Name: | Mountain Gazelle |
Latin Name: | Gazella |
Hebrew name: | צבי ישראלי, |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Distribution: | Northern and central Israel, from the western Negev and the Judean Desert plateau northwards. |
Habitat: | Flat open areas, hills, mountain slopes and sandy areas in the Mediterranean region and south. |
Notes: | Mountain gazelles will sometimes spread into dense Mediterraniean woodland (Mt. Meron, Judean Mountains). |