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Arabian ungulates—their status and future protection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Khushal Habibi
Khushal Habibi
Affiliation:
3049 Biber Street, Apt. No.9, E. Lansing, MI 48823, USA.
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Abstract

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Ungulate populations are at a low ebb in Saudi Arabia. Indiscriminate hunting and habitat degradation are the main factors causing population declines in three of the five endemic species. The author collected information on the status of these animals while working as a wildlife ecologist for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in the northern province of Al-Jouf.

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Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , April 1986 , pp. 100 - 103
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1986

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