page_title: Scarabaeus sacer
section_title: Distribution and habitat
hierarchical_section_title: Scarabaeus sacer / Distribution and habitat
caption_attribution_description: English: Scarabaeus sacer. Mounted specimen
context_page_description: Scarabaeus sacer, common name Sacred scarab, is a species of dung beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.
context_section_description: Scarabaeus sacer occurs in coastal dunes and marshes around the Mediterranean Basin. 
  It can be found across North Africa, southern Europe and parts of Asia (Afghanistan, Corsica, Cyprus, Ethiopia, France, Iran, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Sardinia, Sicily, Sudan and Syria). In the Camargue, the Scarabaeus sacer is almost exclusively a coastal species, living only in dunes and coastal marshes.
caption: Scarabaeus sacer. Mounted specimen
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