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The wildlife of Jordan includes its flora and fauna and their natural habitats. Although much of the country is desert, it has several geographic regions, each with a diversity of plants and animals adapted to their own particular habitats. Fossil finds show that in Palaeolithic times, the region had Syrian brown bears, Asiatic lions, zebras ...
Jordan has about 115 species of reptiles, ... No crocodiles are found in the country. Statistics. Snakes: 45 species; Lizards: 63 species; Turtles: 7 species;
The order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater. Suborder: Mysticeti. Family: Balaenopteridae.
Jordan's national flower – black iris. Black iris (Arabic: السوسنة السوداء) is the national flower of Jordan and can be found all across the country, particularly in the Karak Governorate. [6] [7] It blooms in the spring with dark black petals and is a national symbol of growth, renewal and change.
The first step was the founding of Jordan's first nature reserve, Shaumari Wildlife Reserve, in 1975. The primary purpose was to create means to breed endangered species, specifically: the Arabian oryx, gazelles, ostriches and Persian onagers in their natural environment. In 1994, shortly after Dana Biosphere Reserve was established, RSCN began ...
Jordan, [ a] officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, [ b] is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian West Bank to the west. The Jordan River, flowing into the Dead Sea, is located along the country's ...
Dana Biosphere Reserve. / 30.68750°N 35.57250°E / 30.68750; 35.57250. The Dana Biosphere Reserve ( Arabic: محمية ضانا للمحيط الحيوي) is Jordan's largest nature reserve, [1] located in south-central Jordan. Dana Biosphere Reserve was founded in 1989 [1] in the area in and around the Dana village and Wadi Dana ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Jordan. The avifauna of Jordan include a total of 448 species, of which 7 have been introduced by humans. 22 species are globally threatened. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the ...