Soemmerring's gazelle, also known as the Abyssinian mohr, is a gazelle species native to the Horn of Africa. The species was described and given its binomen by German physician Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar in 1828. Three subspecies are recognized. It is possibly no longer present in Sudan.
Similar species: Even-toed Ungulates
By NattyOne
All rights reserved
Uploaded Mar 28, 2024. Captured Nov 6, 2023 05:29.
comments (4)
The gazelles as a whole are extinct in parts of their former range (Sudan etc.) due to hunting for food, they were formerly driven into large stone corrals specifically built for such game drives. Some hunting for food does still take place as I understand it, and their survival is further threatened by domestic cattle encroachment into their range and protected areas.
Trophy hunting has also contributed to their decline and there is currently a trophy fee to be paid to the Ethiopian Government of between US$ 2,600 & US$ 3,000 for such a hunt. My estimate of the world population above was not strictly accurate because there is a population of these gazelle on Dahlak Kebir Island (Eritrea). I understand that they were introduced to the island quite some while ago and they are part of the ssp. berberana and have over time become smaller than the gazelles on the main African land mass. They are thought to number up to 50% of the world population. There may be as many as 4,000 of these gazelle on the island which has an area of approximately 64,500 hectares. The remainder of the population may be as few as 3,000. The herd that we saw had upwards of 100 gazelle in it. Posted one year ago