Saudi Gazelle

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Saudi Gazelle
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Antilopinae
Genus: Gazella
Species: G. saudiya
Binomial name
Gazella saudiya
Carruthers & Schwarz, 1935

The Saudi Gazelle, Gazella saudiya, is a species of gazelle that is extinct in the wild.

Recent genetic analysis of all reported specimens of G. saudiya in captive collections has shown that these represent different species or hybrids.

[edit] References

  • Participants at 4th International Conservation Workshop for the Threatened Fauna of Arabia (2003). Gazella saudiya. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 10 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is listed as extinct in the wild