Goitered gazelle

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Goitered gazelle
Male of the Persian subspecies (G. s. subgutturosa) at Korkeasaari Zoo in Helsinki
Female goitered gazelle at the Shirvan National Park, Azerbaijan
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Antilopinae
Tribe:	Antilopini
Genus:	Gazella
Species:	G. subgutturosa
Binomial name
Gazella subgutturosa (Güldenstädt, 1780)
Subspecies
Gazella subgutturosa subgutturosa Gazella subgutturosa hilleriana Gazella subgutturosa yarkandensis

The goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) or black-tailed gazelle is a gazelle native to Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, parts of Iraq and Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and in northwestern China and Mongolia.^[1] The specific name, meaning "full below the throat", refers to the male having an enlargement of the neck and throat during the mating season.