Area of the Final Project

Species found in Ein Avdat during the year, compiled from students observations and presented in their maps.

Fauna

Birds

• Shrike (Lanius)
• Sandy Grouse (Alectoris)
• Desert Swallow (Ptyonoprogue Obsoleta)
• Black Crow (Crowus Ruficolis)

Rodents (Rodentia)

• Porcupine (Hytrix)
• Fat Sandy Rat (Psammomys)
• Spingy Mouse
• Gerbil (Gerbillus)
• Hedge Hock(Erinceidae)

Reptiles

• Partridge (Agama)
• Desert Lizard (Mesalina Guttlata)

Arthropoda

• Isopod (Parcellio)
• Scorpion
• Spiders (Arachnidae)

Water Insects

• Bugs (Heteroptera)
• Dragon Fly (Odonata)
• Ephemeroptera
• Musquito (Culicidae)
• Copepoda
• Daphnae (Cladocera)
• Water Beatles (Coleoptera)

Mammals

• Ibex
• Gazella Gazella
• Bats (Chiroptera)
• Desert Wolf (Canis)

Flora

• Suaeda asphaltica
• Lycium shawii
• Pistacia atlantica
• Tamarix aphyila
• Alhagi maurorum
• Zygophyllum dumosum
• Hammada negevensis
• Nitraria retusa
• Artemisia herba-alba
• Atriplex halimus
• Salsola vermiculata
• Thymelaea hirsuta
• Noaea mucronata
• Typha australisSchum
• Juncus
• Limonium pruinosum
• Gymnocarpos decander Forssk
• Capparis spinosa
• Populus euphratica
• Astragalus spinosus
• Phragmites australis
• Colutea istria Mill
• Retema raetam
• Ochradenus baccatus
• Peganum harmala
• Phoeniculum
• Pheonix dactylifera