Arabian Desert Wolf

These wolves don t generally live in large packs and prefer to hunt in pairs or small groups.

Arabian desert wolf. The arabian desert is a vast stretch of arid landscape in western asia where it occupies most of the arabian peninsula encompassing an area of 2 330 000 square km. Typically stands around 26 inches 66 cm shoulder height and weighs an average of 40 pounds 18 14 kg. Her first name is corinne. Its prey is anything from small birds and rodents to larger animals such as gazelles and oryxes.

A lone arabian wolf with its winter fur in the southern arava desert israel arabian wolves are mainly carnivorous but also omnivorous and in some areas largely dependent on human garbage and excess products. Arabian wolf this small desert adapted wolf is found in small pockets around the arabian peninsula. The arabian wolf is a small desert wolf that stands at an average of 66 centimeters shoulder height and weighs around 18 14 kilograms. The arabian wolf is small adapted to the desert environment.

The arabian wolf canis lupus arabs is a subspecies of gray wolf which lives on the arabian peninsula. The arabian wolf is a desert adapted canid and although one of the smallest wolves is one of the largest canids in arabia. It s hunting is banned in many countries in the gulf and that has led to an increase in its population. They also feed on hares rodents small ungulates cats sweet fruits roadkill and other carrion.

Their coat hairs are thin short wiry and light in colour varying from light brown through to a greyish yellow with the stomach being paler or white. Though it is a subspecies of the grey wolf a distinct feature of the arabian wolf is its fused paws. The climate is mostly dry with some places receiving rainfall lower than 50 mm annually. Its ears are proportionally larger in relation to its frame to help disperse and release body heat.

The animals that live in the arabian desert are well adapted to live in extreme desert climate. It is the smallest sized wolf known.