| Author: | Lichenstein, 1827. |
| Citation: | Darst. Säugeth.: pl. 6 and associated unpaginated text. |
| Common Name: | Arabian Gazelle |
| Type Locality: | Saudi Arabia, "Insel Farsan" (Farasan Isls). |
| Distribution: | Saudi Arabia (Farasan Isls; extinct) and Yemen (mountains near Ta'izz; possibly extinct). |
| Status: | IUCN – Extinct as G. arabica and G. bilkis. |
| Comments: | Treated as a separate species from G. gazella by Groves (1985a). Nominate subspecies known from only two specimens; see Groves (1983); even if formerly present on Farasan Isls, now replaced there by G. gazella farasani; see Thouless and Al Bassri (1991). Status of bilkis (known from five specimens collected in 1951) reviewed by Greth et al (1993); treated as a subspecies of arabica by Groves (1997c); type locality is Yemen, Wadi Maleh 5 mi (8 km) east of Ta'izz, El Hauban. |
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