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. Rock art found in Jordan suggests that it was slaughtered ritually.
Behaviour and ecology
Its mating behaviour is polygynous and usually occurs in the early winter.
It runs at high speed, without the leaping, bounding gait seen in other gazelle species<!--(Harrison)-->. Throughout much of its range, the goitered gazelle migrates seasonally. Gazella marica was traditionally recognised as a subspecies, but has been identified as a species in 2011.