Eudorcas rufifrons (Gray 1846)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 679

Eudorcas rufifrons (Gray 1846)

[Gazella] rufifrons Gray 1846 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 1, 18: 214.

Type Locality: " Senegal ".

Vernacular Names: Red-fronted Gazelle.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Eudorcas rufifrons subsp. rufifrons Gray 1846

Subspecies Eudorcas rufifrons subsp. albonotata W. Rothschild 1903

Subspecies Eudorcas rufifrons subsp. kanuri Schwarz 1914

Subspecies Eudorcas rufifrons subsp. laevipes Sundevall 1847

Subspecies Eudorcas rufifrons subsp. tilonura Heuglin 1869

Distribution: Burkino Faso, N Cameroon, N Central African Republic, Chad, N Eritrea, Ethiopia ( NW and Omo valley in SW), N Ghana (probably extinct), S Mali, S Mauritania, S Niger , N Nigeria, N Senegal, Sudan, and N Togo. Possibly occurred in Benin; possibly formerly a rare vagrant in The Gambia.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable as G. rufifrons and G. rufifrons tilonura , Lower Risk (nt) as G. thomsonii albonotatus .

Discussion: Haltenorth (1963:112) excluded tilonura but Gentry (1972:90) provided evidence to include it. Revised as subspecies of Gazella cuvieri ( Groves, 1969 a) , though later separated from cuvieri ( Groves 1975 a) . Skull and horn proportions associate albonotata with rufifrons rather than thomsonii .