Egypt has been endowed with a unique variety of ecosystems and a corresponding variety of wildlife that ranges from Eurasian species to purely sub-Saharan species. Because of its generally dry hot climate and arid terrain much of the fauna and flora is desert adapted and often hard to find, so the visitor may be excused for thinking that the desert is deserted! This is very far from the case.
The country’s location at the north-east corner of Africa makes it a land bridge between Africa and Eurasia with the result that since the dawn of time it has been crossed and recrossed by migratory people. Inevitably many of the migrants stayed giving Egypt one of the most diverse populations in Africa.