page_title: List of mammals of Yemen
section_title: Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Yemen / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
caption_attribution_description: Dorkasgazelle(gazella dorkas)Zoo Hannover
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Yemen. There are sixty-nine mammal species in Yemen, of which two are endangered, seven are vulnerable, and three are near threatened. Two of the species listed for Yemen are extinct.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
  Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:
context_section_description: The even-toed ungulates are ungulates whose weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in perissodactyls. There are about 220 artiodactyl species, including many that are of great economic importance to humans.
  Family: Bovidae (cattle, antelope, sheep, goats)
  Subfamily: Antilopinae
  Genus: Gazella
  Queen of Sheba's gazelle, Gazella bilkis EX
  Dorcas gazelle, Gazella dorcas VU
  Mountain gazelle, Gazella gazella VU
  Saudi gazelle, Gazella saudiya EX
  Goitered gazelle, Gazella subgutturosa VU
  Subfamily: Caprinae
  Genus: Capra
  Nubian ibex, Capra nubiana VU
  Subfamily: Hippotraginae
  Genus: Oryx
  Arabian oryx, Oryx leucoryx VU - regionally extinct
  Family: Camelidae
  Genus: Camelus
  Dromedary, Camelus dromedarius LC
caption: Dorcas gazelle
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