Rhim gazelle

Rhim gazelle
At the Cincinnati Zoo
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Antilopinae
Tribe: Antilopini
Genus: Gazella
Species:
G. leptoceros
Binomial name
Gazella leptoceros
(F. Cuvier, 1842)
Subspecies
  • G. l. leptoceros F. Cuvier, 1842
  • G. l. loderi Thomas, 1894
Distribution map
Synonyms[3][4]
  • G. abuharab Fitzinger, 1869
  • G. cuvieri Fitzinger, 1869
  • G. typica P. L. Sclater & Thomas, 1898
  • G. loderi Thomas, 1894

The rhim gazelle or rhim (from Arabic غزال الريم) (Gazella leptoceros), also known as the slender-horned gazelle, African sand gazelle or Loder's gazelle, is a pale-coated gazelle with long slender horns and well adapted to desert life. It is considered an endangered species because fewer than 2500 are left in the wild. They are found in Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia[5] and Libya, and possibly Chad, Mali, Niger, and Sudan.

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2016). "Gazella leptoceros". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T8972A50186909. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T8972A50186909.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Beudels et al., 2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference MSW3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Slender-horned Gazelle".