Echtgazelle Gazella gazella (Pallas, 1766)
English: Mountain Gazelle; French: Gazelle d'Arabie; Arabic: Edmi, Admi, Edem; Hebrew: Zwi mazui; Kirundi: Intaramvyi.
Former distribution: Arabian Peninsula, Sinai, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, the Farsan and Hanish Islands in the Red Sea.
Present distribution: Sinai, southern Arabia, Yemen and the Red Sea Islands Farsan and Hanish.
Behaviour: See Sömmering-Gazelle
Population status: Endangered. Estimated numbers: No records.
Brief notes:
Body weight: 25-35 kg
Head and body length: 95-105 cm
Tail length: 15-20 cm
Shoulder height: 60-80 cm
Gestation period: 6 months
Maximum age: 12 years
Trophy: No records.
Hunting methods: Protected. Formerly on horseback, and with eagles and falcons.
Remarks: The subspecies (3 acc. to HALTENORTH 1977) are not clearly defined and are therefore omitted. (G.g. arabica; Arabian Peninsula, Sinai; G.g. gazella: Palestine and Syria; G.g. muscatensis; Yemen). Decline mainly due to habitat destruction and uncontrolled hunting with motor vehicles.
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