Gazella dorcas (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:69.

TYPE LOCALITY: Lower Egypt .

DISTRIBUTION: Morocco to Egypt and N. Somalia; Sinai; Arabia; Israel; possibly Syria and W. Iraq; E. Iran to C. India.

COMMENT: Includes bennetti; see Corbet, 1978:209. Includes pelzelni; see Gentry, 1972, Part 15.1:89; but also see Haltenorth, 1963:112. Numbers and range much reduced (RGVG).

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (Tunisia) as G. dorcas . U.S. ESA - Endangered as G. d. massaesyla subspecies only. U.S. ESA - Endangered as G. d. pelzelni subspecies only. U.S. ESA - Endangered as G. d. saudiya subspecies only.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301419009025003001.