 2–42 kg. Habitat and Behaviour This is a gazelle of sand dunes, sand and gravel plains, ...
25 Distribution and Status Numbers of Sand Gazelle have been greatly reduced right across its range due to hunting and competiti ...
26 Similar Species The Queen of Sheba’s Gazelle (Gazella bilkis) deserves mention here, even though it may well be extinct. It s ...
27 DEER RED DEER Cervus elaphus Identification The population of Red Deer in Algeria/Tunisia is known as Barbary Red Deer, while ...
28 at this time that stags give their impressive roaring displays, which are intended to intimidate other stags (and to attract ...
29 PERSIAN FALLOW DEER Dama mesopotamica Identification Sometimes called the Mesopotamian Fallow Deer, this species is the secon ...
30 bachelor groups outside the breeding season. The rut takes place in September, and dominant stags acquire harems. The fawns a ...
31 Fallow Deer (D. dama) once occurred along the Mediterranean coast of Africa, but it is now extinct. A breeding and reintroduc ...
32 may be with them. In areas of suitable habitat they may reach quite high densities and several animals may be in sight when f ...
33 Distribution and Status Restricted to the mountains of north- eastern Turkey within the region of Anatolia, south of the Blac ...
34 north-eastern population tend to be more reddish-brown. They have a variable dark dorsal stripe and shoulder band. Both sexes ...
35 solitary. During the autumn mating period, they join the nursery herds and compete for mating rights. After a gestation perio ...
36 yellowish- to reddish-brown, with white to creamy-fawn underparts. Black and white markings adorn the forwards-facing surface ...
37 by one adult male. They are territorial, range over relatively small areas and the males mark their territories. Both sexes s ...
SHEEP BARBARY SHEEP Ammotragus lervia Identification This is the only wild sheep species occurring in North Africa, and it is en ...
Habitat and Behaviour Barbary Sheep occupy arid hill and mountain country across the Sahara and its fringes. They are mixed feed ...
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