Gazella arabica — Details

Arabian Gazelle learn more about names for this taxon

Overview

Distribution

Range Description

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This enigmatic antelope is known only from a single male specimen in the Berlin Museum, apparently collected in 1825 and attributed to the Farasan Islands in the Red Sea. However, there is some doubt as to whether the specimen in fact originated from the Farasans and its former distribution and status may never be known (Mallon and Kingswood 2001). Skull characteristics distinguish the specimen from all other gazelles. It is highly unlikely that the specimen represents a former wild population of gazelles on the Farasan Islands. The gazelles that now occur on the Farasan Islands are a subspecies of G. gazella (Thouless et al. 1991).
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Ecology

Habitat

Habitat and Ecology

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Habitat and Ecology
There is no detailed information available, but this species presumably inhabited desert environments.

Systems
  • Terrestrial
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Conservation

Conservation Status

IUCN Red List Assessment

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Red List Category
DD
Data Deficient

Red List Criteria

Version
3.1

Year Assessed
2008

Assessor/s
IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group

Reviewer/s
Mallon, D.P. (Antelope Red List Authority) & Hoffmann, M. (Global Mammal Assessment)

Justification
The precise identity of the type (and only) specimen is unclear, as well as its relationship to others members of the genus Gazella. It is highly improbable that it represents an earlier wild population on the Farasan Islands where the specimen supposedly originated.

History
  • 2003
    Extinct
    (IUCN 2003)
  • 1996
    Extinct
    (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
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Population

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Population
Extinct.

Population Trend
Unknown
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Threats

Threats

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Major Threats
The reasons for the decline of this species are not known.
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Management

Conservation Actions

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Conservation Actions
Extinct.
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Arabian Gazelle

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The Arabian gazelle (Gazella arabica) was an elusive gazelle that was apparently hunted to extinction in its Middle Eastern homeland, Saudi Arabia. It is only known from a single specimen collected on the Farasan Islands in the Red Sea in 1825. However, it is highly unlikely that the specimen actually originated from the Farasan Islands, and represented a former population on the island. The gazelles now occurring on Farasan Islands are a subspecies of Mountain Gazelle, which was distinguished from this species from skull characteristics. Since the 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species this species is included as extinct by its Antelope Specialist Group[1] until 2008. Since 2008, the Arabian Gazelle is rated as Data Deficient due to the unresolved mystery among the validity of this taxon.[2]

References

  1. ^ Mallon, D.P. (Antelope Specialist Group) (2003). Gazella arabica. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 29 December 2006.
  2. ^ The Arabian Gazelle on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (Retrieved on 26 january 2010)

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