Book Fauna Palaestina 4 Year 2014 By Prof Dr Norman Ali Bassam Khalaf von Jaffa ISBN 978-9950-383-77-7

A similar case is occurring with two hedgehog species in the
coastal plain of Palestine, where the European Hedgehog
Erinaceus europaeus, following agricultural development, is
supplanting the Long-eared Hedgehog Hemiechinus auritus
(Mendelssohn I982, Khalaf-von Jaffa 1990).
There still remains the fact that the wolves of the Mediterranean
area of Palestine (greater than 400 mm. rain) are distinctly larger
than those of the more arid areas (50-400 mm. rain). The question
of whether these two discrete populations should be given
separate subspecific status has to remain open until more material
from other areas in the Near East can be examined. For the time
being, the terms "Mediterranean pallipes" and "Desert pallipes"
will be used (Mendelssohn I982, Khalaf-von Jaffa 1990).
The Arabian Wolf (Canis lupus arabs) at the Arabia’s Wildlife Centre in
Sharjah, UAE. 15.06.2012. Photo by: Prof. Dr. Norman Ali Bassam
Khalaf-von Jaffa
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