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 Black-tailed gazelle - Definition 

Goitered Gazelle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Division:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus:Gazella
Species:subgutturosa
Binomial name

Gazella subgutturosa
(Güldenstädt, 1780)

The Goitered, Black-tailed or Persian gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) is a gazelle found in a large area of central Asia, including part of Iran in the western end of the range, as well as the Gobi desert. The specific name means 'full below the throat' and refers to the male having an enlargement of the neck and throat during the mating season. This is not a true goitre, which is caused by the enlargement of the thyroid gland.

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