Eudorcas thomsonii

(Günther, 1884)

Thomson's 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

Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, 14, 427

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15624884

Original name as described

Gazella thomsonii

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1884.12.16.1, BMNH:Mamm:1884.12.16.2

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4b0c0c7f-29e1-4a54-a5bb-d890ec5ca63d https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/de6fc4cb-1cc8-4d34-8551-5716ca427c9c

Type locality

Kilimanjaro district, Kenya.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Tanzania

Taxonomy notes

includes nasalis, which was considered distinct by Groves & Grubb 2011; for additional information regarding the MDD's decision to not follow the Groves & Grubb 2011 Ungulate Taxonomy, see 'Subjective decisions' on the 'About' tab

Taxonomy notes citation

Groves, C. P. & Grubb, P. 2011. Ungulate taxonomy. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006143

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 thomsonii

(Günther, 1884)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

thomsonii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1884.12.16.1, BMNH:Mamm:1884.12.16.2

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4b0c0c7f-29e1-4a54-a5bb-d890ec5ca63d https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/de6fc4cb-1cc8-4d34-8551-5716ca427c9c

Authority page

427

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15624884

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Gazella thomsoni nasalis

(Lönnberg, 1908)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

nasalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1891.1.6.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/67aec70f-9444-4977-9773-afb8d0f09359

Authority page

46

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Roosevelt & Heller (1914:602, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44022)

Gazella thomsoni

(Matschie, 1895)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

thomsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

130

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835523

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:130, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Lydekker (1908:259, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741479) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  3. Ward (1910:265, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015908) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  4. Roosevelt & Heller (1914:599, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44022)
  5. Wurster & Benirschke (1968:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67242)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1980:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  7. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Gazella thompsoni

(J. A. Allen, 1909)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

thompsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

151

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1909:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16003)

Gazella thomsoni thomsoni

(Roosevelt & E. Heller, 1914)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

thomsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

601

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360592

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Roosevelt & Heller (1914:601, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360592) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44022)

Eudorcas thomsonii nasalis

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

nasalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Eudorcas thomsonii

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

thomsonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8982/172360006) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Eudorcas thomsonii thomsonii

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

thomsonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Eudorcas nasalis

Groves & Grubb, 2011

Family

Bovidae

Root name

nasalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

175

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Groves & Grubb (2011:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:unnumbered) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Eudorcas thomsoni

Groves & Grubb, 2011

Family

Bovidae

Root name

thomsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

175

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Groves & Grubb (2011:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Eudorcus thompsoni

Schmidly, R. D. Bradley, Yancey, & L. C. Bradley, 2024

Family

Bovidae

Root name

thompsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

51

Authority publication

Special Publications, Museum of Texas Tech University

Name usages

Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)

Eudorcas baringoensis

Knottnerus-Meyer, 1910

Family

Bovidae

Root name

baringoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

109

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Eudorcas bergeri

Knottnerus-Meyer, 1910

Family

Bovidae

Root name

bergeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

116

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Eudorcas biedermanni

Knottnerus-Meyer, 1910

Family

Bovidae

Root name

biedermanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Eudorcas langheldi

Knottnerus-Meyer, 1910

Family

Bovidae

Root name

langheldi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Eudorcas manyarae

Knottnerus-Meyer, 1910

Family

Bovidae

Root name

manyarae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

120

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Eudorcas mundorosica

Knottnerus-Meyer, 1910

Family

Bovidae

Root name

mundorosica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

117

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43615544

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Eudorcas nakuroensis

Knottnerus-Meyer, 1910

Family

Bovidae

Root name

nakuroensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

110

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43615537

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Eudorcas ndjiriensis

Knottnerus-Meyer, 1910

Family

Bovidae

Root name

ndjiriensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

115

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43615542

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Eudorcas ruwanae

Knottnerus-Meyer, 1910

Family

Bovidae

Root name

ruwanae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

121

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43615548

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Eudorcas sabakiensis

Knottnerus-Meyer, 1910

Family

Bovidae

Root name

sabakiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

115

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Eudorcas schillingsi

Knottnerus-Meyer, 1910

Family

Bovidae

Root name

schillingsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

113

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Eudorcas wembaerensis

Knottnerus-Meyer, 1910

Family

Bovidae

Root name

wembaerensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

119

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43615546

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Eudorcas thomsoni thomsoni var. arushae

Zukowsky, 1914

Family

Bovidae

Root name

arushae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

varietyorform

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13259975

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

Eudorcas thomsoni behni

Zukowsky, 1914

Family

Bovidae

Root name

behni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

61

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13259959

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

Eudorcas thomsoni bergerinae

Zukowsky, 1914

Family

Bovidae

Root name

bergerinae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13259978

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

Eudorcas thomsoni dieseneri

Zukowsky, 1914

Family

Bovidae

Root name

dieseneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13259961

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

Eudorcas thomsoni dongilanensis

Zukowsky, 1914

Family

Bovidae

Root name

dongilanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

74

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13259972

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

Eudorcas thomsoni macrocephala

Zukowsky, 1914

Family

Bovidae

Root name

macrocephala

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

68

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13259966

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

Eudorcas thomsoni marwitzi

Zukowsky, 1914

Family

Bovidae

Root name

marwitzi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13259969

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

Eudorcas thomsoni seringetica

Zukowsky, 1914

Family

Bovidae

Root name

seringetica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

93

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13259991

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

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