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

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a chase of about 1 kilometer. As gazelles are diurnal with poor<br />

vision at night, they are easily caught at night by wolves.<br />

In the Jerusalem (Judean) Desert and in the Naqab (Negev),<br />

wolves inhabit areas in which ibex (Capra ibex nubiana) occur, but<br />

no cases of predation on ibex are known. Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) are<br />

very common in northern Palestine and in the Golan, but no cases<br />

of preying on pigs have been observed so far (Mendelssohn I982,<br />

<strong>Khalaf</strong>-<strong>von</strong> <strong>Jaffa</strong> 1990).<br />

An Arabian Wolf (Canis lupus arabs) in Southern Palestine (the<br />

Southern Araba Desert). It has been scavenging alone that night. Photo<br />

by Plegadis.18 November 2005.<br />

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A_desert_wolf_by_Snoosmumrik.jpg<br />

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