Gazella cora, Gray, List Mamm. B. M. p. 161 (1843).
Antilope dorcas, var. δ, Sund. Pecora, K. Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1845, p. 268 (1847); id. Hornschuch’s Transl., Arch. Skand. Beitr. ii. p. 264; Reprint, p. 84 (1848).
Gazella vera, Gray, Knowsl. Men. pl. iii. (1850) (cf. Scl. P. Z. S. 1896, p. 984).
Gazella bennetti, Yerb. & Thos. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 555 (Aden).
Vernacular Names:—Ghasal of Arabs, like G. dorcas; Ariel or Aiel in Syria (Ehrenberg).
Size medium; height at withers about 24 or 25 inches. General colour dark smoky fawn, much darker than in the allied species. Facial markings distinct; central facial band dark rufous-fawn, with a black spot on the nose. Ears of medium length, brownish-fawn behind. Dark lateral and pygal bands smoky brown; light lateral band very slightly lighter than the back. Limbs more rufous than body; knee-brushes brown or black.
Skull with short broad nasals; anteorbital fossæ shallow in the only good skull available. Basal length 6·75 inches, greatest breadth 3·3, muzzle to orbit 3·7.
Horns thick and rather short, almost straight and parallel to each other, a little curved backwards below, and forwards above.
Female. Similar to the male, but horns short and straight.
Hab. Western Arabia.