Goitered gazelle
| Goitered gazelle | |
|---|---|
| Male of the Persian subspecies (G. s. subgutturosa) at Korkeasaari Zoo in Helsinki | |
| Female goitered gazelle at the Shirvan National Park, Azerbaijan | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Antilopinae |
| Tribe: | Antilopini |
| Genus: | Gazella |
| Species: | G. subgutturosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Gazella subgutturosa (Güldenstädt, 1780) | |
| Subspecies | |
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The goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) or black-tailed gazelle is a gazelle native to Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, parts of Iraq and Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and in northwestern China and Mongolia. The specific name, meaning "full below the throat", refers to the male having an enlargement of the neck and throat during the mating season.
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