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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.
Rhim gazelle: Gazella leptoceros: 2500 [21] EN [21] [21] Estimate is for mature individuals only. [21] Visayan spotted deer: Rusa alfredi: 2500 [22] EN [22] [22] Maximum estimate. [22] Mountain nyala: Tragelaphus buxtoni: 2500 – 4000 [23] EN [23] [23] 2500 is a maximum estimate from 1999, but recent work has shown numbers may be as high as ...
Further genetic analysis reported in 2012 found that the sand gazelle was closely related to two North African gazelles, Cuvier's gazelle (Gazella cuvieri) and the rhim (Gazella leptoceros), perhaps even belonging to a single species. [3]
In 2024, North African rhim gazelles (Gazella leptoceros), an endangered species, were relocated to the island. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Farwa Island contains a lighthouse at 33°06′25″N 11°44′36″E / 33.10703°N 11.74345°E / 33.10703; 11.74345 ( Farwah Lighthouse
The mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella), also called the true gazelle or the Palestine mountain gazelle, [3] [4] [5] is a species of gazelle that is widely but unevenly distributed. [ 6 ] Approximately 6,000 are left in the wild as of 2024.
Gazelles (Gazella dorcas and Gazella leptoceros) also inhabit the Qattara Depression, being an important food source for the cheetah. The largest gazelle population exists in the southwestern part of the Qattara Depression within a vast area of wetlands and soft sand.
Chinkara or Indian gazelle Gazella benettii; Queen of Sheba's gazelle Gazella bilkis † Dorcas gazelle Gazella dorcas; Mountain gazelle Gazella gazella; Saudi gazelle Gazella saudiya † Speke's gazelle Gazella spekei; Subgenus Trachelocele. Cuvier's gazelle Gazella cuvieri; Rhim gazelle or slender-horned gazelle Gazella leptoceros; Goitered ...
Six bovid species (clockwise from top left): addax, cattle, mountain gazelle, impala, blue wildebeest, and mouflon Bovidae is a family of hoofed ruminant mammals in the order Artiodactyla . A member of this family is called a bovid.