Habitat
The rhim or rheem gazelle is found in isolated pockets across the central Sahara Desert (Kingdom 1997, Spinage 1986). The extreme heat of this environment limits their feeding to the early morning and evening, and G. leptoceros gains most of its water requirements from dew and plant moisture, relying little on open water sources.
The rhim gazelle is a nomadic species, moving across its desert range in search of vegetation, though it does not have a set migratory pattern (East 1997, Kingdom 1997).
Endangered by the early 1970s, this species of gazelle was in serious decline. They were hunted firstly by mounted then by motorized hunters for sport, meat or their horns, which were sold as ornaments in North African markets.
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