Yotvata Hai-Bar Nature Reserve
Addax nasomaculatus
, 2021The Yotvata Hai-Bar Nature Reserve is a 3,000-acre (12 km2)
.The Yotvata Hai-Bar is the desert counterpart of the
Mediterranean forest.[1]
Endangered and locally extinct animals mentioned in the Bible are bred here for possible reintroduction to the
Negev desert. The Asian wild ass has already been reintroduced in the Makhtesh Ramon area of the wild, while the Arabian oryx has been reintroduced to the northern Arava.[2][3] In addition the park has some rare desert animals, which are not native to Israel, like the scimitar oryx and the North African ostrich.[1]
Some of the species bred here are:
- Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx)[1][4]
- Scimitar oryx (Oryx dammah)[1]
- Addax (Addax nasomaculatus)[1][4]
- Somali wild ass (Equus africanus somaliensis)[1][4]
- Dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas)[1][5]
- Arabian gazelle (Gazella arabica)[1][6]
- Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus)[1]
- Caracal (Caracal caracal schmitzi)
- Arabian sand cat(Felis margarita harrisoni)
- Arabian leopard (Panthera pardus nimr)
- South African cheetah(Acinonyx jubatus jubatus)
- Arabian wolf (Canis lupus arabs)
- Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana)[7]
- Persian leopard(Panthera pardus tulliana)
- Striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena)
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yotvata Hai-Bar Nature Reserve.
- Yotvata Hai-Bar on the website of the Israel Nature and Parks Authority
- Photos and videos from Hai-Bar Yotvata, Flickr
- Yotvata Hai Bar Image Gallery
29°52′17″N 35°03′01″E / 29.871406°N 35.050292°E
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