The Thomson's gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) is ane o the best-kent gazelles.
It is named efter explorer Joseph Thomson an is whiles referred tae as a "tommie". It is considered bi some tae be a subspecies o the reid-frontit gazelle an wis formerly considered a member o the genus Gazella within the subgenus Eudorcas, afore Eudorcas wis elevatit tae genus status. Thomson's gazelles can be foond in nummers exceedin 500 thoosand in Africae an are recognized as the maist common teep o gazelle in East Africae.
Thomson's gazelle | |
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Male | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Faimily: | Bovidae |
Subfaimily: | Antilopinae |
Genus: | Eudorcas |
Species: | E. thomsonii |
Binomial name | |
Eudorcas thomsonii Günther, 1884 | |
Distribution range |
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