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The '''Queen of Sheba's gazelle''' or '''Yemen gazelle''' (''Gazella bilkis'') is an [[extinct]] [[species]] of [[gazelle]]. It was sometimes regarded as a subspecies of the [[Arabian gazelle]], which |
The '''Queen of Sheba's gazelle''' or '''Yemen gazelle''' (''Gazella bilkis'') is an [[extinct]] [[species]] of [[gazelle]]. It was sometimes regarded as a subspecies of the [[Arabian gazelle]], which is no longer a valid species. It was found on the mountains and hillsides in [[Yemen]], but none have been sighted since 1951, when five specimens were collected in mountains near [[Taiz|Ta'izz]], where it was reportedly common at the time.<ref name="IUCN" /> |
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Surveys in the area of their former occurrence have failed to find any sign of its presence.<ref name="Mallon">Mallon, D.P. and Al-Safadi, M. 2001.Yemen. In: D.P. Mallon and S.C. Kingswood (compilers). 2001. Antelopes. Part 4: North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Global Survey and Regional Action Plans, pp. 63-68. IUCN, Gland.</ref> In 1985, a photograph of gazelles was taken in a private collection, [[Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation|Al Wabra Wildlife Farm]], in [[Qatar]]. Zoologist [[Colin Groves]] claims these could possibly be surviving Queen of Sheba's gazelles.<ref>Research in Arabia, 1987 and 1992: visits to King Khalid and National Wildlife Research Centres (Saudi Arabia), Al Wabra Wildlife Farm (Qatar), Al-Areen Wildlife Park and Reserve (Bahrain) and Al Ain Zoo (United Arab Emirates). Downloaded on 29 December 2006 from {{cite web|url=http://arts.anu.edu.au/grovco/Arabia.htm |title=Fichier HTML |access-date=December 29, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061016171715/http://arts.anu.edu.au/grovco/Arabia.htm |archive-date=October 16, 2006 }}</ref> It is not confirmed whether these animals truly belong to this species. |
Surveys in the area of their former occurrence have failed to find any sign of its presence.<ref name="Mallon">Mallon, D.P. and Al-Safadi, M. 2001.Yemen. In: D.P. Mallon and S.C. Kingswood (compilers). 2001. Antelopes. Part 4: North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Global Survey and Regional Action Plans, pp. 63-68. IUCN, Gland.</ref> In 1985, a photograph of gazelles was taken in a private collection, [[Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation|Al Wabra Wildlife Farm]], in [[Qatar]]. Zoologist [[Colin Groves]] claims these could possibly be surviving Queen of Sheba's gazelles.<ref>Research in Arabia, 1987 and 1992: visits to King Khalid and National Wildlife Research Centres (Saudi Arabia), Al Wabra Wildlife Farm (Qatar), Al-Areen Wildlife Park and Reserve (Bahrain) and Al Ain Zoo (United Arab Emirates). Downloaded on 29 December 2006 from {{cite web|url=http://arts.anu.edu.au/grovco/Arabia.htm |title=Fichier HTML |access-date=December 29, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061016171715/http://arts.anu.edu.au/grovco/Arabia.htm |archive-date=October 16, 2006 }}</ref> It is not confirmed whether these animals truly belong to this species. |
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The cause of extinction is still uncertain. |
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The cause of its disappearance is still uncertain as of 2024 – and indeed, ít is just as unresolved whether it is in fact an extinct [[taxon]], instead of being the same as the Arabian/Erlanger's gazelle, whose range in Yemen is not well known but may be restricted to the northern montane desert, below 2000 m AMSL. Without the detailed [[molecular phylogenetic]] studies needed to clarify this, the Ta'izz area population of gazelles was most likely either the southernmost subpopulation of the Arabian gazelle (and thus not an extinct species), or the southernmost member of the [[mountain gazelle]] [[species complex]] (or even some other gazelle lineage), [[endemic]] to the steppe of Yemen's highest and more [[humid]] mountains. In the latter case, it would indeed be a valid species or (most likely as ''Gazella arabica bilkis'') subspecies, and quite possibly globally extinct. As of 2024, Ta'izz is [[Siege of Taiz|a frontline city]], precluding field research in the area. |
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==References== |
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Latest revision as of 16:07, 7 December 2024
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Antilopinae |
| Tribe: | Antilopini |
| Genus: | Gazella |
| Species: | †G. bilkis
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| †Gazella bilkis Groves & Lay, 1985
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The Queen of Sheba's gazelle or Yemen gazelle (Gazella bilkis) is an extinct species of gazelle. It was sometimes regarded as a subspecies of the Arabian gazelle, which is no longer a valid species. It was found on the mountains and hillsides in Yemen, but none have been sighted since 1951, when five specimens were collected in mountains near Ta'izz, where it was reportedly common at the time.[1]
Surveys in the area of their former occurrence have failed to find any sign of its presence.[2] In 1985, a photograph of gazelles was taken in a private collection, Al Wabra Wildlife Farm, in Qatar. Zoologist Colin Groves claims these could possibly be surviving Queen of Sheba's gazelles.[3] It is not confirmed whether these animals truly belong to this species. The cause of extinction is still uncertain.
References
[edit]- ^ a b IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2016). "Gazella bilkis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T8987A50188129. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T8987A50188129.en. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ Mallon, D.P. and Al-Safadi, M. 2001.Yemen. In: D.P. Mallon and S.C. Kingswood (compilers). 2001. Antelopes. Part 4: North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Global Survey and Regional Action Plans, pp. 63-68. IUCN, Gland.
- ^ Research in Arabia, 1987 and 1992: visits to King Khalid and National Wildlife Research Centres (Saudi Arabia), Al Wabra Wildlife Farm (Qatar), Al-Areen Wildlife Park and Reserve (Bahrain) and Al Ain Zoo (United Arab Emirates). Downloaded on 29 December 2006 from "Fichier HTML". Archived from the original on October 16, 2006. Retrieved December 29, 2006.
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