Nanger

Nanger
Grant's Gazelle (Nanger granti)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Antilopinae
Tribe: Antilopini
Genus: Nanger
Lataste, 1885
Type species
Antilope mhorr [1]
Bennett, 1833

Nanger is a genus of antelopes, commonly called gazelles. Nanger was originally considered a subgenus within the genus Gazella, but has since been elevated to genus status. The three living species within the genus Nanger are:

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Nanger dama Dama gazelle Chad, Mali, and Niger
Nanger granti Grant's gazelle northern Tanzania to South Sudan and Ethiopia, and from the Kenyan coast to Lake Victoria
Nanger soemmerringii Soemmerring's gazelle Horn of Africa

References[edit]

  1. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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