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Nanger granti (Grant's gazelle)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Gazella granti was named by Brooke (1872). It is extant.

It was recombined as Gazella (Nanger) granti by Lydekker (1914); it was recombined as Nanger granti by Groves (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Gazella granti Brooke
1914Gazella (Nanger) granti Lydekker p. 86
1999Gazella granti Hassanin and Douzery p. 893
2000Nanger granti Groves p. 223
2008Gazella granti Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5
2010Gazella granti Gentry p. 762

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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
speciesgranti(Brooke 1872)

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.

Nanger granti Brooke 1872 [Grant's gazelle]
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (18 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)
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 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) Gazella granti (32113)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Gazella granti (21690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Gazella granti (21932 21933 21935 21936 21937)