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阿拉伯狼（學名：Canis lupus arabs）是狼的一個亞種。曾经广泛分佈於阿拉伯半島，但現在仅生活在以色列南部、阿曼、也門、約旦、沙地阿拉伯等地的较小范围内，在埃及西奈半島的部分地区可能也有分布。
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The Arabian wolf (Canis lupus arabs) is a subspecies of gray wolf native to the Arabian Peninsula—to the west of Bahrain, as well as Oman, southern Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. It is also found in Israel’s Negev and Arava Deserts, Jordan, Palestine, and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. It is the smallest gray wolf subspecies and a specialized xerocole (arid-adapted) animal that normally lives in smaller familial packs. Arabian wolves are omnivorous and opportunistic eaters; they consume small to medium-sized prey, from insects, reptiles and birds to rodents and small ungulates, such as young Nubian ibex and several species of gazelle (Arabian, goitered, Dorcas, and mountain gazelles).
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