Eudorcas rufifrons

(J. E. Gray, 1846)

Red-fronted Gazelle

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1846-09-01. On two new species of antelopes in the British Museum Collection. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1)18(118):214-215.

Original name as described

Gazella rufifrons

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1844.1.18.24 (= BMNH:Mamm:411b) (= BMNH:Mamm:411c), BMNH:Mamm:1846.1.10.4, BMNH:Mamm:1846.11.20.11, BMNH:Mamm:1846.11.20.8 (= BMNH:Mamm:411a), BMNH:Mamm:413c

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Senegal.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Mauritania · Mali · Burkina Faso · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Sudan · Central African Republic

Taxonomy notes

formerly included E. albonotata and E. tilonura

Taxonomy notes citation

Groves, C.P. and Grubb, P. 2011. Ungulate Taxonomy. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 309 pp. doi:10.56021/9781421400938 · Hashim, I.M. 2013. Eudorcas albonatata Mongalla Gazelle. Pp. 369–372 in Kingdon, J. and Hoffman, M. (eds.). Mammals of Africa. Volume VI: Hippopotamuses, Pigs, Deer, Giraffe and Bovids. Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 680 pp. a#72083 · Hashim, I.M. 2013. Eudorcas tilonura Heuglin's Gazelle (Eritrean Gazelle). Pp. 359–361 in Kingdon, J. and Hoffman, M. (eds.). Mammals of Africa. Volume VI: Hippopotamuses, Pigs, Deer, Giraffe and Bovids. Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 680 pp. a#72091

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

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