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Przewalski's gazelle

Order : Artiodactyla
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Antilopinae
Species : Procapra przewalskii

 

The Gacela de przewalski, gazelle de przewalski, przewalski's gazelle is listed as Critically Endangered (CR), facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the Przewalski's gazelle

With less than 200 individuals surviving, Przewalski’s gazelle is the most endangered ungulate species in China and possibly the world (Jiang et al.

ecol2_2p115abs Population Viability Analysis for the Przewalskis Gazelle1 Diqiang Li1,2 and Zhigang Jiang1* 1 Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080 China 2 Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry Received March 20, 2001 Abstract—The Przewalski’s gazelle, Procapra przewalskii, is now isolated in four local populations on the east and northwest shores of Qinghai Lake. (Full text)

According to Jiang, the Przewalski's gazelle is a flagship species in the eastern part of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, and also an indicating species of the ecotone between typical steppe and desert. (Full text)