Rhim gazelle: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the rhim gazelle lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Gazella leptoceros
Group	Antelopes, wild cattle, sheep & goats
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Bovidae

Where does the rhim gazelle live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the rhim gazelle in 1 country or territory across Africa.

Algeria

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.

Is the rhim gazelle endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the rhim gazelle?

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

About the rhim gazelle

The rhim gazelle or rhim (from Arabic غزال الريم) (Gazella leptoceros), also known as the slender-horned gazelle, African sand gazelle or Loder's gazelle, is a pale-coated gazelle with long slender horns and well adapted to desert life. It is considered an endangered species because fewer than 2500 are left in the wild. They are found in Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia and Libya, and possibly Chad, Mali, Niger, and Sudan.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Rhim gazelle (revision 1369774268), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q838554 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).