The Barbary Atlas Lion

The former popularity of the Barbary Lion as a zoo animal provides the only hope to ever see it again in the wild in North Africa. After years of research into the science of the Barbary Lion and stories of surviving examples, WildLink International, in collaboration with Oxford University, launched their ambitious International Barbary Lion Project. They are using the very latest DNA techniques to identify the DNA 'fingerprint' of the Barbary Lion subspecies. WildLink International has taken bone samples from remains of Barbary Lions in Museums across Europe, like those in Brussels, Paris, Turin and others. These samples are returned to Oxford University where the science team is extracting the DNA sequence that identifies the Barbary as a separate subspecies. Although the Barbary is officially extinct, WildLink International had identified a handful of lions in captivity around the world that are descended from the original Barbary Lion, like the royal lions in Temara Zoo in Rabat, Morocco. These descendants will be tested against the DNA fingerprint and the degree of any hybridisation (from crossbreeding) can then be determined. The best candidates will then enter a selective breeding programme that will 'breed back' the Barbary Lion. The final phase of the project will see the lions released into a National Park in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. WildLink International can not be reached anymore and their website is nowadays offline. Everyone is in the dark as to what happened to WildLink International. WildLink International and the University of Oxford had made the deal that WildLink International would raise money for the project and that the university would do the research. With the disappearance of WildLink International no money was raised. Dr. Noboyuki Yamaguchi, a scientist from the University of Oxford, has used his own funding for as long as possible to further the scientific research on Barbary Lions and its genetics. The project is now indefinitely on hold until the funds can be raise

http://www.mccullagh.org/db9/d30-7/lion-yawning.jpg


http://www.marocantan.com/images/lionatlas.jpg


http://www.visindavefur.hi.is/myndir/berbaljon_110604.jpg

http://www.zoobrno.cz/czech/galery/images/galery_images/lev.jpg

The Barbary Macaque

The Barbary Macaque (Macaca sylvanus) is a tail-less macaque. Found in the Atlas Mountains of Algeria and Morocco with a small, possibly introduced, population in Gibraltar, the Barbary Macaque is one of the best-known Old World monkey species. Besides humans, they are the only primates that live freely in Europe. Although the species is commonly referred to as the "Barbary Ape", the Barbary Macaque is a true monkey, not an ape



http://npb.jamescook.nu/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/npb_0080_screen.jpg

http://storage.canalblog.com/54/23/242601/10324630.png

Beautifull pic of the lion in the canyon,Reda.Was it shot in Moroco??

Yes it was shot in The Middle Atlas near Taza

only animals from Morocco:
(wild and home animals seen and shot from Morocco)

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/7836/img7569je7.jpg

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/9104/img7603bl9.jpg

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/2500/img7684rw4.jpg

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/7728/img7838vd8.jpg

http://imagineressources.linternaute.com/document/image/540/chat-animaux-domestiques-insolite-tenniscat-835211.jpg

Mouflons of Toubkal

http://homepage.mac.com/jdelacre/mouflonneries_fichiers/image002.jpg

http://altitudes.fr/images/mouflon.jpg

Addax of Sous Massa

http://www.fossilrim.com/animals/images/addax_big_1.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/54/186928229_1e9e41c1f1.jpg

Camels of the Atlantic coast

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7B4FAD1C92-78D9-4EA3-A349-6B7BB6670826%7D/A4XF05.jpg

Camels of Merzouga

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7BDB354249-4C68-44D1-A2C8-B64D6B8FE61D%7D/A0RAXK.jpg

Camels of the Anti-Atlas

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7B08227ABE-26A7-41F9-BB52-69FB27D7CC61%7D/A0HTRR.jpg

Mules in the High Atlas

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7BC89D4F23-54B8-4502-90FE-5F1FD3AF051D%7D/AWN91A.jpg

Shepherd in the Rif

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7BF0B318CA-9EBE-4E73-8F25-0ABF4164F922%7D/A0XYWW.jpg

Addax in Sous Massa

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7B136727CE-8351-471B-8315-222852DCD4DC%7D/AYFC3F.jpg

Seagull from Essaouira

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7BF01ABF0B-8B6C-4EC7-8CC5-FB8EC5670862%7D/A1P9W7.jpg

Camel in Dades Valley

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7BA5897C8B-693B-4949-9E82-ECFC11D82CA8%7D/AW2EYA.jpg

Goat around Tiznit

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7B9D61A6DE-F2EE-4513-AB47-730AE6333B5D%7D/A2B6CK.jpg

Around Marrakech

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7B4D255362-B73B-4511-8D08-7CB70440CF79%7D/ARD4RE.jpg

Camels in Essaouira

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7BBE3EA115-4383-456C-AFE4-81A3B0D1F660%7D/A0Y0CJ.jpg

