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SPECIES Gazella gazella

Author:Pallas, 1766.
Citation:Misc. Zool.: 7.
Common Name:Mountain Gazelle
Type Locality:No locality cited; based on "La Gazelle" of Buffon, from "Syrié" (Syria).
Distribution:Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, W Syria, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen; introduced to Farur Isl (Iran, Persian Gulf) and Farasan Isls (Saudi Arabia, Red Sea). Marginal occurrence in Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) based on old sightings only; not known to occur there now.
Status:U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Critically Endangered as G. g. acaciae and G. g. muscatensis, Endangered as G. g. gazella, otherwise Vulnerable as G. gazella, G. g. cora and G. g. farasini.
Comments:Reviewed by Mendelssohn et al. (1995, Mammalian Species, 490), revised by Groves (1996a). Subspecies darehshourii and farasani apparently based on introduced populations. Captive population in King Khalid Wildlife Research Center, Thumamah, Saudi Arabia may represent an undescribed subspecies (Groves, 1996a, 1997c).
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SUBSPECIES gazella

SUBSPECIES acaciae

SUBSPECIES cora

SUBSPECIES darehshourii

SUBSPECIES farasani

SUBSPECIES muscatensis

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