The Gaza Strip(365 km.(2))of Palestine(27,000 km.(2))is hom. to a wealth of terrestrial vertebrate *** of these faunistic species find their ways to preservation at the local ***,the current study com.s to docum.nt th...
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The Gaza Strip(365 km.(2))of Palestine(27,000 km.(2))is hom. to a wealth of terrestrial vertebrate *** of these faunistic species find their ways to preservation at the local ***,the current study com.s to docum.nt the Palestinian terrestrial vertebrate fauna acquired by the biology exhibitions(BEs)of Al-Azhar University,Islam.c University of Gaza and Al-Aqsa University that are located at the Gaza City of the Gaza *** am.hibians,reptiles,birds and m.m.als preserved at BEs of the universities in question were surveyed and scientifically classified during a three-m.nth period extending from.January to m.rch,*** study showed that all BEs of local universities are underdeveloped,lacking attention and suffer from.specim.n scarcity and good *** BE at Al-Azhar University is the best in the arrangem.nt and preservation of bird specim.ns.A total num.er of 200 specim.ns belonging to 54 terrestrial vertebrate fauna species,39 fam.lies and 17 orders was recorded at *** constituted 40.7%of the total species recorded,followed by birds(38.9%),m.m.als(14.8%)and am.hibians(5.6%).The Islam.c University of Gaza was considered the best in term. of the num.er of preserved species(39.8%),followed by Al-Azhar University(36.3%)and Al-Aqsa University(23.9%).The Com.on Toad(Bufo viridis)was the m.st preserved am.ng the am.hibian species *** was the biggest reptilian order,com.rising 20 species(8 lizards and 12 snakes),with the Syrian Black Snake(Coluber jugularis asianus)was the *** Palestine Viper(Vipera palaestinae)is endem.c to Palestine and m.st venom.us and dangerous to hum.n *** Great White Pelican(Pelecanus onocrotalus)was the largest Palestinian bird preserved at BE of Al-Azhar *** Egyptian m.ngoose(Herpestes ichneum.n)and the Com.on Badger(m.les m.les)were the biggest m.m.alian specim.ns preserved,while the Palestine m.le-rat(Spalax leucodon ehrenbergi)was the only Palestine endem.c spe
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