Saudi Arabian Gazelle †

Gazella saudiya

Summary 3

The Saudi gazelle (Gazella saudiya) is an extinct species of gazelle once found in the Arabian peninsula. It is extinct due to hunting by humans in its native lands. It was declared to be extinct in 2008, but it is likely to have disappeared before then.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) User:מנחם.אל, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gazella_saudiya_map.png
  2. Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc; Imprimerie de Lacrampe; Lesson, R. P., no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Compl%C3%A9ments_de_Buffon_(6289273740).jpg
  3. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazella_saudiya

More Info

iNat Map

Status in w palearctic Globally Extinct
Ecological niche Medium Herbivore
Region Middle East - Arabia
Z ecotourism potential 3