Animals that lived on the land of Saudi Arabia and ended their lives with extinction

Weather of Arabia - Sinan Khalaf - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia witnessed, during the past periods of time, the recording of extinction cases for many animals that lived on the lands of the Kingdom as a result of drought, overfishing, and urban sprawl in some areas, and among these animals "

Cheetah:

This leopard is characterized by high agility, as it has long limbs that enable it to run quickly behind its prey, and the most prominent characteristic of its shape is the presence of two lines extending from the top of the eye to the mouth, and it is spotted with many black spots that cover its brown body, and it often lives in forests and open rocky lands Which made it spread in the southern and northern regions of the Kingdom, but it became completely extinct from the lands of the Kingdom.

Arabian ostrich

It is known that the ostrich is a bird that cannot fly, and has a high running speed of about 50 km / h, and feeds on plants and reptiles, and it was spreading in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula, which is a small gathering, and the other - which is the big one - is on the borders of the confluence of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , Jordan, Iraq, Syria and Palestine, where this ostrich was last seen in 1918 AD in the Negev desert.

the lion:

Lions used to live abundantly in forests and open areas in the Arabian Peninsula and Yemen, and they are fierce carnivores. The color of the lion's hair is yellowish-brown, while the female lionesses are light golden yellow, while the young cubs have spotted skin.

numb donkey:

It is a type of donkey that is characterized by its small stature compared to others of its kind, and this type of donkey was widespread in the northern regions of the Kingdom, and depended for its food on bitter and salty herbs, and the Saudi Wildlife Authority is trying to bring a number of them in order to breed them in the center.

wild lamb:

It was present in the form of simple gatherings in the south of the Kingdom, and it was monitored in the Hijaz mountains and the heights of Medina, as it prefers to live in highlands with a steep slope over living in open areas, and it feeds permanently on what it finds in a way of plants and herbs.