Dorcas gazelle  (Gazella dorcas)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Artiodactyla
Family Bovidae
Genus Gazella (1)
Size Length: 90 - 110 cm (2)
Tail length: 15 - 20 cm (2)
Shoulder height: 55 - 65 cm (2)
Weight 15 - 20 kg (2)

Status

Gazella dorcas is classified as Vulnerable (VU A1a) by the IUCN Red List 2003 (1) and listed on Appendix III of CITES (3). The Moroccan dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas massaesyla) is classified as Endangered under IUCN criteria (3). Six subspecies have been described, but the validity and distribution of most of these subspecies are uncertain (3).