Little owl - (Souss-Massa National Park, Morocco)

Are there any antelope species, warthogs, hyrax, or other mammals of note in the wild in Morocco?

@DavidBrown Unfortunately, Morocco has know a massive decline in its mammal diversity especially megafauna in the 1900s. However thanks to more conservation work done than ever before we still have quite some interesting species but most being either localized or very rare. Some ex. include:

- North African elephant shrew: not rare but hard to see. You need to be in the right place to see them
- Barbary macaque: declining and rare overall (as seen in their IUCN status) but you cannot miss them if you go to the right areas (like Cèdre Gouraud for ex. where very tame individuals exist)
- Crested porcupine: the largest species of rodent we have but also one of the rarest, you have to be lucky to see this one
- Barbary ground squirrel: A cool nearly-endemic species that can be seen everywhere
- Striped ground squirrel: A relict species from times where the Sahara was green which can be quite common in the good spot but very localized
- Val's and Common gundi: Both not rare but you need to go to the Saharan mountains to see them
- Fat sand rat: one of the most common species of rodent, but only found in desert areas.
- Caracal: Very rare if not already extinct. Last seen in the 90s I think (but it's hard to be sure as there are a lot of remote areas where you could potentially find some)
- Serval: Also very rare but refound recently. Probably a maximum of a dozen individuals.
- Sand cat: The Western Sahara is probably the best place in the world to see this species, they are very often seen in the night there (obviously not elsewhere as they are a typical desert species)
- African wildcat: Relatively common but declining. Mostly found in the Sahara as well
- Common genet: Not often seen as it's a secretive species but probably the third most common carnivore if you know where to look
- Egyptian mongoose: Definitely one of the most common carnivore, can be often seen in various habitats (farmlands, river beds, deserts, cedar forests etc...)
- Striped hyena: Nowadays extremely rare and can only be reliably seen in Eastern Morocco. Still sometimes seen but in dire need of conservation
- Rüppell's fox, Fennec: Both not uncommonly seen in the Sahara at night
- African golden wolf: Very rare outside of the Sahara but quite common there.
- Saharan striped polecat: Not uncommon but hard to see. Still quite often seen in night safaris in the Sahara
- Ratel: Not as uncommon as you might think but still rarely seen due to its secretive nature. Common in the Aousserd region (southern Morocco)
- European otter: Declining fastly, you need to be lucky to see one
- North African leopard: Thought to be extinct, rediscovered in 2007. A maximum of 5 individuals in the whole country, probably all in the Atlas if they are still alive.
- Mediterranean monk seal: Only found in extreme south Morocco: the Mauritanian colonies go from there to Dakhla in Morocco but are now incredibly scarce and rare
- Barbary stag: Local subspecies of the Red deer (or Corsican deer depending on taxonomy), once extinct now reintroduced in good numbers but only in few national parks (main one being Tazekka in the East)
- Cuvier's gazelle: Can still be seen but is rare. Thankfully being acclimated in Souss-Massa NP (hundreds of individuals) to be released later (as they are in semi-wild conditions)
- Dorcas gazelle: The most common bovid but still rare (which shows how bad the ungulates have suffered here). Can be seen practically everywhere from the Atlas to Southern Morocco but again, you need to be in the right habitat
- Dama gazelle: Very small numbers in Eastern Morocco. As with the two gazelles above: found in semi-wild conditions in a few national parks
- Barbary sheep: Can still be found in good numbers in Eastern and Southern Morocco but is suffering heavily from poaching

I'm sorry for the long text but these are the interesting species (others like wild boars and red fox probably interest you less).

No hyrax nor warthogs: those two are found in Mauritania (country just South of us) but not in Morocco sadly. To be noted are semi-wild (but not wild yet as they are extirpated from Morocco): Addax, Scimitar-horned oryx. Cheetahs were still found in the 70s but are now extirpated as well.

I hope this answers your question!

Thank you for the very interesting and comprehensive response. Hopefully animals like addax and cheetah can be restored to Morocco at some point.