Saudi gazelle

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Saudi gazelle
Systematics
without rank: Forehead weapon bearer (Pecora)
Family : Horned Bearers (Bovidae)
Subfamily : Antilopinae
Tribe : Gazelle-like (antilopini)
Genre : Gazella
Type : Saudi gazelle
Scientific name
Gazella saudiya
Carruthers & Schwarz , 1935

The Saudi gazelle ( Gazella saudiya ) is an extinct species of gazelle from the Arabian Peninsula . It used to be considered a subspecies of the Dorcas gazelle , but is now mostly treated as a separate species.

Systematics

For a long time it was assumed that the Saudi gazelle was only a subspecies of the Dorcas gazelle, but studies of the mitochondrial DNA of museum specimens suggest that it is a species in its own right.

Original distribution and extinction

The Saudi gazelle ( Gazella saudiya ) was once common in large parts of the Arabian Peninsula, in Saudi Arabia , in Kuwait and in southern Iraq . The last wild stocks of the Saudi gazelle disappeared in the 1980s. Some captive groups, such as those in Qatar , Bahrain, or the Al Ain Zoo , were considered to be the last surviving Saudi gazelles. However, genetic analyzes came to the conclusion that none of the populations examined were real Saudi gazelles. In their maternal genome, the animals can be traced back to Benett gazelles , Dorkas gazelles and Persian goiter gazelles ; it is at best possible that bucks of the Saudi gazelle were involved in building the lines. The species is therefore considered extinct. However, it cannot be ruled out that some animals may have survived in the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula or in captivity.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hammond, RL, Macasero, W., Flores, B., Mohammed, OB, Wacher, T., Bruford, MW (2001). Phylogenetic Reanalysis of the Saudi Gazelle and its Implications for Conservation. Conservation Biology 15, pp. 1123-1133.
  2. ↑ Ronald M. Nowak: Walker's Mammals of the World . Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999 ISBN 0-8018-5789-9
  3. ^ IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group 2008. Gazella saudiya. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on July 14, 2011.