Atlas gazelle

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Also known as: Cuvier’s gazelle, Gazella cuvierii, edmi gazelle(Show More)

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The Atlas gazelle, also known as Cuvier's gazelle or the edmi gazelle (Gazella cuvieri), is a species of gazelle found in the Atlas Mountains of North Africa. Gazelles are fleet, medium-sized antelopes characterized by slender limbs, level backs, and long necks. They typically have tan coats with white underparts and rump, a dark side stripe, and distinct facial markings.1

Gazelles are well-adapted to arid environments, capable of obtaining sufficient water from plants and conserving moisture through concentrated urine and efficient fecal water extraction. They inhabit diverse regions across Asia and Africa, with most species belonging to the genus Gazella. The Atlas gazelle is one of three exclusively African species within this genus.1

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The Atlas gazelle, also called Cuvier’s, or the edmi, gazelle (G. cuvieri), is found in the Atlas Mountains. The rhim, or slender-horned, gazelle (G. leptoceros) is the most desert-adapted African gazelle and lives in the Sahara’s great sand deserts (ergs) from Algeria to Egypt. The third…
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The Atlas gazelle, also called Cuvier’s, or the edmi, gazelle (G. cuvieri), is found in the Atlas Mountains. The rhim, or slender-horned, gazelle (G. leptoceros) is the most desert-adapted African gazelle and lives in the Sahara’s great sand deserts (ergs) from Algeria to Egypt. The third…
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