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Goitered Gazelle

Gazella subgutturosa

Classification

Family
Bovidae

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. Distribution and habitat The goitered gazelle inhabits sands and gravel plains and limestone plateau.

Distribution

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