Arabian gazelle

Arabian gazelle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Antilopinae
Genus: Gazella
Species:
G. arabica
Binomial name
Gazella arabica
Synonyms
  • Gazella gazella acaciae
    (Mendelssohn, Groves & Shalmon, 1997)
  • Gazella gazella cora
    (Hamilton Smith, 1827)
  • Gazella gazella farasani
    (Thouless & Al-Bassri, 1991)
  • Gazella gazella muscatensis
    (Brooke, 1874)
  • Gazella gazella erlangeri
  • Gazella erlangeri
    Neumann, 1906

The Arabian gazelle (Gazella arabica) is a species of gazelle from the Arabian Peninsula. There are approximately 5,000 – 7,000 mature individuals in the wild. It is now synonymous with Gazella erlangeri, commonly known as Erlanger's gazelle or Neumann's gazelle.

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