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
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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19213950Original name as described
Gazella Grantii notata
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1897.1.30.2
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/afa78718-2f1d-4f0d-b61b-c7592a9d0256Type 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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