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The Mountain Gazelle (Gazella gazella) is a species of gazelle that's widely but unevenly distributed across the Arabian Peninsula. It inhabits mountains, foothills and coastal plains. Its range coincides closely with that of the acacia trees that grow in these areas. It is mainly a grazing species, though this varies with food availability. It is less well adapted to hot, dry conditions than the Dorcas Gazelle which appears to have replaced the Mountain Gazella through some of its range during the late Holocene in a period of climatic warming. There are less than 15,000 mountain gazelles left within their natural range, more than 10,000 of these being of subspecies G. g. cora, less than 3,000 of the Israeli subspecies, G. g. gazella, less than 1,000 of G. g. farasani, less than 250 of G. g. muscatensis, and 19 of subspecies G. g. acaiae.

The Gazelle in Israel

In Israel there are three subspecies:
The Israeli gazelle - G. g. gazella The Israeli gazella is the most common gazelle in Israel, residing largely in three areas. Its population decreased greatly throughout its natural range in the first part of the 21st century due to poaching and successful breeding of Indian wolves, but increased thereafter in Israel due to conservation efforts.
  • The southern Golan Heights has the largest population of Israeli gazelles, estimated at between 1,500 to 3,000. It is estimated that at the turn of the 21st century, there were 5000 to 6000 Israeli gazelle in the area.
  • Ramot Naftali contains the second largest population of Israeli gazelles in Israel.
  • The Galilee population has hundreds of Israeli gazelles in the opens areas.
  • In the coastal plain, there's a small population of the gazelles but the numbers are continually decreasing because of the accelerated urbanization.
The Arava gazelle - G. g. acaiae The Arava gazelle is in critical danger with only 19 (counting made in 2007 of 17 plus two newborns) gazelle in a closed nature reserve near Yotvata. The merrill gazella - G. g. merrilli The merrill gazelle lives in the mountains near Jerusalem.

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