The Arabian gazelle(Gazella arabica) is a species of gazelle known from the Arabian Peninsula. Until recently, it was only known from a single lectotype specimen mistakenly thought to have been collected on the Farasan Islands in the Red Sea in 1825. A 2013 genetic study of the lectotype specimen revealed that skull and skin do not stem from the same individual but belong to two distinct lineages of the mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella), necessitating restriction...
Ecological niche | Medium Herbivore |
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Region | Middle East - Arabia |
Status in w palearctic | 2-25% of original range |
Z ecotourism potential | 2 |