Eudorcas tilonura

(von Heuglin, 1869)

Eritrean 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

Authority citation

Reise in das Gebiet d. Weissen Nil, p. 315, 1869

Original name as described

Antilope tilonura

Other common names

Heuglin's Gazelle

Type locality

Anseba region, Bogos, Eritrea.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Sudan · Eritrea · Ethiopia

Taxonomy notes

split from E. rufifrons

Taxonomy notes citation

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

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006144

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 melanura

(Brooke, 1873)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

melanura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

542

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28504809

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Brooke (1873:542, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28504809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67200)

Gazella tilonura

(Lydekker, 1908)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

tilonura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

256

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741476

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:256, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Ward (1910:261, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015904) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Gazella rufifrons tilonura

(E. Schwarz, 1920)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

tilonura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

999

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763970

Authority publication

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

Name usages

Schwarz (1920:999, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763970) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)

Eudorcas rufifrons tilonura

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

tilonura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Eudorcas tilonura

Groves & Grubb, 2011

Family

Bovidae

Root name

tilonura

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:ID #400000147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8991/50188182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Antilope melanura

(von Heuglin, 1863)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

melanura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45496754

Authority publication

Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum

Name usages

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

Antilope tilonura

(von Heuglin, 1869)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

tilonura

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

315

Authority publication

book

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