Gazella leptoceros

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

Slender-horned 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

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

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://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006151

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 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

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

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

Cuvier (1842:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Leptoceros Cuvieri

(Fitzinger, 1869)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

cuvieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum · preoccupied

Type

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

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 typica

P. L. Sclater & O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Bovidae

Root name

typica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

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

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

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. Lydekker (1908:254, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741474) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  3. Ward (1910:258, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015901) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:334) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  7. Groves & Grubb (2011:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8972) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8972) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8972/50186909) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Gazella leptoceros leptoceros

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

leptoceros

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Gazella leptoceros loderi

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

loderi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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)

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