Goats from Essaouira

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7BC30309B4-BC59-45FB-AF3E-1F23E05493F0%7D/A98E4B.jpg

Camels from Mhamid

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7B217C2B02-CD04-4A35-8E51-6E35B23417BF%7D/A78827.jpg

Camels from tafrout

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7B9AB563A3-2F07-4920-8D0E-7C97003CE19A%7D/A6GDF7.jpg

Donkey near Fez

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7BC294DD44-BD14-427B-A803-CC33B870C1AB%7D/A3B4A4.jpg

Lizard in the Sahara

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7B9F9676BE-D752-44FB-9E28-5EABE7A87F9F%7D/AA8FWD.jpg

Cat in Essaouira

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7B795DDC0E-B202-477A-9711-9BDDB0F693E6%7D/AGKENA.jpg

Tree climbing goats

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7BD532B5E3-96FF-4BE4-B835-CA786CCB49CA%7D/AHH95E.jpg

Camels in Merzouga

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7B50130B3F-B35D-44D0-AF02-BAF4B476D81E%7D/AYFC42.jpg

Sheeps near the Oukaimeden

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7BC3FFDFB6-5ABD-4A18-90C5-79B75EBBFBB0%7D/A2WC92.jpg

Near Azrou

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7BEAF5530C-3543-46ED-B757-B413EFF1C0AB%7D/A02YN1.jpg

Tree climbing goats

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7B1DECFEED-2348-497A-BF85-9048164F448C%7D/AHH85C.jpg

Goat in the Rif

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7B9709D52C-CC02-4F94-92BA-B5FE468FCBAC%7D/AJAGBA.jpg

Oryx Dammah

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7BBEA84C2C-5181-4E5B-B00F-AA3E87910475%7D/AYFCA2.jpg
http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7B1B68F0E9-1816-4783-8061-B199E372ABD0%7D/AYFCA3.jpg

Storks near Ouarzazate

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7BC7D40ABA-EB0B-4066-B1C0-99A7E281DE73%7D/AYFCAA.jpg

Lizard in the Sahara

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7BEC98F575-9C72-42A0-8A50-AE24B8884AA6%7D/AA8PP3.jpg

Donkey of Ifrane
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/580/anesanimauxaneifranecenrw8.jpg

Pure Arabian Horse in Fes
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/2193/img4532cm1.jpg

Essaouira seagulls

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7BE2A0A908-D45E-4960-B710-CD0F403E32AF%7D/A343XA.jpg

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7BB4D2B9AA-B7D2-44A8-B024-F1E389CE65E7%7D/A280X8.jpg

Barbay macaques

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7BE966CAFA-03D2-499E-8600-1D6F83E6233E%7D/AFKNT6.jpg

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7BA62E986E-111D-4D5D-8F71-8F837A219687%7D/AGFPA6.jpg

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7B268F8861-17D2-47BD-A1F8-272EB114331C%7D/A4TPC6.jpg

Oryx

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7B37ECCF19-0BAC-4098-998A-E817F2F371A8%7D/AYKCND.jpg

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7BB8338607-91C9-4067-9643-2C35D07C8420%7D/AHM2X6.jpg

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7B8B615534-5024-44F5-948B-870C57643E2E%7D/AYKCP7.jpg

Tompot

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7B6C3A1A77-85AB-4C5A-8767-EDE69D54D0F1%7D/AXCRAB.jpg

A donkey keeps cool in the shade in one of the many villages below the Atlas Mountains

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7B3CD9E07A-D483-418C-9B1C-EF13FC2AB999%7D/A80CF7.jpg

Barbary macaques

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7B87226D4F-BD75-4574-B239-D35337D10406%7D/AFYPYB.jpg

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7BBDE7B4F7-A4B5-4703-ABFD-97A3024F3AB2%7D/AFYKMA.jpg

Camels near guelmim

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7BEA1FB2A0-7F16-4ACB-9615-206145E62330%7D/AABJ4B.jpg

Sheeps near Casablanca

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7BF1EDAF8B-5EDE-475B-A1AB-95112A47B993%7D/AK6842.jpg

Mules near Imlchil

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7BB335211E-638F-4EC3-BF94-00D58C06038F%7D/AJEP7D.jpg

White camel

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7B9EF192A8-9822-48EA-AE19-70A628516473%7D/A1WP2M.jpg

Hirundo rustica perched on a reed

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7B85937B5C-BDA9-4186-91BE-69D542E0385B%7D/AW2G63.jpg

Goat herd devouring vegetation in its path, southern Morocco

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7BD66E1FCD-B6D4-4DA6-A499-8712A76B2F66%7D/A7ETJ9.jpg

Horses kissing on the beach at Agadir

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7B0023D5E9-F256-443F-A82E-60663770AE4B%7D/AHKY07.jpg

