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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Farasan Gazelle
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
Inhabit areas of broken
coral
ravines
and flat gravel
. Apparently
emerge
to feed
at night. Browse
and graze on perennial
shrubs
and
grasses. Obtain water mainly from dew (Flamand et al. 1988).
List of Habitats
:
8.1
Desert - Hot
13.3
Marine
Coastal/Supratidal - Coastal Sand
Dunes
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1766) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Eparctocyona
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Order:
Cetartiodactyla
()
- Owen, 1848
- Suborder:
Ruminantia
()
- Scopoli, 1777
- Superfamily:
Bovoidea
()
- (Gray, 1821) Simpson, 1931
- Family:
Bovidae
()
- Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Antilopinae
()
- Tribe:
Antilopini
()
- Genus:
Gazella
()
- de Blainville, 1816
- Specific name:
gazella
- Subspecies:
farasani
- Scientific name: - Gazella gazella farasani
- Subspecies:
farasani
- Specific name:
gazella
- Genus:
Gazella
(
- Tribe:
Antilopini
(
- Subfamily:
Antilopinae
(
- Family:
Bovidae
(
- Superfamily:
Bovoidea
(
- Suborder:
Ruminantia
(
- Order:
Cetartiodactyla
(
- Mirorder:
Eparctocyona
(
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Gazella
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 39 species and subspecies in this genus:
G. arabica (Arabian Gazelle) · G. bennettii (Indian Gazelle) · G. bilkis (Queen of Sheba's Gazelle) · G. cuvieri (Cuvier's Mountain Gazelle) · G. dama (Addra Gazelle) · G. dama dama (Dama Gazelle) · G. dama mhorr (Addra Gazelle) · G. dama ruficollis (Addra Gazelle) · G. dorcas (Dorcas Gazelle) · G. dorcas dorcas (Dorcas Gazelle) · G. dorcas neglecta (Dorcas Gazelle) · G. dorcas pelzelni (Dorcas Gazelle) · G. gazella (Palastine Mountain Gazelle) · G. gazella acaciae (Acacia Gazelle) · G. gazella arabica (Arabian Gazelle) · G. gazella cora (Arabian Mountain Gazelle) · G. gazella dorcas (Dorcas Gazelle) · G. gazella farasani (Farasan Gazelle) · G. gazella gazella (Arabian Gazelle) · G. gazella muscatensis (Muscat Gazelle) · G. granti (Grant's Gazelle) · G. granti granti (Grant's Gazelle) · G. granti raineyi (Grant's Gazelle) · G. leptoceros (Slender-Horned Gazelle) · G. leptoceros leptoceros (Slender-Horned Gazelle) · G. rufifrons (Gazelles) · G. rufifrons laevipes (Heuglin's Gazelle) · G. rufifrons tilonura (Heuglin's Gazelle) · G. rufina (Red Gazelle) · G. saudiya (Saudi Arabian Gazelle) · G. soemmerringii (Sömmerring's Gazelle) · G. soemmerringii soemmerringii (Soemmerring's Gazelle) · G. spekei (Gazelles) · G. subgutturosa (Arabian Sand Gazelle) · G. subgutturosa marica (Arabian Goitered Gazelle) · G. subgutturosa subgutturosa (Goitered Gazelle) · G. thomsonii (Thompson's Gazelle) · G. thomsonii albonotata (Mongalla Gazelle) · G. thomsonii thomsonii (Thomson's Gazelle)
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Further Reading
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Dunham, K.M., Williamson, D.T. and Joubert, E. 2001. Saudi Arabia. In: D.P. Mallon and S.C. Kingswood (compilers). Antelopes. Part 4: North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Global Survey and Regional Action Plans, pp. 55-62. IUCN, Gland.
- Flammand, J.R.B., Thouless, C.R., Tatwany, H. and Asmodé, J.F. 1988. Status of the gazelles of the Farasan Islands, Saudi Arabia. Mammalia 52: 608-610.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- IUCN. 2003. 2003 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 18 November 2003.
- Thouless, C.R. and Al Bassri, K. 1991. Taxonomic status of the Farasan Island gazelle. Journal of Zoology, London 223: 151-159.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6152026
- IUCN ID: 8985
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1018800
