STATUS AND PRESENT GEOGRAPHICAL-DISTRIBUT ION OF THE WILD-SPECIES OF PRIMATES, CARNIVORA AND ARTIODACTYLA IN MOROCCO

Owing to numerous recent data, the present geographical distribution a nd status (according to IUCN 1994) of all the twenty-four wild species of Primates, Carnivores and Artiodactyla in Morocco are updated. For some of them, an estimation of numbers and a map showing their distrib ution are displayed. Leopard, cheetah and dama gazelle are critically endangered. Striped hyaena, caracal, dorcas gazelle, Cuvier's gazelle and aoudad are endangered. Golden jackal, common otter and sand cat ar e vulnerable. Barbary macaque, red fox, Ruppell's sand fox, fennec fox , weasel, libyan striped weasel, ratel, common genet, egyptian mongoos e, african wild cat and wild boar, although decreasing, still maintain considerable populations. Relevant information is insufficient for eu ropean polecat, as for introduced red deer. The causes of wild mammals regression and the problem of their protection are briefly analysed.