Eudorcas rufifrons

(J. E. Gray, 1846)

Red-fronted Gazelle

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Antilopinae
Tribe : Antilopini
Genus : Eudorcas

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1846-09-01. On two new species of antelopes in the British Museum Collection. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1)18(118):214-215.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2319547

Original name as described

Gazella rufifrons

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1844.1.18.24 (= BMNH:Mamm:411b) (= BMNH:Mamm:411c), BMNH:Mamm:1846.1.10.4, BMNH:Mamm:1846.11.20.11, BMNH:Mamm:1846.11.20.8 (= BMNH:Mamm:411a), BMNH:Mamm:413c

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/477f6c93-8caf-43ea-9b84-e9ca4cae4d77 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9185c4ed-75e2-44fa-819a-ca06f3cbcfaa https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a9989d0c-6517-49f4-93f6-fadbdaa28b79 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d4b3c92f-ea49-45ac-b8a2-30f3520db3ed

Type locality

Senegal.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Mauritania · Mali · Burkina Faso · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Sudan · Central African Republic

Taxonomy notes

formerly included E. albonotata and E. tilonura

Taxonomy notes citation

Groves, C. P. & Grubb, P. 2011. Ungulate taxonomy. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. · Hashim, I. M. and Kingdon, J. 2013. Eudorcas albonotata Mongalla Gazelle. In: J. Kingdon and M. Hoffman (eds), Mammals of Africa. VI. Pigs, Hippopotamuses, Chevrotain, Giraffes, Deer, and Bovids, pp. 369-372. Bloomsbury Publishing, London, UK. · Kingdon, J. and Hoffmann, M. 2013. Eudorcas tilonura. In: J. Kingdon and M. Hoffmann (eds), The Mammals of Africa, pp. 359. Bloomsbury, London, UK.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006142

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Gazella rufifrons

(J. E. Gray, 1846)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

rufifrons

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1844.1.18.24 (= BMNH:Mamm:411b) (= BMNH:Mamm:411c), BMNH:Mamm:1846.1.10.4, BMNH:Mamm:1846.11.20.11, BMNH:Mamm:1846.11.20.8 (= BMNH:Mamm:411a), BMNH:Mamm:413c

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/477f6c93-8caf-43ea-9b84-e9ca4cae4d77 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9185c4ed-75e2-44fa-819a-ca06f3cbcfaa https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a9989d0c-6517-49f4-93f6-fadbdaa28b79 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d4b3c92f-ea49-45ac-b8a2-30f3520db3ed

Authority page

214

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2319547

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gray (1846:231, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2319568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20141)
  2. Gray (1850:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595059) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  3. Gray (1852:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956473) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  4. Gray (1872:39, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707783) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  5. Brooke (1873:540, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28504807) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67200)
  6. Lydekker (1908:256, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  7. Ward (1910:262, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015905) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  8. Schwarz (1914:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640799) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19408)
  9. Roosevelt & Heller (1914:608, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360599) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44022)
  10. Schwarz (1920:995, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763966) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)
  11. Corbet & Hill (1980:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  12. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:334) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Gazella rufifrons typica

(J. R. Ward, 1910)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

typica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum · preoccupied

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1844.1.18.24 (= BMNH:Mamm:411b) (= BMNH:Mamm:411c), BMNH:Mamm:1846.1.10.4, BMNH:Mamm:1846.11.20.11, BMNH:Mamm:1846.11.20.8 (= BMNH:Mamm:411a), BMNH:Mamm:413c

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/477f6c93-8caf-43ea-9b84-e9ca4cae4d77 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9185c4ed-75e2-44fa-819a-ca06f3cbcfaa https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a9989d0c-6517-49f4-93f6-fadbdaa28b79 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d4b3c92f-ea49-45ac-b8a2-30f3520db3ed

Authority page

263

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015906

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Ward (1910:263, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015906) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Gazella rufifrons hasleri

(Pocock, 1911)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

hasleri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.12.22.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/87d2c0d4-2601-419d-a77f-12c29ede3387

Authority page

47

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31571015

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1914:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640799) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19408)
  2. Schwarz (1920:996, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763967) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Gazella rufifrons centralis

(E. Schwarz, 1914)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:6437

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640799

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1914:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640799) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19408)
  2. Schwarz (1920:997, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763968) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Gazella rufifrons kanuri

(E. Schwarz, 1914)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

kanuri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:6454

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640799

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1914:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640799) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19408)
  2. Schwarz (1920:995, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763966) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)

Gazella lævipes

(Brooke, 1873)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

laevipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

541

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28504808

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Brooke (1873:541, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28504808) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67200)

Gazella rufifrons salmi

(Lydekker, 1908)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

salmi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

257

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741477

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:257, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Ward (1910:262, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015905) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Gazella rufifrons laevipes

(E. Schwarz, 1920)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

laevipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

998

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763969

Authority publication

Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition, 1910-1911, unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1920:998, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763969) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)
  2. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Gazella rufifrons rufifrons

(E. Schwarz, 1920)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

rufifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

997

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763968

Authority publication

Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition, 1910-1911, unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs

Name usages

Schwarz (1920:997, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763968) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)

Eudorcas rufifrons kanuri

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

kanuri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Eudorcas rufifrons laevipes

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

laevipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Eudorcas rufifrons

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

rufifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8973) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8973) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8973/50187042) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Eudorcas rufifrons rufifrons

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

rufifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Antilope laevipes

(Sundevall, 1847)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

laevipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

266

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Eudorcas laevipes senegalensis

Fitzinger, 1869

Family

Bovidae

Root name

senegalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

159

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6354511

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Gazella salmi

(von Lorenz-Liburnau, 1906)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

salmi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

21

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35908193

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

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