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The Arabian sand gazelle (Gazella marica) or reem (Arabic: ريم) [2] is a species of gazelle native to the West Asia, specifically the Arabian and Syrian Deserts. Distribution and conservation [ edit ]
Sand gazelle (Gazella marica) at Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve, United Arab Emirates. The Arabian sand gazelle (Gazella marica) [1] occurs in Saudi Arabia, southern Syria, southwestern Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Oman, offshore Persian Gulf islands. Until recently, goitered gazelles were considered to represent a single, albeit polymorphic ...
Arabian oryx and sand gazelle were reintroduced to the reserve in 1995. Ibex Reserve (200 km 2) is south of Riyadh. It protects Nubian ibex and a reintroduced population of mountain gazelle. [2] Al-Tabayq Special Nature Reserve is in northern Saudi Arabia, and protects a population of Nubian ibex. [2]
Arabian gazelle and sand gazelle are harder to spot, and harder still to tell apart: “Always look at the neck, it’s a lot thicker on the sand gazelle,” advises Pete, our four-tour veteran.
The Arabian gazelle (Gazella arabica) is a species of gazelle from the Arabian Peninsula. There are approximately 5,000 – 7,000 mature individuals in the wild. [2]
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Arabian gazelle, Gazella arabica VU; Arabian sand gazelle, Gazella marica VU [25] Subfamily: Caprinae. Genus: Capra. Nubian ibex, Capra nubiana VU [26] Subfamily: Hippotraginae. Genus: Oryx. Arabian oryx, Oryx leucoryx VU [27] reintroduced
Larger terrestrial mammals such as the Arabian oryx and Arabian gazelle are protected and are held in nature reserves. [3] The Arabian gazelle is the only native gazelle species to Qatar and is locally referred to as the rheem. [4] Qatar's largest mammal is the dugong. Large numbers of dugong appear north of the peninsula's shores. [5]