Nanger notatus

(O. Thomas, 1897)

Bright'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

Thomas, O. 1897-11-01. Diagnosis of a new subspecies of gazelle from British East Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)20(119):479.

Original name as described

Gazella Grantii notata

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.1.30.2

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

West slope of Lorogi Mountains, near Maralal, Kenya.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Ethiopia · South Sudan · Uganda

Taxonomy notes

split from N. granti

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

Not Evaluated

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