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

TYPE LOCALITY: Lower Egypt .

DISTRIBUTION: Morocco south to Mauritania (and formerly to Senegal) east to S Israel and Egypt and from there south to Sudan, NE Ethiopia and N Somalia.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (Tunisia); U.S. ESA - Endangered as G. d. massaesyla and G. d. pelzelni (sic); IUCN - Vulnerable.

SYNONYMS: beccarii, cabrerai, corinna, isabella, isidis, kevella, littoralis, maculata, massaesyla, neglecta, osiris, pelzelnii, rueppelli, sundevalli.

COMMENTS: Includes pelzelnii; see Gentry (1972:89); but also see Haltenorth (1963: 112). Reviewed by Ferguson (1981) and Groves (1981c).