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Gabal El Uweinat - Africa

Egypt, Libya, Sudan

Area

1052 km²

Elevation

549 - 1889 m

Hierarchy

Higher Ranges

Africa
North African Highlands
Sahara Ranges
East Sahara Mountains
Gabal El Uweinat

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Artiodactyla

Dorcas gazelle

Dorcas gazelle

Gazella dorcas

Rhim gazelle

Rhim gazelle

Gazella leptoceros

Carnivora

African wolf

African wolf

Canis lupaster

Rüppell's fox

Rüppell's fox

Vulpes rueppellii

Fennec fox

Fennec fox

Vulpes zerda

Chiroptera

Trident bat

Trident bat

Asellia tridens

Hyracoidea

Rock hyrax

Rock hyrax

Procavia capensis

Rodentia

Cairo spiny mouse

Cairo spiny mouse

Acomys cahirinus

Lesser Egyptian gerbil

Lesser Egyptian gerbil

Gerbillus gerbillus

Sundevall's jird

Sundevall's jird

Meriones crassus

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