Aammiq Wetland in order to maintain the health of the vegetation cover and the swamp itself, since buffalo graze wetlands in a more efficient way than other herbivores. The mammals recorded in the region include: southern white-breasted hedgehog ("Erinaceus concolor"), Cape hare ("Lepus capensis"), Caucasian squirrel ("Sciurus anomalus"), Indian porcupine ("Hystrix indica"), gray wolf ("Canis lupus"), red fox ("Vulpes vulpes"), European otter ("Lutra lutra"), European badger ("Meles meles"), striped hyena ("Hyaena hyaena"), mountain gazelle ("Gazella gazella"), wild boar ("Sus scrofa"). Birds: Nearly 260 bird species have been recorded in the Aammiq region either by A Rocha personnel or people working with A
River Meles until recently. This stream was alternatively called "Kemer Brook" ("Kemer Çayı") or, especially in western sources, as the "Caravan Bridge Brook", by the name of a historic bridge, also celebrated in literature, which checked the entry into the city of İzmir throughout the 19th century. The flow of this stream varies from a full rush of water in winter to a trickle, even a dry bed, in summer. In the light of descriptions by Aristides and other accounts dating from the Roman imperial age, this stream seems, in fact, to be the weakest candidate for association with Homer's Meles. Roman-era