Gazella erlangeri

Neumann's gazelle[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Antilopinae
Tribe: Antilopini
Genus: Gazella
Species: G. erlangeri
Binomial name
Gazella erlangeri
(Neumann, 1906)
Synonyms
Gazella arabica erlangeri [3]
Gazella gazella erlangeri

Neumann’s gazelle or Erlanger’s gazelle (Gazella erlangeri) is a small dark gazelle with a stout body and short legs. It is described from Saudi Arabia and Yemen.[1]

It is considered a threatened species, although no recent information is available on wild populations. Some sources consider it a subspecies of the mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Grubb, P. (2005). "Gazella erlangeri". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 637–722. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. 1 2 IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2008). "Gazella gazella". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  3. Lydekker, R. (1914). Catalogue of the Ungulate Mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. III, Artiodactyla, families Bovidae, subfamilies Aepycerotinae tot Tragelaphinae (Pala, Saiga, Gazelles, Oryx Group, Bushbucks, Kudus, Elands, Etc., Antilocapridae (Prongbuck, and Giraffidae (Giraffes and Okapi). Wiliam Clowes and Sons Limited, London. Available online at: https://archive.org/details/catalogueofungul03brit.
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