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List of wild animals of Egypt

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This is a list of the wild animal species that were reported in Egypt.

Class: Mammalia (mammals)

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Aardvark

Order: Tubulidentata (aardvarks)

Rock hyrax

Order: Hyracoidea (hyraxes)

Dugong

Order: Sirenia (manatees and dugongs)

Asian garden dormouse
Four-toed jerboa
Lesser Egyptian jerboa
Greater Egyptian jerboa
Middle East blind mole-rat
Cairo spiny mouse
Golden spiny mouse
North African gerbil
Lesser Egyptian gerbil
Pale gerbil
Greater Egyptian gerbil
Lesser short-tailed gerbil
Sundevall's jird
Libyan jird
Shaw's jird
Fat-tailed gerbil
Fat sand rat
Bushy-tailed jird
African grass rat
Short-tailed bandicoot rat

Order: Rodentia (rodents)

Cape hare

Order: Lagomporpha (lagomorphs)

Long-eared hedgehog
Desert hedgehog

Order: Erinaceomorpha (hedgehogs and gymnures)

African giant shrew

Order: Soricomorpha (shrews, moles and solenodons)


References

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  1. ^ a b c Shahin, Adel A. Basyouny; Ata, Abdel Twab M. (2001). "A comparative study on the karyotype and meiosis of the jerboasAllactagaandJaculus(Rodentia: Dipodidae) in Egypt". Zoology in the Middle East. 22 (1). Informa UK Limited: 5–16. doi:10.1080/09397140.2001.10637844. ISSN 0939-7140.
  2. ^ Shahin, Adel A. Basyouny; Mohamed, Amira M. Metwally; El Shatter, Abd El-Reheem A. (2018). "Genetic Differentiation and Relationship between Two Karyotype Forms of Nannospalax ehrenbergi (Rodentia: Spalacidae) in Egypt". Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 50 (5). ResearchersLinks Ltd. doi:10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.5.1671.1680. ISSN 0030-9923.
  3. ^ Younes, Mahmoud (3 January 2024). "The Nile Delta and Valley as An Ecological Barrier for Desert Mammals: With Special Reference To The Cairo Spiny Mouse, Acomys cahirinus". Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, B. Zoology. 16 (1): 1–17. doi:10.21608/EAJBSZ.2024.333659.
  4. ^ a b Younes, Mahmoud; Khalifa, Mahmoud; Ghazy, Ahmed (2016-06-01). "MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF GERBILLUS ANDERSONI, G. CAMPESTRIS AND G. AMOENUS FROM EGYPT". Al-Azhar Bulletin of Science. 27 (1). Al-Azhar University: 9–16. doi:10.21608/absb.2016.24338. ISSN 1110-2535.