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Mammals:
Today, the largest Mammals are Palestinian mountain gazelles or Edmi (Gazella gazella
gazella), Palestine wild boar (Sus scrofa libycus), foxes like the Palestinian red fox (Vulpes
vulpes palaestina), Palestinian jungle cats (Felis chaus furax), Nubian ibex (Capra ibex
nubiana) and the rarely seen Arabian leopard or Nimr (Panthera pardus nimr), Arabian
caracal lynx (Felis caracal schmitzi), Syrian striped hyenas (Hyaena hyaena syriaca),
Palestinian golden jackals (Canis aureus palaestina Khalaf, 2008), Arabian wolves (Canis
lupus arabs), Persian honey badgers or ratel (Mellivora capensis wilsoni), Persian common
badgers (Meles meles canescens) and Persian common river otters (Lutra lutra seistanica).

The Palestine Golden Jackal (Canis aureus palaestina Khalaf, 2008).
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Palestine is home to a large variety of smaller mammals; from bats (over 30 species),
hedgehogs, the Syrian hare (Lepus capensis syriacus), the Syrian rock hyrax or coney
(Procavia capensis syriaca), the Syrian squirrel (Sciurus anomalus syriacus), the Indian
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