These 15 Fascinating Mammals Live In Jabal Moussa Biosphere

Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve is located in Mount Lebanon. This reserve aims to protect its biodiversity which comprises 750 species of flowers and trees and a large wildlife.

The reserve and the surrounding villages are part of the UNESCO Network of Biosphere Reserves. Also, it is also a Global Important Bird Area (GBIA) where one can find 137 bird species.

We put up a list of the 15 mammals that Jabal Moussa Reserve is housing to raise awareness about the importance of reserves in protecting the Lebanese ecosystem!

Wolf

Wildcat

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Happy February everyone! Here is The Wild cat, which is extremely shy and rarely goes out in front of people. Because some throw domestic kittens in the wild, they mate and their babies are infertile, thus we're losing the purely wild cat generation after generation. What would you like to see next? #animalencounter #animals #animal #wild #cat #kitten #cute #cool #conservation #lebanon #aley #followforfollow #f4f

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Wild boar

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The first wild boars video took by my camera. A mother with her 3 young kids 4 August 2018 5:10AM #lebanon #wild_boars #lebanesewildlife #wildlebanon #lebanon

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Jackal

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6/8/2018 10:05 AM #jackal #faunalebanon #follow #lebanon #lebanesewildlife #nature

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Striped hyena

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This is Stripey the Hyena. Contrary to popular belief, they are NOT DANGEROUS. Tag 3 friends you'd visit Stripey with! #animalencounter #animals #animal #hyena #lebanon #aley #cute #cool #followforfollow #fff #f4f

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Weasel

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Wagner’s gerbil

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Cute Wagner's #gerbil (Dipodillus dasyurus) we found crossing the road while cruising at night in the middle of nowhere. . . . #herpinglebanon #mammalsoflebanon #mammalsoftheworld #mammalsofinstagram #mammals #herpingtrip #snakefood #mammals #mammalz #mammalsociety #mammalia #mammal #animalslebanon #animalsoflebanon #explorethewild #wilderness #gerbilsofinstagram #rodents #rodent #rodentsofig

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Stone marten

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Badger

Broad-toothed field mouse

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Long-eared Hedgehog

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Reptiles are not the only animals you find while herping. Long eared hedgehog (Hemiechinus auritus)?. #mammalsoflebanon #hedgehogs_cute #hedgehogbaby #hedgehogsofinstagram #hedgehog #hedgehogsoftheworld #hedgehoglover #hedgehogs #hedgehoglife #wildlebanon #wildanimals #wildmammals #mammalsofinstagram #mammalsoftheworld #mammalsoflebanon #mammals #longearedhedgehog #hemiechinusauritus #explorethewild #exploration #wildernesslebanon #explorelebanon #expedition #wildlifeexpeditions

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Persian squirrel

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Porcupine

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Red fox

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Rock hyrax

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Have an amazing Labor Day ! #JabalMoussa #ecotourismlebanon #ecotourism #tabsoun #instanaturelover #hyrax #livelovebeirut #livelovelebanon #LiveLoveJabalMoussa #whatsuplebanon #lebanon_hdr #lebanon #lebanonspotlights

A post shared by Jabal Moussa جبل موسى (@jabalmoussa) on May 1, 2016 at 11:55am PDT

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James Hogg was lucky enough to meet a family of Hyraxes (Tabsoun) in #JabalMoussa ! #hyrax #tabsoun #livelovebeirut #livelovehiking #livelovelebanon #livelovejabalmoussa #species #unesco #biospherereserve #biodiversity #ecotourism #ecotourismlebanon #spotlight #lebanon #lebanon_hdr #animals #mammals

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Photos used for illustration purposes.