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Nanger (gazelle)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Nanger was named by Lataste (1885). It is extant.

It was reranked as Gazella (Nanger) by Lydekker (1914).

It was assigned to Gazella by Lydekker (1914); and to Antilopini by Groves (2000), Grubb (2001) and Calamari (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Nanger Lataste
1914Gazella (Nanger) Lydekker p. 85
2000Nanger Groves pp. 227-228
2001Nanger Grubb p. 378
2021Nanger Calamari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyBovoidea
familyBovidae
subfamilyAntilopinaeGray 1821
tribeAntilopiniGray 1821
genusNangerLataste 1885

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Nanger Lataste 1885 [gazelle]
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Gazella (Nanger) dama mhorr Bennett 1833 [Mhorr gazelle]
Nanger dama Pallas 1766 [dama gazelle]
Nanger granti Brooke 1872 [Grant's gazelle]
Nanger soemmerringii Cretzschmar 1828 [Soemmerring's gazelle]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Kenya (Rift Valley) Gazella granti (21307)
Piacenzian - Calabrian3.6 - 0.774Kenya Gazella granti (21490)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) Gazella granti (21354)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Gazella granti (32080)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Gazella granti (21837 21963)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Tanzania (Serengeti Park) Gazella granti (22548)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Sudan Gazella soemmerringi (21869 21870 21872)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Gazella granti (32077)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Gazella granti (21276 21277)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Tanzania Gazella granti (21893)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Gazella dama (21877)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) Gazella granti (32113)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Gazella granti (21690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Egypt Gazella soemmerringi (21907)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Gazella granti (21932 21933 21935 21936 21937)