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Animals of Morocco
10 animals on this site have a range that includes Morocco. Each fact file has a map with the whole range.
10 profiles
LCMammals
African wildcat
Felis lybica
The African wildcat is a small striped cat of dry Africa and Asia, and the ancestor of every domestic cat.
Living
EXMammals
Aurochs
Bos primigenius
The aurochs was the wild ox of Europe, North Africa and much of Asia, and the ancestor of domestic cattle.
ExtinctAI reconstruction
LCBirds
Common ostrich
Struthio camelus
The common ostrich is the largest and heaviest living bird and lays the largest egg.
Living
LCBirds
Eurasian collared dove
Streptopelia decaocto
The Eurasian collared dove is a pale grey dove with a black half-collar on the neck.
Living
LCMammals
Fennec fox
Vulpes zerda
The fennec fox is the smallest canid, a cream-coloured fox of the Sahara with enormous ears that shed heat and hear prey under the sand.
Living
LCBirds
Greater flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseus
The greater flamingo is the largest and most widespread flamingo.
Living
LCMammals
Red fox
Vulpes vulpes
The red fox has the widest range of any wild carnivore.
Living
VUMammals
Sperm whale
Physeter macrocephalus
The sperm whale is the biggest of the toothed whales and the largest predator with teeth.
Living
NTMammals
Striped hyena
Hyaena hyaena
The striped hyena is a small, shaggy scavenger of dry country from North Africa to India.
Living
LCBirds
White stork
Ciconia ciconia
The white stork is a large white bird with black wings, a red bill and long red legs.
Living
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