Arabic name: Reem
Common name: Arabian sand gazelle
Description:
Male:
- Average weight: 15 – 25 kg
- Average horn length: 13”
Female:
- Average weight: 15 – 18 kg
- Average horn length: 10”
It has elegantly curved horns. Both the males and females have horns. These animals are very light in color; the head completely white in older animals, with back and flanks being light beige, an obvious advantage in the open sands, which they favor.
Habitat: It is found in deserts. It prefers foothills with broken grounds and mountain valley and plateaus, avoiding rocky cliffs where there is thick woody vegetation.
Gestation: 5 Months
Diet: Herbivore
Life-Span: 8-9 Years.
