Mountain gazelle: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the mountain gazelle lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Gazella gazella
Group	Antelopes, wild cattle, sheep & goats
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia
Mass	2.12 kg (birth weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Bovidae

Where does the mountain gazelle live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the mountain gazelle in 2 countries and territories across Africa and Asia.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a mountain gazelle?

Wikidata records the following for the mountain gazelle: mass 2.12 kg (birth weight).

Is the mountain gazelle endangered?

The mountain gazelle’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the mountain gazelle?

The mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Bovidae, genus Gazella. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the mountain gazelle

The mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella), also called the true gazelle or the Palestine mountain gazelle, is a species of gazelle that is widely but unevenly distributed.

Approximately 6,000 are left in the wild as of 2024. The mountain gazelle is protected under Israeli law, with Israel being the last major sanctuary of the species in the Levant.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Mountain gazelle (revision 1380254037), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q754520 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).