Shaumari Nature Reserve
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Shaumari Nature Reserve
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 Shaumari Nature Reserve 2004 |
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| location | 10 km south of al-Azraq | |
| surface | 20.91 | |
| WDPA ID | 3216 | |
| Geographical location | 31 ° 45 ′ N , 36 ° 47 ′ E | |
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| Setup date | 1975 | |
The Shaumari Nature Reserve ( Arabic محمية الشومري, DMG Maḥmiyyat aš-Šaumarī ) is a nature reserve of the IUCN category biotope / species protection area with management near the settlement al-Azraq 100 kilometers east of Amman .
history
The reserve was created in 1975 as the first nature reserve in Jordan by the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature as a breeding center for endangered or locally extinct wildlife.
fauna
The 22 square kilometer nature reserve is a shelter for some of the rarest animal species in the Middle East. A total of 193 animal species were sighted. The oryx , African ostrich , onager (a subspecies of the Asiatic wild ass ) and some gazelle species depicted on many local Byzantine mosaics from the 6th century have seen populations increase following threats from habitat destruction and hunting . The oryx and onager can often be seen roaming free in their large desert grassland enclosure, the ostrich and gazelle species can be seen in their own fenced-in areas.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Shaumari Wildlife Reserve, Jordan. In: Marco Polo. Accessed January 2, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Shaumari Natural Reserve. (No longer available online.) Jordan Tourism Board, archived from the original on March 3, 2016 ; accessed on January 2, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Shaumari Wildlife Reserve. In: World Database on Protected Areas. protectedplanet.net, accessed January 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Shaumari Wildlife Reserve | RSCN. Accessed January 2, 2020 .