Gazella leptoceros

(F. Cuvier in É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier, 1842)

Slender-horned Gazelle

Side view, standing, female. Gazella leptoceros leptoceros.
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Location:USA, CA, San Diego Co., San Diego Zoo Safari Park (Wild Animal Park)Date taken:Jan 1, 1991

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1152

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. and Cuvier, F. 1842-08. Livraison 72. in Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. and Cuvier, F. 1818-1842. Histoire naturelle des mammifères, avec figures originales, coloriées, dessinées d'après des animaux vivants. Blaise, Paris.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518503

Original name as described

Antilope leptoceros

Other common names

Loder's Gazelle · Rhim

Type material

MNHN-ZM-2014-33, MNHN-ZM-2014-602, MNHN "596-57", MNHN "597-55"

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2014-33 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2014-602

Type locality

Sennar, Sudan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Afrotropic

Country distribution

Algeria · Mali · Niger? · Tunisia · Libya · Chad? · Egypt · Sudan?

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006151

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.

KnownPredicted distribution

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 9 names and synonyms.

Antilope leptoceros

(F. Cuvier in É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier, 1842)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

leptoceros

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2014-33, MNHN-ZM-2014-602, MNHN "596-57", MNHN "597-55"

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2014-33 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2014-602

Authority page

pl. 373 p. 2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518503

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1842:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  2. Sundevall (1847:269, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47392883) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40482)
  3. Heuglin (1869:315, https://archive.org/details/reiseindasgebiet00heug/page/315/mode/1up) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69170)

Leptoceros Abu Harab

(Fitzinger, 1869)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

abuharab

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

160

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6354512

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

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

Leptoceros Cuvieri

(Fitzinger, 1869)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

cuvieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum · preoccupied

Type

MNHN-ZM-2014-33, MNHN-ZM-2014-602, MNHN "596-57", MNHN "597-55"

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2014-33 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2014-602

Authority page

160

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6354512

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

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

Gazella leptoceros

Brooke, 1873

Family

Bovidae

Root name

leptoceros

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

543

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28504810

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Brooke (1873:543, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28504810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67200)
  2. Sclater & Thomas (1898:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42167798) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39507)
  3. Trouessart (1905:725, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
  4. Lydekker (1908:254, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741474) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  5. Klaptocz (1909:265, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10227053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68565)
  6. Ward (1910:258, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015901) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  7. Flower (1932:438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14201)
  8. Allen (1939:524, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  9. Allen (1939:524, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  10. Bouet (1942:219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67365)
  11. Setzer (1956:581, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
  12. Osborn & Helmy (1980:487, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747716) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5405)
  13. Corbet & Hill (1980:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  14. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:334) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  15. Corbet & Hill (1991:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  16. Grubb (1993:396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
  17. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  18. Groves & Grubb (2011:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  19. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8972) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  20. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8972) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  21. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  22. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8972/50186909) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Gazella Loderi

O. Thomas, 1894

Family

Bovidae

Root name

loderi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1894.6.4.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e03648f2-4ac2-4aaa-aaef-d9aa0b129a8e

Authority page

452

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19242818

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1894:470, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30982529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69206)

Gazella leptoceros typica

P. L. Sclater & O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Bovidae

Root name

typica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MNHN-ZM-2014-33, MNHN-ZM-2014-602, MNHN "596-57", MNHN "597-55"

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2014-33 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2014-602

Authority page

149

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42167810

Authority publication

Book of Antelopes

Name usages

  1. Sclater & Thomas (1898:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42167810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39507)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Gazella leptoceros abu-harab

Trouessart, 1905

Family

Bovidae

Root name

abuharab

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

725

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423606

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1905:725, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)

Gazella leptoceros loderi

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Bovidae

Root name

loderi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

524

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782421

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

  1. Allen (1939:524, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  2. Bouet (1942:219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67365)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Gazella leptoceros leptoceros

Setzer, 1956

Family

Bovidae

Root name

leptoceros

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

581

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489187

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Setzer (1956:581, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
  2. Osborn & Helmy (1980:487, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747716) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5405)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

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