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Bilkis gazelle in Yemen – status and taxonomic relationships

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Arnaud Greth ,
Douglas Williamson ,
Colin Groves ,
Georg Schwede  and
Marc Vassart
Arnaud Greth
Affiliation:
3 rue Larochelle, 75014 Paris, France.
Douglas Williamson
Affiliation:
King Khalid Wildlife Research Center (National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development), PO Box 61681, Riyadh 11575, Saudi Arabia.
Colin Groves
Affiliation:
The Australian National University, Department of Prehistory and Anthropology, GPO Box 4, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
Georg Schwede
Affiliation:
National Wildlife Research Center (National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development), PO Box 1086, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
Marc Vassart
Affiliation:
National Wildlife Research Center (National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development), PO Box 1086, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
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Abstract

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Bilkis gazelle Gazella bilkis was first described in 1985 from material collected in Yemen in 1951. No new information about the species has been forthcoming since then and the animal's current status is uncertain in two respects. First, it is difficult to establish the taxonomic relationship between G. bilkis and a possible subspecies of the Arabian gazelle, G. gazella erlangeri, which also occurs in the south-west Arabian peninsula. Secondly, uncontrolled hunting and the general lack of conservation measures in Yemen mean that, if it does still survive, its continued existence is far from assured. Systematic field surveys and taxonomic research are urgently needed to clarify the status of this animal and draw up conservation measures.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , October 1993 , pp. 239 - 244
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1993

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