Two
species of gazelle are found in Dubai with one type extinct elsewhere in Arabia.
Not exact matches
One
gazelle species is now critically endangered, and Barbary sheep are less common in the Western Desert than they were even 30 years ago, says Egyptologist Salima Ikram
of American University in Cairo, who was not involved in the work.
Their extensive quarrying generated 56 cases
of spectacular fossils «representing three
species of three - toed horses, rhinoceroses... many
species of antelope and
gazelle... birds, and a variety
of carnivorous mammals.»
Other
species have only fared slightly better: the dama
gazelle and addax are gone from 99 percent
of their range; the leopard from 97 percent, and the Saharan cheetah from 90.
For example, the scientists think the sharks traveled in their mixed -
species groups for most
of the day for protection against tiger sharks, which are much larger and often prey on their smaller peers (much as herding animals like
gazelles stay together for protection against hungry lions).
Whatever she is mixed with makes her look like some
species of small African
gazelle.
The country recently established its first national park and now has created a list
of 33 protected
species, ranging from the snow leopard to the obscure goitered
gazelle and paghman salamander.
The spacious grasslands
of the African savanna provide nourishment to over 500
species of animals such as lions,
gazelles, zebras, and the world's largest land mammal, the African elephant.