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Gazella  Blainville, 1816
Taxonomic Serial No.: 624969

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Dorcas Gray, 1821
  
  Common Name(s): gazelles [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2026   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderArtiodactyla Owen, 1848 – artiodactyls, porco do mato, veado, cloven-hoofed ungulates, even-toed ungulates  
                                  FamilyBovidae Gray, 1821 – antelopes, cattle, goats, sheep, bovids  
                                     SubfamilyAntilopinae Gray, 1821  
                                        TribeAntilopini Gray, 1821  
                                           GenusGazella Blainville, 1816 – gazelles  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Gazella acaciae Mendelssohn, Groves and Shalmon, 1997 – Acacia Gazelle 
                                              Species Gazella arabica (Lichtenstein, 1827) – Large Farasan Gazelle, Arabian Gazelle 
                                              Species Gazella bennettii (Sykes, 1831) – Deccan Chinkara, Indian Gazelle 
                                              Species Gazella bilkis Groves and Lay, 1985 – Queen of Sheba's Gazelle 
                                              Species Gazella christii Blyth, 1842 – Gujarat Chinkara 
                                              Species Gazella cora (C. H. Smith, 1827) – Arabian Desert Gazelle 
                                              Species Gazella cuvieri (Ogilby, 1841) – mountain gazelle, Cuvier's Gazelle 
                                              Species Gazella dareshurii Karami and Groves, 1993 – Farrur Gazelle 
                                              Species Gazella dorcas (Linnaeus, 1758) – Dorcas Gazelle 
                                              Species Gazella erlangeri Neumann, 1906 – Arabian Coastal Gazelle, Neumann's Gazelle 
                                              Species Gazella fuscifrons Blanford, 1873 – Eastern Jebeer 
                                              Species Gazella gazella (Pallas, 1766) – Mountain Gazelle, Arabian gazelle 
                                              Species Gazella gracilicornis Stroganov, 1956 – Turkmen Gazelle 
                                              Species Gazella karamii Groves, 1993 – Bushehr Gazelle 
                                              Species Gazella leptoceros (F. Cuvier, 1842) – rhim gazelle, Slender-horned Gazelle 
                                              Species Gazella marica Thomas, 1897 – Sand Gazelle 
                                              Species Gazella muscatensis Brooke, 1874 – Muscat Gazelle 
                                              Species Gazella pelzelni Kohl, 1886 – Pelzeln's Gazelle 
                                              Species Gazella salinarum Groves, 2003 – Salt Range Gazelle 
                                              Species Gazella saudiya Carruthers and Schwarz, 1935 – Saudi Arabian gazelle, Saudi Gazelle 
                                              Species Gazella shikarii Groves, 1993 – Western Jebeer 
                                              Species Gazella spekei Blyth, 1863 – Speke's Gazelle 
                                              Species Gazella subgutturosa (Güldenstaedt, 1780) – Goitered Gazelle 
                                              Species Gazella yarkandensis Blanford, 1875 – Yarkland Gazelle 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Peter Grubb  
  Notes: 35 Downhills Park Road, London N17 6PE, England   
  Reference for: Gazella    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Burgin, Connor J., Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2020   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 2. Eulipotyphla to Carnivora   
  Page(s): 535   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728-350   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gazella   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World, vol. 2: Hoofed Mammals   
  Page(s): 885   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-96553-77   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gazella   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Gazella   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gazella   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Gazella   
       

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