El-Kouf National Park lupaster"), wild boar ("Sus scrofa"), fallow deer ("Dama dama"), the red fox ("Vulpes vulpes"), the small-spotted genet ("Genetta genetta"), the African wildcat ("Felis silvestris lybica") and the crested porcupine ("Hystrix cristata") and the Barbary macaque ("Macaca sylvanus"). The short-beaked common dolphin ("Delphinus delphis") and the common bottlenose dolphin ("Tursiops truncatus") are found off-shore and in the brackish lagoons, and the loggerhead sea turtle ("Caretta caretta") lays its eggs on the beaches. The national park lies within the Jabal al Akhdar Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International. Birds recorded from the park include golden eagles, Egyptian vulture, Barbary
USS Delphinus (AF-24) at Manila in January 1946, "Delphinus" sailed for the west coast, arriving at San Francisco, California, 23 February. For a brief period she carried cargo along the west coast and to Pearl Harbor, then sailed to New Orleans, Louisiana. "Delphinus" was decommissioned on 8 May 1946 in New Orleans, and was delivered to the War Shipping Administration the same day. USS Delphinus (AF-24) USS Delphinus (AF-24) was built in 1915 as by Workman Clark and Co., Ltd., Belfast, Northern Ireland; acquired by the U.S. Navy 11 August 1942; and commissioned the same day as "San Mateo", Lieutenant O. M. Mikkelsen,