[1] The Saudi gazelle was officially declared extinct on the IUCN Red List in 2008.

They described the skull and head skin of a male gazelle specimen collected at an elevation of 1,100 m (3,500 ft) near Dhlam in Saudi Arabia.

[1] The subspecies had always been rare and declining due to excessive hunting; it had not been seen for a few decades, and was declared to be extinct in the wild in 1980.

Recent genetic analysis of all reported specimens of G. d. saudiya in captive collections has shown these represent different species or hybrids.

[1][5] Despite frequent surveys attempting to find pure Saudi gazelles in the wild and privately owned, no evidence of surviving individuals has been found.