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Plate 3 The Brandt's Hedgehog (Paraechinus hvpomelas niger)، one of Oman's rarer small mammals.

Photograph by P. F. Harrison

Plate 4 Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx)، extinct in the wild in arabia، but soon to be restored to its native habitat in Oman.

Photograph by D. L. Harrison

Plate 5 Arabian Gazelle (Gazella gazella arabica)، a graceful antelope of Oman، considered threatened locally، It is now protected and being bred in captivity to increase the stock.

Photograph by D. L. Harrison

Plate 6 The Arabian Tahr (Hemitragus jayakari)، Oman's most unique large mammal. thretened with extinction، now protected in a special Reserve.

Photograph by Dr. P. Hunton

Plate 7 Wadi Serin، the Tahr Reserve in Jebel Aswad

Photograph by D. L. Harrison

Plate 8 The mountains of Dhofar، a view of Khadrafi، during the 1977 Oman Fora and Fauna Survey.

Photograph by A. Dunsire

Figure 1 Recent

occurrances of the Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in South-eastern Arabia.

Figure 2 Recent occurrences of the Leopard (Panthera pardus nimr) in

South- - eastern Arabia.