Goitered Gazelle
Gazella subgutturosa
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 384
- Most observed in
- 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
- Conservation
- Vulnerable
Description
The goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) or black-tailed gazelle is a gazelle native to Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, parts of Iraq and Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and in northwestern China and Mongolia. The specific name, meaning "full below the throat", refers to the male having an enlargement of the neck and throat during the mating season.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Goitered gazelle”.