A multivariate analysis using canonical variates and theD2test show that five taxa of Palaearctic gazelles examined are distinct. Several forms of gazelles of dubious taxonomic position were also compared on the canonical axes, with conclusions not dissimilar to those of recent workers on the Arabian gazelles, viz. that there are three distinct species in the Arabian peninsula;Gazella dorcas saudiya, Gazella gazella arabicaandGazella subgutturosa marica. Gazella dorcaspopulations in Somalia have a local form inG. dorcas pelzelnidistinct in horns but not in skull measurements fromGazella spekeiin the nearby highlands.