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thereof: Freshwater fish wild

36

Freshwater fish cultivated

12

Mediterranean
fish
Red Sea fish

410

1,270

Amphibians

9

Reptiles

97

1-3

Birds

511

40-50

Mammals

116

1-2

2,591

255

TOTAL ANIMALIA

31,251

2,975

TOTAL SPECIES

47,071

4,115

Total Vertebrates

The estimated number of species assumed to exist is
based on unidentified material already collected but not
yet described, as well as species that should be found in
Israel, according to taxonomists specializing in the
different groups of flora and fauna.

References and Internet Websites:
Abd Rabou, Dr. Abdel Fattah N. (2009). On the occurrence of some carnivores in the Gaza Strip,
Palestine (Mammalia: Carnivora). Zoology in the Middle East, Volume 46 – 2009. Short
Communications, pps. 109-112. Kasparek Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany.
Animals and Plants Unique to Israel and Palestine.
Living National Treasures: Israel and Palestine. http://lntreasures.com/ip.html
BBC. Unknown creatures found in cave.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5036618.stm
Be‟er Al-Sabae‟ (Be'er Sheva) Fringe-fingered Lizard Acanthodactylus beershebensis. Photo.
www.igooglemymother.com/?catid=%7B52A99194-6210-4878-9D18-3E608B9503CC%7D
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