Procapra picticaudata
B. H. Hodgson, 1846
Tibetan Gazelle
Distribution :
China (Gansu, Sichuan, Tibetan Plateau including Qinghai) and India (Ladak and seasonally in Sikkim).
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Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Artiodactyla |
| Suborder | : Ruminantia |
| Infraorder | : Pecora |
| Superfamily | : Bovoidea |
| Family | : Bovidae |
| Subfamily | : Antilopinae |
| Tribe | : Antilopini |
| Genus | : Procapra |
Species status
Authority citation
Hodgson, B.H. 1846. Description of a new species of Tibetan antelope, with plates. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 15:334-338.
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Original name as described
Procapra picticaudata
Other common names
Goa
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1848.6.11.19, RMNH.MAM.45568, RMNH.MAM.45569
Type kind
syntypes
Type specimen URI
Type locality
Tibet. Restricted by Groves in 1967 to "the district north of Sikkim, where most of Hodgson's specimens were obtained after 1844."
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
China · India
IUCN Red List status
Near Threatened
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Names and synonyms
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Total: 5 names and synonyms.
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