Arabian Gazelle – Gazella arabica

Gazella arabicaLichenstein, 1827

Accepted name, Mammal Species of the World 2005

Treated as a separate species from G. gazella by Groves (1985a). Nominate subspecies known from only two specimens; see Groves (1983); even if formerly present on Farasan Isls, now replaced there by G. gazella farasani; see Thouless and Al Bassri (1991). Status of bilkis (known from five specimens collected in 1951) reviewed by Greth et al (1993); treated as a subspecies of arabica by Groves (1997c); type locality is Yemen, Wadi Maleh 5 mi (8 km) east of Ta'izz, El Hauban.

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.