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Nanger soemmerringii

Description

Nanger soemmerringii (Cretzschmar 1828)

[Antilope] soemmerringi Cretzschmar 1828, in: Ruppell, Atlas Reise Nordl. Afr., Zool. Saugeth.: 49.

Type Locality: "an dem östlichen Abhange Abyssiniens" (E Ethiopia); restricted by Lydekker (1914 b:97) to "Tal E'Sabb, Abyssinia " (Ethiopia, El Shab Valley).

Vernacular Names: Soemmerring's Gazelle.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Nanger soemmerringii subsp. soemmerringii Cretzschmar 1828

Subspecies Nanger soemmerringii subsp. berberana Matschie 1893

Subspecies Nanger soemmerringii subsp. butteri Thomas 1904

Distribution: N Somalia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, EC Sudan.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable as Gazella soemmerringii.

Discussion: Synonymy modified from G. M. Allen (1939) and Gentry (1972). Year of publication is usually cited as 1826, but 1828 according to J. E. Hill (ms notes based on Anon., 1829:1291-1292).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, pp. 637-722 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 684, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Bovidae
Genus
Nanger
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Artiodactyla
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Cretzschmar
Species
soemmerringii
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Nanger soemmerringii (Cretzschmar, 1828) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Matschie, P. 1893. Ueber anscheinend neue Afrikanische saugethiere (Leimacomys g. n.). Sitzungs-berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 4: 107 - 109.
  • Allen, G. M. 1939. A checklist of African mammals. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 83: 1 - 763.
  • Gentry, A. W. 1972. Genus Gazella. Part 15.1. Pp. 85 - 93, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.) [issued 2 May 1972]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated.
  • Wied-Neuwied, M. A. P., Prinz zu. 1826. Beitrage zur Naturgeschichte von Brasilien, von Maximillian, prinzen zu Wied, Brand II (Abtheilung II, Mammalia): 1 - 620 [1826], Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs, Weimar.