Berber horse ride

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7BAE278676-EF35-4EC0-9F38-C805993844E0%7D/A80GP8.jpg

Saurodactylus brosseti lizard near Mirleft

http://www.**********/thumbs/3/%7B43D629F2-DAEC-455D-8A64-0D47A9825DCA%7D/AW2G33.jpg

In the Sahara:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/417325277_49b4ca7ea6.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/340621646_6114acdca3.jpg

Seals of Lagouira

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/122/303460657_e25e891bc9_o.jpg

Moulouya Seals

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/29/36176908_046c3d702f.jpg

In the Sahara:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/340621646_6114acdca3.jpg
Cute :lol:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/143/326931708_96764640b0.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/49/119452224_87fa5df34e.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/56/121225312_75fce670b6.jpg

Storks

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/3/4583353_aaf7226e93.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/132/355074461_1752df2637.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/35/71818940_7843f9ca1d.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/171/430558261_842c42db96.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/82/241328198_542d38c1a7.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/101/286695291_4b3ff62440.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/143/371180482_dce9b9d5b6.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/27/67779545_6261c9682a.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/126/321398151_63d7480817.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/113/288778842_e3947f049d.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/35/106671882_7a762abe96.jpg

http://www.traveljournals.net/pictures/l/4/49339-more-fresh-fish-at-a-portside-resteraunt-essaouira-morocco.jpg

Hammer shark (South Atlantic)
http://assets.panda.org/img/shark_39161.jpg

Shark (South Atlantic)
http://riannanworld.typepad.com/my_weblog/images/shark_1.jpg

Dolphins (Mediteranean near Hoceima)
http://www.sfakia-crete.com/sfakia-crete/dolphin3.jpg

Whales (Atlantic)
http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/image_full/international/photosvideos/photos/two-humpback-whales-breaching.jpg

Butterfly and ant
http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/theclinae/cigaritis/monticola-2.jpg

Bird and cat
http://jeccanamakkal.com/nick/BirdCat.JPG

Cobra snake
http://www.beppegrillo.it/immagini/cobra.jpg

Baby Foxes
http://www.stefanounterthiner.com/images/Grandi/Red%20Fox%20013%20POSTER.jpg

Arabian wolf
http://www.breedingcentresharjah.com/images/Mammals/Arabian_Wolf_lying.jpg

Forest in Casablanca: (Ostrish and Zebra)
http://imagineressources.linternaute.com/document/image/540/autruche-animaux-sauvages-mer-modernite-874849.jpg

Pensive Mouette
http://imagineressources.linternaute.com/document/image/540/mouettegoeland-insolite-mouette-port-essaouira-900715.jpg

Moroccan Donkey
http://imagineressources.linternaute.com/document/image/540/deserts-ane-marrackech-507394.jpg

Horses
http://imagineressources.linternaute.com/document/image/540/cheval-caleche-villes-attendant-mamounia-917097.jpg

Fish off of the Essaouira Coast
http://imagineressources.linternaute.com/document/image/540/poisson-peche-villes-maroc-port-908406.jpg

Sternes of Dakhla

http://www.photosmaroc.com/photos/web_s/News/Sterne.jpg

Ain Leuh

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/maroc404.JPG

Midlle Atlas

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/Rondonn_E9e3.jpghttp://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/R2.jpghttp://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/R1.jpg

Middle Atlas

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/maroc617.JPG

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/maroc395.JPG

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/maroc406.JPG

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/maroc407.JPG

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/image460.JPG

Middle Atlas

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/maroc400.JPG

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/maroc399.JPG

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/maroc397.JPG

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/maroc403.JPG

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/maroc401.JPG

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/maroc402.JPG

Middle Atlas

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/maroc387.JPG

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/maroc396.JPG

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/maroc394.JPG

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/maroc393.JPG

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/maroc391.JPG

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/image1559.JPG

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/maroc388.JPG

Middle Atlas

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/maroc386.JPG

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/maroc385.JPG

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/maroc382.JPG

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/maroc383.JPG

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/maroc384.JPG

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/maroc380.JPG

Donkey's parliment :D
QN17yIEqPH0

http://ns37432.ovh.net/~camarche/photo/big/78/47/477881_1.jpg?nocache=1176526625

Ain Leuh

http://photosmaghreb.canalblog.com/images/maroc404.JPG

Cute :hi:

Carp fish found in Kas al Kabir and Bin al Ouidane weigh 30 Kg. (can weigh up to 40 kg) :omg:


http://bp1.blogger.com/_S7-_JVDT_qM/Rfif3GaDv4I/AAAAAAAAAm4/9e2qNwAiqwQ/s1600/Marc%2B4%2B004.jpg

http://bp0.blogger.com/_S7-_JVDT_qM/RfxPo2aDwUI/AAAAAAAAAqY/Hq0lYWV9Nic/s1600-h/maroc4+050.jpg

Sardi

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/590/sardiqg4.jpg

Barbary Lion

wPM82-7GK2s

Flamingos in Mar chica Nador

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/1166/marchica8lb3.jpg

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/513/marchica7pf3.jpg

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/4282/marchica3go7.jpg

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/9169/marchica5ha0.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/8307/marchicalw3.jpg

in Temara

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1146/1201466483_68bf71cdaf_o.jpg

in temara
i though it's in meadle atlas !!

