Gazella gazella

(Pallas, 1766)

Mountain Gazelle

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pallas, P.S. 1766. Miscellanea Zoologica Quibus novæ imprimis atque obscuræ Animalium Species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrus van Cleef, The Hague, 224 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43321014

Original name as described

Antilope gazella

Other common names

Northern Mountain Gazelle

Type locality

Syria.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Israel · Palestine · Jordan · Turkey · Egypt? · Lebanon? · Syria?

Taxonomy notes

restricted to northern clade, southern clade now included under G. arabica (sometimes known as G. erlangeri)

Taxonomy notes citation

Bärmann, E. V., Wronski, T., Lerp, H., Azanza, B., Börner, S., Erpenbeck, D., ... & Wörheide, G. (2013). A morphometric and genetic framework for the genus Gazella de Blainville, 1816 (Ruminantia: Bovidae) with special focus on Arabian and Levantine mountain gazelles. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 169(3), 673-696.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006150

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. 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 merrilli

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Bovidae

Root name

merrilli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.12.18.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1105fc2f-806d-4508-b1e3-e1c5650e035b

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31207408

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Lydekker (1908:251, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741471) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)

Gazella arabica rueppelli

O. R. Neumann, 1906

Family

Bovidae

Root name

rueppelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 2108 (skin!)

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

244

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8893062

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Neumann (1906:244, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8893062) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67185)
  2. Ward (1910:251, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015894) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Gazella gazella

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Bovidae

Root name

gazella

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

125

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:334) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:642) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Groves & Grubb (2011:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8970) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8970) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8989/50186574) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Gazella gazella gazella

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

gazella

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

merilli

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

merilli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

681

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Grubb (2005:681) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Antilope gazella

(Pallas, 1766)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

gazella

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43321014

Authority publication

The Hague

Name usages

  1. Daudin (1802:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  2. Fischer (1814:xvi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130077) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  3. Cuvier (1842:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  4. Lesson (1842:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

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