Arabian leopard

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Forward from (https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-bigcats...6#pid80376), the place in the UAE to watch out for, in case the leopard reappears, is the eastern mountainous region next to Oman and the Gulf of Oman.

Map of the UAE, with the Musandam Peninsula in the northeast: http://ontheworldmap.com/uae/uae-road-map.html

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Jabal Hafeet (Mount Hafeet) near Al Ain City in Abu Dhabi Emirate, where a leopard was sighted in 1949 (http://www.catsg.org/fileadmin/fileshari...irates.pdf, http://www.yemenileopard.org/files/cms/r...eopard.pdf), and where other species of organisms, including the caracal (https://www.thenational.ae/uae/environme...s-1.829133) and unique ones, have been sighted: https://gulfnews.com/uae/environment/uni...-1.1202677

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Hajar Mountains near Ras Al Khaimah, including the UAE's highest mountain, Jabal Jais, in the Musandam Peninsula (also where the leopard was sighted, up to the 2000s at least: http://www.catsg.org/fileadmin/fileshari...irates.pdf, http://www.yemenileopard.org/files/cms/r...eopard.pdf): https://gulfbusiness.com/maintenance-und...-accident/

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Wadi Wurayah in the Emirate of Fujairah, where the leopard is still rumoured to be (https://www.thenational.ae/uae/environme...h-1.650338, https://gulfnews.com/uae/environment/une...-1.2257589), but otherwise, where a leopard track was possibly observed in September 2007. Image supplied to Gulf News: https://gulfnews.com/uae/environment/une...-1.2257589

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