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Gazella dorcas (Dorcas gazelle)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Capra dorcas was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Gazella dorcas by Thomas (1911), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008) and Gentry (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Capra dorcas Linnaeus p. 69
1911Gazella dorcas Thomas p. 153
2008Gazella dorcas Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5
2010Gazella dorcas Gentry p. 763

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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
genusGazellaBlaineville 1816
speciesdorcas()

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.

Gazella dorcas Linnaeus 1758 [Dorcas gazelle]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Gazella dorcas (22512 22513 22523 22525 22526 22544 22545)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Morocco Gazella dorcas (22489)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt Gazella dorcas (21853 21886 21887 21888 21890 21891 21892 21898 21899 21905 21906)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Egypt Gazella dorcas (21900)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Gazella dorcas (22528 22529 22533 22534 22536 22539 22540 22543)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Morocco Gazella dorcas (21856)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Sudan Gazella dorcas (21869)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Syria Gazella dorcas (67660)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Egypt Gazella dorcas (21907)