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Eudorcas thomsoni (Thomson's gazelle)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Gazella thomsoni was named by Gunther (1884). It is extant.

It was recombined as Eudorcas thomsoni by Groves (2000); it was corrected as Gazella thomsonii by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Gazella thomsoni Gunther
2000Eudorcas thomsoni Groves pp. 227-228
2008Gazella thomsonii Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5
2010Gazella thomsoni 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
genusEudorcasFitzinger 1869
speciesthomsoni(Gunther 1884)

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.

Eudorcas thomsoni Gunther 1884 [Thomson'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: Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Morocco Gazella thomsoni (32052)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Libya Gazella thomsoni (21863 21864)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Gazella thomsoni (21963)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Zambia Gazella thomsoni (21854 21924)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Libya Gazella thomsoni (21865 21884)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Tanzania Gazella thomsoni (21893)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Gazella thomsoni (21276 21277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti plains) Gazella thomsoni (32115 32124 32125)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) Gazella thomsoni (32090 32113 32138)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti) Gazella thomsoni (32119 32126)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Swaziland Gazella thomsoni (21927 21955)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Gazella thomsoni (21932 21933 21935 21936 21938 21939)