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Mountain gazelle
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The mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella), also called the true gazelle or the Palestine mountain gazelle,[3][4][5] is a species of gazelle that is widely but unevenly distributed.[6]
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Mountain gazelle[1] | |
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Mountain gazelle (male) | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Antilopinae |
Tribe: | Antilopini |
Genus: | Gazella |
Species: | G. gazella |
Binomial name | |
Gazella gazella (Pallas, 1766) | |
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Approximately 6,000 are left in the wild as of 2024.[7][8][9] The mountain gazelle is protected under Israeli law, with Israel being the last major sanctuary of the species in the Levant.[7]
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