Desert Endangered Animals In Uae

The uae is the natural habitat for a number of beautiful animals but many of them are the last of their kind.

Desert endangered animals in uae. The following tags are used to highlight each species conservation status as assessed by the international union for conservation of nature. By placing greater focus on conservation in recent years the country is working to. The united arab emirates uae a western asian country in the arabian peninsula has a long coastline on the persian gulf and vast stretches of sandy desert covering most of its landscape. Many of these animals are at risk of extinction but in 2018 a rodent thought to be extinct and a fox last sighted in abu dhabi 13 years ago were snapped in the capital s deserts.

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in the united arab emirates there are thirty five mammal species in the united arab emirates of which five are endangered five are vulnerable and one is near threatened. Sand gazelle is a subspecies of goitered gazelle mostly found in dry region of iran iraq and united arab emirates. The indigenous fauna of the country is also close to extinction due to intensive hunting capture for the pet trade. The smallest species of tahr is lives on steep rocky slopes of united arab emirates.

Arabian tahr is a endangered arabian animal that gets royal protection from uae.