Gazella cuvieri

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Endangered

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [1].

Ecology: Inhabits open semi-arid Mediterranean forests , maquis, and steppes , from sea level to 2,600 m (Cuzin 2003). Movements of this species are highly variable: it may be sedentary , or attitudinally migrant, migratory, or nomadic (Cuzin 2003); locally, individuals from the same population may exhibit different movement patterns (F. Cuzin pers. comm. )[1].

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 22-Apr-2004

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

• 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 27.
• A catalogue of the collection of mammals in the Field Columbian Museum. 1907 8 Chicago: Field Columbian Museum, 1907. url p. 608, p. 77.
• Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 4, October 1986: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 379.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 427.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 83 1939 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 523.
• By mountain, lake and plain: being a sketch of sport in eastern Persia / by R.L. Kennion; with photographs by the author. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, 1911. url p. 271.
• Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History) by R. Lydekker. London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1913-16. url , p. 271, p. 54.
• Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 138, p. 143, p. 155, p. 166, p. 78.
• Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 131, p. 133, p. 149, p. 78.
• Checklist of mammals listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 95, p. 66.
• Checklists for the CORINE Biotopes Programme and its application in the PHARE countries of Central and East Europe: including comparisons with relevant conventions and agreements on the conservation of European species and habitats EC url p. 147.
• Edmund Loder, naturalist, horticulturist, traveller and sportsman: a memoir / by Alfred E. Pease; with contributions by St. George Littledale [et. al.]. London: J. Murray, 1923. url p. 347.
• Extinct and vanishing mammals of the Old World. Illus. by Earl L. Poole. New York, American Committee for International Wild Life Protection, 1945. url p. 683.
• Great and small game of Africa: an account of the distribution, habits, and natural history of the sporting mammals, with personal hunting experiences / 1899 London: Rowland Ward, Limited, 1899. url p. 344, p. 346.
• Horn measurements and weights of the great game of the world: being a record for the use of sportsmen and naturalists. By Rowland Ward. .. London, The Jungle, 1892. url p. 126, p. 126.
• Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 199, p. 80.
• List of the vertebrated animals now or lately living in the gardens of the Zoological Society of London. London, Printed for the Society, 1896. url p. 154, p. 154.
• Nature. London, Macmillan. url p. 201, p. 257, p. 608.
• Records of big game containing an account of their distribution, descriptions of species, lengths, and weights, measurements of horns and field notes. .. London, Rowland Ward and Co., Limited, 1896. url p. 168.
• Records of big game with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements. Edited by R. Lydekker and J. B. Burlace. London, 1914. url p. 248, p. 526.
• Records of big game, with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements. London: R. Ward, limited, 1907. url p. 250.
• Records of big game: with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements / by Rowland Ward, F.Z.S. London [England]: Rowland Ward, limited, 1910. url p. 248.
• Records of big game; with the distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements of the different species. London, R. Ward, limited, 1903. url p. 234.
• Revised list of the vertebrated animals now or lately living in the gardens of the Zoological society of London. 1872. London, Printed for the Society, [1872] url p. 92.
• The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Bombay: The Society, url p. 677.
• The Marine Mammal Commission compendium of selected treaties, international agreements, and other relevant documents on marine resources, wildlife, and the environment / compiled by Richard L. Wallace. Washington, D.C.: The Commission; 1994 url p. 644, p. 673.
• The game animals of Africa, by R. Lydekker. London, R. Ward, limited, 1908. url p. 251, p. 251, p. 476.
• Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. London, The Society. url .
• Wild life of the world: a descriptive survey of the geographical distribution of animals / London; F. Warne and co., 1916. url p. 402.
• World Checklist of Threatened Mammals JNCC url p. 99.

Notes

Contributors

• Antelope Specialist Group 1996. Gazella cuvieri. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 13, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Mallon, D. & Cuzin, F. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Mallon, D.P. & Cuzin, F. 2008. Gazella cuvieri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 13, 2008:

• Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 106125
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-625090
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13816733
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 625090
• IUCN ID: 210820
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: A012
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 5384

Footnotes

1. Mallon, D.P. & Cuzin, F. 2008. Gazella cuvieri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]

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