Nanger granti

(Brooke, 1872)

Grant's Gazelle

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Brooke, V., 3rd Baronet. 1872-11. On a supposed new species of gazelle from eastern Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872(2):601-602.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28612026

Original name as described

Gazella granti

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Western Kinyenye, Ugogo, Tanzania.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Tanzania

Taxonomy notes

previously included N. notatus and N. petersii

Taxonomy notes citation

Lorenzen, E. D., Arctander, P. and Siegismund, H. R. 2008. Three reciprocally monophyletic mtDNA lineages elucidate the taxonomic status of Grant's gazelles. Conservation Genetics 9: 593-601. · Siegismund, H.R., Lorenzen, E.D. and Arctander, P. 2013. Nanger (granti) Grant's Gazelle species group. In: J. Kingdon and M. Hoffmann (eds), The Mammals of Africa. VI. Pigs, Hippopotamuses, Chevrotain, Giraffes, Deer, and Bovids, pp. 373-379. Bloomsbury Publishing, London, UK.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006165

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 granti robertsi

(O. Thomas, 1903)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

robertsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.6.12.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c0274d56-f9f8-4f48-9d5a-c12520f540d6

Authority page

121

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31610160

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:262, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741482) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Ward (1910:267, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015910) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  3. Roosevelt & Heller (1914:588, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360577) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44022)
  4. Groves & Grubb (2011:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Gazella granti

(Brooke, 1872)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

granti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

602

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28612026

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Brooke (1873:550, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28504817) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67200)
  2. Matschie (1895:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  3. Lydekker (1908:260, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741480) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  4. Allen (1909:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16003)
  5. Ward (1910:267, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015910) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  6. Roosevelt & Heller (1914:581, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44022)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1980:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  8. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:334) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  9. Groves & Grubb (2011:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Gazella granti typica

(A. H. Neumann in Bryden, 1899)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

typicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum · preoccupied

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

255

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37141471

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:262, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741482) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Ward (1910:267, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015910) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Gazella granti roosevelti

(E. Heller, 1913)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

roosevelti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:162009

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3768ead8e-54fc-4609-bdf3-6b85828417bd

Authority page

4

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30095782

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Roosevelt & Heller (1914:590, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360579) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44022)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  3. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  4. Groves & Grubb (2011:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Gazella grantii

(O. R. Neumann, 1906)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

grantii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

241

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8893059

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Neumann (1906:241, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8893059) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67185)

Gazella grantii grantii

(O. R. Neumann, 1906)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

grantii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

243

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8893061

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Neumann (1906:243, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8893061) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67185)

Gazella grantii robertsi

(O. R. Neumann, 1906)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

robertsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

243

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8893061

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Neumann (1906:243, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8893061) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67185)

Gazella granti granti

(J. A. Allen, 1909)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

granti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

150

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1909:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16003)
  2. Roosevelt & Heller (1914:588, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9360577) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44022)

Nanger granti

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

granti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8971) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8971) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8971/50186774) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Nanger granti granti

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

granti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Nanger granti robertsi

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

robertsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Gazella granti Beverrii

(Scaramella, Russo, & D'Errico, 1975)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

beverrii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

320

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56633946

Authority publication

Bollettino della Società dei naturalisti in Napoli

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