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A full-body African elephant on a rock in the savannah at sunset, with zebras and giraffes behind

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Jungle Cat

Felis chaus

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Corsac Fox

Vulpes corsac

CarnivoreNocturnalIn pairs

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Near Threatened

Argali

Ovis ammon

HerbivoreDiurnalNear Threatened

Near Threatened

Cinereous Vulture

Aegypius monachus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Caracal

Caracal caracal

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Common Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Dorcas Gazelle

Gazella dorcas

HerbivoreCrepuscularVulnerable

Near Threatened

Striped Hyaena

Hyaena hyaena

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Nubian Ibex

Capra nubiana

HerbivoreDiurnalCrepuscular

Rhesus Monkey

Macaca mulatta

OmnivoreDiurnalFamily group

Chukar

Alectoris chukar

HerbivoreDiurnalBird

Houbara Bustard

Chlamydotis undulata

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Griffon Vulture

Gyps fulvus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Desert Horned Viper

Cerastes cerastes

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Blue Sheep

Pseudois nayaur

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds

Near Threatened

Bezoar

Capra aegagrus

HerbivoreDiurnalNear Threatened

Goitered Gazelle

Gazella subgutturosa

HerbivoreDiurnalVulnerable

Near Threatened

Black-necked Crane

Grus nigricollis

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Desert Hedgehog

Paraechinus aethiopicus

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Long-tailed Marmot

Marmota caudata

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

Alpine Musk Deer

Moschus chrysogaster

HerbivoreCrepuscularSolitary

Critically Endangered

Bactrian Camel

Camelus bactrianus

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds

Golden Jackal

Canis aureus

OmnivoreVariable activityIn pairs

Asiatic Black Bear

Ursus thibetanus

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Eurasian Hoopoe

Upupa epops

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Egyptian Cobra

Naja haje

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Near Threatened

Siberian Ibex

Capra sibirica

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds

Migratory Locust

Locusta migratoria

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

Near Threatened

Markhor

Capra falconeri

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds

Honey Badger

Mellivora capensis

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Ruddy Shelduck

Tadorna ferruginea

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Phoorsa

Echis carinatus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Bar-Headed Goose

Anser indicus

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

Jericho Scorpion

Nebo hierichonticus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Fattailed Scorpion

Androctonus australis

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Desert Locust

Schistocerca gregaria

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

Red-crested Pochard

Netta rufina

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

Steppe Tortoise

Testudo horsfieldii

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Common Krait

Bungarus caeruleus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Common Bulbul

Pycnonotus barbatus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Orange-tailed Skink

Eumeces schneideri

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Spanish Sparrow

Passer hispaniolensis

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

Demoiselle Crane

Grus virgo

OmnivoreDiurnalBird

Near Threatened

Asiatic Wild Ass

Equus hemionus

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Pallas' Cat

Otocolobus manul

CarnivoreCrepuscularSolitary

Common Myna

Acridotheres tristis

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Indian Peafowl

Pavo cristatus

OmnivoreDiurnalFamily group

Palestine Sunbird

Cinnyris osea

NectarivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Common Tortoise

Testudo graeca

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Near Threatened

Crocodile Newt

Tylototriton verrucosus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Urial

Ovis vignei

HerbivoreDiurnalVulnerable

Egyptian Spiny-tailed Lizard

Uromastyx aegyptia

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Desert Monitor

Varanus griseus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Sinai Rosefinch

Carpodacus synoicus

HerbivoreDiurnalBird

Indian Cobra

Naja naja

CarnivoreCrepuscularSolitary

Indian Gray Mongoose

Urva edwardsii

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Arabian Oryx

Oryx leucoryx

HerbivoreCrepuscularVulnerable

Kiang

Equus kiang

HerbivoreDiurnalNocturnal

Western Tragopan

Tragopan melanocephalus

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Tibetan Fox

Vulpes ferrilata

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Long-eared Hedgehog

Hemiechinus auritus

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Pallas's Pika

Ochotona pallasii

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

Indian Crested Porcupine

Hystrix indica

HerbivoreNocturnalIn pairs

Near Threatened

Bearded Vulture

Gypaetus barbatus

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

European Ground Squirrel

Spermophilus citellus

HerbivoreOmnivoreDiurnal

Blanford's Fox

Vulpes cana

OmnivoreNocturnalIn pairs

Wallcreeper

Tichodroma muraria

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary

Critically Endangered

Siberian Crane

Leucogeranus leucogeranus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Himalayan Marmot

Marmota himalayana

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

Snow Leopard

Panthera uncia

CarnivoreCrepuscularSolitary

14 countries22 parks

Brown Bear

Ursus arctos

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

51 countries53 parks

Leopard

Panthera pardus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

83 countries114 parks

Golden Eagle

Aquila chrysaetos

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

72 countries109 parks

Red Panda

Ailurus fulgens

HerbivoreCrepuscularSolitary

9 countries15 parks

Takin

Budorcas taxicolor

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds

9 countries5 parks

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

81 countries14 parks23 dive sites

Eurasian Lynx

Lynx lynx

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

48 countries45 parks

Gray Wolf

Canis lupus

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs

61 countries76 parks

Egyptian Vulture

Neophron percnopterus

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

82 countries11 parks

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