Gazella subgutturosa

(von Güldenstädt, 1780)

Goitered 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

Güldenstädt A.I. von. 1780. _Antilope sugutturosa_ descripta. Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 1778(1):251-274.

Original name as described

Antilope subgutturosa

Other common names

Turkmen Gazelle · Yarkand Gazelle · Persian Gazelle

Type locality

Georgia, steppes of E Transcaucasia, near Tbilisi.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Azerbaijan · Georgia · Iraq · Iran · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Tajikistan · Afghanistan · Pakistan · China · Mongolia

Taxonomy notes

previously included G. marica; includes gracilicornis and yarkandensis, which were recognized 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. · 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

Vulnerable

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