Fauna

Salaam oelikoem

Can anyone tell me if there are animals/fauna living in the National Park of Talassemtane and Tazekka

I like to see some fotos in both area

MONK SEAL {BARBAS CAPE}

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/6657/1857592952f9babbec7co.jpg

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/4631/lacarte.png

NORTHERN BALD IBIS, Massa river, north from Aglou
Critically endangered species (only 500 wild birds in the whole world, living exclusively in Souss Massa National Park)




http://homepage.mac.com/jmdelacre/Ibischauve_fichiers/image002.jpg


http://homepage.mac.com/jmdelacre/Ibischauve_fichiers/image004.jpg



http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/9708/ibischauve2.jpg



http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/8477/ibischauve1.jpg

s8UOxY9pFe4

http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/images21/AidiMackWaitingForWalk.jpg

http://www.todo-mascotas.com/wp-content/uploads/pies_74png.jpg

http://www.desboisdelimare.com/IMAGES/S9P1I9G.jpg

http://wildlifesnaps.com/canaries/images/houbara1.jpg

http://wildlifesnaps.com/canaries/images/hoopoes1.jpg

http://bdm.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451957369e2012875b98fc9970c-800wi

http://lgdlc.cantalpassion.com/images/aigle_botte_branche1.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/fr/a/a8/Gazette.jpeg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Ardea_purpurea0.jpg

BVSM0OjXx7k

Les mouettes du port d'Agadir
fotocommunity (fotocommunity)
http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/2990/sad10050820939.jpg

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/8539/sad10050820949.jpg

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/3792/sad10050820901.jpg

http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/3093/dauphin.jpg (http://img594.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dauphin.jpg)

http://www.forum-bateau.com/bateau/croisiere-tourisme/sujet2-35.htm

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/5015037631_9cc694ffbe.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamaraminaoui/5015037631/)
Meknes Kitten (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamaraminaoui/5015037631/) by TamaraM. (http://www.flickr.com/people/tamaraminaoui/)

Taken in Meknes

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4083/5061562145_a620b7a1cc_b.jpg

sallyrango

Essaouira Seagull

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4105/5061545997_39cf4fdf4c_b.jpg

sallyrango

NORTHERN BALD IBIS, Massa river, north from Aglou
Critically endangered species (only 500 wild birds in the whole world, living exclusively in Souss Massa National Park)
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/8477/ibischauve1.jpg


And in Urfa, Turkey.
http://image.haber7.com/haber/haber7/photos/2009/190520080818043220286.jpg

one of the most dangerous scorpions Bothus occitanus of Morocco.
http://www.ntnu.no/ub/scorpion-files/b_occitanus_morocco1.jpg

^^ How interesting, thanks abdelko for sharing :)

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5097/5406058802_2ea66e8ce2_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5137/5479761135_7484374df6_b.jpg

So there are lions in morocco?

Isnt morocco too dry for a lion to dwell

It's always raining in the Atlas mountains. So no, it's not dry. :D

Welcome here btw !

Thanks!

Thats cool....didnt know there were lions there....i knew of the name atlas lion cuz of the nickname of the moroccan football team

Prinny can you post more pix of the atlas lions

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Lion_distribution.svg/590px-Lion_distribution.svg.png

^^

They're almost extinct... :cry:

http://ylovebigcats.com/fr/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/lion_atlas_zoo.jpg

http://s2.e-monsite.com/2009/10/30/11/lion-of-barbary.jpg

http://s2.e-monsite.com/2009/10/30/11/atlas-lion.jpg

http://data3.blog.de/media/550/2441550_97409a7bdc_m.jpg

Awww....that sucks

What other exotic animals that are very large in population in tropical africa are found in morocco?

hyenas?

zebras?

giraffee?

you guys should have some elephants :/

There are Atlas Panthers too. Many years ago, we were thinking they all got killed and Morocco annouced their extinction. But some explorers found a group of them in the Atlas Mountains !

Here, a thread about them with historical pictures and a new picture (1) :

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1244373

:okay:

Thank you come again ! :D

No problem i will be visiting the moroccan forum more often now....your mod casamor is a laid back dude....so if i talk shit...he wont be brig or ban me like that ;)

^^

We have 3 moderators... :(

Un lionceau blanc nommé Rabat

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